JP7004526B2 - Adjustment machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is suitable for application to, for example, a charge payment device for a store such as a convenience store or a department store, a vending machine, an automatic ticket vending machine, an entrance / exit management device, a centralized parking charge settlement machine, an advance charge settlement machine, and the like. Leader unit, etc.
In particular, a reader unit that makes it possible to easily identify a corresponding reader / writer device corresponding to a non-contact IC card of a different non-contact wireless communication method, a payment machine using the reader unit, and a computer program that controls the payment machine. Regarding.

Today, so-called "nearby" non-contact IC cards are known. The "nearby type" non-contact IC card operates in accordance with the international standard of ISO 14443 (ISO: International Organization for Standardization) and has a communication distance of about 10 cm. The "neighborhood type" non-contact IC cards are classified into type A (TypeA) represented by Myfare card (Mifare: registered trademark) and type B (TypeB) represented by basic resident register card and digital ticket. ing.
The FeliCa card (Felica: registered trademark), Suica card (Suica: registered trademark), and Eddie card (Edy: registered trademark), which are widely used in Japan, are "nearby type" non-contact IC cards for convenience. , Type C (Type C).

The type A, type B, and type C non-contact IC cards as described above have a common carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz, and although the modulation method and coding method are different, they can be used as a simple settlement method for monetary transactions. It is well established.

On the non-contact IC card, the deposit amount data deposited by the user, the expense amount data used for shopping, the boarding / alighting record data when using the public transportation service, and the like are recorded on the IC chip. A business has also emerged that provides complex services by using such data secondarily.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, it is a service such as discounting a parking fee by proving that public transportation has been used. In order to realize this service, for example, there is a technique shown in Patent Document 1.

The parking fee settlement machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 is devised so that an IC card used for getting on and off public transportation can also be used for parking fee settlement.
With this technology, it is possible to read data from both a parking lot ticket that uses a magnetic card that records simple data such as the parking lot usage start time and an IC card that is used to get on and off public transportation. , If the boarding / alighting data of public transportation meets the prescribed conditions, the parking fee can be discounted and settled. A service in which parking fees are discounted when public transportation and parking lots are used together is called "Park &Ride" and has a certain effect on alleviating traffic congestion in urban areas.

In Patent Document 2, in order to make the information processing procedure easier to understand for the user to whom the discount is applied, the procedure of the settlement procedure is output to the display panel to improve the usability of the user.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-33566 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-28565

By the way, in recent years, there has been increasing interest in the protection of personal information. For example, the boarding / alighting record data of an IC card used for boarding / alighting of public transportation is also used beyond the range expected by the user. The criticism of such a situation has increased, and railway companies that operate transportation IC cards have come to restrict the provision of boarding / alighting record data to third parties.

On the other hand, although the above-mentioned Park & Ride is already taking root, it is not possible to apply discounts unless the boarding / alighting record data on the IC card is provided. Therefore, in order to continue the service of Park & Ride, other means for reading and inputting boarding / alighting record data are required.
In addition, it is expected that fee settlement machines that can handle documents that cannot directly read electronic data, such as various certificates, will be required in various fields.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a reader unit that can read information printed on tickets, certificates, etc. that cannot directly read electronic data, and a computer program that controls the reader unit. be.

(First invention)
The first invention in the present application relates to a reader unit (40) that optically reads a reading object (50) grasped by a user with a finger.
The reader unit (40) is a photographing means (41) equipped with a light source and an image sensor, and
A transmission plate (42) located on the user side from the photographing means (41) and transmitting light emitted from the light source of the photographing means (41),
An alignment means that makes it easy for the user to fix the reading target (50) to a predetermined position suitable for photographing with respect to the transparent plate (42).
A frame recognition means that recognizes a predetermined frame from the read data of the read target (50) that is fixed by the alignment means and photographed by the photographing means (41) and digitized.
The frame data transmission means for transmitting the read data in the frame recognized by the frame recognition means to the processing server for converting into text, and the frame data transmission means.
To prepare for.

(Glossary)
"Reading target (50)" is a ticket with letters or numbers printed or engraved on paper or resin sheet (for example, a Shinkansen boarding ticket, parking ticket for parking lot, etc.), and a number or symbol on a resin card. Various engraved cards (credit cards, membership cards, etc.), liquid crystal screens of mobile information terminals (for example, smartphones), codes displayed on paper or liquid crystal screens (for example, two-dimensional bar codes), etc.
The "image sensor" is also referred to as an image discriminator, an image authentication machine, or the like, and includes, for example, a CCD image sensor, a CMOS image sensor, and the like.

