EP0988621B1 - Geldverarbeitungsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0988621B1
EP0988621B1 EP98930872A EP98930872A EP0988621B1 EP 0988621 B1 EP0988621 B1 EP 0988621B1 EP 98930872 A EP98930872 A EP 98930872A EP 98930872 A EP98930872 A EP 98930872A EP 0988621 B1 EP0988621 B1 EP 0988621B1
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Gregory John Billington
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Paul Franklin Steel
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/24—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks with change-giving
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
    • G07D1/02—Coin dispensers giving change
    • G07D1/06—Coin dispensers giving change dispensing the difference between a sum paid and a sum charged
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/0087—Banknote changing devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/20—Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
    • G07D11/24—Managing the stock of valuable papers

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  • the invention provides a currency handling apparatus as set out in claim 1.
  • the currency stores are manufactured with a predetermined capacity, which limits the amount of currency available for change.
  • the apparatus comprises means for monitoring certain parameters or variables over time, and the information so obtained is used by the predicting means.
  • the parameters may include data indicative of the relative populations of currency of different denominations, either throughout the country in which the apparatus is being used or in a local region in which the apparatus is used. Denominations which are more numerous will be more likely to be inserted into the apparatus and less likely to be needed in large quantities as change in the period immediately after servicing the machine.
  • the parameters may also take into account the prices of products vended or services performed in exchange for cash received by the apparatus. If for example the price of a product is slightly less than a unit of currency, there is a substantial likelihood that the apparatus will be required to pay out the difference in change.
  • the parameters may also take into account the relative demand for different products or services, for example, by considering past sales.
  • the parameters may include data representing the rate at which currency units are received by the machine and/or the rate at which currency units are dispensed by the machine. The difference between these two numbers for a particular denomination indicates whether currency of that denomination are likely to be dispensed from or delivered to the respective store.
  • the parameters may additionally or alternatively relate to the way in which currency units of a particular denomination have been handled, e.g. whether they have been predominantly routed to the cashbox or to a store. This will vary depending upon whether the store is tending either to stay full or to be frequently depleted by providing change.
  • a preferred embodiment may be arranged to use any one or more of the following parameters:
  • the invention also provides a method of operating a currency handling apparatus as set out in the independent method claim.
  • Fig. 5 shows a vending machine, indicated generally by the reference number 90.
  • the coin handling apparatus 2 in the vending machine includes a coin validator 4 for receiving coins as indicated at 6.
  • the validator provides signals indicating whether the coins are acceptable, and if so the denomination of the coins.
  • validators are known, including validators using optical, acoustic and inductive techniques. Examples of such validators are described in amongst others, GB 1 397 083, GB 1 443 934, GB 2 254 948 and GB 2 094 008.
  • Acceptable coins then enter a coin separator 10, which has a number of gates (not shown) controlled by the circuitry of the apparatus for selectively diverting the coins from a main path 12 into any of a number of further paths 14, 15, 16 and 17. or allowing the coins to proceed along the path 12 to a path 20 leading to a cashbox 21. If the coins are unacceptable, instead of entering the separator 10 they are led straight to a reject slot via a path 30.
  • a coin separator 10 which has a number of gates (not shown) controlled by the circuitry of the apparatus for selectively diverting the coins from a main path 12 into any of a number of further paths 14, 15, 16 and 17. or allowing the coins to proceed along the path 12 to a path 20 leading to a cashbox 21. If the coins are unacceptable, instead of entering the separator 10 they are led straight to a reject slot via a path 30.
  • Each of the paths 14, 15, 16 and 17 leads to a respective one of four coin tubes or containers 22, 24 and 26 and 28.
  • Each of these containers is arranged to store a vertical stack of coins of a particular denomination. Although only four containers are shown, any number may be provided.
  • a dispenser indicated schematically at 29 is operable to dispense coins from the containers when change is to be given by the apparatus.
  • the dispensed coins are delivered to a refund path 31.
  • the tubes 22, 24, 26, 28 are provided in a removable cassette 40, and the tubes themselves are removable from the cassette, as described in GB 2 246 897 A.
