JP2659482B2 - Resource occupation method in money handling system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a resource occupation system in a money handling system capable of efficiently handling money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A money receiving and dispensing system as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-135593 has been proposed as an accounting system disposed behind a financial institution or the like and capable of comprehensively processing money. . This money depositing and dispensing system includes a banknote depositing / dispensing machine for depositing / dispensing banknotes, a banknote binding / discharging machine for binding and discharging the banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine in units of 100, and depositing / dispensing coins. A coin depositing / dispensing sorter that packs the coins in units of 50 sheets (in the case of Japan), a coin-roll storing / discharging machine that discharges coins (sticks) packed in units of 50 sheets, It comprises a transaction control device for controlling the dispenser and two operation terminals connected to the transaction control device. In these two operation terminals, "payment of banknotes" and "payment of banknotes" are instructed to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine by the operation of each operator, and the coin receiving / dispensing machine is operated. "Payment of coins" and "withdrawal of coins" are instructed, and "withdrawal of bill bundle"
Is instructed, and "dispensing of coin-roll" is instructed to the coin-roll storing and discharging machine.

[0003] In the following description, when "payment of banknotes" is instructed by the operation terminal, the occupied portion of the banknote pay-in / pay-out arrangement machine occupied for performing "payment of banknotes" is referred to as "payment." This is referred to as “resources.” Also, when “dispensing bills” is instructed by the operation terminal, the occupied portion of the bill depositing / dispensing sorter that is occupied to perform the “dispensing bills” is referred to as “dispensing” Resources. " Coin deposit and withdrawal sorting machine,
The same applies to the banknote binding and discharging machine and the coin-roll storing and discharging machine.

[0004]

By the way, in the money receiving and dispensing system configured as described above, two money storing and dispensing devices, such as a banknote dispensing and dispensing device, are provided in one money processing machine.
Resources may be included, namely, a "deposit resource" and a "withdrawal resource". Further, when such a money handling machine is provided as a single unit, the "deposit resource" and the "withdrawal resource" Resources ”can be used simultaneously in parallel (parallel deposit / withdrawal processing), and a multi-function currency processing machine is being planned. However, in the above money receiving / dispensing system, when the “payment of banknotes” is set to the online occupation state by an instruction of the operation terminal, not only the resources related to “payment of banknotes” but also all other resources are online. Therefore, even if it is desired to use other resources offline, there is a problem that other resources cannot be used offline unless the online occupation state of “Payment of banknotes” is released. Similarly, when the “payment of banknotes” is set to the offline occupation state according to the instruction of the operation terminal, not only the resources related to the “payment of banknotes” but also all other resources are offline, thereby putting other resources online. However, there is a problem that other resources cannot be used online unless the offline occupation state of "Payment of banknotes" is released.

[0005] Therefore, in the above money receiving and dispensing system,
Even if a money handling machine such as a banknote depositing / dispensing sorter or a coin depositing / dispensing sorter is provided with a function capable of performing two processes of depositing and dispensing, for example, if a depositing resource is in an online occupied state, a withdrawal resource Is offline and unavailable,
In addition, when the deposit resource is in the offline occupied state, the withdrawal resource cannot be used in the online state, thereby making it impossible to efficiently operate the function of the money handling machine, and is expected to be improved in this respect. It had been. In the above description, the “online (occupied) state” means that the resources are connected to, for example, a central control unit that manages the deposit and withdrawal of all monetary amounts in a store, and that money is managed under the control of the central control unit. The "offline (occupied) state" refers to a state in which resources are not connected to the central control unit and resources are used alone. Therefore, when a resource is used in this “offline (occupied) state”, the transaction amount data of money deposited and withdrawn from the resource is not sent to the central control unit. Further, as an example in which such an “offline (occupied) state” is set, there is a case where the user wants only to bind the banknotes without depositing the banknotes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has an efficient currency that can effectively use unused resources in these occupied states when the resources are in an online occupied state or an offline occupied state. The purpose is to provide a resource occupation method in a processing system.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, a method for occupying resources in a money handling system according to the present invention is described.
Expression, loose coins, rose bills, coins roll, dispensing the bill bundle, a plurality of resources for performing deposit, respectively, and operating means for operating these resources, the withdrawal of resources based on the operation of the operation means Online occupancy status managed online
Or a control unit for setting and controlling each of the resources withdrawal and disbursement from the online state and the offline occupation state in which the resources are managed in the offline state, wherein the operation unit is one of a plurality of resources. Finger over
Resource specification key to be specified and the resource specified by the resource specification key.
Online occupancy function to bring source online
Key and the resource specified by the resource specification key are offline
Offline occupancy function keys to enter the state and entry / exit
Amount input key to enter the amount to be paid and occupation of the resource
A display unit for displaying a status, wherein the online occupied file is displayed.
Function key and offline dedicated function key
The same type and different types of parallel operations are enabled, and the control unit includes :
When the resource designated as the occupation state is unused for a predetermined time or more, the occupation state of the unused resource is changed on condition that the online occupation function key or the offline occupation function key is operated in parallel. Release and release
The configuration is such that resources in a non-occupied state including resources can be set to an online occupied state or an offline occupied state .

