JP6776658B2 - Money processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a money processing device capable of adjusting the balance between service to customers and priority in commercial transactions when paying out banknotes.

Traditionally, automatic change machines have been used in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores in order to handle customers and strictly manage cash. A POS register (Point Of Sales) device or the like is connected to the automatic change machine, and the POS register device instructs the automatic change machine to process the deposit and withdrawal of money such as coins and banknotes. This deposit / withdrawal process also includes change processing.

Here, when old banknotes and new banknotes are mixed, it is preferable to pay out new banknotes as a service when paying out to customers as change. For this reason, for example, Patent Document 1 describes a new style banknote and an old style banknote that are distinguished by the presence or absence of ink to be issued, which is a feature of the new style banknote, and the old style banknote is collected.

Further, Patent Document 2 describes an old cash collection changeover switch that collects cash determined to be old cash in a batch storage box when collection is set by this switch.

Further, in Patent Document 3, before the transaction, the release preparation banknotes of each denomination stored in the cassette are identified one by one, the new denomination is stored in the cassette of each denomination, and the old denomination is It describes what is stored in a collection cassette and sorts banknotes.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-180244 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-127287 JP-A-59-180685

As mentioned above, in the conventional automatic change machine, in order not to pay out the old 1000 yen bill or the 2000 yen bill as change, the old 1000 yen bill is automatically collected or the clerk withdraws the old 1000 yen bill. He exchanged 2,000 yen bills for reserves and handed change to customers. This was intended to improve service to customers.

However, if the payout by the old 1000-yen bill or the 2000-yen bill is excluded, a situation will occur in which the change cannot be paid out. For example, although the old 1000-yen bill can be used to pay out change, the new 1000-yen bill alone may not be enough to pay out the change. In such a case, even if the old 1000-yen banknotes are mixed, the change should be paid out and the commercial transaction should be prioritized.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a money processing device capable of adjusting the balance between service to customers and priority in commercial transactions in the process of paying out banknotes.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the money processing device according to the present invention is a money processing device that performs deposit / withdrawal processing of money, and is predetermined with respect to the total number of stored predetermined equal denominations. When using a storage unit that presets and stores the existence rate, which is the ratio of the number of non-withdrawal numbers of the same amount denomination, as the set existence rate and the same amount denomination in which the set existence rate is set for change, the same amount If the current existence rate of the denomination is less than the set existence rate, the same amount of denomination that is not subject to withdrawal will not be paid out, and if the current existence rate of the same amount denomination is equal to or more than the set existence rate. It is characterized by having a payout control unit that controls payouts including the same amount of denominations that are not subject to withdrawal.

Further, in the above invention, when the money processing apparatus according to the present invention pays out including the same amount of denominations that are not subject to withdrawal, the withdrawal control unit determines the denominations of the withdrawal target and the withdrawal target. It is characterized by paying out without distinction.

Further, the money processing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, when the predetermined denomination is always excluded from the withdrawal target, the abundance rate is set to 0.

According to the present invention, when the same amount of money with a set existence rate is used for change, if the current existence rate of the same amount of money is less than the set existence rate, the same amount of money that is not subject to withdrawal If the current existence rate of the same amount of denomination is equal to or higher than the set existence rate without paying out the seeds, the same amount of denominations that are not eligible for withdrawal are included in the withdrawal. It is possible to balance the service to customers and the priority of commercial transactions.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a money processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of a money processing device. FIG. 3 is a side view conceptually showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a payout processing procedure by the payout control unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the payout process.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Structure of money processing device)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a money processing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the money processing device 10. The money processing device 10 illustrated here is used as an automatic change machine connected to the POS register device PR in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a flat surface is formed on the upper surface of the money processing device 10, and a POS register device PR, which is a higher-level device, is arranged on the flat surface. The money processing device 10 includes a coin processing device 1 for depositing and withdrawing coins and a bill processing device 2 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. The coin processing device 1 and the banknote processing device 2 are covered with a rectangular parallelepiped device main body, and are arranged adjacent to each other.

The coin processing device 1 includes a coin slot 31 on the right side of the upper surface of the front end of the device body. A coin withdrawal port 38 is formed on the left side of the front surface of the main body of the coin processing device 1, and coins discharged from the coin withdrawal port 38 are received by the tray 40. Further, a coin return port 39 is provided on the front right side of the main body of the device. On the other hand, a bill insertion slot 41 and a bill withdrawal port 42 are provided on the upper front surface of the main body of the bill processing device 2.

The coin processing device 1 includes a display unit 3 and an operation input unit 4 on the left side of the upper surface of the front end of the apparatus main body. The display unit 3 and the operation input unit 4 are also the display unit and the operation input unit of the bill processing device 2. The control unit 5 and the storage unit 6 are provided in the money processing device 10.

The coin processing device 1 has various sensor groups 11 and actuator groups 12. Further, the bill processing device 2 has various sensor groups 21 and actuator groups 22.

