JPS59168587A - Exchanger - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (AlTechnical Field) This invention relates to an automatic currency exchange machine that exchanges money into designated denominations.

(bl Prior Art and Its Disadvantages) Conventional money exchange machines are configured to exchange money by ejecting coins and banknotes into the same outlet,
When the extraction of all exchange money was completed, all the amounts displayed for the exchange denomination specified were cleared. However, the structure for discharging exchange money of various denominations into and out of the same outlet is mechanically complex and has disadvantages such as poor independence of the mechanism. In order to solve this problem, a money exchange machine has been proposed in which coins and banknotes are ejected from separate outlets.

In this case, the ejection mechanism of the money changer is configured independently for each denomination, so even if one of the ejection port shutters does not operate due to a mechanism error, the ejection shutters for the remaining denominations will continue to operate. It can be opened and customers can be extracted. However, if one of the discharging rochasotas does not open and a thunderstorm occurs, the exchange transaction will not end, and the specified exchange amount will remain displayed, so the exchanged money of one denomination cannot be received from the dispensing port opened by the customer. When determining whether or not the customer has taken the item, there has been a problem that troubles may arise between the staff and the customer, making it difficult for the staff to handle the abnormality smoothly.

(c+ Purpose of the invention) In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention is designed to ensure that the displayed contents of exchanged money and exchanged amount correspond to each other, so that when the exchanged money outlet provided for each denomination opens and closes when lightning occurs. The purpose is to provide a money exchange machine that facilitates the processing of money transfers.

(d) Structure and effect of the invention This invention can be summarized as follows: a withdrawal detection means for detecting withdrawal of exchange money discharged from each exchange money outlet; The present invention is characterized by comprising an amount display control means that clears the amount display for the denomination when the denomination is detected.

According to this invention, when exchange money is withdrawn from the opened exchange money outlet, the amount display for that denomination is cleared, so the completion of withdrawal of exchange money is determined by the presence or absence of the amount display for the designated exchange denomination. can be judged. Therefore, when a thunderstorm occurs in the opening/closing field of the exchange money outlet, it is possible to reliably check whether exchange money has been discharged from the exchange money outlet without abnormality, thereby eliminating trouble between staff and customers. This has the advantage that abnormality processing can be carried out smoothly when such an abnormality occurs.

(e+ Embodiment, FIG. 1 is an external view of a money changer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a control section of the money changer.

On the front side of the customer service section of the exchange machine, there is a handling display 1. indicating the handling status of the exchange transaction. Operation panel 2. A cancel button 3 and a call button 4 are provided. The transaction indicator 1 indicates that the exchange transaction is in progress when it is possible, and that the transaction is suspended when it is not. The cancellation port 3 and the call button 4 are used respectively to cancel a currency exchange transaction and to indicate a related call.

Details of the operation panel 2 are shown in FIG. At the top of the operation panel 2, a total input amount display section 30 and an input amount remaining amount display section 31 are provided. Below these display sections, there are exchange number designation keys 33 for specifying the number of exchange coins for each denomination of tenzi yen, thousand yen, 500 yen, 700 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen. These exchange quantity designation keys 33 are 6 for each denomination.
The exchange setting amount display section 32 is arranged on the left side of each tier to display the exchange setting amount for the denomination of that tier. Each of the exchange number designation keys 33 is provided with a back-illuminated illumination lamp, so that when bills are inserted, all the exchange number designation keys 33 that are equal to or less than the inserted amount are lit. The Tenshi yen banknotes have 1, 5, and 10 Tenshi yen banknotes.
An exchange number designation key for specifying exchange in units of coins is provided. In the 1,000 yen column, there are 1, 5, 1,000 yen banknotes,
An exchange number designation key is provided for specifying exchange in units of 10 or 50 coins. In the 500 yen column, there is a key to specify the number of 500 yen bills to be exchanged in units of 1, -5, and 10, and an exchange number to specify 500 yen coins in units of 1 and 10. A number-of-sheets designation key is provided. In the 100 yen column, there are 50 100 yen coins as one coin, two coins,
There are provided a number-of-exchange designation key for specifying 4 or 10 coins, and a number-of-exchange designation key for designating 10 loose 100-yen coins. -For the 50 yen and 10 yen rows, 50 50 yen coins and 50 10 yen coins each.

