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Automatic commodity handling apparatus utilizing IC card

  • US 6,109,524 A
  • Filed: 05/22/1998
  • Issued: 08/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automatic commercial-article handling system utilizing an IC card, comprising:

  • a card issue machine for issuing the IC card as a customer card, and a commercial-article handling machine for selling or renting of commercial articles by making use of the issued IC card, whereinthe card issue machine has a card issue means for issuing the IC card based on input information by the customer, and a money handling means for recording the amount of money deposited by the customer as the amount of deposit in the IC card, whereinthe commercial-article handling machine has an input means for inputting the kind and number of commercial articles, an IC card reader/writer, a commercial-article handling means for conducting selling, renting or returning operation of commercial articles based on commercial-article information input via the input means and on recorded information of the IC card, and a calculation means for processing subtraction operation of the deposit amount recorded in the IC card in accordance with the commercial article to be handled, andmeans for crediting the deposit amount with a premium in accordance with recorded contents in the IC card including the deposit amount and purchase record of commercial articles.

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