JP2009123176A - Cash processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute closing processing by tabulating payment processing and receipt processing only for the day even if a person in charge of a cash register or the like performs payment processing without regard to dates of the day and the next day. <P>SOLUTION: For each of receipt processing and payment processing, the kind of the processing and a processing amount are stored as receipt and payment processing histories in a storage part 7 in association with identification information specifying the cash register. When closing processing is performed by tabulation of payment processing and receipt processing of the receipt and payment processing histories or the like, with respect to payment processing each cash register, whether corresponding receipt processing is present or not is checked based on the receipt and payment processing histories, and payment processing having no corresponding payment processing is excluded from the object of current closing processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus for performing a cash withdrawal process for cash to be replenished in a register installed in a retail store or the like, a process for depositing cash collected from a register, and a tightening process.

As a conventional cash processing device of this kind, a withdrawal function for withdrawing cash for change to be stored in a register installed in a retail store from a cash storage for change, sales proceeds collected from the register, etc. Deposit cash and change cash in the change cash storage, cash sales in the cash collection, deposit and withdrawal amount, number of deposits and withdrawals by denomination, etc. A device has been proposed which has a tightening processing function for managing and summing up these items at the time of tightening and displaying the summation results on the display unit and recording and releasing them on a slip. The cash for change in cash is stored in the cash storage for change, and the cash for sales is stored in the cash collection box so that the collected cash can be used for withdrawal. Efficient use of cash Are the ability (e.g., see Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-038062 A

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
For example, at retail stores, etc., the time before opening the store in the morning is busy with the assortment of products sold, so if you withdraw cash for the next day's change before the closing process, Will be dealt with as sunrise money and will be tightened.
For this reason, it is necessary to enter the date of the next day, etc. to distinguish it from the sunrise payment and exclude it from the tightening process, but according to this, operations such as entering the date are different from normal withdrawals. Therefore, it takes time and there is a problem that if you forget to enter it, it will be handled as sunrise money.
In addition, if you try to withdraw after tightening processing, you may forget about it, and in that case you will have to withdraw cash for change during the busy morning hours.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  Therefore, the present invention is a cash processing machine having a withdrawal processing function for counting and dispensing cash used as change for the register and a deposit processing function for counting and depositing cash collected from the register, and Reading means for reading identification information for identifying the register from a card associated with each register, and the type and amount of processing for each processing such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing correspond to the identification information for identifying the register A cash processing apparatus having a storage unit for storing as a deposit / withdrawal processing history, and performing a withdrawal process for each cash register during a tightening process for summarizing the withdrawal process and the deposit process in the deposit / withdrawal process history. Whether or not there is a corresponding deposit process for the gold process is searched from the deposit / withdrawal process history, and the withdrawal process without the corresponding deposit process is excluded from the current tightening process. That.

  In the present invention as described above, even if the cashier in charge performs the withdrawal process without being aware of the date for the next day, the withdrawal process and the deposit process for the current day are totaled and tightened. The effect that it becomes possible to implement is acquired.

  Embodiments of a cash processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment.
The cash processing apparatus of the present embodiment is installed in a retail store or the like that uses a register. In the figure, 1 is a coin processing machine (cash processing machine) that performs deposit / withdrawal processing of coins (cash), and 2 is a banknote ( It is a banknote processing machine (cash processing machine) that performs a cash deposit / withdrawal process, and both the processing machines will be described in detail later.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a display unit such as an LCD, which displays various processing operation guidance, an input screen for cash processing and input information, and the amount of money deposited and withdrawn, the total amount of money deposited and withdrawn, and the like.
4 is an operation unit such as a keyboard or a touch panel arranged on the display unit 3 operated by a cashier in charge of depositing / withdrawing cash in the register or a store manager (device manager) who closes sales, etc. Execution instructions for processing, tightening processing, collection processing, etc., and the amount of money to be withdrawn can be key-inputted.

A card reader (reading unit) 5 has a function of reading information on an ID card (not shown) used by a cashier or a store manager who is a user of the cash processing apparatus.
The ID card is associated with a register. The ID card for the cashier person is the device usage classification of the cashier person, the card number (identification information) that identifies the card, and the cashier number (identification information) that identifies the register. ) Etc. are recorded as card information.

