EP1168255A1 - Appareil déclenché par pièces de monnaie avec moyens pour le changement de la monnaie nationale vers l'euro - Google Patents

Appareil déclenché par pièces de monnaie avec moyens pour le changement de la monnaie nationale vers l'euro Download PDF

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EP1168255A1
EP1168255A1 EP00113439A EP00113439A EP1168255A1 EP 1168255 A1 EP1168255 A1 EP 1168255A1 EP 00113439 A EP00113439 A EP 00113439A EP 00113439 A EP00113439 A EP 00113439A EP 1168255 A1 EP1168255 A1 EP 1168255A1
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Horst Buschmann
Thorsten Schneider
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Crane Payment Innovations GmbH
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/24—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks with change-giving

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  • the invention relates to a coin operated device with means for converting from a national currency to the euro currency at a changeover time according to claim 1 or 4.
  • WO99 / 01847 a method has become known to make a coin device acceptable for two different currencies, for example national and euro currency and, depending on the setting, to take the national or euro currency as a basis and accordingly to pay it out of the tubes.
  • the known method also describes the changeover from the national to the euro currency, which is either made dependent on a specific programmed time sequence (timer) or a preselected event, such an event can be caused, for example, by inserting one or more euro coins.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a coin device with means for switching from a first set of coins to a second or from a first to a second currency, in which the transition is optimally resolved with regard to currency adjustment.
  • the switchover described using so-called currency counters can also be used to cause a second switching operation.
  • a different preset counter reading or a different predetermined ratio of coins or sums of the units of the currencies or of the coin set are then required in order to generate the changeover signal.
  • the second switching signal can e.g. serve to block the acceptance of coins of the first coin set or the first currency completely or value-related.
  • each of the currency counters is set to 50. If, for example, the number 50 is reached with the national currency, the corresponding currency counter for the national coins is reset to zero. The same happens with the currency counter for the euro coins. At the same time, the ratio of the two numbers of the currency counters is formed. If the number of euro coins already in circulation is not so high after the cut-off date, January 1, 2002, a coin-operated device will initially be loaded with national coins more than with euro coins. This relationship will reverse after a while. This can be determined using the two currency counters.
  • the changeover signal serves to either completely block the further acceptance of coins of national currency or to direct them into the cash register, so that change based on euros is only issued in national currency coins as long as national tubes in the tubes are included.
  • the counters can also continue to run. Whenever a preset level is reached, the meter readings are related. Alternatively, such a comparison can take place at time intervals.
  • a tube level measuring device which generates a signal when at least one coin tube only contains a predetermined maximum amount of national coins.
  • the switchover signal can only be generated when the signal is present.
  • the changeover signal can also be made dependent on whether various other criteria are optional, cumulative or in combinations, namely, for example, the number of euro coins inserted to date, the amount of euro coins inserted, and the number of sales Euro coins in which at least the majority of the payments were made with Euro coins, etc.
  • the changeover signal can be made dependent, for example, on the number of Euro coins that can be sorted into tubes. These can be sorted into the till until the changeover signal or, if they are only recognized, can be sent to the return without acceptance.
  • the maximum peak in at least one tube can also be achieved by the empty state of the tube.
  • the solution according to the invention ensures that the coin-operated device is able to accept both coins in a transitional period and always has sufficient change ready for a money changer.
  • a money changer can be used without interruption and allows mixed insertion of coins from both currencies as long as they are both available. It is not necessary for the operator of the coin device to carry out corresponding manipulations and interventions on the device on the key date or shortly thereafter, unless the acceptance of national coins is blocked when the prescribed transition period has ended.
  • the single figure shows four different time charts that start on the key date.
  • the number of DM coins which are counted by the DM counter is plotted on the ordinate, while the abscissa represents the time.
  • the corresponding representation for a euro counter is shown in the middle representation.
  • the next illustration below shows the changeover of the coin operated device to the euro currency again if DM coins are still accepted.
  • the lower illustration refers to another switchover, after which only euro coins are accepted.
  • the coin device according to the invention is designed in such a way that it is programmed to accept or recognize euros at a point in time before a key date, the introduction day of the euro.
  • the magazine can be designed so that euro coins are also sorted into its tubes as soon as a corresponding switchover has taken place. This can e.g. B. either happen after a tube is completely empty or also by sorting euro coins on DM coins present in the tube as soon as the conditions described below are reached. It is assumed that this is also possible due to the dimensions of the coins.
  • the changer issues change in DM.
  • programming is carried out for euros before the cut-off date, the device initially works like a normal single currency changer, since euro coins are not in circulation.
  • the coin operated device works as a two-currency changer, whereby the DM coins are still sorted into the coin tubes and the euro coins into the cash register, and the change from the coin tubes is paid out in DM.
  • the currency counters count the inserted coins according to their currency.
  • the drawing shows that after the cut-off date, more DM coins than euros are inserted. If the counter reading of the DM counter reaches 50 for the first time, both counters are set to zero, at this point in time no euros have been inserted. The counters do not necessarily run out To be set to zero, but it can be checked in each case which counter has reached a new difference of 50, for example, relative to the old counter reading. The next time the DM coins are counted up to 50, euros will also be registered. However, as can be seen from the comparison, the number 50 of the DM counter from the euro counter only counted about 15 euros. The process described continues until the euro counter first reaches 50; at this point the number of DM coins in the same period is lower.
  • DM coins can still be accepted. However, they are not directed into the tubes, but go to the cash register. Since the acceptance of the DM coins is to be ended at some point, a second changeover signal can be generated, in the same or similar manner as was the case in connection with the generation of the first changeover process.
  • the currency counters for example, are programmed with new counter data, and preprogramming can already be carried out in the microprocessor, which controls all processes. For example, the euro counter can now be set to 500 and the DM counter can be set to 10. This means that as long as more than 10 DM coins are still counted when 500 is reached, DM coins will still be accepted. Only once or several times the DM counter has counted less than 10 coins at the number of 500 euros, a second changeover takes place, whereby the further acceptance of DM coins is blocked.
  • the amounts can also be counted. If a currency counter reaches the preset amount, both counters are reset and the amounts counted are compared. Furthermore, in the event of a reset or formation of a difference to the counter reading, the currency counter can also be provided at predetermined time intervals and at the end of the intervals a comparison can be made with the quantities or amounts of national and euro coins. A time device would then have to be provided for this, which could be implemented in the software of the microprocessor provided anyway.
  • the generation of the changeover signal can also be made dependent on other parameters, such as the fill level of the national coins in one or more coin tubes, insert combinations of euro coins, etc.

