JP2001307179A - Automatic charge adjusting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic charge adjusting machine which is considered so as to automatically and precisely sum up receiving/dispensing amount information consisting of the received amount of sales, the paying amount of change, its replenishing amount, etc., without inputting operation by a clerk, etc. SOLUTION: Reception of the payment coming from the proceeds and dispensing due to the payment of change are stored in a memory 10 each time, and the housing amounts of each safe container 20 and 21 of paper money and coins and respective vaults 22 and 23A to 23D for change are recorded. When these safe containers are pulled out, the housing amounts of the respective containers are called and outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic toll payment machine suitable for use in, for example, a toll parking lot or other toll facilities, or various vending machines. The present invention relates to an automatic fare adjustment machine having a function of counting and managing sales and change.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Toll parking lots, various facilities, and various vending machines are provided with or provided with automatic rate adjusting machines capable of automatically adjusting usage fees and purchase rates. However, among these automatic payment machines, in the case of a payment machine that collects and pays both sales charges and change in cash,
It is necessary to strictly manage cash deposits and withdrawals.

Therefore, conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-142
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-93782 discloses a method of outputting denominations and denominations and the amount of money held, such as a "money release device" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 91-93782. Like a payment machine with a sales collection command function,
When collecting the sales proceeds, the ID and the amount of the collector are input and collected, and the collected information can be printed out so that the status of the cash deposit / withdrawal is managed in total.

[0004]

However, the "money release device" described in the former publication stores the denomination and amount of the deposit, withdrawal and deposit amounts in a memory by inputting operation of input means. The deposit amount, the withdrawal amount, the deposit amount, the denomination and the quantity thereof are output in response to a signal from the operation unit. Payment machine at the time of cash collection,
By inputting the denomination and quantity to be collected by key operation, the collected information is printed out, and in order to obtain information such as the deposit and withdrawal amount, it is necessary to input information by staff in each case, Operation is troublesome and complicated,
In addition, there were many mistakes in tallying due to input errors.

Accordingly, a technical problem of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically and accurately inputting a deposit amount and a deposit and withdrawal amount information including a change payment amount and a replenishment amount thereof without a staff member inputting the information. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic fare adjustment machine devised so that the total can be calculated.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems (1) In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem, an automatic fare settlement machine according to the present invention has a collection safe in which sales proceeds are deposited as described in claim 1. In the automatic fee settlement machine equipped with a change safe containing money for change payment, payment is made to the above-mentioned collection safe by paying the sales amount, and is also withdrawn from the above change safe by paying the change. Each time, the amount of the deposit and withdrawal is added or subtracted, and the information on the amount of money held by each safe is updated and stored in the memory each time. When the money is withdrawn from the main body of the machine, the information on the stored money held by the collected collection safe or change safe is retrieved from the memory, and change information output means for outputting the stored money information is provided. It is possible to accurately grasp and manage the state of cash deposits and withdrawals to and from a safe without performing an input operation.

(2) In the present invention, the change information output means may be a printer that prints out the stored amount, a display that displays the stored amount, or a storage unit that displays the stored amount. Since the amount is constituted by any of the external communication devices that communicate the amount to the external device by the communication means, it is possible to accurately check the deposit and withdrawal status of the automatic billing machine by printing, displaying, or external communication To

(3) In the present invention, when the card reader reads the change replenishment code from the inserted card, the operation mode of the checkout machine is changed to the change replenishment mode. A change replenishing means for enabling replenishment change to be input from the charge input port, and a change safe provided for each denomination by identifying and counting the replenishment change input from the charge input port for each denomination. A coin selector for replenishing the change, and a replenishment change renewal means for updating the amount stored in the change safe where the change has been replenished and storing the updated amount in a memory, so that a replenishment change card is used. With this, replenishment change can be replenished to each change safe by denomination through the charge input port, and the replenished storage amount of each change safe can be stored in the memory, without performing an input operation,
The change amount stored in the change safe can be accurately counted and managed.