A number-of-exchange number designation key is provided to designate 2, 4, or 10 coins. Further, above the exchange number specification key 33, a remaining banknote specification key 34 and a correction key 35 are provided. If the remaining banknote specification key 34 is less than or equal to the input amount displayed on the input remaining amount display section 31, and the exchange setting is incorrect, it can be returned to the initial state at the time of banknote insertion by operating the correction key 35.

At the bottom of the customer service department, there is a loose coin ejection port 51 that ejects loose coins, and a banknote withdrawal port 6. A cylindrical coin ejection lower is provided. The banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6 is used for depositing banknotes to be exchanged and for discharging exchanged banknotes. The cylindrical coin ejecting lower is used for ejecting coins using cylindrical coins. In this example, 100 yen, 50 yen, 10
5'0 coins of yen denomination are stacked to form one cylindrical coin. Further, an attendant key insertion slot 8 is provided at the upper right corner of the front face of the exchange machine main body. When inspecting the mechanism, the inside of the exchange machine body can be viewed by inserting the clerk key into the clerk key insertion slot 8. Banknote deposit/withdrawal 6. The f@coin discharge lower is provided with a banknote shutter (not shown) and a cylindrical coin shutter (not shown), which are opened and closed by each shutter.

On the operation panel 2, all the exchange number designation keys of denominations that can be exchanged for the total amount of input banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit/withdrawal slot 6 light up, and when the customer selects the exchange denomination, the exchange number designation key lights up. By pressing , the illuminated exchange quantity designation keys are sequentially decreased -ζ, and when the specification is completed, all the exchange quantity designation keys that have not been designated are turned off. That is, by pressing the exchange number specification key 33 for the total amount of deposited money, or by pressing the exchange quantity specification key 33 and the remaining banknote specification key 34 as the case may be, the total amount for the specified denomination is displayed as the exchange setting amount for each stage. Part 32 is displayed.

This exchange machine has a program memory 1, as shown in FIG.
CPU based on the control program stored in advance in 1.
10. The data memory 12 has a memory area for storing the total amount of deposit data and the number of exchanged coins or coins of the specified exchange denomination. The memory area for exchange denominations includes the number of exchanged coins of Tenshi yen banknotes, 1,000 yen banknotes, 500 yen banknotes, 500 yen coins, and 100 yen coins, 100 yen cylinders (50 pieces), 50 yen cylinders (50 pieces), 10 The number of each cylinder (50 pieces) is stored.

This money exchange machine has a bill discharging machine 14 as an input/output device that discharges bills of Tenshi yen, 1,000 yen, and 500 yen to the bill deposit/withdrawal port 6. A cylindrical coin discharger that discharges cylindrical coins into a cylindrical coin discharging lower 15. A money display section 16 that displays the amount of banknotes inserted and the remaining amount on the total amount of input money display section 30 and the remaining amount of input amount display section 31 of the operation panel 2, respectively. An exchange denomination designation section 17 including an exchange number specification key 33 and an exchange setting amount display section 32 on the operation panel 2. A banknote discrimination unit 18 that determines the authenticity and denomination of the inserted banknotes. °Bill shutter part 19 for opening and closing the banknote shutter provided in the banknote withdrawal port 6;Cylinder coin shutter part 20 for opening and closing the cylinder coin dispenser provided in the cylinder coin discharge lower
2 Bill removal detection sensor 2 provided near the large bill withdrawal port 6
1. A cylinder coin extraction detection sensor 22 provided near the cylinder coin discharge lower. A button operation section 239 including a cancel pokun 3 and a call button 4 is provided, and an attendant call display section 24 is provided to display or sound a notification to urge an attendant to be called on an alarm installed away from the money exchange machine, and the input/output of these is provided. The device is input/output port 1
3 to ζCPUl0. Cylindrical coin ejector 15
includes a Para coin ejecting section that discharges Hara coins. A banknote extraction detection sensor 21 and a cylindrical coin extraction detection sensor 22,
This sensor outputs a withdrawal detection signal that turns on when it detects the withdrawal of a banknote discharged to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6 and a cylindrical coin discharged to the cylindrical coin discharging lower, respectively. Also,
By pressing the call button 4, an attendant call signal is given to the attendant call notification section 24.

Next, the exchange process in the exchange machine having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4.

Step nl (hereinafter, step n+ is simply referred to as ni.

) When you finish inserting the banknote into the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6, n2
Determine whether the inserted banknote is consolidated or not, and -
Banknote discrimination is performed to determine the denomination of the banknote. If the banknote is not a consolidated banknote, the banknote is returned to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6. If the banknote is a consolidated banknote, the amount of the deposit is sequentially added and displayed on the total deposit display section 32 (n2). At this time, although not shown in this flowchart, it is determined whether the total deposit amount is less than a predetermined acceptance limit amount, and if it exceeds the acceptance amount, the acceptance is stopped and the deposit processing is considered complete.

