JP5606944B2 - Deposit machine guidance system and deposit machine reservation guidance system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a system provided with a plurality of depositing machines that are shared by a plurality of stores and are installed outside the stores and deposits the sales of the stores. The present invention relates to a technique for guiding a machine or guiding a deposit machine that can make a deposit reservation from among these deposit machines.

  One of the services provided by the security transport company is a cash deposit machine sales management service (CSD (Cash Safety Delivery) service).

  In this CSD service, a deposit machine is installed in a contract store, a clerk in the contract store inputs the sales amount into the deposit machine, and a security officer in charge of the security transport company manages the cash of the deposit machine.

  On the other hand, in department stores, etc., there are a plurality of stores, and in order to be shared by the plurality of stores, a plurality of deposit machines are inside the department store and are outside the tenant area where the stores are located. (This area is sometimes called "backyard").

  In a system having a plurality of depositing machines installed in such a department store or the like, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 14, sales are closed at a store in the department store in (1), and in (2), The store clerk brings the sales (cash) of the store that day to the place where the deposit machine is located in the backyard.

  Then, in (3), the store clerk causes the deposit machine to read the information on the deposit card issued for each store, identifies the store with the deposit machine, and inputs the store sales to the deposit machine. To do.

  The above (1) to (3) are processes performed on the store side. On the other hand, in (4), the security officer of the security transportation company collects cash (banknotes and coins) deposited from each depositing machine at regular time intervals, for example, and transports the security.

  Thus, when installing a plurality of deposit machines in a department store or the like, the following problems arise.

  First, as the first problem, when the store clerk tried to bring the cashier's sales to the deposit machine to deposit money, there was not enough capacity to deposit the amount of sales brought into the deposit cassette of the deposit machine ( Because the deposit cassette has insufficient remaining capacity), it is not possible to deposit with that deposit machine, and it receives the amount of money (such as banknotes) equivalent to the sales returned from the deposit machine, and goes to another deposit machine to perform deposit again. There are unfavorable situations in terms of work efficiency. Although the first problem can be solved by displaying the remaining capacity of the deposit cassette, from the viewpoint of security, the remaining capacity of the deposit cassette is not displayed in order to reduce theft risk.

  Also, as a second problem, if the clerk brought the cashier's sales to the deposit machine and the clerk of another store was already working at the deposit machine, the clerk who brought the cashier's sales There is an unfavorable situation in terms of work efficiency in which it is necessary to keep waiting on the spot. In addition, it is not desirable from the viewpoint of security that salesclerks of different stores meet each other in front of one depositing machine. However, since there is currently no way to know when and where the deposit machine is available (unmanned), there is a situation where the risk of the store clerk who goes to the deposit machine cannot be controlled.

  As a peripheral technology, Patent Document 1 discloses a sales data management system. In this system, a plurality of registers and a deposit machine are installed in each of a plurality of stores of a certain company. And the server machine of the management department of the company can confirm the cash amount of each depositing machine by accessing the receiving server of the information providing company connected to the depositing machine of each store through the communication network.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a collection and delivery security cash management system. In this system, a deposit machine installed in a store and a center for deposit processing are connected through a communication line, and the deposit machine counts cash and transmits deposit data to the center.

  However, both of the technologies of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are systems shared by a plurality of stores and installed outside the stores, and a system including a plurality of depositing machines that deposit sales of stores. , Is not assumed.

JP 2003-308375 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-016691

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and includes a plurality of depositing machines that are shared by a plurality of stores and are installed outside the stores to deposit the sales of the stores. It is a first object of the present invention to provide a depositing machine guidance system and a depositing machine reservation guidance system capable of avoiding re-doing of the depositing operation to the depositing machine due to a shortage of the deposit cassette remaining capacity.

  In addition, the present invention is a system provided with a plurality of depositing machines that are shared by a plurality of stores and installed outside the stores and deposits the sales of the stores. It is a second object of the present invention to provide a depositing machine reservation guide system that enables each store clerk who has brought to meet in front of one depositing machine.

