JPS63313270A - Loan management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to use the titled system for the management of earnings or the like in addition to the management of a leasing state by recording the details of each transaction in a card attached to an article in each transaction. CONSTITUTION:An optical card 1 attached to a leasing article has a reflected laser recording material band 2 and a visible article name display part 3. The band 2 consists of a 1st recording area 2a for recording the fixed information of the leasing article and a 2nd recording area for recording the transaction history of the leasing article. Data obtained when the user leases the article such as a leasing date, the address and name of a user, a return date, and adjustment account are successively recorded in the 2nd recording area 2b by an optical card reader/writer and stored as history. Thereby, the data can be utilized for various management. Since data on the optical data can not be changed, the system has excellent probative force for the contents of a transaction.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to rental contracts, settlement processing, and article management tasks in rental transactions of articles such as rental records and rental videos.
The present invention relates to a lending/borrowing management system suitable for improving the operational efficiency of a busy lending/returning counter and recording the lending/borrowing history of articles.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a bookcase management system in one library is known for this type of loan management work.

Most systems record loan management ledgers in file devices of electronic computer systems, which are relatively expensive and expensive.

For the purpose of managing the lending and borrowing of goods, an ID card attached to the goods is used instead of a filing device.

There is Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-86664.

In the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-86664, two ID cards are used, one for personal use and one for goods.When lending goods, data is recorded on each card, and when returning goods, the contents of each card are read and a decision is made as to whether to return the goods. Along with doing.

By erasing each other's data, it has become a way to manage the lending and borrowing of goods.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, there is a problem in that when the rental item is returned, the rental information is erased from the management card provided with the item, so that no rental history remains.

The rental history of each item can provide effective management information for determining the transaction price in a rental contract by analyzing the number of times the item has been lent in the past and the transaction date.

An object of the present invention is to provide a means for accumulating transaction data that automates rental and return operations in rental transactions, improves operational efficiency, and eliminates the need for expensive equipment such as file devices.

[Means for solving problems]

For the above purpose, the management card provided with the rental item is
This is achieved by using a write-once optical card to record rental data such as the rental date and user's name and address when lending an item, and recording return data such as the return date when returning the item. .

[Effect]

The goods were equipped with this. The rental data recorded on the management optical card is collected by the act of returning the item.

Return data is added, and loan data is not deleted.

As a result, the lending history of the article remains on the management card each time a loan transaction is made, and past transaction data can be read at any time.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

FIG. 1 shows an optical card 1 to be included in a rental article.

The optical card 1 has a reflective laser recording material strip 236 and the name of the rental article on which the nine cards 1 are provided, written on it by hand, by embossment or the like. It has a visible product name display section 6.

The reflective laser recording material band 2 consists of a first recording area 2α for recording fixed information of the corresponding rental article and a second recording area 2b for recording the transaction history of the rental article.

FIG. 2 shows the data items of the first recording area 2α, and FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the second recording area 2b.

FIG. 4 shows a processing device 4 which is installed at a rental transaction procedure window to implement the rental management system according to the present invention. and an original card reading/writing device 5.

It should be noted that one structure shows the minimum configuration for carrying out the present invention, and devices other than the one shown in the drawings may be connected, such as a printer, a barcode reader, a magnetic card reading/writing device, etc.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the article return process at the rental transaction procedure counter.

When a user comes to a processing counter with an item to be returned, an attendant at the counter takes out an optical card 1 corresponding to the returned item from a card rack or the like and inserts it into an optical card reading/writing device 5.

The optical card reading/writing device 5 reads the contents 1-1 of the optical card 1 according to the control command from the processing device 4.

Transfer to processing device 4.

The processing device 4 edits and displays the data on the first recording area 2α and the last line data on the second recording area 2h of the optical card 1.

In the last line on the second recording area 2b of the optical card 1.

Data when the user borrowed the item, rental date,
Lending information such as the user's address, name, and whether the user is eligible for benefits (for example, if the user is a frequent customer, services such as lower rental fees may be offered), etc. Data is recorded, but return data such as return date and payment amount are not recorded.

