KR102480903B1 - Expense withdrawal apparatus and method using cash settlement - Google Patents

Abstract

It relates to an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash settlement machine that allows cash equivalent expenses to be withdrawn using a cash settlement machine. For the withdrawal of cash equivalent expenses, a list of expenses that occur after the approval of the draft is obtained from the settlement server, and , When a withdrawal is requested from a cash machine that withdraws expenses, it performs employee authentication and checks the payment list in conjunction with the settlement machine management server and settlement machine management server that processes withdrawal approval, requests withdrawal to the settlement machine management server, and then the settlement machine management server By implementing an expense withdrawal device using a cash adjusting machine, including a cash adjusting machine that withdraws expenses when withdrawal approval is granted, generates evidence and automatically uploads it to the adjusting machine management server, process the withdrawal

Description

Expense withdrawal apparatus and method using cash settlement

The present invention relates to an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash settlement machine that allows cash equivalent expenses to be withdrawn using the cash settlement machine.

Stores such as distribution companies and large discount stores use unmanned cashier cash registers to withdraw reserves for cashiers' change and to deposit sales.

These general unmanned cashier cash registers only perform simple functions of withdrawing reserves and depositing sales, but have the disadvantage of not being able to pay cash expenses such as deposits to employees.

On the other hand, conventionally proposed technologies for unmanned settlement systems are disclosed in <Patent Document 1> to <Patent Document 3> below.

In <Patent Document 1>, when a user possessing a terminal device storing pre-entered withdrawal transaction reservation information requests cash withdrawal through a cash dispensing device, cash is withdrawn based on the withdrawal transaction reservation information.

This prior art has the inconvenience of having to store withdrawal transaction reservation information in the terminal device in advance.

In addition, <Patent Document 2> provides an unmanned settlement system in which a cashier handles the payment of reserves for change payment and the settlement of sales after business closes.

This prior art also has a function of withdrawing reserves and depositing sales, but has a disadvantage in that it is impossible to withdraw employees' cash expenses.

Republic of Korea Registered Patent No. 10-1439290 (2014.09.02) (Method of providing reservation service for withdrawal transaction) Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2004-0039566 (2004.05.12) (unmanned settlement system)

Therefore, the present invention is proposed to solve various problems occurring in the general unmanned cashier cash register and the prior art as described above, and when payment is made after an employee submits a draft to receive cash, based on the payment information An object of the present invention is to provide an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash machine for withdrawing cash.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash settlement machine that automatically generates receipts and supporting data using facial recognition for expenses withdrawn and uploads them to the settlement machine management server.

In order to achieve the above object, the "expense withdrawal device using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention,

A setter management server that obtains a list of expense settlements generated after the settlement of the draft for the withdrawal of cash expenses from the settlement server, performs employee authentication and processes withdrawal approval when a withdrawal is requested from a cash settlement machine that withdraws expenses;

In conjunction with the settlement machine management server, a payment list is searched, a withdrawal request is made to the settlement machine management server, and if withdrawal approval is received from the settlement machine management server, the expenses are withdrawn, and evidence is generated and automatically sent to the settlement machine management server. It is characterized in that it includes a cash calculator for uploading.

In addition, the "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention,

(a) receiving and storing an expense settlement list from a settlement server for settlement of cash expenses in a settlement machine management server;

(b) when an expense withdrawal is requested from a cash machine that withdraws expenses in cash, logging in through input employee information;

(c) obtaining a payment list of logged-in employees in conjunction with the settlement machine management server in the cash settlement machine, and displaying the payment list on the screen;

(d) processing authentication using an authentication number when a specific payment list is selected from among the payment lists displayed on the screen in the cash machine;

(e) when the authentication is normally performed at the cash register, the step of withdrawing the expenses.

In addition, the "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention,

(f) confirming whether or not a menu for submitting evidence is selected after the expense is withdrawn from the cash settlement machine;

(g) guiding the shooting location when the menu for submitting evidence is selected in the cash register, photographing the employee's face, and then recognizing the face through a face recognition algorithm;

(h) generating evidence using the facial recognition information and expense withdrawal information in the cash register, and uploading the generated evidence to the adjustment machine management server.

In addition, the "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention,

(i) generating a proof processing alarm and transmitting it to the employee terminal and drafter terminal registered by the employee if the proof data is not uploaded within a certain time after the withdrawal approval from the settlement machine management server.

According to the present invention, it is possible to automate the expense payment of employees, which is being done manually through a cashier at a distribution company or large discount store, by using a cash calculator with a cash withdrawal function, eliminating waste of manpower due to manual work. It works.

