JP2913181B2 - Parking fee payment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used in a parking lot for visitors of a family restaurant, a supermarket, or various stores (hereinafter simply referred to as stores) such as a convenience store or a bookstore. And a suitable parking fee settlement device.

[Conventional technology]

In commercial parking lots for commercial purposes, for example,
A parking device used for customer service, such as the above-mentioned various parking lots, automatically manages the entry and exit of vehicles efficiently using a management device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-55718. In, when you show the receipt of the purchased product to the attendant or when you pay the purchase price, you get a stamp (mark) on the parking ticket received at the time of entry and show this parking ticket with stamp to the attendant, free parking It is structured to receive services. In addition, those who do not have a receipt or a stamp pay a fixed parking fee to a clerk to leave the vehicle.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

On the other hand, in the recent prepaid card boom, the introduction of prepaid cards that can be commonly used between chain stores is also gradually progressing at the various stores mentioned above, and all payments are cashless, and It is required to perform it skillfully. However, as described above, the payment of the purchase price is performed with a prepaid card, and the payment management of the parking fee is performed using receipts, stamps, or cash, so the procedure is very complicated and many customers Complaint was received. In addition, in the case of payment using a receipt, there is a problem that the vehicle may be parked for a long time at a low price or the receipt may be used for payment, which is not fair.

Accordingly, a technical problem of the present invention is to use a prepaid card used for payment of a purchase price for payment management of parking fees in various types of store parking lots, thereby facilitating the payment of parking fees. It is to do.

[Means for solving the problem]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above technical problem are as follows.

In a store equipped with a payment system that uses a prepaid card with a memory amount to settle the purchase price, (1) In the register for the payment of the store, a parking is provided for the prepaid card at the time of payment. Means for inputting and storing the specific code and the purchase amount of money, means for calculating the remaining amount of the memory amount after subtracting the purchase amount, and printing means for printing the purchase amount and the remaining amount of the above-mentioned memory amount in the print column of the prepaid card. To be provided.

(2) The parking fee settlement machine installed in the parking lot of the above store reads both the specific code for parking and the purchase price from the above prepaid card, and parks if the read purchase price exceeds the set price. Charges are free, and if it is less than the set amount, a discounted parking fee is calculated and this parking fee is subtracted from the above memory amount. A printing means for printing the remaining amount of money shall be provided.

(3) In both the above-mentioned cash register and the parking fee adjustment machine, the remaining amount of the memory amount obtained by subtracting the purchased amount and the purchased amount, and the parking fee and the parking fee are subtracted for the print column of the prepaid card. In printing the remaining amount of the memory amount, a function to print the time data at that time together should be provided.

[Action]

 The above means works as follows.

The above element (1) is used when the payment (payment) of the purchase amount is performed by the register using the prepaid card, and this register inputs and stores the specific code for parking and the purchase amount to the prepaid card. This eliminates the hassle of inputting the receipt information to the prepaid card using a dedicated receipt management machine, etc., which can greatly reduce the labor of parking management, and can be used in the print field of the prepaid card. Since the remaining amount of the purchase amount and the memory amount is printed out, the user can accurately grasp each amount.

In the element (2), since the prepaid card used for payment of the purchase price is used as it is for payment of the parking fee, the use and management of the parking lot becomes very easy and the purchase price exceeds a certain amount. In this case, the parking fee is free only if the parking fee is less than a certain amount, and the parking fee is discounted if the parking fee does not exceed a certain amount. In addition to the above, the parking fee and the amount of memory obtained by subtracting the parking fee are printed out on the print column of the prepaid card, so that the user can accurately grasp the shopping and parking costs. Make it possible.

The element (3) enables the user to accurately grasp each situation of shopping and parking while checking the data printed in the print column of the prepaid card while checking the time data.

As described above, the technical problems described above can be solved by the above means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the parking fee settlement apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a front view and a back view of a prepaid card P used in the present invention. A money memory (30,000 in the case of the drawing) is provided in a portion of a magnetic stripe Pa formed on the front surface. Yen) is stored, and further, a parking specific code and a purchase price to be described later are written freely.
Further, division P ₁ on the back, pay P _2, balance P _3, are printed column PT is formed consisting of the columns of the date and time component P _4, and partitioned printing column dealer to P ₁ initial, payment and parking The characters “Shiharai” or “Car” meaning the item are printed, and the payment print column P ₂
Payments to is, is to balance the print column P ₃ balance of memory amounts,
Further, the time fraction print column P ₄ has a mechanism that the date and hour and minute data at the time of printing are respectively printed.