The proposed depositing machine guidance system includes a plurality of depositing machines and a plurality of depositing machine guidance terminals for guiding a depositing machine capable of depositing from the plurality of depositing machines via a depositing machine management server. It is a connected system. The depositing machine management server stores depositing information from a depositing machine guide terminal of the storage unit storing the depositing machine balance information having a depositable balance for each depositing machine and the plurality of depositing machine guide terminals. One or more deposits that can deposit the planned deposit amount from the plurality of depositing machines based on the depositing machine balance information when receiving a search request for a depositing machine that can accept deposits with a specified amount. and selecting a machine, e Bei and a acceptable deposit machine selection unit to be transmitted to the requester of the deposit machine guiding terminal, wherein the storage unit, charger guiding said plurality of deposit machine that deposit machine for each terminal The order information close to the deposit machine indicating the order close to the installation location of the guide terminal is stored, and the acceptable deposit machine selection unit arranges information of one or more deposit machines that can deposit the expected deposit amount in the order of closeness, Sent to the requesting machine information terminal, and The original deposit machine guide terminal displays the deposit machine based on the acceptable charger the charger of information transmitted from the selection unit sequentially close said.

The proposed deposit machine reservation guidance system is a system in which a plurality of deposit machine reservation terminals and a plurality of deposit machines are connected via a deposit machine reservation management server. And the said deposit machine reservation management server memorize | stored the deposit machine balance information which has the depositable balance for every deposit machine, and the deposit machine reservation information which has a reservation time slot | zone and the scheduled deposit amount for every deposit machine. When the storage unit receives a search request for a depositing machine that accepts a deposit that specifies a planned deposit amount from one of the plurality of depositing machine reservation terminals, the depositing machine balance information and Based on the deposit machine reservation information, select one or more deposit machines that can deposit the planned deposit amount from the plurality of deposit machines, avoiding each reservation time zone of the deposit machine reservation information, e Bei and a acceptable deposit machine selection unit to be transmitted to the requester of the deposit machine reservation terminal, the storage unit, the plurality of deposit machine for each deposit machine guidance terminal location of the deposit machine guide device Memorize the close order information of the deposit machine showing the close order The accepting deposit machine selection unit arranges information of one or more deposit machines that are selected to avoid each reservation time zone of the deposit machine reservation information and can deposit the expected deposit amount in the order of closeness, and requests the request. The depositing machine reservation terminal of the requesting source displays the depositing machines based on the information on the depositing machine transmitted from the acceptable depositing machine selection unit in the order of closeness.

  In the proposed deposit machine guidance system, the accepting deposit machine selection unit can deposit the planned deposit amount specified from multiple deposit machines based on the deposit machine balance information with the deposit available balance for each deposit machine. One or more deposit machines are selected. By going to one of the selected deposit machines and depositing the deposit machine there, it is possible to avoid redoing the depositing work to the deposit machine due to insufficient deposit cassette remaining capacity, or at least deposit The risk of redoing work can be reduced.

  In the proposed deposit machine reservation guidance system, the accepting deposit machine selection unit has the deposit machine balance information having the deposit available balance for each deposit machine, and the reservation time zone and the scheduled deposit amount for each deposit machine. Based on the deposit machine reservation information, one or more deposit machines that can deposit the specified deposit amount from a plurality of deposit machines are selected avoiding each reservation time zone of the deposit machine reservation information. . By reserving one of the selected deposit machines and depositing the reserved deposit machine at the scheduled time, it is possible to avoid re-doing the deposit operation due to insufficient deposit cassette remaining capacity. Each store clerk who brought the store sales can be prevented from meeting in front of one deposit machine.

