TWI733210B - Foreign currency vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a foreign currency vending machine including: a barcode scanning element disposed in a barcode sensing area; a foreign currency storage area including multiple storage slots; and a mechanical arm. The barcode scanning element scans a barcode tag of an envelope to obtain a transaction serial number, a currency type and an amount of money. The foreign currency vending machine selects a storage slot number, records the storage slot number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the storage slot number and the transaction serial number to a bank system. The mechanical arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage slot corresponding to the storage slot number.

Description

Foreign currency vending machine

This disclosure is about a foreign currency vending machine, and especially about a foreign currency vending machine that can provide foreign currency withdrawal services around the clock.

People need to buy foreign currency to go abroad. Although it is now possible to order foreign currency cash through the Internet 24 hours a day and designate a withdrawal branch, the procedures for withdrawing foreign currency at the branch are still restricted by the bank's business hours (for example, the withdrawal time of foreign currency at a general branch is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. point). Therefore, how to increase the convenience of foreign currency withdrawal is a goal that those skilled in the art should strive for.

This disclosure provides a foreign currency vending machine, which can increase the convenience of foreign currency withdrawal.

This disclosure proposes a foreign currency vending machine, which includes: a barcode scanning element arranged in a barcode sensing area; a foreign currency storage area including a plurality of storage compartments; and a robotic arm. The barcode scanning component scans the barcode label of the envelope to obtain the transaction serial number, currency and amount. The foreign currency vending machine selects the deposit box number, records the deposit box number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the deposit box number and transaction serial number to the banking system. Robotic arm will The envelope moves from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the foreign currency vending machine transmits the transaction serial number, currency and amount to the banking system for verification operation, and the foreign currency vending machine receives the verification operation success message from the banking system before selecting the deposit box number.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned foreign currency vending machine further includes: a scanning element; and a customer panel. The scanning component scans the ID to obtain the identification code and the customer panel receives the phone number. The foreign currency vending machine transmits the identification code and phone number to the bank system, and the bank system transmits the SMS verification code to the phone number. When the foreign currency vending machine receives the SMS verification code from the customer panel, the foreign currency vending machine transmits the SMS verification code to the banking system, and the banking system transmits the transaction serial number and deposit box number corresponding to the identity identification code to the foreign currency vending machine.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned foreign currency vending machine further includes a receiving area. If the transaction serial number and storage box number received from the banking system match the transaction serial number and storage box number recorded by the foreign currency vending machine, the robot arm moves the envelope stored in the corresponding storage box number from the foreign currency storage area to the receiving area.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the foreign currency vending machine receives the SMS verification code from the customer panel within a predetermined time interval after transmitting the phone number to the banking system, the foreign currency vending machine transmits the SMS verification code to the banking system.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned banking system receives the identification code, telephone number, currency, and amount to generate a corresponding transaction serial number, and generates a barcode label based on the transaction serial number, currency, and amount.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned foreign currency vending machine further includes: management panel. After the management panel receives the authorized staff code and password, the barcode scanning component scans the barcode label of the envelope.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each storage compartment described above is provided with a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor to sense the RFID tag of the envelope.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the robot arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number and the RFID sensor of the storage compartment does not sense the RFID tag, the foreign currency vending machine sends an error message To the banking system.

In an embodiment of this disclosure, after the robot arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number, the foreign currency vending machine sends the foreign currency withdrawal message to the banking system, and the banking system provides the foreign currency available The withdrawal message is sent to the phone number corresponding to the transaction serial number.

Based on the above, the foreign currency vending machine of the present disclosure can scan the barcode label of the envelope containing the foreign currency that the clerk puts into the barcode sensing area to obtain the transaction serial number, currency, and amount. The foreign currency vending machine selects an empty deposit box number, records the deposit box number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the deposit box number and transaction serial number to the banking system. The robotic arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment for customers to withdraw foreign currency. When withdrawing foreign currency, customers need to scan their documents to obtain an identification code and enter a phone number in a foreign currency vending machine. The banking system will confirm the foreign currency purchase record based on the ID code and phone number and send a SMS verification code to the phone number. When the customer enters the SMS verification code in the foreign currency vending machine, the bank system will send the transaction serial number and the deposit box number to the foreign currency vending machine, and after confirmation, the robot arm will move the envelope with the deposit box number to the collar. Withdrawal area for customers to receive foreign currency.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and understandable, the following specific embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

100: Foreign currency vending machine

110: Management Panel

120: Barcode scanning component

130: robotic arm

140: Foreign currency storage area

150: Scanning element

160: Customer Panel

170: Collection area

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a foreign currency vending machine according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

[Customer purchases foreign currency online]

In one embodiment, the customer who wants to exchange foreign currency can input basic personal information, phone number, foreign currency type, number of tickets and other information on the Internet and complete the payment operation.

