Medal keeping and paying system

Abstract

It is an object to prevent payment of a medal to a person other than the right person who could be authenticated, and another medal keeping and paying apparatus can be installed inexpensively, and management is easy. To achieve the object, the system comprises medal keeping and paying apparatuses 1 A and 1 B each having medal keeping means 41, medal paying means 43, right person information inputting means 11, operation information storing means, right person information storing means, memory 63, and processing section 21. The processing section 21 outputs a payment signal to the medal paying means 43 based on count information of deposited medal stored in the operation information storing means 65, and controls the payment of the deposited medals. The processing section 21 includes a network interface 3, and inputs, stores and renews the count information of at least the medal keeping means 41 and right person authorization information through the network interface 3, and the processing section can access the operation information storing means 65 through the network interface 3.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A medal keeping and paying system comprising a medal keeping and paying apparatus, the medal keeping and paying apparatus comprising, 
 medal keeping means for counting and keeping an input medal,    medal paying means for paying a medal if a payment signal is input,    right person information inputting means for inputting right person peculiar information for identifying a right person such as physical information to authenticate the right person,    operation information storing means for storing count information of at least the medal keeping means,    right person information storing means in which the right person peculiar information for identifying the right person such as the physical information to authenticate the right person is previously stored,    a memory for temporarily keeping information which is being processed such as the count information of the medal keeping means, and    a processing section which authenticate the right person from the right person peculiar information input from the right person information inputting means and the right person peculiar information stored in the right person information storing means, and which outputs, when the right person is authenticated, a payment signal to the medal paying means based on the count information of the keeping medal stored in the operation information storing means and controls payment of a medal on deposit from the medal paying means, wherein 
 the processing section includes a network interface, and inputs, stores and renews the count information of at least the medal keeping means and right person authorization information through the network interface, and the processing section can access the operation information storing means through the network interface.  
   
     
     
         2 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 1 , comprising a server's medal keeping and paying apparatus having the operation information storing means, and a client's medal keeping and paying apparatus, 
 the client's medal keeping and paying apparatus comprising, medal keeping means for counting and keeping an input medal, medal paying means for paying a medal if a payment signal is input, right person information inputting means for inputting right person peculiar information for identifying a right person such as physical information to authenticate a right person, right person information storing means in which the right person peculiar information for identifying the right person such as the physical information to authenticate the right person is previously stored, a memory for temporarily keeping information which is being processed such as the count information of the medal keeping means, and processing section which authenticates a right person from the right person peculiar information input from the right person information inputting means and the right person peculiar information stored in the right person information storing means, and when the right person is authenticated, the processing section accesses the operation information storing means through the network interface, outputs a payment signal to the medal paying means based on the count information of a medal on deposit stored in the operation information storing means, and controls the payment of the medal on deposit from the medal paying means, wherein the number of the client's medal keeping and paying apparatus is increased through network, and wherein 
 at least the count information of the medal keeping means and the right person authorization information in the client's medal keeping and paying apparatus to the server's medal keeping and paying apparatus through the network interface, each input information is stored and renewed in the operation information storing means, the client's medal keeping and paying apparatus can access the operation information storing means of the server's medal keeping and paying apparatus.  
   
     
     
         3 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 the number of medal keeping and paying apparatus having the operation information storing means is two.    
     
     
         4 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 2 , wherein 
 the number of medal keeping and paying apparatus having the operation information storing means is two.    
     
     
         5 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 the right person information storing means stores the right person peculiar information, and is an information record card possessed by a right person,    the medal keeping and paying system further comprises information reading means for reading the right person peculiar information from the information record card,    the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read from the information record card by the information reading means to authenticate the right person.    
     
     
         6 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 2 , wherein 
 the right person information storing means stores the right person peculiar information, and is an information record card possessed by a right person,    the medal keeping and paying system further comprises information reading means for reading the right person peculiar information from the information record card,    the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read from the information record card by the information reading means to authenticate the right person.    
     
     
         7 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 3 , wherein 
 the right person information storing means stores the right person peculiar information, and is an information record card possessed by a right person,    the medal keeping and paying system further comprises information reading means for reading the right person peculiar information from the information record card,    the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read from the information record card by the information reading means to authenticate the right person.    
     
     
         8 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 4 , wherein 
 the right person information storing means stores the right person peculiar information, and is an information record card possessed by a right person,    the medal keeping and paying system further comprises information reading means for reading the right person peculiar information from the information record card,    the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read from the information record card by the information reading means to authenticate the right person.    
     
     
         9 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 index information inputting means for inputting index information to read out the right person peculiar information from the right person information storing means, wherein 
 the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read out by the input index information to authenticate the right person.  
   
     
     
         10 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 2 , further comprising 
 index information inputting means for inputting index information to read out the right person peculiar information from the right person information storing means, wherein 
 the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read out by the input index information to authenticate the right person.  
   
     
     
         11 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 3 , further comprising 
 index information inputting means for inputting index information to read out the right person peculiar information from the right person information storing means, wherein 
 the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read out by the input index information to authenticate the right person.  
   
     
     
         12 . A medal keeping and paying system according to  claim 4 , further comprising 
 index information inputting means for inputting index information to read out the right person peculiar information from the right person information storing means, wherein 
 the processing section processes the right person peculiar information read out by the input index information to authenticate the right person.