JP2020017062A - Money processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To perform an input operation on an operation unit by only a specific administrator.SOLUTION: In a money processing apparatus which is installed in a state exposed from an apparatus main body 1 and comprises a customer service unit 10 having a deposit port 12 which is an opening for depositing money and a dispensing port 14 which is an opening for dispensing money, when a locked state with the apparatus main body 1 is released, the customer service unit 10 is provided under such a displaceable mode that it approaches and is separated from the apparatus main body 1, and the money processing apparatus comprises an operation button 18 installed at a location exposed when the customer service unit 10 is separated from the apparatus main body 1. Further, the money processing apparatus preferably comprises a control unit 30 that performs an operation corresponding to the input operation in the case where the customer service unit 10 is locked with the apparatus main body 1 when an input operation is performed with the operation button 18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a money processing device.

  BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a money processing device has been proposed in Patent Document 1. In the money processing device proposed in Patent Document 1, a customer service unit is provided in a state of being exposed forward from the device main body. The customer service section is provided with a deposit port which is an opening for depositing coins, a dispensing port which is an opening for dispensing coins, and a display section for performing various displays.

  Such a money processing apparatus stores coins deposited through a deposit port by denomination, and pays out the stored coins as change from the dispensing port when a dispensing instruction is given.

JP 2015-102926 A

  By the way, the above-mentioned money processing apparatus is used as a change machine connected to a POS (Point Of Sales) register in, for example, a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store. Is generally provided.

  Therefore, when a customer or the like of the store operates the POS register, the customer or the like may erroneously operate the operation unit, which is not preferable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a money processing apparatus in which only a specific administrator can perform an input operation on an operation unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, the money handling apparatus according to the present invention is installed in a state exposed from the apparatus main body, a deposit port which is an opening for depositing money and a dispensing port which is an opening for dispensing money. In the cash processing apparatus provided with a customer service unit having the following, when the locked state with the device main body is released, the customer service unit is provided so as to be displaceable so as to approach and separate from the device main body. An operation unit is provided at a location exposed when the customer service unit is separated from the apparatus main body.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the money processing apparatus, when an input operation is performed on the operation unit, the operation corresponding to the input operation is performed when the customer service unit is locked with the device main body. And a control means for performing the control.

  Further, the present invention provides the cash processing apparatus, wherein the customer service unit approaches and separates from the apparatus main body when a predetermined key is inserted into a key hole provided at an arbitrary position and operated. It is characterized by being provided so as to be slidable.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the money processing apparatus, when the input operation is performed on the operation unit, the service unit is locked with the apparatus main body, and a predetermined power button is pressed. An operation corresponding to the input operation is performed by being operated.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned money processing device, the operation performed by the control means is a collecting operation for dispensing money from each storage for storing money.

  According to the present invention, when the locked state with the apparatus main body is released, the service section is provided so as to be displaceable so as to approach and separate from the apparatus main body. Since it is installed at a location exposed when it is separated from the main body, there is an effect that only a specific administrator can perform an input operation of the operation unit.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a money processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the customer service unit is close to the apparatus main body. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the customer service unit is separated from the apparatus main body. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a characteristic control system of the money processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the customer service unit slid in a direction away from the apparatus main body. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of a collecting operation process performed by the control unit shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a money handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a money processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The money processing apparatus exemplified here is applied to a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store by being connected to a POS (Point Of Sales) register as a coin processing apparatus. 10 are installed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the customer service unit 10 includes a cash inlet 12 and a cash outlet 14. The deposit port 12 is an opening for depositing coins. The dispensing port 14 is an opening for dispensing coins.

  The device main body 1 is a housing whose front surface is open. Inside the apparatus main body 1, a separating unit, a check unit, and a coin transport unit (not shown) are installed, and a storage 24 (see FIG. 5) and a dispensing transport unit 26 (see FIG. 5) are provided. is set up.

  The separating section supplies coins deposited through the deposit port 12 in a state of being separated one by one. The check section discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the coin supplied from the separation section, and supplies a genuine coin to the coin transport section. The coin transport section transports coins (genuine coins) supplied from the check section along a transport path, sorts the coins by denomination, and supplies the coins to the storage 24.

  The storage 24 is provided for each denomination and stores coins of a predetermined type. These storages 24 have a built-in payout mechanism. The payout mechanism pays out the coins stored in the storage box 24 to the payout transfer unit 26 by driving a payout motor 24 a (see FIG. 5) as a drive source.

