EP0993661B1 - Procede de fonctionnement d'un mecanisme de pieces de monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0993661B1
EP0993661B1 EP98932335A EP98932335A EP0993661B1 EP 0993661 B1 EP0993661 B1 EP 0993661B1 EP 98932335 A EP98932335 A EP 98932335A EP 98932335 A EP98932335 A EP 98932335A EP 0993661 B1 EP0993661 B1 EP 0993661B1
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Stephen Michael Green
Gregory John Billington
Paul Robert Fletcher
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  • the invention relates to a method of operating a coin validator of the type used, for example, in a vending machine.
  • Conventional coin validators used in vending machines or the like are configured to accept coins having certain predetermined denominations and to reject all other coins or objects inserted into the validator, using stored acceptance criteria with which measured properties of an inserted coin are compared.
  • the coin validator may be capable of validating any of a plurality of different denominations of coins and it is known to provide switches that control which denominations are accepted by the validator.
  • the denominations of coins that are accepted by a given validator are from the currency of the country in which the vending machine is situated.
  • WO 96/08795 describes an automatic transaction system which accepts payment in more than one currency, for use, for example, near borders or in airports.
  • the values of the denominations of deposited currency are converted to a value in the base currency using an exchange rate, and change is issued in the base currency.
  • DE 19545417A discloses a vending machine which accepts payment in more than one currency, such as in different phases of a currency changeover.
  • a switch is provided for setting the coin validator in respect of the acceptable currency.
  • currency is used in respect of denominations of coins which are legal tender in a given country and issued by a given authority.
  • denominations of coins which are legal tender in a given country and issued by a given authority.
  • two sets of denominations of coins are legal tender in a given country, as will be the case for the single European currency and the relevant national currency, they are deemed to be different currencies if they are issued by different authorities.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show a vending machine, indicated generally by the reference numeral 1.
  • the vending machine is intended for use in a single country, before, during and after a transition from one currency set to another, which currencies, in this example, are UK sterling and the single European currency (“Euros").
  • Euros the single European currency
  • the machine operates in four modes, corresponding to four different phases in the transition period, as described in more detail below.
  • the control panel 2 of the vending machine includes a card acceptor 3, a banknote insert slot 4, connected to a banknote validator 5, and an item selector in the form of a keypad 6.
  • Those components of the vending machine are conventional, and will not be described in more detail here.
  • the control panel 2 also includes a display 7, for providing information and instructions to the customer.
  • the display 7 indicates, amongst other things, the price of a selected item, the amount of money that has been inserted, and the change that is due.
  • the display 7 also indicates the mode in which the machine is operating.
  • the coin slot 8 is connected by means of a coin passageway 10 to a coin mechanism 11, within the vending machine, for validating, sorting, holding and storing coins and for performing other functions of the vending machine such as calculating the amount of credit accrued and the change to be dispensed.
  • the coin mechanism 11 leads to the coin return 9, and a further passageway 12 connects the coin mechanism to a cash box 13.
  • a vend controller 14 for controlling the operation of the product dispensers (not shown) is arranged behind the control panel 2.
  • Each of the card acceptor 3, banknote validator 5, keypad 6, display 7 and vend controller 14 are electrically connected to the coin mechanism 11 by means of communication lines 15.
  • the components arranged behind the control panel 2, within the vending machine 1, are not accessible to customers and can be accessed only by service personnel.
  • the coin mechanism 11 as shown in more detail in Fig. 3, comprises a coin validator, indicated generally by the reference numeral 20, a coin separator, indicated generally by the reference numeral 21, and a coin storage region, indicated generally by the reference numeral 22.
  • External data entry devices for the coin mechanism are shown in Fig. 2 and include DIP switches 16, a keypad 17, an input/output port 18, and there is also a display 19 to facilitate servicing of the vending machine 1.
  • An opening 23 in the coin mechanism connected to the coin slot 8 by means of the passageway 10, provides access to the coin mechanism 11 for a coin (shown in outline) inserted into the vending machine.
  • the opening 23 leads to the first in a succession of ramps 24 within the coin validator 20 for determining a path for an inserted coin.
  • the coin validator 20 includes sensing means in the form of three electromagnetic sensors, indicated generally by the reference numeral 26.
  • the sensors are so arranged that a coin travelling along the ramp 24 influences the sensors 26, which generate electrical signals representative of certain characteristics of the coin.
  • the signals are processed by control means 28 in the coin mechanism 11.
