JP2016038833A - Negotiable medium processing device, negotiable medium processing system, and negotiable medium processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately restrict storage of proceeds collected from a coin change machine 100 or a paper money change machine 200 of a store in a state where the amount of coins or paper money is not accurately acquired.SOLUTION: A negotiable medium processing device: causes an IC tag 207c mounted on a collection cassette 207 for collecting proceeds from a store, to store information of whether or not the store is in an amount inaccurate state where the amount of coins or paper money managed by the coin change machine 100 or the paper money change machine 200 is inaccurate; when the collection cassette 207 is loaded in a cassette unlocking machine 405 of a deposit/withdrawal machine 400 for depositing and withdrawing the proceeds, reads information of whether of not to be the amount inaccurate state, from the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207; and when it is not the amount inaccurate state, controls the deposit/withdrawal machine to receive the deposit of the proceeds.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a valuable medium processing device and a valuable medium for depositing the sales of directly managed stores and tenant stores in a complex commercial facility where a directly managed store of a parent company such as a department store, a supermarket, and a shopping mall and a tenant store of another company enter. The present invention relates to a processing system and a valuable medium processing method.

  Traditionally, payments related to product sales are made at stores, the amount of sales including the sales proceeds obtained through payments related to product sales is managed, and the sales are collected with the change of the next business day left after the end of business. The technology to do is known. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a money depositing / withdrawing device that manages the amount of money having a money depositing / withdrawing function in a store, and at the next business day, such as the next business day, at the end of one business day. In order to prepare, a technique is disclosed in which an amount equivalent to a change reserve is automatically calculated as a remaining amount, and money corresponding to the amount of money excluding the remaining amount is collected from a money depositing and dispensing machine.

  In addition, a technology for receiving and storing money collected from a store in a complex commercial facility where a plurality of stores enter the store is known. For example, in Patent Document 2, a money processing apparatus including a card reader, a printer, and a storage unit for storing money acquires and authenticates the operator's identification information from the operator's ID card with the card reader, A technique is disclosed in which money collected from a store is received, authenticity is determined and counted, the money is stored in a storage unit, and information relating to the money stored in the storage unit is output to a printer.

  A settlement apparatus that deposits / withdraws valuable media that is a money deposit / withdrawal apparatus to which the technology according to Patent Document 1 is applied, and a valuable medium that stores valuable media that is a money processing apparatus to which the technology according to Patent Document 2 is applied. In a valuable medium processing system including a processing device, in the collection operation of a valuable medium, which is a sales proceeds of a store, in order to leave a valuable medium having a predetermined value in a settlement device, after all the valuable media are collected, Re-pay valuable media according to the value to be left, or once calculate the value in the device, and indicate the value corresponding to the value indicated by deducting the value of the valued media from the value in the device. The clerk can be freed from the complicated work of collecting the medium. Also, in storing valuable media that is the sales collected from the store, after the operator is authenticated by reading the card of the deposit operator, the sales collected from the store is stored and stored. Since the information corresponding to the contents of the valuable medium is output, the sales collected from the store can be stored appropriately and efficiently.

Japanese Patent No. 3295291 JP 2010-224609 A

  However, in the settlement device of the store, the actual stock of the valuable medium stored in the storage unit may not match the balance managed by the settlement device. The value of the valuable medium may be inconsistent with the value of the valuable medium to be collected, or the actual value of the valuable medium may be inconsistent with the value of the assumed valuable medium. For example, in the payment process of the payment device, if a failure occurs during the operation of storing the valuable medium in the storage unit inside the payment device, whether the valuable medium to be stored was actually stored in the storage unit. There are cases where the settlement device cannot be identified. In addition, even when a failure occurs when trying to pay out the valuable medium from the storage unit in the payment processing of the payment device, there are cases where the payment device cannot determine whether the valuable medium to be supplied out of the storage unit. is there. Furthermore, even when the store of the settlement apparatus in the store is manually opened, the settlement apparatus cannot be discriminated even if the valuable medium is manually removed or inserted.

  When the amount of money in the store payment device cannot be accurately grasped as described above, all the valuable media whose denominations are in a state where the amount of money is inaccurate cannot be collected and collected. The original recovery procedure is to avoid this state by counting the valuable media again and re-accommodating them in the storage unit. However, when the valuable medium stored in the storage unit is recovered without performing the original restoration procedure, and the recovered valuable medium is stored in the valuable medium processing apparatus, it is actually recovered. The value of the valuable medium and the value of the remaining valuable medium may not be consistent with the assumptions. In that case, it will take a great deal of time to investigate the cause and take measures according to the cause.

  In this way, it is possible to accurately grasp the amount of valuable media in spite of the occurrence of a situation in which the amount of valuable medium managed by the store payment device cannot be accurately grasped. It has become an important issue to be able to appropriately limit the storage of valuable media collected from a settlement apparatus that has not been restored to the existing state.

  The present invention is for solving the above-described problems of the prior art, and appropriately restricts the storage of valuable media collected from a settlement apparatus in a store where the amount of valuable media is not accurately grasped. It is an object to provide a valuable medium processing apparatus, a valuable medium processing system, and a valuable medium processing method.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a valuable medium processing apparatus for collecting and storing a valuable medium obtained by the payment by a payment apparatus that is responsible for payment of goods, A reading means for reading the information from a storage medium storing information about the state, and when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the payment device is indeterminate And a control means for controlling to prevent the storage of the valuable medium from the apparatus.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein, when the control means indicates that the amount of money of the payment apparatus is indeterminate from the information read by the reading means, Is notified that it is necessary to resolve the indeterminate state.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein, when the control means indicates that the amount of the payment apparatus is not in an uncertain state from the information read by the reading means, the valuable medium from the payment apparatus The recovery cassette is recovered and stored in the storage cassette so that the recovery cassette can be unlocked.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the control means inserts the valuable medium to be stored when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the settlement device is not indeterminate. The shutter of the input port to be opened is opened so that the valuable medium can be input.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the reading means reads information stored in a storage medium attached to the collection cassette.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the reading means reads information stored in a storage medium held by an operator who performs an operation related to storage of the valuable medium.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the information that is read by the reading unit indicates that the storage device is exceptionally permitted to be accepted when the amount of the payment apparatus is indefinite. Based on information read by the reading means, the control means indicates that the amount of the payment device is indeterminate. Even in such a case, if it is determined by the exception determination means that the exceptional storage can be accepted, the valuable medium is controlled to be stored.

  The present invention also relates to a valuable medium processing system that includes a payment device that is responsible for payment of merchandise and collects a valuable medium obtained by the payment, and a valuable medium processing device that stores the valuable medium recovered from the payment device. The settlement apparatus manages whether or not the status of the valuable medium can be grasped, and status output for outputting information managed by the status management means to the storage medium The valuable medium processing device is configured to read information output to the storage medium, and the information read by the reading device indicates that the amount of the settlement device is indeterminate. And a control means for controlling to prevent storage of the valuable medium from the settlement apparatus.

  The present invention is also a valuable medium processing method in which a payment device responsible for payment of goods collects and stores a valuable medium obtained by the payment, from a storage medium in which information about the state of the payment device is stored When the reading step for reading the information and the information read by the reading step indicate that the amount of the payment device is indeterminate, the storage of the valuable medium from the payment device is suppressed. And a control step for controlling.

  According to the present invention, the information about the state of the payment device is read from the storage medium in which the information about the state of the payment device responsible for the payment of the product is stored, and the balance of the payment device is uncertain based on the read information If it is shown that the value is stored in the store, it is controlled so as to prevent the storage of the valuable medium from the payment device. The storage of the valuable media can be appropriately restricted.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an outline of a method for restricting deposits from a cash register that has an uncertain stock using an IC tag attached to a collection cassette. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the valuable medium processing system. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the POS register, coin change machine, and bill change machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a physical configuration inside the apparatus according to the present embodiment of the POS register, the coin change machine, and the banknote change machine illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the POS register, coin change machine and banknote change machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the coin change machine and the banknote change machine shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration of IC data according to the present embodiment of the bill change machine shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the depositing / dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the depositing / dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the depositing / dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the external configuration of the cassette unlocking machine and the recovery cassette. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a procedure for unlocking the collection cassette using the cassette unlocking machine. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for determining whether or not deposits can be handled in the depositing and dispensing machine shown in FIG.

  Exemplary embodiments of a valuable medium processing apparatus, a valuable medium processing system, and a valuable medium processing method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, an outline of a method for restricting deposits from a cash register that has an uncertain stock using an IC tag 207c attached to a collection cassette 207 will be described with reference to FIG.

  A POS register 300, a coin change machine 100, and a bill change machine 200 are installed in the store, and settlement processing at the time of merchandise sale is performed by these devices. Specifically, the POS register 300 receives input of identification information and the number of products to be sold, and calculates the price of the products. The store clerk bills the customer for the price calculated by the POS register 300 and puts the cash deposited from the customer into the coin change machine 100 and the bill change machine 200. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 perform authenticity determination and counting of the inserted cash, notify the POS register 300 of the result, and the POS register 300 that has received the notification displays the counting result of the deposited cash. indicate. If the confirmation operation for the commodity price and the deposit cash amount displayed in the POS register 300 is accepted, the POS register 300 instructs the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 to issue change when there is change. I do. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 pay out change according to the instructions.

