EP1387326A2 - Procédé pour eviter la fraude pour machines de vente actionnées par des pièces de monnaie ou billets de banque - Google Patents

Procédé pour eviter la fraude pour machines de vente actionnées par des pièces de monnaie ou billets de banque Download PDF

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EP1387326A2
EP1387326A2 EP03015352A EP03015352A EP1387326A2 EP 1387326 A2 EP1387326 A2 EP 1387326A2 EP 03015352 A EP03015352 A EP 03015352A EP 03015352 A EP03015352 A EP 03015352A EP 1387326 A2 EP1387326 A2 EP 1387326A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B25/00—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
    • G08B25/01—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
    • G08B25/016—Personal emergency signalling and security systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency

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  • the invention relates to a method for fraud prevention for coins or banknote-operated machines, in particular goods or service machines, where the sales process after inserting coins and / or entering banknotes after reaching a sufficient credit amount triggered or the service is made available.
  • test facilities generally determine counterfeit money with a large amount Security if they are set accordingly sensitive. Here comes Depending on the sensitivity set, it either does that valid means of payment are rejected or that incorrect means of payment be recognized as real.
  • the invention has for its object attempts to defraud coin or banknote-operated machines, in particular goods or service machines, through counterfeit means of payment for successive Sales or payment transactions are used to recognize initiate damage-limiting measures, and thus the operation of such Making vending machines more secure.
  • the coin or Banknote denomination, d. H. the payment method is determined for each payment transaction, whereby it is determined which payment methods or denomination types are to be achieved a credit was entered that the payment methods or denomination types be added up in numerator counters that when a predetermined one is reached Limit criterion a signal is generated, and that the signal is a Logic circuit fed and a timer is activated, the operation of the machine for a period of time.
  • the denomination of coins or banknotes d. H. the payment method is determined for each payment transaction, whereby it is determined which types of coins or banknotes until a Loan was entered that is determined in how often coins or banknotes of the same type entered in several sales processes were that when a predetermined limit criterion was reached Signal is generated, and that the signal is fed to a logic circuit and a timer is activated, the operation of the machine for a period of time prevented.
  • the advantages achieved with the invention are in particular that by determining the payment method, d. H. recognizing which coin or Banknote denominations were used for a sales transaction, or which coin or banknote values are used excessively, it is deduced that there has been an attempt at fraud. This can help prevent fraud Measures are initiated.
  • the user To get a desired item from the vending machine the user usually first selected the goods and then Coins or banknotes (means of payment) in the vending machines entered.
  • the entered means of payment are in a coin or Banknote validator checked for validity. Are the means of payment considered valid are recognized, their individual values are added up in order to recognize whether the Purchase price credit K (purchase price) for the selected goods has been reached.
  • the payment method ie the combination of the denominations of coins and / or banknotes used, is determined until the credit K is reached.
  • These payment types are added up in payment type counters Z, so that it can be seen which payment types were used.
  • a payment method e.g. B. understood: Enter three 1 Coins, or entering two 1 Coins and two 50 cent coins until a loan is reached.
  • a payment method counter Z is increased by the value 1 for each payment transaction of the same type (sales transaction). If a payment method is used that differs from the previous payment method, the counter initially remains at the last value in order to filter out an interrupted attempt to defraud. As long as the payment counter Z has an initial value which is below a presettable limit value Z x , the sales process is triggered when the purchase price of the selected goods is reached and the goods selected by the user are output.
  • the output values of the counter type Z are therefore compared with a limit criterion Z x (in the example with the value five) and an error signal F is generated when the limit criterion is reached. It is preferably provided that the limit criterion can be set by the machine operator. An error signal F is then generated, which triggers the termination of the sales process.
  • timing element T is an incremental one Has function, where successive error signals (fraud attempts) the time is extended until after n attempts at fraud the machine is completely shut down.
  • the timing element T can optionally also have a time function TF (p) , the course (duration, type) of which can be parameterized
  • evaluation logic activated an alarm siren.
  • the evaluation logic is a photographic one Medium, preferably a digital camera, activated so that the user is photographed.
  • the evaluation logic is an emergency call triggers the radio or GSM / telephone of a fault location, possibly a ATM attendant is forwarded.