When the banknote insertion is completed, all of the exchange number designation keys 33 that can specify the exchange denomination for the total amount of input money are lit, and the system waits for the exchange denomination to be specified (n3). Then, exchange number specification key 3
The set amount for the denomination specified in step 3 is displayed on the exchange denomination amount display section 32 (n3).

Once you have specified the exchange denomination, count the necessary banknotes, tube coins, and Hara coins based on the exchange denomination designation pattern, and then open the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6゜tube coin release lower and loose coin release for each denomination. Discharge to outlet 5 (n4.n5). At this stage, the shutters of the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 6 and the cylinder coin discharge lower are closed. Next, the banknote ejection machine 14. It is determined whether or not the currency discharging process by the cylinder coin dispensing machine 15 has been carried out normally, and if there is a discharging error, the handling display I displays 1 hi being handled and a pending call signal is sent to the pending call notification unit 24. is output and the process moves to related processing (n6).

If bills and coins are normally ejected (n6), open the bill shutter or cylinder coin shutter (n7; n12)
). The process of extracting the ejected banknotes is carried out in steps n8 to n11, and the process of extracting the ejected tubular coins and hala coins is performed in steps n13 to n16. In the loose coin outlet 5,
Since there is no shack, loose coins are handled by the tube coin ejector 1.
At the same time, the loose coins are discharged from the loose coin discharge port 5. If an abnormality occurs in the opening operation of the bill shutter, the bill shack will not be opened. In this case, by pressing the call button 4, you can instruct the staff to process (n17
). If the banknote shutter was opened at the right moment (n8)
Waiting for the discharge banknotes to be removed (n9). When a banknote is removed, the display of the amount of tenshi yen or 1,000 yen corresponding to the removed banknote is cleared from the exchange setting amount display section 32 (n
10). Furthermore, the banknote shutter is closed to end the banknote extraction process (nil>).

Similarly, the opening operation of the cylindrical coin shack is abnormal. Then, the barrel coin shutter remains closed (nl'3). In this case as well, the attendant can be called by pressing the call button 4 (n l 7).

When the cylindrical coin shutter is opened normally, the system waits for the cylindrical coin to be removed (n14). Subsequently, the amount display of 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen corresponding to the removed tube coin is cleared from the exchange setting amount display section 32 (n15). Furthermore, the cylinder coin extraction process is ended by closing the cylinder coin shutter (n 16
). After completing the extraction process for the released currency as described above, it is determined whether a shack opening/closing error has occurred in nl, 8, and if there is a shutter opening/closing error, the clerk executes the 8M process, and if not, a currency exchange transaction is performed. finish.

As mentioned above, if the banknote shutter or barrel coin shutter does not open when the exchange machine releases money, - the amount displayed for the exchanged money remains, and the amount displayed for the exchanged money extracted from the opened shutter does not change. Since it is cleared, when performing abnormal noise processing, it is possible to confirm whether or not the exchange money has been released by checking whether or not the exchange setting amount display section 32 of the preliminary panel 2 is lit. Therefore, when the shutter opens or closes abnormally, the customer and the staff member can reliably judge whether or not the item has been removed by simple visual judgment, thereby eliminating trouble between the customer and the staff member, and allowing the staff to smoothly process the shutter when the shutter opens and closes abnormally.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a view of the money exchange machine Nori I which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the internal configuration of the money exchange machine, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the operation panel 2 of the money exchange machine, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the operation panel 2 of the money exchange machine. The figure is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of a currency exchange transaction process in the currency exchange machine. 2-Operation panel, 6->Banknote deposit/withdrawal port, 7-Cylinder coin discharge port, 33-(Operation panel 2) key for specifying the number of exchanged coins. Outsourcer Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. - 7 agents Patent attorney Hisao Komori

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Display the amount of the specified denomination, open the exchange money outlet provided for each denomination, release the exchange money of the specified denomination to each outlet, and exchange the input money into the specified denomination. The exchange machine includes a withdrawal detection means for detecting the withdrawal of exchange money discharged from each exchange money outlet, and a means for detecting the withdrawal of exchange money from the open exchange money outlet, and a means for detecting the withdrawal of exchange money from the open exchange money outlet. A money exchange machine comprising an amount display control means for clearing the amount display.