EP2479728A1 - Verfahren zur Verwaltung und Steuerung von Geldwechselmaschinen sowie Geldwechselmaschinen - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Verwaltung und Steuerung von Geldwechselmaschinen sowie Geldwechselmaschinen Download PDF

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EP2479728A1
EP2479728A1 EP11425012A EP11425012A EP2479728A1 EP 2479728 A1 EP2479728 A1 EP 2479728A1 EP 11425012 A EP11425012 A EP 11425012A EP 11425012 A EP11425012 A EP 11425012A EP 2479728 A1 EP2479728 A1 EP 2479728A1
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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
    • G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
    • G07D1/02—Coin dispensers giving change
    • G07D1/04—Coin dispensers giving change dispensing change equal to a sum deposited
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    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a method for managing and controlling money-changing machines, and money-changing machines.
  • the user who wishes to use these apparatuses can go to the operator of the games room or to the cash desk of the business in order to obtain the necessary cash (or tokens), thus changing different denominations of banknotes or coins.
  • the internal magazines which are allocated in the coin-changing and/or banknote-changing machines and are designed to accommodate cash which can be dispensed on command have dimensions that are necessarily limited, and consequently it is not possible to ensure the constant availability of cash (except with consequent ongoing, and expensive, checks and restorations of the currency stock levels), since the risk that the coins or banknotes on hand will run out is certainly real, especially for machines that are used frequently.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the above mentioned problems, by providing a method for managing and controlling money-changing machines which ensures the constant availability of cash.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a method for managing and controlling money-changing machines, the implementation of which is economic and does not require periodic intervention by operators to restore the currency stocks.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a method that can be easily obtained from elements and materials that are readily available on the market.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a money-changing machine that ensures the availability of money, without requiring the constant restoring of the currency stocks.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a machine that ensures a high level of reliability in operation.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a money-changing machine that has a low cost and is safely applied.
  • a method for managing and controlling money-changing machines comprising at least one deposit opening which conveys to suitable means of validation, recognition and conveyance for elements of currency, such as coins, banknotes and tokens, and at least one reservoir for currency elements, which is connected, by means of a suitable dispensing channel, with at least one external dispensing compartment, which consists in accepting the at least one currency element introduced into the deposit opening by a user; subjecting said currency element to a check, by way of said recognition and validation means, to verify the validity and the value/type of said currency element; conveying and sorting the currency element by means of said conveyance means, if it is valid, into a specific reservoir which is designed to collect currency elements of the same value and type as the currency element, and, if it is not valid, into a respective expulsion duct which conveys it outside; dispensing, following the withdrawal from at least one respective reservoir, at least one further currency element, which has the same value
  • a money-changing machine of the type comprising at least one deposit opening which conveys to suitable means of validation, recognition and conveyance for elements of currency, such as coins, banknotes and tokens, and at least one reservoir for currency elements, which is connected, by means of a suitable dispensing channel, with at least one external dispensing compartment, characterized in that said reservoirs are a plurality, each of which is designed to contain and collect currency elements of predetermined value and type, said validation, recognition and conveyance means being controlled by a specific control and management unit for the controlled introduction of the at least one said currency element deposited by a user, which has a specific value and type, into a respective reservoir, said control and management unit also being designed to control at least one dispenser which is arranged downstream of each specific reservoir for withdrawing and sending currency elements to said at least one dispensing compartment.
  • the optimal application of the method for managing and control according to the invention is in money-changing machines 1 comprising at least one deposit opening 2, 3 which conveys to suitable validation and recognition means 4 and 5.
  • the deposit opening 2 is a pivoting drawer that is designed to accept coins, tokens, chips and the like.
  • a validation and recognition apparatus 4 Downstream of the deposit opening 2 there is a validation and recognition apparatus 4 (which is therefore capable of identifying the currency elements inserted and of distinguishing the valid elements from the non-valid elements). More specifically, downstream of the validation and recognition apparatus 4 there is a conveyance apparatus 6 through which the coins, tokens and/or chips are directed towards a suitable and specific destination.
