KR102537408B1 - System for managing cash electronic machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a cash slot for receiving cash including coins or banknotes, a cash counter for counting the cash input through the cash slot to calculate the amount of cash input, and storing cash counting information including the amount of cash input A storage memory, a cash storage box in which cash counted through the cash counter is stored, a wired/wireless communicator performing wired or wireless communication with an external terminal, and the cash counting information transmitted to an external communication terminal through the wired/wireless communicator. A cash electronic device including a controller for transmitting; and a communication terminal displaying cash counting information received through wired or wireless communication from the cash electronic device.

Description

Cash electronic machine management system {System for managing cash electronic machine}

The present invention relates to an electronic cash device management system, which manages electronic cash devices such as arcade machines and vending machines.

In general, arcade game halls (offline) are traditionally operated in the form of directly putting coins or bills into game machines and playing games in return, collecting coins or bills from all game machines at regular intervals to count sales, there is.

Such a conventional arcade game machine includes a cash inserter for inserting coins or banknotes for the game, an operation information display device for receiving the amount information of the cash inserter and displaying while storing and managing game control and game operation information, and an operation information display device. It consists of a game machine and a game machine monitor connected to and controlling the game and transmitting game progress information to the operating information display device.

In such a conventional arcade game machine system, it is cumbersome to collect coins (cash) and accurately manage sales in the game room, and there are difficulties such as intentional cash embezzlement or cash theft by game room operators.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1607015

A technical problem of the present invention is to provide a cash electronic device management means that can easily manage a game machine remotely.

An embodiment of the present invention is a cash slot for receiving cash including coins or banknotes, a cash counter for counting the cash input through the cash slot to calculate the amount of cash input, and storing cash counting information including the amount of cash input A storage memory, a cash storage box in which cash counted through the cash counter is stored, a wired/wireless communicator performing wired or wireless communication with an external terminal, and the cash counting information transmitted to an external communication terminal through the wired/wireless communicator. A cash electronic device including a controller for transmitting; and a communication terminal displaying cash counting information received through wired or wireless communication from the cash electronic device.

The communication terminal generates a reset signal and transmits it to the electronic cash device when requested by a manager, and the electronic cash device may initialize cash count information counted in the electronic cash device when the reset signal is received. .

The communication terminal generates a reset signal and transmits it to the electronic cash device only when manager biometric authentication or ID/password authentication through the communication terminal is completed, and the electronic cash device generates a reset signal even if the reset signal is received. Cash count information may be initialized only when employee biometric authentication or ID/password authentication is completed.

The cash counting information includes a cash input time, and the communication terminal can display the input amount of cash by time slot, day of the week, week by week, and month by using the cash input time.

The cash counting information includes game types in which cash is injected, and the communication terminal displays a list of games in order of a large amount of cash input by time zone according to a manager's selection, or displays a game list in order of a large amount of cash input by day of the week. Alternatively, the game list may be displayed in the order of the largest amount of cash input by week, or the game list may be displayed in the order of the largest amount of cash input by month.

The communication terminal transmits an advertisement display request signal to the electronic cash device when requested by the user to display an advertisement related to a game in which the cash input is the largest for each day of the week while the electronic cash device is waiting for operation, and the electronic cash device, An advertisement having the largest amount of cash input may be displayed on the screen on a day of the week on which the advertisement request signal is received.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily view the counting information of coins or money in a game machine using a manager's terminal.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when there is a malfunction such as a counting error in the electronic cash machine, it can be easily initialized.

1 is a diagram showing a cash electronic device management system made of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a diagram showing a cash electronic device management system made of wired communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a configuration block diagram of an electronic cash machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram showing how initialization is performed according to a reset signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing an embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function hinders understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited or limited thereto and can be modified and implemented in various ways by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected" but also the case where it is "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . Throughout the specification, when a certain component is said to "include", it means that it may further include other components without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a diagram showing an electronic cash device management system made of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an electronic cash device management system made of wired communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, 3 is a configuration block diagram of an electronic cash machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing initialization according to a reset signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this specification, the term "electronic cash machine" refers to all forms of receiving coins or bills and providing games or goods, such as game machines that receive coins or bills and provide games, vending machines that receive coins or bills and provide goods, etc. It is used as a concept that includes electronic devices of

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cash electronic device management system of the present invention includes a communication terminal 200 displaying cash counting information received through wired or wireless communication from the cash electronic device 100 and cash such as a game machine. It includes the electronic device 100.