It is a figure which shows the reservation operation method of the deposit machine in the system of this invention provided with the some deposit machine which deposits the sales of a store shared by a some store. It is a figure which shows the external appearance (front view) and example of a display screen of a deposit machine reservation terminal. It is a figure which shows the deposit machine reservation guidance system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the various data which a deposit machine has. It is a figure which shows the data structure of reservation search DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of deposit machine reservation information DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the various message | telegrams exchanged between a deposit machine reservation terminal, a deposit machine reservation management server, and a deposit machine. It is a flowchart (first half) of the guidance process of the deposit machine which can be reserved of this embodiment. It is a flowchart (latter half) of the guidance process of the deposit machine which can be reserved of this embodiment. It is a detailed flowchart of step S9 of FIG. 8A. It is a figure which shows the conventional operating method of the system provided with the some deposit machine which deposits the sales of a store shared by several stores.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a reservation operation method for a depositing machine in the system of the present invention including a plurality of depositing machines that are used by a plurality of stores and deposits the sales of the store.

  The depositing machine reservation guidance system of the present invention includes a depositing machine reservation terminal (in FIG. 1, there is a depositing machine reservation terminal 1 in a store in a department store) in a commercial facility containing a plurality of stores such as a department store. In addition, in the backyard outside the tenant area where a plurality of stores are located, a plurality of deposit machines shared by the plurality of stores (in FIG. 1, three deposit machines 8-1, 8-2, 8-3). Have).

The deposit machine reservation management server 6 receives deposit machines 8-1 and 8 through a LAN (Local Area Network) 7.
-2 and 8-3, and connected to the deposit machine reservation terminal 1 in the store via a wired or wireless network (not shown).

  In order to efficiently deposit sales to the depositing machine, the store clerk operates the depositing machine reservation terminal 1 to make a work reservation for the depositing machine. The processing method will be described below.

  First, in (1), the store clerk passes a deposit card (not shown) through the deposit machine reservation terminal 1, so that the deposit card No. stored as data in the deposit card is displayed. Is read into the deposit machine reservation terminal 1. Further, the clerk inputs the sales on that day as a scheduled deposit amount to the deposit machine reservation terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overview (front view) of the deposit machine reservation terminal 1 and a display screen example. As shown in FIG. 2, the deposit machine reservation terminal 1 has an operation screen (touch panel) 2. By passing a deposit card (not shown) through the card reader 4, data (deposit card No.) of the deposit card (not shown) is read into the deposit machine reservation terminal 1. Further, the clerk inputs the sales on that day as a scheduled deposit amount to the deposit machine reservation terminal 1. The deposit machine reservation terminal 1 exchanges data with the deposit machine reservation management server 6 through the wireless LAN 3. The operation screen 11 in FIG. 2 is an example of an input screen for a scheduled deposit amount.

  In FIG. 1, continued (2), the depositing machine reservation terminal 1 notifies the depositing machine reservation management server 6 of the deposit scheduled terminal code and the scheduled deposit amount.

  Receiving machine reservation management server 6 which received this notification, in (3), the status (acceptable amount etc.) of all the depositing machines (in FIG. 1, depositing machines 8-1, 8-2, 8-3). Inquire and select a deposit machine that can accept the planned deposit amount.

  Then, in (4), the deposit machine reservation management server 6 transmits to the deposit machine reservation terminal 1 a list of deposit machines that can accept the deposit expected amount obtained as a result of the selection process in (3).

  The depositing machine reservation terminal 1 that has received the list of depositing machines that can be reserved from the depositing machine reservation management server 6 displays the list of depositing machines on the operation screen 12 as shown in FIG. In (5), when the store clerk presses the button of the deposit machine to be operated from the operation screen 12 of the deposit machine reservation terminal 1, the reservation for the deposit machine is performed. When there is no depositing machine that can be reserved, a screen display as shown in the operation screen 13 of FIG. 2 is performed, for example.

  In (6), a deposit machine reservation request is made from the deposit machine reservation terminal 1 to the deposit machine reservation management server 6.

  Upon receiving the deposit machine reservation request, the deposit machine reservation management server 6 notifies the work reservation to the deposit machine included in the request in (7).

