JP2021043799A - Money processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a money processing machine that can resume depositing processing immediately without performing restoration processing when an abnormality occurs, such as inspection, even in a case where a counterfeit currency or medium is mixed as a deposited currency without being rejected by a currency identification unit, and can maintain a cash amount in the machine in a confirmed state.SOLUTION: Provided is a coin processing machine 1 as a money processing machine having a temporary holding unit 12 for temporarily holding and then storing a deposited currency whose authenticity and denomination have been identified, and performing currency depositing/dispensing processing. In a case where a counterfeit unconfirmed currency is included in currencies transferred to the temporary holding unit 12, the currency held in the temporary holding unit 12 is returned automatically without being stored in a coin storage 14.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

According to the present invention, even when non-standard coins or media are mixed as deposit money without being rejected by the currency identification unit, the deposit process is quickly restarted without performing recovery processing in the event of an abnormality such as scrutiny. It is related to a money processing machine that can and can maintain the amount of money in the machine in a fixed state.

Conventionally, money processing machines, which are automatic change machines, have been installed in convenience stores and the like. When the money processing machine is a coin processing device, the coin processing device identifies the coins deposited by being inserted into the slot, and the coins identified as specie are sorted for each denomination at the coin distribution unit. The coins are sorted and the sorted coins are stored by denomination in the coin storage provided for each denomination. When a withdrawal command, which is a change withdrawal request, is given by an external device or the like, this coin processing device causes coins corresponding to the requested amount to be withdrawn from the corresponding coin storage, and the withdrawal transfer unit pays out the withdrawal port. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

The money processing machine is provided with a money identification unit for identifying the authenticity and denomination of money, and if the identification result is not a genuine coin, the money processing machine performs a process of rejecting the money to the outside of the machine.

On the other hand, in the money processing machine, when making a payment transaction, the payment classification is changed from cash payment to card payment, and the amount recognized by a person at the time of money insertion and the amount recorded in the POS register device, which is a higher-level device, do not match. In order to make it possible to respond to re-payment (return of cash in kind) when there is a problem, a temporary holding section is provided to temporarily hold the money before storing it in the storage.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-71662

By the way, in recent years, semi-self-checkouts and full-self-checkouts, in which customers give and receive money, have begun to be operated due to the rationalization of cashier personnel and hygiene when working on cooked products. Along with this, foreign substances such as paper scraps and foreign currencies of different materials and extremely small diameters have come to appear when deposits are made.

For this reason, non-standard coins (medium) are rejected outside the machine by the currency identification unit, but non-standard coins are not rejected depending on the timing of currency identification detection and the disorder of money transportation, and the temporary hold unit in the latter stage. It may be transported to.

In this case, it is necessary to make the money processing machine abnormal and perform the recovery operation, but if it is made abnormal, there is a problem that the amount of money in the machine becomes uncertain and it takes time to recover.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention does not perform recovery processing in the event of an abnormality such as scrutiny, and deposits money even when non-standard coins or media are mixed without being rejected by the currency identification unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money processor capable of promptly restarting processing and maintaining the amount of money in the aircraft in a fixed state.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then storing the money in the storage, and performs deposit / withdrawal processing of the money. It is a money processing machine, and when the money transported to the temporary holding unit contains uncertain money that is not a specie, the money held in the temporary holding unit is automatically returned.

Further, the present invention is a money processing machine that has a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then storing the money in the storage, and performs deposit / withdrawal processing of the money. It is characterized in that it notifies a higher-level device of a definite and uncertain notification indicating whether or not non-standard coins are included in the money transported to the temporary holding unit, and waits for an instruction from the higher-level device. To do.

