JP3436282B2 - Currency exchange machine with a function to prevent forgetting to take bills and coins - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money changing machine or a medal dispensing machine which is installed and used in a financial institution or a pachinko hall. When a currency such as a coin is inserted and a changed banknote, coin, or medal is paid out, a forgetting function is provided so that the user does not forget to remove the banknote, coin, or medal from the outlet. It relates to money changers. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a financial institution or a pachinko hall or the like, high-value bills (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen bill) are converted into coins (500 yen, 100 yen coins) or low-value bills (1,000 yen) Bill)
There is known a money changer which changes money in money or vice versa. There is also a medal dispensing machine in which these bills and coins are inserted to receive game medals and change (in some cases, bills or coins). For example, as an example of a money changer, a structure as shown in FIG. 4 is known. This money changer 50 is provided with a large bill insertion slot 14 and a coin insertion slot 16 on a front panel 12. In the vicinity, an input amount display section 18 for displaying the input amount is arranged. In addition, below the large bill insertion slot 14, a low bill discharge port 20 and a coin discharge port 22 are provided, and a bill discharge signal lamp 24 and a coin discharge signal lamp 26 are arranged near each of them. Further, an optical sensor 28 (shown only in the control block diagram of FIG. 5) is provided behind the low bill outlet 20 as a discharged bill detecting means for detecting whether or not the discharged bill is present in the outlet. ing. On the other hand, near the center of the front panel 12, there are exchange coin number setting buttons 30, 32, 34, a low bill setting button 36 which does not exchange money for coins but only exchanges for low money bills (thousand-yen bills). A reverse exchange setting button 38 for exchanging a plurality of coins for banknotes is arranged, and in order to clarify the use state, for example, when a predetermined setting button is pressed according to a user's request, The display lamp of the pressed setting button is lit brightly. [0005] Also, above the front panel 12,
During currency exchange, stop currency exchange, stop inputting 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen, collect bills,
An indicator lamp is provided to indicate that the coin has run out, and when a condition corresponding to each item occurs according to a command from the computer, the indicator lamp of the corresponding item lights up,
It is convenient for the user and the attendant to be notified of the state. The coin return button 40 is a button for releasing when a inserted coin is jammed in a coin identification device 42 (only shown in the control block diagram of FIG. 5) disposed behind the coin insertion slot 16, and is released. The collected coins are returned to the coin outlet 22. Similarly, when the coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 16 is determined to be a non-tradeable coin by the coin identification device 42, the inserted coin is returned to the coin outlet 22. A bill discriminating device 44 (shown only in the control block diagram of FIG. 5) is provided behind the large bill insertion slot 14. Next, the details of the exchange operation will be described with reference to a control block diagram shown in FIG. 5 and a flowchart shown in FIG. 1. Coins have been inserted: the user goes to the high-yield bill slot 14 according to the purpose of use, for example, to exchange high-yield bills for low-yield bills or coins, and to the coin insertion slot 16 to exchange coins for bills. Input. [0008] 2. 2. currency that can be traded; Discharge money: The authenticity of the inserted bill is determined by the bill validator 44 disposed behind the large bill insertion slot 14, and when a non-tradeable bill is inserted, the bill is inserted into the large bill slot 14. Will be returned. When the inserted coin cannot be traded, the inserted coin is returned to the coin outlet 22 as described above. 4. Displaying the amount of the inserted money: When the inserted money is normal, the data of the inserted amount is sent from the bill identifying device 44 or the coin identifying device 42 to the central processing unit (CPU) 46, and the inserted amount display section 18 Displays the total amount of input. [0010] 5. Determine the exchange pattern: Of the setting buttons 30, 32, 34, 36, and 38, all the setting buttons that can be exchanged according to the type of the inserted money are turned on. For example, if a 10,000-yen bill is inserted into the large bill insertion slot 14, 50
0 yen 2 sheets setting button 30, 500 yen 4 sheets setting button 3
2,500 yen 6 sheets setting button 34, 1000 yen bill setting button 3
6 are turned on, and when one or more 500-yen coins are inserted into the coin insertion slot 16, the reverse exchange setting button 38 is turned on.