  In (8), the depositing machine (the depositing machine 8-1 in FIG. 1) that has received the work reservation notification updates the work reservation status.

  On the other hand, when the clerk who has made the reservation comes to the work reservation time, in (9), he goes to the reserved deposit machine and uses the deposit card to receive the deposit card No. The depositing machine is made to read the sales proceeds.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a deposit machine reservation guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The deposit machine reservation guide system of this embodiment is installed in a commercial facility such as a department store.

As shown in FIG. 3, the deposit machine reservation guidance system is installed in the backyard with n deposit machine reservation terminals 1-1, ..., 1-n installed in each store in the tenant area. , 8-m and the deposit machine reservation management server 6.

  The n depositing machine reservation terminals 1-1,..., 1-n and the depositing machine reservation management server 6 are connected by a wireless network (wireless LAN 3), and the m depositing machines 8-1,. The 8-m and the deposit machine reservation management server 6 are connected by a LAN 7.

  The depositing machine 8-1 has a depositing machine status information 21, a depositing machine reservation information 22, a memory storing various setting information 23, an own machine status information transmitting unit 24, a reservation information updating unit 25, and an external I / F 26.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the deposit machine state information 21 includes the following items: depositable balance amount: P, actual deposit total amount, total amount including planned deposit (R): R, and expected deposit work completion time. The deposit machine reservation information 22 includes a reservation start time, a reservation end time, a payment card No. , And the deposit reservation amount. The various setting information 23 includes items of a deposit machine number (payment machine code), a depositable upper limit amount: Q, and a deposit work expected time. In addition, there is a relationship of P = Q−R between the balance amount that can be deposited: P, the maximum amount that can be deposited: Q, and the total amount that includes the plan: R. Amount: P is calculated. Further, the total amount including the plan: R is obtained by adding the total amount reserved for payment to the total amount of actual deposit.

  The own machine status information transmission unit 24 in FIG. 3 refers to the deposit machine status information 21 and various setting information 23 in response to a request (status notification request) from the deposit machine reservation management server 6, and the deposit machine code of the own machine. Then, the deposit machine status information (payment machine status reply message described later) including the depositable balance amount is created and transmitted to the deposit machine reservation management server 6 through the external I / F 26.

  When the reservation information update unit 25 receives reservation information (payment machine reservation message described later) indicating that the own machine has been reserved from the deposit machine reservation management server 6, the reservation information update unit 25 adds the contents of the reservation information to the deposit machine reservation information 22. Then, the corresponding part of the deposit machine state information 21 is changed. That is, the total amount including the plan: R is increased by the planned deposit amount in the received reservation information, and the depositable balance amount: P is updated by the above formula. When these processes are completed normally, information (payment reservation completion message described later) indicating that the reservation is successful is transmitted to the deposit machine reservation management server 6.

  In addition, the reservation information update unit 25 deletes the corresponding part of the deposit machine reservation information 22 when the reserved deposit operation is completed for the deposit reservation, and re-schedules the total amount including the plan: R, the actual deposit total amount, etc. calculate.

  In addition, each deposit machine side uses other than the user identification information (payment card No.) used at the time of reservation in each reservation time zone (reservation start time, reservation end time) of the deposit machine reservation information 22. A user authentication unit (not shown) for disabling is provided.

  In FIG. 3, the deposit machine reservation management server 6 includes a reservation search DB 31, a deposit machine reservation information DB 32, a reservation search DB update unit 33, a reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34, a deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35, and a deposit. It has an I / F 36 between machine reservation terminals and an I / F 37 between deposit machines.

  The reservation search DB 31 is data in which the combination of the deposit machine code and the depositable balance amount is arranged in the order from the deposit machine reservation terminal in the order closer to the installation location of the deposit machine reservation terminal after the deposit machine reservation terminal code (reservation). The search DB 31 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The depositing machine reservation information DB 32 is variable-length data having a reservation time zone and a scheduled deposit amount for each depositing machine (the depositing machine reservation information DB 32 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5).