(4) According to the present invention, the change safe currently in use can be replaced with another change safe in which a predetermined amount of money is stored in advance, and change can be replenished. On the other hand, the predetermined amount to be stored in the another change safe is set to an amount of a preset initial value, and
By turning on the initial value key of the input device at the time of replacing the safe, the stored amount of the change safe stored in the memory is changed to the amount of the initial value.
The change can be replenished by replacing the entire safe, and by setting the storage amount of the newly changed change safe to a predetermined initial value, the initial value key is turned on at the time of changing the change safe. By itself, it is possible to automatically change the storage amount of the change safe to the initial amount.

(5) According to the present invention, as described in claim 5, the change can be replenished to the change safe so that change of an arbitrary amount can be directly replenished to the change safe based on input from the input device. With this configuration, the change can be directly replenished to the change safe, and the replenished change is performed in accordance with an input operation of the input device, so that the amount stored in the change safe can be automatically updated.

(6) According to the present invention, when replenishing change to the change vault, the ID of the person in charge is used.
Is entered, and the changer's I
D is stored in the memory, and the change replenishment information and the ID of the person in charge are printed or displayed or output by any means of communication to an external device by the communication means. It is possible to confirm the replenishment staff and the like from the output ID and to clarify the responsibility of replenishment of change.

(7) In the present invention, by selecting the inventory menu of the input device and inputting the denomination to be inventoried and the number of denominations, the denomination input from the change safe is defined in claim 7. And the number thereof can be paid out through the change payout port, and the paid out denomination and the number are stored in the memory each time, and the denomination and the number and the balance of the change safe are printed or printed. Display or output by any means of communication to the external device by the communication means, so that the change stored in the change cash vault can be discharged through the change payout port, that is, can be paid out. ,Also,
The denomination and the number of changes to be paid can be freely set, and the amount and the number of the paid out money and the balance are stored, and the state of the change payout is printed, displayed or displayed by an external communication device. It enables accurate output and tabulation management.

(8) In the present invention, when the cash is taken out from the collection vault or the change vault, the ID of the clerk entered together with the withdrawal information is stored. In addition, the retrieval information and the ID of the person in charge are printed or displayed or output by any means of communication to an external device by the communication means. Since the ID of the person in charge who took out the cash is output together with the take-out information, it is possible to clarify the responsibility for taking out the cash.

(9) Further, according to the present invention, as set forth in claim 9, the automatic fare adjustment machine calculates a parking fee from a parking ticket issued when the vehicle is parked in the parking lot, and calculates the parking fee. Is a parking lot automatic toll adjustment machine used for the settlement of the parking lot, the slot for the change replenishment card is the slot for the parking ticket provided in this adjustment machine, and the fee slot is the slot for the parking fee Therefore, by installing the automatic fare adjustment machine according to the present invention in a toll parking lot, it is possible to automatically pay the parking fee and manage the total while managing the paid parking fee and change. I do.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of an automatic toll adjusting device according to the present invention, which is an example of the present invention; FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a checkout machine, reference numeral 2 denotes an operation panel of the main body 1, reference numeral 3 denotes a display for displaying charges and other messages, and reference numeral 4 denotes a display in FIG. The card slot for the parking ticket CX shown, 5 and 6 are the bill and coin insertion slots for paying the parking fee, and 7A and 7B are the bill and coin payout ports for change. The slot 4 is also used as a slot for the change replenishment card CT shown in FIG. 25B, and the coin slot 6 for paying the parking fee is also used as a coin slot for replenishing change. Further, the coin payout port 7B for change is provided with a coin payout port for inventory. It has a mechanism that is also used to.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 18,
When the door 1A on the side of the payment machine main body 1 is opened, the inside 1
In B, coin change safes 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D for 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen are stored while being placed on drawable trays 1T, 1T, respectively. Although not shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 18, the inside 1 </ b> B has respective collection safes 20 and 21 for bills and coins for depositing the sales shown in FIG. 2 and for paying out change of bills. A bill dispensing machine 22 (hereinafter referred to as a bill change bank) and an input device 17 having a keyboard 17X for data input and an input device screen 17Y as shown in FIGS. 14, 17, 23 and 26 are provided. Have been.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical structure of the automatic fare settlement machine according to the present invention. The interface 13 is connected to a bus 12 connecting a CPU 11 and a memory 10 which are the center of a control unit. The display 3 and the keyboard 17X of the input device 17 and the input device screen 17Y
And counters T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T respectively
Each safe 22, 20, 23A, 23 provided with 6, T7
B, 23C, 23D, and 21 are connected, and the counters T1 to T7 count (addition and subtraction) the state of deposit and withdrawal of sales and change each time, and calculate the amount of each deposit and withdrawal and the amount of money stored in each safe. The number of seeds is stored in the memory 10.

