JP5198564B2 - Money handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus that processes money consisting of banknotes and coins, and in particular, it is possible to perform both money deposit processing and money exchange processing with a single device, and to take money into the housing. It is related with the money processing apparatus which can aim at shortening of processing time while being able to perform both processing of a money_receiving | payment process and a money-exchange process only by performing 1 time.

  A deposit machine and a change machine are installed in the lobby of a financial business store such as a bank head office or a branch. As a deposit machine, what is disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-203264 etc. is known, for example, and has the function to deposit | pay moneys, such as a banknote and a coin. On the other hand, as a change machine, what is disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2001-134801 etc. is known, and performs exchange to another form between different forms of money, such as a banknote, a wrapping coin, and a rose coin. It has a function. In addition, these depositing machines and money changers are provided separately and independently from each other, and are often not connected by communication.

  A customer who enters a financial business store with a large amount of money consisting of banknotes and coins, such as sales at a retail store, first inputs the money into the input port of the depositing machine as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-203264. To start counting. After the counting of money at the depositing machine is completed, if it is necessary to exchange money for preparation of change at a retail store, the customer must exchange money with a money changer as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-134801. Become. In this way, in conventional financial sales offices and the like, since the deposit machine and the money changer are provided separately and independently from each other, when it is necessary for the customer to perform both the money deposit process and the currency exchange process, There is a problem that the processing time becomes long because money must be processed in each of the depositing machine and the money changer.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and can perform both money deposit processing and money exchange processing with a single device, and after the money has been taken into the housing. In addition, both the deposit process and the exchange process can be performed by performing the process of taking the currency into the casing once by performing both the deposit process and the exchange process for the money captured in the casing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money handling apparatus that can perform the above-described processing and can shorten the processing time.

The money handling apparatus of the present invention is a money handling apparatus for processing money consisting of banknotes and coins, and takes in banknotes from the outside of the housing and the housing, and identifies and counts the taken banknotes. A banknote depositing unit that is housed inside the housing, a banknote dispensing unit that takes out banknotes stored inside the housing to the outside of the housing, and coins are taken into the interior from the outside of the housing, A coin depositing unit that identifies and counts the captured coins and stores the coins in the housing, a coin dispensing unit that takes out the coins stored in the housing to the outside of the housing, and the banknote depositing unit And / or the bill depositing unit allows bills and / or coins to be taken into the housing, and then, for the money taken into the housing, both deposit processing and exchange processing are performed. The banknote deposit part, the banknote Gold unit, the coin deposit unit, and includes a control unit for controlling the coin dispensing unit, an operation unit for selectively inputting the payment amount or exchange amount, wherein the control unit, the banknote deposit When a bill and / or coins are taken into the housing by the coin and / or the coin depositing unit and a deposit amount is input in the operation unit, a deposit process of money related to the input deposit amount And the amount of money obtained by subtracting the deposit amount from the amount of money taken into the inside of the case is exchanged by the bill withdrawal unit and / or the coin withdrawal unit to the outside of the case. On the other hand, when banknotes and / or coins are taken into the housing by the banknote depositing unit and / or the coin depositing unit and a change amount is input in the operation unit And depositing the money of the amount obtained by subtracting the exchange amount from the amount of money taken into the housing, and the money of the exchange amount by the banknote dispensing unit and / or the coin dispensing unit. It is characterized by performing control such that it is exposed to the outside of the housing .

According to such a money handling apparatus, after the money consisting of bills and coins is taken into the housing, the money taken into the housing is subjected to both the deposit process and the exchange process. Thus, both the deposit process and the exchange process can be performed and the processing time can be shortened by performing the operation of taking the money into the housing only once. In addition, an operator such as a customer can cause either one of the deposit process or the exchange process to be performed first, and then perform the other process only by inputting the deposit amount or the exchange amount through the operation unit. become able to.

  Here, the depositing process of money in the control unit causes the bill depositing unit and / or the coin depositing unit to take bills and / or coins from the outside of the housing, and the bills and / or It is a process of storing coins inside the casing, and the currency exchange process in the control unit is a banknote taken into the interior from the outside of the casing by the banknote depositing unit and / or the coin depositing unit. And / or a process in which banknotes and / or coins having different denominations from coins are taken out of the housing by the banknote dispensing unit and / or the coin dispensing unit.

  In the money handling apparatus of the present invention, the banknote depositing section and the banknote dispensing section are integrated, and the banknote is taken into the inside from the outside of the housing, and the taken banknote is identified. It is preferable that the bills are stored inside the casing and the stored bills can be taken out of the casing. In this case, by making the banknote depositing section and the banknote dispensing section into an integrated type, the banknote can be recycled, and banknotes can be deposited and withdrawn efficiently.

  In this case, in the exchange process, one or more money denominations and the quantity or amount of money in each money exchange type are input by the operation unit, and the control unit is input to the operation unit. It is more preferable to perform control such that the bills and / or coins of the money exchange denomination are output to the outside of the housing by the amount or amount of money entered by the bill withdrawal unit and / or the coin withdrawal unit. . Thus, the operator can easily select the money exchange denomination and the quantity and amount of money in the money exchange denomination.

Moreover, it is preferable to further include a display unit for displaying the deposit amount and / or the exchange amount input by the operation unit. In this case, the display unit may display an amount obtained by subtracting the deposit amount or the exchange amount input by the operation unit from the amount of money taken into the housing as the exchange amount or the deposit amount. preferable.

