摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prohibit unauthorized reload of electronic money in a vending machine with an electronic money terminal mounted thereon. <P>SOLUTION: The vending machine includes a means for counting the number of repetitions from the time when detecting that both or either a coin housing part and/or a paper money housing part are/is not arranged at a predetermined position to the time when they return to the predetermined position again and the next reload function is executed, and stops only the reload function of the electronic money terminal when the counted number of times is larger than the preset number of times. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |