JPH0766459B2 - Money settlement processor - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a money settlement processing apparatus suitable for settlement processing a large amount of coins of multiple denominations.

[Conventional technology]

At financial institutions such as banks, deposit accounts are set up for each of these trading partners, such as transportation companies such as railway companies and bus companies, or various amusement centers. The settlement process is performed almost every day.

By the way, as the money to be settled here, there are a large number of coins due to the nature of the customer as described above, and the actual situation is that most of the sales proceeds are made up of these coins. Moreover, in recent years, with the new issuance of 500-yen coins, the proportion of these coins is increasing.

Heretofore, heretofore, JP-A-60-230292 proposed by the present applicant has been proposed.
No. (Japanese Patent Application No. 59-85759) By using the title of the invention, such as "coin settlement processor,"
No matter how large or large denomination coins this is, it enables highly efficient settlement processing with a minimum of labor. By the way, this is a coin that can be automatically transported by providing a plurality of coin counting means each having a coin counter and assigning the denominations to be counted to them in advance, and mounting the coins to be settled. A transfer means is provided so that the transferred coins can be automatically loaded into any of the coin counting means, and the denomination data of the coins to be settled and the business partner etc. are managed by the input means such as a keyboard. When a number is input, the coin conveying means conveys and loads the coin to the coin counting means to which the corresponding denomination is assigned based on the input denomination data, and is counted by the coin counting means. The count data and the denomination data are stored in an appropriate memory in correspondence with the management number input above. The person in charge appropriately supplies the coins collected from the customer to the above-mentioned coin transporting means, and only inputs the predetermined items through the above-mentioned inputting means, the coins are automatically transported and counted, and are required for settlement. All data will be automatically stored in the above memory, and if the stored data is aggregated in correspondence with the above management number, the settlement process for each customer or sales office mentioned above will be performed. Will also be easily achieved.

Note that, in addition to the above-mentioned coins, generally, soft notes such as banknotes, various cash vouchers or numbered tickets (especially in the case of a bus company) are also the target of such settlement processing, and thus such a coin settlement processing device is also generally applicable to other various types. Together with a currency counter, sorter, and sorter, each sub-terminal manages one line of money settlement line, and the main terminal that controls these sub-terminals centrally manages them. Often.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In this way, by automating various processes related to the settlement of money on a large scale, its processing capacity and efficiency have been significantly improved, but in the past, various types of currency to be settled have been dealt with by their trading partners. No matter what the above management number (normally determined by the bank account number, etc.) for identifying and managing the office, sales office, and the bank that handles it, it will correspond to the same number if it is set and input each time Since the desired monetary settlement can be achieved, if a wrong number is used as the control number, a very complicated and troublesome post-processing must be performed to normalize it. did not become. That is, in the case of the same device, even if the wrong number is used as the above-mentioned management number and the current monetary count data is treated as the data without the counterparty, the correctness / incorrectness cannot be determined at that time. After all the processing was completed, when such an abnormality was found, it was necessary to perform troublesome corrective actions such as data replacement.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a currency counting means for counting a specified currency type of settlement target currency, and a currency counting means, which is provided in the vicinity of the currency counting means, corresponding to the currency counting means. , A plurality of currency processing units each of which includes an input means for inputting a management number for identifying and managing a customer, a business office thereof, and a handling bank of the money to be settled in advance, the plurality of currency The cash settlement processing performed over the processing unit is divided and managed according to the type and form of money to be processed, and the count data by the currency counting means is aggregated and registered in correspondence with the management number for each of the divided management units. A plurality of sub-terminals and the plurality of sub-terminals are collectively managed, and the counting data by each of the currency counting means is calculated in a desired manner and based on the totalized registration data of the sub-terminals. In a money settlement processing device having a main terminal for making a collective settlement over the handling target currency, a first storage means arranged in the main terminal for pre-registering the control number, and arranged in the sub-terminal. Management means for pre-registering the management number, and registration management of the second storage means for at least the sub-terminal managing the input means before the management number is input by the input means. The number and the registration management number of the first storage means are collated, and if there is a mismatched number between them, the registration management number of the second storage means is matched with the registration management number of the first storage means. The first control means for automatically rewriting, the management number input from the input means at any time, and the second number of the sub-terminal
The second control means for collating with the registration management number of the storage means, and for prohibiting the operation of the currency counting means corresponding to this if there is a disagreement number between them.

