JPH06176252A - Card issue system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change plural kinds and plural pieces of cards to one piece of card to be selected in accordance with a user's purpose and issue it by collecting the amount of the surplus money thereof. CONSTITUTION:The system is provided with a card reader 2 for reading plural kinds and plural pieces of cards, a cach receiving part 3 for receiving cash, an amount counter 4 for counting up the amount of money of a result of read, and also, adding the amount in the cash receiving part 3 to the amount of the card by an amount totalizing means, an indicator 5 for executing its display, a keyboard 6 for executing classification selection for determining a classification of the card by user's selection, and a card discharge part 7 for discharging an old card to the outside of the device. Also, this system is provided with a card containing part 8 for containing a common card in which data is not entered yet, a card write 9 and an issuing port 10 for writing and issuing the data, an account number file 11 for executing charge transfer to a bank account by the classification and the among of an input card and an issue card, and a bank on-line 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card issuing system, and more particularly to a card issuing system suitable for prepaid card issuing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, telephones, trains, buses, departments, etc.
Many types of prepaid cards have been issued, and there are cases in which a number of unused cards and unnecessary cards remain.
As for dealing with the card whose remaining amount is low, as described in JP-A-63-226798, the old card is thrown in by throwing one old card and the cash.
Some issue new cards of the same kind as the old cards, in which the balance of cash and cash are summed up.

[0003]

The card issuing device according to the above conventional method does not consider the case where there is only one deposit card and there are a plurality of deposit side cards. In addition, the change between types such as telephone card to train card is not taken into consideration, and data is read and written only for money payment and issuance, so it is limited to one type specified for each device. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a card issuing device which adds two or more cards into one card.

Another object of the present invention is different.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a card issuing device that adds one or more cards into one card.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the card issuing device of the present invention reads the card type data and the amount data, and the type data and the amount data are read. Is stored in a new card and one new card is issued.

Further, when cash is further deposited, the deposit amount is summed with the card total amount data, the card total amount and the cash deposit amount are summed, and one new card is stored. −
Issue the code.

Further, by providing means for determining the type of the card to be issued by selecting the operator, one new card designated by the operator is issued.

Further, by providing the above means and means for writing the card type and the amount data specified in the card to be issued, one sheet in which the card type and the total amount are written Issue a new card.

Further, by providing the above-mentioned means and means for transferring the charge to the card issuer online in response to the change of the card type, the payment of the charge is completed at the time of issuing the card. Issue a new card.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a plurality of cards in which the card type data and the amount data are stored are read, the amounts of the read results are summed, and cash is deposited if necessary. Then, the total amount of the card and the inserted amount are summed up to determine the amount of the new card. Further, by selecting the type, one card suitable for the purpose is issued, and at the same time, in response to the change of the card type, the fee is transferred to the card issuer online.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a card issuing system according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the account number file of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a control operation of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart.

Referring to FIG. 1, the card issuing system according to the present invention includes a control unit 1, a plurality of types, a plurality of types of cards, a card reader 2 for reading the amount of money, a cash depositing unit 3, and a card amount of money read by the card reader. Also, an amount counter 4 for counting the total amount of money deposited from the cash deposit section, an indicator 5 for displaying the amount of the counter, a keyboard 6 having a card type selection key, and clearing the amount data of the input card to 0 yen. It is composed of a section 7, a card storage section 8 in which the issuing medium is stored, a card writer 9 for writing the issued data to the issuing card, an issuing port 10, and an account number file 11, and is connected to the bank online 12. . The account number file 11 is a file in which the issuer data 13 and the bank account number data 14 are associated and registered for each card type as shown in FIG.

Next, an operation example will be described in detail from the insertion of the old card to the issuance of the new card with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a card is inserted through the card insertion port (step 100), the type and amount of the inserted card are read by the card reader 2 (step 101). The read amount data is stored in the amount counter 4, and the amount is displayed on the display 5 (step 103). If additional cards are inserted (step 104), the amount data for the number of inserted cards is read (step 10).
1), the counter is added (step 102), and the display 5 is updated and displayed (step 103). When cash is additionally deposited (step 105), cash is deposited from the cash deposit unit 3 (step 106). The deposit amount is added to the amount counter 4 (step 107) and displayed on the display 5 (step 108). When the deposit amount is determined, the card type is selected and input from the keyboard 6 (step 109). When the issued card type is entered, the card is transported from the card storage unit 8 (step 110), and the total amount of deposit and the card type are written on the card with the card writer 9 (step 111) and discharged from the issuing port. (Step 112). Further, the inserted old card has the amount data written in 0 yen by the card writer 9 and then discharged by the card discharge section 7.
(Step 113). The card type of the amount to be added changes,
If the issuer is different, it is necessary to exchange charges. In such a case, the account number file 11 is used to refer to the account number of the corresponding issuer according to the type of the card or the issued card that has been read, and the bank online 12
Refund and transfer issued charges (Step 11
Four).

The card used in the present invention may be a magnetic recording card, a memory card equipped with an IC memory, or an IC card equipped with a microprocessor and a memory.

[0018]

According to the present invention, it is possible to combine a plurality of unused cards and unnecessary cards with a small remaining amount into one necessary card by the user's selection.

Further, it is possible to automatically transfer the charge to the issuer when the change is issued.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an account number file shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Control Section 2 Card Reader 3 Cash Deposit Section 4 Amount Counter 5 Display 6 Keyboard 7 Ejection Port 8 Card Storage 9 Card Writer 10 Issue Port 11 Account Number File 12 Bank Online System 13 Issuer Data 14 Account Number Data

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical indication location G07B 5/00 D 8111-3E G07D 9/00 436 Z 8513-3E (72) Inventor Hibino Harumi Aichi 10-22 Sakae 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Japan

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A card that stores card type data and money amount data is read, and one card that stores the sum amount data of a plurality of cards is issued. Characterized card issuing system. 2. The card issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the amount of money deposited in cash is further added to the total amount data of the cards to be issued to issue the card. 3. The card issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the card type of the card to be issued is determined by the operator's selection. 4. The card issuing system according to claim 1, further comprising means for writing instructed card type and amount data on the issued card. 5. The card issuing system according to claim 3, further comprising means for transferring a charge to the card issuer online in response to a change in card type.