JP2006146510A - Money processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money processing apparatus that provides a degree of freedom when an owner performs collective closure. <P>SOLUTION: The information management system 1 includes a money counting means 6 for recognizing and counting the money received; an operation display part 13 for displaying information inputs for processing and the results of processing; a storage part 14 for storing tenant identification information inputted from the operation display part 13 and count information counted by the money counting means in association with each other for every piece of tenant identification information; and a control part 15 that performs, at the input of instructions by a manager, the process of collective closure of the money stored in the storage part 14. A register terminal 3 capable of communicating data to the money processing apparatus is disposed in a tenant store. Manager identification information is stored in the storage part 14. When detecting the manager identification information, the control part 15 searches for money processing information stored in the storage part 14. Prior to the start of the process of collective closure, the conditions of closure of the tenant store and the register terminal 3 are displayed on an operation display part 13 to enable the process of collective closure. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a money processing apparatus that deposits sales at a store or the like and collects and manages the sales amount.

  Conventionally, when a store developing a chain opens as a tenant in a shopping center, the tenant store needs to report daily sales to the headquarters of the store and the manager of the shopping center. This report may be reported as it is after the store is closed, but the manager may request a report before the store is closed. In order to reduce the burden on the reporter in such a case, the first or second sales file and the settlement file for collecting and storing the sales data are provided, and when the settlement operation is instructed, the first or second A report is output by transferring data from a sales file to a settlement file (for example, Patent Document 1).

  There is also a money management system that includes a deposit machine shared by a plurality of tenant stores and automatically closes at a predetermined time. This is to perform manual tightening processing when a manual tightening key operation is performed from the depositing machine before a predetermined time, and to perform automatic tightening according to an automatic tightening instruction otherwise. The control device of this money management system has an automatic tightening mode and a manual tightening mode (Patent Document 2).

In order to prevent the cashier settlement from being performed on the host device side without the cashier settlement being executed for a long time, a cashier settlement totaling process execution check data file is provided on the host device side to indicate that there is no cashier settlement data. Display a message. Furthermore, there is a message that is a cashier settlement execution prompt (Patent Document 3).
JP-A-10-222755 (paragraph 0006) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-288482 (paragraph 0009) JP 2002-42249 (paragraph 0010)

  In addition to automatic tightening that is performed at regular intervals, sales summaries at shopping centers and the like can be manually tightened by manual operation. However, if the tenant store in the center is not tightened, the sales of that tenant store will be made next time. That is, if the sales total is in units of one day, the next day's sales will be made. In particular, it is not preferable for the manager (owner) of the center that the day with a lot of sales such as a weekend becomes the next day.

In addition, some center managers may have tenant stores in the center. Such an administrator is troublesome because it requires two steps of tightening his tenant store and the entire center.
The present invention has been made for such a problem, and an object thereof is to reduce next-day sales as much as possible and to reduce the tightening operation of an administrator who operates a tenant store in the center.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention recognizes money to be deposited and counts money, an operation input unit for displaying information and processing results for processing, and an input from the operation display unit. A storage unit that stores tenant identification information and processing information counted by the money counting unit in association with each tenant identification information, and a control that performs a collective tightening process of money stored in the storage unit by an instruction input by an administrator A money processing apparatus having a
A tenant store is provided with a register terminal capable of data communication with the money processing apparatus, the storage unit also stores administrator identification information, and when the control unit detects the administrator identification information, The money processing information stored in the storage unit is searched, and the tightening status of the tenant store and the register terminal is displayed on the operation display unit before the collective tightening process is started. Can be executed.

  Therefore, you can start the collective tightening process after grasping the tightening status of the tenant store and the register terminal before starting the final aggregation as a collective tightening process. You can determine whether or not.