  • the circuit of the present embodiment of the invention incorporates a microprocessor 50 connected to data and address buses 52 and 54. Although separate buses are shown, data and address signals could instead be multiplexed on a single bus. A bus for control signals could also be provided.
  • the microprocessor 50 is connected via the buses 52 and 54 to a read-only memory (ROM) 56 and a random access memory (RAM) 58.
  • the ROM 56 stores the program controlling the overall operation of the microprocessor 50
  • the RAM 58 is used by the microprocessor 50 as a scratch-pad memory.
  • the microprocessor 50, the ROM 56 and the RAM 58 are, in the preferred embodiment, combined on a single integrated circuit.
  • the microprocessor 50 may also be connected via the buses 52 and 54 to an EAROM 60 for storing a variety of alterable parameters.
  • the microprocessor 50 is also coupled via the buses 52 and 54 to input/output circuitry indicated at 62.
  • the circuitry 62 includes user-operable switches, at least one level sensor for each of the coin containers 22, 24, 26, 28, circuits for operating the dispenser 29 and the gates of the coin separator 10, the circuitry of the coin validator 4, and a display visible to a user of the apparatus for displaying an accumulated credit value and an indication when insufficient coins are stored to guarantee that change will be available.
  • the circuitry 62 is connected to a display 68 visible to the operator, and to a keypad 70 accessible only to the operator.
  • the input/output circuitry 62 also includes an interface between the control circuit of the apparatus and a vending machine circuit board 64 to which it is connected, and a further interface to an audit device 66.
  • the microprocessor 50 In operation of the apparatus the microprocessor 50 successively tests the signals from the validator to determine whether a coin has been inserted in the apparatus. When a credit has been accumulated, the microprocessor also tests signals from the vending machine to determine whether a vending operation has been carried out. In response to various signals received by the microprocessor 50, various parts of the program stored in the ROM 56 are carried out.
  • the microprocessor is thus arranged to operate and receive signals from the level sensors of the coin containers 22, 24, 26, 28, and to control the gates in the separator 10 in order to deliver the coins to the required locations, and is also operable to cause appropriate information to be shown on the displays of the apparatus and to deliver signals to the vending machine to permit or prevent vending operations.
  • the microprocessor is also operable to control the dispenser to deliver appropriate amounts of change.
  • the apparatus 2 is arranged to monitor each transaction performed by the vending machine. More specifically, the microprocessor 50 registers, for each transaction, the price of the item selected, the number and denominations of the coins supplied as payment, and the number and denominations of coins supplied in change. The processor 50 also registers when 'exact change only' events occur, and which coin tubes are empty and for how long. The number and denomination of coins supplied as change is determined by a suitable change algorithm in the microprocessor, as described, for example, in GB 2 269 258, information registered by the processor 50 is stored in the audit device 66.
  • the microprocessor 50 When the operator visits the machine, he causes the microprocessor 50 to analyse data stored by the audit device 66 and calculate a desired float level for each denomination of coin by pressing appropriate keys on the keypad 70. Alternatively, the stored data can be downloaded to and processed by a computer which the operator plugs into the processor 50 or the audit device 66. Steps of the calculation are set out in Fig. 4. More specifically, the microprocessor 50 calculates the total number of coins of that denomination that have been inserted (step 72) and the total number of coins of that denomination (step 74) that have been dispensed in the previous seven days. The difference between the number of coins dispensed and inserted is then calculated (step 76).
  • That number is then multiplied by four, assuming that the operator visits the machine once a month, to arrive at an estimate for the difference over a month, and hence an estimate for the float level.
  • the microprocessor 50 then divides that estimated figure for the float level by the maximum number of coins that can be stored by a tube in the mechanism (step 78), rounds up the result (step 80) to the next whole number to arrive at a number which represents the number of tubes of that denomination that should be supplied.
  • the microprocessor 50 performs similar calculations for each denomination of coin, and then decides what changes need to be made to the coin tubes in the assembly at the time.
  • a signal representing instructions regarding changes to the tubes, is generated and sent to the circuitry 62. The instructions are then displayed on the display 68.
