JPH0444789B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Technical Field The present invention relates to an automatic currency exchange machine that exchanges money into designated denominations.

(b) Conventional technology and its disadvantages Generally, automatic money exchange machines currently used in banks etc. have a function to exchange input coins according to specified denominations. You can specify an exchange pattern, such as exchanging one 500 yen coin and five 100 yen coins. In order to save you the trouble of specifying this exchange pattern by key operation, you can memorize the exchange pattern in advance on a designated paper (mark sheet, etc.) for the exchange pattern, and insert this designated paper together with the banknotes when exchanging money. The present applicant has proposed an automatic money changer (cash handling device) that can efficiently exchange money (Utility Application No. 154502/1983).

However, with this method, it was necessary to fill out a designated form in advance before operating the automatic money exchange machine. If you do not have the designated form, you will have to go to the bank and fill it out, which is rather time-consuming, and you will also have to calculate the exchange pattern and total amount yourself and fill it out accurately. Therefore, there was a drawback that calculations in advance were troublesome.

(C) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic currency exchange machine that can issue a currency exchange slip recording a currency exchange pattern, etc., by simply performing the conventional currency exchange operation, and that solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional currency exchange machine. do.

(d) Structure of the Invention and Coins This invention provides a currency exchange bill reading means that accepts a currency exchange bill and reads the exchange pattern and withdrawal amount stored in the accepted currency exchange bill, and a currency exchange pattern memory that stores the read exchange pattern data. a means for determining whether the withdrawal amount read from the exchange slip matches the total amount invested at that time; and a means for determining whether the withdrawal amount read from the exchange slip matches the total amount invested at that time When it is determined that the money has been exchanged, the automatic money exchange machine has a money dispensing means that discharges money by denomination according to the exchange pattern of the stored exchange slip, and when exchanging money, the exchange pattern and withdrawal amount at that time and an exchange slip issuing means for issuing an exchange slip recording the exchange slip.

According to this invention, by issuing a currency exchange slip that records the currency exchange pattern and withdrawal amount at the time of currency exchange, when exchanging money using the same exchange pattern in the future after performing the previous currency exchange operation only once, the currency exchange slip can be issued. The operation is completed just by inputting the data. This eliminates the need to manually fill out a designated form (exchange slip) before exchanging money, and also saves you the trouble of calculating the total amount yourself.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 1A is an external perspective view of an automatic money changer that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged plan view of the keyboard section of the automatic money changer, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the lighting state of the setting key according to the input amount of money exchange machine.

In FIG. 1A, a deposit slot 2 for inserting banknotes is provided on the right side of the front panel of the exchange machine main body 1, and bills are deposited into the deposit slot 2 when exchanging money. A banknote return port 3 is provided above the deposit port 2 for returning unrecognizable banknotes. On the left side of the deposit slot 2, there are provided an exchange slip insertion slot 4 for inserting a money exchange slip, and an exchange slip outlet 8 for discharging the exchange slip issued when exchanging money. A bill outlet 5 and a coin outlet 6 are provided at the lower part of the front panel, and among the exchanged bills, banknotes are withdrawn from the bill outlet 5 and coins are withdrawn from the coin outlet 6. In this example, the coins are 10 yen, 50 yen, and 100 yen, and 50 coins are stacked together to form one cylindrical coin. Exchange slip insertion slot and exchange slip outlet 8
The keyboard section 7 provided on the left side is used for inputting denomination settings, and the details thereof will be explained below.

In FIG. 1B, a total input amount display section 71 and an input amount remaining amount display section 72 are provided above the keyboard section 7. Input remaining amount display section 72
Below are 5000 yen, 1000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50
Currency exchange setting keys 73 are provided for each denomination of yen and 10 yen. These setting keys 73 are arranged in six stages for each denomination, and each stage has substantially the same configuration. For example, the top row for 5,000 yen is 1 5,000 yen bill.
Setting key 74 for specifying exchange of 1,000 yen bills, setting keys 75, 5 for specifying exchange of 5 thousand yen bills for a total of 25,000 yen
A setting key 76 is provided for specifying exchange of 10 thousand yen bills for a total of 50,000 yen. On the left side of the setting key 73, an exchange setting amount display section 77 is provided for each step.

Each of the setting keys 73 is provided with a back-illuminated illumination lamp, so that when bills are inserted, all setting keys 73 whose value is less than or equal to the inserted amount are lit. As shown in FIG. 1C, for example, when a 1,000 yen bill is inserted for the first time, keys of 1,000 yen or less among the setting keys 73, that is, keys of 500 yen and 1,000 yen, are set to 10 yen, 500 yen, and 1,000 yen including these keys. Lights up in circular steps.
Next, if you insert a 5,000 yen bill, the total amount invested will be 6,000 yen, and the key below 6,000 yen, that is, 500 yen,
The keys for 1000 yen, 1500 yen, 2000 yen, 2500 yen, and 5000 yen will light up at the corresponding stage. These illumination lamps are turned off one after another as the setting key 73 is pressed. If you make a mistake in the exchange settings, by operating the correction key 78 provided at the lower right corner of the keyboard section 7, you can return to the initial state at the time of bill insertion. It should be noted that a confirmation key 79 provided on the left side of the correction key 78 is used to instruct completion of all banknote insertion when all banknotes for exchange have been inserted.

