JP2012230723A - Currency processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a currency processing machine capable of simplifying adjustment processing for register work fund including stored bar coins.SOLUTION: The currency processing machine distributes and counts thrown-in currency by the denominations, stores the currency in storage boxes provided by the denominations or in a storage box for mixed denominations, and determines denominations and quantities on the basis of a payment indication from a host control unit to pay change from the storage boxes. The currency processing machine includes: a first memory 34a for storing storage quantity data on currency; an operation key 35a used to indicate the amount of currency which should be left in the storage boxes; a second memory 34b for storing the quantities of currency which should be left in the storage boxes by the denominations and a bar coin drawer on the basis of the amount of currency indicated with the operation key 35a or by the host control unit through a host communication unit 32; an arithmetic unit 36 for comparing data stored in the first, second memories 34a, 34b with each other, and determining the quantities of currency to be collected from the storage boxes by the denominations and bar coin drawer according to a comparison result; and a bar coin processing unit 37 for counting bar coins.

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling machine that stores inserted money in a storage, determines a denomination and the number of coins based on a withdrawal instruction from a higher-level control unit, and dispenses change from the storage. The present invention relates to a money handling machine capable of efficiently collecting money including wrapping coins.

  A POS (Point Of Sales) register of a supermarket or the like is connected to a money handling machine for depositing deposits, dispensing changes, and the like. Conventionally, in such a money handling machine, inserted bills and coins (hereinafter referred to as money) are stored, the true / false of the money is discriminated, and the amount of money for each denomination is counted. It has been proposed to reduce the burden on cashiers by eliminating money.

  Generally, a money handling machine has a collecting function for collecting stored money, and it is collected by an instruction from a host machine (POS register or the like) or an operation display unit provided in the money handling machine. The action is executed. In order to prepare for the next use such as the next day by this collection operation, a predetermined amount such as an amount equivalent to a change reserve can be automatically left in the money handling machine after using the POS register at the end of the business day. it can.

  Such a money collection operation includes not only a method of instructing the number of coins to be collected for each denomination to be collected from the money handling machine (immediate instruction collection method), but also a change amount (remaining amount) or change remaining in the storage. A method to set the number of sheets (remaining number of sheets) in advance, collect the difference between the money balance and the remaining amount, or indicate the difference between the current number of stored sheets and the remaining number, and leave only a fixed amount of change (remaining collection method) )

  By the way, the number of denominated money stored in the money handling machine at the end of business varies from day to day, so when collecting money using the remaining collection method, it is necessary to leave a predetermined amount of change depending on the denomination. There is a case that cannot be done. Therefore, the amount of money to be retained and the priority order of the denominations related to the number of remaining sheets are set in advance, and the denominations and the number of the remaining denominations are automatically calculated according to a predetermined algorithm. A fixed amount remaining collection device for a money depositing and dispensing machine that is automatically performed is considered (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in a money handling machine, in order to reduce the volume of a storage, a wrapping coin (hereinafter referred to as a bar metal coin) in which a certain number of coins of the same denomination are collected in a bar shape, such as 50, is referred to as a storage. It was necessary to store it in a separate safe. Then, if necessary, the bar coins are taken out from the reserve safe box, and the loose coins obtained by unpacking the coins are replenished to the POS register for change.

JP-A-11-213213 (paragraph numbers [0017] to [0106])

  However, in the method of setting the remaining amount as change reserve and collecting the difference (remaining amount collection), you cannot know the composition of the denomination and number of coins left as change unless you actually perform the collection operation In addition, when there are few low-priced coins stored, there may be cases where it is not possible to leave a sufficient amount of money as change reserves in the storage. In such a case, if the reason is notified to the accountant, the necessary denomination money can be replenished and dealt with. However, at present, the accountant makes his own predictions and makes trial and error regarding the denomination and the number of coins used when collecting the remaining amount of money, or the denomination and the number of replenishment required to leave the desired change. It was necessary to judge.