The "reading target" includes a pre-printed invariant area and a variable area in which different characters are printed for each boarding ticket. The "frame recognition means", which is a means for finding a frame surrounded by a variable area, is a frame printed as an invariant area, and recognizes a frame in which the inside of the frame is a variable area.
The "alignment means" is intended to fix the reading surface (51) of the reading target (50). For example, the depth dimension of the storage space is set to match the dimension of the reading target (50).
When the reading target (50) is a standard size card, it is a groove or a recess formed according to the standard size.

(Action)
The user fixes the reading target (50) to a predetermined position suitable for photographing based on the alignment means and the transmission plate (42).
The fixed reading target (50) is photographed by the photographing means (41), and the reader unit (40) acquires the image data. The acquired image data recognizes a predetermined frame by the frame recognition means.
Then, the frame data transmission means transmits the read data in the frame recognized by the frame recognition means to the processing server for converting the read data into text.
As a result, it contributes to the realization of a payment machine that can handle various discount systems by reading data printed on tickets, certificates, etc. that cannot directly read electronic data.

(Variation of the first invention)
The first invention in the present application is a processing data receiving means for receiving textualized processing data on a processing server.
An output means for outputting a predetermined output using the processed data may be provided.

(Glossary)
The "processing server" executes bidirectional communication with a settlement machine incorporating the first invention (second invention described later), remotely controls the settlement machine, and transmits necessary data. Receive.
The "processing data" differs depending on the function of the processing server. For example, when the processing server executes text conversion, it is textualized character data, and when the processing server calculates up to the settlement amount based on the textualized data, it is production amount data.
The "output means" is, for example, a display panel for displaying the settlement amount. When the processing data receiving means receives the character data converted into text as the processing data by the processing server, the calculation means for calculating the settlement amount based on the character data is included.

(Action)
The processing data receiving means receives the processing data converted into text by the processing server. Using the received processing data, the output means outputs a predetermined value.

(Variation 2 of the first invention)
The first invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the alignment means has an insertion slot (46) larger than the thickness dimension of the reading target (50) with reference to the transmission plate (42).
The left and right restricting members (44) that can store the width dimension of the reading target (50) inserted from the insertion slot (46), and
An upper regulating member (45) for restricting the upward movement of the reading target (50) inserted from the insertion port (46), and an upper regulating member (45).
A front cover plate (43) for restricting the movement of the reading target (50) inserted from the insertion port (46) to the front side may be provided.

(Action)
The user inserts the reading target (50) into the insertion slot (46) from below. The inserted reading target (50) is restricted in the left-right direction by the left-right regulating member (44), and the movement in the upward direction is restricted by the upper regulating member (45), and the movement in the upward direction is restricted by the upper regulating member (45). Movement is restricted by the front cover plate (43).
As a result, the reading target (50) is less likely to be blurred at the timing of shooting, and also plays a role in reducing large deviations and errors in image data processing by the frame recognition means or the like.

(Second invention)
The second invention relates to a settlement machine provided with a reader unit (40B) according to the first invention.
That is, it is a payment machine forming a housing provided with a front panel (11) facing the user, and includes a reader unit (40) embedded and fixed in the front panel (11).
The reader unit (40) is a photographing means (41) equipped with a light source and an image sensor, and
A transmission plate (42) located on the user side from the photographing means (419) and transmitting light emitted from the light source of the photographing means (41).
An alignment means that makes it easy for the user to fix the reading target (50) to a predetermined position suitable for photographing with respect to the transparent plate (42).
A frame recognition means that recognizes a predetermined frame from the read data of the read target (50) that is fixed by the alignment means and photographed by the photographing means (41) and digitized.
The present invention relates to a settlement machine provided with an in-frame data transmission means for transmitting to a processing server for converting the read data in the frame recognized by the frame recognition means into text.

A "payment machine" is a machine that pays for goods and services, such as a payment device for stores such as convenience stores and department stores, vending machines, automatic ticket vending machines, entry / exit management devices, and concentration of parking fees. It is a payment machine or a pre-payment payment machine. Payment forms include banknotes and money combinations as cash, credit cards, prepaid cards, and electronic money.