In the money handling apparatus according to the present invention, the money handling apparatus further includes a storage unit that stores information related to money depositing or exchange processing, and the storage unit has information on which of the depositing process or the currency exchange process is performed first. It is stored for each operator, and the control unit first performs either the deposit process or the exchange process for money taken into the housing based on the information stored in the storage unit. And performing control so that the other amount of money is subtracted from the amount of money that has been deposited or exchanged from the amount of money taken into the housing. Is preferred.

In addition, the storage unit stores information on one or more deposit amounts in the deposit process for each operator, and the control unit is taken into the casing when performing the deposit process. For money, control may be performed so as to perform a deposit process for one deposit amount selected from one or a plurality of deposit amounts stored in the storage unit.

In addition, the storage unit stores one or a plurality of information related to an exchange pattern including one or a plurality of exchange denominations in the exchange process and a quantity of money in each exchange denomination, and the control unit stores When the currency exchange process is performed , the currency denominated in the currency pattern selected in one or more currency exchange patterns selected from the one or a plurality of currency exchange patterns stored in the storage unit and / or Alternatively, control may be performed so that coins are output to the outside of the housing by the quantity stored in the storage unit.

  Further, when the operator information is specified by the operator specifying means, the amount of money actually received in the deposit process, the exchange amount in the exchange process, the exchange denomination, and the exchange denomination are stored in the storage unit. At least one of the amounts of money in may be stored as a processing history for each operator.

  In the above case, it is preferable that the operator specifying means comprises a card reader, and the card reader reads an ID card carried by the operator. At this time, the storage unit may be provided in an ID card carried by the operator.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole structure of the money processing apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing part in the money processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the rose coin deposit part in the money processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the loose coin dispensing part in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the packaging coin dispensing part in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the money depositing process in the money processing apparatus shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 are diagrams showing a money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. Among these, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration showing the configuration of the loose banknote depositing and dispensing unit in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a configuration of a loose coin depositing unit in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the configuration of the loose coin dispensing unit in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the wrapping coin dispensing unit in the money handling apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram. Moreover, FIG. 6 is a flowchart which shows the content of the money depositing process and currency exchange process in the money processing apparatus shown in FIG.

  First, the overall configuration of the money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the money handling apparatus 10 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped case 11, and inside the case 11, a loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, a loose coin deposit / payment unit 30, and a loose coin dispensing / dispensing unit. The unit 40, the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50, and the control unit 60 are installed. Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the loose coin deposit / withdrawal unit 30, the loose coin withdrawal / withdrawal unit 40, and the wrapping coin withdrawal / withdrawal unit 50 are respectively connected to the control unit 60 for communication. The unit 60 controls the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the rose coin depositing unit 30, the rose coin dispensing unit 40, and the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the money handling apparatus 10 includes an operation unit 62 for an operator such as a customer to give various commands to the control unit 60 of the money handling apparatus 10, and the money handling apparatus 10. A display unit 64 is provided for displaying the processing content and processing result of money. Further, the money handling apparatus 10 is provided with a card reader 66 for reading an ID card carried by the operator. The operation unit 62, the display unit 64, and the card reader 66 are also connected to the control unit 60 by communication. The operation unit 62, the display unit 64, and the card reader 66 are often provided on the upper surface of the housing 11 of the money handling apparatus 10. In addition, the money handling apparatus 10 is provided with a storage unit 68 in which various information relating to money deposit processing and money exchange processing is stored for each operator. This storage unit 68 is also communicatively connected to the control unit 60.

  Next, the detail of a structure of the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing part 20 is demonstrated using FIG. The loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20 captures loose banknotes from the outside of the housing 11, identifies and counts the captured loose banknotes, and a plurality (for example, four) of storage cassettes provided inside the housing 11. 26a to 26d (described later), and has a function of taking out the banknotes stored in the storage cassettes 26a to 26d to the outside of the housing 11.

  More specifically, the loose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20 includes a loose banknote slot 21, a withdrawal / rejection port 24, a deposit / rejection port 27, and a transport unit 22 that transports a bulky banknote inside the housing 11. It has. The loose banknote slot 21 is normally closed by a shutter (not shown), and when the operator instructs the controller 60 to open the shutter by the operation unit 62, the shutter opens and the bulk banknote slot is opened. A plurality of loose banknotes can be put into the batch 21. Also, the loose bill insertion slot 21 is provided with a pair of feeding rollers 21a, and the loose bills inserted into the loose bill insertion slot 21 by the pair of feeding rollers 21a are fed to the transport unit 22 one by one. It has become.

  The transport unit 22 is provided with an identifying unit 23 that identifies and counts the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of loose bills transported by the transport unit 22. Further, the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20 includes a temporary deposit cassette 25 for temporarily retaining loose banknotes and a plurality of (for example, four) storage cassettes 26a, 26b, 26c, and 26d for storing rose banknotes in a stacked state. And the temporary deposit cassette 25 and the storage cassettes 26a, 26b, 26c, and 26d are connected to the transport unit 22, respectively. The temporary depositing cassette 25 has a function of temporarily holding the rose banknotes fed out from the loose banknote slot 21 to the transport unit 22 before being sent to the storage cassettes 26a, 26b, 26c, and 26d. The storage cassettes 26a, 26b, and 26c each store banknotes of a specific denomination, and the storage cassette 26d stores all banknotes of all denominations in a lump. Here, the deposit temporary storage cassette 25 and the storage cassettes 26a, 26b, 26c, and 26d are provided with a pair of feeding rollers 25e and 26e, respectively, and are stored in these cassettes by the pair of feeding rollers 25e and 26e. The separated bills can be fed out to the transport unit 22. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance path provided in the conveyance unit 22 is branched at various places, and branching members 28 made of, for example, branch claws are respectively provided at the places where the conveyance path branches. Is provided.