This ID card for cashiers is prepared for each register or cashier, and if distributed to cashiers, if the cashier operates multiple registers, it corresponds to each register used. An attached ID card is given.
6 is a slip recording unit (printer) which records (prints) and outputs the amount of money, the number of money types, etc. of the deposit processing and withdrawal processing performed by the coin processing machine 1 and the banknote processing machine 2 in a slip. .

Reference numeral 7 denotes a storage unit. The storage unit 7 stores a control program executed by a main control unit, which will be described later, and each time a coin / banknote deposit / withdraw process is performed, the processing result is used as a deposit / withdrawal process history. It is to be stored (registered).
Reference numeral 8 denotes a main control unit that controls the cash processing apparatus as a whole based on a control program stored in the storage unit 7, and each time the deposit / withdrawal process is performed by the coin processor 1 and the banknote processor 2, the main controller 8 Thus, the deposit / withdrawal processing history in the storage unit 7 is updated, and the main control unit 8 also functions as a calculation unit that performs various calculations as necessary.

Next, the coin processor 1 and the bill processor 2 will be described.
The coin processor 1 includes a coin deposit port 11 that collectively receives coins collected from a register, a separation unit (not shown) that separates the coins received in the coin deposit port 11 one by one, and a denomination of the separated coins. The coin discriminating unit 12 that discriminates the coins discriminated for each denomination, the temporary holding unit 13 that temporarily holds the coins discriminated and counted by the coin discriminating unit 12, and the coins used as the change for the register A coin storage box 14 for changing the money by type, a coin collection box 15 for storing the sales of the received coins by money type, and a coin dispensing box for dispensing the coins for change (coin dispensing) (Gold cassette) 16, a coin reject port 17, and a control unit 18 that controls the operation of the entire coin processing machine 1 based on a control program stored in a storage unit (not shown).

Here, the inside of the temporary storage unit 13, the change coin storage 14, the coin recovery box 15, and the coin dispensing box 16 is divided so that coins can be collected and stored for each denomination.
Further, a conveyance path by a conveyance belt or the like for conveying the coins separated by the separation unit is provided between the coin deposit slot 11 and the coin discrimination unit 12, and a change coin storage box 14, a coin collection box 15, Between the money box 16, the distribution means for guiding the coins fed from the coin storage box 14 for change to either the coin collection box 15 or the coin dispensing box 16, and the passing coins are counted for each denomination. Counting means are provided.

In addition, a storage reference amount is set for each denomination of the coins stored in each coin storage 14 for change, and the coins that have been deposited to store the storage reference amount are stored. It has become. The change coin storage 14 is also provided with feeding means for feeding coins to the transport path.
On the other hand, the banknote handling machine 2 accepts the banknotes collected from the register at the time of deposit processing and simultaneously ejects banknotes as change during the withdrawal process, and the banknotes received at the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21. 1 is separated, a banknote discriminating section 22 for discriminating banknote denominations and the like and counting the banknotes discriminated for each denomination, and banknotes discriminated and counted by the banknote discrimination section 22 are collected. A temporary storage unit 23 for temporary storage, and a plurality of change banknote storages 24 for storing banknotes of denominations (for example, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen) used as a change reserve for a register in denominations, A plurality of banknote collection boxes 25 for storing the sales proceeds of the received banknotes by denomination, a banknote rejection box 26, a transport path for transporting the banknotes sandwiched between them by a transport belt, and a storage unit (not shown) Control stored in And a control unit 27 which performs bill processing machine 2 overall operation control based on the program.

The banknote temporary storage part 23 is provided with a feeding means for feeding out banknotes.
For each banknote storage 24 for change, a storage reference amount is set for each denomination of banknotes stored, and banknotes that have been deposited to store the storage reference amount are stored. Yes.
The change banknote storage 24 is also provided with banknote stacking means together with feeding means for feeding banknotes to the transport path.

