JPH036793A - Coin handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the coin processor to properly deal with the increased/ decreased number of coins in each sort by controlling the distribution control of a money sort deciding/distributing means based upon the detecting result of a stored amount detecting means in each coin storing means. CONSTITUTION:The coin processor is provided with a configuration selecting part 234 for selecting each coin sort in accordance with the configuration size of a coin passing a branch gate part 232 and a sorted coin storing box 235 for storing selected coins. When the 1st stored amount detecting means 240 detects the increment of 1 YEN in an 1-YEN storing area 235A, a control part moves a hole blocking gate 300 down to a position to block a hole 301. Thereby, 1-YENs sent from the branch gate part 232 after the blocking is stored in an 1-YEN/50-YEN storing area 235B, the processor can properly deal with the increment/decrement of sorted coins.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a coin processing device, and more specifically, a
The present invention relates to a coin processing device that accommodates and discharges various coins such as 0 yen and 50 yen.

(Prior Art) This type of coin processing device includes, for example, a transaction device that is placed in a financial institution and automatically deposits and withdraws money based on operations by customers.

Conventional examples of such coin processing devices include a denomination-specific storage section that stores and discharges multiple types of coins, and a device that distinguishes the denomination (1 yen, 10 yen, etc.) of the coins introduced into the device. A denomination discriminating unit is known.

This denomination discrimination section shows the denominations of the various coins that have been taken in.

It is equipped with an electronic coin verification section that inspects the number of genuine and false coins to determine whether or not they can be accepted, and an external shape sorting section that sorts coins determined to be acceptable by denomination according to their outer diameter dimensions.

The coins sorted by denomination by the external shape sorting section are stored in the denomination-specific storage section corresponding to each denomination.

However, in conventional devices with such a configuration, each denomination storage section for each coin always has a fixed configuration that only accommodates only a prespecified type of coin, and the number of processing times for a specific denomination is limited. There was a problem that it was not possible to respond flexibly to the increase.

In particular, with the introduction of consumption tax in April 1989, when users perform bank transfer procedures at banks, etc., a flat rate of 3% tax will be applied as shown in Figure 8. circle,
It is expected that the number of small denomination coins such as 5 yen will increase. As a result, with the configuration of the conventional device as described above, it is difficult to cope with the increase in the number of small denomination coins handled.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device that can appropriately deal with increases and decreases in the number of coins of each type processed by this device. It is something to do.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a plurality of coin storage means, a denomination discrimination means for discriminating the denominations of a plurality of types of coins received by the device, and a denomination discriminating means for discriminating the denominations of the plurality of coins received by the device. In a coin processing device, the coin processing device has a means for allocating each coin to each coin storage means according to a determination result of the means, a storage amount detection means for detecting a coin storage amount of each coin storage means, and a storage amount detecting means for detecting a coin storage amount of each coin storage means; The present invention includes a control means for controlling a change in the discrimination mode of the denomination discrimination means and for controlling the distribution of the means based on the detection result of the detection means.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

When processing multiple types of coins in this device, when the accommodation amount detection means detects the coin accommodation amount of each coin accommodation means,
The control means changes the discrimination mode of the denomination discrimination means based on the detection result of the accommodation amount detection means, and also controls the distribution of the means. Thereby, the plurality of types of coins are appropriately distributed to each coin storage means.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a transaction device 1 including a coin processing device 200 of this embodiment, and a housing 100 of this transaction device 1.
An operation surface 2 provided on the front side of the machine is arranged so as to pass through a partition wall 3 and face an automatic deposit/withdrawal corner of a bank or the like.