  Further, loose banknotes are sent one by one from the transport unit 22 to the withdrawal reject port 24 and the deposit rejection port 27. Here, of the banknotes fed out from the loose banknote insertion slot 21 to the transport unit 22, the deposit reject port 27 is configured to send rose banknotes or the like that are identified as reject banknotes by the identification unit 23. . The loose banknotes sent to the deposit reject port 27 are taken out by the operator. The withdrawal reject port 24 is identified as a reject banknote by the identification unit 23 among the rose banknotes fed from the deposit temporary holding cassette 25 and the storage cassettes 26a, 26b, 26c, and 26d to the transport unit 22. Rose bills are sent. The withdrawal / rejection port 24 is provided inside the housing of the loose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20 so that the operator cannot take out the banknote in the withdrawal / rejection port 24 without opening the door of the housing. ing.

  Next, the detail of a structure of the rose coin depositing part 30 is demonstrated using FIG. The rose coin depositing unit 30 takes in rose coins from the outside of the housing 11, identifies and counts the taken rose coins, and a plurality (for example, three) of storage cassettes 35 a provided inside the housing 11. To 35c (described later).

  More specifically, the rose coin depositing unit 30 receives rose coins from the rose coin insertion slot 31, the rotary disc 32a and the feeding hopper 32b to which the rose coins inserted into the rose coin insertion slot 31 are sent, and the rotary disc 32a. And a scraping mechanism 33a for scraping. The loose coin slot 31 is normally closed by a shutter (not shown), and when the operator commands the controller 60 to open the shutter by the operating unit 62, the shutter opens and the loose coin slot is opened. A plurality of loose coins can be put in the lump 31 at a time.

  The loose coins sent from the loose coin insertion slot 31 to the rotary disk 32a are scooped up by being caught by the protrusions 32c provided on the rotary disk 32a, and rotated along the rotational operation of the rotary disk 32a to be scraped out. 33a is scraped off from the state of being caught on the protrusion 32c of the rotating disk 32a. Also, the rose coin depositing unit 30 has an identification unit 33b for identifying and counting rose coins scraped from the rotating disk 32a by the scraping mechanism 33a, and selecting reject coins among the rose coins identified by the identification unit 33b. And a plurality of (for example, three) sorting units 33d, 33e, and 33f that are arranged downstream of the reject sorting unit 33c and that sort coins of one or more specific denominations, respectively. ing.

  The loose coin depositing portion 30 is provided with a return port 36. When foreign matter other than the loose coins is accommodated in the feeding hopper 32b, the foreign matter is sent from the feeding hopper 32b to the return port 36. It has become. The foreign matter sent to the return port 36 is taken out by the operator. In addition, the rose coins identified as being rejected by the identifying unit 33b are also sent from the reject selecting unit 33c to the return port 36. For this reason, the reject coin sent to the return port 36 is also taken out by the operator.

  The rose coin depositing unit 30 is provided with a plurality of (for example, three) temporary storage units 34a, 34b, and 34c corresponding to each denomination of rose coins. Here, the temporary holding unit 34c corresponds to the sorting unit 33d, and one or a plurality of specific denominations of coins selected by the sorting unit 33d are sent. The temporary holding unit 34b corresponds to the sorting unit 33e, and one or a plurality of specific denominated loose coins sorted by the sorting unit 33e are sent. The temporary holding unit 34a corresponds to the sorting unit 33f, and one or a plurality of specific denominations of coins selected by the sorting unit 33f are sent.

  Furthermore, the rose coin depositing unit 30 is provided with a plurality of (for example, three) storage cassettes 35a, 35b, and 35c corresponding to each denomination of the rose coin. Here, the storage cassettes 35a, 35b, and 35c correspond to the temporary storage units 34a, 34b, and 34c, respectively, and the storage coins 35a to which the loose coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage units 34a, 34b, and 34c respectively correspond. , 35b, and 35c and stored in the storage cassettes 35a, 35b, and 35c.

  The temporary storage units 34a to 34c and the storage cassettes 35a to 35c are not limited to be installed so as to correspond to one or more specific denominations, respectively, and the temporary storage units 34a to 34c and the storage cassette 35a to 35c may be configured to mix and store all denomination coins. In this case, all the loose coins scraped from the turntable 32a by the scraping mechanism 33a are sent to the temporary storage unit 34a regardless of the denomination and then stored in the storage cassette 35a. When the storage cassette 35a is full, all the loose coins are stored in the storage cassette 35b regardless of the denomination, and when the storage cassette 35b is full, it is stored in the storage cassette 35c. As described above, in the bulk coin depositing unit 30, when the bulk coins taken in from the outside of the casing 11 are collectively stored in the storage cassettes 35a to 35c regardless of the denomination, Since it is no longer necessary to divide the rose coins taken in from the outside into the respective denominations, it is possible to perform the process of depositing the rose coins more quickly. Further, when a rose coin storage part is provided for each denomination, when a larger number of rose coins of a specific denomination are taken into the housing 11 than other denomination rose coins, the specific denomination There is a problem that work efficiency is deteriorated because the seeded coins must be frequently collected from the storage portion corresponding to the denomination. However, if the coins of all denominations are mixed and stored in the storage cassettes 35a to 35c, the recovery operation of the rose coins can be performed more efficiently.