[Action]

According to the present invention, a new storage area is provided in the main terminal, and the above-mentioned management number is registered in advance as so-called clean data in the main terminal. It is pre-registered in the main terminal in each of the various types of physical processing machines and the operation box in which the above-mentioned control number and other necessary items can be input corresponding to each physical processing machine. Based on the comparison with the management number, only the registration number can be used to perform the payment process. However, if the management numbers are collated between the deposit processing devices and the main terminal each time the deposit processing is started in each of the deposit processing devices, problems such as response time occur. The control number as clean data can be managed even in the sub-terminal, and the control number input from time to time in each deposit processing device (correctly, operation box) can be collated in this sub-terminal. At this time, in order to prevent the registration numbers from being different between the main terminal and the sub-terminal, these registration numbers are checked at least before the management number is input by the deposit processing device when the power is turned on, for example. If there is a difference, the main terminal automatically corrects the same registration number to the sub-terminal. As a result, when the management number is entered in the deposit processing device, it is possible to promptly check whether the same number is correct or not, and correct any errors automatically to the data on the main terminal side. The above-mentioned inconveniences such as totaling can be avoided in advance.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the money settlement processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to settle high-efficiency settlement processing of a large amount of denominations of money, with a minimum amount of labor.
It is possible to increase the reliability of the handling data and make the settlement process more accurate. In addition, this eliminates the need for the post-processing described above, which in turn shortens the processing time.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a money settlement processing device according to the present invention.

First, the overall configuration of the apparatus of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of this embodiment forms a deposit processing line centered on the main terminal 10 and the first to fourth sub-terminals 100 to 400 managed by the main terminal 10, respectively. [A] ▼ ～ ▲ [D]
▼ The corner is composed of 5 blocks. Hereinafter, the outline of the configuration and outline of the function of each of these blocks will be described first.

The main terminal 10 provides various necessary information to each of the sub-terminals as the center of the entire apparatus of the embodiment, and performs final compilation as the settlement processing apparatus based on the data relay-edited for these sub-terminals. In addition, a management number (hereinafter referred to as "store number") that identifies and manages a known customer, its sales office, and its handling bank, etc., for the various settlement target currencies processed by various cash processing machines described later. ]… The book of the handling bank
Branch number, "Customer number" ... Customer's company number, "Sales office number" ... Customer company's sales office number, "Additional number" ... For example, processing number and other numbers suitable for addition during settlement processing ,
And "date number" ... generically refers to date data such as collection date) of which "store number", "customer number" and "business office number" are retained as clean data. As shown in FIG. 1, the data is transmitted and received with the sub-terminals described above as the center of the terminal itself, and the data is aggregated. Pre-registration / correction of the above-mentioned "store number", "business partner number", "sales office number", etc., including the CPU 11 that executes management, slip input at each processing, authentication printing at the time of input of the slip, each processing Operation unit 1 that is operated as required when checking for miscalculations, performing totalization based on the above control number, etc.
2, a storage unit 13 that stores and stores "store number", "business partner number", "sales office number", various aggregated data, etc. that have been registered or modified through the operation unit, the progress of processing at each sub-terminal, A display unit that visually displays each aggregated data, as well as the numbers that have been registered and modified as described above.
14. A printing unit 15 is provided, which prints desired data at any time based on an operation of the operation unit 12 such as authentication printing of totalized data when the slip is input.
Incidentally, in the clean data storage area of the storage unit 13, for example, the above "store number", "customer number" and "business office number" are stored and held in a table form in the form shown in Table 1 below.

In addition, such a table of clean data is stored and held in the same manner in each sub-terminal described later, and the table management of the same data by the main terminal 10 is, for example, when the power is turned on. Before the settlement process is started, each number registered in these sub-terminals is checked against its own registration number,
If there is a difference between these, it means the function to automatically correct the registration number of the relevant sub-terminal. The method for correcting this number does not matter whether it is a total correction or a partial correction of only the difference number. In any case, the functions of checking and correcting the stored contents between the storage means can be realized by a well-known method,
I will omit the detailed explanation here.

▲ [A] ▼ corner is a corner for depositing only coins (a majority of them are fractional coins less than a large bag) out of the cash of limited customers, as shown in FIG. , A first sub-terminal 100 electrically connected to the main terminal 10 and first to n-th plurality of deposit processing units 110 to 1 centrally managed by the first sub-terminal 100.
and n0 and. One processing unit, for example, the first processing unit 110, counts the operation box 111 for appropriately inputting and setting the management number, the denomination to be counted, and other necessary information in processing the deposit, and the coins inserted as appropriate. The coin counting machine 112 sends the counting data to the first sub-terminal 100 through the operation box 111. In addition, the 1st sub terminal 100
Basically, it has the same configuration as the main terminal 10 and manages the input setting data by these operation boxes and the counting data by each coin counter, and it is the same corresponding to the input management number and denomination. This is a method of intermediately counting the count data. The intermediate totalized total data is sent to the main terminal 10 as needed. In addition, the second to fourth sub-terminals 200 to 400, which will be described later, including the first sub-terminal 100, have the self-registration and storage in the storage section thereof, and the clean check that has been performed in advance with the main terminal 10 is performed. Check the data against the "store number", "business partner number", and "sales office number" of the management numbers entered in the above operation boxes as needed, and if these entered numbers are the same clean data If it does not correspond to any of the registered numbers, a warning is displayed to that effect and the function of locking the physical processing machine and prohibiting the counting of coins, etc. corresponding to the input number is also included. Suppose you have it. In addition,
Cash (coins) brought in to the same corner is stored in bags by business office and denomination in advance, and these bags have a seal with the name of the business office, the amount of money, and the number of coins. The above-mentioned entry of the management number and the like is performed on the basis of the contents described on the envelope. The counted coins are exchanged when the number of coins reaches the specified number of so-called large bags, and the bags (large bags) that have reached the specified number of coins are sealed, appropriately weighed, and loaded on a cart or the like.