  • the payment counter Z is evaluated in such a way that it is determined in the frequency of similar coins or banknotes for the payment processes were used. If the frequency exceeds a given limit criterion, we also generated an error signal F and the operation of the machine prevented as described above.
  • the time T V is measured between two successive sales processes. At very short times, ie immediately successive sales transactions, one can assume that there has been an attempt to defraud.
  • the time T V is therefore compared with a predetermined limit value T VV and if T V is below this limit value, the error signal F is generated and the operation of the machine is prevented as described above.
  • the sum T VS of the times T V is determined for several successive sales processes and compared with a limit value (T max) n ). If the sum T VS is below this limit value, the error signal F is generated and the operation of the machine is prevented as described above.
  • the limit values can preferably be set by the machine operator (installer). However, it can also be provided that the maximum limit values are determined dynamically and independently. For this purpose, the times T V are then considered for a number of sales transactions and an average "normal time” is determined. A surcharge value ⁇ M, ⁇ T is added to this value and the resulting value is used as the target limit value M i max or T max .
  • M i max means the maximum number of coins M of each individual denomination within the last payment transactions considered in a sliding manner and T max the permitted sum of the pause times (T VS ) between the last sales transactions.
  • the machines are usually provided with a return button, whereby it it is possible to return the previously entered amount of coins or banknotes Let, not always the originally entered coins or Banknotes are returned, but the one corresponding to the input Equivalent value is paid out from a separate store.
  • a return button To prevent, that "invalid" means of payment are entered first and valid means of payment can then be returned using the return button, it can be provided that the number of return processes taking place successively determined, is counted. If the determined number exceeds one usual limit value, which in turn preferably by the machine operator / Stand is adjustable, the error signal F is generated and the operation of the machine is prevented as described above.
  • Diagram 1 shows the entire sequence of the procedure for preventing misuse on coin-operated or banknote-operated machines.
  • the starting point FD 1.0 the functionality of the device is given.
  • the achievement of the necessary credit K is first checked. If the credit is reached, the pause time t pi between the end of the last and the beginning of the next payment or credit transaction is determined and compared with a slidingly determined value ⁇ (t pi ) n which has resulted from a number of numerous sales transactions.
  • the coins are then checked in terms of their inserted frequency and their value within the last payment transactions considered in a sliding manner.
  • the pause time t pi determined in the branch remains within the framework of the slidingly calculated values between two sales processes, and it is determined at the same time that the sum of the coins of the same value is less than a predetermined value, the sale is released. If the pause times t pi between the sales are less than a predetermined limit value, which results from the moving sum of the pause times, a fraud attempt is derived and the machine is blocked for a certain time T out . Likewise, if it is determined that the number of identical coins exceeds a certain predetermined value, an attempt to defraud is also derived, which leads to the machine being blocked for a certain period of time. After the blocking time T off has expired, the machine is automatically put back into operation.
  • Diagram 2 shows the test sequence of the method for determining the frequency of the same inserted coins.
  • the starting point FD 1.0 the functionality of the device is given.
  • the achievement of the necessary credit K is first checked.
  • the maximum number of coins M i max of each denomination lies within the last payment transactions considered in a sliding manner. If the maximum predetermined number of coins M i max of the same value is exceeded, a fraud attempt is assumed and z.
  • B. initiated a time-dependent blocking of the machine - otherwise the selected goods are issued.
  • Diagram 3 shows the test sequence of the procedure for determining the permitted break times between the break times of the last sales transactions.
  • the starting point FD 1.0 the functionality of the device is given.
  • the achievement of the necessary credit K is first checked.
  • the pause time t pi between the current and the previous credit process is determined and included in the already stored, ascertained sliding amount over a certain number of pause times ⁇ (t pi ) n and compared with the maximum preset, permitted limit value T max .
  • a certain number of pause times is summed up as in a shift register, and when a new pause time is determined, the first measured pause time is discarded (first in - first out).

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EP03015352A 2002-08-01 2003-07-08 Procédé pour eviter la fraude pour machines de vente actionnées par des pièces de monnaie ou billets de banque Expired - Lifetime EP1387326B1 (fr)

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DE10237474A DE10237474A1 (de) 2002-08-01 2002-08-16 Verfahren zur Betrugsverhinderung für münz- oder banknotenbetätigte Automaten
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