The variation of the second invention is based on the variations 1 and 2 of the first invention.

(Third invention)
The third invention relates to a computer program for controlling a payment machine according to the second invention.
That is, a shooting procedure in which the light source and the image sensor provided in the reader unit are controlled to shoot the reading target.
A frame recognition procedure for recognizing a predetermined frame from the read data to be read, which was shot and digitized in the shooting procedure, and a frame recognition procedure.
The procedure for transmitting the data in the frame recognized by the frame recognition procedure to the processing server for converting the read data in the frame into text, and the procedure for transmitting the data in the frame.
The processing data reception procedure for receiving the processing data processed by the processing server such as text conversion, and the processing data reception procedure.
Is a computer program that causes the control means of the payment machine to execute the above.

(Action)
The computer program according to the third invention is executed by an input means provided in the checkout machine, a storage means such as a random access memory, a calculation means by a central processing unit (CPU), and the like.
Further, the computer program according to the third invention can be recorded and provided on a recording medium such as a CD-R, a DVD-R, or a hard disk, or can be provided via a communication line.

(Variation 1 of the third invention)
In the third invention, the processing data received by the processing data receiving procedure may be used as the settlement amount for which the settlement amount has been calculated by the processing server.

(Variation 2 of the third invention)
The third invention may be formed as follows, unlike the variation 1 described above.
That is, an output that outputs a predetermined amount based on the settlement amount calculation procedure that calculates the settlement amount using the processed data received in the processing data reception procedure and the settlement amount calculation procedure. Procedure and
May be executed by the control means of the payment machine.

(Variation 3 of the third invention)
The third invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the above-mentioned settlement machine is provided with a preferential data storage means for accumulating preferential data used for calculating the settlement amount in the above-mentioned settlement amount calculation procedure in advance.
In the above-mentioned procedure for calculating the settlement amount, the settlement amount may be calculated using the preferential data accumulated in the above-mentioned preferential data storage means.

(Variations of processing server)
The processing server described above may play a role as a management server that manages a plurality of payment machines.
The "management server" generally performs bidirectional communication with a plurality of payment machines (40,40, ...), and the data acquired by the plurality of payment machines (40,40, ...). Can be downloaded, stored and managed, the control program that controls the scanner device can be updated, and the control programs of various control devices built in the checkout machine can be updated.

According to the first invention and the second invention, it was possible to provide a reader unit and a checkout machine that can handle documents and the like that cannot directly read electronic data.
According to the third invention, it is possible to provide a computer program for controlling a payment machine equipped with a reader unit capable of handling documents and the like that cannot directly read electronic data.

It is a conceptual diagram showing a park-and-ride that uses public transportation such as a railroad and a parking lot together. It is a perspective view which shows the settlement machine which incorporated the reader unit which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the main part of the leader unit in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of making a settlement by 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the procedure of reading and processing a boarding ticket. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the procedure of reading and processing a transportation system IC card. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the function of a settlement machine and a processing server. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the function of a settlement machine and a processing server. It is a figure which shows the appearance of a reader unit. It is a figure which shows the appearance of a reader unit. It is a figure which shows the variation about the arrangement of a reader unit and a display panel. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the relationship between a processing server and a plurality of settlement machines.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments and drawings.
The drawings used here are FIGS. 2 to 12, and FIG. 1 showing the prior art is also referred to for comparison.

(Fig. 2)
The settlement machine shown in FIG. 2 is a settlement machine 10 for a user who uses the parking lot to settle the parking fee, and is a settlement machine 10A equipped with a push reader unit.
The checkout machine 10 (10A) has a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the front panel 11 which is a surface facing the user is provided with various devices for the user to operate.

On the front panel 11, in order from the top, a display panel 12 that outputs screens such as instructions to the user, a ticket ejector 13 that ejects tickets such as parking tickets, and a coin inserter 20 that accepts coins that the user inserts for settlement. , Banknote entry / exit machine 30 for users to insert and receive banknotes and credit cards for payment, fishing bills or credit cards, card reader 40 for reading the reading target required for payment of parking fees, coins as change It is equipped with a coin return port 14, which discharges unacceptable coins.
The "reading target" is a ticket with letters or numbers printed or engraved on paper or a resin sheet (for example, a Shinkansen boarding ticket, a parking ticket for a parking lot, etc.), or a number or symbol engraved on a resin card. LCD screens for various cards (credit cards, membership cards, etc.), barcodes (mainly two-dimensional barcodes), and personal digital assistants (for example, smartphones).

