JPH04276894A - Paper money identifier and its control method and controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to set escro (paper money holding) control to the same by allowing receiving next paper money when paper money is inserted after the maximum reserved pieces of paper money is reserbed in a bill validator and if there are coins more than paper money in the coin mechanics (coin discriminator). CONSTITUTION:The present paper money identifier is equipped with a paper money identifying machine 3 that can send out, via an information sending means 3A for indicating the presence of insertion when receiving is impossible, information that detected the insertion of next paper money with as many paper moneys as at least the maximum reserved pieces of paper money left reserved, and a coin identifier 2, wherein identifier when receiving the information and these remains one piece of paper money, the control section 1 directs the paper money identifier 3 to collect one piece of paper money via an irregular escro control means 1A, thereby being able to make the control software in the bill validator commonly available, to absorb the difference in type of bill validator, to make the bill validator of one piece of escro accept two pieces, to make a plurality of pieces of escro accept one more piece of paper money, thus making money return possible.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a banknote identification mark used in automatic vending machines (also abbreviated as vending machines) and its control method, and in particular to a banknote acceptance control software for the banknote recognition machine. ) The present invention relates to a banknote validator that can be used in common regardless of the number of banknotes that can be recognized, and a control method and device thereof. Note that in the following figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows an example of a conventional structure of a portion of a vending machine that is involved in accepting and dispensing money. In the figure, 2 is a coin recognition machine (also abbreviated as C/M) that accepts and dispenses coins, and 3 is a banknote validation machine that accepts and dispenses banknotes (in this case, 1,000 yen). Birbali (
(also abbreviated as B/V), 1 is a control unit that controls the coin mech 2 and the bill barrage 3. The control unit 1, coin mech 2, and bill burr 3 are connected by parallel control lines. Here, 21 is a coin signal for each denomination (that is, a signal indicating that a coin of the relevant denomination has been inserted) sent from the CoinMech 2 to the control unit 1, and 22 is an empty signal for each denomination (that is, a signal that indicates that a coin of the relevant denomination has been inserted). 23 is a payout signal for each denomination given from the control unit 1 to the coin mech 2 (in other words, a signal for dispensing coins of the corresponding denomination), and 24 is a crem signal ( In other words, it is a signal to prevent coin acceptance). Also 31
32 is a 1,000 yen signal (that is, a signal indicating that a 1,000 yen bill is temporarily held) sent from the bill validator 3 to the control unit 1, and 32 is an escrow signal (that is, a signal that is sent to the temporary holding unit so that the inserted banknote can be returned). signal indicating that it is being held), 3
Similarly, 6 is an abnormal signal (i.e., a signal indicating that an abnormality such as bill jamming has occurred), and 33 is an acceptability signal given from the control unit 1 to the bill validator 3 (i.e., a signal indicating that the bill may be accepted). , 34 is a payment signal (that is, a signal indicating that the temporarily suspended banknotes should be stored in the internal safe).

[0003] By the way, when a person who attempts to purchase a product at a vending machine inserts banknotes and then cancels the purchase, the vending machine must be able to dispense the banknotes equivalent to the amount of money that was inserted. Therefore, if the number of bills that can be temporarily held (escrowed) in Bill Bali 3 is n, then Bill Bali 3 will naturally be n
It is permissible to accept up to 100 banknotes (in the temporary holding section). However, in a vending machine that also has a coin mech 2 as shown in Figure 4, if the coin mech 2 holds change equivalent to one thousand yen bill or more (in this example, a 100 yen coin),
Since the amount equivalent to one inserted 1,000 yen bill can be paid out in coins, one of the n bills temporarily held in Bill Bali 3 is stored, and one more bill is added (that is, a total of n + 1 bills).
After accepting banknotes, the banknote reception may be prohibited (the acceptability signal 33 may be invalidated). For convenience, this function is called irregular escrow.