▲ [B] ▼ corner is a corner for re-examining coins in large bags out of the cash brought in.
As generally shown in FIG. 1, a second sub-terminal 200 electrically connected to the main terminal 10, a coin counting processing device 1000 for performing a counting process relating to the re-evaluation of the coins, and the above-mentioned carry-in device. A coin transportation command device 3000 for controlling a transportation mode of a coin transportation carriage for automatically transporting the collected coins to the coin counting processing device 1000, and the coin counting processing device 10
It comprises a conveyor device 4000 for transporting the coins counted and packed in 00 to a predetermined position, and a weighing device 5000 for weighing and checking the transported coins in units of large bags.
The coin counting processing device 1000 counts the coins, which are set by the desired amount to be counted and which are carried and loaded by the coin carrier, respectively, here 16 coin counting devices.
It has 1010 to 1160. The second sub terminal 200 is also
Basically, the coin counting processing device 1000 and the coin transportation command device 300 have the same configuration as the main terminal 10.
0, centrally manage the conveyor device 4000 and the weighing device 5000, and for each count data counted by the coin counting processing device 1000, make an intermediate totalization corresponding to the management number and denomination, and further make the intermediate totalization. It functions to send the aggregated data to the main terminal 10 at any time. In addition, it is assumed that the second sub-terminal 200 and the first sub-terminal 100 described above can inquire and sum data through the main terminal 10. It is assumed that the management number is input through the operation unit of the second sub terminal 200 in the [B] corner. As described above, the second sub-terminal 200 also has a function of checking the management number input in this way, and a function of prohibiting counting of coins corresponding to an incorrect number based on the result. Is. Also, in this ▲ [B] ▼ corner, we will re-examine the coins packed in the large coin sorter in the ▲ [C] ▼ corner, which will be described below, and in the small coin sorter in the ▲ [D] ▼ corner. Suppose that the counting-processed coins are also bagged.

▲ [C] ▼ Corner is a corner where the sales of the bus companies are mainly settled out of the limited number of customers, and as shown in Fig. 1, this is also the main terminal.
The third sub-terminal 300 electrically connected to 10 and a plurality of first to n-th processing units 310 to 3n0 centrally managed by the third sub-terminal 300 are configured. Here, a coin-containing physical product in which coins such as coupons, numbered tickets, and banknotes are mixed into coins is stored in a trunk or the like for each business partner or business office and brought in. One processing unit, for example, the first The processing unit 310 is an operation box 311 for appropriately inputting the management number of each of the above-mentioned trunks and other necessary information in the processing, and a coin separating machine that automatically separates the coins and the soft notes with respect to the inserted coins containing the actual coins. 31
2 and a large coin sorter 313 that sorts and counts the separated coins by denomination. In addition,
It is assumed that the coins separated by the coin separating machine 312 are automatically conveyed to the large coin sorting machine 313 by a conveyor or the like. Coins of denominations that have reached the specified number by the sorting count by the large-sized coin sorter 313 are bagged and
[B] ▼ It is sent to the corner and is reviewed here. The third sub-terminal 300 relays the denomination counting data by the large coin sorter 313 to the main terminal 10. The third sub-terminal 300 is also capable of manually inputting bills, and for the bills among the soft bills separated by the bill separating machine 312, the denomination information and the number-of-coins information are input based on an appropriate operation by the operator. Even if it is accepted, it will also be relayed to the main terminal 10. The functions related to checking other control numbers are the same as those of the first and second sub-terminals 100 and 200.
Is the same as.

The ▲ [D] ▼ corner is the same as the previous ▲ [A] ▼, ▲ [B] ▼,
▲ [C] ▼ Corner for processing cash other than that processed at the corner, which has a small coin sorter (412a) and a banknote deposit machine (412b) as shown in FIG. And a line having a banknote sorter (412c). Among them, a small coin sorter (41 formed by the first to n-th processing units 410a to 4n0a
The line with 2a) is the same as the previous ▲ [A] ▼, ▲ [B] ▼,
A line that separates and counts coins (mainly fractional coins) other than those processed at the [C] corner by gold type,
The same count data is sent to the fourth sub-terminal 400 corresponding to the management number input through each of the operation boxes (411a), and is also formed by the first to nth processing units 410b to 4n0b. Banknote deposit machine (41
The line having 2b) is a 10,000-yen note of the deposited banknotes, a bundled banknote of 5,000-yen notes (bundle of 100 sheets) and a 10,000-yen note for all the customers handled by the settlement processing device.
It is a line that counts the fractional bills of four denominations of 5,000 yen bills, 1,000 yen bills, and 500 yen bills. This also corresponds to the management number entered through each operation box (411b). To send the same count data to the fourth sub-terminal 400 (when a check is involved, the number of sheets and the amount of money are manually input through each operation box), and the first to the first n processing unit 410c ~
The line having the banknote sorter (412c) formed by 4n0c is a line that similarly performs this counting process for the paper bundle banknote of the 1,000-yen banknote among the banknotes deposited by all the customers, and here, each of them Banknotes (damaged banknotes) for banknotes to be counted in advance by the banknote sorting machine (412c)
And the genuine bills (normal bills) are separated, and the genuine bills (thousand yen bills) bundled every 100 sheets are counted, and this count data is read through each operation box (411c). It will be sent to the fourth sub-terminal 400 in correspondence with the input management number (assuming that the unfit note is taken out for each processing, and then another processing such as a numeral processing is performed). In the 4th sub terminal 400, the count data of each of these lines is transferred to the main terminal 10
Relay to. Further, it is assumed that the fourth sub-terminal 400 can collate and sum the data processed by all the other sub-terminals (first to third sub-terminals 100 to 300). This also has the function related to the check of the input management number.

