JPH08221645A - Money reception and payment managing device of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To record the repayment history of a route man accompanying a defect in payout of commodity in a totalization device by detecting the reception of a specific card and instructing a coin mechanism to pay back money as much as a sales price. CONSTITUTION: The sales control part 1 of an automatic vending machine is provided with a commodity selection button group 2 provided on the customer surface of the automatic vending machine so that user can operates it, and with a vendable lamp group 4, a button 5 dedicated to repayment, the coin mechanism 6, a commodity payout device 7, and the totalization device in the box of the automatic vending machine. When the route man informed of repayment due to a defect in payout of commodity by a user insertion of the repayment dedicated card 9b into a card reader 3 or operation of the repayment dedicated button 5 in the box of the automatic vending machine by a user, a sales control part 1 is switched from a normal sales processing mode to a repayment mode. The repayment contents are recorded in the totalization device 8, so the amount of collected money that the route man gathers and handed to a supervisor matches with the record in the totalization device 8 and the money reception management becomes clear.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine can be used with cash or various cards. In the event of a defective delivery of a product, the user applies to Rootman to receive a refund. Rootman, who has received a request for defective payment from the user, refunds the amount of the user's request from the collected money in the vending machine.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the inside of the vending machine, a totaling device for recording the totalization of sales is built in, and the total amount of sales is also totalized in the totaling device. In the current situation, the record that Routeman refunded at the request of the user is not recorded in the aggregation device.

In such a conventional configuration, there is a problem that the amount of money collected by the rootman and paid to the manager does not match the record of the totaling device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a deposit management device of a vending machine, which can record a refund history by a route man due to a defective payout in a totaling device.

[0005]

A deposit management device for a vending machine according to claim 1 detects that a specific card has been accepted or that a refund-only button has been operated, and then the normal sale processing is performed. The mode is switched to a refund processing mode, and a sale control unit for instructing the coin mechanism to perform a refund operation for the selling price is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a deposit management device for a vending machine, wherein in the refund processing mode, the refund operation for the selling price set for the column corresponding to the selected product selection button is performed. It is characterized in that the sales control unit is configured to instruct the coin mechanism.

According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided a deposit management device for an automatic vending machine, wherein the refund history in the refund processing mode is recorded in the totalizing device according to the first or second aspect.

[0008]

According to the structure of claim 1, when the rootman inputs a specific card or operates the refund-only button, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode, and the sales control unit instructs the coin mechanism to refund.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the rootman inputs a specific card or operates a refund-only button, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode. In the refund processing mode, when the product selection button is operated, the sales control unit that detects this operates the coin mechanism to instruct the refund operation for the sales price of the selected column to refund.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the rootman inputs the specific card or operates the refund-only button, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode. In the refund processing mode, when the product selection button is operated, the sales control unit that detects this operates the coin mechanism to instruct the refund operation for the sales price of the selected column to execute the refund, and returns the refund history to the aggregation device. Record.

[0011]

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

As shown in FIG. 2, in the sales controller 1 of the vending machine, in addition to the product selection button group 2 provided on the customer service side of the vending machine so that the user can operate, and the card reader 3, In the storage of the automatic vending machine, there are a sellable lamp group 4, a refund-only button 5, a coin mechanism 6, a product 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 deposit amount. In the normal sale processing mode, the sales control unit 1 sets a sale flag for the sales column whose deposit amount has reached the sale amount, and also sets a sale flag in the sale lamps of the sale 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 sales flag is set based on the lit saleable lamp, the sales control section 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 dispensing device 7 to pay out the selected product.

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

When the user inserts the card 9a into the card insertion opening provided on the customer service side, it is detected that the card has been inserted into the card reader 3 through # 1 through # 4, and only the rootman is detected through # 5. Determines whether the card is a refund-only card 9b as a specific card possessed by. If it is determined in # 5 that the card is a general card 9a carried by the user,
Execute # 2 and # 3. Specifically, the sale control unit 1 in the normal sale processing mode sets the sale available flag to the sale column of the sale amount within the range of the prepaid amount read by the card reader 3 from the card 9a, and the sale available lamp. The salable lamp of the sale column in which the salable flag of the salable lamps of group 4 is set is turned on. When the user operates the product selection button of the sale column in which the sale flag is set based on the lit saleable lamp, the sale 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 also instructs the product dispensing device 7 to dispense the selected product. The operation history and sales are totaled by the totaling device 8.

