KR20030073785A - Cash register control apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A money account machine control apparatus and a method thereof are provided to reduce a waiting time for payment, and to reduce the work of a receiving counter. CONSTITUTION: A money account machine comprises a tray being constituted with a plurality of blocks keeping folded money and coin, and the tray keeping coin comprises a coin exhaustion unit and a clutch selecting a specific tray among the plurality of trays, and comprises a coin exhaustion motor(65) to enable the coin exhaustion unit to move, and pays change of a product cost automatically using the coin kept in the tray by calculation of a central processing unit(10). A clutch driving unit enables to select a tray where corresponding coin are kept among the above trays. A coin exhaustion motor driving unit(60) enables the coin exhaustion unit of the tray to move. An input unit inputs the product cost and an amount of money paid by a user. And a storing unit(15) a program as to the operation of the central processing unit.

Description

Cash register control device and control method {CASH REGISTER CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a cashier control device and a control method, and in more detail, a cashier control device and a control method for automatically calculating the change and returning it to the purchaser when the change is received when the goods are paid at the checkout counter. It is about.

Commonly used cash registers include trays containing bills and coins, calculators to calculate the price of goods, and bar codes to read the price of goods and to automatically calculate when buyers purchase different types of goods. And a display unit for displaying the code reader and the calculated value of the goods.

The tray is divided into a plurality of trays in order to facilitate the storage of bills and coins to facilitate the transfer of change money, so that each type of bill and coins can be stored differently.

The ATM user recognizes the purchaser's purchase price in advance and calculates the purchase price using a calculator attached to the ATM and displays the price of the purchase item. The user and the buyer pay the user a certain amount by the displayed price of the goods, and the user pays a change compared to the amount received by viewing the price of the goods. In this case, the price received from the buyer can be entered through the cashier's calculator so that the price of the goods can be calculated automatically. In addition, in recent years, buyers buy a lot of goods, and there are many kinds of goods that the user may not know the value of all the goods may occur, and the price displayed on the packaging of the goods may be different from the selling price, so There may be a case that can not be calculated accurately, there is a problem that takes a long time to calculate. In order to solve this problem, the item has a unique code, and the item is connected with the code so that the price is input, and the user has a code reader at the cash machine to read the code. It displays the price of the goods and automatically calculates the prices of several items so that the calculation can be done conveniently and quickly.

However, these cash registers have problems despite quick and convenient calculations. With the advent of large discount stores in recent years, many people buy large quantities of goods, and many people rush to checkout counters. In this case, they put bills and coins in the designated trays and change the bills and coins in the trays. It takes a long time to return the change because it has to be picked up correctly and paid to the buyer. In particular, most change is paid in coins. These coins are of various types and are small in size and are short to pick up and deliver to the buyer. Making payments on time is difficult for cashiers at discount stores.

And, since the tray is frequently opened and closed, a problem occurs that the cash dispenser frequently breaks down.

Therefore, the present invention was created in order to solve the problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to automatically change change in the process of calculating the price of goods so that you can easily pass the change to the buyer, such as a discount store A cashier control device that reduces the waiting time of waiting in line for calculations at a place where a person purchases a large quantity of goods, and reduces the work of the cashier who stores the goods in the process of handing over the change. It is to provide a control method.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, a cash dispenser control apparatus according to the present invention includes a tray composed of a plurality of blocks for storing banknotes and coins for each kind, and the tray for storing coins has coin discharge means in the tray. And a clutch for selecting a particular tray among a plurality of trays, and having a tray motor for moving the coin ejecting means, and using the coins stored in the trays to automatically change the amount of goods by calculation of the central processing unit. A cash dispenser for payment by means of payment; Clutch driving means for selecting a tray in which the coin is stored among the trays; Tray motor driving means for moving the coin ejecting means of the tray; Input means for inputting and inputting an item value and an amount paid by a user; And storage means in which a program for the operation of the central processing unit is recorded.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cash dispenser in which a cash dispenser control apparatus according to the present invention is used.

2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a tray.

3 is a system configuration diagram of a cashier control device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a cash dispenser control method for discharging coins from the tray.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a cashier control method for determining the position of a tray of a cashier and determining whether a coin in the tray is short.