  In the present invention, the owner can determine the start time of the batch tightening process after seeing the screen display and grasping the tightening situation. For example, it is possible to wait for a collective tightening process from the possibility that the tightening operation will be performed within a few minutes or the time margin of the owner himself. Alternatively, it is possible to determine from a rule of thumb that the date and time of sales are relatively low, or to be a register terminal, and to execute batch tightening processing immediately. Therefore, there is an effect that a degree of freedom can be provided when the owner performs collective tightening.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a system of a money processing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the money processing apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a deposit / withdrawal machine as a money processing apparatus, which is connected to a plurality of register terminals (hereinafter referred to as cash register terminals) 3 via a communication line 2. In this figure, the tenant store 4a manages the cash register terminal A1 and the cash register terminal A2, and the tenant store 4b manages the cash register terminal B1 and the cash register terminal B2. In addition, when all the cash register terminals are meant, the cash register terminal 3 will be described.
A form printer 10 is used when printing a daily sales report or the like.

The contents recorded on the ID card shown in FIG. 3 will be described.
Reference numeral 51 denotes a deposit / withdrawal machine number that designates the deposit / withdrawal machine 1 to be used, and is predetermined for each tenant store. Therefore, if the shopping center has a plurality of deposit / withdrawal machines 1, different numbers are assigned. 52 is operator ID (Identification) data, which is assigned to each person in charge (store manager) of each tenant store. 53 is a store number for identifying a tenant store, and 54 is a register number of the register terminal 3 provided in the tenant store. Reference numeral 55 denotes handling item data for restricting the handling operation for each operator.
In FIG. 3A, the store number 53 and the register number 54 are not recorded. In FIG. 3B, the store number 53 and the cash register number 54 are recorded. The former is distributed to the owner, and the latter is distributed to the tenant store manager. The ID card 5 may be a magnetic recording method, but it is needless to say that a non-contact IC card or the like may be used.

  Next, the depositing / dispensing machine 1 will be described. Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote processing machine (hereinafter referred to as a banknote unit), which is a part for processing banknotes to be deposited. Reference numeral 12 denotes a coin processing machine (hereinafter referred to as a coin part), which is a part for processing a coin to be deposited. An operation display unit 13 is a touch panel type input unit that displays guidance at the time of depositing / withdrawing operation by characters and symbols, and also by illustrations and moving images, and scanning the display surface with infrared rays in a matrix. Composed. Both of them are referred to as an operation display unit 13. A card reading unit 131 is also connected to the operation display unit 13, and the ID card information can be read from the ID card 5 in which the ID information of the manager is stored.

  A storage unit 14 includes a RAM, a hard disk, and the like in which processing programs are stored. This storage unit 14 stores money information counted by the banknote unit 11 and the coin unit 12. Reference numeral 15 denotes a control unit that controls each of the above units. In addition, there are a power supply unit that supplies power to each unit, a connection port of the form printer 10, and the like.

The detail of the banknote part 11 is demonstrated.
111 is a customer entrance for depositing sales money (banknotes), and accepts banknotes brought by the person in charge of the cash register terminal 3 (store manager). Reference numeral 112 has a function of separating banknotes deposited in the customer service port 111 one by one and sending them out to a conveyance path (not shown). Reference numeral 113 denotes a recognition unit that recognizes the authenticity, denomination, and the like of the banknote being conveyed. The recognizing unit 113 confirms the characteristics (outer size, optical characteristics, and magnetic characteristics) for each banknote extracted in advance. Reference numeral 114 denotes a temporary storage unit that stores the banknote determined by the recognition unit 113 as a genuine note in denomination. In addition, when the recognition part 113 determines that it is a fake ticket, or when the separation part 112 recognizes that two sheets have been fed out, it is returned to the customer service port 111. The returned banknotes are separated from the waiting banknotes at the customer service port 111 and accumulated.

  Reference numeral 115 denotes a sorting unit, which is used when the banknote existing in the temporary storage unit 114 is led to the sales proceeds storage unit 116 for processing as sales proceeds, or when the bills are led to the change reserve storage unit 117 as change reserves. This is a part for sorting the transport direction. Whether the money is stored in the sales money storage unit 116 or the change reserve storage unit 117 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 15. Further, the sales money storage unit 116 or the change reserve storage unit 117 is stacked and stored in money types (for example, 10,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, 2000 yen bill, 1000 yen bill).