The communication terminal 200 is a terminal that displays cash counting information received through wired or wireless communication from the electronic cash machine 100 . As shown in FIG. 1 , such a communication terminal 200 may be implemented as a wireless communication terminal 200 capable of performing wireless communication like a smart phone. For reference, a smart phone is an intelligent terminal in which computer support functions such as Internet communication and information search are added to a mobile phone, and an application desired by a user can be installed. A smart phone combines the advantages of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), and can not only directly access the Internet using wireless Internet, but also can access it in various ways using various browsing programs. In addition, hundreds of different types of applications (application programs) can be installed, added, or deleted as desired by the user, so that the user can directly create the desired application or implement an interface suitable for himself/herself through various applications.

Also, as shown in FIG. 2 , the communication terminal 200 may be implemented as a wired communication terminal 200 capable of performing wired communication like a desktop PC. Such a wired communication terminal 200 can be implemented with various wired communication terminals 200 such as a server and a laptop computer in addition to a desktop PC.

The cash electronic device 100 is a device that receives coins or bills and provides a service, for example, a game machine that receives coins or bills and provides a game, a vending machine that receives coins or bills and provides products, and the like. may apply. Hereinafter, the description of the present invention will focus on game machines, but other various electronic cash machines 100 such as vending machines may also be applied in addition to game machines.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cash electronic device 100 includes a cash input port 110 for receiving cash including coins or banknotes, and calculating the amount of cash input by counting the cash input through the cash input port 110. A cash counter 120, a storage memory 130 storing cash counting information including an input amount of cash, a cash storage box 140 storing cash counted through the cash counter 120, and an external terminal It includes a wired/wireless communicator 150 that performs wired or wireless communication, and a controller 160 that transmits cash count information to an external communication terminal 200 through the wired/wireless communicator 150. It will be detailed below.

The cash input port 110 is a place where cash such as coins or banknotes is input. Accordingly, the cash input port 110 may be implemented as a hole for receiving coins or an inserter for receiving bills on the front side of the enclosure of the electronic cash device 100 .

The cash counter 120 counts the cash inputted through the cash slot 110 and calculates the input amount of cash. It is provided inside the enclosure of the cash electronic device 100 to count the inputted cash.

The storage memory 130 is a memory in which cash count information is stored. Such memory includes a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, a flash memory, a compact flash card (CF card), a secure digital card (SD card), and a smart media card (SM card). ), an MMC card (Multi-Media Card), or a memory stick (Memory Stick), etc., as a module capable of inputting and outputting information, it may be provided inside the device or may be provided in a separate device.

The cash storage box 140 is a box in which cash counted through the cash counter 120 is stored. The cash storage box 140 may have various appearances, such as a square columnar body and a spherical body.

The wired/wireless communicator 150 is a module that performs wired or wireless communication with an external terminal. That is, wired communication methods such as Ethernet, Universal Serial Bus, IEEE 1394, serial communication, and parallel communication may be used, and infrared communication, Bluetooth Wireless communication schemes such as (Bluetooth), home radio frequency (RF), and wireless LAN (Wireless LAN) may be used. Therefore, when communicating with a wireless communication terminal 200 such as a smartphone, cash count information can be wirelessly transmitted through Wi-Fi or 3G/4G/5G mobile communication, and when communicating with a wired communication terminal 200 such as a desktop PC, wired Cash counting information may be wirelessly transmitted through communication.

The controller 160 is an arithmetic processing module equipped with a CPU capable of arithmetic processing, and includes a controller 160 that transmits cash count information to an external communication terminal 200 through a wired/wireless communicator 150. That is, cash count information stored in the storage memory 130 is transmitted to the communication terminal 200 in real time or periodically.

On the other hand, when there is a malfunction such as a counting error in the electronic cash machine 100, it is necessary to initialize it. To this end, as shown in FIG. 4, the communication terminal 200 may generate a reset signal and transmit it to the electronic cash device 100 when there is a request from the manager, and the electronic cash device 100 receives the reset signal. If it is, the cash count information counted in the electronic cash machine 100 may be initialized. For example, when an error occurs in the counting of the electronic cash machine 100, the manager can remotely initialize the electronic cash machine 100 using the communication terminal 200.