FIG. 3 shows a purchase price settlement register 1 installed at a payment counter or the like of various stores. The register 1 has a slot 1a for the prepaid card P,
Automatic withdrawal 1R to store cash and receipt R for shopping
1b, a display for displaying the purchase amount, the memory amount and the balance of the prepaid card P, or other shopping information, etc.
11, an amount display unit 12 for a customer, and a keyboard 13 used for inputting a purchase amount and other items, performing calculations, and the like.
A selection key 14 including a payment key 14a, a payment completion key 14b, a parking key 15 for writing a specific code for parking on the prepaid card P, and a key switch 16 for switching the operation mode of the register 1. And connection terminal for external communication
17 are provided.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the register 1, and shows a bus to a control unit constituted by a CPU 18 and a memory 19 storing a system program.
The display 11, the amount indicator 12, the keyboard 13, the selection key 14, the parking key 15, the mode switch key switch 16, and the connection terminal 17 are connected via the interface 20 and the interface circuit 21. The circuit 22, the receipt printer 23, the prepaid card printer 24, the card feeding motor 25, and rewriting the amount memory of the prepaid card P, and storing the parking specific code or purchase amount etc. in the magnetic stripe Pa of the prepaid card P. A magnetic head 26 for writing is connected. Although not shown in FIG. 3, a bar code sensor 27 for reading a bar code (amount) printed on the product is also connected as necessary.
Each is configured to perform a predetermined operation under the monitoring of the CPU 18 according to the system program in the memory 19.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a parking fee payment machine 30 installed in a parking lot (specifically, a management table or the like) of various stores. A display 31 for displaying the amount of memory of the prepaid card P, an insertion port 30a for the prepaid card P, an issuance port 30b for the parking receipt RT, and various selection keys 32 including a cash receipt key 32a. I have.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the settlement machine 30. The control unit constituted by a CPU 33 and a memory 34 in which a system program is stored is described above via a bus 35 and an interface circuit 36. Display 31
And a selection key 32 including a cash receipt key 32a, and further rewrites a prepaid card printer 37, a receipt RT printer 38, a card feeding motor 39, and an amount memory of the prepaid card P. Card P
A magnetic head 40 for reading the specific code and the purchase price written in the magnetic stripe Pa of the computer or erasing such information is connected, and each of them is monitored by the CPU 33 according to the system program in the memory 34. And performs a predetermined operation.

Next, the operation of the parking fee settlement device according to the present invention will be described in the seventh.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
It should be noted that the settlement process shown in FIG.
The delivery process shown in FIG. 8 is performed according to the system program stored in the memory 34 of the checkout machine 30.

That is, the settlement process shown in FIG. 7 is executed by the clerk inserting the prepaid card P received from the customer into the slot 1a of the register 1 in step S1.

In step S2, the magnetic head 26 reads the amount memory of the prepaid card P and displays the amount on the display 11.

Next, in a third step S3, the clerk operates the keyboard 13 or inputs the purchase price using the barcode sensor 27, and furthermore, in a fourth step S4, totals the purchase price, and in a fifth step S5, the purchase price is calculated. The amount is displayed on indicators 11 and 12.

In the next step S6, when the staff turns on the checkout key 14a,
Proceeding to a seventh step S7, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned memory amount is larger than the purchase amount. If it is determined that the memory amount is larger, the process proceeds to an eighth step S8, where the purchase amount is subtracted from the memory amount, and the ninth step S8 is performed. The amount of memory is rewritten in
Proceeding to step S10, the rewritten memory amount is displayed on each of the display units 11 and 12.

On the other hand, if it is determined in the seventh step S7 that the purchase amount is larger than the memory amount, the eleventh step S11
To calculate the shortage amount and set the amount memory to “0”
And the deficient amount is displayed on the display 1 in the twelfth step S12.
Appears on 1,12.

When the customer pays the shortage in the following thirteenth step S13 to complete the settlement, the clerk turns on the completion key 14b in the next fourteenth step S14.

Then, the fifteenth step S15 is executed, the receipt printer 23 is operated, and the receipt R on which the purchase statement is printed is issued. Next, a sixteenth step S16 is executed, in which the card printer 24 prints the print fields P ₁ , P ₂ ,
Printing is performed on each of P ₃ and P ₄ .

In the next seventeenth step S17, it is determined whether the parking key 15 is turned on or not, and the parking key 15 is
If the switch 15 is turned on, the magnetic head 26 writes the parking specific code on the magnetic stripe Pa of the prepaid card P, and further writes the purchase price in the next nineteenth step S19.