In addition, there is an advantage in that the time/personal loss required to generate evidence according to expense processing can be reduced by automatically generating and uploading evidence to the adjustment machine management server after processing the expense.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the settlement machine management server of Figure 1;
3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the cash calculator of FIG. 1;
4 is a flow chart showing a method for withdrawing expenses using a cash calculator according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash calculator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms or words used in the present invention described below should not be construed as being limited to a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his/her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, so various equivalents and equivalents that can replace them at the time of the present application It should be understood that variations may exist.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an expense withdrawal device using a cash adjusting machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, including an employee terminal 10, a payment server 20, an employee smartphone 30, a cash adjusting machine 40, and an adjusting machine. It includes a management server 50.

The employee terminal 10 is a terminal used by the employee to prepare a draft for withdrawal of cash expenses and to send the prepared draft to the payment server 20 . The employee terminal 10 may be a terminal such as a personal computer or a laptop computer.

The payment server 20 generates and stores payment information when a manager makes a payment for an expense payment draft updated from the employee terminal 10 through the manager terminal, and generates an expense payment list based on the generated payment information to adjust the payment system. It serves to transmit to the management server (40). This payment server 20 may be an enterprise resource planning (ERP) server.

Here, the expense payment list may include employee information (employee ID, phone number, etc.) and a payment list of the corresponding employee. The approval list is made in the form of a list when there are multiple drafts for an employee's expense approval. If there is only one draft for an employee's expense approval, the employee information and the approval information are combined to become the approval information, and this is combined with other approval information to form an expense approval list.

The settlement machine management server 50 acquires and stores an expense payment list that occurs after the approval of the bill raised for the withdrawal of cash equivalent expenses from the settlement server 20, stores it, and withdraws money from the cash settlement machine 40 that withdraws expenses. It is responsible for performing employee authentication when requested and processing withdrawal approvals.

As shown in FIG. 2, the adjustment machine management server 50 includes an expense payment list storage unit 52 that obtains the expense payment list transmitted from the payment server 20 and stores it in the database 51, and a cash calculator ( 40), through the payment list providing unit 53, which searches the database 51, extracts the payment list of the employee, and transmits it to the cash settlement machine 40, when a payment list inquiry is requested from 40). When an authentication number is requested, an authentication information providing unit 54 that generates an authentication number, transmits the generated authentication number to an employee's phone number registered as authentication information, and transmits the authentication information to the cash calculator 40.

In addition, the settlement machine management server 50 generates a withdrawal approval unit 55 that approves withdrawal when a withdrawal is requested from the cash settlement machine 40, and withdrawal details information when withdrawal completion information is transmitted from the cash settlement machine 40 and a withdrawal details management unit 56 for registering in the database 51.

In addition, the settlement machine management server 50 stores the evidence in the database 51 when the evidence is uploaded from the cash settlement machine 40, or if the evidence is not uploaded within a preset time after the withdrawal approval, the evidence When the evidence data processing unit 57 requesting the generation and transmission of the alarm and the generation and transmission of the evidence data alarm are requested from the evidence data processing unit 57, an alarm for the evidence request is generated, and the generated alarm is sent to the alarm target. It may include an alarm processing unit 58 that transmits to the account processing unit 59 that journals expense details based on the withdrawal details information registered from the withdrawal details management unit 56 and transmits them to the accounting server 60.

The cash adjusting machine 40 interlocks with the adjusting machine management server 50 to search for a payment list, requests a withdrawal to the adjusting machine management server 50, and then pays expenses when approval for withdrawal is made from the adjusting machine management server 50. It serves to withdraw money, generate evidence, and automatically upload it to the settlement machine management server (50).

Here, the cash calculator 40 performs a function of withdrawing reserves or depositing sales revenue in the same way as an existing cash calculator.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cash calculator 40 checks the employee information input through login in conjunction with the menu confirmation unit 41 for checking the menu selected by the employee and the calculator management server 50. The employee authentication unit 42, which processes login and verifies the authenticity of the input authentication number and processes authentication, queries the payment list of the employee in the adjustment machine management server 50 using the information of the logged-in employee, and a payment list inquiry unit 43 displaying the payment list of the inquired employee on the screen.