  In the method of collecting by setting the remaining number of sheets (number remaining collection), if the target value of the remaining number is set to be small, the probability of occurrence of a shortage denomination can be reduced. However, if the number of remaining sheets is small, there is a risk that the change will be insufficient during business hours, so that the withdrawal cannot be made and the operation is interrupted. On the other hand, if the number of remaining sheets is set large, it will be difficult for change to occur. On the other hand, the volume of the storage must be increased, not only will the installation space for money handling machines be required, There was also a disadvantage that was unnecessarily large.

  In particular, in a conventional money processing machine related to change processing, an accountant efficiently manages change reserve including bar metal coins stored in a reserve safe and rose coins and banknotes for change. It was extremely difficult.

  This invention is made in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the money processing machine which enabled simplification of the settlement process in the cash register operation | use funds including the bar metal coin currently stored. .

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above 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 the upper control unit There is provided a money handling machine that determines the denomination and the number of sheets based on a withdrawal instruction from the storage and dispenses change from the storage. The money handling machine includes a spare safe for storing wrapping coins separately from the storage, a first memory for storing data on the number of stored coins including the number of stored wrapping coins, the storage and the spare An operation unit for instructing the amount of money to be left in the safe, and a second memory for storing the number of money for each denomination to be left in the storage and the reserve safe based on the amount of money instructed by the operation unit And a calculation unit that compares the data stored in the first and second memories, and determines the number of money collection for each denomination from the storage and the reserve safe based on the comparison result, When there is an instruction for the amount of money to be left in the storage and the reserve safe from the host control unit via the host communication unit, the second memory replaces the instruction from the operation unit with the host control. Money ordered by the department Storing money number of the repository and denomination to be left on the preliminary safe based on.

  Based on the money storage number data stored in the first memory and the money amount to be left instructed by the host controller, the remaining number data for each denomination is calculated by the calculation unit at the preparation stage for executing the remaining collection. It is calculated and stored in the second memory, and the number of recovered coins for each denomination is determined.

  According to the money handling machine of the present invention, since the prediction and correction method of the result can be grasped before the actual residual collection instruction is given, it is necessary for the cashier or manager to perform the collection operation again, manual calculation, etc. This makes it possible to simplify cash register operations related to money collection. Further, since the coins in the storage and the spare safe can be managed collectively, the management of the bar metal coins (wrapping coins) in the POS register becomes unnecessary.

  These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments by way of example of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the money processor of embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view. It is a perspective view which shows a bar metal stocker, The same figure (a) shows the stocker external appearance, The same figure (b) has shown the inside of the bar metal drawer. It is a block diagram which shows the control mechanism of the money handling machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the calculation procedure of the remaining collection | recovery which designates the remaining money. It is a figure which shows the calculation procedure of the corrected amount remaining collection when the amount remaining collection cannot be performed. It is a figure which shows another calculation procedure of the remaining collection | recovery which designates the remaining money.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram 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.

(Structure of money handling machine)
The money handling machine main body is composed of a banknote part 1 having a banknote storage and a coin part 2 having a coin storage, and a receiving part 3 for receiving information from a POS register, which is a host control unit (not shown), and necessary A memory (storage medium) (not shown) for storing various information. The banknote unit 1 is provided with an operation display panel 4 that displays information related to the storage status of money (banknotes and coins) in the storage and performs necessary guidance. The coin portion 2 is provided with a coin insertion slot 7 and a coin dispensing slot 8. Reference numeral 9 is a collection box for collecting money, and 10 is a reserve safe for storing bar metal coins (hereinafter referred to as a bar metal stocker), details of which will be described later.

  The receiving unit 3 receives information to be displayed on the operation display panel 4 or output by voice from the POS register. Further, the memory for storing the information displayed on the operation display panel 4 or outputting the sound may not be in the money handling machine, and the information may be input from an external USB memory or the like.