The operation surface 2 includes a bill slot 4 through which deposit bills, which are securities, are inserted and bills discharged from the housing 100 are taken out, and a bill slot 4 through which deposit coins are inserted and where deposit coins are inserted and the housing 10
One coin entrance/exit 201 from which coins released from the coin are taken out; a card/passbook entrance 5 through which cash cards and passbooks used for depositing and withdrawing money are inserted and discharged.
A display/input surface 6 is provided on which customers perform deposit/withdrawal operations and display necessary information. Inside the housing 100, there is a banknote processing unit 9 for depositing banknotes inserted through the banknote entrance 4 and for dispensing banknotes to be discharged into the banknote entrance 4, and for processing coins input through the coin entrance 201. a coin processing device 200 that performs an acceptance process and a process of discharging coins to be ejected to the coin entrance/exit 210; a card/passbook processing unit 10 that performs predetermined processing on the card or passbook inserted from the card/passbook entrance 5; A display/input unit 11 for performing predetermined display operations and input operations, an attendant operation unit 280 for attendant operations, and a control unit 290 as a control means for controlling each unit are provided on the display/input surface 6. There is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the structure of the transaction device 1. As shown in FIG. What is indicated by 290 in the figure is the control unit, and the program memory 91 stores a predetermined program.
and transaction records for each transaction on the device, the cumulative total of the amount withdrawn by each person,
Storage means (hereinafter also simply referred to as transaction memory) that stores the collection amount, replenishment amount, etc. of the currency stored in the device
92 are connected to the control section 90.

The program memory 91 includes, for example, a floppy disk drive 95 and a floppy disk 96 as shown in FIG. - The disk 96 is scanned to send program information to the reading control section 90.

Details of the contents stored in the transaction memory 92 and the contents controlled by the control unit 90 will be described later. The control unit 90 includes the banknote processing unit 9, the coin processing device 200, and the like. card/
Passbook processing unit 102 display crab knit 11. An attendant operation unit 280 and an audio guidance unit 99 that provides audio guidance to customers are connected. The control unit 90 also connects the center computer 9 using a dedicated line or switched line.
4, and the card/passbook processing unit 1
The account number read from the card or passbook inserted into 0, the credit limit registered in advance in the center computer 94 corresponding to the account number or PIN, and the account number input from the display/input unit 11. Transactions can be carried out by exchanging information such as passwords and passwords.

Furthermore, during a transfer transaction, a transfer fee that varies depending on the transfer destination or transfer amount is usually added to the transfer amount according to an instruction from the center computer 94. In addition, what is indicated by 100' in the figure is another transaction device that is communicably connected to the center computer 94, and has the same configuration as the transaction device 100 described above.

Next, the configuration of the display/input crab knit 11 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4(a), (b), and (c). As shown in FIG. 4(a), the display/input unit 11 includes a CRT (screen display device) 71 as an operation guide means, and this CRT 7.
It has a transparent keyboard 72 as an operation input means provided to cover the screen portion 71a of 1, and is configured to be incorporated into a casing 73. The transparent keyboard 72 has transparent electrodes 75 embedded in a transparent plate 74 as shown in FIG. 4(b).
It is configured as a matrix circuit of Y4 to Y4, and can output an output according to the part pressed by the user. Further, the transparent plate 74 has approximately the same curvature as the screen portion 71n of the CRT 71, thereby preventing parallax.

In addition, the transparent keyboard 72 is a screen portion 71a of the CRT 71.
It is programmed to function as a numeric keypad when it is displayed as shown in FIG. 4(C), and to switch to another function when it is displayed in another way. For example, in order to instruct the customer in advance whether the deposit is in banknotes or coins, a guidance message such as "Please specify the desired transaction using the button on the screen" is displayed as shown in Figure 4(d), and the payment is supported. Payment instruction section 76A1 A first deposit instruction section 76B1 that instructs deposits in banknotes and coins; Second deposit instruction section 76C instructs deposits in banknotes only; and Third deposit instruction section 76D that instructs deposits in coins only. is displayed. Furthermore, a transfer instruction section 76E for instructing transfer is displayed.

Next, details of the coin processing device 200 will be explained with reference to FIG. 5.