  The reservation search DB update unit 33 requests all the deposit machines under its control to transmit status information (payable balance) (sends a status notification request message described later), and responds to the request. The corresponding part of the reservation search DB 31 is updated using the status information received from each deposit machine as a response.

  Based on the reservation search DB 31 and the deposit machine reservation information DB 32, the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 reserves at least one deposit machine capable of depositing the designated scheduled deposit amount at each deposit machine. The information of the one or more deposit machines is transmitted to the deposit machine reservation terminal that is the transmission source of the search request.

  The deposit machine reservation information DB updating unit 35 adds a reservation entered for a new deposit machine to the record (row) of the deposit machine in the deposit machine reservation information DB 32. Then, the reservation contents are notified to the deposit machine.

  Next, tables and various electronic messages in which data examples are set will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. Prior to that, description methods in these data examples will be described. That is, in these data examples, the deposit machine reservation terminal is indicated by “Y”, the deposit machine reservation management server is indicated by “S”, and the deposit machine is indicated by “N”.

  For example, “Y1001” indicates the 1001 deposit machine reservation terminal. “N3001” indicates a depositing machine No. 3001.

FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the reservation search DB.
As shown in FIG. 5, the reservation search DB 31 includes a deposit machine reservation terminal code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters), a deposit machine code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters) and a depositable balance amount (here, A combination of 8 digits) has a data structure in which the number of depositing machines is arranged in the order closer to the installation location of the depositing machine reservation terminal.

  This reservation search DB 31 includes a deposit machine balance information having a depositable balance for each deposit machine, and a plurality of deposit machines for each deposit machine reservation terminal arranged in order from the place where the deposit machine reservation terminal is installed. It can be said that the data has a reduced redundancy.

FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the deposit machine reservation information DB.
As shown in FIG. 6, the deposit machine reservation information DB 32 is variable-length data having a reservation time zone and a scheduled deposit amount for each deposit machine as many as the number of reservations.

  This depositing machine reservation information DB 32 includes a depositing machine code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters), a reservation order (here, 2 digits), and a reservation start time (here, 4 digits ("1800" etc.)). ), Reservation end time (here, 4 digits), payment card No. This is data in which a combination of (here 5 alphanumeric characters) and reservation amount (= scheduled deposit amount, here 8 digits) is the number of reservations in the depositing machine.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of various messages exchanged between the deposit machine reservation terminal, the deposit machine reservation management server, and the deposit machine.

In the data example of FIG. 7, the message code of the message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation terminal to the deposit machine reservation management server has a format of “YS ***” (*** is a three-digit number). The message code of the message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation management server to the deposit machine has a format of “SN ***” (*** is a three-digit number). The message code of the message transmitted from the depositing machine to the depositing machine reservation management server has a format of “NS ***” (*** is a three-digit number). The message code of the message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation management server to the deposit machine reservation terminal has a format of “SY ***” (*** is a three-digit number).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the deposit machine reservation search request message 41 is a message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation terminal to the deposit machine reservation management server 6, and is a message code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters, “YS001 And the deposit machine reservation terminal code (here, five digits) and the reservation amount (= scheduled deposit amount, here, eight digits).

  The status notification request message 42 is broadcast from the deposit machine reservation management server to all the deposit machines under its control, and includes a message code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters and a value of “SN002”), Have only.

  The depositing machine status reply message 43 is a message transmitted from the depositing machine to the depositing machine reservation management server 6, and is a message code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters and having a value of “NS003”), a depositing machine code. (Here, 5 alphanumeric characters) and depositable balance amount (here, 8 digits).

  The reservation candidate message 44 is a message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation management server 6 to the deposit machine reservation terminal. After the message code (here, it is five alphanumeric characters and has a value of “SY005”), Deposit machine code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters), reservation order (here, 2 digits), reservation start time (here, 4 digits ("1800" etc.)), reservation end time (here, numbers) 4 digits) has a format that lasts as many as the number of deposit machines selected to accept the expected deposit amount.