  Also about the coin part 12, the site | part similar to the banknote part 11 is provided, and it processes similarly to a banknote. Note that the money counting means described in the claims of the present application is configured and controlled by at least the separation unit 112, the recognition unit 113, and the control unit 15. Further, the banknote and the coin are collectively referred to as money, and the money counting means 6 processes this money.

It demonstrates with the flowchart of the money processing apparatus in Example 1 of this invention shown in FIG. The “store closing process” is a process for determining sales within a certain period handled by the entire tenant store. The “cash register tightening process” is a process for determining sales within a certain period for each cash register terminal installed in each tenant store. For example, “shop closing process” and “cash register closing process” are the sales amount from the opening of a tenant store to the closing of the store, or the sales summarization process at regular time in a tenant store that operates 24 hours. Done.
Further, the “collective closing process” is to close a store and a cash register mainly by the owner authority of the shopping center. The normal tightening is performed in the order of the store tightening after the cash register tightening and then the collective tightening by the owner.

S1. The operator (the operator is unknown because it is unknown whether he is the person in charge or the owner) selects a desired processing menu from the handling items displayed on the operation display unit 13. That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, the user touches any part of the operation key 133 displayed on the operation display unit 13. When the control unit 15 detects the touch of the operation key 133, the control unit 15 changes the display color of the operation key 133 in order to notify that the handling item corresponding to the operation key 133 has been received.
S2. The control unit 15 guides the ID card 5 distributed in advance to pass through the card reading unit 131. Then, it waits to receive ID card recording information from the card reading unit 131.

S3. The ID card 5 is passed to the card reader 131 by the operator.
Based on the read handling item data 55, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the designated processing is permitted. Here, in the case of ID card information that is not permitted for the processing desired by the ID card 5, a display for rejecting the processing is performed and the processing returns to step S1.
S4. When the read ID information is given to the “owner” among the operators, it is determined that the operation is performed by the owner. Here, it is possible to request the input of a password from the viewpoint of security, but it is omitted because it is not related to the present application. Hereinafter, the operator will be described as “the owner who desires the collective tightening”.
S5. The control unit 15 displays an operation key (not shown) capable of “batch tightening processing” and requests a pass / fail confirmation. When “collective tightening process” is selected, a search for the cashier tightening status stored in the storage unit 14 is started. When an operation key other than “batch tightening process” is selected, the corresponding other process (step S10) is executed.

S6. The control unit 15 edits the searched registration tightening information into a list and displays it on the operation display unit 13 as shown in FIG. In the figure, the tightening has already been completed except for the cashier terminal A2 of the tenant store 4a (shown as A), and only the cashier terminal A2 is in the untightened state but in the cashier closed state. In the figure, the cash register status display frame 134 displays “closed” indicating that the cash register is closed.
S7. The owner visually confirms the display contents, and determines whether or not to perform the collective tightening process even if there is a cash register or tenant store (register terminal A2) that has not completed the cash register tightening. The determination as to whether or not to execute is the owner's own determination.
S8. When the “collective tightening” key 133a is selected in order to perform collective tightening processing, a total sum of sales proceeds is calculated in addition to cash register tightening information, and is displayed according to a predetermined format.
In addition, when the “go to previous screen” key 133b is selected, the control unit 15 returns to the previous display.

S9. The owner who wishes to print out the tabulated result in step S8 inputs a print instruction. The control unit 15 adds time information to the counting result and transmits a print message to the form printer 10. These pieces of information are stored in the storage unit 14. Further, even if an end operation is performed without issuing a print instruction, it is stored in the storage unit 14 together with time information.
S10. In step S4 or step S5, when the operator is not the owner and when it is not the collective tightening process, the permitted processing is executed. For example, the cash count and change withdrawal shown in FIG. And so on.