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DE3513957A1 (de) * 1985-04-18 1986-10-30 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag, 7000 Stuttgart Muenzfernsprecher
DE19545417A1 (de) 1995-12-06 1997-06-12 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Verkaufsautomaten mit Münzen unterschiedlicher Währungen
WO1998058355A2 (fr) * 1997-06-18 1998-12-23 Mars, Incorporated Dispositif de manipulation d'argent
WO1999001847A1 (fr) 1997-07-02 1999-01-14 Mars, Incorporated Procede de fonctionnement d'un mecanisme de pieces de monnaie
DE19754310A1 (de) * 1997-08-16 1999-02-18 Nsm Ag An eine Währungsumstellung anpaßbarer geldbetätigter Automat und entsprechendes Anpaßverfahren

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3513957A1 (de) * 1985-04-18 1986-10-30 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag, 7000 Stuttgart Muenzfernsprecher
DE19545417A1 (de) 1995-12-06 1997-06-12 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Verkaufsautomaten mit Münzen unterschiedlicher Währungen
WO1998058355A2 (fr) * 1997-06-18 1998-12-23 Mars, Incorporated Dispositif de manipulation d'argent
WO1999001847A1 (fr) 1997-07-02 1999-01-14 Mars, Incorporated Procede de fonctionnement d'un mecanisme de pieces de monnaie
DE19754310A1 (de) * 1997-08-16 1999-02-18 Nsm Ag An eine Währungsumstellung anpaßbarer geldbetätigter Automat und entsprechendes Anpaßverfahren

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