  • the deposit opening 3 is designed to accept banknotes (and possibly also chips and the like, as long as they are of the laminar type). Downstream of the deposit opening 3 there is a validation and recognition apparatus 5 (which is therefore capable of identifying the currency elements inserted and of distinguishing the valid elements from the non-valid elements).
  • the apparatus 5 is of the commercial type, and therefore known per se.
  • the machine 1 further comprises at least one collection reservoir 7 for currency elements, which is connected with the outside, through a suitable dispensing channel 8. Specifically, the channel 8 conveys to at least one dispensing compartment 9.
  • the method according to the invention consists in executing a plurality of consecutive steps.
  • a it is necessary for the machine 1 to receive the at least one currency element inserted into the deposit opening 2 and/or 3 by a user.
  • a step (b) the machine 1 subjects the at least one currency element received to a check, by way of the recognition and validation means 4 and/or 5, to verify the validity and the value/type of the currency element.
  • a subsequent step (c) involves the conveyance and sorting (for coins, tokens and/or chips this is done by way of the conveyance means 6) of the at least one currency element received.
  • this step (c) involves two possible operational paths of the machine 1: if the currency element is valid (i.e. approved by the validation and recognition apparatus 4 and/or 5 which ascertains that it is not counterfeit and assesses its currency value and type) then it will be conveyed into a specific reservoir 7 which is designed to collect currency elements of the same value and type thereof; if it is not valid (i.e. counterfeit or damaged coins, tokens, banknotes, chips) then the currency element will instead be conveyed into a respective expulsion duct which conveys it outside.
  • This duct conveys, in the examples shown in the accompanying figures, to the dispensing compartment 9 from which the coins, tokens and chips dispensed by the machine 1 are also withdrawn.
  • a step (d) involves dispensing, by means of the withdrawal from at least one respective reservoir 7 (one of the same reservoirs 7 in which the various currency elements introduced by the various users of the machine 1 are collected and subdivided), of at least one further currency element, which has the same value as the at least one currency element introduced by the user, for its withdrawal from the dispensing compartment 9 by the user.
  • the at least one reservoir 7 which contains the further currency elements of interest to the user is empty (for example because the previous user took out all the coins present therein in the previous money-changing operation), operation of the money-changing machine 1 will still be possible.
  • auxiliary stock container 10 is used in the figure to designate the auxiliary container designed to contain coins, tokens, chips and the like; an equivalent container can also be provided for banknotes and laminar elements in general.
  • the auxiliary stock container 10 is not fed with currency elements through the deposit openings 2 and/or 3 and it must therefore necessarily be periodically filled by the technician in charge of maintenance of the machine 1. Since this is a remote service situation (the reservoirs 7 will rarely be completely empty), the need to restock the container 10 by technicians is infrequent. It can therefore be seen that the machine 1, although ensuring a service that is particularly effective and substantially malfunction-free, necessitates rare periodic maintenance in order to guarantee the minimum maintenance of the level of currency elements in the auxiliary stock container 10.
  • At least two collection reservoirs are designed to contain currency elements of the same value/type (for example if two reservoirs both contain tokens), then thanks to the method according to the invention it is possible to constantly detect the quantity of currency elements contained in each of them.
  • the advantage consists in having each reservoir 7 which is involved in the management of a single type (value) of currency elements constantly kept far from the limit conditions (reservoir 7 completely full and reservoir 7 empty), a condition that ensures an optimal functioning of the machine 1 and which reduces the possibilities of outage and/or malfunction to the minimum.
  • the method according to the invention makes it possible to dispense a quantity of different currency elements, by withdrawing it from the at least one other reservoir 7, that corresponds to the value of the at least one currency element inserted in the deposit opening 2, 3 by the user.