The present invention will be understood from the following description in comparison with the prior art, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cash dispenser in which a cash dispenser control apparatus according to the present invention is used. Referring to Figure 1, the cash dispenser is a change of the bill, the cashier directly picks up the correct amount of bills by hand and coins are automatically discharged from the cashier so that the change can be paid. To this end, the tray 106, in which bills and coins are stored for each type, is provided at the front end of the tray 105 in which the bills are stored. And the tray 105 where the coins are stored so that the correct number of coins can be automatically discharged and also the coins stored in the tray 105 can be discharged smoothly to the outside of the cash dispenser to transfer the change. Eject means is provided.

The tray 100 includes a coin tray 105 in which coins are stored and a bill tray 106 in which bills are stored. The number of each tray 100 is determined according to the type of coins and bills that are commonly used in society. do.

Unlike the tray 106 where the coins are stored, the coin tray 105 that stores the coins should be automatically discharged with the correct amount of coins. Therefore, the tray containing coins required for change is selected and the coins are discharged from the selected tray. The number should be determined. For example, there are four kinds of coins used in society, a, b, c, d, and the number of trays is A, B, C, D, and so on. If three d are required, select trays B, C, and D, and let two coins come out of B, one coin from C, and three coins from D. 2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a tray. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of the tray, and FIG. 2A shows a state in which the clutch is separated, and FIG. 2B shows a state in which the tray is selected by operating the clutch. 2C is a bottom view seen from the bottom of the tray. Referring to Figure 2, each tray 105 has a hole similar to the size of the coin in the lower portion of the tray 105 in order to discharge the coin and the discharge hole in which the coin is discharged at a specific position in the lower portion of the tray 105 There is this. The coin is placed in the hole and the lower part rotates to allow the coin to be discharged through the discharge hole by centrifugal force. A discharge hole is fitted with a sensor that counts the number of coins ejected so that the correct number of coins can be ejected. In order for the lower portion of the tray 105 to rotate, the lower portion of each tray 105 is connected to the coin discharge motor to rotate by the rotational force of the coin discharge motor. By providing the gear 130, the rotary shaft of the coin discharge motor and the tray gear 130 is mechanically connected to enable the rotation of the lower tray. In addition, the clutch 140 for selecting the tray 105 without the tray gear 130 of the tray 105 is directly connected to the rotating shaft of the tray in order to prevent the lower part of the tray is rotated by the rotation of the coin discharge motor. If there is an operation of the tray gear 130 and the rotary shaft 150 of the tray is connected to allow the lower portion of the tray 105 to rotate. The clutch 140 is normally separated by a spring. When the tray 105 is selected, the clutch 140 uses a magnetic force to flow a current through the coil 160 provided in the clutch 140. ) And the rotating shaft 150 of the tray is connected.

Then, the sensor detects the amount of coins in the tray 105 to replace the other coins when the coin is insufficient, and to detect the lack of coins to notify the user of the lack of coins to fill the coin To the tray. In addition, the coins are discharged from the tray 105 to fall on the lower plate of the discharge means, the lower plate is moved to move the coins to the coin outlet 110 of the cash dispenser is discharged. In order for the lower plate to perform this operation, the lower plate may be connected to the rotating shaft of the tray motor to move.

In order to automatically open and close the tray 105, the tray motor is connected to a fixed plate to which the plurality of trays are fixed so that the fixed plate reciprocates to open and close the tray 105. In addition, the tray motor

The display unit 30 is a means of informing the buyer or the user of the result processed at the cash dispenser and the processed result, and displays the sum of the price and the price of the list calculated at the cash dispenser and the change. Indicates. In addition, each coin is marked and insufficient coins are not displayed on the display unit.

In addition, the display unit 30 constitutes a buzzer for notifying the coin shortage so that when the coin is insufficient, the buzzer can know that the coin is insufficient.

The key input unit 40 calculates a commodity price input that performs general operations of the cashier, calculates the sum of each commodity price, and changes the change to be input to the central processing unit, so that the state of the cashier can be checked by operating a specific key. The cash machine can be set up in various ways.