Hereinafter, the settlement processing operation of the entire apparatus of the embodiment will be described in detail by taking the deposit processing relating to the above-mentioned [B] corner as an example.

First, prior to the description of the processing operation, the specific configuration of the [B] corner will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1000 denotes the above-described coin counting processing device, and the processing device 1000 is a 1-yen coin, 5-yen coin, 10-yen coin, 50-yen coin, 100-yen coin, 500-yen coin, etc. It is configured with a plurality of counters, here 16 counters 1010 to 1160, so that the counting can be performed separately for each type of coin. Incidentally, these first to sixteenth counting device 1010
Denominations 1 to 1160 are denominations to be counted that are assigned in advance depending on the switching mode of the denomination selection switches KS, and here, as an example, 1-yen coins are assigned to the first and second counting devices 1010 to 1020. , 3rd to 5th counting devices 1030 to 1050, 5 yen coins, 6th to 8th counting devices 1060 to
10 yen coin in 1080, 50 in 9th-11th counting device 1090-1110
It is assumed that yen coins are allocated to the 12th to 14th counting devices 1120 to 1140, and 100 yen coins are allocated to the 15th and 16th counting devices 1150 to 1160, respectively.

Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 200 indicates the ▲ [B] ▼ based on the denomination data, the management number, etc. of the coin to be settled, which is input by an appropriate operation of the operator.
The above-mentioned second sub-terminal 3000 that controls the corner centrally controls the driving mode of the coin-carrying carriages 3310 and 3320 which move on the conveying path CP based on the command sent from the second sub-terminal 200. The above-described coin transportation command device for controlling, further 4000, the above-mentioned conveyor device that conveys the coins CN counted and bagged by the coin counting processing device 1000 by a belt or the like as shown by the arrow in the figure, and 5000 is The above-mentioned weighing device for finally checking the count value of the coins CN conveyed by the conveyor device 4000 by its weight. The coin CN, which has been weighed, is stored in a safe (not shown) by being carried by the carrier CY.

It should be noted that the coin transporting carts 3310 and 3320 detect the magnet MG provided as shown in the drawing so as to correspond to the position of each counting device on the side portion of the transport path CP while detecting the coins with an appropriate magnetic detection element. It reaches the target position of the counting device designated by the transport command device 3000, and after reaching the target position, the hopper CHP is tilted as shown in FIG. Operates to transfer to the hopper SHP of the counter. FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state (see FIG. 2) in which the coin transporting cart 3310 transfers the transported coins to the twelfth counting device 1120. However, this specific control mode will be described later in detail.

FIG. 4 shows an electrical configuration of the corner [B], and the functions of the respective parts described above will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

First, each counting device in the coin counting and processing device 1000, taking the first counting device 1010 as an example, counts the coins put into the hopper SHP and outputs the counting data to the second sub-terminal 200. Section 1011, a denomination setting section 1012 for outputting information indicating the denomination to be counted by the counting device selected by the denomination selection switch KS to the second sub-terminal 200, for example, the hopper SHP by optical means or the like.
When it is detected that a coin has been inserted into the coin, or when an operator operates a manual start button (not shown) of the counting device, an appropriate motor is driven to separate coins one by one, and the coins are counted. Part 10
11, or when the coin counting unit 1011 is not counting the coins even though the counting device has been driven for a predetermined time, the fact that this is detected and the driving of the counting device is stopped, Furthermore, the 2nd sub terminal 200
As a result of checking the above-mentioned input control number (to be exact, “store number”, “customer number”, and “office number” among them), if this is an incorrect number, then from the second sub-terminal 200 A drive control unit that comprehensively controls the drive for counting coins of the counting device, such as stopping the driving of the counting device based on a command, and outputs a signal indicating the operating status to the second sub-terminal 200. 101
3. When the coin counting unit 1011 counts coins or abnormal coins (for example, fake coins, coins that are significantly dirty or deformed, coins of different denominations, etc.) are detected and the drive control unit 1013 detects the fact. An abnormality detection unit 1014 that prompts an emergency stop of the counting device, and when this abnormality detection unit 1014 detects an abnormality as described above, an appropriate lamp is turned on or an alarm sound is generated through a buzzer, etc. The notification unit 1015 for notifying the user, the bag attached to the counting device (see FIG. 3) is filled with coins counted in a predetermined manner by the device, and as a result, it is artificially or automatically by an appropriate mechanism (not shown). When this bag containing coins and another empty bag are exchanged (the bag containing coins is sent to the conveyor device 4000. Remove The box CBN is moved as shown in FIG. 2, the bag is appropriately sealed, and then the bag is placed on the conveyor device 4000.) This is detected by a limit switch or the like, and the next coin counting is possible. Control unit
1013 and the bag exchange detection unit 1016 that informs the second sub-terminal 200, and the "Setting" key and "500""100""5"
An operation box that is equipped with keys such as denomination keys such as "0", "10", "5", and "1", and is operated when setting or changing the denomination of coins to be counted by the counting device. Each of the counting devices 1010 to 1160 is configured to have the necessary data with the second sub terminal 200 via the bus line BL. In this example,
Each of these counting devices 1010 to 1160 executes the above coin counting operation with 4000 coins as one counting unit. When the counting of 4000 coins is completed, the counting operation is temporarily stopped and the bag is replaced. .