  • a wide variety of coin sensors for validating coins are known, and could be used in the coin validator. Examples of coin sensors are shown and described in GB 1 397 083, GB 1 443 934, GB 2 254 948 and GB 2 094 008.
  • the gate 29 also serves to direct valid coins to the coin separator 21.
  • the coin separator 21 is in the form of a further ramp 37 with four gates 38, 39, 40, 41 arranged to direct accepted coins to the appropriate part of the storage region 22 or to the cashbox.
  • the coin storage region 22 within the coin mechanism comprises four coin tubes 31, 32, 33, 34, each for holding and storing coins of a respective predetermined denomination.
  • the coin tubes are arranged within a removable cassette 35; such removable cassettes are well known in the art.
  • a removable cassette is described in GB 2 246 897 A.
  • the removable cassette is marked with a code, which indicates the denominations that are accommodated by the tubes within the cassette.
  • the code is input using the keypad 17 on the coin mechanism 11 to inform the mechanism which cassette and tubes have been installed.
  • the design may be such that the mechanism automatically recognises the type of cassette when it is inserted, or else the information could be provided remotely, or on a card.
  • Each tube 31, 32, 33, 34 leads to the coin return 9 so that coins can be dispensed as change.
  • a dispenser 36 for controlling the dispensing of change, is associated with each tube 31, 32, 33, 34. Suitable dispensers include those described in US 3,814,115 and US 4,367,760.
  • a pair of coin level sensors (not shown) is associated with each of the coin tubes 31, 32, 33, 34.
  • the first coin level sensor is for determining when the height of the stack of coins within the tube exceeds a predetermined value, whereupon further coins of that denomination are directed to the cash box 13.
  • the second coin level sensor is for detecting when the coin tube is empty or nearly empty, when the corresponding coin denomination is not used for change.
  • Other coin level sensor arrangements and techniques can be used such as those described in US 4,491,140.
  • the operation of the coin mechanism is controlled by the control means 28, as described below.
  • the circuitry of the coin validator 20 shown schematically in Fig. 4 includes the coin sensors 26 and the control means 28. Each of the sensors 26 is operable to measure a different property of a coin inserted in the apparatus, in a manner which is in itself well known. Each sensor 26 provides a signal indicating the measured value of the respective parameter on one of a set of output lines indicated at 42.
  • the signals from the sensors 26 are supplied to the microprocessor 43 in the control means 28.
  • the processor 43 contains a read-only memory storing an operating program which controls the way in which the apparatus operates. It is operable to compare each measured value received on a respective one of the input lines 46 with upper and lower limit values stored in predetermined locations in a RAM 44.
  • the processor 43 also has input lines 50 for receiving signals from the keypad 17 housed in the host vending machine and accessible only to an operator who has a key to unlock the machine, and for receiving signals from other parts of the vending machine indicated generally at 54, including the escrow return button (not shown).
  • simple switches e.g. Dual-In-Line switches
  • the processor 43 could be controlled by signals received from other equipment to which the validator is connected.
  • the RAM 44 stores 32 sets of values ("channels"), each set of values corresponding to a respective denomination of coin A, B, C .. etc.
  • each set of values has 3 pairs of values, each pair representing the upper and lower limits of a range for signals from a respective sensor, for comparison with the measured values of an inserted coin.
  • the measurements produced by the three sensors 26 are compared by the processor with selected values in the RAM 44.
  • the processor 43 is capable of comparing the thickness measurement with the values representing the limits of ranges for respective coins A, B, C, .. etc., in the rows marked P1. If the measured thickness value lies within the upper and lower limits of the thickness range for a particular coin then the thickness test for that coin has been passed.
  • the diameter measurement can be compared with the upper and lower limit values in the rows P2, and the conductivity measurement is compared with the limit values in the rows marked P3.
  • the processor 43 produces an ACCEPT signal on one of a group of output lines 56 and indicates the denomination of the coin being tested.
  • the accept gate adopts one of two different states depending upon whether the ACCEPT signal is generated, so that all tested coins deemed genuine are directed along the accept path and all other tested items along the reject path 9a.
  • Each set of ranges is associated with a flag F.
  • the flag is set to 1 for a coin denomination to be enabled and to 0 for a coin denomination to be inhibited.
  • the processor checks each set of ranges, for which the flag is set to 1, in sequence. It may be arranged so that for each inserted coin those enabled sets are checked until the measurements are found to fall within the respective ranges of a set, following which the remaining sets are disregarded. Alternatively, the processor may be arranged always to check all the ranges, irrespective of the value of the flag, and any resulting accept signal can be inhibited if the measurements lie within a set of ranges with an associated flag setting of 0.
