Receipt-issuing device

• US 20040162788A1
• Filed: 02/02/2004
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakamoto, Dai
• Application Number:
  US10/768,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20040162788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/65
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

An electronic toll collection (ETC) system has a problem that the system cannot issue a receipt at the time of use, because the system permits an ETC vehicle to pass a tollgate nonstop. The invention intends to solve the problem and provides a receipt-issuing device while ensuring security. In order to achieve it, the receipt-issuing device includes an IC card interface unit through which information is read out or written to an IC card, an SAM unit that enciphers information to be recorded in the IC card, and deciphers information to be read out therefrom, an operation unit that inputs an instruction of issuing a receipt, a printer unit that prints the receipt, and a control-processing unit that, when the SAM unit verified the security, permits an issue of the receipt by the printer unit. A requirement in the ETC history of use that the receipt is once issued is erased from the IC card, or the requirement is locked on data so that the receipt cannot be issued again to the same requirement.

Claims

1. A receipt-issuing device comprising:

interface means through which information is read out or written to an IC card;

security means that encipher information to be recorded in said IC card, and decipher information to be read out therefrom;

input means that input an instruction of issuing a receipt;

printing means that print the receipt; and

control means that permit an issue of the receipt by the printing means.

2. The receipt-issuing device according to claim 1, wherein, when a receipt is issued to a requirement in a fare adjustment history of said IC card, said control means erase from the IC card the requirement to which said receipt is issued.

3. The receipt-issuing device according to claim 1, wherein, when a receipt is issued to a requirement in a fare adjustment history of said IC card, said control means inhibit reading out from said IC card the requirement to which said receipt is issued.

4. The receipt-issuing device according to claim 1, wherein said IC card is an IC card used for an electronic toll collection system.

5. The receipt-issuing device according to claim 2, wherein said IC card is the IC card used for the electronic toll collection system.

6. The receipt-issuing device according to claim 3, wherein said IC card is the IC card used for the electronic toll collection system.