Conventionally, when performing such irregular escrow control, the bill validator 3 simply accepts bills continuously as long as the acceptability signal 33 is inputted from the control section 1. The control unit 1 also sends or does not send an acceptability signal 33 to the bill validator 3 while constantly monitoring the presence or absence of change from the coin mech 2 to determine whether the next bill can be accepted. was in control.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in Bill Bali 3, there is also a type in which the number of escrotable sheets is 1,000 yen, 5
There are two types of vending machines, and both vending machines have a common interface that can be connected. Therefore, the control section 1 needs to perform different controls depending on whether the bill is valid for accepting 5,000 yen coins or for bill validly when only 1,000 yen coins are accepted, and there is a problem in that the control software cannot be shared. Another problem is that it is necessary to set which type of bill barrage is connected in order to standardize the system. Therefore, the present invention solves this problem and provides a bill validator and bill validator that can control all 1-sheet escrow bill validators, 5-sheet escrow bill validators, and 1-sheet escrow type bill validators that can accept two or more bills using the same software. An object of the present invention is to provide a control method and a control device.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the banknote identification according to claim 1 has the following features:
1,000 yen, etc.), and reserve the maximum number of genuine bills (1, 5, etc.), and store or store the reserved bills, respectively, according to a given collection command or refund command. In the banknote validating machine that performs the return, information indicating that the insertion of the next banknote has been detected (such as "unacceptable" data and "inserted" data) while the banknotes up to the maximum number of banknotes are held is stored. (When the banknote is not accepted, the inserted banknote information is sent out via the insertion information sending means 3A, etc.), and the control method of the banknote validating machine of claim 2 includes the following: Identifies and holds maximum number of sheets (
1, 5, etc.) and stores or returns the held banknotes according to a given collection command or refund command, the machine storing or returning the held banknotes according to a given collection command or refund command, the machine storing at least the maximum banknotes. In a state where up to the number of banknotes are held, information indicating that the insertion of the next banknote has been detected (such as "unacceptable" data and "inserted" data) (such as the non-acceptable/inserted information sending means 3A, etc.) a banknote validator (such as 3) capable of receiving and dispensing coins; and a coin validator (2, etc.) capable of receiving and dispensing coins; If you have change for at least one of the banknotes, send the collection command to the banknote validator (via the irregular escrow control means 1A of the control unit 1, etc.) ” to enable the next banknote to be accepted. moreover,
The control device for the banknote validator according to claim 3 is ``connected to the banknote validator and the coin validator, and sends out a collection command and a refund command.''

[0007]

[Operation] In addition to sending the “unacceptable” status data to the control unit when the bill validator holds the maximum number of 1,000 yen banknotes, it also sends “inserted” status data when a new banknote is inserted after one banknote has been held.
By sending the data, the control unit knows that the next banknote has been inserted after the maximum number of banknotes have been stored in the bill barrage, and the Coin Mech has at least the equivalent of one banknote. If there is change in the form of a 100 yen coin, the control section controls the billbarrier to store one pending bill and accept the next bill. This bill acceptance control software can be the same regardless of the difference in the specifications of the maximum number of bills reserved for bill validators.

[0008]

Embodiments An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 shows the main structure of an embodiment of the present invention, and this figure corresponds to FIG. 4. In FIG.
are connected via a serial common communication line 4. In Figure 1, 41 is a +24V power line, 42
is a +8V power supply line, 43 is a synchronization signal line (abbreviated as SYN) for serial transmission, 44 is a data output line from control unit 1, 45 is a data input line to control unit 1, and 46 is a ground line (GND). ). Further, the irregular escrow control means 1A in the control unit 1
It is a partial functional part related to the present invention, and it is also a partial functional part related to the present invention.
When the acceptance is not possible/insertion information sending means 3A is also bill validator 3.
This is a partial functional unit related to the present invention. With this configuration, the control unit 1, coin mech 2, and bill validator 3 can exchange not only signals similar to those shown in FIG. 4 but also new signals without hardware (signal line) restrictions. Therefore, in the present invention, "data with insertion" and "data with insertion", which will be described later, are added as new signals.
The data with “inserted data and no data” is sent from Bill Validation 3 to control unit 1.
sent to. Here, the control unit 1 is connected to the data output line 44.
The Coin Mech 2 and the Bill Validator 3 are periodically called out via the Coin Mech 2 and the Bill Validator 3, and the Coin Mech 2 and the Bill Validator 3 reply to the control unit 1 with various data via the input line 45 depending on their status.

FIG. 2 shows an operation flowchart of the bill validator 3 of the present invention. Note that the reference numbers 101 to 127 below indicate steps in the figure. To explain the figure, the bill validator 3 performs initial processing after power is turned on (101), and enters a waiting loop (102). Here, an acceptability signal is input from the control unit 1 (103, branch Y), and if there are no temporarily reserved banknotes (120, branch N), if there is a banknote inserted (12
3. Branch Y), drive a transport motor (not shown) to identify banknotes (124). As a result of this identification, if the banknote is a genuine banknote (125, branch Y), the banknote is temporarily held, and the data of 1,000 yen deposit is sent to the control unit 1 (126), and the process returns to the waiting loop (102). , as a result of the identification, if the banknote is not a genuine banknote (125, branch N), the banknote is returned (1
27), and returns to the waiting loop (102). Further, if there is no bill inserted in step 123 (123, branch N),
Step 104: Send data indicating “there is no data with insertion” to the control unit 1 via branch N (106) Step 10
Proceed to step 7.