  The money handling machine according to the present embodiment discriminates and counts the money inserted from the bill insertion slot 5 and the coin insertion slot 7 for each denomination, and stores a depot or a mixed denomination provided for each denomination. It is a depositing / withdrawing machine that stores in the storage, determines the denomination and number based on the withdrawal instruction from the POS register, and withdraws change from the storage. Then, the receiving unit 3 receives the withdrawal instruction amount and the deposit amount from the POS register, and when the deposit amount data is input from the POS register, the deposit is permitted, and the bill insertion slot 5 and the coin insertion slot 7 are entered. The amount of money deposited from is checked against the amount of the deposit. At this time, the deposit amount is displayed on the operation display panel 4, and is subtracted from the deposit amount display for each deposit amount of money (example when deposit verification is performed).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the bar stocker 10, wherein FIG. 2 (a) shows the appearance of the stocker, and FIG. 2 (b) shows the inside of the bar drawer.
The bar stocker 10 is disposed at the lower part of the money handling machine main body described above, and the shape of the housing 10a is configured to pull out only one thin bar drawer 11 from the front so that the entire apparatus does not become high. Yes. As shown in FIG. 2B, the bar drawer 11 has a plurality of bar metal storage slits 12 and a paper sheet storage unit 13 for storing paper sheets such as gift certificates. Each of the bar metal storage slits 12 is configured to be able to store one bar metal coin M of a specific denomination, with 15 bar metal coin slits of 1 yen / 10 yen / 100 yen, 5 yen / Three slits for 50 yen / 500 yen bar metal coins are provided. In each of the bar metal storage slits 12, the axis of the bar metal coin M is horizontally held in a direction that matches the drawing direction of the bar metal drawer 11.

  The bar metal drawer 11 has a bar metal identification sensor 14 that detects the presence or absence of bar metal coins in each bar metal storage slit 12. The bar stocker 10 is configured to transmit necessary data from the bar identification sensor 14 to the POS register, which is the host controller, and to receive a signal for controlling the opening and closing of the bar drawer 11 from the POS register. Yes.

(Control mechanism of money handling machine)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control mechanism of the money handling machine according to the embodiment.
The higher order communication unit 32 of the money handling machine corresponds to the receiving unit 3 of the money handling machine main body described above, and is connected to a higher level control unit (not shown) such as a POS register. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 31 is connected to the memory unit 34 via the mechanism control unit 33. Here, the money inserted from the bill insertion slot 5 and the coin insertion slot 7 is distributed and counted for each denomination, and these are stored for each denomination of the money processor or a denomination of mixed denominations. And the dispensing operation such as change from the banknote dispensing slot 6 or the coin dispensing slot 8 is controlled. An operation / display unit 35 and a calculation unit 36 are further connected to the memory unit 34. Further, a bar metal processing unit 37 for counting the bar metal coins M in the bar metal drawer 11 is connected to the memory unit 34 via the mechanism control unit 33.

  As will be described later, the memory unit 34 includes a first memory 34a that stores data on the number of coins currently stored, a storage box and a bar of the money handling machine main body based on the amount of money designated by the operation / display unit 35. It is composed of a second memory 34b for storing the number of moneys to be left in the gold drawer 11 for each denomination and a third memory 34c for storing the temporary storage number. In the first memory 34a, the withdrawal instruction data from the higher-level control unit is stored, and based on this, the denomination and the number of coins are instructed to the deposit / withdrawal counting processing unit 31, and the money that has actually been subjected to the deposit / withdrawal process. I remember the data.

  The operation / display unit 35 is provided with an operation key 35a for instructing the amount of money to be collected from the storage, a display panel 35b for displaying the instructed money data, and the like. It is configured to exchange data. The arithmetic unit 36 is connected to a logic unit 38 that constitutes a remaining collection logic function. In the logic unit 38, for example, "the number of change is the same for each denomination", "compensate the insufficient denomination with a low denomination", and the like, the operation logic at the time of remaining collection is stored. Using the residual collection logic function of the logic unit 38, the data stored in the three memories 34a to 34c of the memory unit 34 are compared, and the depots and the bar drawers 11 are deduced for each denomination based on the comparison result. The number of coins to be collected is determined.