In addition, the control part 18 of the coin processing machine 1 and the control part 27 of the banknote processing machine 2 control the coin processing machine 1 and the banknote processing machine 2 according to an instruction from the main control unit 8.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the deposit / withdrawal processing history stored in the storage unit 7.
This deposit / withdrawal processing history is composed of a serial number (serial number), cash register No (register number), card No (card number), person in charge ID, processing date and time, classification, processing amount, denomination, and tightening date and time as shown in the figure. The serial number assigned for each deposit / withdrawal process is written in the serial number area, and the card number read from the ID card of the cashier in charge of deposit / withdrawal is written in the card No area. It is. This card No. is information (identifier) for identifying the card.

In the cash register No area, a cash register number is written as identification information for identifying the register read from the cashier's ID card. This register No. is used when counting up for each register, and is used as association information for associating withdrawing processing, depositing processing, and the like for the same register.
In addition, the person-in-charge ID (ID number) input by the cashier person or the administrator is written in the area of the person-in-charge, and the date and time when processing such as deposit and withdrawal is written in the area of processing date and time. It is.

Information indicating that the type of processing is the type of processing such as depositing or withdrawing is written in the classification area, and the amount of money processed by depositing or withdrawing is written in the amount area.
The number of processed denominations is written in the denomination area of 10,000, 5,000, etc., and the date and time when the tightening is performed is written in the tightening date and time area. This tightening date and time is information indicating whether or not the tightening process has been performed, and information on which this has been written is excluded from the tightening process target.

In addition, in this deposit / withdrawal processing history, the history of processing such as exchange and replenishment is actually written, but the illustration is omitted here.
The operation of the embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the following description, descriptions of control by the main control unit 8 and the control units 18 and 27 are omitted except for necessary descriptions.

First, a description will be given of a withdrawal process in the case where a cashier in charge causes cash to be added to the register for change.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the withdrawal process. In the figure, S indicates a step, which will be described below in accordance with this step.
When the cashier person inserts the ID card into the card insertion / ejection slot provided in the cash processing apparatus, the card reader 5 reads the user classification, card No (card number), and cash register No (registration number) from the ID card. (S1).

In addition, the cashier person operates the operation unit 4 and inputs his own person ID and password (S2).
The main control unit 8 compares the person-in-charge ID and password input by the person in charge of the cash register with the person-in-charge ID and password registered in the storage unit 7 or the like in advance, and when the validity is confirmed, the usage read from the ID card A menu screen for selecting “withdrawal” and “deposit” that can be operated by the cashier in charge is displayed on the display unit 3 (S3), and the cashier is selected.

When the cashier in charge operates the operation unit 4 and selects “withdrawal”, the main control unit 8 accepts the selection of “withdrawal” (S4), and displays a withdrawal amount input screen on the display unit 3. .
When the cashier in charge looks at this screen and operates the operation unit 4 to input a withdrawal amount (number of coins and banknotes for each denomination), the main control unit 8 accepts the input amount (S5), The withdrawal amount is compared with the cash in the change coin storage 14 of the coin processing machine 1 and the change banknote storage 24 of the banknote processing machine 2 to determine whether or not the withdrawal is possible (S6).

If it is determined that withdrawal is not possible due to a shortage of cash in the change coin storage 14 and change banknote storage 24, a message screen to that effect is displayed on the display unit 3 and the process ends.
When withdrawal is possible, coins and banknotes of the corresponding denomination are fed out from the coin storage box 14 for change of the coin processing machine 1 and the banknote storage box 24 for change of the banknote processing machine 2, and the coin discrimination section 12 and the banknote discrimination section. After discrimination and counting at 22, they are discharged or accumulated in the coin dispensing box 16 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 and dispensed to the cashier in charge (S7).

  When the withdrawal is completed, the main control unit 8 stores the serial number, cash register No, card No, person in charge ID, processing date and time, classification, withdrawal amount (processing amount), number of money types, etc. as the current withdrawal processing result. (S8), and the slip recording unit 6 records the processing result in a slip and issues it to the cashier. At the same time, the ID card is ejected from the card insertion / ejection slot and returned to the cashier. S9).

