JP2007066185A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress input mistakes of a deposit amount, to prevent injustice and to easily search a cause when excess or shortage is generated in a coin processor which stores coins and pays changes. <P>SOLUTION: In a coin processor which counts inserted coins by sorting them by every denomination, stores the coins in a storage provided by every denomination or storage of mixed denomination, determines the denomination and the number of coins from a payment instruction from a POS cash register (host control part) 1 to pay the charges from the storages, it is provided with a receiving part 3 which receives a payment instruction amount and a deposit amount from the POS cash register 1, is made into a payment permitted state when the deposit amount is received from the POS cash register 1 and collates the inserted coins with the deposit money received from the POS cash register 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling machine that stores inserted money in a storage and dispenses change from the storage in accordance with a withdrawal instruction.

  A POS (Point Of Sales) cash register, such as a supermarket, is connected to a money handling machine for depositing deposits and dispensing changes. As such a money handling machine, conventionally, a banknote handling machine has been proposed that stores inserted banknotes, and determines the authenticity of the banknotes and counts the amount of money for each denomination (for example, Patent Document 1). reference). There has also been proposed a coin processing device that reduces the burden on the person in charge without requiring extra change reserves (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Here, the money handling machine as described above mainly has operation operations of a change advance operation and a deposit advance operation. In the change preceding money handling machine, when a withdrawal instruction (change amount instruction) is received from the upper control unit, the denomination and the number of coins are determined and the change is dispensed. The withdrawal instruction amount from the host control unit is an amount stamped by the cashier in charge at the cashier, and is an amount obtained by subtracting the purchase amount from the deposit amount from the customer. In the money handling machine preceding the deposit, the money deposited from the customer is mechanically counted in the money handling machine, and a withdrawal instruction is made using the difference from the purchase amount as change.
JP-A-11-306416 JP-A-10-334313

  By the way, in the case of the money handling machine as described above, if the person in charge of the cash register makes an incorrect stamp, the change amount will not be accurate, and the change will be calculated from the stamp amount. There was a problem that could be done. Furthermore, the money deposited from the customer is deposited in the money handling machine, but since this deposit is performed asynchronously, it cannot be compared with the amount stamped on the cash register by the person in charge of the cash register. There was a problem that the cause search of was difficult.

  In addition, in the case of deposit advance, it is possible to avoid mistakes in the deposit amount by the cashier in charge, but in this case it is a machine count, so it takes more processing time than human mental calculation, and in the case of change ahead Compared to the checkout time of the cash register will be longer.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can suppress input mistakes and prevent fraud without increasing the checkout time of the cash register. An object is to provide a money handling machine that can easily find the cause of time.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the input money is distributed and counted for each denomination, stored in a storage provided for each denomination or a storage of mixed denominations, and from the upper control unit. In a money processing machine that determines the denomination and number of coins based on the withdrawal instruction, and withdraws change from the storage, a receiving unit that receives the withdrawal instruction amount and the deposit amount from the host control unit, When the deposit amount is received from the upper control unit, a money accepting state is set, and the money processing machine is characterized in that the money put into the input unit is collated with the deposit amount received from the upper control unit.

  According to such a money handling machine, it is possible to suppress the input mistake of the deposit amount and prevent fraud without increasing the checkout time of the cash register, and it is easy to search for the cause when the excess or deficiency occurs. Become.

  When the money handling machine of the present invention receives a deposit amount from the upper control unit, it enters a deposit-permitted state and checks the checkout time of the cash register in order to check the money put into the input unit with the deposit amount received from the upper control unit. There is an advantage that it is possible to suppress the input mistake of the deposit amount and prevent fraud, and to easily find the cause when the excess or deficiency occurs.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view showing an appearance of a money handling machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) of the same figure is a top view, (b) is a front view. A POS register (upper control unit) 1 and a receiving unit 3 of a housing 2 of a money handling machine are connected. This money handling machine is composed of a bill portion 2a and a coin portion 2b. The bill portion 2a is provided with a bill insertion slot 4 and a bill withdrawal slot 5. The coin portion 2b has a coin insertion slot 6 and an operation display section 7. A coin dispensing port 8 and a canceling port 9 are provided.