  Further, the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 manage the amount of money or the amount of money of coins or banknotes stored in the storage unit in its own device, and the amount of money or money associated with the sale. In response to the payout, the stock amount managed in the own device is updated. However, in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, if an error occurs during the money feeding operation of the storage unit for paying out change during the storage operation of the stored money in the storage unit, the money is stored in the storage unit. It becomes an uncertain state where the amount of money that is present is unclear. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 manage not only the amount of money in the money type but also information on whether or not the money type is indeterminate.

  When an instruction for collecting the sales proceeds from the store POS register 300 is received, the banknotes are stored in the collection cassette 207 while leaving a predetermined remaining amount from the amount stored in the storage unit of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200. Collect the coins and collect them in the coin withdrawal section. At that time, information on the amount of money collected and information on the presence / absence of the denomination in which the balance is uncertain are written in the IC tag 207c attached to the collection cassette 207. The store clerk collects the sales proceeds of the cash register in this way, and brings the collection cassette 207 and the coins from which the sales proceeds are collected into the depositing / dispensing room and deposits the money into the depositing / dispensing machine 400. The collection cassette 207 is in a locked state at this point, and banknotes collected inside can be taken out by unlocking.

  In the depositing / dispensing room, first, the collected cassette 207 is loaded into a cassette unlocking machine 405 connected to the depositing / dispensing machine 400. The cassette unlocking machine 405 is a device for unlocking the collection cassette 207, and uses the unlocking function and a state in which the unlocking function can be used according to an instruction from the depositing / dispensing machine 400 which is a host device. It is possible to switch between the states that cannot be performed. In the standby state, the cassette unlocking machine 405 cannot use the unlocking function.

  When the collection cassette 207 is loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405, the cassette unlocking machine 405 reads the information of the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207 and notifies the depositing / dispensing machine 400 of the read contents. The depositing / dispensing machine 400 determines whether or not the cash register for the collection cassette 207 is in the bank uncertain state from the information in the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207. Since the cash register for the collection cassette 207 is in an indeterminate state, a message indicating that it cannot be handled is displayed and control is performed so that the deposit process cannot be performed.

  Further, when the cash register for the collection cassette 207 is not in an uncertain state, the deposit / withdrawal machine 400 changes the cassette unlocking machine 405 to a state in which the unlocking function can be used, and the depositing / withdrawing machine In a state where the shutter of the opening for accepting the insertion of 400 deposited money is opened, the depositing operation is performed so that the depositing operation can be performed, and the depositing process is executed based on the operation of the store clerk.

  Thus, the amount of coins or banknotes managed by the coin change machine 100 or the banknote change machine 200 is unclear on the IC tag 207c attached to the collection cassette 207 that collects sales from the store. If the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking machine 405 of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 that stores information on whether or not it is indefinite, the amount of money stored in the collection cassette 207 from the IC tag 207c is stored. Since the information on whether or not it is in an unclear state is read to control the receipt of sales proceeds when the amount is not in an unclear state, the amount of valuable media cannot be accurately grasped. Storage of valuable media collected from the coin change machine 100 or the banknote change machine 200 of the store can be appropriately restricted.

  Next, the system configuration of the valuable medium processing system will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the valuable medium processing system. FIG. 2 shows an example in which the valuable medium processing system is applied to a complex commercial facility such as a shopping mall containing a plurality of stores. There are a plurality of stores in the complex commercial facility, and there is a case where the same company opens a plurality of stores like the company a shown in FIG. A POS register 300, a coin change machine 100, and a bill change machine 200 for managing the sales proceeds of the store are installed in the store in the complex commercial facility. In each store, a POS register 300, a coin change machine 100, and a banknote change machine 200 corresponding to the scale of the store are installed.

  In addition, the complex commercial facility has a depositing / dispensing room, and a depositing / dispensing machine 400 is installed in the depositing / dispensing room, which can deposit sales or deposit a change reserve. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to install a plurality of cashier rooms in a large-scale complex commercial facility. In that case, stores are grouped according to areas, etc. A cashier room is associated. In addition, a store server 500 is installed in the complex commercial facility, and the store server 500 is connected to all POS registers 300 in the complex commercial facility via communication lines, and is transmitted from the POS register 300. Manage the coming sales information.

  In the example of FIG. 2, a company a, a company b, a company c, a company g, and a company h have opened stores in the complex commercial facility, and the company a has opened a store a, a store d, a store e, and a store f. The company b opens the store b, the company c opens the store c, the company g opens the store g, and the company h opens the store h. In the example of FIG. 2, the complex facility is divided into two groups, and the group a corresponding to the teller room a includes store a, store b, store c, and store d. It shows that the group b corresponding to b includes store e, store f, store g, and store h.

  In each store, one or a plurality of sets of POS registers 300, a coin change machine 100, and a bill change machine 200 are installed. The POS register 300 receives the identification information and quantity of the product sold at the time of selling the product, calculates the total amount charged to the customer, and displays the calculated total amount and issues a receipt. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 receive and count coins and banknotes deposited from customers, and notify the POS register 300 of the number or amount of denominations. Further, the POS register 300 calculates the change using the amount received from the customer accepted from the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 and the total amount charged to the customer calculated by the POS register 300, The change change instruction is transmitted to the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 that have received the payout instruction from the POS register 300 pay out change according to the received instruction content.

  Next, a description will be given of the collection of sales proceeds at a store when the store is closed. When the operation of collecting the sales proceeds from the POS register 300 is performed, an instruction to collect the sales proceeds is notified from the POS register 300 to the coin change machine 100 and the bill change machine 200. When receiving the instruction for collecting the sales proceeds, the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 execute a collection operation of the amount corresponding to the sales proceeds on the day.

  Specifically, the coin change machine 100 pays out the amount corresponding to the coin of the sales money of the day. The banknote change machine 200 conveys and stores the amount of money excluding the fractional amount corresponding to the coins of the current day's sales in a removable collection cassette 207 of the banknote change machine 200. Moreover, about this collection | recovery operation | movement, according to the setting of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, it is good also as leaving a predetermined appropriate number for every denomination as change reserve of the next day. When such a setting is made, the coin change machine 100 that has received the instruction to collect the sales proceeds leaves a predetermined number for each denomination among the coins stored therein, and the coins that exceed this number. Pay out. The banknote change machine 200 that has received an instruction to collect sales proceeds leaves a predetermined number of denominations of banknotes stored in the banknote, and transports more banknotes to the removable collection cassette 207. It will be.

  The store clerk brings the coins dispensed from the coin change machine 100 and the collection cassette 207 removed from the banknote change machine 200 into a cashier room corresponding to the store, and the coins and banknotes brought in at the deposit / withdrawal machine 400. Make a deposit. The depositing / dispensing machine 400 identifies and authenticates the clerk, store, and cash register that are brought in, receives and stores coins and banknotes, and outputs the received content as a journal. Also, the depositing / dispensing machine 400 is connected to a cassette unlocking machine 405 for unlocking the collection cassette 207 taken out from the banknote change machine 200, and unlocks the collection cassette 207 using the cassette unlocking machine 405. This makes it possible to take out the banknotes stored in the collection cassette 207.

  Next, the external configuration of the POS register 300, the coin change machine 100, and the banknote change machine 200 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the POS register 300, the coin change machine 100, and the banknote change machine 200.

  The store is provided with one or more sets of coin change machine 100, banknote change machine 200, and POS register 300. The coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 each perform deposit and withdrawal processing of coins and banknotes. As shown in FIG. 3, the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction. The POS register 300 is placed on the upper surface of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 arranged side by side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the POS register 300 is a processing status of coins and banknotes in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, and the amount of coins and banknotes stored in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200. , A display unit 302 that displays various input operations on the POS register 300, and an additional display unit 302a that displays a part of the content displayed on the display unit 302 and content different from the display unit 302. Have.

  Further, the coin change machine 100 includes a housing 110 having an operation display unit 112 such as a touch panel on the upper surface of the front part. A coin receiving unit 114 and a coin dispensing unit 116 are provided at the front of the housing 110. The coin accepting unit 114 takes the accepted coins one by one in the one-layer one-row state.

  Moreover, the banknote change machine 200 includes a banknote receiving port 214a and a banknote outlet 216a on the front surface of the housing 210. A collection cassette 207 used for collecting sales proceeds is detachably attached to the casing 210. In addition, it includes a withdrawal reject unit 204 that stores banknotes that could not be identified among banknotes to be paid out. Of the banknotes taken into the machine body from the banknote receiving port 214a, banknotes that cannot be identified due to fouling or the like are returned to the banknote outlet 216a as rejected banknotes.