Note that the deposit / withdrawal processing history etc. may be updated after the voucher is issued.
Next, the deposit process when the cashier in charge deposits the cash collected from the register will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the deposit process. In the figure, S indicates a step, which will be described below in accordance with this step.

When the cashier person inserts the ID card into the card insertion / extraction port provided in the cash processing apparatus, the card reader 5 reads card information such as the user classification, card No, cash register No, etc. from the ID card (S11).
Subsequently, the cashier person operates the operation unit 4 and inputs his own person ID and password (S12).

The main control unit 8 compares the person-in-charge ID and password input by the person in charge of the cash register with the person-in-charge ID and password registered in the storage unit 7 or the like in advance, and when the validity is confirmed, the usage read from the ID card A menu screen for selecting “withdrawal” and “deposit” that can be operated by the cashier person is displayed on the display unit 3 (S13), and the cashier person selects the menu screen.
Here, when the cashier person operates the operation unit 4 and selects “deposit”, the main control unit 8 accepts the selection of “deposit” (S14), and the deposit / withdrawal shown in FIG. The money processing history is searched, and it is determined whether there is a withdrawal process corresponding to the current deposit process in the previous process of the category corresponding to the card No. of the card information (S15), and there is a withdrawal process. In this case, the process proceeds to S18 to perform the deposit process, but when there is no withdrawal process, the main control unit 8 displays a confirmation screen on the display unit 3 (S16).

  Fig. 5 shows an example of the confirmation screen in this case. This confirmation screen shows the previous processing performed by this card, such as "This card has not been withdrawn. Do you want to continue the deposit process?" With a warning that there is no withdrawal corresponding to this deposit process, and a message asking whether or not to continue the deposit process, and press the confirmation button to continue depositing, and the cancel button to terminate the process Message, a card No. of the card used this time, a cash register No. corresponding to the card No., a “Confirm” button 30 for selecting the continuation of payment, and a “Cancel” button 31 for selecting the end of processing are displayed.

  The cashier in charge sees this screen and presses either the “Confirm” button 30 or the “Cancel” button 31, and the main control unit 8 thereby determines whether or not to continue the processing (S 17). In the case where the cash collected from the register No. 0001 shown in FIG. 2 is to be deposited and the card No. 0022 corresponding to the register No. 0002 is mistakenly inserted, the cashier is displayed on the confirmation screen. It is possible to recognize that the card has been mistaken by the warning message, and at this stage, the “cancel” button 31 can be pressed to select the end of the process.

When the “Cancel” button 31 is pressed and the processing end is selected, the main control unit 8 ejects the ID card from the card insertion / ejection slot and returns it to the cashier person. After that, the cashier person inserts the correct card. You can redo the deposit process.
On the other hand, when the cashier checks the confirmation screen and presses the “confirm” button 30 to select the continuation of the deposit process, or when it is determined that there is a withdrawal process in S15, the main control unit 8 detects the coin processing machine. 1 and the banknote processing machine 2 are made to perform a deposit process (S18).

  That is, the coin processing machine 1 and the banknote processing machine 2 open the shutters provided in the coin depositing slot 11 and the banknote depositing / dispensing slot 21 respectively according to the instruction of the main control unit 8, and the cashier person collects them from the register. The coins and banknotes, which are cash, are received, and the received coins and banknotes are conveyed to the coin discrimination unit 12 and the banknote discrimination unit 22 for discrimination and counting, respectively, and then temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 13 and the banknote temporary storage unit 23. Hold.

When all the accepted coins and banknotes are counted and temporarily held, the main control unit 8 displays the number and amount of each denomination and the total amount of all denominations on the display unit 3 as the counting result, and the amount of money is given to the cashier. To confirm whether or not storage is possible (OK / NG).
In the case of storing impossible (NG), the temporarily held coin is returned from the coin reject port 17 and the banknote is returned to the cashier in charge from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the processing is completed. The coins and bills temporarily held in the holding unit 13 and the bill temporary holding unit 23 are stored.