Next, when the user presses a desired exchange setting button, as described above, only the pressed setting button remains lit until the exchange operation is completed, and the data of the exchange pattern is the CPU.
Sent to 46. 6. Paying out money for exchange in accordance with the exchange pattern: The data of the inserted amount and the data of the exchange pattern are calculated by the CPU 46, and predetermined money is paid out from the bill outlet 20 or the coin outlet 22, respectively.
Bill discharge signal lamp 24 and coin discharge signal lamp 26
Both or only one of them lights or blinks depending on the denomination to be paid. The lighting or blinking time at this time is
When there is a bill to be dispensed, pressing any of the setting buttons 30 to 38 detects that the bill has been removed by the discharged bill detecting means 28 which detects whether or not a bill is present in the low bill outlet 20. Continue until you do. If the payout is only for coins, the light is turned on or blinks for a certain period of time after the payout. However, in the above-described conventional money changer, the bill discharge signal lamp 24 and the coin discharge signal lamp 26 only light or blink independently. . Therefore, the user forgets that there is also a payout of coins when paying attention to the payout bill, and forgets that there is also a payout of coins when paying attention to payout of coins. In this way, only the lighting or blinking of the bill discharge signal lamp 24 and the coin discharge signal lamp 26 is not enough to prompt the user to recognize the payout currency, and in particular, the payout currency is supplied to both the bill discharge port 20 and the coin discharge port 22. In some cases, there was a problem that one of them was forgotten. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to clarify the user's recognition of the paid-out money and prevent the user from forgetting to take the money.
In particular, when a bill, coin, medal, or the like is paid out from two outlets, such as a bill and a coin, or a bill or a coin, and a medal, the change machine is provided with a function for effectively preventing forgetting of these. Is provided. [0014] In order to achieve this object, a currency exchange machine with a function to prevent forgetting to take bills, coins, etc., according to the present invention, comprises:
A bill / coin insertion slot for currency exchange, a currency exchange pattern setting button group for instructing exchange of the bill / coin etc. inserted into the slot for another bill / coin or medal, etc., and the currency exchange pattern A discharge port for exchanging bills, coins or medals of a predetermined amount by exchanging one or two or more setting buttons selected from a group of setting buttons. Rutotomoni with the door on the front panel of the change machine body, further the change machine each plurality of LED on the front panel toward each outlet from the inlet of the body, the light guide path is provided comprising a lamp, When the bills, coins, medals, etc. are dispensed from the respective outlets, LEDs and lamps on the side of the input port of the light guide path leading to each of the discharged outlets.
The bills are lit in order from the
It generally lights up at the time of paying out coins, etc., bills and coins,
When the payout of medals etc. is completed, the LED and
The gist is that the lights are turned off in order from the lamps . [0015] [action] According to the prevention function with a change machine forget preparative paper money, coins or the like of the present invention having the above configuration, the user a bill or coin or the like is put into input port, such as bills, coins for currency exchange By selecting and pressing the setting button of the exchange pattern setting button group, a predetermined amount of exchange bills / coins or a predetermined amount of medals are discharged from the discharge port of the bills / coins or medals provided on the display panel. LEs are arranged in a plurality of light guide paths leading to the discharge port according to the type of bills, coins or medals discharged at times.
D, a lamp, etc. are turned on. Therefore, the user indicates by caution which outlet is to be dispensed by turning on the light guide path, so that careless careless picking of bills and coins is avoided. [0017] In this case, the guide path, the inlet side of the LED when the bill-coins, medals, etc., are paid out from each outlet is turned from the lamp or the like in order, the lighting rate is paid out It is configured so that it is almost turned off at the time of dispensing bills, coins, etc., and is turned off in order from the above-mentioned insertion port side LED, lamp, etc. when dispensing bills, coins, medals, etc. payout banknotes or Ri Do to be prompted extraction such as a coin and its payout banknotes
And the like can be received not forget to retrieve the coins, paper Nusa coins
Users are more effectively prevented from forgetting to take them.