  • the method according to the invention makes it possible to immediately redirect the at least one currency element introduced into the deposit opening 2 by the user, which has that value/type, into the respective expulsion duct 8 which conveys it outside.
  • the user inserts a banknote into the opening 3 and the reservoir 7 for the banknotes is full, then it will not be accepted by the validation apparatus 5 and so it will be immediately rejected and given back to the user.
  • the money-changing machine 1 differs from existing machines in that its reservoirs 7 are a plurality (at least two, although in reality there will always be more than two of them) and each of them is designed to contain and collect currency elements of a predetermined value and type.
  • the validation and recognition means 4 and 5 and the conveyance means 6 are controlled by a specific control and management unit (not shown in the accompanying figures) for the controlled introduction of the at least one currency element deposited by a user, which has a specific value and type, into a respective reservoir 7.
  • the control and management unit is also designed to control at least one dispenser (also not shown in detail in the accompanying figures) which is arranged downstream of each specific reservoir 7 for withdrawing and then sending currency elements to the dispensing compartment 9.
  • the control and management unit comprises at least one memory component in which the software, that is implemented in conformance with the method according to the invention, is stored.
  • This software ensures the correct operation of the control and management unit and, therefore, of the entire machine 1.
  • the money-changing machine 1 comprises at least one auxiliary stock container 10 for currency elements, for withdrawing currency elements when the reservoirs 7 are empty.
  • the auxiliary stock container 10 is periodically filled by the technician in charge of maintenance of the machine 1, in conformance with the above explanation of the method according to the invention.
  • the machine 1 comprises at least one display apparatus 11, of the type of a screen, a viewer, a display, at least one warning light and the like, which is controlled by the control unit, for indicating preset information intended for the user.
  • the user by means of the information provided by the machine 1 on the display apparatus 11, will be able to assess the possibilities for changing money offered by the machine 1 and select the preferred one.
  • the machine 1 comprises at least one communication element for the user, of the type of a keypad, a touch screen (for example the display apparatus itself could be a touch screen) and the like, for inputting commands.
  • the communication element is functionally connected to the control and management unit in order to ensure that the selections made by the user are translated into steps of the method according to the invention which are executed by the machine 1.
  • the deposit opening 2 is constituted by at least one slot, a drawer for inserting coins, tokens, chips and the like.
  • the deposit opening 3 is instead constituted by at least one slit for inserting banknotes, chips and the like.
  • the user can use his or her card (credit or debit) to withdraw cash (coins and/or banknotes) or tokens or chips directly from the machine 1, without needing to go through a credit institution.
  • credit or debit credit or debit
  • cash coins and/or banknotes
  • tokens or chips directly from the machine 1, without needing to go through a credit institution.
  • the machine 1 can also comprise suitable printing devices 13 for printing receipts (which are issued from the slit 14) which identify the type of change operation executed and, for example, some information about the operation (the date and time, for example).
  • the present invention solves the typical problems of the known art, by means of adopting a method for managing and controlling money-changing machines 1 which ensures the constant availability of cash.
  • the method according to the invention is economic to provide and does not require periodic intervention by operators to restore currency stocks.
  • the method according to the invention is easily obtained from elements and materials that are readily available on the market.
  • the money-changing machine 1 ensures the availability of cash, without requiring the constant restocking of currency stocks, since it applies the method and thus obtains its advantages.
  • the machine 1 ensures a high level of reliability in operation.

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CN105292569A (zh) * 2015-09-24 2016-02-03 北京景钿恒通科技有限公司 一种钞票打捆装置
CN105292569B (zh) * 2015-09-24 2018-02-02 北京景钿恒通科技有限公司 一种钞票打捆装置
JP2017224216A (ja) * 2016-06-17 2017-12-21 旭精工株式会社 両替機
CN113850948A (zh) * 2018-06-18 2021-12-28 天使集团股份有限公司 第一种货币与第二种货币的交换装置
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