JP3496035B2 - Change control device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a change control device for a currency identification device used in vending machines and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional change control device, the number of change after replenishment of change is controlled to be constant. That is,
When the maintenance staff replenishes the change, the change replenishment number (total number after replenishment) is set in advance. When the number of coins exceeds this set value by inserting and withdrawing money,
The excess amount of money is paid out to the cash box (safe box) for collecting without holding it in the currency identification device, and when the amount is insufficient, the insufficient number is displayed on the display. At the time of replenishing the change, the maintenance staff fixed the number of change held in the currency discriminating device by collecting the money in the cash box and replenishing the insufficient number of money displayed on the display.

[0003]

However, the conventional change control device has the following problems. That is, even with such control, as described above, it takes time and labor for the maintenance staff to replenish the change amount less than the set number. An object of the present invention is to provide a change control device that does not require any trouble when collecting change.

[0004]

A change control device according to a first aspect of the present invention presets the number of changes held in a currency identification device, and when the number of changes exceeds the set value due to insertion or withdrawal of money. In the change control device that collects the money in the cash box and collects it at the time of collecting the change, the sales amount storage means for accumulating the product amount each time the product is sold and storing it as the sales amount, and the accumulated amount as the accumulated amount each time the money is stored in the cash box. A stored amount storage means for storing, a payout means for paying out change from the currency identification device, a change collection starting means for instructing collection of change, and a change collection for the last time when change collection is instructed by the change collection starting means. For the period from the point of time to the present, the sales amount is read from the sales amount storage means, the storage amount is read from the storage amount storage device, and the storage amount is calculated from the sales amount. The change of the amount was calculated, and a control unit for instructing payout to dispensing means.

A change control device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the change control device according to the first aspect, wherein the unpaid amount storage means for storing the unpaid amount at the time of collecting the change, and the change collection start means instructing the change collection, For the period from the time of the previous change collection to the present, the sales amount is read from the sales amount storage means, the stored amount is read from the storage amount storage means, the unpaid amount is read from the unpaid amount storage device, and the stored amount is calculated from the sales amount. And a control unit for instructing the payout means to pay out the change in the amount obtained by adding the unpaid amount to the amount subtracted from.

A change control device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the change control device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, which further includes unpaid amount display means for displaying the unpaid amount. A change control device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the change control device according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, wherein the change recovery start means is a change recovery start switch.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the change recovery start means gives an instruction to collect the change, the control section reads the sales amount from the sales amount storage means for the period from the last change collection time to the present time and stores it. The amount is read from the stored amount storage means, and a change amount of the sales amount less the stored amount is instructed to be paid out to the payout means.

Therefore, at the time of change collection, the product sales amount during the period from the last change collection time to the present is collected,
Moreover, since the preset number of change remains in the currency identification device, the change can be collected without any trouble. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, when the change collection start means instructs the change collection, the control unit reads out the sales amount from the sales amount storage means for a period from the last change collection time to the present, Read the stored amount from the stored amount storage means, read the unpaid amount from the unpaid amount storage device, and instruct the dispensing device to issue a change of the sum of the sales amount less the stored amount and the unpaid amount. To do.

Therefore, when the change is collected, the sales amount is collected as in the case of the invention 1, and the unpaid amount at the time of the previous change collection is also collected, and moreover, the preset number of the change is set in the currency identification device. The change will be collected without any hassle because there will be no money left. According to the invention 3, in the invention 1 or the invention 2, when the unpaid amount is left, the unpaid amount display means displays the unpaid amount, so that the change can be made without any trouble for confirming the change recovery amount. Be recovered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the above-mentioned inventions, since the change collecting start means is a change collecting start switch, the change collecting operation can be facilitated and the change can be collected without trouble.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a vending machine. In this figure,
1 is a keyboard for setting and displaying various data, 2 is RA
It is the main control part of a vending machine with a built-in M. This RAM
The cumulative amount of sold products, the cumulative amount of money stored in the cash box, etc. calculated by the main control unit 2 are stored in the. 3 is a currency identification device that identifies currency, pays out money according to a command from the main control unit, and notifies the main control unit of the number of coins deposited and withdrawn, and 4 identifies the currency identification device 3 when the deposit exceeds the change replenishment number. A cash box (safe box) 5 for storing the paid out money is a change return port for the money identifying device 3 to pay out the change to the customer according to an instruction from the main control unit. Reference numeral 6 denotes a change recovery start switch for sending a signal for instructing change recovery to the main controller 2, which will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the main part of the invention. The operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, if there is a deposit in the currency identification device 3 (step S1 branch Y), it is determined whether or not the denomination can be accommodated in a change tube (a portion of the currency identification device for storing change) (step S2). (Branch N) It is added as it is to the number of holdings for each denomination (step S6). If not possible (branch Y), the surplus currency data is added to the denomination (step S
3) Store in the cash box (step S4), and update the number of held denominations to the maximum accommodated number (step S4)
5).