(Cash processing action)
Next, the money processing operation of the money handling machine will be described.
When all of the customer's purchases are registered by scanning the product code, the total amount is calculated in the POS register and displayed on the display unit of the POS register. Usually, the cashier in charge reads out the displayed total amount, and the customer gives the cashier more money than the total amount of the purchased item as a deposit.

  The cashier person reads the amount of the deposit and inputs the amount from the input unit of the POS register. In the POS register, the difference between the total amount of purchased items and the input amount of the deposit is calculated as a change amount, and is notified as change amount data to the money handling machine shown in FIG.

  In the money handling machine, the necessary denomination and number of sheets are calculated according to the received change amount data, and the corresponding money is withdrawn. The cashier person gives the customer the receipt issued at the POS register and the change money (banknotes, coins, etc.) withdrawn from the money handling machine. After that, when the customer accepts the change money and leaves the cash register, the money is deposited in the money handling machine. At this time, the deposit / withdrawal counting processing unit 31 of the money handling machine counts the number of deposited banknotes and coins and adds it to the stored number data of the storage stored in the first memory 34a. Subtract the number of bills and coins from the stored number data.

  The above is the money processing operation of the money handling machine accompanying the delivery of money at the cash register by the change payout method. Separately from these methods, by inserting banknotes and coins of deposits into a money handling machine and counting the amount of money, the change amount is calculated as the difference between the mechanical count of deposits and the total amount of purchased items. There is also a pre-payment counting method for withdrawing change money.

(Money collection action)
Next, the settlement processing operation relating to the money collection from the money handling machine described above will be described.
As described above, the money collection method specifies the immediate value instruction collection method that collects money from the money processing machine by specifying the number of each designated denomination, and specifies the sales amount (surplus) stored in the money processing machine. There is a residual collection method to collect. Among these, the immediate value indication collection method is a method in which a denomination and its denomination are displayed by the operation / display unit 35 of FIG. By specifying the number of sheets and supplying necessary data to the deposit / withdrawal counting processing unit 31, money is collected from the storage.

  On the other hand, the remaining collection method of collecting only sales proceeds is a method of collecting the amount increased through cash register transaction from the stock amount at the start of use of the money handling machine, (sales amount-storage amount at the start of operation (or The surplus calculated as the number of denominations)) can be recovered.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a calculation procedure of residual collection for designating a residual amount.
The first memory 34a shown in FIG. 6A contains the remaining amount setting value (444,400 yen) set by the operation / display unit 35 and the number-of-storages data of the denominated money stored in the current storage. Is a currently stored number memory. The second memory 34b shown in FIG. 5B is a remaining collection schedule memory that stores data of the number of remaining money of money-type money to be left.

  At the preparation stage for executing the remaining collection, the remaining amount setting data is input in advance via the upper communication unit 32 or by the operation key 35a of the operation / display unit 35 and stored in the first memory 34a of the memory unit 34. . Next, the remaining number data for each denomination is calculated by the calculation unit 36 from the designated remaining amount setting value and the stored number data in the current stored number memory. The calculation in the calculation unit 36 is executed by the remaining collection logic function of the logic unit 38 so that, for example, the number of sheets remaining for each denomination is substantially the same.

  Here, when determining the number of recovered coins, the bar metal coin M in the bar metal drawer 11 is preferentially left from the operation key 35a, and rose coins and loose bills are designated as the coins to be collected.

  As an example of such calculation, here, the total amount of each denomination other than 2000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills not assumed as change is obtained, and “(remaining amount set value (444,400 yen)) − The remaining number of each denomination is determined by obtaining the remaining number (about 65) from “the amount of money stored for the bar metal coin M” ÷ “the total amount of each denomination (6,666 yen)”. That is, the remaining number of 2000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills is set to 0, and the remaining number of denominations is determined on the basis of 65 sheets. Then, comparing the current number of sheets stored in the first memory 34a and the remaining number of sheets in the second memory 34b, the former number exceeds the latter (remaining number of sheets) for all denominations, so FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the scheduled number of collections can be determined. That is, the display panel 35b displays the scheduled number of collections obtained by subtracting the remaining number of pieces of data in the second memory 34b from the number of pieces of stored data in the first memory 34a.