  Next, the physical configuration inside the apparatus according to the present embodiment of the POS register 300, the coin change machine 100, and the banknote change machine 200 shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The POS register 300 includes a display unit 302, an operation unit 304, and a control unit 330 that controls the entire POS register. The control unit 330 is connected to the store server 500 via a communication line so that sales information and the like are transmitted. The control unit 330 of the POS register 300 is connected to the control unit 230 of the banknote change machine 200 through a communication line. Moreover, the control part 130 of the coin change machine 100 and the control part 230 of the banknote change machine 200 are mutually connected by the communication line. The POS register 300 acquires information from the banknote change machine 200 and information from the coin change machine 100 via the banknote change machine 200 through a communication line with the banknote change machine 200. Further, the POS register 300 can instruct the coin change machine 100 through the bill change machine 200 and the bill change machine 200 through the communication line.

  A coin receiving unit 114 provided at the front portion of the housing 110 of the coin change machine 100 is configured to take received coins one by one in a single layer in a single row. The coin receiving unit 114 is connected to a deposit transport unit 103 that transports coins taken into the machine body by the coin receiving unit 114.

  In the middle of the deposit conveyance section 103, a coin identifying section 101 for identifying coins and a branching section 104 are provided. The branching unit 104 conveys coins to be dispensed from the coin dispensing unit 116, such as reject coins, to the dispensing conveyance unit 108 based on the coin identification result by the coin identification unit 101.

  On the other hand, coins such as normal coins to be stored in the machine body are transported to the coin storage unit 106 by the deposit transport unit 103. The coin storage unit 106 stores coins by denomination. Specifically, for example, coins are stored in descending order from the upstream side of the deposit conveyance unit 103. The withdrawal conveyance unit 108 conveys the coins fed out from the coin storage unit 106 to the coin dispensing unit 116. Further, the withdrawal conveyance unit 108 conveys reject coins conveyed from the branching unit 104 to the coin dispensing unit 116.

  The banknote change machine 200 includes a housing 210 and an annular circulation transport unit 203 a provided at a substantially central portion in the housing 210. Moreover, the banknote acceptance part 214, the three banknote storage parts 206, the banknote discharge part 216, the withdrawal rejection part 204, and the collection | recovery cassette 207 are arrange | positioned so that an outer periphery may be surrounded from the circulation conveyance part 203a.

  In addition, the inside of the housing 210 of the banknote change machine 200 includes a banknote receiving unit 214, a banknote storage unit 206, a banknote dispensing unit 216, a withdrawal rejection unit 204, a collection cassette 207, and a circulation transport unit 203 a. A plurality of connection conveyance sections 203b that are connected to each other are formed. Moreover, the banknote identification part 201 is provided in the circumference conveyance part 203a, and this banknote identification part 201 identifies the banknote which passes the said banknote identification part 201 concerned. Further, a path switching unit (not shown) for switching the banknote transport path between the circulation transport unit 203a and the connection transport unit 203b is arranged along the circuit transport unit 203a.

  The banknote receiving unit 214 takes in the banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving port 214a one by one and feeds them out to the circulating transport unit 203a. The banknote storage unit 206 stores banknotes in denomination based on the identification result of the banknote identification unit 201. The banknote dispensing unit 216 discharges the banknotes fed from the banknote storage unit 206 to the circulation conveyance unit 203a to the outside from the banknote outlet 216a.

  The withdrawal rejection unit 204 stores, among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit 206, banknotes that cannot be identified by the banknote identification unit 201 due to skew or the like as withdrawal-rejected banknotes. Further, among the banknotes taken into the machine body from the banknote receiving unit 214, banknotes that cannot be identified by the banknote identifying unit 201 due to contamination or the like are returned to the banknote dispensing unit 216 as deposit reject banknotes.

  Next, the internal configuration according to this embodiment of the POS register 300, the coin change machine 100, and the banknote change machine 200 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the POS register 300, the coin change machine 100, and the banknote change machine 200 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the coin change machine 100 includes a communication unit 132, a coin receiving unit 114, a deposit transport unit 103, a coin identification unit 101, a branch unit 104, a coin storage unit 106, a withdrawal transport unit 108, and a coin dispensing unit. 116, the operation display part 112, the memory | storage part 134, and the control part 130 are provided. The communication unit 132 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the banknote change machine 200 through a communication line. Similarly, the banknote change machine 200 performs data communication with the POS register 300 through a communication line, and the coin change machine 100 can perform data communication with the POS register 300 via the banknote change machine 200. it can.

  The coin receiving unit 114 receives a coin to be deposited. The deposit conveyance unit 103 conveys the coin received by the coin receiving unit 114 to the coin storage unit 106 via the coin identification unit 101 and the branch unit 104. The coin identifying unit 101 determines whether the coins conveyed by the deposit conveyance unit 103 are true or false. The branching unit 104 receives the coins that have been transported in accordance with the authenticity / injury identification result of the coin identifying unit 101 and the depositing / conveying unit 103 following the coin dispensing unit 108 or the coin storage unit 106. Branch to either. When it is a genuine coin and identified as a genuine coin, the branching unit 104 distributes the conveyed coin to the deposit conveyance unit 103 following the coin storage unit 106. Further, when it is identified as a fake coin or a damaged coin, the branching unit 104 distributes the conveyed coins to the withdrawal conveying unit 108 following the coin dispensing unit 116.

  The coin storage unit 106 is a storage unit that stores coins that are genuine coins and identified as genuine coins in the coin deposit process. Further, in the coin withdrawal process, the coin is paid out from the coin storage unit 106. The withdrawal transport unit 108 transports the coins fed from the coin storage unit 106 to the coin dispensing unit 116 in the coin dispensing process. In addition, when the coin identifying unit 101 identifies the coins identified as the fake or damaged coins from the branching unit 104, the withdrawal conveying unit 108 sends the coins identified as the fake or damaged coins to the coin dispensing unit 116. Transport. The coin dispensing unit 116 is a port for dispensing coins to be withdrawn as change or coins to be returned that have been identified as fake or lost coins by the coin identifying unit 101.

  The operation display unit 112 displays information such as the processing status of coins and banknotes in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, and the amount of coins and banknotes stored in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200. This is an output unit.

  The storage unit 134 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and includes coin setting data 134a, coin processing result data 134b, and coin amount data 134c. The coin setting data 134 a is a parameter related to the processing of the coin change machine 100. The coin processing result data 134b is data in which past processing results of the coin change machine 100 are accumulated. The coin balance data 134 c is information on the number of denominations stored in the coin storage unit 106 of the coin change machine 100. Moreover, the amount of coins stored in the coin storage unit 106 may become unclear due to a failure at the time of depositing or paying out change. The balance data 134c is managed for each denomination.

  The control unit 130 is a control unit that controls the entire coin change machine 100, and includes a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a, a setting data receiving unit 130b, a collection processing unit 130c, and a scrutinization processing unit 130d. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed to execute the corresponding processes. Will be executed.

  The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a is a processing unit that controls the entire coin deposit / withdrawal process. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a updates the coin balance data 134c with the contents of deposit / withdrawal for each denomination when the coin deposit / withdrawal is completed, and accumulates the record of coin deposit / withdrawal in the coin processing record data 134b. To do. In addition, when the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a detects a failure in the storage process to the coin storage unit 106 or the payout process from the coin storage unit 106 related to the deposit / withdrawal process, the denomination corresponding to the coin amount data 134c It is assumed that the balance is uncertain. In addition, even if the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a is in a state where no failure has occurred, the money type corresponding to the opened coin storage unit 106 is uncertain even when the coin storage unit 106 is opened by hand. State. In addition, when the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a updates the deposit uncertain state for each denomination managed by the coin deposit amount data 134c, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a also notifies the banknote change machine 200 of the updated content.

  If the setting data receiving unit 130b receives a parameter related to the processing of the coin change machine 100 from the banknote change machine 200, the setting data reception unit 130b updates the coin setting data 134a with the received content.

  The collection processing unit 130 c performs coin collection processing when a collection instruction is received from the POS register 300 via the banknote change machine 200 or when a collection instruction is received through operation of the operation display unit 112. Specifically, the collection processing unit 130 c first transmits the coin balance data 134 c to the banknote change machine 200. The banknote change machine 200 that has received the coin balance data 134c reflects the balance of the coin before the coin collecting operation and the uncertain state of the coin before the coin collecting operation in the IC data 207d of the collecting cassette 207. Next, the collection processing unit 130c pays out coins stored in the coin storage unit 106 to the coin dispensing unit 116 except for a predetermined remaining amount. Finally, the collection processing unit 130c transmits the coin amount data 134c after the coin has been paid out to the banknote change machine 200, thereby indicating the coin amount and the state uncertain state after the collection process. This is reflected in the IC data 207d.