The control unit 5 has a deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a. When money is inserted after the deposit permission command is given from the POS register device PR, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a performs the deposit processing of the money according to the deposit permission command, and the withdrawal command is given from the POS register device PR. If so, the money will be withdrawn in accordance with the withdrawal order. Further, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a also performs a process of sequentially storing the contents of the executed deposit / withdrawal process as the deposit / withdrawal information 6a in the storage unit 6 while executing these deposit / withdrawal processes. ..

Further, the control unit 5 has a payout control unit 5b. When the payout control unit 5b uses the same amount denomination in which the set existence rate 6b stored in the storage unit 6 is set for change, the current existence rate 6c of the same amount denomination is less than the set existence rate 6b. In that case, the same amount of money that is not subject to withdrawal is not paid out, only the same amount of money that is subject to withdrawal is paid out, and if the current existence rate 6c of the same amount of money is 6b or more, the withdrawal target Control to pay out including the same amount of denomination outside. Withdrawals including the same amount of denominations that are not subject to withdrawal do not distinguish between withdrawal targets and banknotes that are not subject to withdrawal, and are paid out in the order in which the banknotes are stored, for example.

The abundance rate refers to the ratio of the number of non-withdrawal denominations to the total number of predetermined equal denominations. For example, if the total number of 1000-yen banknotes is 100, the number of new 1000-yen banknotes to be withdrawn is 91, and the number of old 1000-yen banknotes not subject to withdrawal is 9, then (9/100) is 9%. Become. The abundance rate 6c is the current abundance rate and is calculated for each denomination of the same amount. Further, the setting existence rate 6b is set in advance via the operation input unit 4.

(Internal configuration of banknote processing device)
FIG. 3 is a side view conceptually showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing apparatus 2 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, in the bill processing device 2, the bills conveyed from the bill insertion slot 41 are discriminated by the bill discrimination sensor 44, and then the 1000-yen bill storage in the bill storage 51 according to the denomination. 51b, mixed bill storage (mixing storage) 51c is stored. The mixing cabinet 51c stores banknotes other than 1000 yen banknotes. For example, the mixing cabinet 51c mixes and stores 10000 yen bills and 5000 yen bills. Further, a scrutiny storage 51a is provided in the bill storage 51. The scrutiny storage 51a is a temporary storage for temporarily emptying the bills stored in the bill storages 51b and 51c and recounting the number of stored bills in the bill storages 51b and 51c. That is, the scrutiny warehouse 51a is used during the scrutiny operation. The bill withdrawal port 42 is an opening for paying out the bills carried out from the bill storages 51b and 51c to the outside of the main body of the device, and is provided at the lower part of the front surface of the main body of the device.

Here, a banknote transport path 50 is arranged between the 1000 banknote storage 51b and the scrutiny storage 51a, and between the mixing storage 51c and the scrutiny storage 51a. Further, on the bill transport path 50, a switching gate G31 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the scrutiny storage 51a, a switching gate G32 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the 1000-yen bill storage 51b, and a switching gate G33 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the mixing storage 51c. Further, sensors S31, S32, and S33 as image sensors for detecting the passage of banknotes are arranged in the vicinity of the switching gates G31, G32, and G33. Further, motors M31, M32, and M33 for feeding out from the scrutiny storage 51a, the 1000-yen bill storage 51b, and the mixing storage 51c to the bill transport path 50 are provided. It also has a motor M50 that transports and drives the bill transport path 50. Further, a sensor S50 as an image sensor for detecting the denomination and passage of the banknotes to be transported is arranged on the banknote transport path 50.

Under the control of the payout control unit 5b, the bill processing device 2 temporarily stores the bills that are not subject to withdrawal in the bill transport path 50, temporarily stores them in the scrutiny warehouse 51a, and then temporarily stores them in the scrutiny warehouse 51a. The banknotes are returned to the original 1000 banknote storage 51b or the mixed banknote 51c. Further, when paying out including bills that are not subject to withdrawal, the bill processing device 2 pays out in the order in which they are stored in the 1000-yen bill storage 51b, and pays out in the order in which they are stored in the mixing storage 51c.

(Payout processing)
Here, the payout processing procedure by the payout control unit 5b will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, first, the payout control unit 5b determines whether or not the abundance rate 6c of the same amount denomination used for change is less than the set abundance rate 6b (step S101). When the existence rate 6c of the same amount denomination is less than the set existence rate 6b (step S101, Yes), all the change is paid out with the withdrawal target denomination, that is, the new ticket (step S102). On the other hand, if the existence rate 6c of the same amount denomination is not less than the set existence rate 6b (steps S101 and No), the denominations not subject to withdrawal are included and paid out (step S103).

After that, the abundance rate 6c after the payout in steps S102 and S103 is updated (S104), the main process is terminated, and the main payout process is repeatedly executed every time the change process occurs.