In addition, the cash settlement machine 40 has a withdrawal processing unit 44 that processes the withdrawal when approval for withdrawal is made from the settlement machine management server 50 for the selected payment list, and when an employee selects the menu for submitting evidence after processing the withdrawal, the cash settlement machine 40 displays a screen. It guides the shooting location, takes a picture of the employee's face, recognizes the face through a facial recognition algorithm, generates evidence by combining the facial recognition information and receipt information, and sends the generated evidence to the adjustment machine management server (50). It includes a proof data generation unit 45 that uploads.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention. Steps (S101 to S102), (b) when an expense withdrawal is requested from the cash settlement machine 40 that withdraws expenses in cash, logging in through the input employee information (S103 to S104), (c) the above A step (S105) of obtaining a payment list of logged-in employees in conjunction with the settlement machine management server 50 in the cash settlement machine 40 and displaying it on the screen (S105), (d) of the payment list displayed on the screen in the cash settlement machine 40 When a specific payment list is selected, processing authentication using an authentication number (S106 - S107), and (e) withdrawing expenses when authentication is normally performed in the cash calculator 40 (S108).

In addition, the "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention, (f) checking whether or not the menu for submitting evidence is selected after the expense withdrawal in the cash settlement machine 40 (S109), (g) the cash settlement machine In (40), when the menu for submitting evidence is selected, guiding the shooting location, photographing the employee's face, and recognizing the face through a facial recognition algorithm (S111), (h) the facial recognition information and Generating evidence using the expense withdrawal information, and uploading the generated evidence to the adjustment machine management server 50 (S112).

In addition, the "expense withdrawal method using a cash settlement machine" according to the present invention, although not shown in the drawing, (i) if the evidential data is not uploaded within a certain time after approval of the withdrawal from the settlement machine management server 50, the evidence is processed The step of generating an alarm and transmitting it to an alarm target terminal may be further included.

The alarm target terminal may be at least one of a withdrawal person (employee) terminal, a draft settlement person terminal, and a payer terminal.

The detailed description of an expense withdrawal device and method using a cash calculator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

An employee for unattended withdrawal of cash equivalents, such as deposits, through the cash adjusting machine 40 prepares a draft of cash equivalents using the employee terminal 10 in step S101. Thereafter, the written cash expense plan is uploaded to the payment server 20 and payment is requested. In this case, the draft for cash expenses may include not only expense details but also basic employee information (employee ID and phone number). Payment for cash expenses is made in the same way as electronic payment.

The settlement server 20 transmits the cash equivalent expense draft to the approver terminal (manager terminal) in step S102 so that the approver performs payment, and when the approver normally approves the cash equivalent expense draft that has been raised, payment information is generated, and internal save to database In addition, an expense payment list is generated based on the generated payment information and transmitted to the adjustment machine management server 40 . Here, the expense list is a list created by generating a payment list of a corresponding employee and combining it with payment lists of other employees when an employee has a plurality of cash type expense drafts.

When the expense payment list storage unit 52 of the adjustment machine management server 50 obtains the expense payment list from the payment server 20 in step S102, it stores it in the database 51.

When a new expense payment list is stored in the database 51, the withdrawal detail management unit 56 in the adjuster management server 50 generates withdrawal possibility information using employee information included in the expense payment list. Then, the generated withdrawal information is sent to the registered employee's e-mail. Here, withdrawal availability information may be generated as text and transmitted to a registered employee's smartphone.

Through this process, cash equivalent expenses assumed by the employee can be withdrawn through the cash settlement machine 40 .

The employee selects an expense withdrawal menu using the cash settlement machine 40 in step S103 in order to withdraw the paid cash equivalent expenses.

When the expense withdrawal menu is selected, the menu confirmation unit 41 confirms this and informs the employee authentication unit 42 that the expense withdrawal menu has been selected.

When receiving data indicating that the expense withdrawal menu is selected, the employee authentication unit 42 displays a login information input window for employee confirmation on the screen in step S104 to induce the employee to input employee information. Here, the login input window may be a login input window using a normal ID/password (PW).

When the login input window is displayed, the employee inputs ID and PW, which are information for logging in, to the corresponding location. Here, the display screen is composed of a touch panel, so that the user can input information while touching a corresponding location or input information by manipulating a separate keypad.

When the login information is input, the employee authentication unit 42 interworks with the payment machine management server 50 to transmit the login information to the payment machine management server 50 and requests employee authentication.

When the login information is received, the authentication information providing unit 54 of the adjusting machine management server 50 searches the database 51 to confirm whether the user is a registered employee.

As a result of this confirmation, if the employee is registered, the employee authentication information is transmitted to the cash register 40 . If the employee information is not registered here, login failure information is displayed. Upon seeing the login failure information, the employee can re-enter the login information.

Upon receiving the employee authentication information, the payment list inquiry unit 43 of the cash adjusting machine 40 requests the payment list of certified employees from the adjusting machine management server 50 .

The payment list providing unit 53 of the settlement machine management server 50 searches the database 51 using the information (ID) of the authenticated employee, and extracts a payment list corresponding to the employee. Here, if there is one payment information corresponding to the corresponding employee, a single payment list is extracted, and if there are multiple payment information, all payment lists are extracted.