Furthermore, if anyone other than a manager performs such initialization, cash coefficient management becomes difficult. Therefore, it is necessary to give only the administrator the authority to initialize. To this end, the communication terminal 200 generates a reset signal only when biometric authentication (iris authentication, fingerprint authentication, etc.) or ID/password authentication of the manager (boss) through the communication terminal 200 is completed to generate a cash electronic device. 100, and the cash electronic device 100, even if the reset signal is received, initializes the cash count information only when the employee's biometric authentication or ID/password authentication through the cash electronic device 100 is completed. do. Therefore, the first step of biometric authentication (or ID/password authentication) of the manager (boss) on the communication terminal 200 and the second step of biometric authentication (or ID/password authentication) of the employee at the cash electronic device 100 field The electronic cash machine 100 can be initialized only when all of are satisfied, thereby preventing the risk of loss of cash counting information.

Meanwhile, when various types of games are played on one game machine, the game is played according to the customer's selection. The types of games played are determined according to the taste of customers, and it is necessary for administrators to easily view the types of games that are frequently played by time, day, week, and month related to customer visits.

To this end, the cash counting information may include the cash input time. In addition to the cash input amount, the communication terminal 200 that has received the information on the cash input time uses the cash input time for each time slot, day of the week, week, and month. It is possible to display the amount of cash input injected as .

Furthermore, the cash counting information may include the type of game in which cash is inputted. The communication terminal 200 displays a list of games in order of increasing amount of cash input by time zone according to a manager's selection, or by day of the week. The game list may be displayed in the order of largest amount of cash input, the game list may be displayed in the order of the largest amount of cash input by week, or the game list may be displayed in the order of the largest amount of cash input by month.

For example, the communication terminal 200 displays the types of games that have been frequently played with cash input for each day of the week, so that the manager can easily know the types of games that are frequently played for each day of the week and can be used as a reference for store management.

Furthermore, the communication terminal transmits an advertisement display request signal to the electronic cash device 100 when requested by the user to display an advertisement related to a game with the largest amount of cash input for each day of the week while the electronic cash device 100 is waiting for operation, The electronic cash device 100 may display an advertisement having the largest input amount of cash on the screen on a day of the week on which an advertisement request signal is received.

That is, in the cash electronic device 100, such as a game machine, a blank screen is displayed when the customer is not using it, but a game advertisement is displayed instead of the blank screen, and such a game advertisement is a game advertisement that has the best customer response on that day. By displaying, it is to induce the customer to play the game.

As described above, the optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specifications. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are only used for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: cash electronic device
200: communication terminal

Claims (6)

A cash slot for receiving cash including coins or banknotes, a cash counter for counting the cash input through the cash slot to calculate the amount of cash input, a storage memory for storing cash counting information including the amount of cash input, and a cash counter A cash storage box in which cash counted through is stored, a wired/wireless communicator that performs wired or wireless communication with an external terminal, and a controller that transmits the cash counting information to an external communication terminal through the wired/wireless communicator. cash electronic devices;
a communication terminal displaying cash counting information received through wired or wireless communication from the electronic cash machine;
Including,
If there is a manager request, the communication terminal generates a reset signal and transmits it to the cash electronic device,
The cash electronic device initializes cash counting information counted in the cash electronic device when the reset signal is received,
The communication terminal generates a reset signal and transmits it to the cash electronic device only when manager biometric authentication or ID/password authentication through the communication terminal is completed,
Even if the reset signal is received, the cash electronic device initializes cash counting information only when employee biometric authentication or ID/password authentication through the cash electronic device is completed,
The cash counting information includes a type of game in which cash is invested,
The communication terminal displays a list of games in order of increasing amount of cash input by time slot, day of the week, week, and month according to the administrator's selection;
The communication terminal transmits an advertisement display request signal to the electronic cash device when requested by a user to display an advertisement related to a game with the largest amount of cash input for each day of the week while the electronic cash device is waiting for operation,
The cash electronic device management system, characterized in that for displaying on the screen an advertisement of a game having the largest amount of cash input on a day of the week on which the advertisement request signal is received.
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The cash counting information includes a cash input time,
The communication terminal displays the cash input amount by time slot, by day of the week, by week, and by month using the cash input time.
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