Further, the interface 13 has a coin selector 6S for sorting the inserted coins into denominations and sending the coins to the coin collection vault 21;
Parking ticket CX and change replenishment card CT inserted from
A card reader 4S for reading information recorded on the
The clerk entered together with the banknote change safe 22 stored in the memory 10 and the storage amount held by each collection safe 20, 21 and the change replenishment amount replenished to the coin change safes 23A to 23D, and change replenishment information. ID, each coin change bank 23
The denomination and the number of coins (amount) at the time of inventory from A to 23D, and the balance of each change safe, or each safe 20, 20
When cash is taken out from 1, 23A to 23D, such information is notified by a printer 18 which prints out various kinds of information such as an ID of a clerk input together with the withdrawal information and communication means. An external device 16 is connected, and each of these information is displayed on the display 3.

Further, the interface 13 includes:
An I / O signal terminal 14 for notifying the external monitoring panel 15 of the full status of the safes 20, 21, 22, 23A to 23D and running out of change is also connected, and each of the system programs is stored in the memory 10. The mechanism is controlled and operated according to.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 3 to 10. FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the processing means at the time of settlement standby of the present invention.
In the first step S1, it is determined whether or not the card inserted into the card slot 4 is a parking ticket CX (FIG. 25A). If the card is a parking ticket CX, the parking fee is calculated (step S1).
2) After performing each processing of the parking fee display (step S3), the process proceeds to the settlement flow in FIGS. 4 and 5 in step S4.
If it is determined in step S1 that the ticket is not the parking ticket CX,
Proceed to step S5.

In step S5, the change replenishment card CT
(FIG. 25B) is determined to be inserted, and YES
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S6 to display the information 3A of the change replenishment and the number of safes shown in FIG. 11 on the display 3, and then proceeds to step S7 to change the input device 17 to the state of the money management 17A shown in FIG. And the process proceeds to the next step S8. In FIG. 14, CS is a cursor, and 1000 yen is 42
This shows a state in which a number of sheets have been input.

In step S8, it is determined whether or not it is a safe exchange. If YES, the process proceeds to step S18. If NO, the process proceeds to step S9 to determine whether or not change is to be performed.
In the case of NO, the process proceeds to step S12 and continues to the inventory processing flow shown in FIG. 10, and in the case of YES, the process proceeds to step S10 to determine whether or not to insert change coins from the insertion slot 6.

If YES in step S10, the flow advances to step S11 to proceed to the change replenishment flow shown in FIG. 6. If NO, the flow advances to step S13 to determine whether the change replenishment is a coin. In this case, the process proceeds to step S14 and continues to the manual replenishment flow shown in FIG.
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S15 and proceeds to the bill replenishment flow shown in FIG.

If NO is determined in step S5, the card is ejected (step S16), and a warning message such as "this card cannot be used" or "insert a parking ticket first" is displayed (step S16). After performing each process of S17), the process returns to the first step S1, and when it is determined YES (safe exchange) in the above-described step S8, the safe is removed (step S18) → the detector is turned on (step S1).
9) → Store the withdrawn amount of money in the safe in the memory 10 (step S20) → display the payment machine money information 3B as shown in FIG. 12 (step S21) → FIG. 21 and FIG.
Printout of the cash information P5 and P6 of the withdrawn safe as shown in (step S22) → Output the payment machine money information 3B as shown in FIG. 12 to the external device 16 (step S23).
→ Clear change safe data in memory 10 (step S2)
After performing each process of 4), the process proceeds to step S25 and proceeds to FIG.
Continue to the safe refill flow.

