JPH10124740A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily process inserted bills and to shorten a customer processing time by returning extra 10,000-yen bills among inserted bills when an amount of money which is thrown in is by >=10,000 yen larger than an amount of money of a purchase. SOLUTION: Magnetic information recorded on an old commutation ticket inserted into a commutation ticket insertion slot is read out by a commutation ticket processing unit 46 and stored in a RAM 48, and specific individual information is displayed on a touch panel 44. When the user selects the proper number of months on the touch panel 44, the amount of money of the purchase is displayed on the touch panel 44, bills inserted into the bill insertion slot 14 are counted, and the amount of money which is thrown in is displayed on the touch panel 44. Then when the amount of money which is thrown in is >=10.000 yen larger than the displayed amount of money of the purchase, extra 10,000-yen bills are returned through a return unit 50. Then change is discharged when paid and then a new commutation ticket is issued through a commutation ticket processing unit 46.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus for returning an over-inserted banknote in an automatic commuter pass issuing machine, an automatic ticket vending machine, etc., when the change is 10,000 or more due to excessive insertion of the banknote. It concerns the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic commuter pass issuing machine, when a customer purchases a commuter pass or a commuter pass from a remote place, or a 3-month commuter pass or a 6-month commuter pass, the purchase price is high. When a normal commuter pass issuing machine inserts bills one by one through the insertion slot, it counts the bills, displays the amount of money inserted on a display unit consisting of a display and a touch panel, and the inserted bills are temporarily held temporarily. You. If the banknote is over-inserted by 10,000 yen or more than the purchase price displayed on the display unit, the inserted banknote is returned together with the temporarily stored banknote. This is based on the premise that a change of 10,000 yen or more cannot be made from a place where the 10,000 yen bill is the highest bill. If the 10,000 yen bill is to be discharged as change, it is 10,000 yen. A banknote pay-out mechanism as a change mechanism is required in the safe, which undesirably increases the complexity and size of the device. Therefore, the customer needs to re-insert the returned bill,
It becomes troublesome.

[0003] In the conventional automatic commuter pass issuing machine as described above, bills must be inserted one by one.
It takes time to insert the bills, which is not preferable because of shortening of the customer service process. In view of this, it is anticipated that the purchase amount of a commuter pass or the like will be high, and an insertion slot that allows a plurality of bills to be inserted at once can be considered.

[0004] However, if the 10,000-yen bill can be inserted into 20 or 30 bills at once, the customer service process can be shortened. However, it is more difficult to insert bills into the display unit than when inserting bills one by one. It is conceivable that the degree of over-insertion becomes greater than the displayed purchase price. Returning all over-inserted banknotes in this way is troublesome for the user, and is against the shortening of the customer service processing time.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points. Even when a plurality of bills are inserted at a time, the overinsertion of the bills is It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus that returns only the banknote of the above, processes the inserted banknote promptly, and shortens the service processing time.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention returns an extra 10,000-yen bill among inserted bills when the amount of money inserted is more than 10,000 yen than the amount of purchase. The banknote handling apparatus thus configured.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As an insertion mechanism capable of inserting a plurality of bills at a time, an example of an insertion mechanism as shown in FIG. 1 can be considered. FIG. 1 is a partial schematic enlarged view of a bill insertion portion of the automatic commuter pass issuing machine, and reference numeral (10) indicates a body of the automatic commuter pass issuing machine.

An insertion slot (14) for inserting bills is provided in a customer service surface (12) which is a front surface of the body body (10).
And a bill insertion guide (16) for guiding the bill when the bill is inserted into the insertion slot (14), and a return port (18) for returning a bill or inserted bill. I have. Reference numeral (20) denotes a change receiving tray.

A bill insertion mechanism (22), into which a plurality of bills (C) can be inserted at a time, inside the insertion slot (14).
Is provided.

Below the bill insertion mechanism (22), there is provided a primary holding section (24) for temporarily holding inserted bills. This primary holding unit (24) has not yet finished the customer service processing just because the customer inserted the bill,
In this state, the transaction between the customer and the station (bureau) for purchasing a commuter pass has not been established. Therefore, when the customer operates the cancel button or the return button, the banknotes in the primary holding unit (24) are returned, and the banknotes held in the primary holding unit (24) are still the user. Money. The primary storage unit (24) has a 1,000 yen primary storage unit (24a) for storing 1,000 yen bills, and a 1
It has a 10,000 yen primary holding unit (24b) and a 5,000 yen primary holding unit (24c) for holding 5,000 yen bills.

The bill insertion mechanism (22) includes an upper transport belt (26), a lower transport belt (28), and the lower transport belt (28) centered on a shaft (30) provided at the rear.
Shutter (32) that opens and closes in a fan-like manner with respect to a feeding roller (3) that feeds bills one by one into the machine body (10).
4) and a separation roller mechanism (36) for separating the bills one by one when a plurality of bills are sent from the feed roller (34).