  The scrutinization processing unit 130d pays out all the coins stored in the coin storage unit 106 to the coin dispensing unit 116 regarding the denomination coins that are in an uncertain state. Further, the scrutinization processing unit 130d clears the corresponding denominations in the coin balance data 134c and the balance indefinite state by paying out all the coins of the denominations in the balance amount indefinite state. . Further, the scrutinization processing unit 130d inserts the paid-out coins from the coin receiving unit 114, performs true / false judgments and counts for denominations, and determines that the coins are genuine and genuine. The coins are stored in the coin storage unit 106, and the counting result is reflected in the coin balance data 134c. As a result, the stock amount uncertain state is resolved, and the stock amount of the coin stock data 134c can be matched with the number of coins stored in the coin storage unit 106.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote change machine 200 includes a communication unit 232, a banknote receiving unit 214, a circulation transport unit 203 a, a connection transport unit 203 b, a banknote recognition unit 201, a banknote storage unit 206, a withdrawal reject unit 204, and a banknote dispensing Unit 216, collection cassette 207, IC tag reader / writer 209, storage unit 234, and control unit 230. The communication unit 232 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the POS register 300 and the coin change machine 100 through a communication line.

  The banknote receiving unit 214 receives banknotes to be deposited. The circulating transport unit 203a is configured to connect the banknotes fed out from the banknote receiving unit 214 to either the connection transport unit 203b following the banknote storage unit 206, the connection transport unit 203b following the collection cassette 207, or the connection transport unit 203b following the banknote dispensing unit 216. Carry selectively. Further, the circulation transport unit 203a is configured to connect the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit 206, the connection transport unit 203b following the withdrawal reject unit 204, the connection transport unit 203b following the collection cassette 207, or the connection transport unit following the banknote dispensing unit 216. 203b is selectively conveyed to any one of 203b. The connection conveyance unit 203b is a bill conveyance processing unit that connects the circulation conveyance unit 203a and the bill storage unit 206, the collection cassette 207, the bill dispensing unit 216, the withdrawal reject unit 204, or the bill acceptance unit 214.

  The banknote recognition part 201 is on the circulation conveyance part 203a, and discriminate | determines the authenticity and correctness of a banknote. The bill storage unit 206 is a storage unit that stores bills that are genuine bills and are identified as correct bills in the bill deposit process. Further, in the banknote withdrawal process, the banknotes are paid out from the banknote storage unit 206. The withdrawal reject unit 204 is a box that stores banknotes that are identified as fake or damaged by the banknote identification unit 201 among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit 206 in the banknote withdrawal process. The banknote dispensing unit 216 is an outlet for dispensing banknotes that are genuine and identified as banknotes by the banknote identifying unit 201 among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit 206 in the banknote dispensing process. The banknote dispensing unit 216 is a port that returns a banknote identified as a fake ticket or a non-conformity by the banknote identifying unit 201 in the banknote deposit process.

  When the collection cassette 207 receives a collection instruction from the POS register 300 or receives a collection instruction by operating the operation display unit 112 of the coin changer 100, the collection cassette 207 collects the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206. It is a destination to carry. According to the collection instruction, the sales proceeds in the bill change machine 200 are collected in the collection cassette 207, and the sales proceeds can be collected by extracting the collection cassette 207. An IC tag 207c is attached to the bottom of the collection cassette 207, and IC data 207d is stored in the IC tag 207c. The IC tag reader / writer 209 is an input / output unit for reading and writing the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c attached to the bottom of the collection cassette 207.

  The storage unit 234 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a nonvolatile memory, and includes banknote setting data 234a, banknote processing result data 234b, and banknote amount data 234c. The banknote setting data 234a is a parameter related to processing of the banknote change machine 200. The banknote processing result data 234b is data in which past processing results of the banknote change machine 200 are accumulated. The banknote balance data 234c is information on the number of denominations stored in the banknote storage unit 206 of the banknote change machine 200. In addition, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206 may become unclear due to a failure at the time of deposit or change payout. The balance data 234c is managed for each denomination.

  The control unit 230 is a control unit that controls the entire bill change machine 200, and includes a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a, a setting data receiving unit 230b, a collection processing unit 230c, and a scrutinization processing unit 230d. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed to execute the corresponding processes. Will be executed.

  The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a is a processing unit that controls the entire deposit / withdrawal process of banknotes. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a updates the banknote amount data 234c with the contents of deposit / withdrawal for each denomination when the banknote deposit / withdrawal is completed, and accumulates the banknote deposit / withdrawal results in the banknote processing result data 234b. To do. In addition, when the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a detects a failure in the storing process in the banknote storage unit 206 or the payout process from the banknote storage unit 206 related to the deposit / withdrawal process, the denomination corresponding to the banknote amount data 234c corresponds. It is assumed that the balance is uncertain. In addition, even if the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a is in a state where no failure has occurred, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a determines the denomination corresponding to the opened banknote storage unit 206 even when the banknote storage unit 206 is opened manually. State. In addition, when the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a updates the deposit amount uncertain state for each denomination managed by the banknote balance data 234c, the updated contents are used as the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207. Also reflected.

  If the setting data receiving unit 230b receives the parameters related to the processing of the banknote change machine 200 and the coin change machine 100 by reading the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207, the setting data receiving unit 230b is the parameter related to the processing of the received banknote change machine 200. The bill setting data 234a is updated, and parameters relating to the processing of the coin change machine 100 are transmitted to the coin change machine 100.

  The collection processing unit 230c performs banknote collection processing when a collection instruction is received from the POS register 300 or when a collection instruction is received by operating the operation display unit 112 of the coin change machine 100. Specifically, the collection processing unit 230c first reflects the banknote amount before the banknote collection operation and the undetermined state in the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207 based on the contents of the banknote amount data 234c. Next, the collection processing unit 230c collects the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206 in the collection cassette 207 except for the remaining amount. Finally, the collection processing unit 230c reflects the banknote amount after collection processing and the state of uncertain state in the collection cassette 207 IC data 207d based on the banknote amount data 234c after the collection of the banknotes.

  The scrutinization processing part 230d pays out all the money stored in the banknote storage part 206 to the banknote delivery part 216 or collects it in the recovery cassette 207 with respect to the banknote of the denomination that is in an uncertain state. Further, the scrutinization processing unit 230d determines that the money amount and money amount of the corresponding denomination of the money amount data 234c is not present if the paper money storage unit 206 corresponding to the money type in which the money amount is indeterminate is emptied. Clear the confirmed state. Further, the scrutinization processing unit 230d inputs the banknotes paid out to the banknote dispensing unit 216 or the banknotes collected in the collection cassette 207 from the banknote receiving unit 214, and counts true / false judgments and denominations. The banknotes determined to be genuine and genuine are stored in the banknote storage unit 206, and the counting result is reflected in the banknote amount data 234c. As a result, the banknote uncertain state is resolved, and the balance of the banknote balance data 234c can be matched with the number of denominations of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206. In addition, the scrutinization processing unit 230d, when receiving an update of the deposit amount uncertain state for each denomination of the coin balance data 134c from the coin change machine 100, displays the received content as the IC tag of the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207. This is reflected in the data 207d.

  Next, the operation when depositing coins into the coin change machine 100 will be described below. When the coin receiving unit 114 receives the coins in the coin receiving unit 114 of the coin change machine 100, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a takes the received coins one by one in a layer and one row, and the coins are received. Coins are conveyed by the deposit conveyance unit 103. The coins conveyed by the deposit conveyance unit 103 are identified by the coin identification unit 101. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130a is configured so that the coin identified as the coin to be dispensed from the coin dispensing unit 116, such as a rejected coin, based on the coin identification result by the coin identifying unit 101, is dispensed by the branching unit 104. 108 to the coin dispensing unit 116 by the dispensing conveyance unit 108. On the other hand, the coins identified as coins to be stored in the machine body such as normal coins based on the coin identification result by the coin identifying unit 101 are transported to the coin storing unit 106 by the deposit transport unit 103, and The coins are stored in the coin storage unit 106 by denomination.

  Further, when dispensing coins as change from the coin change machine 100, the operator inputs the number of coin types to be dispensed, the total amount, and the like by the operation display unit 112. Alternatively, when a withdrawal instruction is sent from the POS register 300 via the banknote change machine 200 to the coin change machine 100, coins as change are withdrawn from the coin change machine 100. When a withdrawal instruction is given to the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130 a of the coin change machine 100, the coins stored in the coin storage unit 106 are paid out, and the fed-out coins are transferred to the coin dispensing unit 116 by the withdrawal transport unit 108. It is conveyed to. In this manner, the operator can take out coins from the coin payout unit 116.

  Next, the operation for depositing banknotes into the banknote change machine 200 will be described below. When the banknote is inserted into the banknote receiving port 214a of the banknote receiving unit 214, the banknote receiving unit 214 takes in the banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving port 214a one by one, and the circulation transport unit 230a It extends to the 203a side. And the banknote drawn | fed out to the circumference conveyance part 203a side is conveyed by the said circumference conveyance part 203a, and identification of a banknote is performed by the banknote identification part 201 in this case. The banknote identified as a normal banknote by the banknote identification part 201 is stored in each banknote storage part 206 according to denomination. On the other hand, among the banknotes taken in from the banknote receiving unit 214, banknotes that cannot be identified by the banknote identifying unit 201 due to stains or abnormal conveyance are returned to the banknote dispensing unit 216 as deposit reject banknotes.