It gives a sense of security and reliability in the use of currency exchange machines. [0017] [Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a money changer with a function for preventing forgetting of bills and coins according to the present invention. The same components as those of the prior art shown in FIG. , And a detailed description thereof will be omitted. [0018] Thus the change machine 10 of the present invention, small amount banknotes discharged from the high bill slot 14 on the display panel 12 side port 2
A bill discharge signal light guide path 52 and a coin discharge signal light guide path 54 are provided toward 0 and the coin discharge port 22, respectively. These bill discharge signal light guide path 52 and coin discharge signal light guide path 54 are, for example, LE, respectively.
D or two or more lamps or the like are arranged. [0019] By way shows a control block diagram of a change machine of the embodiment in FIG. 2, each LED, lamp lighting circuit of the bill discharge signal optical guide path 52 and the coin discharge signal optical guide path 54 on the output side of the CPU46 Is connected. In this control block diagram, other control circuits are the same as in the conventional example. The ROM 56 connected to the CPU 46 has
Various operation programs of the money changer 10 are stored, and the RAM 58 stores the amount of money of a bill inserted according to a signal from the bill validator 44. [0020] To explain the operation of the change machine for the flowchart of the next FIG. 3, whether First bill is introduced is determined (S1), when it is determined that the banknote has been inserted (S1: "YES Next, it is determined whether or not the exchange coin number setting buttons 30, 32, 34, the low bill setting button 36, or the reverse exchange setting button 38 have been pressed (S2). [0021] If it is determined that any of the setting buttons in the S2 is depressed (S2: "YES"), it is determined whether or not the paper money discharged in CPU 46 (S3), it is judged that the discharging paper money (S3 : “YES”), and then determine whether or not coin ejection is necessary (S4). If it is determined in S4 that coin ejection is also required (S4: “YES”), an ON signal is sent to both the lighting circuit of the bill ejection signal light guide path 52 and the lighting circuit of the coin ejection signal light guide path 54, and these are output. Light guide paths 52, 5
4 LED, lamp, etc. are lit sequentially from the top (S
5). And a low bill outlet 20 and a coin outlet 22
When the bills and coins have been discharged, the LEDs and lamps of the light guide paths 52 and 54 are turned off in order from the top. On the other hand, is turned by if it is determined that there is no discharge of coins in S4 described above (S4 "NO"), only the bill discharge signal optical guide path 52 is ON signal to the lighting circuit from CPU46 sent (S6). In this case as well, the LEDs, lamps, and the like of the light guide path 52 are turned on in order from the top, and are similarly turned off from the top once the bills are discharged. [0023] If it is determined that there is no discharge of the bill in S3 described above (S3: "NO"), then it is determined that necessity of discharge of coins (S7), if there is discharge of coins in this S7 If it is determined (S7: “YES”), only the coin ejection signal light guide path 54 is turned on by the ON signal sent from the CPU 46 to the lighting circuit (S8). Also in this case, the LEDs, lamps, and the like of the light guide path 54 are sequentially turned on from the top,
When the coins have been ejected, the lights turn off in order from the top. This is similar to the case of bill ejection. [0024] is as follows This will be described more specifically. As described above, the currency exchange pattern of the currency exchange machine includes a high-value banknote (for example, 10,000-yen bill) and a high-value banknote (for example, 10,000-yen coin) and a coin (for example, 500-yen coin). Yen bills) to low bills (eg 1,000 yen bills)
Only a large bill (for example, a 1,000-yen bill) is coined (for example, 50
Only four types of exchange of a plurality of coins (for example, 500 yen coins) into banknotes (for example, 1,000 yen bills) can be selected for only the 0 yen coin). There are three types of payout patterns of only bills and coins only. [0025] First, a description will be given of a case of both payout of banknotes and coins. The user is a banknote (for example, 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen bill)
Is inserted into the high-value bill insertion slot 14 and when one of the predetermined setting buttons 30 to 38 to be exchanged is pressed, the bill ejection signal light guide path 52 and the coin ejection signal light guide path 54
, The uppermost LED or lamp is lit, and then the second and third tiers are sequentially lit. The lighting speed at that time is respectively turned on at a speed at which all the LEDs are turned on during the bill discharging time and the coin discharging time. [0026] Then in the case of payout of paper currency only, only a bill discharge signal optical guide path 52 will light in sequence from the top, at the same time lighting completed with the same manner as described above generally bill payout.