In addition, there is a power supply unit for supplying power for each of the normal operation.

3 is a system configuration diagram of a cashier control device according to the present invention. Referring to Figure 3,

The central processing unit 10 is a means for controlling the cash register control device using a program stored in the memory 15. In addition, the central processing unit 10 may be operated by the key input unit 40 while transmitting the processing result to the display unit 30 so that the result of the processing by the control apparatus can be viewed.

The memory 15 is a means for allowing the cashier control device to incorporate a program for a control method and to store a result of calculation in the central processing unit. In addition, a plurality of registers are set, each register includes a coin short register, a first payment count register, a final payment count register, and a sensing count register. The coin short register has a coin short and the first payment count register is changed to change. As a result of counting the required coins, the final payment count register records the result of counting the number of coins finally needed using the result of the coin shortage register, and counts the count of coins ejected from the tray by the coin ejection sensor. Write to register.

The interface unit 20 communicates with an external device as a means for allowing the cashier control device to communicate with the outside so as to determine whether the cashier or the cashier control device is in a normal state.

The tray motor driver 45 is a means for transmitting a drive signal to the tray motor 50 that allows the tray to move and move to the open, middle and closed positions. The tray clutch 85 needs to be moved by selecting the tray clutch 85. Move if there is. The tray clutch 85 allows the rotational force of the tray motor 50 to be transmitted to the tray using the signal of the tray clutch driver 80. Receive money from buyers as bills so that they can put bills in tray 100, or move only the trays where bills are stored so that they can be seen from the outside so as to pick up bills stored in trays, and move coins from buyers In case of receiving a coin and when the coin is insufficient, the tray 100 can be moved so that the entire tray can be seen from the outside. Then, the tray 100 may move at different speeds according to the position of the tray 100. In addition, the tray 100 is closed by transmitting a signal for driving in a direction opposite to the direction in which the tray motor 50 is driven in a direction in which the tray 100 is exposed to the outside.

In addition, using the tray motor 50 to move the lower plate so that coins can be discharged through the coin outlet 110 of the cash dispenser.

The coin discharging motor driver 60 inputs a driving signal to the coin discharging motor 65 as a means for discharging the coins from the tray in which the coins are stored so as to rotate the lower part of the tray 105 and discharge from the tray 105. To fall to the bottom plate.

Coin ejection clutch driver 145 is a means for allowing a particular coin to come out of the stored coins, the tray gear 130 installed in the lower portion of the tray by the coin ejecting motor 60 is rotated to change The rotating shaft of the lower part of the tray is fixed to the tray gear 130 by the clutch 140 so that coins of a specific tray can be discharged by the information so that the lower part of the tray can rotate. Therefore, the specific clutch 140 is selected by the signal of the central processing unit 10 so that the specific coins can be discharged by the centrifugal force by the rotation of the tray 105.

Tray position sensor 55 is a means for detecting the position of the tray, the position of the tray is divided into three stages of closing, middle and opening so as to change the opening and closing speed and to control the degree of opening.

The tray position sensor 55 is installed at the bottom of the cash dispenser as shown in FIG. 3. During the operation of opening the tray 100, the motor is rotated forward to take out the bills or in the first step of the opening operation of inserting the bills into the tray so as to sense and stop the intermediate position and again rotate the tray motor to be in the closed state. In addition, when the coin is inserted, the two-stage opening operation of rotating the tray motor 50 to move to the open position causes the tray motor 50 to be reversely rotated by using the key input unit 40 to be in a closed state.

Then, the operation speed of the tray 100 during the first and second opening operations is performed as follows.

In the case of the first stage opening process, the low speed is operated from the position sensor 1 to the position 2 sensor of FIG. 3, the high speed from the position 2 sensor to the position 3 sensor, and the low speed of the position sensor 3 to the position 4 sensor are operated. do. And the closing operation is reversed.

In the case of the two-stage opening process, the low speed from the 1st position sensor to the 2nd position sensor is operated at high speed from the 2nd position sensor to the 5th position sensor, and the low speed is operated from the 5th position sensor to the 6th position sensor. The operation works in reverse.