Further, the present invention is a money processing machine that has a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then storing the money in the storage, and performs the deposit / withdrawal processing of the money. , When the money transported to the temporary holding unit contains uncertain currency that is not genuine, the automatic return operation of automatically returning the money held in the temporary holding unit and the automatic return operation of the money being transported to the temporary holding unit. It is possible to perform either an operation of notifying a higher-level device of a definite indeterminate notification indicating whether or not non-genuine uncertain money is included in the currency and waiting for an instruction from the higher-level device. , The feature is that it is provided with an uncertain handling setting unit for setting either the automatic return operation or the notification operation.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the instruction from the higher-level device when the uncertain money is included is the return of the money held in the temporary holding unit.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the money is a coin.

According to the present invention, even if non-standard coins or media are mixed as deposit money without being rejected by the currency identification unit, recovery processing in the event of an abnormality such as scrutiny is not performed, and the deposit process can be performed quickly. It can be restarted and the amount of money in the cabin can be maintained in a fixed state.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration of a coin processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the coin processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic view schematically showing the internal configuration of the coin processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a characteristic control system of the coin processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an automatic return operation processing procedure carried out by the deposit / withdrawal control unit shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a notification operation processing procedure performed by the deposit / withdrawal control unit shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic view schematically showing the internal configuration of the coin processing apparatus according to the modified example.

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

1 and 2 show the configuration of a coin processing device, which is an example of the money processing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, respectively. FIG. 1 is a plan view and FIG. 2 is a front view. The coin processing device 1 illustrated here is applied as an automatic change machine connected to a POS register device in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store, and includes a device main body 2.

The device main body 2 is a substantially rectangular housing, and includes a slot 3, an operation display, a withdrawal port 7, and a return port 8.

The insertion port 3 is provided on the right side of the upper surface of the front end of the device main body 2, and is an opening for receiving the inserted coins inside the device main body 2. The slot 3 functions as a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds deposits from users such as customers.

The operation display unit 4 is provided on the left side of the upper surface of the front end of the device main body 2, and has a display unit 5 and an operation unit 6. The display unit 5 displays various information, and the operation unit 6 is an input means composed of, for example, a numeric keypad and the like to perform various operation inputs.

The withdrawal port 7 is provided on the left side of the front surface of the apparatus main body 2. The withdrawal port 7 is an opening for paying out coins stored inside the device main body 2, and pays out coins to a withdrawal tray 9 attached to the device main body 2. The return port 8 is provided on the front right side of the device main body 2. The return port 8 is an opening for returning coins.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view schematically showing the internal configuration of the coin processing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The internal configuration of the coin processing apparatus 1 will be described by function with reference to FIG. A coin transport mechanism 10 (see FIG. 4) is provided inside the apparatus main body 2. The coin transfer mechanism 10 has a deposit transfer unit 11, a temporary hold unit 12, a coin distribution unit 13, a coin storage 14, a withdrawal transfer unit 15, and a switching gate group 16.

The deposit transfer unit 11 conveys coins that are inserted from the insertion port 3 and that are detected by an insertion detection sensor (not shown), and a coin inspection unit 17 is provided. The coin inspection unit 17 is a currency identification unit that identifies the authenticity and denomination of coins.

The temporary holding unit 12 temporarily holds coins identified as specie by the coin inspection unit 17. The coin distribution unit 13 distributes coins that have been held by the temporary holding unit 12 and then transported for each denomination.

The coin storage 14 is provided for each denomination and stores coins sorted by the coin distribution unit 13. More specifically, as the coin storage 14, 1-yen coin storage 14a, 50-yen coin storage 14b, 5-yen coin storage 14c, 100-yen coin storage 14d, 10-yen coin storage 14e, 500-yen coin Six storages 14f are provided in order from the front side. Each coin storage 14 is designed to individually store the inserted coins by denomination. Further, each coin storage 14 has a function of feeding out the products to be stored.

The withdrawal transfer unit 15 transports the coins drawn out from the coin storage 14 toward the front. That is, the withdrawal transport unit 15 transports the coins delivered from the coin storage 14 forward toward the withdrawal chute 18 communicating with the withdrawal port 7.