  The dispensing and transporting unit 26 transports the coins dispensed from the storage 24 toward the dispensing port 14 by driving a transport motor 26a (see FIG. 5) as a driving source.

  A lock 16 is provided on the front surface of the customer service section 10. The lock 16 has a keyhole 16a formed therein. For example, a predetermined key K held by a store manager is inserted into the keyhole 16a and rotated, whereby a customer service unit for the apparatus body 1 is provided. Input means for unlocking the lock 10.

  When the lock is released, the customer service section 10 can slide from a state close to the apparatus main body 1 as shown in FIG. 3 to a state separated from the apparatus main body 1 as shown in FIG. In other words, the customer service unit 10 is slidably installed so as to approach and separate from the apparatus body 1, and is normally locked to the apparatus body 1 while being connected to the apparatus body 1.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a characteristic control system of the money processing apparatus shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the money handling apparatus includes an operation button 18, a power button 20, a detection unit 22, and a control unit 30.

  The operation button 18 is installed at an exposed portion when the customer service unit 10 is separated from the apparatus main body 1 as shown in FIG. The operation button 18 is an operation unit that, when pressed, sends a command signal to the control unit 30 to perform a collection operation by pressing a built-in switch.

  The power button 20 is installed on the customer service section 10 or the apparatus main body 1. When the power button 20 is pressed, a built-in switch is pressed to send a signal to the control unit 30.

  The detection unit 22 detects whether the customer service unit 10 is locked with the apparatus main body 1. The detection unit 22 sends a detection result to the control unit 30 as a detection signal.

  The control unit 30 is a control unit that comprehensively controls the operation of the money processing apparatus according to programs and data stored in the memory 40, and includes an input processing unit 31, a determination processing unit 32, and an output processing unit 33.

  The control unit 30 may be realized by, for example, causing a processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) to execute a program, that is, realized by software or realized by hardware such as an IC (Integrated Circuit). Alternatively, it may be realized by using software and hardware together.

  The input processing unit 31 inputs a command signal given from the operation button 18, a signal given from the power button 20, and a detection signal given from the detection unit 22.

  The determination processing unit 32 determines whether or not the collection operation can be performed when each signal is input through the input processing unit 31. The output processing unit 33 sends a drive command or a drive stop command to the payout motor 24a of each storage 24 and the transport motor 26a of the payment transport unit 26.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the processing contents of the collection operation processing performed by the control unit 30 illustrated in FIG. It is assumed that the customer service unit 10 is slid in a direction away from the apparatus main body 1 as a premise of the description of the collection operation process.

  In the collecting operation process, the control unit 30 determines whether or not a command signal has been input through the input processing unit 31, that is, whether or not the operation button 18 has been pressed (step S101). When it is determined that the operation button 18 has not been pressed (step S101: No), the control unit 30 repeats the process.

  When it is determined that the operation button 18 has been pressed (Step S101: Yes), the control unit 30 detects, through the input processing unit 31, the detection signal indicating that the service unit 10 has been locked with the apparatus main body 1 by the detection unit 22. Is determined (step S102). When the reception unit 10 cannot determine the input of the detection signal indicating that the reception unit 10 is locked with the apparatus main body 1 (step S102: No), the control unit 30 repeats the process.

  When it is determined that the reception unit 10 has received a detection signal indicating that the reception unit 10 has been locked with the apparatus main body 1 (step S102: Yes), the control unit 30 sends a signal from the power button 20 through the input processing unit 31. Is determined, that is, whether the power button 20 is pressed (step S103). Note that the pressing operation of the power button 20 here is not limited to once, but may be performed a predetermined number of times.

  When determining that the power button 20 has not been pressed (step S103: No), the control unit 30 repeats the process. If it is determined that the power button 20 has been pressed (step S103: Yes), the control unit 30 determines that the collection operation can be performed through the determination processing unit 32, and the control unit 30 controls the payout motor 24a and the transport motor 26a through the output processing unit 33. A drive command is sent (step S104). As a result, the coins stored in the storages 24 are paid out to the dispensing and transporting unit 26, and the coins are transported to the dispensing port 14 by the dispensing and transporting unit 26.