In this step 107, it is checked whether there is an abnormality in the paper jam sensor, etc., and if there is an abnormality in the sensor (branch Y).
, sets "sensor abnormality" data and sends it to the control unit 1 (108), and if there is no sensor abnormality (107, branch N), transmits data to the effect that "sensor abnormality data should be reset" ( 109). If there is a refund command from the control unit 1 (110, branch Y), the pending banknotes are refunded (111), and on the other hand, if there is no refund command from the control unit 1 (
110, branch N), if there is a collection command (112, branch Y
), performs a collection (storage) operation for the pending banknotes (113
), the process returns to the waiting loop (102), and if there is no payment instruction (112, branch N), the process returns to the waiting loop (102).
Return to 02).

[0011] Furthermore, in step 120, if there are banknotes temporarily on hold (branch Y), the number of banknotes in the temporary holding section is full (that is, in the case of a one-sheet escrow type bill validator, there is one banknote on hold, and five banknotes are on escrow). 5 if it is a type of bilbari
(121), if the banknotes are not full (branch N), proceed to step 123; if the banknotes are full (121, branch Y), the state is "unacceptable". data is sent to the control unit 1 (122). If a banknote is inserted in this state (104, branch Y), data indicating "inserted" is sent to the control unit 1, and the process proceeds to step 107 described above.On the other hand, if there is no insertion in step 104, it is determined that there is no insertion. , or if it is pulled out after being inserted (branch N)
, sends a signal indicating that there is no inserted data to the control unit 1 (106), and proceeds to step 107. Note that the procedure in step 106 has meaning when the banknote that has been inserted is pulled out. However, the insertion of a banknote is detected using an optical sensor or the like near the entrance of the banknote insertion slot of the bill validator 3 prior to banknote identification, and strictly speaking, the inserted banknote is not necessarily detected at the time of this detection. It does not necessarily have to be paper money. If the acceptability signal is not input from the control unit 1 in step 103 (branch N), the process proceeds to step 104.

Note that step 104 within the broken line in FIG.
The control in steps 106 to 106 is a feature of the present invention, and only when a banknote is identified and the next banknote is inserted in the escrow (hold) state,
This is to send the "insertion presence" data of banknotes. In addition, the bill validator 3 shown in FIG. 1 is not accepted/inserted information sending means 3A.
The functions correspond to steps 104, 105 and steps 121, 122 in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a bill burr 3 by the control unit 1 of the present invention.
1 shows a flowchart related to control. The following 201
Reference numbers 226 to 226 indicate steps in the figure. To explain Fig. 3, if it is possible to accept 1,000 yen (201, branch Y
), sends an acceptance signal to the bill collector 3 (202), and on the other hand, if it is in an unacceptable state in step 201 (branch N),
A non-acceptance signal is sent to Bill Bali 3 (203). When data indicating a deposit of 1,000 yen is sent from the bill validator 3 (204, branch Y), 1,000 yen is counted (205). If the bill validator 3 is not in a state where it cannot accept banknotes (206, branch N) and there is no need to give a collection command or refund command to the bill validator 3 (207, branch N), the process returns to step 201, and on the other hand, If it is necessary to give a collection command or a refund command in step 207 (branch Y), and if a refund is required (208, branch Y), send a non-acceptance command and a refund command to the bill validator 3 to perform a refund operation ( 209)
, upon receiving a signal from Bill Bali 3 indicating that the refund has been completed (21
0, branch Y), sends data to the bill validator 3 to the effect that data related to bill acceptance should be cleared (211), and returns to step 201. Further, if it is determined in step 208 that payment is required (branch N), the process proceeds to step 211 and a clear command is sent to the bill validator 3. As a result, the bill validator 3 clears the data related to bill acceptance after performing the bill collection operation.

By the way, if the bill validator 3 is in an unacceptable state in step 206 (branch Y), and if data indicating "insertion is present" is received while temporarily holding 1,000 yen (branch Y) (211, branch Y). , it is checked whether Bill Vali 3 is in an unacceptable state (222), and if it is in an unacceptable state (branch Y), it is further checked whether there is change for 100 yen coins in Coin Mech 2 (223). If there is change of 1,000 yen or more (branch Y), a command is sent to the bill validator 3 to collect the temporarily suspended banknotes (224). When receiving a notification from the bill validator 3 that the bill collection operation has been completed (225, branch Y), the bill validator 3 again sends an acceptability signal to the bill validator 3 to accept the inserted banknotes. In this way, it becomes possible to insert two bills into a single escrow bill validator, increasing sales chances.