By the way, the arrangement relationship between each coin storage 14 and the withdrawal transport unit 15 will be described. The withdrawal transport unit 15 transports coins forward, and the coin storage 14 is a 1-yen coin storage 14a, a 50-yen coin storage 14b, a 5-yen coin storage 14c, and a 100-yen coin storage. The storage 14d, the 10-yen coin storage 14e, and the 500-yen coin storage 14f are provided in this order from the front side. Therefore, the 500-yen coin storage 14f is arranged on the most upstream side of the transport path by the withdrawal transport unit 15, and the 10-yen coin storage 14e, the 100-yen coin storage 14d, the 5-yen coin storage 14c, 50 yen. The coin storage 14b and the 1-yen coin storage 14a are arranged on the downstream side of the transport path in this order.

The switching gate group 16 includes a first switching gate 16a, a second switching gate 16b, and a third switching gate 16c. The first switching gate 16a is provided on the downstream side in the transport direction of the deposit transport unit 11. The first switching gate 16a can selectively switch between a state in which the coins conveyed by the deposit transfer unit 11 are conveyed to the temporary holding unit 12 and a state in which the coins are conveyed to the withdrawal port 7. It is a thing. A withdrawal sensor 7a for detecting the number of non-standard coins and media returned via the first switching gate 16a is arranged at the withdrawal port 7.

The second switching gate 16b is provided on the downstream side of the temporary holding portion 12 in the transport direction. The second switching gate 16b can selectively switch between a state in which the coins held by the temporary holding unit 12 are sent to the coin distribution unit 13 and a state in which the coins are sent to the return port 8. It is a thing. Under normal conditions, the second switching gate 16b is in a state in which the coins held by the temporary holding unit 12 are sent to the coin distribution unit 13.

The third switching gate 16c is provided on the downstream side of the withdrawal transfer unit 15 in the transfer direction. The third switching gate 16c has a transport state in which coins transported by the withdrawal transfer unit 15 are transported to the withdrawal port 7 via the withdrawal chute 18 and a circulation state in which the coins are transported to the temporary holding unit 12. It can be switched between states. The third switching gate 16c is in a transport state in the normal state.

That is, the third switching gate 16c constitutes the switching unit of the present invention together with the second switching gate 16b, and the first state in which the coins conveyed by the withdrawal transfer unit 15 are conveyed to the withdrawal port 7 and the withdrawal. It is possible to selectively switch between the second state in which the coins conveyed by the gold transfer unit 15 are conveyed to the coin distribution unit 13.

The outline operation of such a coin processing apparatus 1 will be described. The coins inserted into the insertion slot 3 receive a deposit permission command from the higher-level device POS register device 100 (see FIG. 4), are detected by the insertion detection sensor, and then are conveyed by the deposit transfer unit 11 for inspection. The authenticity and the denomination are identified by the part 17. If the transported coin is a specie, it is held in the temporary holding unit 12. On the other hand, if the transported coin is not a specie coin, it is transported to the withdrawal port 7 via the first switching gate 16a and returned to the withdrawal tray 9. When there is a return instruction from the POS register device 100, the coins held in the temporary holding unit 12 are returned to the return port 8 via the second switching gate 16b.

The coins held in the temporary holding unit 12 are conveyed to the coin distribution unit 13, and are distributed to each denomination while being conveyed rearward. The coins sorted by the coin sorting unit 13 are stored in the coin storage 14 according to the denomination.

When a withdrawal command is given from the POS register device 100, coins of the denomination corresponding to the withdrawal command are drawn out from an arbitrary coin storage 14 and conveyed forward by the withdrawal transfer unit 15. , It is paid out from the withdrawal port 7 to the outside of the apparatus main body 2 via the third switching gate 16c.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a characteristic control system of the coin processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the coin processing device 1 includes an uncertain handling setting unit 6a in the operation unit 6 in addition to the above configuration.