The exchange data input operation of the automatic exchange machine having the above configuration and the display state accompanying the operation will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the setting key operation and the display of the remaining amount of exchange money accompanying the operation.

In this example, the total amount invested is 15,000 yen,
Exchange it into 400 10 yen coins, 50 100 yen coins, and 6 1000 yen bills. First, if you insert 15,000 yen,
15,000 yen is displayed on the total input amount display section 71. At the same time, for example, in the setting key 73 of the 1,000 yen row, the keys for the total amount of deposit of 15,000 yen or less, ie, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, light up. As for the keys of other rows, the keys of 15,000 yen or less will light up in the same way. In this state, first 4000 out of 15000 yen
To exchange yen for a 10 yen coin, press the 2000 yen key in the 10 yen column of the setting keys 37. The input amount remaining amount display section 72 displays 13,000 yen, which is obtained by subtracting 2,000 yen from the total amount of input amount of 15,000 yen. Next, when the same key is pressed again, 11,000 yen, which is 2,000 yen further subtracted from 13,000 yen, is displayed on the input amount remaining amount display section 72. In this way, data for exchanging a total of 4000 yen into 10 yen coins is entered by operating the 2000 yen key twice. After that, 5000 yen key of 100 yen tier, 1000 yen
By pressing the 5,000 yen key and the 1,000 yen key in the yen row, you can receive 400 10 yen coins and 50 100 yen coins.
You can input exchange pattern data for six 1,000 yen bills. When the above-mentioned input is completed, the money exchange machine discharges money into the outlets 5 and 6 according to the denomination according to the input exchange pattern.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the automatic money changer.

This automatic exchange machine is controlled by the CPU 11 based on a control program stored in advance in the RAM 10. RAM 12 includes pattern data storage means. The banknote receiving section 13 receives deposited banknotes inserted into the deposit slot 2 by opening and closing a shutter provided near the deposit slot 2.

The magnetic card reader receiver 14 reads the recorded data of the exchange slip issued by the oral exchange slip issuing section 22. The exchange slip is made of a magnetic card with a printed surface on the front side and a magnetic stripe pasted on the back, like a magnetic ticket, and is issued by the exchange slip issuing unit 22 at the time of exchange. The recorded contents in the format shown in FIG. 4 are recorded on the magnetic stripe of the exchange slip at the time of exchange. As shown in the figure, magnetic stripe data is recorded from the start code at the left end to the end code at the right end. Record the bank number of the handling bank in the column next to the start code Bank number column BN
Next, there is provided an exchange amount column MC in which the exchange amount, which is the withdrawal amount at the time of exchange, is recorded. Furthermore, the following columns are 5000 yen, 1000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen.
An exchange pattern data recording column PD is provided to record the number of coins released for each of yen and 10 yen, that is, exchange pattern data. Further, on the printing surface of the currency exchange slip, as illustrated in FIG. 6, exchange pattern data consisting of the date, deposit amount, exchange denomination, and number of coins to be dispensed is printed. When the exchange slip with the above configuration is inserted into the exchange slip insertion slot 4, the exchange machine compares the exchange amount and the total amount of money deposited at that time, as described later, and if they match,
The coin release process will be performed according to the exchange pattern data in the PD column.

The amount setting section 15 and the amount display section 16 are included in the keyboard section 7, the amount setting section 15 is for setting the exchange amount by manual operation, and the amount display section 16 is for setting the exchange amount by manual operation. Display remaining amount, etc. The above bill receiving section 13,
The magnetic card reader section 14, amount setting section 15, amount display section 16, and exchange slip issuing section 22 are connected to input/output ports 17 to 21, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the main part of the RAM 12 of the automatic money changer. As shown in the figure, this RAM area includes a deposit amount area M1 and an exchange amount setting area N1.
~N6, and has an exchange amount area M2 for exchange slips. This example shows that the total deposited amount of 15,000 yen is stored in the deposited amount area M1. Exchange amount setting areas N1 to N6 are 5000 yen banknotes, 100 yen banknotes, 500 yen banknotes, 100 yen banknotes (50 pieces),
Stores the number of exchanged coins or pieces of 50 cylinders (50 pieces) and 10 cylinders (50 pieces). In this example, 15000 yen is 100
6 yen bills, 1 cylinder of 50 100 yen coins, 10 yen coins
This shows that exchange pattern data containing eight cylinders of 50 coins is stored. These exchange amount setting areas N1 to N6 store exchange pattern data manually input using the setting key 73 or exchange pattern data read from an exchange slip. Exchange amount area M2 stores exchange amount data read from the exchange slip.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the exchange processing operation of the automatic money exchange machine will be described.