  • the upper and lower limits in columns A to E are set for a 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coin respectively and the upper and lower limits in columns F to I are set for 1 Euro, 2 Euros, 5 Euros and 10 Euros respectively.
  • Associated with columns A to E is a first value, C1, indicating that the corresponding coin denominations belong to a first currency and are grouped together, and a second value, C2, is associated with each of columns F to I indicating that the corresponding coin denominations belong to a second currency.
  • the remaining columns have sets of ranges corresponding to other coin denominations, tokens and, for certain denominations, additional, different sets of ranges, in which some or all of the ranges are either wider or narrower.
  • the control means 28 also controls the operation of the vending machine by calculating the amount of money inserted and, when sufficient credit has been accrued for the selected item, by sending a signal to the vend controller 14 instructing it to operate the appropriate product dispenser.
  • the control means 28 also calculates what change is due and controls the change dispensers 36.
  • the denomination, number and storage location of coins accepted and dispensed by the coin mechanism 11 is monitored by the control means and the information is used, amongst other things, to control the distribution of subsequently accepted coins and to control the dispensing of change.
  • the mechanism is designed for use in a single country, before, during and after a transition from one currency to another, which, in this case, are UK sterling and the single European currency (“Euros").
  • the mechanism has four different modes of operation, corresponding to four different phases of the transition period, as illustrated in Fig. 6.
  • the mechanism accepts only UK sterling, and pays out change likewise.
  • the mechanism accepts UK sterling and Euros, but pays out change only in UK sterling.
  • both UK sterling and Euros are accepted, but change is paid out only in Euros.
  • only Euros are acceptable, and only Euros are given in change.
  • the mechanism Up to a certain pre-determined date, which is the date on which Euros become valid currency in the UK, the mechanism operates in the first mode, in which only 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins are accepted, and change is paid out in 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins.
  • This is achieved by setting the flags associated with columns A to E (that is all the columns associated with the first value C1) to 1 and those associated with columns F to I (or, in other words, the columns associated with the second value C2) to 0.
  • the flags associated with the remaining columns are set to 0.
  • the four tubes in the change cassette are configured to store 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins respectively.
  • the operation of the coin mechanism and the vending machine in the first mode is essentially conventional.
  • an ACCEPT signal is generated with an indication of the denomination of the accepted coin.
  • the control means 28 operates the gates 29, 38, 39, 40, 41 in the coin mechanism to direct the accepted coin to the corresponding tube or to the cashbox.
  • the control means 28 monitors the coins that are accepted and dispenses the selected product when sufficient money has been accepted, in a known manner.
  • the control means 28 also calculates the amount of any change that is required and controls the dispenser 36 associated with the tubes to dispense the change.
  • Various techniques and algorithms for determining which denominations of coins are dispensed as change are known, including, for example, those described in GB 2 284 090 and GB 2 269 258.
  • the vending machine displays information to the customer including the price of the selected item in sterling, the amount of money inserted, and the amount of change due in the usual way.
  • the mechanism switches automatically to the second mode of operation.
  • a signal is sent to the RAM, on receipt of which the flags of all the columns associated with the value C2, that is columns F to I, corresponding to the Euro currency set are all set to l in one operation.
  • the flags for channels A to E stay at 1.
  • the mechanism is now set up to accept coins from the two different currency sets.
  • the change cassette used in the first mode is also used in the second mode, so that change is issued in sterling. Accepted Euro coins are directed straight to the cashbox.
  • the vending machine accepts payment in two different currencies and operates in that respect in a similar way to the device described in WO96/08795.
  • control means 28 converts payment deposited in Euros to credits in the currency in which change is dispensed (which in this case is UK sterling) with rounding up or down where appropriate. Change is calculated and issued in sterling.
  • the machine displays the price of available products or services in both currencies.
  • the amount of money that has been inserted is also displayed in both currencies, and, when a product or service has been dispensed, the credit remaining is displayed in both currencies, in both cases using rounding as appropriate.
  • the mechanism is switched to the third mode, in which both UK sterling and Euros are accepted as payment, but change is paid out only in Euros.
  • the mechanism is switched from the second to the third mode when it is recognised by the control means 28, which monitors the input coins, that the number of Euro coins being used as payment exceeds the number of sterling coins used by a predetermined threshold value, when counted over a period of a month, at which point the display 19 on the mechanism shows a flashing light to indicate to the operator that switching of the mechanism should take place.