If there is no deposit in step S1 (branch N), it is judged whether or not there is a withdrawal (step S7), and if there is (branch Y), it is paid out and the number of holdings of the relevant denomination is subtracted (step S8). If (branch N) step S as it is
Proceed to 9. Next, it is judged whether or not the change collection start switch 6 has started the change collection (step S9). If there is no start (branch N), the process directly returns to step S1. If it is activated (branch Y), the amount of money stored in the cash box 4 is subtracted from the total amount of sale of products (step S10), and the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S11, it is judged whether or not there is an unpaid amount at the time of the previous change change collection, and if there is (branch Y), it is added to the current amount to be paid out (step S12). If not, the process directly proceeds to step S13. Next, when the amount to be paid out cannot be paid out with the money accommodated in the currency identification device 3 at that time (step S13 branch Y), the shortfall is deducted (step S14) and displayed on the display unit of the keyboard 1 ( In step S15), the payout amount is paid out by denomination (step S16) and the process returns to step S1.

By the above operation, that is, when the change is collected, by controlling only the product sales amount (sales amount) during the period from the last collection time to this time, the change shortage is replenished as in the conventional case. You can save the trouble of doing.

[0016]

According to the present invention, only the sales proceeds from the time of the previous collection to the present are collected at the time of collecting the change, so that the collection work is not troublesome. Furthermore, invention 2
According to the invention, the amount of the unpaid portion of the last time can be collected, and according to the invention 3, the display confirmation when there is the unpaid money can be confirmed, and according to the invention 4, the change collection start switch facilitates the operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a change control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation based on the invention of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... Main control part, 3 ... Currency identification device, 4
... cash box, 5 ... change return port, 6 ... change collection start switch.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. The number of changes held in the currency identification device is set in advance, and when the number of changes exceeds the set value due to the insertion or withdrawal of money, the change is stored in a cash box,
In the change control device that collects the change at the time of collecting change, the sales amount storage means that accumulates the product amount each time the product is sold and stores it as the sales amount, and the storage amount that accumulates each time the money is stored in the cash box and stores it as the stored amount. Storage means, payout means for paying out change from the currency identification device, change collection start means for instructing collection of change, and change collection start means for instructing collection of change,
For the period from the time of the previous change collection to the present, the sales amount is read from the sales amount storage means, the storage amount is read from the storage amount storage means, and the change amount of the amount obtained by subtracting the storage amount from the sales amount is sent to the payout means. A change control device comprising a control unit for issuing a payout instruction. 2. The change control device according to claim 1, wherein the unpaid amount storage means for storing the unpaid amount at the time of collecting the change, and the change collection starting means for instructing the collection of the change.
For the period from the time of the previous change collection to the present, the sales amount is read from the sales amount storage means, the stored amount is read from the storage amount storage means, the unpaid amount is read from the unpaid amount storage device, and the stored amount is calculated from the sales amount. A change control device comprising: a control unit for instructing a payout means to pay out a change amount of an amount obtained by adding an unpaid amount to an amount obtained by subtracting. 3. The change control device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: an unpaid amount display means for displaying the unpaid amount when there is an unpaid amount. . 4. The change control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the change recovery start means is a change recovery start switch.