The card reader 40 is an optical device for optically reading a print or a number to be read, and is not provided in the conventional payment machine for park-and-ride shown in FIG.
The card reader 40 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 9, 9, and 10.

(Fig. 3)
The reading target 50 shown in FIG. 3 is a boarding ticket for the Tokaido Shinkansen. The reader unit 40 described above reads information such as the boarding date, boarding station, and getting-off station printed on this ticket. Based on the read information, the combination state of the Shinkansen usage history and the parking lot usage is determined, and the settlement amount of the parking fee is output to the display panel 12 together with whether or not the discount system is applied to the parking fee.
The user will settle the parking fee output to the display panel 12 using banknotes or coins.

If the reader unit 40 and the payment machine 10A incorporating the reader unit 40 are used, the information printed on tickets, certificates, etc., which cannot directly read electronic data, can be read to support various discount systems. It will be an opportunity.
As a result, even if the boarding / alighting record data is no longer provided from the transportation electronic money (IC card), the park & ride service can be operated.

(Fig. 4)
FIG. 4 shows a procedure in which a user operates a procedure for whether or not to apply a park-and-ride that has benefits such as a discount on parking fees to a user who uses both public transportation and a parking lot. It is a flowchart shown according to.
The user who intends to settle the parking fee starts the settlement (S1). For example, the user inserts a parking ticket into a predetermined slot.

The display panel of the checkout machine asks the user "Did you use transportation?" (S2). If the user selects "No" in response to the question, the parking fee will be settled normally (S7).
If the user selects "Yes", the checkout machine requests the selection of "Shinkansen or conventional line?".

When the user selects "Shinkansen", the checkout machine urges the user to touch the boarding ticket of the Shinkansen to the reader unit (shown in FIG. 3 or the like) (S4).
When the user selects "conventional line", the checkout machine prompts the user to touch the transportation IC card to a predetermined reader (S5).

The checkout machine that reads the boarding record of the Shinkansen or the conventional line calculates whether or not there is a park-and-ride discount rule, and if so, what kind of discount amount is applied, and calculates the production value (S6). ).
If the user does not touch the boarding ticket of the Shinkansen to the reader unit (shown in Fig. 3 etc.), or does not touch the transportation IC card on which the boarding record of the conventional line is recorded to the predetermined reader. Move on to the user's choice of payment method (indicated by the dashed line from S4 or S5 to S7).
When the discount is applied, the user setstles the applied discount amount, and if not, the normal settlement amount is settled, and the settlement ends (S8).

Regarding S6 described above, the processing server executes only the case where the processing server that receives the necessary data from the settlement machine calculates the discount amount and sends it to the settlement machine, and the case where the reader unit converts the image data into text. There may be cases where you do.

(Fig. 5)
FIG. 5 shows a procedure for reading and processing a boarding ticket (not a transportation IC card). That is, the user is asked in advance whether he / she has used public transportation (S2 in FIG. 4), and the user has selected the Shinkansen (S3 in FIG. 4).
The display panel 11 instructs the user to present the boarding ticket for the Shinkansen (1). The preferential processing terminal that executes the preferential processing activates the reader unit (2).

When the user holds the boarding ticket of the Shinkansen over the leader unit 40, the reader unit 40 takes a picture of it and acquires the image data (3). The acquired image data is transmitted to the processing server via the preferential processing terminal (4).
The processing server converts the necessary part from the received image data into text and sends the text data to the preferential processing terminal (5).
The preferential treatment processing terminal determines whether or not there is a preferential treatment based on the received text data, calculates the settlement amount according to the presence or absence of the preferential treatment, and instructs the display panel 12 to present the settlement amount (6).

(Fig. 6)
FIG. 6 shows a procedure for reading and processing a transportation IC card (not a boarding ticket). That is, the user is asked in advance whether he / she has used public transportation (S2 in FIG. 4), and the user has selected a conventional line (S3 in FIG. 4).
The difference from FIG. 5 is that the user holds the transportation IC card over the IC card reader instead of the boarding pass of the Shinkansen (2, 3), and the IC card reader is not image data but electronic data. Since the boarding record data related to the user is read, the image processing in the processing server is unnecessary (3, 4).