  • the coin mechanism detects that 100 5p coins are inserted, and 130 5p coins are dispensed as change. If the operator is to visit the machine once a month, using steps of the algorithm set out above it is estimated a float of 120 5p coins should be available at the start. Assuming that a preformed tube stores at most 90 5p coins, then it can be seen that at least two such tubes, each full of 90 5p coins should be present at each service to reduce the risk that an exact change only mode will occur. Instead of supplying two full tubes, two tubes containing a total of 120 or more coins could be provided.
  • the processor 50 is making predictions about the tubes to be required by predicting the likely distribution of coins to be dispensed as change. This is done by monitoring the flow in and out of each denomination coin over a predetermined period of time, or, more simply, the difference between the number of coins of that denomination inserted and the number dispensed. The number of tubes to be required is then estimated using the predetermined, known capacity of a tube.
  • the above example does not, for example, take account of fluctuations throughout the seven day monitoring period, such as periods when a sequence of 5ps are dispensed as change, but none are inserted. More sophisticated methods of predicting a good float level and hence the number of tubes required, are possible.
  • Rate (R) (no. of coins dispensed - no. of coins accepted) capacity of coin tube(s) (taking into account only coins of the given denomination).
  • the rate is established over 50 vends, and is then continuously updated, using a running sample of 50 vends in a sequence.
  • R tends to 0 with a slower depletion of coins in the coin tubes and tends to 1 with a faster depletion of coins.
  • the calculated value R can be used as an indicator for changes in the tubes. For example, if R > 0.80 for a given denomination continuously for a certain number of vends, say 10, then the microprocessor outputs a signal indicating that the number of coin tubes for that denomination should be increased. Similarly, if R ⁇ 0.15, for example, the processor outputs a signal indicating that the number of tubes should be decreased (the processor can be programmed to suppress such a signal if the number of tubes is one).
  • the information about the number and denomination of coins inserted into the mechanism and monitored by the microprocessor 50 is useful on its own. For example, it can give an indication of changes in the relative population levels of certain denominations of coins, or of the introduction of new coins into a coin set.
  • predictions for the number of tubes of each denomination to be provided can be made in other embodiments of the invention in ways and using variables other than those in the examples above.
  • Information about the prices of items for sale is useful for making accurate predictions of change that will be necessary. Price information is especially useful in such predictions when there is an alteration in price.
  • the vending machine is set up for use in the U.K. and comprises a single coin tube for each of 5p, 10p, 20p, and £1. Only one item is available for sale and its price is 95p.
  • the processor can work out that, whatever coins are inserted, the only change that will ever be dispensed are 5ps and 10ps.
  • the processor issues instructions to remove the 20p, and £1 tubes and replace them with, for example, one extra tube for 5ps, and one extra tube for 10ps, and direct all the remaining coins straight to the cash box.
  • Another useful parameter is the number and denominations of coins dispensed as change.
  • Such information can be used in another embodiment, for example, to request a new tube for coins of a higher denomination than any already provided.
  • the highest denomination of coin for which a tube is provided is a 20p coin and transactions occur regularly (say more than 5 times a day an average) where five or more 20p coins are dispensed as change, then a £1 coin tube may be requested.
  • a £1 coin tube would be of limited use if few £1 coins are received because the tube would empty relatively rapidly.
  • the change algorithm in use which influences the likelihood that a coin will be dispensed in change, may also be useful.
  • the relative population level of given denominations are related to the probability that those denominations will be inserted into the machine.
  • the relative population levels may vary within a country, as, for example, in Southern Germany where there is a different distribution of coins from the rest of the country.
  • Such data is known, and can be supplied by a programming mechanism such as a computer, in the field, or it may be pre-programmed in, depending on the intended destination of the mechanism.
  • the mechanism might, for example, note where the use of smart cards and/or banknotes is on the increase and recommend changes in the coin tubes as a result.
  • a record is made regarding 'exact change only' events. It is noted, for example, when exact change only events occur, how long they last, and which tubes have been emptied (or have a level provided). Some or all of that information can also be used in predicting what change tubes should be provided.
  • the change cassettes comprise removable tubes 22, 24, 26, 28.
  • the operator simply interchanges tubes of certain denominations in accordance with the instructions on the display means 68.
  • the operator uses the keypad 70 on the coin apparatus to inform the microprocessor of the changes in the tubes in the mechanism, which alters the settings in the microprocessor 50 accordingly so that coins are subsequently directed to and dispensed from the correct tube.