  As described above, in the remaining collection method for determining the number of sheets to be collected, if the number of sheets stored at the present time exceeds the number at the start of operation for each denomination, the remaining collection calculation in the calculation unit 36 becomes simple. . However, in reality, the small denominations that are often withdrawn as change are often insufficient, and the high denominations are difficult to withdraw as change, so the number of stored items becomes large. In other words, even if the stored amount is higher than the start of use, it is rare that the number of all denominations exceeds the number at the start of operation when the remaining collection is executed.

Therefore, it is necessary to correct the remaining collection by replenishing the money of insufficient denomination that has become impossible to execute.
(Correction method by replenishment)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a calculation procedure for corrected amount remaining collection when the amount remaining collection cannot be executed.

  In the first memory 34a shown in FIG. 5A, the currently stored number of 5,000 yen banknotes is 52, so that the remaining amount cannot be collected as it is. Here, as shown in the second memory 34b of FIG. 5B, when the remaining number of 5,000 yen bills is calculated as 65, it is necessary to execute such remaining collection. As a correction method, the required number of sheets to be replenished is notified to the display panel 35b of FIG. In this way, if 13 sheets of 5,000 yen bills are replenished, it can be informed that the remaining collection of leaving about 65 denominations determined by the remaining collection logic function is possible.

  By the way, 13 5,000-yen banknotes for replenishment cannot always be prepared, and actually 5,000-yen banknotes may not be required as much as change compared to other currency types. In such a case, in order to set the remaining amount to be 444,400 yen, it is preferable to make up with other low-priced money stored excessively.

(Correction method by compensation)
Next, a method for correcting the remaining amount by compensation will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another calculation procedure of the remaining collection for designating the remaining amount.

  Here, when determining the number of recovered sheets, it is preferable to reduce the burden at the time of recovery by limiting the number of recovered coins for each denomination. Therefore, in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 described above, the bar metal coin M in the bar metal drawer 11 is preferentially left, but the number of recovered coins for each denomination is included in one bar metal coin M. Limited to the number of sheets.

  It is assumed that the remaining amount is set in the first memory 34a in the same manner as described above. However, with respect to this remaining amount setting value (444,400 yen), the current number of stored sheets is as small as 62 sheets of 500 yen coins and 63 sheets of 5,000 yen bills. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6A, as the number-of-sheets data stored in the first memory 34a, 100 yen coins (85 sheets) and thousand yen bills (115 sheets) are both shown in FIG. 6B. It is stored in excess of the planned remaining number (65).

  Therefore, make sure to make up for these 3 short 500 yen coins (1500 yen) and 2 5000 yen bills (10,000 yen) with 100 yen coins and 1000 yen bills, respectively. Yes. That is, when the number of 500-yen coins and 5,000-yen banknotes is less than 65, the calculation of the remaining number data in the calculation unit 36 does not reach the designated remaining amount set value by the remaining collection logic function of the logic unit 38. With respect to the shortage denomination, it is only necessary to execute the remaining collection in which the lower denomination is compensated.

  Therefore, in the calculation of the remaining number in the calculation unit 36 described above, 100 yen coins to compensate for 1500 yen are increased by 15 from 68 in the case of FIGS. 4 and 5 to 83 yen and 1000 yen banknotes to compensate for 10,000 yen. The number is increased by 10 and 74 are obtained as the remaining number. Then, the remaining number of remaining sheets corresponding to the remaining amount of money 444,400 yen is stored in the second memory 34b shown in FIG. 6 (b).