When it is desired to insert a plurality of bills (C) in a lump, the shutter (32) is lifted upward as shown in FIG. When one banknote (C) is to be inserted, the shutter (32) is lowered and inserted into the insertion slot (14) along the banknote insertion guide (16).

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a main part of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral (40) denotes a control unit, which is constituted by a CPU.

Reference numeral (42) denotes a bill processing unit for processing the inserted bill (C). The bill processing unit (42) has a discriminating means for discriminating the authenticity of the bill (C) and a counting means for counting inserted bills,
The entered amount is displayed on a touch panel (44) including a display unit and touch keys.

Reference numeral (46) denotes a commuter pass processing unit. The commuter pass processing unit (46) includes: reading means for reading magnetic information of the inserted old commuter pass; writing means for writing magnetic information to the commuter pass when issuing a new commuter pass; And printing means for printing predetermined items on the surface. The old commuter pass information is stored in the control unit (4
0) via the RAM (48) and R
The personal information recorded in the AM (48) is displayed on the touch panel (44). When the user confirms the personal information and inputs the number of months for the commuter pass to be purchased next from the touch panel (44), the purchase price is displayed on the touch panel (44).

Reference numeral (50) denotes a return processing unit.
The return processing unit (50) is for returning a bill inserted from the insertion slot (14) and held in the primary holding unit (24) shown in FIG. 1 by operating a cancel button or a return button. In addition to the mechanism, there is a mechanism for returning extra bills to the customer when the input amount is 10,000 yen or more than the purchase amount.

Next, the operation of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.

In step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 100, an old commuter pass is inserted into a commuter pass insertion slot. The commuter pass processing unit (46) reads magnetic information recorded on the old commuter pass, stores the data in the RAM (48), and displays predetermined personal information on the touch panel (44). For example, as personal information, a telephone number is displayed,
After confirmation on the touch panel (44), the touch panel (44) displays a selection as to whether it is a one-month regular, a three-month regular, or a six-month regular. The user inputs predetermined information to select the number of months to be used by using the touch panel (44) (ST102).

In ST104, the purchase price is displayed on the touch panel (44) by inputting the predetermined information. After confirming the purchase amount, the customer enters the bill insertion slot (14).
More banknotes are inserted (ST106). In ST108,
Count bills and touch panel (44) in ST110
Shows the input amount.

In ST112, it is determined whether or not the input amount is 10,000 yen or more than the purchase amount displayed on the touch panel (44). That is, it is determined whether the change is 10,000 yen or more. For example, if the displayed purchase amount is 145,000 yen and the input amount is 160,000 yen, the change amount is 15,000 yen.
Although it is a yen, a 10,000-yen bill cannot be released as change because there is no change mechanism for a 10,000-yen bill. In other words,
The input amount is 10,000 yen extra than the purchase amount. Therefore, in such a case, an extra 10,000-yen bill is returned via the return unit (50) in ST114.
If the change is within 10,000 yen, the process proceeds to ST116.

In ST116, it is determined whether or not there is a change. If there is a change, after the change is released in ST118, a new commuter pass is issued through the commuter pass processing unit (46) in ST120. If there is no change and the purchase amount matches the input amount, the process proceeds to ST120.

In the present invention, it is particularly preferable to insert a plurality of bills at a time. However, even when bills are inserted one by one, all the inserted bills are returned without being returned. This can be applied if only banknotes are returned.

Further, in the above embodiment, an extra 10,000 yen bill is described to be returned via the return unit (50).
In the present invention, the 10,000-yen bill may be returned from the bill insertion slot (14) via the bill processing unit (42) without using the return unit (50).

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the input amount is more than 10,000 yen than the purchase amount, the extra 10,000 yen bill is returned, so that the customer service processing due to erroneous insertion is performed. In addition to shortening the time, it is more convenient and convenient for the customer than returning all the inserted bills.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an insertion mechanism when a plurality of bills are inserted into an automatic commuter pass issuing machine at a time.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the block diagram shown in FIG. 2;

[Description of Signs] 14 Banknote insertion slot 22 Banknote insertion mechanism 42 Banknote processing unit 50 Return processing unit C Banknote

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill processing device for processing a large bill, comprising: a bill insertion mechanism (22) capable of collectively inserting and processing a plurality of bills (C); and discriminating the inserted bill. And a bill processing unit (42) for counting, and a return processing unit (50) for returning an extra 10,000-yen bill among inserted bills when the input amount is more than 10,000 yen than the purchase amount. And a bill processing device comprising: 2. A bill processing apparatus for processing a large bill, comprising a bill insertion mechanism (2) capable of inserting bills one by one.
2), a bill processing unit (42) for discriminating and counting inserted bills, and if the input amount is more than 10,000 yen than the purchase amount, an extra 10,000 yen among the inserted bills And a return processing unit (50) for returning bills.