In the case of paying out only coins, only the coin discharge light guide path 54 is lit in order from the top, and the lighting is completed almost simultaneously with the payout of coins. Each light guide path 52, 5
4 is turned off when the bills are paid out.
0 that the bill has been removed
The light is turned off upon detection by a signal from the system, and when a payout is made only of coins, the light goes out after a fixed time from the coin payout. As is apparent from the above description, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of light guide paths are linearly arranged from the upper side to the lower side, and are sequentially turned on, so that the user can recognize the payout coin. Can be clearly impressed. For this reason, the user is effectively prevented from forgetting to pay out coins. [0028] Although the present invention is not all limited to such an embodiment, it is possible to add various modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in this embodiment, the bill ejection signal light guide path and the coin ejection light guide path are sequentially turned on during the ejection of each currency,
Lighting may be performed in plural units. In this embodiment, each light guide path is almost completely turned on during the dispensing of money. In another embodiment, during the dispensing of money, one light guide or a plurality of light guide paths are sequentially turned on. It may be made to blink so that the light of the lighting may flow from the coin slot to the coin outlet. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the bill discharge light guide path during the waiting time of change machines, but is off to the coin ejection optical guide path both for purposes of clarity of waiting, as if stars are shining , Individual LEDs or lamps may optionally be flashed. In the above-described embodiment, the description has been made only on the exchange of bills and coins as a money changer. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the currency changer, and the present invention is not limited to the bill changer. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a medal dispensing machine or the like which is installed and used in a so-called game arcade, a pachinko hall, or the like, in which bills and coins are paid out. As described above in detail, according to the money changer with a function for preventing forgetting to take bills and coins of the present invention, each of the bill outlet and the coin outlet has two or more LEDs. Alternatively, a light guide path consisting of a lamp or the like is installed and turned on individually or simultaneously, in order, so that the user can be clearly impressed with the recognition of the dispensed money, and thus, the user may forget to take out the exchange currency. There is an effect that it can be prevented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing a change machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the money changer shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a flowchart (only essential parts) of the money changing machine shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a front view showing a conventional money changer. FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the conventional money changing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart relating to a change operation of the conventional change machine shown in FIG. 4; [Description of Signs] 10 Money Changer 12 Front Panel 14 High Bill Insertion Slot 16 Coin Slot 20 Low Bill Exit 22 Coin Discharge Slots 30, 32, 34 Currency Change Coin Quantity Setting Button 36 Low Bill Setting Button 38 Reverse Currency Setting Button 46 CPU 52 Bill ejection signal light guide path 54 Coin ejection signal light guide path

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasushi Ishihara 7-86, Sakaino-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma Inside Amtex Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kawahara 15-1 Nashiro-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi Brother Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Teruo Discimaru 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Inside Brother Systems Inc. (72) Inventor Ken Sasaki 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Inside Brother Systems Inc. (56) References JP-A-8-30840 (JP, A) JP-A-62-75788 (JP, A) JP-A-62-60989 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 1/00-3/16 G07D 9/00-13/00 G07F 5/00-9/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A bill and coin insertion slot for currency exchange, and a bill or coin inserted into the slot is exchanged for another bill, coin or medal. Pattern setting button group that instructs the user to press a button or one or more setting buttons selected from the group of the exchange pattern setting button group to discharge a predetermined amount of exchange bills / coins or a predetermined number of medals. The outlets for the bills, coins, medals, etc. to be exchanged are provided on the front panel of the machine.
In addition, a light guide path including a plurality of LEDs, lamps, and the like is provided on the front panel of the changer machine body from the input port to each output port, and the bills, coins, medals, and the like are provided at each output port. An LED on the input port side of a light guide path leading to each of the output ports to be output when the output is performed;
Lights are turned on in order from the lamp etc. and the lighting speed is paid out
It generally lights up at the time of dispensing bills and coins,
When coins and medals have been paid out, the LE
D. A money changer with a function to prevent forgetting to take bills, coins, etc., characterized in that the lights are turned off in order from a lamp or the like.