[0015] Next, another advantage of this control, which is the operation when a plurality of (for example, five) bill validators that can be escrowed are connected, will be described. After inserting one 1,000 yen bill, count 1,000 yen in the same way, and if a second bill is inserted, control unit 1
receives the "inserted" data in step 221 with escrow, and proceeds to step 222, but since this bill validator 3 is originally designed to be able to accept up to five sheets at a time, this bill validator 3 is in an accepting state. and step 2
Instead of proceeding to step 23, each time you deposit a banknote, you can count up to 5 thousand yen and return or collect only the required number. When the bill validator 3 temporarily holds up to 5 thousand yen banknotes, it notifies the control unit 1 that the banknotes cannot be accepted, so if more banknotes are inserted in this state, step 2
22, it is possible to proceed to the processing after branch Y. In the present invention, whether a bill burr capable of escrowing five sheets or a bill burr capable of escrowing one sheet is connected, there is no need to particularly set which bill burr is connected, thereby preventing troubles such as setting errors. Can be done. The functions of the irregular escrow control means 1A of the control unit 1 in FIG. 1 are as follows from step 221 in FIG.
This corresponds to 226.

[0016]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the inserted 1,000 yen banknote is identified, genuine banknotes up to the maximum number of banknotes (1, 5, etc.) are held, and a given collection command or refund command is processed. depending on,
A banknote validating machine that stores or returns the banknotes that have been held, respectively, and in a state where at least the maximum number of banknotes that have been held has been held, the “unacceptable” information is displayed as information indicating that the insertion of the next banknote has been detected. The banknote validator 3 is equipped with a banknote validator 3 that sends out data and ``inserted'' data through an unacceptable/inserted information sending means 3A, and a coin validator 2 capable of accepting and dispensing coins. When the coin validator 2 receives the information from the banknote and the coin validator 2 has change for at least one banknote, the coin validator 2 receives the information from the banknote validator 3 via the irregular escrow control means 1A of the control unit 1. Since we have made it possible to send a gold command to store one banknote and then accept the next banknote, we can standardize the control software for bill validators and eliminate problems caused by different types of connected bill validators. It is possible to cause a single escrow bill validator to accept two banknotes, or to allow a plurality (n) escrow bill validator to accept n+1 banknotes while preventing the above. In addition, in the bill validator of the present invention, the data transmission content is different depending on whether the first bill is inserted or the second bill (in escrow state) is inserted, so it is difficult to determine what state the bill validator is in. The control unit can recognize whether the Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the bill bar is a 5-sheet escrow type bill bar or a 1-sheet escrow type bill bar that can accept two or more bills, so optimal control can be performed for each connected bill bar. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

[Fig. 1] A configuration diagram of main parts as an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2
】Flowchart showing the operation of Bill Validation in Figure 1

[Figure 3]
Flowchart showing the operation of the control unit in FIG. 1

[Figure 4] Figure 1
Conventional configuration diagram corresponding to

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Control unit 1A Irregular escrow control means 2 Coin Mech (C/M) 3 Bill validator (B/V) 3A Unacceptable/insertion information sending means 4 Communication signal line 44 Data output 45 Data input

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim 1: Identifying inserted banknotes of the same denomination, storing genuine banknotes up to the maximum number of banknotes, and storing or returning the held banknotes, respectively, in accordance with a given collection command or refund command. What is claimed is: 1. A banknote validator that transmits information indicating that insertion of the next banknote has been detected in a state where at least the maximum number of banknotes is held. Claim 2: Identifying the inserted banknotes of the same denomination, storing genuine banknotes up to the maximum number of banknotes, and storing or returning the held banknotes, respectively, in accordance with a given collection command or refund command. A banknote validating machine that performs the above described maximum pending number of banknotes and transmits information indicating that insertion of the next banknote has been detected in a state where at least the maximum number of banknotes is held; and a coin validator capable of receiving the information from the banknote validator, and when the coin validator has change for at least one of the banknotes, the banknote validator has change for at least one banknote. 1. A control method for a banknote validating machine, comprising the step of transmitting a gold command to cause one banknote to be stored so that the next banknote can be accepted. [Claim 3] A banknote validator according to Claim 1 and Claim 2.
A control device for a banknote validating machine, characterized in that it is connected to the coin validating machine described above and sends out the collection command and the refund command.