In addition, the second sub-terminal 200 has an interface 22.
Via 1,222,223, the coin counting processing device 1000, the conveyor device 4000, the weighing device 5000, and the coin transportation command device 3000.
A CPU 21 for controlling the device of the embodiment in a centralized manner by exchanging data with the device or sending a necessary command to these devices.
0, the operation number 230 for inputting the management number and various data and commands necessary for the settlement process, the "store number" pre-registered as the clean data, the "customer number",
"Sales office number", further, a storage unit 240 for storing the count data transmitted from the coin counting processor 1000,
A display unit 250 for visually displaying the contents input by the operation unit 230 or the contents stored in the storage unit 240 as necessary, and a printing unit 260 for printing according to these contents are also provided. . In addition, in this embodiment, the operation part 230 is the above-mentioned 1 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, 10 yen, 100 yen.
The "denomination key" for specifying and inputting each denomination of yen and 500 yen, the "numeric keypad" for entering the required numerical value, and the "tennkey" for entering the "store number" are operated in advance. "Store key", "Customer key" that is operated in advance when entering the "Customer number" using the "Numeric keypad", and similarly, in advance when entering the "Sales office number" using the "Numeric keypad""Sales office key", "Store number", "Customer number" and "Sales office number" operated when pre-registering as the clean data, "Clean data registration key", not counting "Machine number key" that is operated when the machine number of the counting device which is not operated by the "Numeric keypad" is input, "Start key" and "Numeric keypad" that prompt the start of running of the coin transport carriages 3310 and 3320. It is assumed that the storage unit 240 has at least a “date key” that is operated when inputting a date, and a “clear key” that is operated when correcting the input data. A storage area as shown in Tables 2 to 5, that is, a clean data storage area for storing and holding the "store number", "business partner number" and "business office number" registered as the above-mentioned clean data ( Table 2), a set denomination storage area (third part) for storing the denomination to be counted by each counting device which is set and assigned by the denomination selection switch KS.
Table), the flag is set based on the signal indicating the operating status of the counting device output from the previous period drive control unit (the flag is set to "1" when the counter is in operation, and the flag is set to "1" when not in operation. 0 "
The operation status storage area (Table 4) for storing the operation status of each counting device, and the operation unit described above.
It has at least a settlement data storage area (Table 5) for storing the count data by the coin counting processor 1000 corresponding to the management number and denomination data input at 230
Based on the write control of U210, the necessary contents are stored and held in the manners shown in the table.

Then, the coin transportation command device 3000 includes the coin transportation cart 33.
10 and 3320, a coin transportation command unit 3100 for instructing the traveling mode, and a data output unit 3200 for transmitting the command content by the command unit 3100 to a receiving device (not shown) of the carts 3310 and 3320. For example, in the second sub-terminal 200 described above, based on the machine number input through the “machine number key” and the “numeric keypad” of the operation unit 230 described above, the coin counting processing device 1000 has a counting device corresponding to the machine number. To the position, the coin transport carriage 3310 or 3320 is caused to start traveling on condition that the “start key” of the operation unit 230 is operated, and the carriage 3310 or 3320 is moved to the target counting device position. When it is reached, stop it and return it to the reception area RA (see Fig. 2) after the transfer of the transported coin to the counting device is completed. To run the control. Incidentally, when the coin transporting cart 3310 or 3320 is brought to the position of the above-mentioned target counting device, the cart 33
As described above, the magnet MG (see FIG. 1) is sequentially detected by the 10 or 3320 and is stopped at a desired position based on the detection result (for example, the number of times of detection).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the apparatus of this embodiment, and an example of the operation of the apparatus of the embodiment as a whole will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

First, prior to the same processing, cash is brought into the trunk for bundled bills and fractional bills, and coins in large bags and fractions are brought into the bags for each customer. In addition, each business office has a slip (a denomination by type) attached to each of its business partners, and each cash also has a paper stamp with the business office name and amount.