After step S19 is executed, the card feed motor 25
As a result, the card is discharged in the twentieth step S20, and the settlement process ends. In addition, the parking key in the 17th step
If it is determined that 15 has not been turned on,
20 steps S20 are executed.

Next, a procedure of a leaving process for adjusting the parking fee using the above-mentioned prepaid card P will be described with reference to FIG.

After the step S21 of inserting the prepaid card P into the slot 30a of the checkout machine 30 and the step S22 of searching for the parking specific code by the magnetic head 40 are executed, a 23rd step S23
If it is determined that there is a parking identification code in the next step S2
Proceeding to 4, the purchase price is read.

In the next 25th step S25, it is determined whether or not the purchase price is equal to or more than the set price (for example, 1,000 yen or more). Free delivery OK display, card printer 3
7, the printing process in the 27th step S27, the erasing process in the 28th step S28 by the magnetic head 40, the card feeding motor 39
, The card discharging process in the 29th step S29 is sequentially executed, and the user can receive the discharged prepaid card P and allow the vehicle to attend free of charge.

On the other hand, when it is determined in the above-mentioned twenty-third step S23 that there is no parking identification code in the prepaid card P, payment processing of the parking fee by the prepaid card P from the thirtieth steps S30 to S40 is sequentially executed, and further, 31st step
If it is determined in S31 that the memory amount is insufficient, steps S38, S39, and S40 are sequentially performed, and the insufficient parking fee is paid by cash.

Further, the purchase price stored in the prepaid card P in the above-mentioned 25th step S25 is the set price (for example, 1,000 yen)
If it is determined that the discount parking fee has not been reached, the processes of calculating and displaying the discounted parking fee in steps S41 and S42 are executed, and then the payment process in steps S30 to S40 described above is performed to pay the discounted parking fee. Is executed in the same way, and after the payment, step S2
At 9 the prepaid card P is ejected and the process ends.

〔effect〕

The parking fee settlement device according to the present invention is as described above, and the prepaid card for settlement of the purchase price can be used for the settlement of the parking fee as it is, so that the conventional settlement means using a parking ticket or a receipt or the like can be used. In comparison, it is very convenient to settle the fee easily and it is very convenient, and the parking fee is free only when the specific code for parking and a certain amount of purchase price are written on the prepaid card. , You can use the prepaid card to avoid free shopping and receive a free parking fee service, or you can avoid unfair parking by receiving a free parking fee service with a small purchase, but a fixed interest rate if the purchase price is small Since the parking fee is discounted at, the role as a parking lot for service can be fully exhibited, and furthermore, the printing column of the prepaid card shows the purchase amount, memory amount, or The information such as parking fee is printed together with the time data, so that the usage status of the prepaid card can be checked clearly, so that the advantage that it can be used while clearly checking for excessive use and lack of money memory etc. This is very suitable because it can be implemented in a simple service parking lot where a clerk directly manages the entry / exit of vehicles and payment of fees without providing an entry / exit management device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 and 2 are a front view and a back view of a prepaid card used in the parking fee settlement apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a register used in the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the settlement machine used in the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration, and FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the steps of a settlement process for a purchase price and a leaving process for adjusting a parking fee. P is a prepaid card, Pa is a magnetic stripe, PT is a print box, 1 is a register, 15 is a parking key, and 30 is a payment machine.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. In a store provided with a payment system for performing payment of a purchase price using a prepaid card having a memory price, a register for the payment of the store is provided with the payment card at the time of payment. Means for inputting and storing the parking specific code and the purchase price, means for calculating the balance of the memory price after subtracting the purchase price, and printing the purchase price and the balance of the above-mentioned memory price in the print column of the prepaid card. In addition to providing printing means, the parking fee settlement machine installed in the parking lot of the store reads both the specific code for parking and the purchase price from the prepaid card, and the read purchase price is the set price. If it exceeds, the parking fee will be free, and if it is less than the set amount, a discounted parking fee will be calculated and this parking fee will be subtracted from the above memory amount A calculation unit, a parking fee payment system is characterized by providing a printing means for printing the remainder of the parking fee and the memory amount of the relative printing column of prepaid cards. 2. In both the above-mentioned money settlement register and the parking fee settlement machine, the remaining amount of the purchase amount and the memory amount obtained by subtracting the purchase amount, and the parking fee and the parking fee are printed in the print column of the prepaid card. 2. The parking fee settlement device according to claim 1, further comprising a function of printing time data at the time when the remaining amount of the subtracted memory amount is printed.