A display unit 5, an operation unit 6, a coin transport mechanism 10, and a coin check unit 17 are connected to the control unit 30, and a POS register device 100 is connected to the control unit 30. The control unit 30 stores the storage unit 40 when a command is given through the operation unit 6, when a detection signal is given from the coin check unit 17, and when various commands are given from the POS register device 100. The display control of the display unit 5 and the drive control of the coin transport mechanism 10 are performed based on the stored programs and data. The control unit 30 has a deposit / withdrawal control unit 31.

When a coin is inserted after the input permission command is given from the POS register device 100, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 performs the deposit processing of the coin according to the deposit permission command, and the withdrawal command is given from the POS register device 100. If so, the coins will be withdrawn in accordance with the withdrawal order. Further, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 also performs a process of sequentially storing the contents of the executed deposit / withdrawal process as deposit / withdrawal information in the storage unit 40 while executing these deposit / withdrawal processes.

Further, when the coins conveyed to the temporary holding unit 12 include uncertain coins or media that are not specie, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 automatically returns the coins or media held in the temporary holding unit 12. The POS register device 100 is notified of the automatic return operation and the POS register device 100 indicating whether or not the coins conveyed to the temporary holding unit 12 contain non-standard coins or media. Either operation is performed alternately with the notification operation that waits for the instruction from. The instruction from the POS register device 100 includes a coin or medium held in the temporary holding unit 12 to be returned to the return port 8.

The deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 compares the number of non-standard coins identified by the coin inspection unit 17 with the number of coins detected by the withdrawal sensor 7a, and if they do not match, the coins are transported to the temporary holding unit 12. It is determined that the coins contain uncertain coins or media that are not specie.

The uncertain handling setting unit 6a is an input interface that selectively sets whether the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 is to execute either the automatic return operation or the notification operation.

<Automatic return operation>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an automatic return operation processing procedure carried out by the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 shown in FIG.

First, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 determines whether or not the deposit permission has been notified from the POS register device 100 (step S100). If the payment permission is not notified (step S100, No), this process ends. On the other hand, when the payment permission is notified (step S100, Yes), it is determined whether or not there are uncertain coins in the temporary holding unit 12 (step S110).

Whether or not there are uncertain coins is uncertain if the number of coins determined by the checkout unit 17 to be non-standard coins and the number of coins revealed by the withdrawal sensor 7a are compared and do not match. Judge that there is a fixed coin. This uncertain coin is generated when the non-standard coin is not normally rejected by the first switching gate 16a. Specifically, when the uncertain coin has a very small diameter, it is made of a different material. If this happens, it will occur when the reject timing is off.

If there are no uncertain coins in the temporary holding unit 12 (steps S110, No), this process ends. On the other hand, when there are uncertain coins in the temporary holding unit 12 (step S110, Yes), the coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 12 are returned from the return port 8 (step S120), and this process is terminated. .. When the coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 12 are returned from the return port 8, the second switching gate 16b is switched to the return port 8 side.

<Notification operation>
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a notification operation processing procedure executed by the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 shown in FIG.

First, the POS register device 100 issues a deposit permission notification to the coin processing device 1 (step S200). After that, the coin processing device 1 transmits a confirmation / uncertainty notification indicating whether or not non-standard coins are included in the money conveyed to the temporary holding unit 12 to the POS register device 100 (step S210). ). Specifically, the POS register device 100 performs polling processing for detecting the number of coins in the storage of the coin processing device 1, and includes a confirmation / uncertain notification in the response command.

Upon receiving the confirmation / uncertainty notification, the POS register device 100 determines whether or not there are uncertain coins with reference to the confirmation / uncertainty notification (step S220). If there are no uncertain coins (steps S220, No), this process ends normally and the amount is updated.

On the other hand, when there are uncertain coins (step S220, Yes), a coin return instruction is transmitted to the coin processing device 1 (step S230). Upon receiving the coin return instruction, the coin processing device 1 returns the coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 12 from the return port 8 (step S240), maintains the current amount of coins without abnormal termination, and performs this processing. To complete.