[0008]

According to the resource occupation method in the money handling system according to the present invention, when the resource in the occupied state (either online or offline) is unused, the online / offline occupation function key of the operation unit is not used.
It is possible to release the occupation state of the unused resources for a predetermined time or more in the occupation state on condition that they are pressed by the parallel operation . That is, the occupation state of the unused resource can be released by an operator different from the operator who has set the resource to the occupation state, and the resource whose occupation state has been released can be released to another operator by the online occupation state, Can be used in offline occupation state. As an example, if another operator needs to quickly bind banknotes in the offline occupation state, release the online occupation state of the unused resources that are in the online occupation state and occupy the resources offline. State, so that another operator does not need to wait until the operator who has set the online occupation state as in the past performs the release of the online occupation state,
As a result, it is possible to prevent a problem that the unused resources A to H cannot be utilized.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As can be seen with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1, the money handling system according to the invention comprises eight resources A
To H, two operation units, a first operation unit 10 and a second operation unit 11, and a control unit 100 that controls and integrates them. In the first operation unit 10 and the second operation unit 11, a withdrawal command to each of the resources A to H and transaction amount data indicating how much money is to be dispensed are input, respectively. A deposit instruction to A to H and transaction amount data indicating how much money is to be deposited are respectively input (specific configurations of the operation units 10 and 11 will be described later).

The resources A to H and the operation units 10 and 11 will be described in order. (A) Coin roll disbursement resource Code A is “coin roll disbursement resource”, and a predetermined number (50 in Japan) of loose coins are stacked, and the coins are wrapped in a roll by a wrapping paper in the stacked state. After doing
The wrapped coin roll is stored in a storage unit (not shown) provided therein, and when a withdrawal command is output from the operation units 10 and 11, the coin roll in the storage unit is removed based on the withdrawal command. The payout is made in units of one roll. In the operation units 10 and 11, transaction amount data is input together with the withdrawal command. In the coin roll withdrawal resource A, coin rolls are withdrawn based on the transaction amount data input with the withdrawal instruction. It has become so. In the coin roll dispensing resource A, an off-line storage unit for storing coins deposited in an offline state as coin rolls and a coin roll deposited on-line in coins are stored as the storage unit. An online storage unit is provided (payment is made using the coin roll deposit resource E and coin loose deposit resource F).

(B) Coin bulk dispensing resource Code B is “coin bulk dispensing resource”, which has a storage unit (not shown) for storing a predetermined amount of loose coins in advance, and operating units 10 and 11. When a withdrawal command is output from the storage device, coins in the storage section are paid out one by one based on the withdrawal command. When the coin roll dispensing resource A runs out of loose coins, the loose coin dispensing resource B supplies loose coins to the coin roll dispensing resource A. In the operation units 10 and 11, transaction amount data is input together with the withdrawal command. In this coin dispensing resource B, loose coins are dispensed based on the transaction amount data input with the withdrawal instruction. I am doing it. In this coin dispensing resource B, an off-line storage unit for storing coins deposited in an offline state and an online storage unit for storing coins deposited in an online state are provided as the storage units. (Payment is made with coin bulk deposit resource F).