Next, FIGS. 4 and 5 show step S in FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the settlement process following Step 4, where it is determined whether or not coins have been deposited in a first step S30, and if YES, coins are separated by a coin selector 6S in a step S31, and then, In step S32, it is determined whether or not there is a change safe for the deposited coin, and whether or not there is a vacancy to deposit.
In the case of YES, the process proceeds to the next step S33 to deposit coins in any of the coin change vaults 23A to 23D and perform each process of counting the number of change vaults, and then proceeds to step S34 to make the coin change vaults 23A to 23D. It is determined whether or not the coin is full. If YES, a coin change safe full signal is output in the next step S35, and the process proceeds to step S43.
In the case of NO, the process directly proceeds to step S43.

If the result of the determination in step S32 is NO, coins are deposited in the coin collection vault 21 and the number of coins in the vault 21 is counted, and the process proceeds to the next step S37. It is determined whether or not the coin collection safe 21 is full. If YES, a coin collection safe full signal is output, and the process proceeds to step S43. If NO, the process directly proceeds to step S43.

It should be noted that NO is determined in the first step S30 described above.
If it is determined that it is not a coin deposit, the process proceeds to step S
Proceeding to 39, it is determined whether or not a bill is received, and YES
In the case of, the banknotes are deposited in the banknote collection safe 20, and after counting the number of payments, the process proceeds to step S40, and it is determined whether or not the banknote collection safe 20 is full. If YES, the process proceeds to step S42. After the banknote collection safe full signal is output, the process proceeds to step S43. If NO in step S41, and if NO in step S39, the process directly proceeds to step S43.

In step S43, it is determined whether or not the balance is zero yen. If NO, the first step S
30 and in the case of YES, step S4 shown in FIG.
Proceeding to 4, it is determined whether or not the change needs to be paid out, and YES
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S45 and the coin change bank 23A ~
From 23D or banknote change safe 22, each payout exit 7B,
The change is paid out toward 7A, and then, step S46
After performing the change-out signal processing of the change safes 23A to 23D and the banknote change safe 22, the process proceeds to step S47.

In step S47, it is determined whether or not the paid-out change is not insufficient. If YES (insufficient), a deposit certificate is issued in step S48, and then the process proceeds to step S49 to count the number of change safes. Then, the process proceeds to step S50, where the number of change safes 22, 23A to 23D as shown in FIG.
The process is finished after notifying the number information 3B of No. 21, but if both the above-mentioned steps S44 and S47 are NO, the process directly proceeds to the above-mentioned step S49 to perform the process.

In the flowchart for explaining the procedure of the settlement process of the present invention, step S shown in FIG.
The processing from 30 to S43 is a payment processing, and is performed in step S4 in FIG.
The processing of 4 to S50 shows the dispensing processing.

Next, FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a change replenishment processing procedure in which a clerk inserts coins from the coin insertion slot 6 and replenishes them after step S11 of the flowchart shown in FIG. The coins inserted into the mouth 6 are selected by the coin selector 6S, and each of the safes 23A to 23D
, And the number of held sheets is automatically updated. That is, when the card reader 4S reads the change replenishment card CT inserted into the parking ticket insertion slot 4, the coin replenishment mode is automatically set, and in this state, the display 3 shows the status of each safe as shown in 3B of FIG. The number of holdings is displayed.

Next, in the first step S51, it is determined whether or not a coin has been received (inserted). If the answer is YES, the flow advances to the next step S52 to change the deposited coin (any one of 23A to 23D). ) And whether there is a vacancy, and in the case of YES, the flow proceeds to step S53 to deposit coins in the change safes 23A to 23D, count the number of coins in the safe, and then proceed to step S56. But,
If NO in step S52 (no safe and no vacancy), the flow advances to step S54 to determine whether the coin change safe 21 is to be stored in the coin collection safe 21 when the coin change safe is full.
In the case of ES, the process proceeds to step S55, where the coin collection vault 21
, And after counting the number of coins in the safe 21, the process proceeds to step S56. If NO is determined in step S54, the refill coin is returned to the coin payout port 7B, and the process proceeds to step S58.