  • the microprocessor may analyse the information stored since the apparatus was installed.
  • the processor could be arranged to carry out an analysis of the relevant information after a predetermined number of transactions.
  • the operator could replace the whole cassette, in accordance with suitable instructions from the apparatus, with a cassette prepared with a predetermined arrangement of tubes.
  • Cassettes prepared in such a way may be marked with a code, indicating the type and distribution of tubes within the cassette, so that instructions for changing the tubes can be displayed using the appropriate code, and once the cassette is inserted, the code can be input via the keypad to inform the microprocessor of which tubes are in use.
  • the prediction may be stored in the processor to be retrieved by the operator at a later date.
  • predictions may be obtained remotely, using known techniques, so that the operator knows in advance what tubes to take to the machine to service it.
  • the machine may transmit signals down a telephone line, or mains line, to a computer in the servicing centre.
  • the transmitted signals may be data relating to the vend signals, which are then processed at the servicing centre to provide instructions about changing the tubes, or signals representing the instructions.
  • Data can also be downloaded using a smart card and processed or read elsewhere.
  • exact change only' events that is recorded in the audit device has uses other than for predicting change tubes to be required.
  • an exact change only event is deemed equivalent to lost sales, and a record of such events is useful for analysts to determine the occurrence and volume of lost sales.
  • a log of exact change only events can also be useful in setting float levels, or for determining whether the operator needs to visit the machine more often to replenish the coin tubes.
  • the rate at which the service operator visits the machine or the next date for a visit is predetermined and the visiting rate or date is used in working out the optimum number of stores for reducing the risk of one or more tubes running out of coins.
  • the operator may visit the vending machine to replace the change cassette or replenish the stores in response to instructions which are output from the machine in advance, for example, instructions regarding a date on which a visit should be made.
  • the machine outputs instructions for the operator to visit in accordance with a prediction of when one of the tubes is likely to run out of coins.
  • the processor 50 automatically and once a week, performs certain calculations, as explained below with reference to Fig. 6, using information stored in the audit device 60.
  • the number of coins in the tubes for the relevant denomination at the time at which the calculations are being carried out is divided by r 1 , and the result rounded down to the nearest whole number, V 1 .
  • the number V 1 is an estimate of the number of weeks before the tube will empty.
  • the above calculations are repeated for each of the denominations used for change, to result in a set of values V i .
  • the smallest non-negative value V s which is the shortest time before one of the tubes is estimated to run out of coins, is selected.
  • the processor then informs the service centre, via a telephone connection, that the operator needs to visit the machine on a date in V s weeks time. On that visit, the operator replaces the change cassette with a new change cassette, already containing coins at appropriate, predetermined levels.
  • the machine can also calculate and output the likely number of coins to be held in each of the stores in V s weeks time so that the operator knows how many coins of each denomination to bring to replenish all the stores.
  • the calculations may be performed at other rates, for example, daily, or once a month. Predictions can be made using other parameters, for example, those described above in relation to the first example, or using other calculations.
  • the processor may instead predict when a tube is likely to have a given number of coins, for example, two.
  • a margin of error of, say, a week may be introduced (that is, the operator is instructed to visit a week before the date on which the processor has estimated that the first tube will run out of coins).
  • the data could be supplied remotely with the calculations being performed remote from the vending machine.