(C) Banknote disbursement resource Code C is a "banknote dispensing resource", and a predetermined number (100) of loose banknotes are stacked, and the stacked banknotes are banded and bound with a binding tape. After that, the banknote bundle is stored in a storage unit (not shown) provided therein, and when a withdrawal command is issued from the operation units 10 and 11, the banknote bundle in the storage unit is based on the withdrawal command. Are paid out in bundles. In the operation units 10 and 11, transaction amount data is input together with the withdrawal command. In the banknote bundle dispensing resource C, a banknote bundle is output based on the transaction amount data input with the withdrawal instruction. It has become so. In the banknote bundle dispensing resource C, the storage unit includes an offline storage unit that stores banknotes deposited in an offline state as a banknote bundle and an online storage unit that stores banknotes deposited online in a banknote bundle. Each of the storage units is provided (payment is performed using the banknote bundle payment resource G and the banknote bulk payment resource H).

(D) Banknote Dispensing Resources Reference code D is a “banknote dispensing resource”, which has a storage unit (not shown) for storing a predetermined amount of loose banknotes in advance, and operating units 10 and 11. When the dispensing command is output from the refrigerator, the banknotes in the storage unit are dispensed one by one based on the dispensing command. When the bill bundle dispensing resource C runs short of loose bills, loose bills are supplied to the bill bundle dispensing resource C from the bill loose dispensing resource D. In the operation units 10 and 11, transaction amount data is input together with the withdrawal command. In this bill dispensing resource D, loose banknotes are dispensed based on the transaction amount data input with the withdrawal instruction. I am doing it. In the bill dispensing resource D, the storage unit includes an offline storage unit that stores banknotes deposited in an offline state and an online storage unit that stores banknotes deposited in an online state. (Payment is made with the banknote disposable deposit resource H).

(E) Coin roll deposit resource Symbol E is “coin roll deposit resource”, and the operation unit 10
・ Based on the deposit command output from 11, externally,
After receiving the coin roll in which the accumulated coins are wrapped with the wrapping paper, and then removing the wrapping paper of the coin roll to make the coins loose, the discreet coins are discriminated and counted one by one. . In addition, in the coin roll deposit resource E, the discrimination / counting data obtained by the discrimination / counting is compared with the transaction amount data input in the operation units 10 and 11 when depositing the coin rolls. As a result, if the discrimination / counting data and the transaction amount data do not match, a collation result indicating "mismatch" is output to the operation units 10 and 11.
The loose coins counted and discriminated by the coin roll deposit resource E are transported to the coin roll deposit resource A and stored in the coin roll deposit resource A.

(F) Coin bulk deposit resource Reference symbol F is “coin bulk deposit resource”,
Based on the deposit command output from 11, a loose coin is received from outside, and thereafter, the loose coins are discriminated one by one.
Perform counting processing. Further, in the coin bulk deposit resource F, the discrimination / counting data obtained by discriminating / counting the above-mentioned coins is compared with the transaction amount data input in the operation units 10 and 11 when depositing the coins, As a result of the comparison, when the discrimination / counting data and the transaction amount data do not match, a collation result indicating “mismatch” is output to the operation units 10 and 11.
The loose coins processed by the coin loose deposit resource F are transported to the coin loose dispensing resource B and stored in the coin loose dispensing resource B.

(G) Banknote Deposit Resource G is a “banknote debit resource”, and is the operation unit 10.1
Based on the deposit instruction output from 1, a bill bundle formed by binding with a binding tape is received from the outside, and thereafter, the binding tape is removed, and the loose bills are discriminated and counted one by one. . Also, this bill bundle deposit resource G
Then, the discrimination / counting data obtained by the discrimination / counting is compared with the transaction amount data input in the operation units 10 and 11 when depositing the banknote bundle, and as a result of this comparison, these discrimination / counting data are When the transaction amount data does not match, a comparison result indicating “mismatch” is output to the operation units 10 and 11. The loose banknotes counted and discriminated by the banknote bundle receiving resource G are transported to the banknote bundle dispensing resource C and stored in the banknote bundle dispensing resource C.

