摘要 |
A vending machine comprises an insertion slot adapted to receive a pre-paid card having at least a non-rewritable card number storage area and a rewritable remaining value storage area; a card reader for reading the data from the storage areas of a pre-paid card inserted in the slot; a card data rewriting part for rewriting the data stored in the remaining value storage area; a commodity storage unit; and a commodity providing unit for providing a commodity from the commodity storage unit to a customer in response to a commodity output control signal. |