Then, collect these cash at the unloading place of the settlement center, unload the cash, and check the slip and cash at each business office of each supplier (for each itemized amount of cash and cash Check the amount of money you have on the envelope). If the check is completed and there is no mistake, cash will be distributed to each corner (for example, for coins in large bags, use this ▲ [B] ▼
To the corner, ▲ [D] ▼ to the banknote deposit machine at the ▲ [D] ▼ corners, and for 1,000 yen bundled banknotes to the ▲ [D] ▼ corner banknote sorter).

The slips thus checked are collected by the principal. Based on the collected vouchers, enter the total amount of the vouchers and the detailed amount of money into the main terminal 10 (if the total of the total amount of money and the detailed amount of money do not match, the entry is not accepted).

Now, when such a check is completed and it is confirmed that the total amount of money and the detailed amount of money match, the power of each device and each sub-terminal is turned on and the settlement process is started.

When turning on the power of each device / terminal, each device / terminal is put into a standby state after various automatic abnormality checks and clearing processes are performed. Then, a management number (to be exact, a "store number", between the main terminal 10 and the sub terminal 200,
The data in the clean data storage area (Table 2) in the sub-terminal 200 is sequentially sent to the main terminal 10 so that there is no difference between the "customer number" and the "office number", and the clean data in the main terminal 10 is sent. Each is checked with the management number stored in the storage area (Table 1). If there is no such thing, the data in the storage area of the main terminal 10 is moved to the storage area of the sub-terminal 200, and if all match, the denomination setting of the counting device becomes possible (steps 1 to 3). ).

Now, each operator 1010-11
Assuming that the denominations to be counted by each of these counting devices are set through the denomination selection switch KS of 60 (step 4), these setting data are taken into the second sub-terminal 200 via the denomination setting unit. Then, it is registered in the storage unit 240 in the manner shown in Table 3 above (step 5). It is assumed that the denomination setting mode of these counting devices 1010 to 1160 is as described above for the device of the embodiment. Further, the operating statuses at any time are also stored in the operating status storage area of the storage unit 240 in the manner shown in FIG. If the denomination that has been processed on the previous day is sufficient, the processes of steps 4 and 5 are omitted.

Next, if the operator (person in charge) inputs the date of the current day through the operation unit 230 of the second sub-terminal 200, the CPU 210 stores it in an appropriate area of the storage unit 240 as necessary data for preparing a daily report. At the same time as storing (step 6), the operating status of the coin counting processor 1000 is checked based on the stored contents in the operating status storage area of the storage section 240 (step 7) and displayed on the display unit 250, for example, in FIG. The denomination setting mode and the check result are displayed in the mode shown (step 8).

Incidentally, in FIG. 6, the numbers "1" to "16" displayed in the "Machine" column indicate the first to sixteenth counting devices 1010 to
It is a machine number determined in advance corresponding to each 1160, and the mark of "○" or "x" displayed in the column of "state" is the coin counting processing device 1000 (the first to sixteenth counting devices 1010 described above). ~ 1160) Check result according to the operating status (“○” means non-operating, that is, usable, and “×”)
Indicates that they are in operating status), and "1 yen", "5 yen", and "5 yen" displayed in the "denomination" column
“10 Yen”, “50 Yen”, “100 Yen”, or “500 Yen” is the counting target denomination of each of the above-mentioned preset counting devices.
In addition, in the columns of "Store No." to "Processing No.", the management numbers of the coins currently being counted, that is, "store number", "customer number", "business office number", collection date data , The processing number, etc. are displayed. The "message column" is a column for displaying various guidance texts for the operator regarding the operation of the apparatus, which will be described later.

After this, the operator, for coins collected from each customer (assuming that they are put in a bag according to denomination), the denomination of the coin to be processed at any time and the machine number of the desired use counting device (however, " The display column of “” is limited to those marked with “○”), and the required management number is input, and the coins to be processed are transferred to the coin transport carts 3310 and 33.
It will be transferred to 20 hoppers CHP and the settlement process of the day will be started.