(H) Banknote Deposit Receipt Resource The symbol H is “banknote debit deposit resource”,
Based on the deposit command output from 11, a loose bill is accepted from the outside, and then the bills are discriminated one by one.
Perform counting processing. Further, in the bill disposable deposit resource H, the discrimination / counting data obtained by discrimination / counting of the disposable bills is compared with the transaction amount data input in the operation units 10 and 11 when depositing the bills, As a result of the comparison, when the discrimination / counting data and the transaction amount data do not match, a collation result indicating “mismatch” is output to the operation units 10 and 11.
Note that the loose bill processed by the loose bill deposit resource H is transported to the loose bill disbursement resource D and stored in the loose bill disbursement resource D.

As described above, the resources A to H are largely divided into coin-related resources (coin depositing / dispensing machines) and banknote-related resources (banknote depositing / dispensing machines). , A coin rose deposit resource F that handles only loose coins, a coin rose deposit resource B, and a coin roll deposit resource E that also handles coin rolls, and a coin roll disbursed resource A. The latter banknote-related resources are loose bills. It is composed of a bill rose receiving resource H and a bill dispensing resource D that handle only bills, and a bill bundle receiving resource G and a bill bundle dispensing resource C that also handle bill bundles.

Next, a description will be given of the configuration of the operation units 10 and 11 for occupying one or more of the resources A to H when depositing and dispensing coins and bills. As shown in FIG. 2, these operation units 10 and 11 are used to individually designate each of the resources A to H. The resource designation key 1 is composed of "A" to "H", the online occupation function key 2, and the offline occupation function key 3. And an amount input key 4 for inputting an amount to be paid and withdrawn. Although not shown, the money input key 4 is provided with a loose key, a bundle key, a roll key, and the like for designating a form of a medium to be traded. In addition, each of the operation units 10 and 11 includes resources A to
A display unit 12 for displaying the occupation state of H is provided.

In FIG. 1, the number of the operation units 10 and 11 is two. However, the number of the operation units 10 and 11 is not particularly limited (one or more operation units may be used). The operation units 10 and 11 constitute operation means.
A plurality of operators can share and use them in parallel . The resources of the accounting system are not limited to those described above. For example, a storage (post) outside cash may be added as a deposit-related resource.
This non-cash storage is designed to store securities such as checks.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
Control contents of the control unit 100 for releasing the online occupation state of the resources A to H based on the operation contents of the operation units 10 and 11 will be described. In the following description, the operation unit 10.1
The operation including step 1 is described. Further, the following operations may be performed on any of the operation units 10 and 11. The following flowchart is stored in the control unit 100 in advance.

<< Step (SP) 1 >> The operator operates the "A" to "H" of the resource designation key 1, the online occupation function key 2, the offline occupation function key 3, and the money amount input key 4 to make a desired operation. Resource A ~
H is occupied (offline occupation, online occupation) and the amount of money to be traded for the resources A to H is input.
When the resources A to H are designated by the resource designation key 1 after the online occupation function key 2 is operated, the designated resources A to H are set to the online occupation state, while the offline occupation function is set. After the key 3 is operated, the resources A to H are
Is designated, the designated resources A to H are placed in the offline occupation state. When the resources A to H are designated and occupied by such an operation, the occupation status of the resources is displayed on the display unit 12 in FIG. 2 as indicated by “「 ”. Also, the usage status of the occupied resource is displayed. In the present example, the following description will be made assuming that resources C, D, G, and H, which are banknote-related resources, are occupied online by the operator of the first operation unit 10 (see FIG. 3).

<< Step 2 >> It is determined whether any of the resources C, D, G, and H that have been placed in the online occupation state in step 1 includes unused resources that have not been used for a specified time or more.
If the answer is O, the process proceeds to Step 3, and if the answer is YES, the process proceeds to Step 4. In this example, it is assumed that among the resources C, D, G, and H in the online occupation state, the resources D and G are in a state used by the operator, and the resources C and H are in an unused state. (See FIG. 3). << Step 3 >> The resources A to H (the resources D and G in this example) which are in the online occupation state and in use are maintained in the online occupation state.