The payment list of employees extracted in this way is provided to the cash settlement machine 40 .

The payment list inquiry unit 43 of the cash register 40 displays the payment list of the employee inquired in step S105 on the screen.

The employee requesting the expense withdrawal checks his or her payment list through the screen, and selects the payment list from which cash withdrawal is desired in step S106. Here, if there is only one payment list, only the corresponding payment list needs to be selected, but if there are multiple payment lists, the payment list from which cash withdrawal is desired must be selected. When selecting multiple payment lists, an icon for selecting all can be displayed for convenience. The employee may select all of the plurality of payment lists by touching the select all icon in order to select all of the plurality of payment lists, and may select all or part of the payment list by touching the payment list individually one by one in another method.

When a payment list is selected, an authentication number request icon is displayed to re-authenticate for safe transactions. After selecting the payment list, the employee touches the authentication number request icon.

When the authentication number request icon is touched, the withdrawal processing unit 44 generates withdrawal approval request information including the information of the selected payment list and the authentication number request information as in step S107 and transmits it to the settlement machine management server 50.

When the withdrawal approval unit 55 of the settlement machine management server 50 receives withdrawal approval request information from the cash settlement machine 40, it generates an authentication number for safe transactions and transfers the authentication number to the employee smartphone 30 registered by the employee. send In addition, the authentication number and withdrawal approval information are transmitted to the cash settlement machine (40).

Upon receiving the authentication number through the employee smartphone 30, the employee inputs it into the authentication number input window displayed in a predetermined area of the screen. The authentication number input can be input by displaying the shape of a keypad on the touch panel, or a separately provided keypad can be used.

When the authentication number is input, the withdrawal processing unit 44 compares the input authentication number with the authentication number received from the settlement machine management server 50 as in step S108, and performs withdrawal if they match. When the expense withdrawal is completed, withdrawal completion information is generated and transmitted to the adjustment machine management server 50 .

The employee who has received the cash withdrawn can select the Submit Evidence menu through the menu input window to submit documentary evidence of the receipt of expenses.

For example, when the menu for submitting evidence is selected through the menu input window as in step S109, the evidence generating unit 45 recognizes it as in step S111 and guides the shooting position on the screen. For example, it guides you to a shooting location where you can take a picture of an employee's face.

Thereafter, when the employee stands at the guidance location according to the shooting location guidance, the face recognition camera provided at a predetermined location of the cash machine 40 takes a picture of the employee's face.

When the photographing ends in step S112, the face is recognized using a known face recognition algorithm. Next, the face recognition result is checked, and if the face is not accurately recognized, the employee is induced to take a picture again, and when the face is accurately recognized, the face recognition information and withdrawal receipt information are scanned to create a file of evidence.

Thereafter, the generated evidence data file is uploaded to the settlement machine management server 50.

The withdrawal history management unit 56 of the settlement machine management server 50 generates withdrawal history information and registers it in the database 51 when withdrawal completion information is transmitted from the cash settlement machine 40 .

In addition, the evidence processing unit 57 of the settlement machine management server 50 stores the evidence data in the database 51 when the evidence data is uploaded from the cash settlement machine 40 .

If, after receiving the withdrawal completion information, if the evidence is not uploaded within a predetermined time, the evidence processing unit 57 responds to the submission of evidence through the alarm processing unit 58 when the predetermined time or period is reached as in step S110. to generate an alarm. Here, the predetermined time may mean within a predetermined time after the withdrawal is made, and the cycle may be a predetermined time on the next day, a predetermined time on the 3rd, 5th, or 7th. If no evidence is submitted after 7 days, a warning alarm is generated. The alarm target may be a withdrawal person (employee), a drafting approval person, and a cashier manager.

The alarm processing unit 58 generates an alarm according to the alarm generation request and transmits it to the alarm target person. Here, as an alarm transmission method, various methods such as Talk/SMS/e-Mail may be used.

On the other hand, if the evidence is submitted normally, the accounting processing unit 59 journals the expenditure details based on the withdrawal details information registered from the withdrawal details management unit 56 and transmits them to the accounting server 60.

As described above, the present invention can automatically perform the withdrawal of cash-like expenses with an unmanned cash machine.