  The money handling machine according to the present embodiment sorts and counts the money inserted from the bill insertion slot 4 and the coin insertion slot 6 for each denomination, and stores the denomination or mixed denomination provided for each denomination (not shown). A depositing / dispensing machine that stores in the storage, determines the denomination and the number of coins based on the withdrawal instruction from the POS cash register 1 and withdraws change from the storage, and the receiving unit 3 receives the withdrawal instruction amount The deposit amount is received from the host control unit, and when the deposit amount is received, the deposit is permitted, and the money inserted into the bill insertion slot 4 and the coin slot 6 is collated with the deposit amount received from the host control unit. In addition, the operation display unit 7 displays the deposit amount, and subtracts the deposit amount from the deposit amount display for each deposit amount of money. At that time, the displayed amount is displayed as “−” (minus).

  In addition, the money handling machine has a storage for temporarily holding the inserted money (not shown), and if the result of the collation does not match, that fact is displayed on the operation display unit 7. The cancel operation is made selectable, or the cancel operation is automatically performed. If they match, the money is automatically stored.

In addition, the deposit is permitted when the deposit amount is received from the POS register 1, and the deposit is prohibited when the withdrawal instruction amount is received.
Further, the memory has a memory for storing the result of the collation, but the memory may store the collation result only when the result of the collation does not match.

Further, the deposit amount received from the POS cash register 1 includes the denomination composition, and when depositing, the denomination deviating from the denomination composition can be returned (rejected).
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation of the money handling machine, and here, the above-described change advance operation and deposit advance operation are compared with the deposit verification operation of the present embodiment.

First, the operation of the money handling machine preceding the change is as follows.
(1) When the product scan (registration) of the customer's purchase is completed (about 20 seconds), the POS register calculates the total amount, and when the total key is pressed, the amount is displayed on the display section of the POS register. . Usually, the cashier in charge reads the amount, and the customer hands over the purchase amount to the cashier in charge as a deposit. This customer waits about 5 seconds.

(2) The person in charge of the POS register reads out the deposit amount and stamps the amount in the POS register (about 2 seconds).
(3) The POS register calculates “change amount” = “deposit amount (inscription amount) −purchase amount” and notifies the money processor.

(4) The money handling machine calculates the denomination and number of each money according to the amount received, and withdraws change (about 3 seconds).
(5) The person in charge at the POS register gives the receipt and the change dispensed from the money handling machine to the customer (about 3 seconds).

(6) When the customer is satisfied and leaves the POS register, the deposited money is put into the money handling machine and deposited. The deposit count at this time is about 8 seconds. And it continues to the next product scan.
In the operation of the change change operation described above, the checkout time is shortened by automating change change. In addition, since automatic storage of deposit money is performed during the next customer's purchase product scan, checkout time can be further shortened.

On the other hand, the operation of a depositing money processing machine that mechanizes deposit registration is as follows.
(1) When the product scan (registration) of the customer's purchase is completed (about 20 seconds), the POS register calculates the total amount, and when the total key is pressed, the amount is displayed on the display section of the POS register. . Usually, the cashier in charge reads the amount, and the customer hands over the purchase amount to the cashier in charge as a deposit. This customer waits about 5 seconds.

  (2) The person in charge at the POS register reads out the deposit amount (or does not have to read out the amount), and deposits and deposits the deposit money in the money handling machine. The money handling machine calculates the deposit amount, and notifies the POS register of the total deposit amount after the operation is completed. The person in charge at the POS register reads out the deposit amount counted by the money handling machine and is convinced. The deposit count at this time is about 8 seconds.

(3) The POS register calculates “change amount” = “deposit amount (amount notified from the money processor) −purchase amount” and notifies the money processor.
(4) The money handling machine calculates the denomination and number of each money according to the amount received, and withdraws change (about 3 seconds).

(5) The person in charge at the POS register gives the receipt and the change dispensed from the money handling machine to the customer (about 3 seconds). And it continues to the next product scan.
In the above operation of the deposit advance operation, the machine count time is longer than that of the change advance operation, so that the checkout time increases. In addition, the deposit deposit operation has disappeared, but at this timing, the next customer's purchased products are scanned in parallel even during the change advance operation, so the time will not be shortened.

With respect to such an operation operation, the operation of the money handling machine that performs deposit verification of the present embodiment is as follows.
(1) When the product scan (registration) of the customer's purchase is completed (about 20 seconds), the POS register calculates the total amount, and when the total key is pressed, the amount is displayed on the display section of the POS register. . Usually, the cashier in charge reads the amount, and the customer hands over the purchase amount to the cashier in charge as a deposit. This customer waits about 5 seconds.