<< Step 4 >> In step 2, it is determined whether or not all of the resources A to H that are in the online occupied state are unused for a predetermined time.
If it is (partially unused), go to step 5 and
In the case of ES (all are unused), go to step 8. << Step 5 >> It is determined whether or not either the online occupation function key 2 or the offline occupation function key 3 has been pressed by a parallel operation . If YES, the process proceeds to the next step 6. << Step 6 >> For example, in step 5, the offline occupation function key 3 is pressed by a parallel operation by another operator who wishes to bind loose banknotes in the offline state. The resources A to H (resources C and H in this example) that have not been used are released from the online occupation state (see FIG. 3), and the process proceeds to step 7. The release of the online occupation state in step 6 can be performed using either the offline occupation function key 3 of the first operation unit 10 or the offline occupation function key 3 of the second operation unit 11.

<< Step 7 >> An unoccupied resource A including the resource released from the online state in step 6
Offline occupation of .about.H (resources A, B, C, E, F, H in this example) is accepted. That is, in step 7, another operator operates the resource designation keys 1 "A" to "H",
When the desired designations A to H are designated (resources C and H in this example), the resource C (banknote bundle disbursement resource) and the resource H (banknote disposable depositing resource) can be set to the offline occupation state. (See FIG. 3).

<< Step 8 >> The occupation state of all the occupied resources A to H is released, and this flow ends. The occupied resources shown in the flow and the usage status thereof are displayed on the display unit 12 as shown in FIG. As described above, in the resource occupation method in the money handling system according to the present embodiment, when the resources in the online occupation state are not used, the online occupation function key of the operation unit is pressed, and The unused resources in the state can be released from the online occupation state and used in the offline occupation state. In addition, the following resource occupancy switching is possible.

1) The unused resources that have been in the online occupation state are released by the operation of the second operator by the operation of the first operator, and are switched to the online occupation state of the second operator. 2) The unused resources in the offline occupation state are released by the operation of the second operator by the operation of the first operator, and are switched to the online occupation state of the second operator. 3) The unused resources in the offline occupied state are released by the operation of the second operator by the operation of the first operator, and are switched to the offline occupied state of the second operator.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the resource occupation method in the money handling system according to the present invention, the resources in the occupied state (either online or offline) are unused for a predetermined time or more . In some cases, the occupation state of unused resources in the occupation state can be released on condition that the online / offline occupation function key of the operation unit is pressed by a parallel operation . That is, the occupation state of the unused resource can be released by an operator different from the operator who has set the resource to the occupation state, and the resource whose occupation state has been released can be released to another operator by the online occupation state, Can be used in offline occupation state.

Thus, for example, when another operator must quickly bind the banknotes in the off-line occupation state, the occupancy function keys are operated in parallel.
Whether it is possible to bind the desired bills
Ri, the resources required to offline occupied state and the child
Ri, a problem that in the prior art unlike, until the operator that the set of online occupied state to release the online occupied state, it is not necessary to other operator is wait, and as a result, can not take advantage of the resources A~H that are not being used Can be prevented beforehand, and as a result, there is an effect that efficient operation of resources becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a resource occupation method in a money handling system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a display unit 12 and operation units 10 and 11 of a resource occupation method.
FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a control unit 100 of the resource occupation method, and the display contents of the display unit 12 along the flow of the flowchart.

[Explanation of symbols]

A to H resource 1 resource designation key 2 online occupation function key 3 offline occupation function key 4 amount input key 10 operation unit (operation unit) 11 operation unit (operation unit) 12 display unit 100 control unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A loose coins, rose bills, coins roll, dispensing the bill bundle, a plurality of resources for performing deposit, respectively, and operating means for operating these resources, based on the operation of the operation means
There in the money handling system and a control unit for controlling the withdrawal of resources by setting each receipt and payment online occupation or resource managing online state to offline occupancy for managing offline state disassociate from the online state The operating means specifies one or more of a plurality of resources.
A resource designation key and the resource designated by the resource designation key
Online occupancy function key for online status
And the resource specified by the resource specification key
Offline exclusive function key and deposit / withdraw
The amount input key for inputting the amount and the occupation state of the resource
A display unit for displaying the online occupied function.
Key and offline dedicated function key
And different types of concurrent operations are enabled, and the control unit, when the resource designated as the occupied state is unused for a predetermined time or more ,
On condition that the online occupation function key or offline occupation function key is operated in parallel , the occupation state of the unused resource is released, and the released resource is released.
A resource occupation method in a money handling system, characterized in that a resource in a non-occupied state including the resource can be set to an online occupied state or an offline occupied state.