Although the invention made by the present inventors has been specifically described according to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it is common knowledge in the art that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is self-evident to those who have

10: employee terminal
20: Payment server
30: employee smartphone
40: Cash machine
41: menu confirmation unit
42: employee authentication unit
43: Payment list inquiry unit
44: withdrawal processing unit
45: Evidence generation unit
50: Adjustment machine management server
51: Database (DB)
52: Expense settlement list storage unit
53: payment list providing unit
54: authentication information providing unit
55: Withdrawal approval unit
56: Withdrawal details management department
57: evidence processing unit
58: alarm processing unit
59: accounting department
60: accounting server

Claims (10)

When a withdrawal is requested, it performs employee authentication and searches the payment list in conjunction with the settlement machine management server that processes withdrawal approval, and after requesting a withdrawal to the settlement machine management server, if withdrawal approval is made from the settlement machine management server, the expense is withdrawn. , A cash settlement machine that generates and automatically uploads evidence to the settlement machine management server,
The cash calculator includes an employee authentication unit that interworks with the calculator management server to check employee information input through login to process login, and to verify the authenticity of the input authentication number to process authentication;
After processing the withdrawal, if the employee selects the menu for submitting evidence, the location of the shooting is guided through the screen, the face of the employee is photographed, the face is recognized through a facial recognition algorithm, and the evidence is obtained by combining the facial recognition information with the receipt scan information. Expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator, characterized in that it comprises a proof data generator for generating and uploading the generated proof data to the adjuster management server.
In claim 1, the settlement machine management server,
Acquire a list of expense payments that occur after the approval of the draft for the withdrawal of cash expenses from the settlement server,
an expense payment list storage unit for obtaining an expense payment list transmitted from the payment server and storing it in a database;
a payment list providing unit that searches the database, extracts a payment list of a corresponding employee, and transmits the payment list to the cash calculator when a payment list inquiry is requested from the cash register;
When an authentication number is requested through the cash adjusting machine, the authentication information generating unit generates the authentication number, transmits the generated authentication number to the phone number of the registered employee, and transmits the authentication information to the cash adjusting machine. Expense withdrawal device used.
In claim 2, the settlement machine management server,
a withdrawal approval unit for approving withdrawal when a withdrawal is requested from the cash register;
and a withdrawal detail management unit for generating withdrawal detail information and registering it in the database when withdrawal completion information is transmitted from the cash adjusting machine.
In claim 2, the settlement machine management server,
Evidence processing unit for storing the evidence in the database when the evidence is uploaded from the cash register or requesting generation and transmission of an evidence data alarm if the evidence is not uploaded within a preset time after withdrawal approval;
Expense withdrawal using a cash calculator, characterized in that it comprises an alarm processing unit for generating an alarm for requesting evidence and transmitting the generated alarm to an alarm target when a request for generation and transmission of an alarm for evidence is received from the evidence processing unit. Device.
In claim 2, the settlement machine management server,
Expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator, characterized in that it comprises an accounting processing unit for journaling the expense expenditure details based on the withdrawal details information registered in the database and transmitting them to an accounting server.
In claim 1, the cash settlement machine,
Menu checking unit for checking the menu selected by the staff;
Expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator, characterized in that it includes a payment list search unit for querying the payment list of the corresponding employee in the settlement machine management server using the information of the logged-in employee and displaying the payment list of the searched employee on the screen. .
In claim 6, the cash settlement machine,
Expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator, characterized in that it comprises a withdrawal processing unit for processing withdrawal when withdrawal approval is made from the settlement machine management server for the selected payment list.
A method of withdrawing cashable expenses using an expense withdrawal device using a cash calculator according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
(a) receiving and storing an expense settlement list from a settlement server for settlement of cash expenses in a settlement machine management server;
(b) when an expense withdrawal is requested from a cash machine that withdraws expenses in cash, performing login through input employee information;
(c) obtaining a payment list of logged-in employees in conjunction with the settlement machine management server in the cash settlement machine, and displaying the payment list on the screen;
(d) processing authentication using an authentication number when a specific payment list is selected from among the payment lists displayed on the screen in the cash machine; and
(e) Expense withdrawal method using a cash calculator, characterized in that it comprises the step of withdrawing the expense when the authentication is normally performed in the cash calculator.
In claim 8,
(f) confirming whether or not a menu for submitting evidence is selected after the expense is withdrawn from the cash settlement machine;
(g) guiding a shooting location when the menu for submitting evidence is selected in the cash register, photographing the employee's face, and then recognizing the face through a face recognition algorithm; and
(h) generating evidence using the face recognition information and expense withdrawal information in the cash register, and uploading the generated evidence to the adjustment machine management server. withdrawal method.
In claim 8,
(i) generating a proof processing alarm and transmitting it to the employee terminal and drafter terminal registered by the employee when the proof data is not uploaded within a certain period of time after the withdrawal approval from the settlement machine management server. Expense withdrawal method using the settlement machine.

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