First, to explain the outline of the coin processing device 200, the coins inserted through the coin entrance/exit 201 and the coin entrance/exit 201
An input/output coin introduction section 202 that introduces coins to be removed from the input/output coin introduction section 202, a forgotten coin storage section 203 that stores coins that the user has forgotten to take out from the input/output coin introduction section 202, and an input/output coin introduction section 202 by the user. an acceptance conveyance path 204 and an acceptance conveyance path 20 for conveying coins inserted into the
When the coins conveyed upward in step 4 are guided downward using gravity, the coins are stored in a denomination-specific storage section 205 for each denomination, and the coins are taken out from this denomination-specific storage section 205 for withdrawal. A desired amount of coins, etc. is inserted into the input/output coin introducing section 2.
02, the denomination-specific storage section 2
A recovery conveyance path 208 that conveys the coins taken out from the 05 upward to collect them, a storage section 209 that receives and stores the coins conveyed on this recovery conveyance path 208, and coins from the storage section 209. a replenishment conveyance path 210 that takes out for replenishment and conveys it to join the receiving conveyance path 204;
A receiving process for storing coins inserted from the coin entrance/exit port 201 into the denomination-specific storage unit 205, a discharging process for taking out a predetermined amount of coins from the denomination-specific storage unit 205 and guiding them into the input/output coin introduction unit 202; Denomination storage section 2
05 to the storage unit 209 as needed, and replenishment processing to replenish the coins stored in the storage unit 209 to the denomination-specific storage units as necessary, by operations of customers and staff. This is done based on the following.

Next, details of each of the above parts will be explained.

The input/output coin introducing section 202 is connected to the coin entrance/exit 20
1, an input space 212 for introducing coins is formed into a frame, and a coin discharge port 212A is formed at the back facing the coin entrance/exit 201, and a coin drop port 212B is formed at the bottom. The coin door 201 is provided with a coin door 2 rotatably supported in the directions of arrows Z1 and Z2 shown in FIG.
14A, and a first opening/closing drive member (for example, a rotary solenoid) 214B that drives the coin door to open and close.

A coin placement member 216A, on which coins inserted from the coin entrance/exit port 201 and coins ejected from the coin ejection port 212A are placed in the coin drop port 212B, is connected to the arrow Y1. shown in FIG. 5. A drive member (hereinafter also simply referred to as a second opening/closing drive member) 21 that is rotatably supported in the Y2 direction and rotationally displaces the coin placement member to drop the placed coins.
6B is provided. Further, the coin placement member 216A
For example, the coin exit/exit 201 may be used as an ejection determination means for determining whether the coin above has been taken out through the coin exit/exit 201.
Translucent type first optical sensor 217A that optically detects the customer's hand inserted into 01.

A second optical sensor 217B is provided in the introduction space 212 and both optical sensors 217A.

A timing means 90A is provided which starts counting when the hand once detected by 217B is no longer detected, and determines whether a coin has been taken out when the hand is not detected again until the measured time reaches a predetermined time. There is. Note that this timekeeping means 90A utilizes the timekeeping function of the control section 90 shown in FIG.

The forgotten coin storage section 203 is connected to the receiving and conveying path 204.
A sliding gate member 226A that can be rotated to selectively allow coins to slide down from the diagonal lower end of the gate, and a third opening/closing mechanism that rotates the sliding gate member 226A in the directions of arrows Xt and X2 shown in FIG. It is composed of a drive member 226B and a forgotten coin storage box 227 that stores coins that have slid down from the receiving and conveying path 204, and the sliding gate member 226A is the first one.
The coins are allowed to slide down from the receiving and conveying path 204 only when the coins are rotated in the direction of the arrow X shown in FIG. A third optical sensor 227A that optically detects the collection of forgotten coins is provided near the opening of the forgotten coin storage box 227.

In the conveyance path 204, a first conveyance belt 220 and a second conveyance belt 221 are stretched diagonally upward so that they can run endlessly, and the second conveyance belt 221 is located below the coin drop opening 212B. The part facing the coin drop slot 2
It is configured as a coin holding section 221A that collectively holds coins dropped from the coin holding section 12B. This coin holding section 22
The coins dropped onto 1A are conveyed diagonally upward by the running drive of the second conveyor belt 221, and during this conveyance, the thickness of the coin is about 1 to 2 coins relative to the upper surface of the second conveyor belt 221. A second conveyance number regulating roller 223 is provided which rotates with a gap corresponding to , and by the action of this second conveyance number regulating roller 223, one to two coins are stacked and allowed to be sequentially conveyed. is sandwiched and conveyed diagonally upward by the first conveyor belt 220 and the second conveyor belt 221. A third conveyor belt 224 is provided so as to be able to run endlessly, and which receives and conveys the coins pinched and conveyed by both conveyor belts 220 and 221 in a substantially horizontal state.
A third transport number regulating roller 228 is provided which rotates with a gap of about one coin thickness from the upper surface of the roller 24 .