Now, based on the display contents of the display unit 250 described above, denomination data of the coin (bag) to be processed by the operator through the operation unit 230, the machine number of the vacant counting device corresponding to the denomination. And if you enter the control number for the coin (step 9a), CPU210
Rechecks at least the input machine number based on the stored contents of the operating status storage area as to whether or not the counting device corresponding to the machine number is truly empty. Also, of the management numbers entered in step 9a, clean data storage area (stored in sub terminal 200) for "store number", "customer number", and "office number".
It is checked whether it has been registered in (step 10).
If there is no corresponding item, the process returns to step 9a as an input error. At this time, warning guidance is given through the message column (FIG. 6) of the display 250 indicating that the input error has occurred. Also,
In this example, since there are two or three counting devices corresponding to the same denomination, even if the same denomination data is designated and input for the same operation, the counting device of the above counting device can be reliably operated up to the second or third times. Although the selection can be achieved, in the same operation after the operator's third or fourth time, if there is no counting device corresponding to the designated denomination in the non-operating state, the CPU 210 causes the display unit to display. Through the message field 250 (see FIG. 6), the operator is instructed to process coins of other denominations. However, even when the above counting device is selected, this fact will be appropriately notified. However, at this time, if there are many coins of the denomination even if none of the counting devices designated for the denomination are in the non-operating state, or if there are no coins of other denominations, The operator performs a denomination changing operation on the counting device in which the other denominations are preset in each of the counting devices 1010 to 1160 and which is in a non-operating state. To change the denomination, press the "Set" key in the operation box of the coin counting device
A key of 0, “100”, “50”, “10”, “5”, and “1” which is desired to be changed is pressed, and the “setting” key is turned on again (step 9b). As a result, a denomination signal is output from the operation box to the second sub terminal 200. Then, the denomination setting unit of the coin counting device sets the denomination of the counting device (step 9c). The second sub-terminal 200 receiving the denomination signal changes the contents of the set denomination storage area (Table 3) (step 9d). This is also displayed on the display unit 250. It should be noted that the operation box and the denomination setting unit may be electrically or mechanically appropriately connected to each other so that setting or changing the denomination can be achieved by operating only one of them. Of course good.

Once the counter is set up, the operator then
After the coin to be processed is loaded into the hopper CHP of the vacant one of the coin transport carts 3310 and 3320 (step 11), the "start button" of the operation unit 230 is operated (step 12). If the selected counting device is the twelfth counting device 1120 and the coin carrying cart 3310 loaded with the coins, the coin carrying command device 3000 has the second sub-terminal 200.
It is instructed to the trolley 3310 that the target counting device is the twelfth counting device 1120 based on the machine number transmitted from (step 13), and the trolley 3310 is set based on the detection of the magnet MG. After moving to the position of the twelfth counting device 1120, it is stopped (step 14). After this, the bogie 3310, based on an appropriate command of the command device 3000,
The hopper CHP is tilted in the manner shown in FIG. 3 and the coins carried by the shooter ST are transferred to the twelfth counting device 1120.
Transfer to hopper SHP (step 15).

Thus, the coins are loaded, and the twelfth counting device 1120, as described above, uses the above-mentioned hopper SHP by, for example, optical means.
Counting is started automatically when it is detected that a coin has been inserted into the coin, or passively when the manual start button is operated by the operator (staff) (step
16a). In addition, the trolley 3310, after the transfer of the same coin is completed, based on the command of the command device 3000, the reception area
It returns to RA (see FIG. 2) (step 16b) and waits for the next processing (step 16c). When the selected twelfth counting device 1120 starts the same counting, the second counting device
The sub-terminal 200 sets the operation flag of the twelfth counting device 1120 to "1" (Table 4), and at the same time, the next coin can be processed (step 17a). As a result, the operator inputs the date, denomination data, machine number, management number, etc. for the coin to be processed next (steps 6 to 9a).

Now, in the twelfth counting device 1120, after the counting of the coins is started, when the count value reaches "4000", the counting is temporarily stopped (step 17b), and the above-mentioned exchange is performed. Later (step 18), the detection signal is sent to the second sub-terminal 200 through the previous bag exchange detecting part (step 19), and the count data is sent to the second sub-terminal 200 through the coin counting part (step 2).
0a). As a result, in the second sub-terminal 200, when the detection signal for bag replacement is received, the operation flag of the corresponding counting device, that is, the twelfth counting device 1120, in the previous period operation status storage area of the storage unit 240 (see Table 4). Is set to "0" (step 20b), and the status display of the machine number on the display unit 250 is changed from "X" to "○" for the machine whose operating flag is "0", that is, the twelfth counting device 1120. Then, the display of the store No. to the processing No. corresponding to this is also canceled. In addition, when the count data is received, the same storage unit 240
This is written in the settlement data storage area (see FIG. 5) corresponding to the input management number and denomination data (step 21a). Of course, these management numbers and denomination data may be registered when the counting device is selected first.

On the other hand, the bag containing the counted coins is appropriately sealed (step 21b), placed on the conveyor device 4000 (step 21c), and then measured by the weighing device 5000 (step 21d). That is, if the denomination and the number of denominations are determined, the weight thereof should fall within a certain predetermined range, and a final check can be made as to whether the counting process is successful or not by performing a metric check. This determination is also performed by the second sub-terminal 200 based on the weighing data sent from the weighing device 5000, the counting data sent from the counting device, and the designated and input denomination data.

By repeatedly executing the above operations and operations, the storage unit 240 will be constantly registered with the count data of the settlement target coins by store, by supplier, by sales office, etc. If the data stored in the same storage unit 240 is rearranged based on the management number,
The settlement process is achieved with high efficiency. In addition, in this example, the operation unit 23
It is assumed that the data corresponding to the final count is registered in the storage unit 240 based on an appropriate operation of 0.