  • the mechanism is switched from the second mode to the third mode manually in this example.
  • the operator replaces the change cassette for the first and second modes with a change cassette configured to accept 1 Euro, 2 Euro, 5 Euro and 10 Euro coins and inputs the code on the cassette via the keypad on the vend controller.
  • This informs the control means 28 that change is to be distributed in Euros. No change takes place in the flag settings in the control means. Consequently, the mechanism distributes change only from the Euro currency set, but continues to accept payment in sterling and in Euros.
  • payment can be made in one of two currencies and change may be distributed in a currency different from a currency which is accepted.
  • payment in UK sterling is converted by the control means to credit in Euros and change is dispensed in Euros. Again, rounding up or down is carried out where necessary.
  • the display indicates that sterling and Euros are accepted and that only Euros are dispensed in change.
  • the mode of operation is switched again, this time manually.
  • the operator inserts a special token into the mechanism, which is recognised by the control means 28.
  • a signal is sent to the RAM 44 and all the flags of the columns associated with the first value C1, that is columns A to E, are simultaneously set to 0.
  • the flags associated with channels F to I stay at 1. Consequently, only Euros are accepted, and sterling currency coins are rejected.
  • the change cassette used in the third mode is also used in the fourth mode, and change is calculated and dispensed in Euros in the same way as described above for the third mode.
  • the display means indicate that only Euros are accepted as payment, and information about transactions is displayed only using Euro currency.
  • the display 7 indicates to the customer in which mode the machine is operating, which denominations of coins and which currencies are accepted and what denominations of coins or from which currency set the coins are dispensed as change.
  • the time at which the switching between the other modes takes place may be predetermined or may occur in response to a particular event. For example, switching could be set to occur on a date when it is known that a particular set of coin denominations will become legal tender. Alternatively, switching could be triggered by the occurrence of a particular event, for example, if the monitoring means identifies that the number of coins from one currency being used as payment exceeds the number of coins from a second currency used by a certain threshold value, when counted over a period of, say, a month, or when it is recognised that the amount of one currency being used as payment falls below a predetermined level. The occurrence of the event may result in the production of a signal or instruction indicating that switching of modes should take place.
  • An instruction from the machine to switch modes other than those specified in the appended independent claims may be output in situ, for example, on the display means on the coin mechanism 11, or it may be provided remotely. Also, the machine could provide information remotely, such as information from monitoring means regarding throughput of coins, which can be used to decide when a phase change is needed. Other information, such as information regarding in which mode it is operating at any time, may also be provided remotely.
  • switching between certain modes takes place automatically.
  • switching may take place manually or automatically.
  • the control means 28 may be programmed to recognise a code in the form of particular sequence of coins, or sequence of coins and tokens, as a trigger to switch modes.
  • the reject button could be actuated in a certain manner, as in a code, perhaps in combination with a coded coin sequence.
  • the value of an inserted coin may be converted into the value in the currency in which change is dispensed.
  • the value of an inserted coin may be converted into a value in a third, reference, currency, with calculations carried out in the reference currency, before a conversion back into the currency in which change is dispensed.
  • the stored acceptability data described above are "windows", they could instead represent a predetermined value such as a median, the measurements then being tested to determine whether they lie within predetermined ranges of that value.
  • the acceptance data could be used to modify each measurement and the test would then involve comparing the modified result with a fixed value or window.
  • the acceptance data could be a look-up table which is addressed by the measurements, and the output of which indicates whether the measurements are suitable for a particular denomination (see, e.g. EP-A-0 480 736, and US-A-4 951 799).
  • the measurements may be combined and the result compared with stored acceptance data (cf.
  • GB-A-2 238 152 and GB-A-2 254 949 could be combined, e.g. by using the acceptability data as coefficients (derived, e.g. using a neural network technique) for combining the measurements, and possibly for performing a test on the result.
  • acceptability data could be used to define the conditions under which a test is performed (e.g. as in US-A-4 625 852).
  • the credit is displayed in the accepted currency or both accepted currencies.
  • the coin mechanism identifies the currency of the first coin accepted in a given transaction, and then credit for that transaction is displayed in that currency only.
  • the invention could be applied to any form of currency handling apparatus, such as a banknote validator or a combined banknote/coin validator.