The denomination-specific storage section 205 guides the coins sent out one by one downward by the action of a third conveyance belt 224 provided above the receiving conveyance path 204 and a second conveyance number regulating roller 228. a chute 230 for detecting coins guided by the chute 230; a discriminating section for determining whether or not the coins guided by the chute 230 can be accepted; an electronic coin verification section 231 as a denomination discriminating means for discriminating the denomination and number of coins; The electronic coin verification unit 231 receives the results of the determination on coins that can be inserted (
For example, genuine 1 yen, 5 yen, and 10 yen.

50 yen, 100 yen coins) and coins that cannot be accepted in the receiver are separated by a branching gate section 232 as a means for separating coins that cannot be accepted into the receiver. There is a discharge chute 233 that guides the coins downward using gravity, an external size sorting unit 234 that sorts the acceptable coins that have passed through the branch gate unit 232 into denominations based on their external dimensions, and an external size sorting unit 234 that sorts coins by denomination. The denomination storage box 235 serves as a coin storage means for accommodating coins sorted by denomination.

As schematically shown in FIG. 6, the outer shape sorting section 234 has holes 301 to 30 having different diameters depending on the outer shape of each coin.
5 is provided, and a hole closing gate 300 for opening and closing the hole 301 is further provided.

The denomination-specific storage box 235 has 1 yen storage areas 235A, 5
0 yen storage area 235B, 5 yen storage area 235C, 100
It is divided into a circle storage area 235D and a 10-yen storage area 235E. And each accommodation area 235A to 23
At 5E, take out coins one by one and use the withdrawal chute 23.
6 is provided with a coin ejecting mechanism, for example, a known disc dispensing device 237. A first counting means 238 is provided at the upper end of each dispensing chute 236 to optically or mechanically count the number of coins dropped downward. In addition, as collection signal output means for instructing that the coins stored in the predetermined storage areas 235A, .
- A first accommodation amount detection means 240 that determines the amount of coins accommodated in 235E (for example, optically detects that the number of accommodated coins has increased to a predetermined amount) and outputs a collection signal to the control unit 90. is provided.

Further, each of the storage areas 235A, . . . , .

Determine the amount of coins stored in 235E (for example, optically detect that the number of stored coins has decreased to a predetermined amount)
A second capacity detection means 241 is provided for outputting a replenishment signal to the control section 90.

The discharge conveyance path 2072 and the recovery conveyance path 208 have a part of the running surface connected to the discharge chute 233. The arrow W shown in FIG.
A fourth conveyor belt 24 that can run endlessly in the 1 or W2 direction
4. A fifth conveyor belt 2 that can run endlessly and is disposed in contact with and opposite to the upright running surface on the right side of the fourth conveyor belt 244.
45, a sixth conveyor belt 246 that can run endlessly and is disposed in contact with and opposite to the upright running surface on the left side of the fourth conveyor belt 244; 1 to the left horizontal running surface of the fourth transport belt 244 and the fourth transport number regulating roller 247 that rotates with a gap corresponding to the thickness of a coin.
It is constituted by a fifth transport number regulating roller 248 that rotates with a gap corresponding to the thickness of about two coins.

With the above configuration, the coins to be ejected and the coins to be dispensed are transferred to the fourth conveyor belt 244 and the sixth conveyor belt 24.
6 and conveyed by the above-mentioned input/output coin introducing section 20.
The coins to be released to the storage section 209 and collected are held and conveyed by the fourth conveyor belt 244 and the fifth conveyor belt 245, and are stored in the storage section 209. Note that the first conveyor belt 220. Second conveyor belt 221° Fourth conveyor belt 244. 5th conveyor belt 245, 6th conveyor belt) 246. Second transport number regulation roller 2
23. The fourth transport sheet number regulating roller 247 and the fifth transport sheet number regulating roller 248 are driven by the first motor 250 as a driving source.

The storage section 209 is an introduction opening 251A into which coins that have been sandwiched and conveyed by the fourth conveyor belt 244 and the fifth conveyor belt 245 are introduced.

and a storage box 251 having a delivery opening 251B through which accumulated coins are delivered.