  For example, the deposit process this time is the deposit process of “3 million yen” using the ID card of the serial number 34 and the card No. 0001 shown in FIG. 2, and the main control unit 8 displays the deposit / withdrawal process history shown in FIG. As a result of the search, when it is determined that there is a withdrawal of the serial number 31 corresponding to the current deposit process in the previous process, among the coins and banknotes temporarily held in the coin temporary storage unit 13 and the banknote temporary storage unit 23, “100,000,000 yen” withdrawn in the process is stored in the change coin storage 14 and change banknote storage 24 as change, and the remainder is stored in the coin recovery box 15 and banknote recovery box 25 as sales. .

  When storage of coins and banknotes is completed, the main control unit 8 stores the serial number, cash register No., card No., person in charge ID, processing date and time, classification, deposit amount, number of denominations, etc. The process history is written and updated (S19), and the slip recording unit 6 records the deposit processing result in a slip and issues it to the cashier. At the same time, the ID card is ejected from the card insertion / ejection slot and returned to the cashier. (S20).

In this case, the deposit / withdrawal processing history may be updated after the slip is issued.
Next, the tightening process by the administrator will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the tightening process. In the figure, S indicates a step, which will be described below according to this step.
When the administrator inserts his / her ID card into the card insertion / extraction port provided in the cash processing apparatus, the card reader 5 reads the user classification from the ID card (S21).

Further, after the card is inserted, the manager operates the operation unit 4 to input the person-in-charge ID and password assigned to him / her.
The main control unit 8 collates the person-in-charge ID and password registered in advance in the storage unit 7 and the like with the person-in-charge ID and password input by the administrator to confirm the validity (S22).
When the validity is confirmed, a menu screen for selecting “clamping”, “collection”, and “exchange” that can be operated by the administrator is displayed on the display unit 3 based on the user classification read from the ID card ( S23), let the administrator select.

When the administrator operates the operation unit 4 to select “tightening”, the main control unit 8 accepts the selection of “tightening” (tightening request) (S24).
Then, the main control unit 8 searches and extracts from the deposit / withdrawal processing history stored in the storage unit 7 the amount of the deposit process after the previous tightening and the amount of the withdrawal process for which the tightening date / time has not been entered. In this case, for withdrawals from each register, withdrawals with deposits are subject to the tightening process on the current day (this time), and withdrawals without deposits are not subject to treatment as the final part of the next day (next). .

  For example, in the deposit / withdrawal processing history shown in FIG. 2, if the serial number 31 and later are the current tightening process, the withdrawal process for the serial numbers 40 and 41 does not have a corresponding deposit process after the withdrawal process. Therefore, it is excluded from the current tightening process, but in this case, the method of searching the deposit / withdrawal process history to determine whether there is a deposit process corresponding to the withdrawal process is as follows: It depends on the aggregation method.

  As a totaling method of the withdrawal process and the deposit process, there is a method of performing in register unit, card unit, register and person-in-charge ID unit. In the register unit total method, it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding deposit process. If the deposit process of the same register No. as the register No. read from the card used at the time of the withdrawal process is performed after the withdrawal process, it is determined that there is a corresponding withdrawal process and the withdrawal process is performed. When the deposit process of the same register No. as the register No. read from the card used at the time of processing is not performed after the withdrawal process, it is determined that there is a corresponding deposit process.

  Also, in the card-by-card counting method, as a method for determining whether or not there is a corresponding deposit process, the deposit process for the same card No as the card No read from the card used during the withdrawal process is performed after the withdrawal process. Is determined as a withdrawal process with a corresponding deposit process, and the deposit process of the same card No as the card No read from the card used during the withdrawal process is performed after the withdrawal process. If not, it is determined that there is a corresponding withdrawal process.

  Further, in the counting method for each register and person-in-charge ID unit, the same as the cash register No. read from the card used during the money-out process and the person-in-charge ID entered as a method for determining whether or not there is a corresponding money-out process. If the deposit of the register No. and the input person-in-charge ID exists after the withdrawal, it is determined that there is a corresponding deposit process, and the register No. read from the card used during the withdrawal process is input. If there is no deposit with the same cash register No as the person-in-charge ID and the person-in-charge ID entered after the withdrawal, it is determined that there is a corresponding deposit process.