Coin ejection sensor 70 is a means for detecting the coin ejection from the tray, counting the number of coins ejected and when a certain number of coins are ejected from the tray transmits a signal to the central processing unit by using a clutch to the tray lower gear and Make sure the axis of rotation of the tray is disengaged so that no more coins are ejected. Then, the number counted by the coin ejection sensor is recorded in the sensing count register of the memory.

Coin shortage detection sensor 75 is a means for detecting the amount of coins to compensate for the lack of coins, if the lack of coins in the tray to notify the lack of coins in the central processing unit to compensate for the lack of coins To help. The result of the coin shortage sensor is recorded in the coin short register of the memory.

The open / close detection sensor 35 is a means for determining whether the tray is open or closed.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a cash dispenser control method for discharging coins from the tray. Referring to Figure 4,

First step (ST 100): It is determined whether or not there is data processed at the cashier. The ATM checks the value of the buyer's goods, calculates the total price of the goods bought by the buyer, compares the amount paid by the buyer with the goods price, identifies the change, converts it into data, and sends it to the ATM control device. If not, enter the data to process the amount of coins in the cash dispenser so that the settlement can be made.

And, it is possible to automatically grasp the current state of the teller machine.

Second Step (ST 105): If there is received data, it is determined whether the received data is a change payment.

Step 3 (ST 110): Compare the amount of goods and the amount paid by the buyer, if there is change to pay, identify the change and specify the type of coins to be paid and the number of coins to set the count of coins to be discharged from each tray. do. For example, if the coins required for change are 990 won, at least one 500 won coin, four 100 won coins, one 50 won coin, and four 10 won coins are required to set the count of each coin.

Step 4 (ST 115): After classifying the necessary coins, it is determined whether there are insufficient coins among the necessary coins.

Stage 5 (ST 120): If there are insufficient coins, add the number of coins required for payment to the next unit amount of the insufficient coins. If 500 won coins are short of the 990 won, 5 is added to the number of 100 won coins to reset the count so that 9 100 won coins can be discharged. In addition, when the smallest unit of coins is insufficient, the change payment signal is not displayed.

Step 6 (ST 125): When the number of coins required is determined, the coin discharging motor driver transmits a driving signal so that the coin discharging motor can rotate forward.

Step 7 (ST 130): Select the clutch in the central processing unit to select the specified tray containing the designated coin.

Eighth Step (ST 135): After the clutch is selected, whether or not coins are discharged for each tray is determined using a coin discharge sensor, and the number of coins discharged is counted.

Step 9 (ST 140): It is determined whether or not coins are not discharged from the selected tray.

Step 10 (ST 145): If coins are not discharged, stop the coin discharge motor and rotate the coin discharge motor to allow coins to be discharged from the tray.

Step 11 (ST 150): It is determined whether the coin to be discharged from the tray is matched by comparing the set number and the number counted by the coin discharge sensor. The determination of agreement is made by subtracting the counted number from the set number. If not, the process proceeds from the seventh step ST 130 again.

Step 12 (ST 160): If the set number and the counted number match, the total paid coins are displayed on the display unit.

Step 13 (ST 200): If the data received in the second step (ST 105) is not a change of payment, it is determined whether it is a collective settlement (coin count). Collective settlement is the process of figuring out the amount of coins remaining in the teller machine after all transactions are completed in discount stores.

Step 14 (ST 205): If the tray motor is not settled, the tray motor driver transmits a signal for driving the tray motor so that the tray motor rotates forward.

The fifteenth step (ST 210): After the settlement is not performed or the goods price is calculated and delivered to the change buyer and the change is displayed, the tray position sensor is used to determine whether the tray is in an intermediate position.

Step 16 (ST 215): If the tray is in the intermediate position, the operation of the tray motor is stopped. If the tray is in the middle position, only the tray with the bills is exposed to the outside.

Step 17 (ST 220): It is determined whether there is a tray close command, and if there is no close command, the tray is maintained at an intermediate position.

Step 18 (ST 225): When the tray close command is received, the tray motor is rotated in reverse to allow the tray to be closed and to be in a standby state.