In addition, this processing server determines whether or not there is a preferential treatment for boarding / alighting data, and transmits the data as a result (5). Therefore, the settlement processing terminal calculates the settlement amount based on the presence or absence of the preferential treatment based on the result data, and instructs the display panel of the calculated settlement amount (6).

(Fig. 7)
FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram for explaining each function of the settlement machine and the boarding / alighting data processing server installed at a place physically separated from the settlement machine.
The checkout machine includes an alignment means for performing alignment including focusing with the camera to be photographed in order to reduce errors when the photographed data obtained by photographing the object to be read is converted into text. The reading target that has been focused for shooting based on the positioning means is shot by the shooting means.

For the captured image data, specify the location where the information necessary for applying the preferential service exists. It is the frame recognition means that executes this, and confirms the frame in which the above-mentioned necessary information exists. The in-frame data transmission means transmits the image data (not text data at this stage) existing in the frame specified by the frame recognition means to the boarding / alighting data processing server.

In the boarding / alighting data processing server, the data receiving means receives the data in the frame, and the received data in the frame is converted into text by the text conversion means.
When converting to text, data stored in advance in a processing database (in the figure, the database is abbreviated as "DB") is used.
The processing database includes a station name database in which station names related to the preferential service are stored, and a processing history database in which processing history data, which is data obtained by converting the data in the frame in the past, is stored.

Using various data stored in the processing database by hand for the textualized data, the station name matching means performs matching with the candidate station name.
Text data that does not match is likely to be a station name that is not covered by the preferential service. The matched text data is the station name that is the target of the preferential service.
The matching result by the station name matching means is transmitted to the settlement machine by the processing data transmission means as processing data.

The processing data received from the boarding / alighting data processing server is received by the processing data receiving means.
Then, the settlement amount calculation means uses the received processing data to determine and calculate the preferential treatment application of the preferential treatment database accumulated in advance. Then, the settlement amount output means outputs the settlement amount.

(Fig. 8)
FIG. 8 shows a variation of FIG. 7, which is a conceptual diagram for explaining the functions of the settlement machine and the boarding / alighting data processing server installed at a location physically separated from the settlement machine. be.
The difference from FIG. 7 is that the preferential treatment database provided in the settlement machine and the settlement amount calculation means are provided in the boarding / alighting data processing server. As a result, the boarding / alighting data processing server determines whether or not the preferential service is applied, and sends the processing data for which the settlement amount is calculated to the settlement machine.

In the settlement machine, when the parking fee is calculated based on the warehousing time and the warehousing time, the above-mentioned processing data is the data of the discount amount from the parking fee. However, when the settlement machine transmits the data within the frame, if the data of the parking fee before the discount is also transmitted, the settlement amount is received as the processing data.

(Fig. 9)
FIG. 9 shows a reader unit 40 which is a main part in the first embodiment, a display panel 12 which plays a role of outputting and instructing a user of an operation procedure for the reader unit 40, and the reader unit. The Shinkansen boarding ticket as the reading target 50 read by 40 is shown.
The user causes the camera (scanner device) 41 in the reader unit 40 to read the reading surface 51 on which the boarding station and the getting-off station are displayed.

(Fig. 10)
FIG. 10 shows the details of the reader unit 40. 10 (a) is a front view, and FIG. 10 (b) is a perspective view.
The reader unit 40 is provided with an alignment means in order to improve the accuracy of the shooting data in the reading target 50. This positioning means measures the insertion port 46, which has a thickness slightly larger than the thickness of the reading target 50 with reference to the transmission plate 42, and the width dimension of the reading target 50 inserted from the insertion port 46. The left and right restricting member 44 that can be stored, the upper restricting member 45 for restricting the upward movement of the reading target 50 inserted from the insertion slot 46, and the reading target inserted from the insertion slot 46. It is provided with a front cover plate 43 for restricting the movement of the 50 to the front side.
The left-right restricting material 44 has a shape such that the lower portion thereof is slightly expanded in the left-right direction. This is to make it easy to insert the reading target 50.