  The reservation message 45 is a message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation terminal to the deposit machine reservation management server 6, and includes a message code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters and a value of “YS007”), a deposit machine code ( Here, 5 alphanumeric characters), reservation order (here, 2 digits), reservation start time (here, 4 digits), reservation end time (here, 4 digits), payment card No. (Here, 5 alphanumeric characters) and reservation amount (= scheduled deposit amount, here, 8 digits).

  The deposit machine reservation message 46 is a message transmitted from the deposit machine reservation management server 6 to the deposit machine, and includes a message code (in this case, five alphanumeric characters and a value of “SN008”), a reservation order (here 2 digits), reservation start time (here, 4 digits), reservation end time (here, 4 digits), payment card No. (Here, 5 alphanumeric characters) and reservation amount (= scheduled deposit amount, here, 8 digits).

  The deposit reservation unavailable message 47 is broadcast from the deposit machine reservation management server to all the deposit machine reservation terminals under its control, and has a message code (here, 5 alphanumeric characters and a value of “SY009”). ) Only. This message is used when the deposit machine cannot be used on the system.

  The deposit reservation completion message 48 is a message transmitted from the deposit machine to the deposit machine reservation management server 6, and includes a message code (here, five alphanumeric characters and a value “NS010”), a deposit machine code ( Here, it has items of 5 digits of alphanumeric characters, reservation order (here, 2 digits), reservation start time (here, 4 digits), and reservation end time (here, 4 digits).

FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are flowcharts of the guidance process of the depositable depositing machine of the present embodiment.
The processing of this flowchart is performed by the deposit machine reservation management server 6 of FIG.

  In step S1 of FIG. 8A, the reservation search DB update unit 33 receives a deposit machine search request (payment machine reservation search request message 41 in FIG. 7) from the deposit machine reservation terminal by specifying a planned deposit amount. It is determined whether or not.

  The determination process of step S1 continues while a request for a deposit machine that can be deposited is not received from the deposit machine reservation terminal in step S1.

  If it is determined in step S1 that a request for depositing a depositing machine is received from the depositing machine reservation terminal (if the determination result in step S1 is YES), all subordinates are determined in step S2. A status notification request (status notification request message 42 in FIG. 7) is transmitted (broadcast) to the depositing machines (in FIG. 3, m depositing machines 8-1,..., 8-m).

  Upon receipt of this status notification, the depositing machine side refers to the depositing machine status information 21 and various setting information 23 by the own machine status information transmission unit 24 in FIG. Is received and sent to the deposit machine reservation management server 6.

In step S3 following step S2 in FIG. 8A, the reservation search DB update unit 33 determines whether or not the deposit machine state information (payment machine status reply message 43 in FIG. 7) has been received.
While the deposit machine status information is not received in step S3, the determination process in step S3 continues.

  If it is determined in step S3 that the deposit machine status reply message has been received, the reservation search DB 31 is updated with the received deposit machine status reply message in step S4. Specifically, the depositable balance amount at the next position of all deposit machine codes corresponding to the received deposit machine status reply message in the reservation search DB 31 is received, and the received deposit machine status reply message is deposited. Replace with possible balance amount.

In step S5, the reservation search DB update unit 33 determines whether or not the deposit machine status information has been received from all the deposit machines.
If it is determined in step S5 that all the deposit machine state information has not been received (if the determination result in step S5 is NO), the process returns to step S3.

  If it is determined in step S5 that all the deposit machine state information has been received (if the determination result in step S5 is YES), control is transferred from the reservation search DB update unit 33 to the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34. In step S6, the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 performs variable initialization (variable for counting the number of deposit machines m = 1, variable P = 1 indicating the number of deposit machines that can be accepted).