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  1. Geldhandhabungsvorrichtung (2) zur Annahme und Abgabe von Münzen, mit mehreren Speichern (22, 24, 26, 28) jeweils zum Speichern von Münzen eines entsprechenden Nennwerts, wobei die Vorrichtung angenommene Münzen zu dem entsprechenden Speicher leitet und Münzen von dem entsprechenden Speicher abgegeben werden und wobei die Vorrichtung eine Einrichtung (50) zur Vorhersage der zukünftigen Verteilung von Münzen, die aus jedem der Speicher abzugeben sind, aufweist, gekennzeichnet durch eine Einrichtung zur Berechnung einer bevorzugten Anzahl an Speichern für einen bestimmten Nennwert entsprechend der genannten Vorhersage und durch eine Einrichtung (50) zur Erzeugung eines Signals entsprechend der Berechnung.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Anweisungen eine Anzahl an Speichern (22, 24, 26, 28) für einen gegebenen Nennwert bestimmen.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2 mit einer Anzeigeeinrichtung (68) zur Anzeige einer Ausgabe entsprechend dem genannten Signal.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 mit einer Einrichtung zur zeitlichen Überwachung von Variablen, wobei die so erhaltenen Informationen von der Vorhersageeinrichtung verwendet werden.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf Daten anspricht, die die relativen Auftretungswerte entsprechender Geldnennwerte in dem Gebiet angeben, in dem die Vorrichtung zu verwenden ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf die Zahl an Geldeinheiten eines bestimmten Nennwerts anspricht, die von der Vorrichtung entgegengenommen wurden.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf die Zahl an Geldeinheiten eines bestimmten Nennwerts anspricht, die von der Vorrichtung abgegeben wurden.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf die Art anspricht, in der Geldeinheiten eines bestimmten Nennwerts von der Vorrichtung geleitet wurden.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf jeden Nennwert anspricht, der von ihr abgegeben werden kann.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei die Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung auf Preisdaten anspricht, die den Preis von Produkten oder Dienstleistungen wiedergeben, die durch Zufuhr von Geldeinheiten zu der Vorrichtung erhalten werden können.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, wobei der Preis von ausgewählten Produkten oder Dienstleistungen und die zum Erhalt dieser Produkte oder Dienstleistungen zugeführten Geldeinheiten zeitlich überwacht und die so gewonnen Informationen von der Vorhersageeinrichtung oder Signalerzeugungseinrichtung verwendet werden.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Geldspeicher (22, 24, 26, 28) innerhalb einer entnehmbaren Kassette (40) angeordnete Röhren darstellen.
  13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 12, wobei die Röhren (22, 24, 26, 28) aus der Kassette (40) entnehmbar sind.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13 mit einer Aufzeichnungseinrichtung (66) zur Aufzeichnung von Einzelheiten eines Ereignisses, wenn sich unzureichend Geld in den Speichern (22, 24, 26, 28) befindet, um für eine gegebene Transaktion das richtige Wechselgeld zu liefern.
  15. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14 mit einer Einrichtung zum Zählen der Anzahl der für eine jeweilige Transaktion eingeführten Münzen eines jeweiligen Nennwerts.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 15 mit einer Einrichtung zum Zählen der Anzahl der für eine jeweilige Transaktion abgegebenen Münzen eines jeweiligen Nennwerts.
  17. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche mit mindestens zwei Speichern für verschiedene Nennwerte.
  18. Verkaufsautomat (90) mit einer Geldhandhabungsvorrichtung (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 17.
  19. Verfahren zum Betrieb einer Geldhandhabungsvorrichtung zur Annahme und Abgabe von Münzen, mit mehreren Speichern jeweils zum Speichern von Münzen eines entsprechenden Nennwerts, wobei die Vorrichtung angenommene Münzen zu dem entsprechenden Speicher leitet und Münzen von dem entsprechenden Speicher abgegeben werden und wobei das Verfahren das Vorhersagen der zukünftigen Verteilung von von den jeweiligen Speichern abzugebenden Münzen beinhaltet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verfahren außerdem die Berechnung einer bevorzugten Anzahl an Speichern für einen bestimmten Nennwert entsprechend der genannten Vorhersage und die Erzeugung eines Signals entsprechend der Berechnung beinhaltet.
  20. Verfahren nach Anspruch 19, wobei Variablen zeitlich überwacht und verwendet werden, um die Verteilung von abzugebendem Geld vorherzusagen.
  21. Verfahren nach Anspruch 20, wobei der Preis von Produkten oder Dienstleistungen, die durch Zufuhr von Geldeinheiten zu der Vorrichtung erhalten werden können und die ausgewählt werden, und die zum Erhalt dieser Produkte oder Dienstleistungen zugeführten Geldeinheiten zeitlich überwacht und von der Vorhersageeinrichtung verwendet werden.
  22. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 19 bis 21, wobei eine Ausgabe entsprechend dem erzeugten Signal auf einer Anzeigeeinrichtung dargestellt wird.
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