  When the banknote as change is to be withdrawn from the banknote change machine 200, the operator inputs the number of denominations of the banknote to be withdrawn, the total amount, and the like by the operation display unit 112. Alternatively, when a withdrawal instruction is sent from the POS register 300 to the banknote change machine 200, a banknote as change is withdrawn from the banknote change machine 200. When a withdrawal instruction is given to the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 230a of the banknote change machine 200, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206 are paid out, and the fed banknotes are identified by the banknote identification unit 201. The paper is delivered to the banknote dispensing unit 216 by the circulation conveyance unit 203a. And the banknote discharge part 216 discharges | emits the banknote sent from the banknote accommodating part 206 out of the housing | casing 210 from the banknote outlet 216a. In this way, the operator can obtain the banknotes withdrawn from the banknote change machine 200. Of the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit 206, banknotes that cannot be identified by the banknote identification unit 201 by skewing or the like are stored in the withdrawal reject unit 204 as withdrawal withdrawal banknotes.

  Next, an operation when collecting banknotes and coins as sales from the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 at the time of a settlement process performed at a predetermined timing during the business of the store will be described.

  When collecting banknotes or coins as sales from the coin change machine 100 or the banknote change machine 200 during the settlement process, the operator instructs the operation unit 304 of the POS register 300 to collect sales. Further, instead of operating the operation unit 304 of the POS register 300, the operator can instruct to collect the sales proceeds by operating the operation display unit 112 of the coin change machine 100. May be. When an instruction for collecting the sales proceeds is received from the operation unit 304 of the POS register 300 or the operation display unit 112 of the coin change machine 100, the collection processing unit 130c of the coin change machine 100 obtains the coin amount data 134c immediately before the start of the collection operation. It transmits to the bill change machine 200. The banknote change machine 200 that has received the coin amount data 134 c reflects the accepted coin amount data 134 c in the IC data 207 d of the collection cassette 207. Further, all coins exceeding the remaining number set in the coin setting data 134a are paid out to the coin payout unit 116. Further, the collection processing unit 230c of the bill change machine 200 reflects the banknote amount data 234c immediately before the start of the collection operation in the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207. The collection processing unit 230c conveys all banknotes exceeding the remaining number set in the banknote setting data 234a to the collection cassette 207.

  In the present embodiment, the coin setting data 134a and the banknote setting data 234a are set with the number of denominations to be left in advance in the parameters related to the sales collection process, and the collection process according to the parameters is performed. The invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of collection patterns are provided in the collection process, and processing contents for each collection pattern are set in advance, and the collection process is performed from the operation unit 304 of the POS register 300 or the operation display unit 112 of the coin change machine 100. A pattern may be specified.

  Next, the data structure which concerns on the present Example of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 shown in FIG. 2 is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200.

  The coin setting data 134a includes a near empty threshold number of coins and a remaining number of coins. The near empty threshold number is the lower limit number for each denomination of coins that displays a warning message indicating that it is near empty. Further, the remaining number is the number of coins to be left in the coin change machine 100 during the collection process for each denomination.

  In the example of the coin setting data 134a in FIG. 6, the near empty threshold number is “25” for 500 yen, “100” for 100 yen, “25” for 50 yen, and “100” for 10 yen. 5 yen coins are "25", 1 yen coin is "100", 500 yen coin is "50", 100 yen coin is "200", 50 yen coin is "50" This indicates that “200” 10 yen coins, “50” 5 yen coins, and “200” 1 yen coins.

  The coin processing result data 134b includes the number of coins received and the number of withdrawals. The actual number of deposits is the number of denominations deposited after introduction by the coin change machine 100. The actual number of withdrawals is the number for each denomination withdrawn after introduction by the coin change machine 100.

  The coin processing result data 134b in FIG. 6 indicates that the number of deposits is “900” for 500 yen, “4800” for 100 yen, “1200” for 50 yen, and “5100” for 10 yen. 5 yen coins are “1300”, 1 yen coin is “4900”, 500 yen coin is “1700”, 100 yen coin is “9500”, 50 yen coin is “2500” This indicates that 10 yen is “10100”, 5 yen is “2500”, and 1 yen is “9600”.

  The coin balance data 134c includes information on the number of coins stored in the coin storage unit 106 and whether or not the number of coins is in an uncertain state. The coin balance data 134c in FIG. 6 is “no” when the balance of 500 yen is “30” and the balance is uncertain, and the balance of 100 yen is “220” and the balance is uncertain. Then, “No”, “No” when the amount of 50 yen coin is “40” and the amount is uncertain, and “No” when the amount of 10 yen is “120” and the amount is uncertain. In addition, it indicates “no” when the balance of 5 yen is “60” and the balance is uncertain, and “no” when the balance of 1 yen is “140” and the balance is uncertain. ing.

  The bill setting data 234a includes a near empty threshold number and a remaining number of bills. The near empty threshold number is the lower limit number for each denomination of the banknote for which a warning message indicating that it is near empty is displayed. The remaining number is the number of banknotes denominated in the banknote change machine 200 during the collection process.

  In the example of the bill setting data 234a in FIG. 6, the near empty threshold number is “0” for 10,000 yen, “10” for 5,000 yen, “50” for 1,000 yen, Indicates that there are “0” 10,000 yen tickets, “20” 5,000 yen tickets, and “100” thousand yen tickets.

  The banknote processing performance data 234b includes the number of banknotes received and the number of banknotes that have been deposited. The actual number of deposits is the number of denominations deposited after introduction by the banknote change machine 200. The actual number of withdrawals is the number for each denomination withdrawn after introduction by the banknote change machine 200.

  The banknote processing result data 234b in FIG. 6 indicates that the actual number of deposits is “2300” for 10,000 yen, “800” for 5,000 yen, “3800” for 1,000 yen, Indicates that there are “10” 10,000 yen tickets, “650” 5,000 yen tickets, and “2900” thousand yen tickets.

  The banknote balance data 234c includes information on the number of denominations of banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 206 and whether or not the number of denominations is in an uncertain state. The banknote amount data 234c in FIG. 6 is “no” when the amount of money in a 000-yen ticket is “20” and the amount is uncertain, and the amount of money in a 5,000-yen note is “60”. “No” in the confirmed state, “160” in the amount of 1,000 yen vouchers, and “none” in the uncertain state.

  Next, the data structure of the IC data 207d according to the present embodiment of the banknote change machine 200 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the IC data 207d according to the present embodiment of the banknote change machine 200.

  The IC data 207d includes cash register identification information, setting data, a processing record number, and collection data. The cash register identification data is information for identifying a cash register corresponding to the collection cassette 207, and includes a company code, a store code, a department code, and a cash register number of the cash register. The setting data is information written when the collection cassette 207 is set in the deposit / withdrawal machine 400. When the collection cassette 207 is set in the banknote change machine 200, the contents of the IC data 207d are stored. Is reflected in the bill setting data 234a of the bill change machine 200 and the coin setting data 134a of the coin change machine 100. The setting data includes the near empty threshold number of money types and the remaining number of money types at the time of collection processing. Further, the processing result number is data obtained by sucking the coin processing result data 134b of the coin change machine 100 and the banknote processing result data 234b of the bill change machine 200 when the collection process is performed. At this time, the data is taken into the depositing / dispensing machine 400 by reading the IC data 207d. The collection data includes the amount of money remaining in the money type immediately before the execution of the collection process, the remaining number of money types in the money type after the collection operation, information indicating whether any money type is in an uncertain balance, and collection And date of processing.

  The example of the IC data 207d in FIG. 7 indicates that the cash register identification information indicates that the company code is “001”, the store code is “010”, the department code is “002”, and the cash register number is “10”. ing. Also, the near-empty threshold number for each denomination in the setting data is “0” for 10,000 yen, “10” for 5,000 yen, “50” for 1,000 yen, and 500 yen for “ 25, 100 yen, 100, 50 yen, 25, 10 yen, 100, 5 yen, 25, 1 yen, 100 yen It is shown that. In addition, the remaining number of denominations at the time of collection processing is “0” for 10,000 yen, “20” for 5,000 yen, “100” for 1,000 yen, and “50” for 500 yen. 100 yen is "200", 50 yen is "50", 10 yen is "200", 5 yen is "50", 1 yen is "200" Show. In addition, the actual number of deposits of processing results is “2300” for 10,000 yen, “800” for 5,000 yen, “3800” for 1,000 yen, and “900” for 500 yen. , 100 yen is "4800", 50 yen is "1200", 10 yen is "5100", 5 yen is "1300", 1 yen is "4900" Yes. In addition, the number of withdrawals of the processing results is “10” for 10,000 yen, “650” for 5,000 yen, “2900” for 1,000 yen, and “1700” for 500 yen. In this example, “9500” for 100 yen, “2500” for 50 yen, “10100” for 10 yen, “2500” for 5 yen, and “9600” for 1 yen. ing.