In the present embodiment, even if non-standard coins or media are mixed as deposit money without being rejected by the currency identification unit, recovery processing in the event of an abnormality such as scrutiny is not performed, and the deposit process is speeded up. It can be restarted and the amount of money in the cabin can be maintained in a fixed state.

In the notification operation, after the coin processing device 1 notifies that there are uncertain coins, the POS register device 100 waits for an instruction, and as described above, an instruction to return the coin in the temporary holding unit 12. Is sent, but instead of returning it, it may be an instruction to store it in a specific storage or collection storage that is not related to the amount of money, or to temporarily wait (maintain the holding state).

<Modification example>
FIG. 7 is a schematic view schematically showing the internal configuration of the coin processing device 1 according to the modified example. In this modification, the temporary holding unit 12 is provided with the fourth switching gate 16d so that when there are uncertain coins in the temporary holding unit 12, the coins are returned from the withdrawal port 7 instead of the return port 8. I have to. In this case, the withdrawal port 7 is provided with a withdrawal sensor 7s that detects the number of coins ejected from the temporary holding unit 12.

Therefore, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 31 compares the number of coins determined by the coin inspection unit 17 to be uncertain coins with the number of coins revealed by the withdrawal sensor 7a, and if they do not match, the temporary holding unit 12 It is determined that the coins inside contain uncertain coins.

In the above-described embodiment and modification, as an example of the money processing machine, the coin processing device 1 that performs deposit / withdrawal processing of coins has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a banknote processing device and the like. it can. This is because the bill processing device also has a temporary holding section, and due to a failure to reject a non-standard coin, the non-standard coin is temporarily held in the temporary holding section as an uncertain bill. Therefore, even in the bill processing device, when uncertain bills are mixed in the temporary holding section, the bills temporarily held in the temporary holding section are returned from the return port or the withdrawal port.

Each configuration shown in the above-described embodiment and modification is a schematic function, and does not necessarily have to be physically shown. That is, the form of distribution / integration of each device and component is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or part of them are functionally or physically distributed / integrated in arbitrary units according to various usage conditions. Can be configured.

1 Coin processing device 2 Device body 3 Insertion port 4 Operation display unit 5 Display unit 6 Operation unit 7 Withdrawal port 7a Withdrawal sensor 8 Return port 9 Withdrawal tray 10 Coin transfer mechanism 11 Deposit transfer unit 12 Temporary hold unit 14 Coin storage Warehouse 15 Withdrawal transfer unit 16 Switching gate group 17 Coin check unit 30 Control unit 31 Deposit / withdrawal control unit 40 Storage unit

Claims (5)

It is a money processing machine that has a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then stores it in the storage, and processes the deposit and withdrawal of money.
A money processing machine characterized in that when the money transported to the temporary holding unit contains non-standard coins, the money held in the temporary holding unit is automatically returned. It is a money processing machine that has a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then stores it in the storage, and processes the deposit and withdrawal of money.
It is characterized in that it notifies a higher-level device of a definite uncertainty indicating whether or not non-standard coins are included in the money conveyed to the temporary holding unit, and waits for an instruction from the higher-level device. Money processor. It is a money processing machine that has a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds the money whose authenticity and denomination of the deposited money are identified and then stores it in the storage, and processes the deposit and withdrawal of money.
When the money transported to the temporary hold unit contains non-standard coins, the automatic return operation of automatically returning the money held in the temporary hold unit and the automatic return operation of the money transferred to the temporary hold unit are performed. It is possible to perform either an operation of notifying a higher-level device of a definite indeterminate notification indicating whether or not non-standard coins are included in the currency and waiting for an instruction from the higher-level device.
A money processing machine comprising an uncertain handling setting unit for setting either the automatic return operation or the notification operation. The money processing machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the instruction from the higher-level device when the uncertain money is included is the return of the money held in the temporary holding unit. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the money is a coin.

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