19th step (ST 300): In the case of performing the collective settlement in the 13th step (ST 200), it is determined whether the amount of a specific coin or the amount of all coins is determined.

Step 20 (ST 305): To determine the amount of a specific coin, the coin discharge motor is rotated forward, and the clutch corresponding to the tray is selected to select the tray in which the coin is stored so that the rotation axis of the specific tray rotates.

Step 21 (ST 310): The rotating shaft of the tray is rotated so that a specific coin is discharged, the number of discharged is counted, the counted quantity is displayed on the display unit, and waiting until another signal is input.

Step 22 (ST 400): When all the coins in the tray are settled, the coin discharge motor is rotated forward.

Step 23 (ST 405): The clutch containing the largest coin is selected to discharge coins, and the number of coins is determined using a coin ejection sensor and the quantity is output to the display unit. Then, the counted amount of money is stored.

Step 24 (ST 410): Next, the number of coins of the next unit is identified, displayed on the display unit, and the counted amount of money is stored.

Step 25 (ST 415): The total amount of coins identified in sequence is summed to determine the total amount and displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a cashier control method for determining the position of a tray of a cashier and determining whether a coin in the tray is short. Referring to Figure 5,

First step (ST 500): It is determined whether there is data processed in the cashier. The ATM checks the value of the buyer's goods, calculates the total price of the goods bought by the buyer, compares the amount paid by the buyer with the goods price, identifies the change, converts it into data, and sends it to the ATM control device. If not, enter the data to process the amount of coins in the cash dispenser so that the settlement can be made.

And, it is possible to automatically grasp the current state of the teller machine.

Step 2 (ST 505): If there is no data processed in the cash dispenser, the tray position is determined to determine whether the tray position is closed or open.

Step 3 (ST 510): If the tray is in the closed state, it is determined whether the coin in the tray containing each coin is insufficient. If there are enough coins in the tray, wait for the goods to be calculated.

Step 4 (ST 515): If there is a tray that is short of coins among the plurality of trays, a buzzer is used to notify that the coins are insufficient. Then, the coins of the trays that are short of coins are not displayed on the display unit.

Step 5 (ST 520): If there is a shortage of coins, an operating system for managing each ATM is notified of the shortage of the coin.

Step 6 (ST 525): It is determined whether the cash dispenser is set to ignore the shortage of coins and count the coins with fewer units than the insufficient coins. Or if the operating system that manages the teller machine lacks coins, it is ordered to calculate by one smaller coin so that the operating system can determine whether such an order exists.

Step 7 (ST 530): When the coin is ignored and the unit is counted as a coin smaller than the insufficient coin, the coin short register is used to determine whether or not the coin is short.

Step 8 (ST 535): If there are not enough coins in a small unit, the buzzer is turned off and a coin shortage register is set by determining whether or not the coin of the paid unit is insufficient. And the standby state.

Step 9 (ST 540): If the coin of the unit to be paid for is insufficient, it indicates that no change was made.

Step 10 (ST 545): If it is not possible to replenish coins or pay change with other coins without ignoring the lack of coins, the tray motor is rotated forward so that the tray can be in the open position.

Step 11 (ST 550): The position of the tray is determined so that the tray motor can be stopped and coins can be replenished when it is in the open position.

Step 12 (ST 555): When the coin replenishment is completed, it is determined whether there is an input for closing the tray by using a signal or a key input unit of the coin shortage detecting sensor.

Step 13 (ST 560): If there is an input for closing the tray, the tray motor is rotated backward so that the tray is in the closed position.

When the tray 14 reaches the closed position (ST 565), the buzzer is turned off and the tray motor is stopped.

Fifteenth Step (ST 570): If the tray is in the open state in the second step (ST 505), the tray motor is rotated in reverse to close the tray.

Step 16 (ST 575): When the tray is closed, stop the tray motor and allow it to stand by.

According to the cashier control device according to the present invention, the change is automatically discharged in the process of calculating the price of the goods can be easily passed to the buyer. Therefore, a lot of people, such as a discount store, buy a large amount of goods in a fast calculation process is reduced to wait in line to calculate, reducing the work of the cashier who stores the goods in the process of passing change You can.