When the rootman, who has been notified by the user of the refund due to the defective payment, inserts the refund-only card 9b into the card reader 3 or operates the refund-only button 5 inside the vending machine, the sale is made. The control unit 1 switches from the normal sale processing mode to the refund processing mode.

When the rootman inserts the refund-only card 9b into the card reader 3, the refund-only card 9 is sent at # 5.
When it is detected that it is b, the sales control unit 1 in the refund processing mode sets the sell flag to all the sell columns in # 6 and sells the sell lamps in the sell lamp group 4. Turn on the sellable lamp of the sales column for which the OK flag is set.

When the rootman operates the product selection button of the sales column which the user has offered a defective delivery, this operation is detected in # 7, and in # 8, the sales column selected in # 7 is sold. The sales control unit 1 instructs the coin mechanism 6 to refund the amount, and executes # 3. In # 3, the amount of money for the refund process is recorded as a negative sales amount in the sales history and the sales amount total in the totalizing device 8.

The same processing can be performed by the rootman operating 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 the use of the refund-only card 9b or the operation of the refund-only button 5, and the refund contents at that time are also recorded in the totaling device 8. The collected amount of money collected by and collected by the manager matches the record of the totalizing device 8, and the management of payment becomes clear.

In the above embodiment, # 8 was not executed unless the operation of the product selection button was executed in # 7, but the steps of judging whether the selling price is uniform for all columns are # 5 and #. If it is determined that the selling price is the same for all columns, it is skipped between # 6 and # 7 and # 8.
It can also be configured to refund the selling price.

In the above embodiment, it was not recorded which Rootman performed the refund processing due to the poor sales, but the ID code of the Rootman written in the refund exclusive card 9b is also included in # 3. It is possible to specify the route man who has executed the refund process in the refund history by recording the sum in the totalizing device 8.

It is also possible to specify the rootman by inputting the ID code of the rootman using the refund-only button 5 as an input device. Although the prepaid amount is written in the general card in the above-described embodiment, the same can be applied to the case where post-payment processing is performed based on the ID code written in the general card.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the normal sale processing mode is switched to the refund processing mode upon detection of acceptance of a specific card or detection of the operation of the refund-only button, and the sale is completed. Since the sales control unit that instructs the coin mechanism to refund the price is provided, when the rootman inputs a specific card or operates the refund only button, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode, and the sales control unit operates the coin mechanism. The required amount will be refunded under the control of the vending machine.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the normal sale processing mode is switched to the refund processing mode upon detecting that the specific card is accepted or the refund-only button is operated, and the refund processing mode is set. Since a sales control unit that instructs the coin mechanism to refund the selling price set for the column corresponding to the selected product selection button is provided, the required amount is automatically sold even if the selling price is not uniform. Refunded under the control of the machine.

According to the structure of claim 3, since the refund history in the refund processing mode is recorded in the totaling device, the total amount and the cash deposited by the rootman to the manager match, and the deposit management becomes clear.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sales Control Department 2 Product Selection Button Group 3 Card Reader 5 Refund Only Button 6 Coin Mechanism 8 Aggregator 9a General Card 9b Refund Only Card [Specific Card]

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A coin mechanism that switches the normal sale processing mode to the refund processing mode upon detecting that a specific card has been accepted or when the refund-only button has been operated. Payment management device for vending machines, which has a sales control unit that instructs to. 2. In the refund processing mode, the sales control unit is configured to instruct the coin mechanism to perform a refund operation for the sales price set for the column corresponding to the selected product selection button. Deposit management device for automatic vending machines. 3. The deposit management device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the refund history in the refund processing mode is recorded in the totaling device.