In the above step S56, it is determined whether or not the change in the coin change safes 23A to 23D or the bill change safe 22 has run out. In the case of YES, that is, even one of the safes has run out of change. If so, the flow advances to step S57 to output a change-of-change signal, and the flow advances to step S58. However, if it is determined NO (no change has run out) in step S56, the flow directly advances to step S58.

In step S58, it is determined whether or not the replenishment of change has been completed.
Returning to step 51, the process is repeated, but if YES, the process proceeds to step S60, where each safe 2 is displayed on the display 3 as shown in FIG.
The current number and change replenishment number information 3A of 1 to 23D are displayed, and the process proceeds to step S61, where the change safes 22, 23A to 23A are transmitted to the external device 16 as shown in FIG.
The change number holding number (storage number) information 3B in D is notified, and then the flow advances to step S62 to cause the printer 18 to print out the change replenishment content as shown at P1 in FIG. Proceeding to FIG. 2, the display on the display 3 is displayed.
Then, the processing returns to the standby screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a coin change manual replenishment processing procedure which is performed after step S14 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3. In replenishment, first, as shown in FIG. Opening 1A, each coin change safe 23A-23D without pulling out the safe itself
When coins are replenished in the first step S70, coin change cash holding number information 3A as shown in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S71, in which the number of change to be replenished is input by using the keyboard 17X of the input device 17 as shown in FIG. 14, so that the number of change can be set, and the process proceeds to the next step S72.

In step S72, it is determined whether or not the replenishment of coin change has been completed. If NO, the process returns to step S70 to repeat the processing.
Each coin change bank 23A-2 as shown in FIG.
Notification processing of change information 3B for each 3D (step S73) →
Printout processing of replenishment contents P1 as shown in FIG. 13 by the printer 18 (step S74) → processing of updating the display contents of the display 3 to the contents 3A shown in FIG. 11 and then returning to the standby screen of FIG. 27 (step S74) S75) is performed in order, and the process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure for manually replenishing coin change by coin change safe exchange following step S25 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3. In the case of this replenishing method, FIG. A coin change safe 23A 'in which coins of an initial value are set in advance and a coin change safe in use (2 in the drawing).
3A) is exchanged for each safe, thereby replenishing change coins. According to this method, the number of coins held in the coin change safe is automatically set to the set value when the coin is exchanged for a new coin change safe 23A '. The number of coins can be changed, and the trouble of changing the number of coins held can be saved.

That is, in the first step S76, as shown in FIG. 18, the door 1A is opened and the coin change
When the coin is exchanged for 3A ', the flow advances to the next step S77, where the initial value of the exchanged coin change vault is input, and step S7 is executed.
Proceed to 8. When the entire safe is to be exchanged, after operating the keyboard 17X of the input device 17 shown in FIG. 17 and selecting each denomination from the table 17B, turning on the “initial value”, the set quantity can be reduced. Can be entered.

In step S78, it is determined whether or not the replenishment has been completed. If YES, a process of notifying the external device 16 of the money information 3B as shown in FIG. 12 (step S7)
9) → Printing process of change replenishment content P1 as shown in FIG. 13 by printer 18 (step S80) → Process of returning display of display 3 from the state of FIG. 11 to the standby screen shown in FIG. 27 (step S81). To complete the replenishment process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure for replenishing the bill change to the bill change safe 22 subsequent to step S15 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3. The processing procedure from step S83 to step S89 is shown in FIG. Since the procedure of steps S70 to S75 for coin replenishment shown in FIG. 7 is almost the same, description thereof will be omitted. The bill dispenser total information P4 shown in FIG.
This shows a print example in the process of step S88.