In the above example, using 16 counting devices,
Six types of coins were assigned to each of the two or three coins, but it goes without saying that the number of these counting devices and the mode of their assignment are arbitrary, and the number of the above coin transporting carts is also the above-mentioned counting device. The number may be arbitrarily determined according to the number of items and other circumstances. Of course, depending on the handling amount of coins, the coin counting processing device 1000, the coin transportation command device 3000, the conveyor device 4000, and the weighing device 5000 may be provided as one processing line and a plurality of lines may be provided.

Further, the means for notifying the position of the target counting device to the trolley or the command device thereof is not limited to the magnet MG described above, and may be any other, for example, a limit switch, a photoelectric sensor, or an oscillator or the like. The action of can be achieved. The target counting device is not limited to the fixed device designated by the “machine number”, and other examples include the operation unit 230.
Based on the “denomination data” input in step 1, any one of the denominations set (but not in operation) may be set as a target.

The above is the description of the processing operation of the settlement processing device centering on the [B] ▼ corner, but the major differences are that the actual items to be settled and the processing mode by the processing machine are different in the other corners. The summary data is registered in the storage unit of each corresponding sub-terminal in the same manner as described above.

In this way, the data processed by the processing machines in each corner and registered in each sub-terminal will be used as needed at the main terminal.
It is transmitted to 10 and is aggregated here by the management number. At this time, the general manager can see the progress of the processing of each supplier by the display of the display section 14 of the main terminal 10, and the processing total of the supplier for which the processing has been completed is displayed on the display section 14. Perform the totaling work while displaying on.

When an error occurs, the cause is sought based on the above display on the main terminal 10, and if the error is an actual error, the customer will be contacted by telephone and a correction operation will be performed.

The principal performs the above-mentioned work at the end of processing of the supplier.

The processed cash is remitted to a separate room, and the reimbursement operation is performed at the main terminal 10 each time.

When all the counting processing and the data totaling work are completed, the main terminal 10 is settled to zero today, and the work is completed. After the settlement is completed, the aggregated data will be automatically transferred to the monthly report and will be sequentially accumulated. The monthly report data is registered in the storage unit 13 of the main terminal 10 (a floppy disk is assumed here), and the total sum thereof is output, for example, every six months.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall electrical connection mode of an embodiment of a money settlement processing device according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a specific configuration of the device of the embodiment, particularly about the [B] ▼ corner portion, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a part of the device shown in FIG. 2 from the front, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the device shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the device of the same embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a display mode of the display section in the sub-terminal of the device of the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example. 10 …… Main terminal, 11,210 …… CPU, 12,230 ……
Operation part, 13,240 ... Memory part, 14,250 ... Display part, 15,260
...... Printing area, 100,200,300,400 ...... Sub terminal, 11
1,311,411a, 411b, 411c, 1017 …… Operation box, 112 …… Coin counter, 312 …… Cash separator, 313 ……
Large coin sorter, 412a …… Small coin sorter, 412b …… Bill deposit machine, 412c …… Bill sorter, 1000 …… Coin counting processor, 1010,1020,1030,1040,1050,1060,1070,1080 , 109
0,1100,1110,1120,1130,1140,1150,1160 ... Counter,
1011 …… Coin counting unit, 1012 …… denomination setting unit, 1013 …… drive control unit, 1014 …… abnormality detection unit, 1015 …… notification unit, 1016
…… Bag exchange detection unit, 3000 …… Coin transportation command device, 3100…
… Coin transportation command unit, 3200 …… Data output unit, 3310,3320
…… Coins transportation cart, 4000 …… Conveyor device, 5000 ……
Weighing device, KS ... denomination selection switch, CP ... coin transport path, MG ... magnet.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A currency counting means for counting a specified currency type of settlement target currency; and a currency counting means, which is arranged in the vicinity of the currency counting means in correspondence with the currency counting means, for the settlement target currency. , A plurality of currency processing units, each of which has an input means for inputting a management number for identifying and managing the customer, its sales office, and its handling bank, etc., are provided. A plurality of sub-terminals that divide and manage according to the type and form of money that processes the cash settlement process, and count and register the count data by the money counting means in correspondence with the management number for each of the divided management units; The plurality of sub-terminals are collectively managed, and the count data by the currency counting means is calculated in a desired manner based on the respective aggregated registration data and over all the handling target currency. In a money settlement processing device comprising a main terminal for bulk settlement, a first storage means arranged in the main terminal for pre-registering the management number; and a sub-terminal arranged for pre-registration of the management number. Second storage means, and before the management number is input by the input means,
At least for the sub-terminal that manages the input means, the registration management number of the second storage means and the first
And the registration management number of the storage means is checked, and if there is a mismatched number between them, the registration management number of the second storage means is automatically rewritten so as to match the registration management number of the first storage means. The first control means, the management number that is input by the input means at any time, and the registered management number of the second storage means of the sub-terminal are collated. And a second control means for prohibiting the operation of the corresponding currency counting means.