JPH02244265A - Cash payment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the processing time per customer and to improve the service performance by securing the linkage between a cash register and an automatic cash transaction device. CONSTITUTION:An automatic cash transaction device 3 equal to that used in a banking organ, etc., is set at a cash payment corner of a supermarket. Then a cash receiving process is carried out via the device 3 based on the total amount of purchase checked by a checker. An automatic door is set at the exit of a cash payment corner to prevent the illegal payment, and the opening/closing drive of this door can be controlled by the device 3. Therefore the device 3 can detect the total amount via a full statement reading part, a cash register 2, and a card reader. Then the reception of cash can be processed via the note and coin circulating mechanism parts of the device 3. Furthermore the change is also discharged via a cash payment function. Thus the service performance is improved with reduction of the waiting time together with improvement of the safety.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a payment corner for shopping in supermarkets and the like, and is a system particularly suitable for automating cash payments and change refunds.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there is a known trading system that uses automatic doors to guide users to designated trading rooms based on the selection of transaction types.

However, we did not consider applying this method to one-time payment processing, where when a correct transaction is completed in a cash transaction, an automatic door opens and the person is guided to the exit, so all payment processing at supermarkets etc. is done manually. It was a cash payment system. Incidentally, a related technique is JP-A-52-42340.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional cash payment system described above only issues purchase statements at the cash register or PO8 terminal, and does not take into account cash processing. When receiving cash, change is refunded, so the processing time for -1000 shoppers is long, and the cash payment corner has long lines of shoppers waiting for their turn.

An object of the present invention is to separate cash processing from checker operations, shorten processing time per shopper, and eliminate congestion at cash payment corners. Checker again
The purpose is to reduce the mental burden of dealing with cash and to transfer cash to an automated teller machine that is safe from crime prevention.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to install automated teller machines used in financial institutions, etc. in cash payment corners of supermarkets, and to have the automated teller machine process payments based on the total amount of the purchase price checked by the checker. achieved. A highly secure cash payment system can be constructed by installing an automatic door at the exit of the cash payment corner to prevent unauthorized payments, and by making it possible to drive and control opening and closing using an automated teller machine.

[Function] The automatic teller machine can detect the total amount from the statement reader, the transmission from the cash register, and the card reader, and the deposit is made by the banknote recirculation mechanism or coin recirculation mechanism of the automatic teller machine. , processing is possible, and issue of change can also be realized by the withdrawal function. Furthermore, the automatic door can also be controlled by issuing an instruction to open the automatic door upon completion of the deposit process.

Therefore, cash processing that was previously performed by checkers can be replaced with automatic teller machines, improving safety and
Service can be improved by reducing waiting time.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

Fig. 1 is an external view showing one embodiment of the cash payment system of the present invention, Fig. 2 is its layout, Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the cash register and automatic teller machine, and Fig. 4 is Shows the purchase statement issued by the cash register.

In FIG. 1, a cash payment corner 1 includes a cash register 2, an automatic cash transaction device W3, an automatic door 4, and a passage detection sensor 11.

When a shopper makes a purchase and comes to the cash payment corner 1, the checker inputs the price, quantity, and product information of the item using the operation keys 23 of the cash register 2. When all the items are input, the operation key 23 causes the control unit 20 to calculate the total amount 56 and generate unique information 55 for each purchase such as serial number, and sends the purchase statement 50 via the statement issuing mechanism 22.
Issue. At the same time, the serial number 55 of the purchase statement and the total amount 56 are sent to the control unit 30 of the automated teller machine 3 via the communication mechanism A21 and the communication mechanism B31.

It is stored in the storage device 32. The shopper takes the purchase statement slip 40 and returns to the transaction room 10 where the automated teller machine 3 is located.
to go into. Shoppers can now make cash payments in two ways.

In the first method, the purchase statement 50 is inserted through the insertion slot of the statement reading mechanism 6 of the automated teller machine 3, and the serial number 55 and the total amount 56 of the purchase statement 50 are optically read. The control unit 30 receives the serial number 55 from the storage device 32.
When the contents of the memory bag W32 and the contents read from the purchase statement slip 50 match, a message requesting payment of the total amount is displayed on the guidance of the operation section 7. Insert cash into the insertion slot of the banknote deposit/withdrawal mechanism 8 and insert coins into the insertion slot of the coin deposit/withdrawal mechanism 9.

When the lid of each insertion slot is closed, cash deposit processing is performed, and when the total amount is correctly deposited, the control section 30 issues a receipt from the receipt issuing mechanism 5.

The automatic door control mechanism 40 is driven to open the automatic door 4.

The shopper exits through the exit 12 of the cash payment corner 1 to complete the payment. When inserting cash, if there is change, after counting the deposits, the control unit 30 operates the bill deposit/withdrawal mechanism 8. to withdraw the difference between the deposited amount and the total amount 55. It is also possible to process change payments by commanding the coin dispensing mechanism 9 and discharging the coins into the respective insertion slots.

Next, the second method is a method in which the shopper inputs the serial number printed on the purchase statement slip 50 using the input key of the operating section 7 of the automatic teller machine 3. This is an effective method when there is a purchase statement that cannot be read by the statement reading mechanism 6. Based on the serial number input from the operating section 7, the control section 30 searches the storage device [32 for the total amount corresponding to the serial number, and displays the payment amount on the guidance of the operating section 7.

The shopper checks the total amount 55 on the purchase statement 50 and processes the payment. The automated teller machine 3 operates in the same manner as the first method, and when the money is correctly deposited, the automatic door opens.
Shoppers can exit from cash payment corner 1.

Note that the automatic door 4 is opened by the automatic door control mechanism 40 of the automated teller machine 3, and when the passage detection unit 33 detects the passage detection sensor 11 that detects that a shopper passes through the automatic door 4, the control unit 30 The automatic door 4 is closed via the automatic door control section 40.

In places such as supermarkets where there are many shoppers, cash registers 2-1 to 2-3 are used as shown in FIG. Transaction rooms 10-1 to 10-3, automated teller machines 3-1 to 3-3
A large cash payment corner can be constructed by arranging the automatic doors 4-1 to 4-3 side by side.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, when a shopper pays at a cash payment corner, it is possible to eliminate the cash processing work at the checker, and it is also possible to eliminate the time required to confirm the amount and pay change at the time of cash payment. Customer service can be improved by reducing the processing time per customer.

Also, since cash is removed from the checker and transferred to the automatic teller machine, security is extremely high in terms of crime prevention.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cash payment corner according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of a plurality of cash payment corners, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram of the structure of the cash register and the automated teller machine, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the purchase statement output from the cash register. l...Cash payment corner, 2...Cash register, 3...Automated cash transaction device, 4...Automatic door, 5
... Receipt issuing mechanism, 6... Statement reading mechanism, 7.
...Operation unit, 8...Banknote deposit/withdrawal mechanism, 9...Coin deposit/withdrawal mechanism, 10...Transaction room, 11...Passage detection sensor, 12...Cash payment corner exit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1.A cash register (cash register) that inputs the item name, item number, amount, etc., calculates the total amount and change, and prints and issues a purchase statement, and a cash register that makes cash payments and issues change. In a cash payment corner equipped with an automatic teller machine and an automatic door having a drive control unit in the automatic teller machine, the automatic teller machine is equipped with a reader for the purchase statement issued by the cash register, When the total amount read from the statement slip inserted for payment by the shopper is correctly processed by the automatic teller machine, an automatic door is opened to allow the shopper to exit the cash payment corner. cash payment system.