  Further, in the example of the collection data of the IC data 207d in FIG. 7, the number of stocks in the money type immediately before the collection processing is “20” for 10,000 yen, “60” for 5,000 yen, “160” yen tickets, “30” 500 yen coins, “220” 100 yen coins, “40” 50 yen coins, “120” 10 yen coins, “60” 5 yen coins ", Indicating that 1 yen is" 140 ". Further, the remaining number of money types immediately after the collection processing is “0” for 10,000 yen, “20” for 5,000 yen, “100” for 1,000 yen, and “30” for 500 yen. ”, 100 yen is“ 200 ”, 50 yen is“ 40 ”, 10 yen is“ 120 ”, 5 yen is“ 50 ”, 1 yen is“ 140 ” Is shown. In addition, in both the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, the state in which the amount is uncertain is “None”, indicating that the collection processing execution date is “2014/4/1”.

  Next, the external configuration of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the depositing / dispensing machine 400.

  The display unit 401 is a display unit such as a liquid crystal display, and displays menus and screens related to operations of the deposit / withdrawal machine 400. The operation unit 402 is an input unit such as a keyboard. The ID card reader 403 is an input unit that reads an ID card magnetic tape for identifying a person performing a deposit / withdrawal operation. The journal printing unit 404 is an output unit that prints a journal indicating the processing contents performed by the depositing / dispensing machine 400. The cassette unlocking machine 405 is a device that unlocks the key of the recovery cassette 207 by setting the recovery cassette 207 from which the sales proceeds brought in from the store after closing are set. The passbook printer 409 is an output unit that prints the contents of processing performed by the deposit / withdrawal machine 400 on an output medium having a passbook shape.

  The banknote acceptance unit 421 is an opening for inserting banknotes to be deposited. The coin accepting unit 431 is an opening for inserting banknotes to be deposited. In addition, the wrapping coin receiving unit 441 is an opening for inserting wrapping coins to be deposited.

  Next, an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the depositing / dispensing machine 400 is connected to a cassette unlocking machine 405 for unlocking a key of the collection cassette 207 for collecting cashier sales and a bankbook printer 409 for printing a bankbook. Is possible.

  The depositing / dispensing machine 400 includes a display unit 401, an operation unit 402, an ID card reader 403, a journal printing unit 404, a communication unit 406, a bill control unit 420, a coin control unit 430, a wrapping coin control unit 440, a storage unit 407, and the like. A control unit 408 is included. The communication unit 406 is an interface unit for performing data communication with other deposit / withdrawal machines 400.

  The banknote control unit 420 includes the banknote receiving unit 421 shown in FIG. 8, the banknote transporting unit 422 that transports the banknotes received by the banknote receiving unit 421, and the authenticity and correctness of banknotes transported by the banknote transporting unit 422. And a bill discriminating unit 423 that performs the judgment. Further, the coin control unit 430 includes the coin receiving unit 431 illustrated in FIG. 8, the coin transporting unit 432 that transports the coins received by the coin receiving unit 431, and the authenticity and correctness of the coins transported by the coin transporting unit 432. A coin discriminating unit 433 for judging loss. The wrapping coin control unit 440 is transported by the wrapping coin receiving unit 441 shown in FIG. 8, the wrapping coin transporting unit 442 that transports the wrapping coins received by the wrapping coin receiving unit 441, and the wrapping coin transporting unit 442. And a wrapping coin discriminating unit 443 that performs authenticity determination of the wrapping coin.

  The storage unit 407 is a storage device including a hard disk device, a nonvolatile memory, and the like. The storage unit 407 includes a deposit machine number 407a, cash register handling data 407b, cash register setting data 407c, cash register operation status data 407d, and collection data 407e.

  The deposit machine number 407a is identification information of the own apparatus that identifies the plurality of deposit / withdrawal machines 400 installed in the complex commercial facility. The register-specific handling data 407b is used to register the handling when the cash register corresponding to the collection cassette 207 is in an indeterminate state based on the information stored in the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207 brought in at the time of depositing sales. Data set for each. Normally, payments for cash at the cash register that is in an uncertain state are not accepted, but the cash register handling data 407b indicates that the cash register can be handled even in an uncertain state. In such a case, when a predetermined other condition (for example, the depositor is an administrator) is satisfied, the deposit of the sales proceeds is accepted even if the balance is uncertain.

  The cash register setting data 407c is data corresponding to all cash registers of the coin setting data 134a and the bill setting data 234a which are setting data for each cash register. The cash register operation status data 407d is operation result data for each cash register, and is data obtained by sucking the coin processing result data 134b and the banknote processing result data 234b through the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207. The collection data 407e is obtained by reading the IC data 207d from the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207 when the collection cassette 207 is loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405 at the time of depositing sales, etc. Is temporarily stored data.

  The control unit 408 is a control unit for overall control of the deposit / withdrawal machine 400, and includes a deposit / withdrawal machine information setting unit 408a, a cash register information setting unit 408b, a deposit processing unit 408c, and a cash register operation status management unit 408d. Actually, a program corresponding to this functional unit is stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed to execute processes corresponding to the respective programs. Will be executed.

  The depositing / dispensing machine information setting unit 408a is a processing unit that performs setting and management of handling data 407b for each cash register, which is data in which handling of the cash amount uncertain state is set for each cash register.

  The cash register information setting unit 408b is a processing unit that performs registration management of cash register setting data 407c that is setting data of all cash registers in the complex commercial facility. The cash register information setting unit 408b of the parent machine depositing / withdrawing machine 400 registers the cash register setting data 407c, and the cash register information setting unit 408b distributes the registered cash register setting data 407c to the cash machine 400. The cash register information setting unit 408b of the slave cash machine 400 accepts the registered cash register setting data received from the master machine and updates the cash register setting data 407c in its own device. In addition, when the collection cassette 207 is set in the cassette unlocking machine 405 at the time of deposit processing or the like, the registration information setting unit 408b acquires the identification information of the registration corresponding to the collection cassette 207 from the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207. Then, the setting data in the IC data 207d is updated with the record of the registration setting data 407c for the acquired identification information.

  The deposit processing unit 408c is a processing unit that controls the entire deposit process. First, the deposit processing unit 408c accepts reading of the person-in-charge card by the ID card reader 403. If the person in charge is authenticated, the cashier identification information is accepted. The cash register identification information can also be accepted by input from the operation unit 402. However, when the collection cassette 207 is brought in, the collection cassette 207 is attached to the bottom of the collection cassette 207 by setting it in the cassette unlocking machine 405. The cash register identification information can be received by reading the cash register identification information included in the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c.

  Further, the deposit processing unit 408c reads the recovery data included in the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c of the recovery cassette 207 and stores it in the recovery data 407e. The deposit processing unit 408c refers to the collection data 407e to determine whether or not the cash register corresponding to the collection cassette 207 is in an uncertain state, and if it is not in an uncertain state, the cassette is unlocked. The machine 405 is in a usable state and the shutters of the bill accepting unit 421, the coin accepting unit 431 and the wrapping coin accepting unit 441 of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 are opened so that bills, coins and wrapping coins can be inserted. To do. The cassette unlocking machine 405 can unlock the collection cassette 207 by setting the collection cassette 207 and manually pushing the collection cassette 207 into the back side, but it cannot be pushed into the back side in a standby state. Is in an electromagnetic lock state. “Making the cassette unlocking machine 405 usable” indicates that the cassette can be pushed into the back side by releasing the electromagnetic lock.

  The operator uses the cassette unlocking machine 405 to take out the banknotes stored in the collection cassette 207, inserts the taken banknotes into the banknote receiving unit 421, and carries the coins and wrapping coins that are brought into the coin receiving unit 431 and the packaging. It is inserted into the coin accepting unit 441 and an instruction operation for starting the deposit process is performed. When the deposit processing unit 408c receives an instruction to start deposit processing, the deposited processing unit 408c counts the inserted bills, coins, and wrapping coins, and stores them in the storage unit inside the depositing / dispensing machine 400. When the accepted banknote, coin and wrapping coin are stored, the deposit processing unit 408c outputs information such as the deposited amount as a journal by the journal printing unit 404. If the passbook printer 409 is connected, information on the amount deposited by the passbook printer 409 is printed on the passbook.

  When the collection cassette 207 is set in the cassette unlocking machine 405 at the time of deposit processing or the like, the cash register operation status management unit 408d reads the cash register identification information and the number of processed records from the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207, and performs the cash register operation. The cash register operating status corresponding to the cash register identification information read from the IC data 207d of the status data 407d is updated. As a result, the operating status of all cash registers to be handled is collected in the cash register operating status data 407d. The cash register operating status management unit 408d can output the cash register operating status based on the cash register operating status data 407d. Further, the cash register operation status data 407d is used for leveling the cash register operation rate by using the information of the cash register operation status data 407d, for example, when a plurality of cash registers are installed in the same store and the same department. It is also possible to automatically select the cash register to be operated the next day and output the result.

  Next, a data structure according to the present embodiment of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the data configuration of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 according to the present embodiment.