  In subsequent step S7, the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 refers to the data of the deposit machine reservation terminal code corresponding to the deposit reservation terminal code of the deposit machine reservation search request message received in step S1 of the reservation search DB 31. The depositable balance of the deposit machine closest to the requesting deposit machine reservation terminal is acquired.

  In step S8, the depositable balance information of the m-th depositing machine acquired in step S7 is received from the reservation candidate depositing machine information output unit 34 (payment) from the reservation amount of the depositing machine reservation search request message received in step S1. It is determined whether or not the balance is large (payable balance> reservation amount?).

  If it is determined in step S8 that the depositable balance is equal to or less than the reservation amount (if the determination result in step S8 is NO), the process proceeds to step S11.

  If it is determined in step S8 that the depositable balance is larger than the reservation amount (if the determination result in step S8 is YES), the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 refers to the deposit machine reservation information DB 32 in step S9. Thus, a reservation available time zone after the current time of the processing target depositing machine (the depositing machine that acquired the depositable balance in step S7) is extracted. This extraction method will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In subsequent step S10, the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34, when the reservation available time zone can be extracted in step S9, for the deposit machine to be processed, the deposit machine code, the reservation order, the reservation available time zone (reservation start time (Reservation end time) is set in the reservation candidate message 44 of FIG. 7, and a variable P indicating the number of acceptable deposit machines is incremented.

  In step S11, the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 increments the number m of the deposit machine number counting variable, and in step S12, whether or not the variable m is larger than the number n of deposit machines installed in the system ( m> n?) is determined. If the variable m is equal to or less than the number of depositing machines n installed in the system in step S12 (if the determination result in step S12 is NO), the depositable balance has not yet been checked for all depositing machines, so step S7 Return and continue processing.

  If the variable m is larger than the number n of deposit machines installed in the system in step S12 (when the determination result in step S12 is YES), the reservation candidate message 44 generated at that time is displayed in step S13 of FIG. 8B. It transmits to the deposit machine reservation terminal of the request origin of step S1. Thereafter, control is transferred from the reservation candidate deposit machine information output unit 34 to the deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35.

  On the requesting deposit machine reservation terminal side that has received the reservation candidate message 44, one of the one or more deposit machines included in the reservation candidate message 44 as candidates is displayed on the operation screen. Then, the selection result is transmitted to the deposit machine reservation management server 6 as a reservation message 45 in FIG.

  On the other hand, on the deposit machine reservation management server 6 side, in step S14, the deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35 determines whether a reservation request (reservation telegram 45) has been received.

  While the reservation request is not received in step S14 (while the determination result in step S14 is NO), the determination process in step S14 continues.

  If it is determined in step S14 that the reservation request has been received (if the determination result in step S14 is YES), in step S15, the deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35 determines the deposit machine reservation information based on the contents of the reservation request. DB32 is updated. More specifically, the reservation start time, reservation end time, and payment card No. of the reservation message received in step 14 in the deposit machine reservation information DB 32. The reservation amount is added to the deposit machine reservation information DB 32.

  In step S16, the deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35 transmits the updated reservation information (payment machine reservation message 46 in FIG. 7) to the deposit machine whose reservation information has been updated in step S15. The depositing machine that has received the reservation information adds the contents of the reservation information to the depositing machine reservation information 22 and changes the corresponding part of the depositing machine status information 21. That is, the total amount including the plan: R is increased by the planned deposit amount in the received reservation information, and the depositable balance amount: P is updated by the above formula. When these processes are completed normally, information (payment reservation completion message described later) indicating that the reservation is successful is transmitted to the deposit machine reservation management server 6.

  In step S17, the deposit machine reservation information DB update unit 35 determines whether or not an update success notification (payment reservation completion message 48 in FIG. 7) has been received from the deposit machine that transmitted the reservation information in step S16.

  While the update success notification is not received from the deposit machine in step S17 (while the determination result in step S17 is NO), the determination process in step S17 continues.

