JPH076856U - Excess charge adjustment device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an excess charge settlement device for updating an exit time limit recorded by adjusting a card that has exceeded the exit time limit in an automatic gate system for entering and exiting using a card. [Structure] When a card in which a time limit for exiting from a facility such as a leisure facility is recorded is inserted, a reading means for reading the recorded contents of the card, an exit time limit read by the reading means, and the current time are displayed. A comparing means for comparing, a calculating means for calculating an excess charge required for exiting when the current time is judged to have exceeded the exit time limit by this comparing means, and the amount of money put into the excess charge. If it exceeds, the above object can be achieved by an excess charge settlement device provided with a recording means for updating and recording the exit time limit on the card.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an excess charge adjustment device that automatically adjusts an excess charge when leaving a facility such as an amusement park or a skating rink whose use time is limited in advance, when the time is exceeded.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, there is a system that purchases a usage card at a facility such as an amusement park or a skating rink, enters through an automatic gate, plays for a predetermined time, and then exits through the automatic gate. Depending on the facility, the usage time is often limited to, for example, 3 hours.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, if you retreat after exceeding the usage time, this card can not pass through the automatic gate, so go to the window near the exit in advance and hand over the card to the staff, and the staff will see the received card and the excess charge Calculate the amount of money, receive the amount from the customer and give the customer a settled certificate, and the customer takes this certificate and goes to a gate with an attendant other than the automatic gate and passes the certificate and leaves The procedure was taken, and the process was extremely troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to update and record the exit time limit on a card at the time of entry so that it can pass through an automatic gate. It is to provide a charge settlement device.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention relates to an excess charge settlement device installed near an automatic gate for entering and leaving using a card, and the above object of the present invention is to provide a card in which a time limit for leaving from a facility such as a leisure facility is recorded. When is inserted, the reading means for reading the recorded contents of the card, the comparing means for comparing the exit time read by this reading means with the current time, and the comparing means for comparing the current time with the exit time And a calculating means for calculating the excess charge required to exit when it is judged that the excess time has been exceeded, and a recording means for updating and recording the exit time limit on the card if the inserted money amount exceeds the excess charge. It is achieved by an overpayment payment device equipped with.

[0006]

[Action]

 When the card is inserted, the reading means reads the data recorded on the card. The comparing means compares the exit time limit read by the reading means with the current time, and if the current time exceeds the exit time limit, the calculating means calculates the excess charge required for leaving and the amount is displayed. It At this time, when the money is inserted, after checking whether the input amount is equal to or more than the above excess charge, the recording means updates the exit time recorded on the card so that it can pass through the automatic gate. become.

[0007]

【Example】

 First, an outline of an entrance / exit gate system to which the excess charge settlement device of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. A user purchases a card 12 with a card vending machine 11, passes the card 12 through an entrance gate 13 which is a card-type gate machine having a built-in reader / writer, opens a flapper 14, and enters. At this time, the entry time and the exit time limit are recorded on the card 12. At this time, if the card is not correct, the flapper 14 is not opened and the user cannot pass through the gate. Then, after the required time has passed, if it is within the time limit, the card 12 is passed through the exit gate 15, which is also a card-type gate machine, and the flapper 16 is opened to exit. Also, when the exit time has passed, the flapper 16 will not open with this card, so insert the card 12 into the excess charge adjustment machine 10 installed near the exit gate 13 and settle the excess charge and exit. After updating the time limit, use this card 12 to exit from the exit gate 15.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an external configuration of an excess charge settlement device of the present invention. Overcharges Above the front panel of the settlement machine 10, there are provided a coin slot 1, a deposit / change amount display section 2 for displaying the deposit amount and the change amount, and an indicator lamp 3 for indicating that the coin is being handled. An entrance time display section 4 for displaying the entrance time of the inserted card and an excess charge display section 5 for displaying the excess charge are provided at the center of the lower part of the card, and a card insertion / exit slot 6 is provided on the right side ing. A banknote insertion slot 7 for depositing banknotes is provided below the card insertion / ejection slot 6, and a coin ejection slot 8 for ejecting change coins and a banknote for change banknotes at the bottom. A bill outlet 9 is provided. It should be noted that this device is not limited to the arrangement shown in FIG. 1 and can be variously modified.

The card 12 used in the device of the present invention is a rectangular paper sheet like a telephone card or the like which is usually used, and is used for writing and reading data as shown in FIG. A magnetic stripe 17 is layered on a part of the back surface, and a print portion 18 for visually printing is provided on the front surface. The printing unit 18 is composed of a plurality of printing columns 181 to 183. The printing column 181 contains characters such as the card type (for adults in this example), the date of card issuance, and the date of validity when the card is issued. Is magnetically recorded by the card vending machine 11 and simultaneously printed. Further, in the print field 182, the date of entry and the scheduled time of exit (16:30 in this figure) are magnetically recorded at the same time when the vehicle passes through the entrance gate 13, and further, in the print field 183, the time is exceeded. The updated scheduled exit time is magnetically recorded and printed at the same time when the excess charge adjustment machine 10 is used for payment. In the figure, the update time is one hour (16: 30 → 17: 30), but it may be set in minutes or may be uniformly set.