  The rose coin depositing unit 30 is provided with a return box 38. Here, the loose coins temporarily held in the temporary holding units 34a, 34b, 34c are not necessarily sent to the corresponding storage cassettes 35a, 35b, 35c, but temporarily stored in the temporary holding units 34a, 34b, 34c. In some cases, the rose coins that are held by the customer are sent to the return box 38. In this case, the loose coins sent to the return box 38 are taken out by the operator.

  Next, the detail of a structure of the rose coin dispensing part 40 is demonstrated using FIG. The loose coin dispensing unit 40 has a function of taking out the loose coins stored for each denomination in the coin hoppers 41 a, 41 b, 41 c, 41 d provided inside the housing 11 to the outside of the housing 11. Yes. Each coin hopper section 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d can be manually loaded with a coin of any denomination as required by the operator.

  More specifically, the rose coin dispensing unit 40 includes a plurality of (for example, four) coin hopper portions 41a, 41b, 41c, and 41d provided for each denomination of rose coins, and these coin hopper portions 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, for example, a transfer unit 42 comprising a horizontal conveyor, a withdrawal determination unit 43 for determining withdrawal of the rose coins conveyed by the transport unit 42, and a coin Are provided with a rose coin outlet 44 and a reject box 45 for storing reject coins and the like.

  Each coin hopper section 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d is provided with a counting sensor (not shown), and is sent from each coin hopper section 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d to the transport section 42 by each counting sensor. Rose coins are counted. The loose coins sent from the coin hoppers 41 a, 41 b, 41 c, 41 d to the transport unit 42 are transported by the transport unit 42 and sent to the withdrawal determination unit 43. The rose coins determined to be normal rose coins by the withdrawal determining unit 43 are sent to the rose coin dispensing port 44. The loose coin dispensing port 44 is normally closed by a shutter (not shown), and when the operator commands the control unit 60 to open the shutter by the operation unit 62, the shutter is opened and the loose coin dispensing is performed. The rose coins accommodated in the coin opening 44 can be taken out in a lump. On the other hand, the loose coins that are determined to be reject coins by the withdrawal determination unit 43 are stored in the reject box 45. The reject box 45 is configured such that, for example, after the processing of money in a day is completed, the reject coins taken out from the housing 11 by the administrator and stored in the reject box 45 are collected. Instead of the reject box 45, a collection box that collects coins other than the reject coins may be provided.

  Next, the detail of a structure of the packaging coin dispensing part 50 is demonstrated using FIG. The wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 has a function of taking out the wrapping coins stored for each denomination in a plurality of (for example, seven) storage cassettes 51 a to 51 g provided inside the housing 11. doing.

  More specifically, the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 includes a plurality of (for example, seven) storage cassettes 51a to 51g each storing a plurality of wrapping coins for each denomination, and wrapping coins from each of the storage cassettes 51a to 51g. And a wrapping coin dispensing unit 53 that is fed one by one. The storage cassettes 51a to 51g can be manually loaded with bar metal coins of any denomination as required by the operator. Each of the storage cassettes 51a to 51g stores a plurality of wrapping coins so that the longitudinal direction of the wrapping coins extends in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. That is, in FIG. 5, the circles in the storage cassettes 51 a to 51 g indicate cross sections of the wrapping coins, and the wrapping coins extend in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 5. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 5, each storage cassette 51a-51g inclines slightly downward toward the wrapping coin throwing-out part 53, respectively, and the wrapping coin stored in these storage cassettes 51a-51g is self-weight. Therefore, it moves toward the packaging coin dispensing part 53.

  The wrapping coin dispensing unit 53 is configured to send wrapping coins one by one from each of the storage cassettes 51a to 51g. As shown in FIG. 5, the wrapping coin throwing-out part 53 moves up and down, and moves to each height level of the right end part of each storage cassette 51a-51g, and wraps from each storage cassette 51a-51g. Receive coins.

  Further, the storage cassettes 51a to 51g are provided with a scrutiny sensor unit 52 that moves along the horizontal direction of the storage cassettes 51a to 51g in FIG. The scrutinization sensor unit 52 performs identification of the denominations of bar metal coins stored in the storage cassettes 51a to 51g, detection of the number of bar metal coins stored in the storage cassettes 51a to 51g, and the like. Yes.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a shutter 54 is provided above the wrapping coin dispensing unit 53. The shutter 54 is normally closed, and when the operator commands the control unit 60 to open the shutter using the operation unit 62, the packaging coin dispensing unit 53 moves to the highest level position and the shutter. 54 opens, so that the operator can take out the wrapping coins accommodated in the wrapping coin dispensing unit 53.

  Based on various commands given by the operator to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62, the control unit 60 uses the loose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the loose coin depositing unit 30, the loose coin dispensing unit 40, and the wrapping coins. Each of the dispensing units 50 is controlled. The details of control of each component by the control unit 60 will be described later. Moreover, the control part 60 controls the display content in the display part 64, specifically, the display content, such as a money processing content and a processing result.

  In the operation unit 62, an operator can selectively input a deposit amount or an exchange amount. Further, the display unit 64 displays the deposit amount or exchange amount input by the operation unit 62. Here, the display unit 64 may further display an amount obtained by subtracting the deposit amount or the exchange amount input by the operation unit 62 from the amount of money taken into the housing 11 as the exchange amount or the deposit amount. You may be able to. Details of the display contents on the display unit 64 will be described later.