In addition, the cashier can be made automatically without opening and closing the cashier using his or her own power, and by changing the opening and closing speed of the tray according to the position of the tray to prevent user injury and the impact of the machine, Breakdowns, etc. can be reduced.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only, and it is understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. Should be done.

Claims (13)

It has a tray consisting of a plurality of blocks for storing bills and coins by type, the tray for storing the coin is composed of a coin discharging means and a clutch for selecting a specific tray from the plurality of trays inside the tray and discharge the coin A coin dispensing motor having a coin discharging motor for moving the means, the cash dispensing machine for automatically paying the change of the commodity price using the coins stored in the tray by the calculation of the central processing unit; Clutch driving means for selecting a tray in which the coin is stored among the trays; Coin discharging motor driving means for moving the coin discharging means of the tray; Input means for inputting and inputting the item value and the amount of money paid by the user; And Cashing machine control device characterized in that it comprises a storage means for recording the program for the operation of the central processing unit. The method of claim 1, Cash dispenser control device characterized in that the coin discharge means is provided with a coin discharge detector. The method of claim 1, And a tray motor driving means for driving a tray motor for operating a plurality of trays constituted by the blocks. The method of claim 1, And a tray position detecting unit for detecting a position of the tray in the plurality of tray blocks. The method of claim 1, Cashing machine control device comprising a coin detector for sensing the amount of coins stored in the tray. The method of claim 1, And said storage means comprises a coin short register, a coin payment count register, a final payment count register and a coin ejection detection register. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means A first step of identifying the change and the number of coins to be paid and the number of coins; A second step of determining whether there are insufficient coins in the tray among coins to be paid; A third step of driving the tray motor by using the tray motor driving means and allowing a specific tray to be selected by using the clutch driving means to drive the coin discharging means; And A cash register control device, characterized in that a program comprising a fourth step of counting the number of coins discharged from the coin discharging means is recorded. The method of claim 7, wherein In the second step, if there is a lack of coins in the tray, the cash register control device, characterized in that the number of coins of the unit less than the insufficient coins to count accordingly the shortage of coins. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means A first step of rotating the tray motor; A second step of driving the discharge means of one of the plurality of trays by using the clutch; And And a program provided in a third step of determining the counted amount by counting the number of coins discharged so that all coins stored in the tray are discharged. The method of claim 9, wherein the storage means A fourth step of selecting one tray having coins other than the coins discharged in the third step; A fifth step of counting the number of coins to be discharged so that all coins in the tray selected in the fourth step are discharged to determine the counted amount; And And a program provided as a sixth step of repeating the steps 4 and 5 until all of the plurality of trays are selected. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means Determining a position of the tray and determining whether the tray is in a closed state; A second step of determining whether a coin is insufficient for each tray when the tray is in a closed state and notifying a coin shortage when a coin is insufficient; A third step of rotating the tray motor to make the tray open when the coin is insufficient; And A cash register control device comprising a program for replenishing the tray with a shortage of coins and having a fourth step of turning the tray motor back to the closed state when the replenishment is completed. . The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means The positions of the plurality of trays include a first closed state, a second closed state, a first middle state, a second middle state, a first open state, and a second open state, The tray is moved in a first opening operation that opens from the first closed state to the second intermediate state, The first opening operation comprises: a first step of moving from the first closed state to the second closed state at a slow speed; A second step of moving from the second closed state to the first intermediate state at a high speed; And A cash register control apparatus characterized in that a program is recorded such that the movement from the first intermediate state to the second intermediate state is performed in a third step of moving at a slow speed. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means The positions of the plurality of trays include a first closed state, a second closed state, a first middle state, a second middle state, a first open state, and a second open state, The tray is moved in a second opening operation which opens from the first closed state to the second open state, The first opening operation comprises: a first step of moving from the first closed state to the second closed state at a slow speed; A second step of moving from the second closed state to the first open state at a high speed; And And a program is recorded so that the movement from the first open state to the second open state is performed in a third step of moving at a slow speed.