FIG. 6 shows that a prepaid card for using a pay facility in an amusement park can be used in the device of the present invention. In this case, the printing unit 18 is provided with a balance print column 180 for printing the balance of the prepaid card 120 in addition to the above-mentioned print columns 181-183. In addition to the printing shown in FIG. 5, the purchase amount of the card is also printed in the print field 181 and the remaining amount print field 180 is paid when the entrance fee or facility paid when passing through the entrance gate 13 is used. The remaining amount less the usage fee is printed each time. In Figure 6, I bought a card for 5000 yen and passed the entrance gate 13 (admission fee 1000 yen) at 12:30, so the remaining amount was 4000 yen, and I got on the 500 yen vehicle twice and the remaining amount was left. The print shows that the price went from 3500 yen to 3000 yen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the excess charge adjustment machine 10. The CPU 19 for controlling the whole is provided with a card reader / writer 20 and a calendar / clock means for outputting date and time information via a bus line. 21, a journal printer 22 for printing is connected, and a coin receiving / discharging means 25 and a bill receiving / discharging means 26 are also connected. An interface 27 for sucking data from the outside is connected to the bus line. The CPU 19 includes a comparison means 23 for comparing the current time with the exit time limit and an excess charge calculation means 24.

The operation of the excess charge settlement machine 10 having such a configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation when the card 12 shown in FIG. 5 is settled, and when the card 12 is inserted, the reader / writer 20 shows each of the card type K, the entry time A, and the scheduled exit time B. The data is read (step S1). The comparing means 23 compares the read-out scheduled departure time B with the current time T output from the calendar / clock means 21 to determine whether T exceeds B (step S2), and T ≦ B. If so, the card is returned as it is (step S3). If T> B, the excess charge calculation means 24 calculates the excess charge based on the data K, A, B, T and a predetermined charge table, and displays the excess charge on the excess charge display unit 5 in FIG. Display (step S4). When coins are inserted from the coin insertion slot 1 or the bill insertion slot 7, the coin receiving / discharging means 25 or the bill receiving / discharging means 26 checks the deposit amount and accepts it (step S5). The change amount is displayed on the change amount display unit 2 and it is determined whether or not this deposit amount is equal to or more than the excess charge (step S6). If the deposit amount is less than the excess charge, the process waits for the deposit again and returns to step 5, and if it is more than the excess charge, write the updated scheduled exit time in the card (step S7) and insert the card. At the same time, the money is returned (step S8), and if necessary, the overpaid amount is used as a change and paid out from the coin outlet 8 and the coin outlet 9 (step S9), and the processing ends.

Next, the operation when processing the prepaid card 120 as shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. In this case, if there is a balance on the card, the balance will be used for settlement. First, when the card 120 is inserted, the reader / writer 20 reads each data of the card type K, the entry time A, the scheduled exit time B and the balance of the card (step S1). The comparing means 23 compares the read-out scheduled departure time B with the current time T output from the calendar / clock means 21 to determine whether T exceeds B (step S2), and T ≦ B If so, the balance 0 is written on the card (step S3), the balance is paid out (step S4), the card is returned (step S5), and the process is ended. If T> B, the excess charge calculating means 24 calculates the excess charge based on the data K, A, B, T and a predetermined charge table, and displays the amount on the excess charge display unit 5 ( Step S6). Then, it is judged whether or not the balance of the card is equal to or more than the excess charge (step S7), and if the balance is less than the excess charge, the accepted money is checked (step S8), and the total of the deposit amount and the balance is the excess charge. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S9). If the total amount is less than the excess charge, wait for deposit again and return to step S8. If the total amount is the excess charge or more and the remaining amount is the excess charge or more in step S7, the card is updated. The scheduled exit time is written (step S10), the balance 0 is further written (step S11), the money is paid out to pay the money (step S12), the card is returned (step S13), and the process ends.

Of the above-mentioned operations, the balance 0 is written to the card in step S3 or step S11 for automatic settlement. However, a separate settlement button is provided so that settlement can be performed when this button is pressed. You may If you want to update the prepaid card because the remaining amount of the prepaid card with time data recorded becomes 0 and there is still time to leave, you can purchase the card with a separately installed card issuing machine. Of course, in this case, the card with the remaining balance of 0 is used when leaving. Alternatively, insert a card with 0 remaining balance into the card issuing machine, read the time data etc. with this card issuing machine, record these data on a new card together with the newly designated amount data, and issue it. Good. In this case, the card with the remaining balance of 0 is collected onboard.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a card in which the entry time (12:30) and the exit time, that is, the scheduled exit time (16:30) are recorded is used. However, the scheduled exit time can be calculated by recording the entry time and the time limit (in this case, 4 hours), so these data may be used as the exit time limit.

[0016]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the excess charge settlement device of the present invention, when exiting after the scheduled exit time, it is possible to exit from the automatic exit gate by updating the card record, so at the checkout window With the payment certificate, you can save yourself the trouble of exiting from the gate with a staff member and avoid congestion at the exit. If you use a prepaid card, you can also settle the balance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an external configuration example of an excess charge settlement device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of an excess charge settlement machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing operation of an excess charge settlement machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing operation of the excess charge settlement machine.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a card used for an excess charge settlement machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a card used for an excess charge settlement machine.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an outline of an entrance / exit gate system to which the excess charge settlement device of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 coin slot 2 deposit / change amount display section 3 display lamp 4 entry time display section 5 excess charge display section 6 card insertion / exit slot 7 banknote insertion slot 8 coin discharge slot 9 banknote discharge slot 10 excess charge adjustment machine 11 cards Vending machine 12 card 120 prepaid card 13 entrance gate 14,16 flapper 15 exit gate 17 magnetic stripe 18 printing section 180 balance printing column 181,181,183 printing column 19 CPU 20 reader / writer 21 calendar / clock means 22 journal printer 23 comparison Means 24 Excess fee calculation means 25 Coin receiving / discharging means 26 Banknote receiving / discharging means 27 Interface

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A reading means for reading the recorded contents of the card when a card in which the exit time from a facility such as a leisure facility is recorded is inserted, and the exit time and the current time read by the reading means. A comparison means for comparing
If the comparison means determines that the current time is over the exit time limit, a calculation means for calculating the excess charge required to exit, and the card if the inserted money amount exceeds the excess charge And a recording means for updating and recording the exit time limit.