(2) The person in charge of the POS register reads out the deposit amount and stamps the amount in the POS register (about 2 seconds).
(3) The POS register calculates “change amount” = “deposit amount (inscription amount) −purchase amount” and notifies the money processor. At this time, the POS cash register simultaneously notifies the money handling machine of the deposit amount, but this notification may be made after the next (4) withdrawal completion notification.

  (4) The money handling machine calculates the denomination and number of each money according to the amount received, and withdraws change (about 3 seconds). At this time, if the money handling machine receives the deposit amount from the POS cash register, it enters a deposit permission state, and at the same time displays the deposit amount on the operation display unit 7.

(5) The person in charge at the POS register gives the receipt and the change dispensed from the money handling machine to the customer (about 3 seconds).
(6) When the customer is satisfied and leaves the POS register, the deposited money is put into the money handling machine and deposited. At this time, every time the money handling machine counts the deposit, the money processing machine subtracts the deposit amount displayed on the operation display unit 7 to perform deposit verification. In this case, the deposit verification (deposit count) is about 8 seconds. And it continues to the next product scan.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the operation display unit 7 at the time of deposit verification. (A) in the figure is a display after change has been withdrawn, (b) is a display when there is a match after receiving (receiving) the deposit amount, (c) is a minus display, (d) is receiving the deposit amount ( (E) shows a minus display.

  If the deposit amount received from the POS cash register 1 is equal to the deposit amount when the money is depleted in the bill insertion slot 4 and the coin insertion slot 6 of the money handling machine, the storage operation is automatically performed. Then, “cancel / storage” is selected and displayed on the operation display unit 7. Then, when “selection” is instructed to select, the storage operation is performed. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example when waiting for a cancel instruction.

  The above-described series of collation contents are sequentially stored in the memory of the money handling machine and can be read later. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing log contents stored in the memory. Here, the date and time of deposit and withdrawal, the amount of money, and the breakdown of the denomination are recorded in detail. Therefore, in the unlikely event that “the amount of deposits ≠ the amount of deposits” occurs, it is possible to easily perform re-settlement or search for the cause of excess / deficiency. In addition, it is possible to achieve a checkout time equivalent to the change preceding operation.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress the input mistake of the deposit amount and prevent fraud without increasing the checkout time of the POS cash register 1, and to search for the cause when the excess or deficiency occurs. It becomes easy.

  In addition, since the amount of money subtracted from the amount stamped into the POS cash register 1 is displayed, if an input error is made, the mistake in the stamped amount can be recognized from the difference in the amount of money deposited, and the settlement can be corrected. . Furthermore, in the structure provided with temporary storage, the actual thing can also be returned. In addition, by storing the verification result in the memory as a log, it is very easy to identify the cause when excess or deficiency occurs, and an internal fraud suppression effect can also be expected.

  Further, the deposit amount received from the POS cash register 1 includes the denomination composition, and when depositing, the denomination deviating from the denomination composition can be returned (rejected). In this case, for example, when data of 12,500 yen is received from the POS register 1 provided with the “10,000 yen key”, it can be rejected when a 5,000 yen bill is received. This makes it easier to recognize that you received 5,000 yen but misunderstood it as 10,000 yen.

  Next, the control operation (money flow) of the money handling machine will be described by taking the coin handling machine configured in the coin part 2b as an example. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the coin portion 2b. Moreover, FIG. 7 is a figure which shows the flow of the payment cancellation operation | movement of the coin part 2b.

  This coin processing machine includes an insertion unit 11 that is the coin insertion slot 6 of FIG. 1, a check unit 12 that identifies the inserted coin, a reject gate 13, a temporary storage 14 that temporarily holds the inserted coin, a cancel Gate 15, distribution unit 16 for distributing coins for each denomination, coin storage unit 17 provided for each denomination, withdrawal transport unit 18 for dispensing coins in storage unit 17, withdrawal switching A gate 19, a withdrawal tray 20 that is a coin dispensing outlet 8, a reject switching gate 21, and an unknown storage 23 for storing a coin that is not known genuinely are provided. In addition, a cancel port corresponding to the cancel port 9 is also provided. The storage unit 17 includes a 500-yen storage unit 17a, a 10-yen storage unit 17b, a 100-yen storage unit 17c, a 5-yen storage unit 17d, a 50-yen storage unit 17e, It is divided into a 1-yen storage box 17f.