  The card reader 66 reads the ID card carried by the operator, and specifies the operator who will perform the operation (who will perform the operation from now on). The operator specific information obtained by the card reader 66 is sent to the control unit 60.

  As described above, the storage unit 68 connected to the control unit 60 stores various pieces of information related to money deposit processing and currency exchange processing for each operator. Specifically, the storage unit 68 stores information on whether to perform the deposit process or the exchange process first for each operator. In addition, in the storage unit 68, information related to one or a plurality of deposit amounts in the deposit process is stored for each operator, or information related to one or a plurality of exchange patterns is stored for each operator. There is also. Here, the exchange pattern means one or more exchange denominations in the exchange process and the quantity of money in each exchange denomination. The storage unit 68 may store a history of one or more past transactions for each operator.

  Next, operation | movement of the money processing apparatus 10 which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. In the money handling apparatus 10, loose banknotes and / or loose coins are taken into the housing 11, and then both the deposit process and the exchange process are performed on the money taken into the housing 11. It is like that. Here, the money depositing process is to store the rose banknotes and / or loose coins taken into the housing 11 by the loose banknote depositing and dispensing unit 20 and / or the loose coin depositing unit 30 in the housing 11. Refers to processing. In addition, the currency exchange process includes a rose bill and / or a rose coin having a denomination different from a rose bill and / or a rose coin taken into the housing 11 by the rose bill deposit / withdrawal unit 20 and / or the rose coin deposit unit 30. It refers to a process of dispensing (withdrawing) wrapping coins to the outside of the housing 11 by the bulk banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the bulk coin dispensing unit 40 and / or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50.

  Hereinafter, operation | movement of the money processing apparatus 10 is explained in full detail using the flowchart of FIG.

  First, an operator such as a customer causes the card reader 66 to read the ID card carried by him / her (see Step 1 in FIG. 6). The information read by the card reader 66 is sent to the control unit 60, and the control unit 60 identifies the operator who will perform the operation (who will perform the operation from now on).

  Next, when the operator commands the control unit 60 to open the shutter by the operation unit 62, the shutter (not shown) of the loose bill insertion slot 21 in the loose bill deposit / withdrawal unit 20 and the loose coin deposit unit 30. The shutter (not shown) of the loose coin slot 31 in FIG. Note that these shutters may be automatically opened when the card reader 66 reads the ID card carried by the operator. Then, the operator inserts the bulky banknotes into the bulky banknote slot 21 at the same time and batches the bulky coins into the bulky coin slot 31 (see Step 2 in FIG. 6). In addition, in a money_receiving | payment process, you may make it throw in only one of the rose banknotes and rose coins into a corresponding insertion slot.

  The loose bills inserted into the loose bill insertion slot 21 are finally stored in the respective storage cassettes 26a to 26d by denomination via the transport unit 22, the identification unit 23, and the temporary deposit cassette 25. Of the rose bills inserted into the rose bill insertion slot 21, reject banknotes are sent to the deposit rejection slot 27.

  On the other hand, the loose coins inserted into the loose coin insertion slot 31 are a rotating disk 32a, a scraping mechanism 33a, an identification unit 33b, a reject sorting unit 33c, each sorting unit 33d, 33e, 33f, and each temporary holding unit 34a, 34b, 34c is finally stored in each storage cassette 35a-35c by denomination. Of the coins inserted into the rose coin slot 31, the reject coins are sent from the reject sorting unit 33c to the return slot 36.

  When the above-described rose banknotes and coins are taken into the housing 11, the identification unit 23 identifies and counts the rose banknotes, and the identification unit 33b identifies and counts the rose coins. The identification result and the counting result of money by the identification units 23 and 33b are sent to the control unit 60. In this way, the control unit 60 can detect the amount of money taken into the housing 11. Further, the control unit 60 controls the display unit 64 so that the display unit 64 displays the number of deposits, the amount of money received, and the like for each denomination of money.

  Here, in the storage unit 68, when information on whether to perform the depositing process or the exchange process first is stored for each operator, the operator's information obtained by the card reader 66 and the control unit 60 is stored. Based on the specific information and the information stored in the storage unit 68, it is determined which of the deposit process or the exchange process is performed first (see Step 3 in FIG. 6). The storage unit 68 stores information corresponding to the operator when the card reader 66 does not read the ID card carried by the operator or when the card reader 66 identifies the operator. If not, the operator directly inputs the deposit amount or the exchange amount to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62. When the deposit amount is input, the deposit process is performed first, and when the exchange amount is input, the exchange process. Will be performed first (see Step 3 in FIG. 6). Further, even if the storage unit 68 does not store information on whether to perform the deposit process or the exchange process first for each operator, the operator can control the deposit amount or the exchange amount by the operation unit 62. When the input amount is input to 60 and the deposit amount is input, the deposit process is performed first, and when the exchange amount is input, the exchange process is performed first (see Step 3 in FIG. 6). Further, when the history of one or more past transactions for each operator is stored in the storage unit 68, the past transaction history is displayed on the display unit 64. Specifically, information indicating whether the deposit process or the exchange process is performed first in each transaction is displayed on the display unit 64. In this case, the operator can select either the deposit process or the exchange process first by the operation unit 62 by viewing the history of one or more past transactions.

  Hereinafter, a case where the deposit process is performed first, and then the exchange process is performed, and the case where the exchange process is performed first and then the deposit process is performed are respectively described.