As described above, there are three methods of replenishment of change: replenishment from the coin slot 6, manual replenishment for each change safe, and replenishment by exchange for each safe. Is optional. Also, by writing the ID code of the attendant in advance on the change replenishment card CT as shown in FIG. 25 (B), it is possible to display on the replenishment display screen, for example, who performed replenishment of the change. 11, the ID code of the attendant is displayed together as shown in FIG.
8, 16, 19, and 2 on the printed matter according to FIG.
By printing the above ID code together as shown in FIG. 0, FIG. 21, FIG. 22, and FIG. 24, the responsibility can be clarified.

Next, FIG. 10 shows the procedure of the inventory process following step S12 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, that is, when the coins stored in the coin change safes 23A to 23D are collected, the change payout exit is performed. 7B shows a processing procedure for paying out the inventory menu 17M shown in FIG. 26 from the menu of the input device 17 in the first step S90.
To display the inventory 17C as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the screen. Next, proceeding to step S92, the number of inventories of each denomination is input using the keyboard 17X, and proceeding to step S93, the transfer device (not shown) pays out the designated number (one 500 yen in FIG. 23). The payout is made to the exit 7B, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S94, and when a change-out signal is issued from the change safe, the process proceeds to step S95, where it is determined whether or not to end the inventory. The process of notifying the money information (the holding status of each safe) to the external device 16 (step S96) → the printout process of the inventory contents P7 shown in FIG. 24 (step SS97) → the display of the display unit 3 on the standby screen of FIG. A return process (step SS98) is performed, and the process ends.

As described above, each safe 20, 21 or
In order to collect the money accumulated (remaining) in 22, 23A to 23D, as shown in FIG. 15 or FIG.
A is opened and each safe is extracted from the tray 1T. When the extraction is detected by the detecting device (not shown), the amount of money stored in each of the safes 20 to 23D is called from the memory 10 and the safe in which safe is selected. The denominations and the number of the denominations are automatically totaled, and the sum is output to the printer 18 for each coin and bill as shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. It is displayed on the display 3 in the same form as the display example 3B shown in FIG.
Further, as with the replenishment of change, the external device 16 is notified to clarify how much money has been collected in the safe. When the total information is printed out as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, all the safe data is reset (initialized).

[0044]

The automatic fee settlement machine according to the present invention is as described above. The storage amount and total information of each safe are printed out or displayed, and furthermore, the external money under the control of an administrator or the like is displayed. Since it can be transmitted to the equipment, the clerk etc. does not need to count the collected amount one by one, it can accurately grasp this, and the payment and replenishment of change can be automatically totaled and managed without performing input operation, so the fee settlement It can demonstrate the advantage of streamlining office work and management work related to depositing and withdrawing aircraft, and using a change replenishment card with a registered clerk ID can clarify the responsibility for change replenishment and inventory. In combination with the above points, the present invention can be applied to various toll facilities such as toll parking lots, and toll adjusting machines used for vending machines, etc., and it is extremely suitable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic fare adjustment machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure at the time of settlement standby according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a settlement process according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a continuation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a change replenishment processing procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for replenishing change by directly putting it into a safe.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for changing and replenishing change together with the safe.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for replenishing a change of a bill.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an inventory process according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of a display screen displaying the number of change replenishment and the number of change held in each safe in the checkout machine.

FIG. 12 is an example of a display screen displaying the number of each safe held by an external device.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a print example showing the contents of replenishment when change is replenished from a coin insertion slot.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating the state of the input device when replenishing change directly into a safe manually.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view illustrating a state where change is manually replenished in a safe.

FIG. 16 is a front view of a print example showing contents of change replenishment performed manually.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view illustrating a state of the input device in a case where a safe is replaced and replenishment of change is performed.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a state in which the entire safe is replaced and replenishment of change is performed.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a print example showing replenishment contents of change changed for each safe.

FIG. 20 is a front view of a print example showing replenishment contents in which change of banknotes is replenished to a safe.

FIG. 21 is a front view of a print example showing contents of coin collection when collecting money stored in a safe.

FIG. 22 is a front view of a print example showing contents of bill collection when collecting money stored in a safe.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view illustrating the state of the input device in the case of an inventory for collecting coins stored in a safe from a change payout exit.