(Payment storage)
The coins inserted into the insertion unit 11 (S11) are denominated by the coin checking unit 12 (S12), and the coins determined to be correct at this time are moved to the temporary storage 14 by the action of the reject gate 13 (S13). It is conveyed and stored (S14). If the coin is determined to be incorrect, it is rejected by the reject gate 13 and returned to the withdrawal tray 20 by the action of the reject switching gate 21 (S21) (S20), or the unknown storage 23 by the reject switching gate 21. (S23).

  The coins held in the temporary storage 14 are transported to the sorting unit 16 via the cancel gate 15 by the transport belt of the temporary storage 14 according to an instruction from the host or an operation instruction on the operation display unit 7 (S15). (S16). The distribution unit 16 is sequentially provided with notches corresponding to coins having a small diameter to a large diameter based on the diameter of the coins, and the conveyed coins are dropped and counted in the order of the small diameter. The coins sorted and counted by the sorting unit 16 are stored in the storage unit 17 by denomination (S17).

(Payment cancellation)
Further, the coins held in the temporary storage 14 are returned to the cancellation port by the cancel gate 15 in accordance with an instruction from the host or an operation instruction on the operation display unit 7, and the deposit is canceled (S22).

In the case of an operation that does not use the deposit temporary hold function, the temporary hold 14 may be driven in conjunction with the input unit 11 and the check unit 12 and always transported to the sorting unit 16.
(Withdrawal)
When a withdrawal instruction is issued from the host control unit, the denomination and the number of sheets according to the withdrawal instruction from the storage unit 17 are started. The storage unit 17 is provided with a counting sensor. Counting is performed each time each coin is fed out, the coin is transported by the dispensing transport unit 18 (S18), and the dispensing switching gate 19 is connected to the dispensing tray 20. (S19), the money is withdrawn to the withdrawal tray 20 (S20).

  In addition, although the above example demonstrated the case where the check part 12, the rejection gate 13, the rejection switching gate 21, the unknown warehouse 23, and the cancellation port were provided, this invention can be applied even if it does not provide these. .

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the money processor of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of a money processor. It is a figure which shows the example of a display at the time of the payment collation of an operation display part. It is a figure which shows the example of a display at the time of waiting for cancellation instruction | indication. It is a figure which shows the log content stored in memory. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a coin part. It is a figure which shows the flow of the payment cancellation operation | movement of a coin part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 POS cash register 2 Case 2a Banknote part 2b Coin part 3 Receiving part 4 Banknote slot 5 Banknote outlet 6 Coin slot 7 Operation display part 8 Coin dispensing slot 9 Cancel slot 11 Insertion part 12 Checking part 13 Reject gate 14 Temporary storage 15 Cancel gate 16 Sorting section 17 Storage section 18 Withdrawal transport section 19 Withdrawal switching gate 20 Withdrawal tray 21 Reject switching gate 23 Unknown warehouse

Claims (9)

Sorts and counts the inserted money by denomination, stores it in the storage provided for each denomination or the storage of mixed denominations, and denominations and number of sheets based on the withdrawal instruction from the host controller In a money handling machine that decides and withdraws change from the storage,
A receiving unit for receiving a withdrawal instruction amount and a deposit amount from the upper control unit;
A money handling machine characterized in that when the deposit amount is received from the upper control unit, the deposit is permitted, and the money put into the input unit is collated with the deposit amount received from the upper control unit. A display unit for displaying the deposit amount;
2. The money handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a subtraction for each deposit amount of the money from the display of the deposit amount. Has a hold to temporarily hold inserted money,
3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein if the result of the collation does not match, the fact is displayed on the display unit so that a cancel operation can be selected. Has a hold to temporarily hold inserted money,
3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein if the result of the collation does not match, a cancel operation is automatically performed. Has a hold to temporarily hold inserted money,
3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein when the result of the collation is the same, the money is automatically stored.   3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein the money accepting state is set to a deposit permission state at a timing when the deposit amount is received from the host control unit, and is set to a deposit prohibition state at a timing when the withdrawal instruction amount is received.   3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, further comprising a memory for storing the result of the collation.   3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, further comprising a memory for storing a result of the collation when the collation does not match. 3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein the deposit amount received from the higher-level control unit includes the denomination structure, and denominations deviating from the denomination structure are returned when depositing. .

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