  First, a case where the deposit process is performed first and then the exchange process is performed will be described. When information about one or a plurality of deposit amounts in the deposit process is stored for each operator in the storage unit 68 when the deposit process is performed for the first time, for each operator stored in the storage unit 68. Are displayed on the display unit 64. Here, when a plurality of deposit amounts are displayed on the display unit 64, the operator selects one deposit amount. Then, when the operator presses the confirmation key of the operation unit 62, the money deposit processing related to this deposit amount (the selected deposit amount when a plurality of deposit amounts are displayed on the display unit 64) is performed. This is automatically performed (see Step 4 in FIG. 6). On the other hand, if the storage unit 68 does not store the information related to the deposit amount in the deposit process for each operator, or stores the deposit amount information corresponding to the specified operator. If the amount of money that the operator wants to deposit is not stored in the storage unit 68, the operator inputs the amount of money directly to the control unit 60 through the operation unit 62. Become. Then, a money deposit process related to the deposit amount input to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62 is performed (see Step 4 in FIG. 6).

  After the deposit amount is fixed in the deposit process as described above or during the deposit process, the control unit 60 calculates the amount of money taken into the housing 11 for each operator stored in the storage unit 68. The exchange amount is calculated by subtracting the deposit amount or the deposit amount input to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62. Thereafter, the money related to the exchange amount is taken out from the housing 11 (see Step 5 in FIG. 6). At this time, in the storage unit 68, when information related to one or more exchange patterns in the exchange process is stored for each operator, one or more for each operator stored in the storage unit 68 is stored. The exchange pattern is displayed on the display unit 64. Here, when a plurality of exchange patterns are displayed on the display unit 64, the operator selects one exchange pattern. Then, when the operator presses the confirmation key of the operation unit 62, the currency of the exchange denomination in the exchange pattern displayed on the display unit 64 (when a plurality of exchange patterns are displayed on the display unit 64, The currency of the exchange pattern selected by the operator is automatically withdrawn from the bulk banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the bulk coin dispensing unit 40 or the packaged coin dispensing unit 50 by a predetermined quantity. On the other hand, in the storage unit 68, when the information related to the exchange pattern is not stored for each operator, or the information related to the exchange pattern corresponding to the specified operator is not stored in the storage unit 68. Alternatively, if the exchange pattern of money that the operator wants to exchange is not stored in the storage unit 68, the operator uses the operation unit 62 to change one or more currency denominations and money in each currency denomination. The information related to the quantity and the amount of money is directly input to the control unit 60. Alternatively, a predetermined exchange pattern may be registered in advance, and the operator may select this pre-registered exchange pattern. Then, the money of the exchange money type input to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62 is automatically sent from the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the loose coin dispensing unit 40 or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 by the amount or amount described above. Will be withdrawn. In this way, the exchange process is completed.

  As described above, in the storage unit 68, when information related to one or a plurality of exchange patterns in the exchange process is stored for each operator, 1 for each operator stored in the storage unit 68 is stored. Alternatively, a plurality of exchange patterns are displayed on the display unit 64. When the exchange pattern is displayed on the display unit 64, the inside of the loose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the loose coin dispensing unit 40, or the packaging coin dispensing unit 50. In consideration of the amount of bills and coins, only patterns that can be exchanged may be displayed and patterns that cannot be exchanged may not be displayed.

  In addition, when the operator directly inputs information on the amount of money in each exchange denomination to the control unit 60, the control unit 60 converts the money amount in each exchange denomination input directly into the number of money. The information on the number of coins may be displayed on the display unit 64.

  Further, when the operator directly inputs information relating to one or more money denominations and the quantity or amount of money in each money exchange type to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62, Considering the amount of banknotes and coins in the coin withdrawal unit 40 or the wrapping coin withdrawal unit 50, the amount of money in these withdrawal units 20, 40, 50 in each money exchange denomination is larger. It may not be possible to input the quantity of money.

  Next, a case where the currency exchange process is performed first and then the deposit process is performed will be described. At this time, in the storage unit 68, when information related to one or more exchange patterns in the exchange process is stored for each operator, one or more for each operator stored in the storage unit 68 is stored. The exchange pattern is displayed on the display unit 64. Here, when a plurality of exchange patterns are displayed on the display unit 64, the operator selects one exchange pattern. Then, when the operator presses the confirmation key of the operation unit 62, the currency of the exchange denomination in the exchange pattern displayed on the display unit 64 (when a plurality of exchange patterns are displayed on the display unit 64, The money of the money exchange denomination of the money change pattern selected by the operator is automatically withdrawn from the bulk banknote deposit / withdrawal part 20, the bulk coin withdrawal / payment part 40 or the packaged coin withdrawal part 50 by a predetermined quantity ( (See Step 6 in FIG. 6). On the other hand, in the storage unit 68, when information related to the exchange pattern is not stored for each operator, or when information related to the exchange pattern corresponding to the specified operator is not stored, or When the exchange pattern of money that the operator wants to exchange is not stored in the storage unit 68, the operator uses the operation unit 62 to change one or a plurality of exchange denominations and the quantity or amount of money in each exchange denomination. This information is directly input to the control unit 60. Alternatively, a predetermined exchange pattern may be registered in advance, and the operator may select this pre-registered exchange pattern. Then, the money of the exchange money type input to the control unit 60 by the operation unit 62 is automatically sent from the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the loose coin dispensing unit 40 or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 by the amount or amount described above. (See Step 6 in FIG. 6).