The replenishment conveyance path 210 includes a seventh conveyance belt 252 stretched endlessly so as to place coins introduced into the storage box 251 and convey them toward the delivery opening 251B; It is constituted by a sixth conveyance number regulating roller 253 that rotates with a gap corresponding to the thickness of about one or two coins from the upper surface of the belt 252, and the conveyance opening 2
The replenishment coins sent out from 51B are dropped onto the third conveyor belt 224 that constitutes a part of the pre-acceptance conveyance path 204, and are conveyed forward.

Note that when the coins to be replenished pass through the electronic coin verification unit 231, the number of coins of one denomination is detected, so the electronic coin verification unit 231 has a first function that counts the number of coins subjected to the replenishment process. It also has the function of 2 counting means.

Next, the operation of the device 1 having the above configuration will be explained, mainly focusing on the operation of the coin processing device 200.

Normally, the customer of transaction device 1 receives C.
Transfer display section 76E displayed on screen section 71a of RT71
Select a transfer transaction by pressing .

Transfer methods include cash transfer, card transfer, etc., but in either case, a fee will be added to the transfer amount according to the transfer destination and transfer amount as shown in Figure 8 above. You will have to pay.

In particular, after April 1, 1989, with the introduction of consumption tax,
Since the transfer fee is also taxed at a flat rate of 3 (%), as shown in Figure 8, in the case of cash transfer, the processing amount increases by 1 yen both when depositing money and when withdrawing change.

Therefore, normally, the electronic coin verification section 2311 branch gate section 23
2 and the hole closing gate 300 are controlled by the control unit 90, and the hole closing gate 300 is controlled by the hole 30 in the 1 yen storage area 235A.
In addition to evacuating from 1, 1 yen 150 yen storage area 2
35B stores 50 yen.

Then, at a time when the number of transfer transactions is relatively increased, such as after the payday at the end of the month, the floppy disk 96 is replaced, the program stored in the program memory 91 is changed, and the changed program is used to Electronic coin verification section 2
312 to control the branch gate section 232 and the hole closing gate 300.

Based on this attitude, when the first storage amount detection means 240 detects that the amount of 1 yen in the 1 yen storage area 235A has increased, the control section 90 controls the first storage amount detection means 24.
Based on the detection result of 0, the hole closing gate 300 is lowered to a position to close the hole 301 as shown in FIG.

As a result, the 1 yen sent from the branch gate section 232 thereafter will be stored in the 1 yen 150 yen storage area 235B. In addition, by the hole plugging gate 300 in advance,
Make sure to close the hole 301, and pay 1 yen 15 from the beginning.
If 1 yen is stored in the 0 yen storage area 235B,
It also becomes possible to appropriately handle each yen that increases as change.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, with the above configuration, the distribution of square coins stored in the coin storage means can be arbitrarily changed, and the distribution of square coins can be changed appropriately to increase or decrease the number of coins of each type. It is possible to provide a coin processing device that can handle this.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a transaction device including an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transaction device, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the program memory of the device. , FIG. 4(a) is a schematic sectional view showing the display/input crab knit, FIG. 4(b) is a schematic explanatory view of the transparent keyboard,
Figure (C) is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the screen section of a CRT, and Figure 4 (
d) is an explanatory diagram showing the details of the transaction selection displayed on the display/input screen, Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the detailed structure of the coin processing device, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the denomination-specific storage section of the same device. , FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the operating state of the same hole-closing gate, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing examples of various transfer fees. 200... Coin processing device, 205... Denomination-specific storage section, 290... Control means. (b) 100 1shi I 76A (d) Binding - ¥ - Sorrow's Evening Diagram

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A plurality of coin storage means, a denomination discriminating means for discriminating the denominations of a plurality of types of coins received by the device, and a denomination discriminating means for discriminating the denominations of the plurality of coins received by the device; A coin processing device comprising: a coin handling means for distributing coins to the storing means; and a storage amount detection means for detecting the amount of coins stored in each coin storage means; and a coin type discriminating means based on the detection result of the storage amount detection means. A coin processing device characterized by comprising: control means for controlling a change in the discrimination mode and controlling the distribution of the distribution means.