  The cash register handling data 407b indicates whether the cashier identification information is a company code, a store code, a department code, a cash register number, and whether or not to accept a deposit process when the cash register of the identification number is in an uncertain state. This information is data having items of one record as information. In the example of the handling data 407b by cash register in FIG. 10, the cash register with the company code “001”, the store code “010”, the department code “002”, and the cash register number “10” is uncertain. It is shown that the handling in the state of is “possible”. In addition, the cash register with the company code “005”, the store code “001”, the department code “001”, and the register number “01” is “impossible” in the state where the balance is uncertain. It is shown that.

  The cash register setting data 407c is data in which the setting data for the cash register of the identification information is an item of one record in association with the company code, the store code, the department code, and the cash register number, which are cash register identification information. The setting data is left in the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200 for the next day's change when collecting the sales amount at the cash register, and the near empty threshold number that is the lower limit threshold value for determining the near empty for each denomination at the cash register. And the number of remaining sheets for each denomination.

  In the example of the cash register setting data 407c in FIG. 10, the cash register with the company code “001”, the store code “010”, the department code “002”, and the cash register number “10” has a near empty threshold number. , "0" for 10,000 yen, "10" for 5,000 yen, "50" for 1,000 yen, "25" for 500 yen, and "100" for 100 yen, 50 yen is “25”, 10 yen is “100”, 5 yen is “25”, 1 yen is “100”, and the remaining number is “0” for 10,000 yen Five thousand yen tickets are "20", one thousand yen tickets are "100", 500 yen is "50", 100 yen is "200", 50 yen is "50", 10 This indicates that “200” yen coins, “50” 5 yen coins, and “200” 1 yen coins.

  The cash register operation status data 407d is data in which processing record data for the cash register of the identification information is associated with the company code, the store code, the department code, and the cash register number, which are identification information of the cash register, as one record item. The processing result data includes the actual number of deposits for each denomination and the actual number of withdrawals for each denomination at the cash register.

  In the example of the cash register operation status data 407d in FIG. 10, a cash register with the company code “001”, the store code “010”, the department code “002”, and the cash register number “10” 10,000 yen tickets are "2300", five thousand yen tickets are "800", thousand yen tickets are "3800", 500 yen is "900", 100 yen is "4800" 50 yen coins are "1200", 10 yen coins are "5100", 5 yen coins are "1300", 1 yen coin is "4900", and the actual number of withdrawals is "10" The number of 5,000 yen tickets is "650", the thousand yen tickets are "2900", the 500 yen is "1700", the 100 yen is "9500", and the 50 yen is "2500" 10 yen coins are "10100", 5 yen coins are "2500", 1 yen coin is "9600" It is shown that it is.

  The collection data 407e is obtained by reading the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c of the collection cassette 207 loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405 and storing the collection data therein. , The remaining number of denominations after the collection operation, information indicating whether any denomination has an uncertain balance state, and the date when the collection process was performed.

  Further, in the example of the collection data 407e in FIG. 10, the information regarding the cash register corresponding to the collection cassette 207 loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405 is as follows. “20”, “60” for five thousand yen, “160” for 1,000 yen, “30” for 500 yen, “220” for 100 yen, and “40” for 50 yen. ”,“ 120 ”for 10 yen,“ 60 ”for 5 yen, and“ 140 ”for 1 yen. Further, the remaining number of money types immediately after the collection processing is “0” for 10,000 yen, “20” for 5,000 yen, “100” for 1,000 yen, and “30” for 500 yen. ”, 100 yen is“ 200 ”, 50 yen is“ 40 ”, 10 yen is“ 120 ”, 5 yen is“ 50 ”, 1 yen is“ 140 ” Is shown. In addition, in both the coin change machine 100 and the banknote change machine 200, the state in which the amount is uncertain is “None”, indicating that the collection processing execution date is “2014/4/1”.

  Next, the external configuration of the cassette unlocking machine 405 and the recovery cassette 207 will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the external configuration of the cassette unlocking machine 405 and the recovery cassette 207.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, the cassette unlocking machine 405 can be loaded with a recovery cassette 207, a slide base portion 405a in which the recovery cassette 207 can be set and pushed inward, and a recovery cassette 207 can be controlled to be pushed or released, and a slidable cover portion 405b, a lock unlocking portion 405c for unlocking the recovery cassette 207, and a state of the recovery cassette 207, etc. A display unit 405d for displaying the information of the IC tag, and an IC tag reader 405e capable of reading the contents of the IC tag 207c attached to the bottom surface of the collection cassette 207. The lock unlocking portion 405c has a key therein, and the key is rotated in conjunction with pushing the collection cassette 207 into the back side, and the lock of the lock portion of the collection cassette 207 is unlocked. It will be.

  In the standby state, the cover portion 405b is in an electromagnetically locked state, and the slide base portion 405a cannot be pushed inward. When the cassette unlocking device 405 receives the electromagnetic lock release signal from the control unit 408, the cassette unlocking device 405 releases the electromagnetic lock of the cover unit 405b, thereby allowing the slide base unit 405a to be pushed inward.

  The collection cassette 207 has a swinging shaft extending in the short direction and extending in the horizontal direction, and the upper casing portion 207a of the collection cassette 207 is vertically oriented around the peristaltic axis with respect to the lower casing portion 207b. (See FIG. 12D). Note that when the collection cassette 207 is locked, the upper casing portion 207a of the collection cassette 207 cannot swing with respect to the lower casing portion 207b around the swing axis. The housing portion 207a can swing up and down around the swing axis. And the banknote accommodated in the collection | recovery cassette 207 can be taken out now that the upper housing | casing part 207a is rocked upwards.

  Next, a procedure for unlocking the collection cassette 207 using the cassette unlocking machine 405 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 12A is a diagram showing a positional relationship in which the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking machine 405. FIG. The recovery cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking device 405 by setting the slide base portion 405a of the cassette unlocking device 405 so that the bottom surface of the lower housing portion 207b of the recovery cassette 207 is in contact with it. FIG. 12B shows a diagram loaded in such a manner.

  When the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the slide base 405a of the cassette unlocking machine 405 as shown in FIG. 12B, the IC data 207d of the IC tag 207c is read by the IC tag reader 405e. The deposit processing unit 408c determines whether or not the cash register can be handled based on the collected data of the IC data 207d read by the IC tag reader 405e and the information of the handling data 407b classified by cash register. In the case of determination that the result of the determination is a cash register that can be handled, the deposit processing unit 408c sends a use permission signal to the cassette unlocking machine 405. The cassette unlocking machine 405 that has received the use permission signal enables the cassette unlocking machine 405 to be usable by releasing the electromagnetic lock of the cover 405b so that the recovery cassette 207 can be pushed inward. Become.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12 (c), when the collection cassette 207 loaded in the slide base portion 405a is pushed inward, the pushing operation causes the lock portion of the collection cassette 207 to enter the lock unlocking portion 405c. A key is inserted, and the key is rotated in conjunction with the pushing operation to unlock the lock portion. When the lock is unlocked, the upper casing 207a of the recovery cassette 207 can be swung upward as shown in FIG. By swinging the upper casing portion 207a of the recovery cassette 207 upward, the money stored in the recovery cassette 207 can be taken out. When the collection cassette 207 is pushed inward in this way and the collection cassette 207 is unlocked, the display unit 405d displays that the unlocking is in progress.

  Next, a processing procedure of determination processing for determining whether or not depositing is possible in the depositing / dispensing machine 400 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for determining whether or not the depositing / dispensing machine 400 can handle deposits.

  The deposit processing unit 408c reads the ID card of the person in charge as authentication of the person in charge (step S101). Based on the information read from the ID card, the person in charge is verified and whether or not the person in charge is authorized to make a payment. If it is determined that there is no authority to perform (step S102; No), the process returns to step 101.

  If it is determined that the person in charge can be authenticated and there is an authority to deposit money (step S102; Yes), the deposit processing unit 408c sets the collection cassette 207 in the cassette unlocking machine 405 or the operation unit 402. Is used to input cash register identification information, or displays a message to input cash register identification information by any operation (step S103). When the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking machine 405 (step S104; Yes), the deposit processing unit 408c instructs the cassette unlocking machine 405 to instruct IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207 by the IC tag reader 405e. The cash register identification information and the collected data are read, and the retrieved collected data is stored in the collected data 407e (step S105). If the collection cassette 207 is not loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405 (step S104; No) and the registration information input by the operation unit 402 is accepted (step S106; Yes), the process proceeds to step S111. If the collection cassette 207 is not loaded in the cassette unlocking machine 405 (step S104; No) and the registration information input by the operation unit 402 is not accepted (step S106; No), the process returns to step S104.

  Next, with reference to the collection data 407e, if the presence / absence determination is “none” (step S107; No), the registration information setting unit 408b records the registration setting data 407c for the corresponding registration. With this information, the setting data information of the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207 is updated (step S108). Further, the cash register operation status management unit 408d reads information on the number of processed records in the IC data 207d of the collection cassette 207, and updates the contents of the record corresponding to the cash register in the cash register operation status data 407d (step S109). Further, the deposit processing unit 408c releases the electromagnetic lock of the cover unit 405b by instructing the cassette unlocking machine 405 to shift to a usable state (step S110).