(Specific example of payout processing)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the payout process. In the specific example shown in FIG. 5, the set existence rate of 1000 yen bills is set to 10%, the change when 10,000 yen is deposited is 9,000 yen, and one 5,000 yen bill and 1,000 yen. It shows the case of paying out with four bills.

Here, if there are 100 thousand-yen banknotes stored in the banknote processing device 2, of which 91 are new and 9 are old, the current existence rate is 9.0% (less than 10%). Become. Therefore, in this case, the old 1000-yen banknotes are not subject to withdrawal, and all 1000-yen banknotes are new. The abundance rate after this withdrawal rises to 9.4%, but since it is less than 10%, all the next withdrawal processing of 1000 yen bills will be new tickets.

In addition, if there are 30 thousand-yen banknotes stored in the banknote processing device 2, of which 21 are new and 9 are old, the current existence rate is 30.0% (10% or more). .. Therefore, in this case, the old 1000-yen bill is subject to withdrawal, and the old 1000-yen bill is allowed to be included, that is, the withdrawal process does not distinguish between the new ticket and the old ticket. This payout process will be paid out in the order in which they are stored in the 1000 yen bill storage 51b. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, three new 1000-yen banknotes and one old 1000-yen banknote are paid out. The abundance rate after this withdrawal will be 30.8%, which will increase slightly, and the next 1000-yen banknote withdrawal process will also allow the old 1000-yen banknotes to be included.

Furthermore, if there are 51 thousand-yen banknotes stored in the banknote processing device 2, of which 46 are new and 5 are old, the current abundance rate is 9.8% (less than 10%). .. Therefore, in this case, the old 1000-yen banknotes are not subject to withdrawal, and all 1000-yen banknotes are new. Since the abundance rate after the withdrawal rises to 10.6% and becomes 10% or more, the next withdrawal process of the 1000 yen bill is a payout process that allows the old 1000 yen bill to be included.

In the above-described embodiment, the new ticket of the same amount denomination is set as the withdrawal target denomination, and the old ticket of the same amount denomination is set as the non-withdrawal denomination. In the present embodiment, not limited to this, for example, if you do not want to withdraw 10,000 yen bills and 2,000 yen bills as change regardless of new or old tickets, you can use 10,000 yen bills and 2,000 yen bills. In order to exclude from withdrawal, the set existence rate of 10,000 yen bills and 2,000 yen bills may be set to 0.

Similarly, if you want to always exclude old tickets from withdrawal and pay out only new tickets, you can set the set existence rate of the same amount of denomination to 0.

In the present embodiment, when the current existence rate is less than the set existence rate, the old ticket is regarded as a banknote that is not subject to withdrawal, and all are paid out with a new ticket. By appropriately changing this set existence rate, it is possible to adjust the balance between the service to customers who pay out change with new tickets and the priority of commercial transactions including old tickets. By setting this set existence rate to 0, all old tickets will not be subject to withdrawal, and all will be paid out with new tickets. The process of determining the withdrawal of banknotes that are not subject to withdrawal by comparing the set existence rate and the current existence rate described above is particularly useful at the time of switching between new and old banknotes.

1 Coin processing device 2 Banknote processing device 3 Display unit 4 Operation input unit 5 Control unit 5a Deposit / withdrawal control unit 5b Withdrawal control unit 6 Storage unit 6a Deposit / withdrawal information 6b Setting abundance rate 6c Existence rate 10 Money processing device 11/21 Sensor group 12, 22 Actuator group 31 Coin slot 38 Coin withdrawal port 39 Coin return port 40 Receiving tray 41 Banknote slot 42 Banknote withdrawal port 44 Banknote identification sensor 50 Banknote transport path 51 Banknote storage 51a Scrutiny 51b 1000 yen Banknote storage 51c Mixer G31-G33 Switching gates M31, M32, M33, M50 Motor PR POS register device S31-S33, S50 Sensor

Claims (3)

It is a money processing device that processes money deposits and withdrawals.
The same amount denomination storage that stores the coins of the same amount denomination,
A temporary storage for temporarily storing money and
A storage unit that presets and stores the existence rate, which is the ratio of the number of non-withdrawal numbers of the predetermined same amount denomination to the total number of the predetermined same amount denominations stored in the same amount denomination storage, as the set existence rate.
When the same amount denomination with the set existence rate is used for change, if the current existence rate of the same amount denomination is less than the set existence rate, the same amount denomination not subject to withdrawal is temporarily stored. If the current existence rate of the same amount of denomination is equal to or higher than the set existence rate without temporarily storing it in the warehouse and paying out, the same amount of denomination that is not subject to withdrawal is included and the current existence rate is calculated. A payout control unit that controls updating,
A money processing device characterized by being equipped with. When paying out including the same amount of denominations that are not subject to withdrawal, the withdrawal control unit is characterized by paying out from the same amount of denomination storage without distinguishing between the denominations that are subject to withdrawal and those that are not subject to withdrawal. The money processing device according to claim 1. The money processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the predetermined denomination is always excluded from the withdrawal target, the set existence rate is set to 0.

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