  After the exchange pattern in the exchange process as described above is confirmed or during the exchange process, the control unit 60 subtracts the exchange amount, which is the money withdrawal amount, from the amount of money taken into the housing 11. To calculate the deposit amount. After that, the money deposit process related to this deposit amount is performed. Specifically, the deposit amount calculated as described above in the control unit 60 is displayed on the display unit 64. Then, when the operator presses the confirmation key of the operation unit 62, the money depositing process related to the deposit amount is automatically performed (see Step 7 in FIG. 6). In this way, the deposit process is completed. In addition, when the deposit amount is displayed on the display unit 64, not all the money of the deposit amount is deposited, but the operator designates the deposit amount by the operation unit 62 and the money of the designated deposit amount. You may make it carry out payment processing and return other money.

  As described above, according to the money handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, banknotes and / or coins are taken into the housing 11 by the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20 and / or the loose coin depositing unit 30, and then the housing The control unit 60 causes the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the loose coin deposit / withdrawal unit 30, the loose coin dispenser 40 and the wrapping coins to perform both the deposit process and the exchange process for the money taken into the body 11. The dispensing unit 50 is controlled. As described above, after the currency made of banknotes or coins is taken into the housing 11, the money taken into the housing 11 is subjected to both the depositing process and the exchange process, thereby performing the housing process. It is possible to perform both the deposit process and the exchange process by performing the operation of taking money into the body 11 only once, and to shorten the processing time.

  Moreover, the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20 has the functions of both the rose banknote depositing unit and the rose banknote dispensing unit, takes in the rose banknotes from the outside of the housing 11 and identifies the fetched rose banknotes. Since the stored banknote can be taken out of the housing 11 while being stored inside the housing 11, the loose banknote depositing and dispensing unit 20 can recycle the bulk banknote. It is possible to deposit and withdraw banknotes efficiently.

  In addition, an operation unit 62 for selectively inputting the deposit amount or the exchange amount is provided, and the loose bills and / or the inside of the housing 11 by the loose bill deposit / withdrawal unit 20 and / or the loose coin deposit unit 30 is provided. When a loose coin is taken in and a deposit amount is input in the operation unit 62, a deposit process is performed for the money related to the input deposit amount, and a deposit amount is calculated from the amount of money stored in the housing 11. The money of the amount subtracted is taken out of the housing 11 by the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the rose coin dispensing unit 40, and / or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50, while the rose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20 and / or When a loose banknote and / or a loose coin is taken into the housing 11 by the bulk coin depositing unit 30 and an exchange amount is input in the operation unit 62, the inside of the housing 11 The deposit amount of the money obtained by subtracting the exchange amount from the stored amount of money is performed, and the money of the exchange amount is received by the rose banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 20, the rose coin dispensing unit 40, and / or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50. It comes out of the housing 11. For this reason, an operator such as a customer simply inputs one of the deposit amount or the exchange amount through the operation unit 62, and first performs either the deposit process or the exchange process, and then performs the other process. Will be able to.

  At this time, in the exchange process, one or more exchange denominations and the quantity and amount of money in each exchange denomination are input by the operation unit 62. The amount of money or the amount of money of the above-mentioned exchange money denominations, rose coins and / or wrapping coins input to the operation unit 62 by the unit 20, the rose coin dispensing unit 40, and / or the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 Therefore, the operator can easily select the money exchange denomination and the quantity and amount of money in the money exchange denomination.

  In addition, the money handling apparatus 10 by this invention is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added.

  For example, a rose banknote is taken into the inside from the outside of the housing 11, the taken-up rose banknote is identified and counted, and stored inside the housing 11, and the stored rose banknote is taken out of the housing 11. Instead of using the bulk paper money depositing / withdrawing part 20 that can be used, the bulk paper money is taken from the outside of the housing 11 into the inside, and the bulk paper money is recognized and counted and stored inside the housing 11. A depositing unit and a loose banknote depositing unit may be provided separately, and a loose banknote dispensing unit that takes out the bulky bills stored inside the housing 11 to the outside of the housing 11 may be used. In addition, in the loose banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 20 shown in FIG.

  Further, in the money handling apparatus 10 according to the present invention, the loose coin depositing unit 30 and the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 are not necessarily required, and one or both of the loose coin depositing unit 30 and the wrapping coin dispensing unit 50 are installed. May be omitted.

  Also, the rose coin depositing unit 30 and the rose coin dispensing unit 40 are of an integrated type, take in rose coins from the outside of the casing 11, identify and count the fetched rose coins, and enclose the casing. 11 and the stored coins can be taken out of the housing 11.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, instead of providing the storage unit 68 inside the housing 11, the storage unit 68 is omitted, and instead, an ID card carried by an operator such as a customer is credited for this operator. A storage unit may be provided in which various information related to processing and currency exchange processing is stored. Specifically, in the storage unit provided in the ID card carried by the operator, information on whether the deposit process or the exchange process is performed first, information on the deposit amount in the deposit process, or the exchange process Is stored in a storage unit provided on the ID card when the ID card is read by the card reader 66. The information may be read by the card reader 66, and this information may be sent to the control unit 60.