In this way, the amount of deposit processing and the amount of withdrawal processing subject to tightening processing are extracted and aggregated, respectively, and the total amount of withdrawal, total amount of deposit, total amount of sales, and each register of all registers The total amount of money withdrawn, the total amount of money received, and the total amount of sales are calculated, and the calculation results are written in the tightening information registration unit of the storage unit 7 as the tightening processing result and displayed on the display unit 3 (S25). .
Subsequently, the main control unit 8 writes and updates the deposit processing and the tightening date and time of the withdrawal process, which are the targets of the current tightening process in the storage unit 7, in the deposit / withdrawal process history (S26). The tightening process result is recorded in a slip and issued to the administrator (S27).

  According to the embodiment described above, whether or not there is a corresponding depositing process for the withdrawal process for each cash register in the tightening process for performing the withdrawal process in the deposit / withdrawal process history and the aggregation of the deposit process. Since the withdrawal process that does not have a corresponding deposit process is excluded from the subject of this tightening process, the cashier staff is aware of the date for the current day and the next day. Even if the withdrawal process is performed without performing the withdrawal process, it is possible to aggregate the withdrawal process and the deposit process for the current day and perform the tightening process.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment. The figure which shows the example of contents of deposit and withdrawal processing history Flow chart showing the procedure of withdrawal process Flow chart showing the procedure of deposit process Figure showing an example of a confirmation screen during deposit processing Flow chart showing the procedure of tightening process

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin processing machine 2 Banknote processing machine 3 Display part 4 Operation part 5 Card reader 6 Slip recording part 7 Memory | storage part 8 Main control part 11 Coin deposit slot 12 Coin discrimination part 13 Coin temporary storage part 14 Coin storage for coins 15 Coin collection | recovery Storage 16 Coin dispensing safe 17 Coin reject port 18 Control unit 21 Banknote deposit / withdrawal port 22 Banknote discrimination unit 23 Banknote temporary storage unit 24 Banknote storage for change 25 Banknote collection unit 26 Banknote rejection store 27 Control unit

Claims (4)

Each cash register has a withdrawal processing function for counting cash to be used as change for a cash register and withdrawing cash, and a cash processing machine having a cash processing function for counting cash received from the cash register and depositing money. Reading means for reading identification information for identifying the register from the card, and for each processing such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing, the processing type and processing amount are associated with the identification information for identifying the register as the deposit / withdrawal processing history A cash processing apparatus including a storage unit for storing,
Whether or not there is a deposit process corresponding to the deposit process for each cash register is determined from the deposit / withdrawal process history in the tightening process performed by summing up the deposit process and deposit process in the deposit / withdrawal process history A cash processing apparatus characterized in that a withdrawal process without a corresponding deposit process is excluded from the current tightening process. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1,
When summing up the withdrawal process and deposit process on a register basis and performing the tightening process, the deposit process with the same register number as the register number read from the card used during the withdrawal process is performed after the withdrawal process. If not, a cash processing apparatus is characterized in that a withdrawal process without a deposit process is performed. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The card number together with identification information for identifying a register from the card of the person in charge who performed the processing operation for each of the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing is read by the reading means and stored in the deposit / withdrawal processing history,
When summing up the withdrawal process and deposit process on a card basis and performing the tightening process, the deposit process with the same card number as the card number read from the card used during the withdrawal process is performed after the withdrawal process. If not, a cash processing apparatus is characterized in that a withdrawal process without a deposit process is performed. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1,
With input means,
The ID of the person in charge who performed the processing operation for each of the deposit process and the withdrawal process is input to the input unit and stored in the deposit / withdrawal process history in association with the identification information identifying the register read by the reading unit,
When summing up withdrawal processing and deposit processing by register and person in charge ID unit and performing tightening processing, the register number read from the card used at the time of withdrawal processing and the same register number as the person in charge ID entered by the person in charge And a cash processing apparatus characterized in that if the deposit processing of the person in charge ID is not performed after the withdrawal processing, the withdrawal processing without the deposit processing is performed.