The route in which banknotes were inserted from the deposit slot 2 at step n1 (hereinafter, step ni is simply referred to as ni);
At n2, it is determined whether the inserted banknote is a normal banknote. If the banknote is not normal, the inserted banknote is returned from the banknote return slot 3 (n3). If the bill is a normal bill, the input remittance amount is displayed on the input total amount display section 71 of the keyboard section 7 (n4). Subsequently, at n4, it is determined whether the total amount of money deposited is less than or equal to a predetermined acceptance limit (n5). If the deposit exceeds the acceptance limit, the deposit will be stopped (n7) and the deposit process will be considered complete. When it is determined that the amount is less than the acceptance limit amount, it is determined in n6 whether or not bill insertion is complete.
This determination is made based on whether the confirmation key 79 has been operated.

If confirmation key 79 is operated, advance from n6 to n8,
Check whether there is an exchange slip inserted. If there is no exchange slip inserted, it is assumed that the exchange pattern data is entered manually and n8→
Steps n9 to n11, which proceed from n9 to n11, are a manual input routine for manually inputting exchange pattern data from the keyboard section 7. When it is determined in n11 that the exchange amount setting is complete, that is, when the remaining amount becomes 0, an exchange slip is issued based on the exchange pattern data, and the banknotes and coins according to the exchange pattern data are counted and the banknotes and coins are , the corresponding coin is discharged into the coin outlet 6, and the issued exchange slip is further discharged into the exchange slip outlet 8 (n12 to n16). As mentioned above, the exchange slip is issued by printing the deposit amount, exchange pattern data, etc. on the front side, and magnetically recording the exchange amount, exchange pattern data, etc. on the back side (n12, n13). When the released money is taken out by the customer, the exchange process ends (n17).

On the other hand, if the exchange slip is inserted at n8, it is assumed that the exchange pattern data is input using the exchange slip, and the process proceeds from n8 to n18. In this case, the previously issued currency exchange slips are inserted into the currency exchange slip insertion slot 4 in order to exchange money using the same pattern. n18～n21
shows the pattern data input operation using the exchange slip. When the exchange slip is inserted into the exchange slip insertion slot 4, the magnetic card reader section 14 reads the exchange pattern data recorded on the exchange slip and temporarily stores the read data in a predetermined buffer (n18). Next, it is determined whether the reading was performed normally or not, and it is checked whether the total amount of money deposited matches the exchange amount recorded on the exchange slip (n19, n2). If the reading is not normal or the amount does not match, after returning the card (n22), the manual processing routine n8 to n10
Move to. The magnetic card data read is normal.
If the total amount of money deposited and the amount exchanged on the exchange slip match, the exchange pattern data recorded in the exchange slip column PD is set in the exchange amount setting areas N1 to N6 in the RAM 11 (n21). After setting the exchange pattern data, withdraw processing routines n12 to n17 based on the set exchange pattern data.
Move to. Even in the case of exchanging money according to the exchange pattern, an exchange slip recording the exchange pattern at that time is issued. As described above, when no exchange pattern is used, money can be exchanged manually, and by inserting an exchange pattern, exchange using the same exchange pattern can be performed automatically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1A is an external perspective view of an automatic money changer according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged plan view of the keyboard section of the automatic money changer, and FIG. Figure 2 shows an example of setting key operations and display of the remaining exchange amount according to the total amount, Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of the automatic exchange machine, and Figure 4 is the same. A format configuration diagram showing the recorded contents of the exchange slip issued in the automatic money exchange machine, FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of the money exchange process in the automatic money changer. 4... Exchange bill insertion slot, 7... Keyboard part, 8
...Exchange slip outlet, PD...Exchange pattern data record field (of the exchange slip), MC...Exchange amount record field (of the exchange slip).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Exchange slip reading means for accepting the exchange slip and reading the exchange pattern and withdrawal amount stored in the accepted exchange slip, exchange pattern storage means for storing the read exchange pattern data, and exchange slip. an input money determination means for determining whether the withdrawal amount read from the exchange ticket matches the total deposit amount at that time; and a deposit determination means for determining whether the withdrawal amount read from the exchange slip matches the total deposit amount at that time At the time of exchanging money, an automatic money exchange machine having a money dispensing means that dispenses money by denomination according to the exchange pattern of the exchange slip stored in the memory, exchanges the exchange slip recording the exchange pattern and withdrawal amount at that time. An automatic exchange machine characterized by being equipped with means for issuing an exchange ticket.