  The deposit processing unit 408c opens the shutters of the bill accepting unit 421, the coin accepting unit 431, and the wrapping coin accepting unit 441, and can insert money into the bill accepting unit 421, the coin accepting unit 431, and the wrapping coin accepting unit 441. (Step S111). The deposit processing unit 408c counts the money put into the banknote accepting unit 421, the coin accepting unit 431, and the wrapping coin accepting unit 441, and stores it in the accommodating unit inside the depositing / dispensing machine 400, and the deposited amount, etc. Is output to the journal and passbook (step S112), and the process is terminated.

  In addition, when the presence / absence of the cash amount in the collection data 407e is “present” in step S107 (step S107; Yes), the cash register is indeterminate from the information in the handling data 407b for each cash register. Even if it is a cash register that can be handled (step S113), if it is a cash register that can be handled even if the balance is uncertain (step S113; Yes), the deposit process The unit 408c determines whether or not other conditions for exceptional handling are satisfied (step S114), and if the other conditions for exceptional handling are satisfied (step S115; In Yes), the process proceeds to step S108. Further, from the information of the register-specific handling data 407b, when the cash register is a cash register that cannot be handled when the cash amount is indeterminate (step S113; No), even if the cash register can be handled exceptionally. If the other conditions for exceptional handling are not satisfied (step S115; No), the deposit processing unit 408c displays a message indicating that the cash register cannot be handled (step S116). ), The process is terminated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the amount of coins or banknotes managed by the coin change machine 100 or the banknote change machine 200 is not stored in the IC tag 207c attached to the collection cassette 207 that collects sales proceeds from a store. If information on whether or not the balance is unclear is stored, and the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking machine 405 of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 for depositing sales, the collection cassette 207 is loaded. Since it is configured to read information on whether or not the balance is unclear from the IC tag 207c and control to accept the receipt of sales proceeds when the balance is not unclear, the balance of the valuable medium is accurate. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately limit the storage of the valuable medium collected from the settlement apparatus of the store that has not been fully grasped.

  In the above-described embodiment, the collection cassette 207 is loaded into the cassette unlocking machine 405 of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 so that only the lock portion is unlocked and the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 400 stored therein is stored. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a mechanism capable of feeding out banknotes stored in the collection cassette 207 may be provided so that the depositing / dispensing machine 400 can receive banknotes fed out by the collection cassette 207 and perform deposit processing. Further, the collection cassette 207 stores only banknotes to be recovered, but may be a recovery cassette that can store both banknotes and coins, for example. Moreover, you may provide the collection | recovery cassette for coins, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which only the deposit process is performed when the deposit process is performed in the deposit / withdrawal machine 400 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the change process for the next day's change reserve may be performed following the deposit process for sales. In addition, when the collection cassette 207 has a function of taking bills, a change reserve may be withdrawn from the collection cassette 207.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the IC tag 207c is attached to the collection cassette 207, and information on the presence / absence of the coins and banknotes in an uncertain state is stored in the IC tag 207c, which is read by the depositing / dispensing machine 400. The information on the presence / absence of the uncertain state of coins and banknotes for the cash register to be deposited is acquired, and whether or not the deposit is possible is determined based on the information on the presence / absence of the uncertain state of the balance. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, information on presence / absence of coins and banknotes in an uncertain state is stored in another storage medium such as an IC card of a cash register card, and the storage medium such as the IC card is read by the depositing / dispensing machine 400 to deposit money. Information on the presence / absence of coins / banknotes in an uncertain state of coins and bills for the cash register to be performed may be acquired, and whether or not depositing is possible is determined based on the acquired information on the presence / absence of the amount indeterminate state.

  In the above-described embodiment, whether or not the deposit is acceptable is determined based on information such as whether or not the balance is indeterminate, and if the deposit can be accepted, the cassette unlocking machine 405 can be used. In addition, the shutters of the banknote receiving unit 421, the coin receiving unit 431, and the wrapping coin receiving unit 441 of the depositing / dispensing machine 400 are opened, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a message indicating that the deposit process can be performed may be displayed on the display unit 401 to control the screen so that the deposit operation cannot be performed.

  In addition, each configuration illustrated in the above-described embodiments is functionally schematic and does not necessarily need to be physically illustrated. That is, the form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in an arbitrary unit according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be configured.

  As described above, the valuable medium processing apparatus, the valuable medium processing system, and the valuable medium processing method according to the present invention store the sales collected from the settlement device of the store in which the amount of the valuable medium is not accurately grasped. It is suitable for being able to restrict | limit appropriately.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Coin change machine 101 Coin identification part 103 Depositing conveyance part 104 Branching part 106 Coin storage part 108 Withdrawal conveyance part 110,210 Case 112 Operation display part 114 Coin receiving part 116 Coin dispensing part 130,230,330,408 Control part 130a, 230a Deposit / withdrawal processing unit 130b, 230b Setting data receiving unit 130c, 230c Collection processing unit 130d, 230d Scrutiny processing unit 132, 232, 332, 406 Communication unit 134, 234, 334, 407 Storage unit 134a Coin setting data 134b Coin Processing result data 134c Coin balance data 200 Banknote change machine 201 Banknote recognition unit 203a Circulation transport unit 203b Connection transport unit 204 Withdrawal rejection unit 206 Banknote storage unit 207 Collection cassette 207a Upper housing unit 207b Lower housing unit 207c I Tag 207d IC data 209 IC tag reader / writer 214 Banknote receiving unit 214a Banknote receiving port 216 Banknote dispensing unit 216a Banknote outlet 234a Banknote setting data 234b Banknote processing result data 234c Banknote amount data 300 POS register 302, 401, 405d Display unit 302a added Display unit 304, 402 Operation unit 400 Deposit / withdrawal machine 403 ID card reader 404 Journal printing unit 405 Cassette unlocking unit 405a Slide base unit 405b Cover unit 405c Lock unlocking unit 405e IC tag reader 407a Depositing machine number 407b Handling data by register 407c Cash register Setting data 407d Cash register operation status data 407e Collected data 408a Deposit / withdrawal machine information setting unit 408b Cash register information setting unit 408c Deposit processing unit 408d Cash register operation status Status management unit 409 Passbook printer 420 Banknote control unit 421 Banknote reception unit 422 Banknote transport unit 423 Banknote discrimination unit 430 Coin control unit 431 Coin reception unit 432 Coin transport unit 433 Coin discrimination unit 440 Packaging coin control unit 441 Packaging coin reception unit 442 Packaging Coin transport unit 443 Packaging coin discriminating unit 500 Store server

Claims (9)

A settlement apparatus that is responsible for settlement of goods is a valuable medium processing apparatus that collects and stores the valuable medium obtained by the settlement,
Reading means for reading the information from a storage medium in which information about the state of the settlement apparatus is stored;
Control means for controlling to prevent storage of the valuable medium from the payment device when the information read by the reading means indicates that the balance of the payment device is indeterminate. A valuable medium processing device.   The control means needs to resolve the state in which the amount of the payment apparatus is uncertain when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the payment apparatus is in an uncertain state. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a notification to the effect is given.   The control means collects the valuable medium from the payment apparatus and stores it inside the payment apparatus when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the payment apparatus is not indeterminate The valuable medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the unlocking is enabled.   When the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the settlement apparatus is not in an uncertain state, the control means opens the shutter of the insertion slot for loading the valuable medium to be stored. 4. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the valuable medium can be input.   The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit reads information stored in a storage medium attached to the collection cassette.   5. The valuable medium processing according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit reads information stored in a storage medium held by an operator who performs an operation related to storage of the valuable medium. apparatus. Whether or not to accept exceptional storage based on a condition that permits exceptional storage when the amount of the payment device is indeterminate from the information read by the reading means An exception determination means for determining
The control means can accept exceptional storage by the exception determination means even when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the settlement apparatus is indeterminate. 7. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined, the control is performed so that the valuable medium can be stored. A valuable medium processing system including a payment device that is responsible for payment of goods and collects a valuable medium obtained by the payment, and a valuable medium processing device that stores the valuable medium collected from the payment device,
The settlement device
Status management means for managing whether or not the status of the valuable medium can be grasped;
State output means for outputting information managed by the state management means to the storage medium,
The valuable medium processing device includes:
Reading means for reading information output to the storage medium;
Control means for controlling the storage of the valuable medium from the settlement apparatus when the information read by the reading means indicates that the amount of the settlement apparatus is indeterminate. A valuable medium processing system characterized by that. A payment medium processing method in which a payment device responsible for payment of goods collects and stores a valuable medium obtained by the payment,
A reading step of reading the information from a storage medium storing information about the state of the payment apparatus;
A control step for controlling to prevent the storage of the valuable medium from the payment device when the information read by the reading step indicates that the balance of the payment device is indeterminate. A valuable medium processing method.

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