[Bank Inquiry and Package Foreign Currency]

In one embodiment, the bank can query the foreign currency transactions for which the customer has completed the payment. After confirming that the customer has paid, the clerk can print a receipt and a label containing a barcode (for example, QR code) unique to this foreign currency transaction. This barcode can include the transaction serial number information, transaction currency information, and amount information of the transaction. But it does not contain customer personal data. For example, the banking system can receive the ID, phone number, currency, and amount to generate a corresponding transaction serial number, and generate a barcode label based on the transaction serial number, currency, and amount. The clerk can pack the foreign currency exchanged by the customer into an envelope, and paste the barcode label corresponding to the foreign currency transaction on the envelope. In an embodiment, an RFID tag may also be affixed on the back of the envelope.

[The clerk puts foreign currency into the foreign currency vending machine]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a foreign currency vending machine according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Please refer to FIG. 1, a foreign currency vending machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a management panel 110, a barcode scanning component 120, a robotic arm 130 and a foreign currency storage area 140. The foreign currency storage area 140 includes a plurality of storage compartments (for example, 001 to 010, not limited to 10 compartments) for storing envelopes affixed with barcode labels and containing foreign currencies. The foreign currency vending machine 100 may also include a communication element (not shown in the figure) to communicate with the banking system in a wired or wireless manner.

First, the clerk can enter the clerk code and password through the management panel 110, and after confirming the operation authorization authority, the foreign currency envelope can be put into operation. Specifically, the foreign currency vending machine 100 may include a barcode sensing area, and a barcode scanning element 120 is provided in the barcode sensing area. Only after the operator confirms the operation authorization authority can the envelope be put into the barcode sensing area (for example, the barcode sensing area will be opened after confirming the operation authorization authority). The barcode scanning element 120 is, for example, any kind of barcode scanning device.

The barcode scanning component 120 scans the barcode label of the envelope to obtain the transaction serial number, currency, and amount. The foreign currency vending machine 100 selects a deposit box number (corresponding to an empty deposit box), records the deposit box number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the deposit box number and transaction serial number to the banking system. The robotic arm 130 moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number. The robotic arm 130 can be any mechanical element that can move the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number. The robotic arm 130 in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only and should not be regarded as limiting the form of the robotic arm 130 of the present invention.

It is worth noting that the foreign currency vending machine 100 may include a storage device (for example, flash memory or EEPROM, etc., not shown in the figure) for storing a comparison table of the storage box number and the transaction serial number. The processor of the foreign currency vending machine 100 (for example, MCU and other similar devices, not shown in the figure) can determine whether the storage box stores the envelope from whether the storage box number corresponds to the transaction serial number. Therefore, after the barcode scanning component 120 scans the barcode label of the envelope, the processor of the foreign currency vending machine 100 can select a storage compartment from the storage compartments that do not store the envelope according to a predetermined rule or randomly select a storage compartment and the selected storage compartment and the corresponding transaction serial number It is recorded in the comparison table of the storage box number and the transaction serial number. On the other hand, after the customer withdraws the foreign currency, the processor of the foreign currency vending machine 100 can delete the transaction serial number corresponding to the withdrawn foreign currency in the comparison table to indicate that the withdrawn storage compartment is idle. The management panel 110, the barcode scanning component 120, the scanning component 150, and the customer panel 160 can all be coupled to the processor of the foreign currency vending machine 100.

In one embodiment, the foreign currency vending machine 100 transmits the transaction serial number, currency, and amount to the banking system for verification operations, and the foreign currency vending machine 100 receives the verification operation success message from the banking system before selecting the deposit box number. After selecting the deposit box number, the foreign currency vending machine 100 will also encrypt the transaction serial number and deposit box number and transmit it to the bank system for retention, which will be used for data verification when the customer withdraws foreign currency in the future.

In one embodiment, after the robotic arm 130 moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number, the foreign currency vending machine 100 transmits the foreign currency withdrawal message to the banking system, and the banking system makes the foreign currency available for withdrawal Receive the message and send it to the phone number corresponding to the transaction serial number to notify the customer that the foreign currency is ready to be completed.

[Customer handles identity verification]

In one embodiment, the foreign currency vending machine 100 further includes a scanning element 150 and a customer panel 160. When a customer wants to withdraw foreign currency, it is necessary to place a certificate (for example, the front of an ID card or a passport) in the scanning area of the foreign currency vending machine 100. The scanning element 150 in the scanning area scans the document and performs Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to obtain an ID code (for example, ID number) and/or name. The scanning element 150 may have a function of judging forged identity cards or passports. The customer also needs to enter the phone number used to purchase foreign currency online in the customer panel 160.

The foreign currency vending machine 100 transmits the identity identification code and phone number to the banking system, and the banking system confirms that the customer's foreign currency transaction, identity identification code, and customer phone number are correct, and then sends a SMS verification code to the customer's phone number. The customer can use the customer panel 160 to enter the SMS verification code within a certain time limit (for example, 5 minutes). When the foreign currency vending machine 100 receives the SMS verification code from the customer panel 160, the foreign currency vending machine 100 transmits the SMS verification code to the banking system, and the banking system transmits the transaction serial number and deposit box number corresponding to the identity identification code to the foreign currency vending machine 100.

It is worth noting that part or all of the data transmission between the foreign currency vending machine 100 and the banking system (for example, transaction serial number, currency, amount, ID number, deposit box number, phone number, SMS verification code, etc.) can be encrypted To ensure the security of data transmission.