The collective tightening will be described with reference to FIG.
When the cashier terminal A1 and the cashier terminal A2 responsible person (for example, the store manager) arrive at the predetermined time, they take out the money in the cashier terminal 3 and carry it to the place where the depositing / dispensing machine 1 is installed. I do. There will be no problem if the “tightening 1” shown in FIG. However, if the owner issues a tightening instruction at the time shown as “tightening 2”, the cash register terminal A2 has not finished tightening the cash register, so only the sales B of the cash register terminal A1 is aggregated, and the cash register terminal A2 Will be added to the sales at the next closing.

  In the above example, it is described that data is read from the ID card after selecting the handling item from the display of the processing menu. However, the data is set for each ID card after first reading the data from the ID card. It is also possible to display only the handling items that are currently displayed.

  As described above, the owner can determine the start time of the batch tightening process by looking at the screen display shown in FIG. For example, the status of the cash register terminal A2 is confirmed from the display in the cash register status display frame 134, and it is understood that the cash register is closed but the tightening at the depositing / dispensing machine 1 is not completed, and the tightening operation is performed within several minutes It is possible to wait for the batch tightening process from the possibility of being lost or the owner's own time margin. Alternatively, it is possible to immediately execute the batch tightening process by judging from the empirical rule that the date and time of the sales are relatively low or the cashier terminal.

  The “owner” in the first embodiment is an “owner” who maintains and manages the shopping center, and cannot lock up the cash register terminal or the tenant store. In the second embodiment, the owner's confidence also assumes collective tightening when the tenant store is operated by itself. As shown in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the owner manages the tenant store 4 c (the cash register terminal A 1 and the cash register terminal A 2), and further manages the deposit / withdrawal machine 1.

Description will be made with reference to the flowchart of the money handling apparatus in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 8 and the display screen example of the operation display unit shown in FIG.
S21. The operator selects a desired menu from the handling items displayed on the operation display unit 13. That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, the user touches the part of the operation key 133 displayed on the operation display unit 13. When the control unit 15 detects the touch of any of the operation keys 133, the control unit 15 changes the display color of the operation key in order to notify that the handling item corresponding to the operation key 133 has been received.
S22. The control unit 15 guides the ID card 5 distributed in advance for each operator to pass through the card reading unit 131. Then, ID card recording information from the card reading unit 131 is awaiting reception. Although the operator is identified by the ID card 5, the operator may be identified by inputting a password or the like set in advance for each operator, or biometrics such as fingerprints and irises that are frequently used recently ( (Biometric) authentication may be used.

S23. The ID card 5 is passed by the card reader 131 by the operator.
Based on the read handling item data 55, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the designated processing is permitted. Here, when the ID card 5 is not an ID card that is not permitted for the desired process, a display for rejecting the process is performed and the process returns to step S21.
S24. When the read ID information is given to the “owner” among the operators, it is determined that the operation is performed by the owner. Hereinafter, the operator will be described as “the owner who can perform the tightening operation of the own store and desires the collective tightening”.
S25. The control unit 15 displays operation keys 133c to 133f capable of batch tightening processing as shown in FIG.

S26. Here, when the “tenant collective tightening” key 133c is selected, a search for the cash register tightening status stored in the storage unit 14 is started. This is as described in the first embodiment. In addition, when the “tenant tightening” key 133d is selected, the total result of the money to be deposited is stored and stored for each tenant store. Further, when the “cash register tightening” key 133e is selected, the total result of money to be deposited is stored and saved in units of cash register terminals.
When the “registration + tenant tightening” key 133f is selected and money is deposited in the depositing / dispensing machine 1, the total result is first stored and stored in units of cashier terminals. The tightening process is performed at each store.

S27. The control unit 15 edits the searched cash register tightening information into a list and displays it on the operation display unit 13. The screen display at this time is generally as shown in FIG. 5B, but since the owner himself is the person responsible for tightening (also the store manager), for example, the tightening status of the cash register terminal A2 is grasped.
S28. The owner visually confirms the display contents, and determines whether or not to perform the collective tightening process even if there is a cash register or tenant store that has not been completed. The determination as to whether or not to execute is the owner's own determination.
S29. In order to perform the collective tightening process, the “tenant collective tightening” key 133f is selected. The control unit 15 calculates the total amount of sales and the like of the entire tenant in addition to the cashier tightening information, and displays it according to a predetermined format.