The user and the staff at the procedure counter can confirm from the data displayed on the processing device 4 that the optical card 1 is related to the transaction.

The processing device 4 performs fee calculations such as calculation of rental days, extension fee calculation, total of basic fee and extension fee, and discount fee calculation according to a predetermined program.

A bill for the rental fee is displayed, and an instruction to write return data is given to the 9 yuan card thread removal writing device 5.

The original card reading/writing device 5 writes return data such as the return date of the item and the payment fee in the last line of the second recording area 2b of the optical card 1 according to the instructions from the processing device 4.
Eject optical card 1.

The clerk at the procedure counter returns the returned item and the optical card 1 together to the original storage location, and the return process is completed.

Each time a transaction is made, the details of the transaction are added to the original card 1 processed as described above, and are never deleted.

It should be noted that a means for recording the rental data on the optical card IK when lending an article is not shown in the figure since it can be easily realized.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, we will explain the process of revising the price of goods that are within the top 10 in transaction frequency using the transaction data accumulated on the original card 1 equipped with the goods as described above. do.

The required number (101 in this case) is stored on the storage device in the processing device 4.
[i! Allocate another list table and give it an initial value.

The transaction data t-ta on the optical card 1 is obtained from the optical card reading/writing device 5, and the transaction frequency of the article is determined from the transaction data.

If the transaction frequency is higher than the data in the 10th place in the list table, the data of the item is registered in the 10th place in the list table, and the contents of the list table are sorted in ascending order.

The optical card 1 is removed from the optical card reading/writing device 5 and the primary card is read.

By processing the optical cards 1 of the articles desired to be investigated one after another in this way, the list table in the processing device 4 stores data regarding articles having transaction frequencies within the top 10.

Finally, the processing device 4 displays the data in the list table at the point where the card t--indicating the end of the process is read.

The rental agent takes out the target optical card 1t according to the list displayed on the processing device 4, and writes the new fee in the revised fee column of the first recording area 2α of the optical card using the optical card reading/writing device 5. good.

According to the present embodiment, the rental company uses the optical card 1 each time a transaction is made.
Using the transaction data accumulated above, it is possible to easily take effective management measures.

Of course, the data displayed on the processing device 4 is not limited to 10fa, and it may be programmed to output other management information such as the total monthly sales amount.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.

Compared to a method in which a card attached to an article is simply used to temporarily manage the borrowing/borrowing status, the present invention records transaction details on the card itself each time a transaction is made. It can be used in place of a ledger for management, etc.

Furthermore, once the data is recorded, it is impossible for the optical card to change the data, making it superior in its ability to prove transaction details.

In addition, these transaction details can be stored on a magnetic tape device or on a magnetic tape device.

In systems where data is recorded in a file device such as a magnetic disk device, the device itself is expensive.

Furthermore, operations such as file reorganization due to the addition or discontinuation of handled items also require advanced technology.

The optical card used in the present invention is an inexpensive, large-capacity storage medium, and a card is simply created when adding or discontinuing items. Or just abolish it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of an optical card used in one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an illustration of the data format of the first recording area of the optical card, and Fig. 6 is an illustration of the second recording area of the optical card. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram of a data format of FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the management system used in the present invention, FIG. This is an example of the use of the effect, and is a flowchart showing rental fee revision processing. 1... Optical card, 2... Reflective laser recording material strip, 2
α...First recording area, 2b...Second recording area, 5
. . . Product name display section, 4 . . . Processing device, 5 . . . Optical card reading/writing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system for managing the rental of rental items, which includes a processing device and an optical card reading/writing device connected to the processing device, each item to be rented is equipped with an optical card that can be written on once, and the optical card is is provided with a first recording area in which fixed information of the corresponding article is recorded, and a second recording area in which rental information is recorded when an article is lent, and return information is recorded when an article is returned, and the second recording area is provided with a first recording area in which fixed information of the corresponding article is recorded. The system adds information each time the item is rented or returned, so that the transaction history of the rental item remains, which is used for settlement when billing the rental fee, and also makes it possible to read the past transaction status of the item. A lending/borrowing management system characterized by the provision of an optical card for management.