FIG. 24 is a front view of a print example showing the contents of an inventory.

25A is a front view of a parking ticket, and FIG. 25B is a front view of a change replenishment card.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view of the input device on which a menu screen is displayed.

FIG. 27 is a front view showing a standby screen of the display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Settlement machine main unit 3 Display 4 Card insertion slot 4S card reader 5 Bill insertion slot 6 Coin insertion slot 6S Coin selector 7A Bill ejection port 7B Coin ejection port 10 Memory 16 External device 17 Input device 18 Printer 20 Bill collection safe 21 Coin collection Safe 22 Banknote dispensing machine (banknote change safe) 23A-23D Coin change bank

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Claims (9)

[Claims] Claims: 1. An automatic fare settlement machine comprising a collection safe in which sales proceeds are deposited and a change safe in which money for change payment is stored, wherein the payment is paid into the collection safe by payment of the sales proceeds. Each time a change is dispensed from the above change safe by payment of change, the amount of the deposit and withdrawal is added or subtracted, and the information on the stored amount held by each safe is updated and stored in the memory each time. Amount storage means, and when the collection safe and change safe are withdrawn from the settlement machine main unit, the change amount information stored in the collected collection safe or change safe is called from the memory and the change amount information is output. An automatic fare settlement machine comprising: information output means. 2. The change information output means according to claim 1, wherein said change amount information output means includes a printer for printing out said stored amount, a display device for displaying said stored amount, or an external communication device for communicating the stored amount to an external device by communication means. 2. The automatic fare adjusting machine according to claim 1, wherein the automatic fare adjusting machine is constituted by any one of the above. 3. When the card reader reads a change replenishment code from the inserted card, the operation mode of the checkout machine is changed to the change replenishment mode, and replenishment change can be inserted from the charge slot. A change replenishing means, a coin selector for recognizing and counting replenishment change inserted from the charge slot for each denomination, and sorting and replenishing the change in a change safe provided for each denomination; 2. The automatic charge settlement machine according to claim 1, further comprising: replenishment change update means for updating the stored amount of the refilled change safe and storing the updated amount in a memory. 4. A structure in which a change safe currently in use is replaced with another change safe in which a predetermined amount of money has been stored in advance and the change safe can be replenished, while the change safe is stored in the another change safe. By changing the amount to the preset initial value and turning on the initial value key of the input device at the time of replacing the safe, the storage amount of the change safe stored in the memory is changed to the initial value. 3. The automatic toll adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the automatic toll changing device is configured to be changed. 5. The change safe according to claim 1, wherein the change can be replenished to the change safe so that an arbitrary amount of change can be replenished directly to the change safe based on an input from the input device. Automatic fee payment machine. 6. When replenishing change to the change safe, by inputting the ID of a staff member, the ID of the staff member is stored in the memory together with the change replenishment information, and the change replenishment information and the staff member's ID are stored. 6. The automatic fee settlement machine according to claim 3, wherein the ID is printed or displayed or output by any means of communication to an external device by a communication means. 7. By selecting the inventory menu of the input device and inputting the denomination and the number of inventories, the denomination and the number of denominations input from the change safe can be paid out through the change payout port. The denomination and the number of coins paid are stored in the memory each time, and the denomination and the number of coins and the balance of the change safe are printed or displayed, or the communication means to the external device by the communication means is used. 2. The automatic fee settlement machine according to claim 1, wherein the output is made by any one of the means. 8. When taking out cash from the collection safe or change safe, the ID of the attendant entered together with the take-out information is stored, and the take-out information and the ID of the attendant are printed. 8. The automatic fee settlement machine according to claim 1, wherein the output is performed by any means of display or communication to an external device by a communication means. 9. An automatic fare adjustment machine for a parking lot, which calculates a parking fee from a parking ticket issued when a vehicle enters a parking lot and uses the parking fee for payment, The slot for the change replenishment card is a slot for the parking ticket provided in the checkout machine, and the fee slot is a slot for a parking fee.
The automatic fee settlement machine described in 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.