The user inserts the reading target 50 into the insertion slot 46 from below. The inserted reading target 50 is restricted in the left-right direction by the left-right regulating member 44, is restricted by the upper regulating member 45 in the upward movement more than necessary, and is restricted in the front cover plate in the front side direction more than necessary. It is regulated by 43.
As a result, the reading target 50 is less likely to be blurred at the timing of shooting, and also plays a role of reducing large deviations and errors in image data processing by the frame recognition means or the like.

The insertion slot 46 of the leader unit 40 is located below the center of the leader unit 40 when viewed from the front. This is because the reader unit 40 and the display panel 12 are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and it is easy for the user to hold the reading target 50 with either the left or right hand.
The reason why the reader unit 40 is arranged adjacent to the display panel 12 is as follows. That is, since the output display by the display panel 12 instructs the user how to read the read target 50 into the reader unit 40, it is possible to reduce the error of the operation by the user when they are close to each other. Because.

(Fig. 11)
FIG. 11 shows a case where the reader unit 40 and the display panel 12 are arranged adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 11, the display panel 12 can be arranged on the upper side of the reader unit 40.
The insertion slot 46 of the reading target 50 in the reader unit 40 is located on the right side with respect to the user. This is because many users are right-handed, and since the reader unit 40 and the display panel 12 are arranged in the vertical direction, it may be difficult for the user to move the reading target 50 in the vertical direction.

(Fig. 12)
FIG. 12 conceptually shows a case where a processing server manages a large number of settlement machines α, β, ... According to the above-described embodiment.
The settlement machines α, β, ... According to the above-described embodiment are configured to enable data communication with a processing server.
When updating the software for controlling the reader unit 40 provided in each settlement machine α, β, ..., The processing server can be collectively executed by using the data communication network.

In addition, the read data read by the reader units of each settlement machine α, β, ... Is sucked up, and the processed data converted into text (further processed to calculate the settlement amount) is transmitted.
If parking lot management data, vehicle management data, etc. can also be received from each settlement machine α, β, ..., It can be placed on a processing server and used for parking lot management, vehicle management, etc. ..

The present invention rents a manufacturing industry that manufactures a fee settlement machine for services and products (particularly a parking fee settlement device), a software development industry used for the settlement machine, a communication service industry that centrally controls the settlement machine, and a fee settlement machine. It has the possibility of being used in the rental business, the agency service business that acts on behalf of the charge settlement machine, and so on.

10; Settlement machine 11; Front panel 12; Display panel 13; Ticket ejector 14; Coin return slot 20; Coin insertion slot 21; Front plate 22; Insertion slot 23; Depth part 30; Banknote slot machine 31; Front plate 32; Insertion port 33; Depth part 40; Reader unit 41; Scanner device (camera) 42; Transmissive plate 43; Front cover plate 44; Left and right restricting material 45; Top restricting material 46; Insertion port 50; Reading target (boarding slip) 51; Reading surface

Claims (2)

A payment machine having a front panel facing the user, the reader unit embedded and fixed in the front panel, the display panel adjacent to the reader unit and fixed to the front panel, and the like. The reader unit is provided with a processing data receiving means for receiving textualized processing data by the boarding / alighting data processing server and a coin return port, and the reader unit is from a photographing means equipped with a light source and an image sensor and the photographing means. A transmission plate that is located on the user side and transmits light emitted from the light source of the photographing means, and an alignment means that makes it easy for the user to fix the reading target to a predetermined position suitable for photographing with respect to the transmission plate. , A frame recognition means that recognizes a predetermined frame from the read data of the reading target fixed by the alignment means, photographed by the photographing means, and digitized, and recognized by the frame recognition means. It is provided with an in-frame data transmission means for transmitting the read data in the frame to a processing server for converting it into text, and is positioned above the coin return port. The alignment means is described above. An insertion slot larger than the thickness dimension of the reading target with reference to the transmission plate, left and right restricting members that can store the width dimension of the reading target inserted from the insertion slot, and the reading target inserted from the insertion slot. The display panel is provided with an upper restricting member for restricting the movement in the upward direction and a front cover plate for restricting the movement of the reading target inserted from the insertion port toward the front side. Is a payment machine that outputs instructions to the user on the screen and outputs a payment amount that reflects the result of determining whether or not there is a preferential treatment based on the above processing data. The settlement amount according to claim 1, which reflects the result of determining whether or not there is a preferential treatment based on the processing data output by the display panel, is calculated by the boarding / alighting data processing server. Machine.

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