MAGNETIC CARD ISSUING MACHINE, MAGNETIC CARD ACCOUNT SETTLING MACHINE, MAGNETIC CARD AND SHOPPING SYSTEM USING MAGNETIC CARD, MAGNETIC CARD ISSUING MACHINE AND MAGNETIC CARD ACCOUNT SETTLING MACHINE

• Main Author: SATO TERUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the handing-over of change by reducing the account settlement of payment of merchandise price in cash for a customer to perform shopping at a store by composing a system of a main body for coin counting, interface part and magnetic card recording part. SOLUTION: The total amount of inserted cash and amount information recorded in a magnetic card is displayed on an amount display part 12. When the customer confirms the displayed amount and pushes an amount confirm button, new amount information or the date of utilization is written in the magnetic card on standby, its detailed statement is printed out of a detailed extracting port 14, and processing is finished by pushing a card eject button 17. The customer, who takes out the magnetic card, performs shopping inside the shop and settles the account of payment of merchandise. On the other hand, since a magnetic card computer reads the payment amount of merchandise through a POS system, etc., or operates the inputted total amount from the amount information recorded in the magnetic card, the account of payment of merchandise can be settled. Thus, a clerk at each cash register can reduce the handing-over of change of small money or the like.