S30. When printing out the totaled result is desired, a print instruction is input to the form printer 10 from the operation display unit 13. The control unit 15 adds time information to the counting result and transmits a print message to the form printer 10. These pieces of information are stored in the storage unit 14. Further, even if an end operation is performed without issuing a print instruction, the print data is stored in the storage unit 14 together with time information.
S31. When the operator is not the owner in step S24, the screen display shown in FIG. 5C is not performed. Or in step S26, when it is not collective tightening, the tenant store or the cash register terminal is tightened.

Next, at the time of the screen display shown in FIG. 5C during the owner operation, the person in charge of the tenant store 4b may appear at the place of the depositing / dispensing machine 1 for the closing process. Here, when the owner determines that the tightening result of the tenant store 4b is to be included in the final sales by the collective tightening, the tenant store 4b is allowed to be tightened and the “interrupt” key 133g is touched. .
S32. The control unit 15 that detects the touch of the “interrupt” key 133g interrupts the processing by the owner, and stores the operation input information up to that time in the storage unit 14. When the storage is completed, the screen display shown in FIG. The tenant store 4b is tightened according to this screen display.
When the tightening is completed, the control unit 15 reads out the processing information by the owner stored in the storage unit 14 and displays the screen display described in FIG. 5C again. Here, if the owner performs a collective tightening operation, the sales results including the tightening results of the tenant store 4b are aggregated.

  In the second embodiment, the ID card having the owner authority can complete the tightening of the entire shopping center (sales total) from the tightening for each tenant store or cash register terminal in one operation. It can be reduced and it is convenient for the owner. Moreover, since the interruption process is also possible, it is possible to know the sales total result up to the allowable time limit.

  The technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the tightening of sales at a shopping center. For example, the same effect can be achieved by adding the owner authority also in totaling sales of winning horse voting tickets and totaling sales status of advance tickets for various events such as concerts and exhibitions.

It is a system block of the money processing apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of a money processor in the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the recording content of the ID card in this invention. It is a flowchart of the money processing apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display of the money processing apparatus in this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation example of this invention. It is a system block of the money processing apparatus in Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the money processing apparatus in Example 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Money processing equipment (withdrawal and withdrawal machines)
3. Register terminal (cash register terminal)
5 ID card 10 Form printer 11 Banknote processing part (banknote part)
12 Coin Processing Department (Coin Department)
13 Operation display unit 14 Storage unit 15 Control unit 51 Deposit / withdrawal machine number 52 Operator ID
53 Store number 54 Cash register number 131 Card reader

Claims (4)

Money counting means for recognizing and counting money deposited;
An operation display unit for displaying information input and processing results for processing,
A storage unit for storing the tenant identification information input from the operation display unit and the processing information counted by the money counting unit in association with each tenant identification information;
In a money processing apparatus having a control unit that performs a collective tightening process of money stored in the storage unit by an instruction input by an administrator,
The tenant store is provided with a register terminal capable of data communication with the money processing apparatus,
Administrator identification information is also stored in the storage unit,
The controller is
When the manager identification information is detected, the money processing information stored in the storage unit is searched,
A money processing apparatus characterized in that, before starting the collective tightening process, the tightening status of the tenant store and the register terminal is displayed on the operation display unit so that the collective tightening process can be executed. The money processing apparatus according to claim 1,
When tenant identification information is detected in addition to the administrator identification information,
First, a money processing apparatus that executes a tightening process for the tenant store and subsequently performs the collective tightening process. The money processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
When the plurality of tenant stores are provided and at least one tenant store is not yet tightened, the control unit excludes the tenant store and performs the collective tightening process. The money processing apparatus according to claim 3,
A money processing apparatus capable of interrupting the tightening process when there is a tightening request from the tenant store before the start of the collective tightening process.

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