[Customer withdraws foreign currency]

If the transaction serial number and deposit box number received from the banking system match the transaction serial number and deposit box number recorded by the foreign currency vending machine 100, the robotic arm 130 moves the envelope stored in the corresponding deposit box number from the foreign currency deposit area 140 to the collection area 170. Customers can pick up foreign currency envelopes from the pick-up area 170 to complete the transaction.

In an embodiment, each storage compartment can be provided with an RFID sensor to sense the RFID tag of the envelope in a single storage compartment. When the robotic arm 130 moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number and the RFID sensor of the storage compartment does not sense the RFID tag, it may indicate that the envelope dropped or other things occurred during the process of moving the envelope by the robotic arm 130 In an unexpected situation, the foreign currency vending machine 100 sends an error message to the banking system to notify relevant personnel for processing. On the other hand, after the robotic arm 130 moves the envelope from the storage compartment to the receiving area 170, the foreign currency vending machine 100 can confirm whether the RFID sensor of the storage compartment still senses the RFID tag, and if the RFID sensor of the storage compartment is still sensing the RFID tag, If the RFID tag is still detected, the foreign currency vending machine 100 re-executes the operation of the robotic arm 130 to move the envelope from the storage compartment to the receiving area 170.

In summary, the foreign currency vending machine of the present disclosure can scan the barcode label of the envelope containing the foreign currency that the clerk puts into the barcode sensing area to obtain the transaction serial number, currency and amount. The foreign currency vending machine selects an empty deposit box number, records the deposit box number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the deposit box number and transaction serial number to the banking system. The robotic arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment for customers to withdraw foreign currency. When withdrawing foreign currency, customers need to scan their documents to obtain an identification code and enter a phone number in a foreign currency vending machine. The banking system will confirm the foreign currency purchase record based on the ID code and phone number and send a SMS verification code to the phone number. After the customer enters the SMS verification code in the foreign currency vending machine, the banking system will send the transaction serial number and the deposit box number to the foreign currency vending machine, and after confirmation, the robot arm will move the envelope with the deposit box number to the collection area for the customer to receive the foreign currency.

Although the present disclosure has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. Therefore, The scope of protection of this disclosure shall be subject to those defined by the attached patent scope.

100: Foreign currency vending machine

110: Management Panel

120: Barcode scanning component

130: robotic arm

140: Foreign currency storage area

150: Scanning element

160: Customer Panel

170: Collection area

Claims (8)

A foreign currency vending machine includes: a code scanning element, which is arranged in a code sensing area; a scanning element, which scans a document to obtain an identity identification code; a customer panel, which receives a telephone number; and a foreign currency storage area, including a plurality of Storage compartment; and a robotic arm, in which the barcode scanning component scans a code label on an envelope to obtain a transaction serial number, a currency, and an amount, wherein the envelope includes the corresponding transaction serial number, the currency, and the amount For foreign currency, the foreign currency vending machine selects a deposit box number, records the deposit box number and the corresponding transaction serial number, and transmits the deposit box number and the transaction serial number to a banking system, and the foreign currency vending machine uses the identification code And the phone number is sent to the bank system, and the bank system sends a SMS verification code to the phone number. When the foreign currency vending machine receives the SMS verification code from the customer panel, the foreign currency vending machine sends the SMS verification code To the bank system and the banking system transmits the transaction serial number and the deposit box number corresponding to the identity identification code to the foreign currency vending machine, and the robotic arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the corresponding deposit box number Storage compartment, where after the robotic arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number, the foreign currency vending machine sends a foreign currency withdrawal message to the banking system, and the banking system Make the foreign currency available for withdrawal The information is sent to a phone number corresponding to the transaction serial number. For example, the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the foreign currency vending machine transmits the transaction serial number, the currency and the amount to the banking system for a verification operation, and the foreign currency vending machine is from the banking system Only after receiving a successful check operation message can the storage box number be selected. For example, the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes a receiving area, in which if the transaction serial number and the deposit box number received from the banking system are the same as the transaction serial number and the deposit recorded by the foreign currency vending machine If the cell numbers match, the robotic arm will move the envelope stored in the corresponding cell number from the foreign currency storage area to the receiving area. For example, the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the foreign currency vending machine receives the SMS verification code from the customer panel within a predetermined time interval after transmitting the phone number to the banking system, the foreign currency vending machine The machine sends the SMS verification code to the bank system. For example, the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, in which the banking system receives the identification code, the telephone number, the currency, and the amount to generate the corresponding transaction serial number, and according to the transaction serial number, the currency Do not match the amount to generate the barcode label. For example, the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes: a management panel, wherein the barcode scanning element scans the barcode label of the envelope only after the management panel receives an authorized member code and a password . For the foreign currency vending machine described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, each of the storage compartments is provided with an RFID sensor to sense an RFID tag of the envelope. For example, in the foreign currency vending machine described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, when the robot arm moves the envelope from the barcode sensing area to the storage compartment corresponding to the storage compartment number, and the RFID sensor of the storage compartment is not When the RFID tag is sensed, the foreign currency vending machine sends an error message to the banking system.

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