  Further, in the money handling apparatus 10 according to the present invention, the installation of the card reader 66 can be omitted. In this case, an operator such as a customer does not need to carry an ID card, and instead, the operator inputs a deposit amount or an exchange amount through the operation unit 62. Specifically, when the deposit amount is input in the operation unit 62 after the loose bills and / or loose coins are taken into the housing 11 by the loose bill deposit / withdrawal unit 20 and / or the loose coin deposit unit 30. Performs the deposit process of money related to the input deposit amount, and the money of the amount obtained by subtracting the deposit amount from the amount of money stored in the housing 11 is separated into the rose bill deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the rose coin withdrawal The part 40 and / or the wrapping coin dispensing part 50 is taken out of the housing 11. On the other hand, when the exchange amount is input in the operation unit 62 after the banknotes and / or coins are taken into the housing 11 by the loose banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20 and / or the loose coin depositing unit 30, the housing 11 Depositing / dispensing money of an amount obtained by subtracting the exchange amount from the amount of money stored in the inside of the bill, and depositing the money of the exchange amount into the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 20, the rose coin dispensing unit 40, and / or the wrapping coin dispensing The part 50 is taken out of the housing 11. As described above, an operator such as a customer simply inputs a deposit amount or an exchange amount into the operation unit 62, and first performs either the deposit process or the exchange process, and then performs the other process. Can be made.

  In addition, in the money handling apparatus 10 according to the present invention, the deposit amount, exchange amount, money exchange denomination and money amount and money in the money exchange denomination input by the operator to the control unit 60 are controlled by the operator. It may be stored as a processing history in the storage unit 68 connected to the unit 60 or a storage unit provided in the ID card. In this case, when the operator reads the ID card with the card reader 66 in the next process, the past history is displayed on the display unit 64, and the operator can perform one process from a plurality of processing contents related to the history. The content is selected, and the processing content is automatically performed by the control unit 60.

  Further, the card reader 66 is not necessarily provided in the money handling apparatus 10, and the card reader is provided separately from the money handling apparatus so that the card reader and the money handling apparatus are connected by wire or wireless communication. It may be.

Claims (10)

A money handling apparatus for processing money consisting of banknotes and coins,
A housing,
A banknote depositing unit that takes in banknotes from the outside of the casing, identifies and counts the captured banknotes, and stores the banknotes in the casing;
A banknote dispensing unit for taking out banknotes stored inside the casing to the outside of the casing;
A coin depositing unit that takes in coins from the outside of the casing, identifies and counts the captured coins, and stores the coins in the casing;
A coin dispensing unit for taking out coins stored in the housing to the outside of the housing;
Both banknote processing and currency exchange processing are performed on the banknotes and / or coins taken into the casing by the banknote depositing section and / or the coin depositing section, and then the money taken into the casing. A control unit for controlling the banknote depositing unit, the banknote dispensing unit, the coin depositing unit, and the coin dispensing unit;
An operation unit for selectively entering the deposit amount or exchange amount;
Equipped with a,
The control unit is input when a bill and / or coins are taken into the housing by the bill deposit unit and / or the coin deposit unit and a deposit amount is input in the operation unit. Performs deposit processing of money related to the deposit amount, and subtracts the deposit amount from the amount of money taken into the housing to exchange the bill withdrawal unit and / or the coin dispensing The money is taken out of the housing by the gold portion, and on the other hand, banknotes and / or coins are taken into the housing by the paper money depositing portion and / or the coin money receiving portion and the exchange amount is inputted in the operation portion. In this case, the money of the amount obtained by subtracting the amount of money exchanged from the amount of money taken into the inside of the casing is processed, and the money of the money exchange amount is transferred to the paper. Money handling apparatus according to claim <br/> that the dispensing unit and / or the coin dispensing unit performs control so as out to the outside of the housing. In the exchange process, the operation unit is configured to input one or a plurality of exchange denominations and the quantity or amount of money in each exchange denomination, and the control unit receives the exchange money input to the operation unit. The control is performed such that seed bills and / or coins are output to the outside by the bill withdrawal unit and / or the coin withdrawal unit for the input quantity or amount. The money handling apparatus according to 1. Money handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a display unit for displaying the amount of payment and / or exchange amount input by the operation unit. The display unit displays an amount obtained by subtracting a deposit amount or an exchange amount input by the operation unit from an amount of money taken into the housing, as an exchange amount or a deposit amount. Item 4. The money handling apparatus according to item 3 . Storage unit that stores information related to money deposit or exchange processing
Further comprising
The storage unit stores, for each operator, information on whether to perform the deposit process or the exchange process first,
Based on the information stored in the storage unit, the control unit causes the money taken into the housing to perform either one of a deposit process or a currency exchange process first, Control is performed so that the other amount of money is subtracted from the amount of money that has been subjected to deposit processing or exchange processing from the amount of money taken into the bill. Item 5. A money handling apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 4 . The storage unit stores information on one or more deposit amounts in the deposit process for each operator.
When the depositing process is performed , the control unit performs a depositing process of one deposit amount selected from one or a plurality of deposit amounts stored in the storage unit with respect to the money taken into the housing. 6. The money handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein control is performed. In the storage unit, one or more information related to the exchange pattern including one or a plurality of exchange denominations in the exchange process and the quantity of money in each exchange denomination is stored for each operator.
When the control unit performs the exchange process, the currency denomination in one exchange pattern selected from one or a plurality of exchange patterns stored in the storage unit for the money taken into the housing. 6. The money handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein control is performed so that a predetermined amount of banknotes and / or coins are output to the outside of the housing in an amount stored in the storage unit. An operator specifying means for specifying operator information;
When the operator information is specified by the operator specifying means, the amount of money actually received in the deposit process, the exchange amount in the exchange process, the exchange denomination, and the money in the exchange denomination are stored in the storage unit. 8. The money handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the quantities is stored as a processing history for each operator. 9. 9. The money handling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the operator specifying means comprises a card reader, and the card reader reads an ID card carried by the operator. . 10. The money handling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the storage unit is provided in an ID card carried by an operator.

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