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  1. Procédé de fonctionnement d'un mécanisme de pièces de monnaie capable d'accepter des pièces de monnaie d'au moins deux jeux de devise dans une pluralité de phases comprenant la commutation entre une première phase dans laquelle seules des pièces de monnaie d'un premier jeu de devise sont acceptées et une seconde phase dans laquelle des pièces de monnaie d'un second jeu de devise sont acceptées, dans lequel la commutation de la première phase à la seconde phase se produit automatiquement à un moment prédéterminé.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel seules des pièces de monnaie du second jeu de devise sont acceptées dans la seconde phase.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel dans la seconde phase des pièces de monnaie du premier et du second jeux de devise sont acceptées.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 3, dans lequel, dans la seconde phase seules des pièces de monnaie du premier jeu sont distribuées en tant que change.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3 dans lequel dans la seconde phase seules les pieces de monnaie du second jeu sont distribuées comme change.
  6. Procédé de fonctiennement d'un mécanisme de pièces de monnaie capable de distribuer des pièces de monnaie provenant d'au moins deux jeux de devise dans une pluralité de phases comprenant la commutation entre une première phase dans laquelle seules les pièces de monnaie provenant d'un premier jeu de devise sont distribuées en tant que change et une seconde phase dans laquelle seules des pièces de monnaie provenant du second jeu de devise sont distribuées en tant que change, dans lequel la commutation de la première phase à la seconde phase se produit automatiquement à un moment prédéterminé.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la commutation automatique se produit à une date prédéterminée.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7 dans lequel dans la première phase seules des pièces de monnaie du premier jeu sont acceptées.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 7 ou la revendication 8 dans lequel dans la seconde phase seules des pièces provenant du second jeu sont acceptées.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9 dans lequel dans la première phase ou la seconde phase, des pièces de monnaie provenant du premier jeu et du second jeu sont acceptées.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10 dans lequel la commutation implique l'activation et/ou la désactivation de groupes de jeux de critères d'acceptation enregistrés déterminant les pièces de monnaie acceptables.
  12. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 comprenant le changement de moyens de stockage de pièces de monnaie amovibles et remplaçables lors d'un changement de phase.
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, utilisant des jeux de critères d'acceptation enregistrés dans le mécanisme de pièces de monnaie pour une comparaison avec les propriétés mesurées d'une pièce de monnaie dans lequel un groupe de jeux de critères d'acceptation enregistrés, correspondant à une pluralité de dénominations de pièces de monnaie, est activé ou désactivé automatique en réponse à une instruction unique.
  14. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie (11, 20) comprenant une pluralité de jeux de critères d'acceptation enregistrés pour une comparaison avec les propriétés mesurées d'une pièce de monnaie insérée, chaque jeu représentant une dénomination respective, dans lequel chaque jeu peut être activé ou désactivé pour déterminer si une pièce de monnaie de la dénomination correspondante est acceptée ou non par le mécanisme, comprenant des moyens pour commuter automatiquement le mécanisme d'une première phase dans laquelle seules les pièces de monnaie d'un premier jeu de devise sont acceptées à une seconde phase dans laquelle les pièces de monnaie d'un second jeu de devise sont acceptées à un moment prédéterminé.
  15. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 14 dans lequel seules des pièces de monnaie du second jeu de devise sont acceptées dans la seconde phase.
  16. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 14 comprenant des moyens pour diriger les pièces de monnaie dans le premier jeu de devise vers des moyens de stockage de pièces de monnaie pour une distribution en tant que change dans la première phase.
  17. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 14 à 16 comprenant des moyens pour diriger des pièces de monnaie dans le second jeu de devise vers des moyens de stockage de pièces de monnaie pour une distribution en tant que change dans la seconde phase.
  18. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie (11, 20) comprenant une pluralité de jeux de critères d'acceptation enregistrés pour une comparaison avec les propriétés mesurées d'une pièce de monnaie insérée, chaque jeu représentant une dénomination respective, dans lequel chaque jeu peut être activé ou désactivé pour déterminer si une pièce de monnaie de la dénomination correspondante est acceptée ou non, comprenant des moyens pour commuter automatiquement le mécanisme à un moment prédéterminé de la première phase dans lequel seules des pièces de monnaie d'un premier jeu de devise sont dirigées vers des moyens de stockage de pièces de monnaie (22) pour une distribution en tant que change et une seconde phase dans laquelle seules des pièces de monnaie d'un second jeu de devise sont dirigées vers les moyens de stockage de pièces de monnaie pour une distribution en tant que change.
  19. Mécanisme de pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 14 à 18 dans lequel les moyens de commutation automatique sont tels que la commutation se produit à une date prédéterminée.
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