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the calculated number of collections for each denomination is 65 (= 130-65) 1-yen coins, 55 (= 120-65) 5-yen coins, 10 83 (= 144-61) yen coins, 46 (= 111-65) 50 yen coins, 2 (= 85-83) 100 yen coins, 0 (= 62-62) 500 yen coins Is stored in the second memory 34b. Therefore, with regard to denominations (1, 5, 10, 10 yen) where the number of recovered coins exceeds the number (50) included in one of the bar metal coins, one bar metal coin is to be recovered. , Update the number of remaining images. In this way, the difference between the stored number data in the first memory 34a and the updated remaining number data in the second memory 34b includes the number of bar metal coins to be collected as shown in FIG. 6C. The number is displayed on the display panel 35b together with the remaining number.

  In this case, at the same time as the collected money is discharged from the banknote outlet 6 and the coin outlet 8, the bar drawer 11 is automatically pulled out from the bar stocker 10 so that the cashier M Make a retrieval request.

(Other collection methods)
As described above, three examples have been described for the amount remaining collection indicated by the total remaining amount of money to be left in the storage. However, even in the case of immediate number instruction collection indicated by the amount for each denomination to be collected, It is also possible to calculate the remaining number for the indicated number and notify the predicted value of the actual number of remaining money.

  In the case of non-collection as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to notify other reasons such as “configuration not possible” although the number of sheets is insufficient. Although it is a rare case, for example, it is a case where only one 5,000 yen banknote is stored for the remaining setting of 3,000 yen.

Moreover, you may make it display there, providing the display part which displays the result which implemented each process in the money processor.
Alternatively, by outputting these processing results to a device other than the money handling machine, it is possible to easily grasp the replenishment number of each face value necessary for leaving the fixed amount on the spot or at a remote location (eg office) This makes it possible to prepare the money for replenishment before carrying out the fixed amount remaining work of the money handling machine, so that the checkout process of the cash register can be simplified.

  The above merely illustrates the principle of the present invention. In addition, many modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, and the present invention is not limited to the precise configuration and application shown and described above, and all corresponding modifications and equivalents may be And the equivalents thereof are considered to be within the scope of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote part 2 Coin part 3 Receiving part 4 Operation display panel 5 Banknote inlet 6 Banknote outlet 7 Coin inlet 8 Coin outlet 9 Collection box 10 Bar metal stocker (standby safe)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Bar metal drawer 12 Bar metal storage slit 13 Paper sheet storage part 14 Bar metal identification sensor 31 Deposit / withdrawal counting process part 32 Host communication part 33 Mechanism control part 34 Memory part 34a-34c 1st-3rd memory 35 Display unit 35a Operation key 35b Display panel 36 Calculation unit 37 Bar metal processing unit 38 Logic unit M Bar metal coin (wrapping coin)

Claims (3)

Sorts and counts the inserted money for each 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 upper control unit In a money handling machine that decides and withdraws change from the storage,
A spare safe for storing wrapping coins separately from the storage;
A first memory for storing data for storing the number of coins including the number of wrapping coins;
An operation unit for instructing a monetary amount to be left in the storage and the reserve safe;
A second memory for storing the number of money for each denomination to be left in the storage and the reserve safe based on the amount of money instructed by the operation unit;
An arithmetic unit that compares the data stored in the first and second memories, and determines the number of money collections for each denomination from the storage and the spare safe based on the comparison result;
With
When there is an instruction for the amount of money to be left in the storage and the reserve safe from the host control unit via the host communication unit, the second memory replaces the instruction from the operation unit with the host control. A money handling machine that stores the number of money for each denomination to be left in the storage and the reserve safe based on a money amount indicated by a department.   When executing the operation of collecting money for each denomination determined by the calculation unit, the collected coins are withdrawn from the storage and the stored coins are stored so as to automatically withdraw the spare safe. The money handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the money handling machine can be taken out.   The money handling machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays the number of money collection for each denomination determined by the calculation unit and / or a remaining prediction result based on the calculation result.

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