  Thereafter, the control unit 30 determines whether or not the dispensing of coins in the storage 24 by the driving of the payout motor 24a and the transport motor 26a is completed (Step S105). If the dispensing is not completed (step S105, No), the control unit 30 controls the dispensing of the coins stored in each storage 24 and the transport of the dispensed coins to the dispensing port 14. continue.

  On the other hand, when the dispensing is completed (Step S105, Yes), the control unit 30 sends a drive stop command to the payout motor 24a and the transport motor 26a through the output processing unit 33 (Step S106). The procedure is returned to end the current collection operation process. According to this, coins stored in each storage box 24 can be dispensed favorably to the dispensing port 14.

  As described above, according to the money handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the customer service unit 10 is operated by inserting the predetermined key K into the key hole 16a provided on the front surface. Since the operation button 18 is provided so as to be slidable in such a manner as to approach and separate from the main body 1, the operation button 18 is provided at a location exposed when the customer service unit 10 slides in a direction away from the apparatus main body 1. Only a specific administrator can perform an input operation on the operation unit.

  In addition, when the control unit 30 performs the pressing operation of the operation button 18, the collection operation is performed when the customer service unit 10 is locked with the apparatus main body 1, so that the control unit 30 is stored in each storage 24. Coins can be dispensed favorably to the dispensing port 14, and operations that cannot be performed when the customer service section 10 is separated from the apparatus main body 1 can be favorably performed.

  Further, according to the money processing apparatus, the control unit 30 not only detects that the customer service unit 10 is locked with the apparatus main body 1 through the detection unit 22 but also recovers the power button 20 by pressing the power button 20. Since the operation has been performed, the collection operation can be started at an arbitrary timing by a specific manager, and the convenience can be improved.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various changes can be made.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation button 18 transmits a command signal to perform a collecting operation when pressed, but in the present invention, the operation unit is not limited to the collecting operation, It may be a payment operation for calculating the number of money stored in the storage and the total amount. The operation unit does not need to have a push button structure.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pressing operation of the power button 20 is used as the start timing of the collecting operation. However, in the present invention, the predetermined operation such as the collecting operation is performed at the timing when the customer service unit is locked with the apparatus main body. May be started, or a predetermined operation may be started at a timing when an input operation of an input unit other than the power button is performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, for example, a predetermined key K held by a store manager is inserted into the key hole 16a on the front surface of the customer service unit 10 and rotated to operate the customer service unit 10 with respect to the apparatus body 1. Although the lock is released, in the present invention, the lock of the customer service unit with respect to the apparatus main body may be released based on a command from a higher-level device such as a POS register, or by performing a predetermined input operation. You may make it unlock the customer service part with respect to an apparatus main body.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the customer service unit 10 is unlocked from the apparatus main body 1, the customer service unit 10 can be slid so as to approach or separate from the device main body 1. If it can be displaced in such a manner as to approach and separate from the apparatus body, it is not necessary to slide.

  In the above-described embodiment, the coin processing device that performs deposit and withdrawal of coins is illustrated as an example of the money processing device. However, in the present invention, the money processing device may be a bill processing device that performs deposit and withdrawal of bills. Good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 10 Customer service part 12 Deposit port 14 Deposit port 18 Operation button 20 Power button 22 Detecting part 24 Storage 26 Dispensing conveyance part 30 Control part 31 Input processing part 32 Judgment processing part 33 Output processing part 40 Memory

Claims (5)

In a money processing device that is installed in a state exposed from the device main body and includes a customer service unit having a deposit port that is an opening for depositing money and a dispensing port that is an opening for dispensing money,
When the locked state with the device main body is released, the customer service unit is provided so as to be displaceable so as to approach and separate from the device main body,
A cash processing apparatus comprising: an operation unit installed at a location exposed when the customer service unit is separated from the apparatus main body.   When an input operation is performed on the operation unit, a control unit that performs an operation corresponding to the input operation when the service unit is locked with the device main body is provided. The money processing device according to claim 1.   The customer service unit is provided so as to be slidable in a manner to approach and separate from the apparatus main body by inserting and operating a predetermined key into a keyhole provided at an arbitrary location. The money processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   The control unit responds to the input operation by performing an input operation on the operation unit, the reception unit is locked with the apparatus main body, and a predetermined power button is pressed. 3. The money processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the money processing apparatus performs the following operation.   The money processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operation performed by the control unit is a collection operation of dispensing money from each storage for storing money.

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