  If it is determined in step S17 that an update success notification has been received from the depositing machine (if the determination result in step S17 is YES), in step S18, the depositing machine reservation information DB updating unit 35 determines the depositing machine that is the reservation request transmission source. The reservation terminal is notified of the reservation completion.

FIG. 9 is a detailed flowchart of step S9 in FIG. 8A.
In step S21 of FIG. 9, a predetermined time zone closest to the current time after the current time (here, 15 minutes is a time required for the depositing operation with the depositing machine) is set as a reservation candidate time zone. For example, when the time zone is set to 00-14, 15-29, 30-44, 45-59 at 15 minute intervals, and the current time is 17:58 minutes, the time zone closest to the current time is From 18:00 to 18:14, this time zone (a set of start time and end time) is set as a reservation candidate time zone.

  In subsequent step S22, with reference to the deposit machine reservation information DB 32, the record (line) of the deposit machine reservation information DB 32 corresponding to the deposit machine (pay machine code) to be processed in step S9 in FIG. Check if there is a reservation for the same time period.

  With reference to the check result of step S22, in the subsequent step S23, if there is a reservation in the same time zone as the reservation candidate time zone, in step S24, the reservation candidate time zone is advanced by a fixed time (here, 15 minutes). Then, the next predetermined time zone is set as the reservation candidate time zone, and the process returns to step S22 to continue the processing.

  If there is no reservation in the same time zone as the reservation candidate time zone in step S23, the current reservation candidate time zone is determined as a reservation available time zone in step S25.

  As described above, in the deposit machine reservation guidance system according to the present embodiment, the deposit machine balance information having the depositable balance for each deposit machine, and the reservation time zone and the scheduled deposit amount are included for each deposit machine. Based on the reservation search DB 31 and the deposit machine reservation information DB 32 including the deposit machine reservation information, one or more deposit machines that can deposit the specified deposit amount from a plurality of deposit machines are reserved for the above deposit machine. The information is selected avoiding each reservation time slot. By reserving one of the selected deposit machines and depositing it to the reserved deposit machine, it is possible to avoid redoing the deposit operation to the deposit machine due to a shortage of the remaining capacity of the deposit cassette. It is possible to avoid each store clerk who has been brought in front of one deposit machine.

  Further, in the deposit machine reservation guidance system of the present embodiment, the reservation search DB 31 displays the order information close to the deposit machine in which the plurality of deposit machines are arranged in the order closer to the installation location of the deposit machine reservation terminal for each deposit machine reservation terminal. In addition, one or more deposit machines that can deposit the specified planned deposit amount can be displayed side by side in the order closest to the deposit machine reservation terminal that is the source of the search request, and the deposit process to the deposit machine This makes it possible to further reduce the time and trouble of depositing.

  Furthermore, when there is no deposit machine capable of depositing the planned deposit amount, it is possible to select two or more units, which is excellent in convenience.

Further, in the above description, not only one or more deposit machines that can deposit the designated deposit scheduled amount are selected, but reservations are also made. This is convenient because it is possible to securely deposit with the scheduled deposit machine at the scheduled time. However, one or more deposit machines that can deposit the specified planned deposit amount are sent from the sender of the search request. It may be made to function as a deposit machine guidance system only presented to the deposit machine reservation terminal. In this case, the deposit machine reservation terminals 1-1,..., 1-n in FIG. 3 are provided so that a search request execution mode without a reservation can be selected in addition to a search request execution mode with a normal reservation. When the user (store clerk) makes a search request without a reservation from the deposit machine reservation terminal, the deposit reservation management server 6 side that has received the search request without the reservation displays the depositable balance for each deposit machine. Based on the reservation search DB 31 including the deposit machine balance information, one or more deposit machines capable of depositing the designated deposit amount are selected from a plurality of deposit machines and presented to the deposit machine reservation terminal side. . Even in this method, by going to one of the selected deposit machines and depositing the deposit machine there, it is possible to avoid re-paying the deposit machine due to insufficient deposit cassette remaining capacity. Alternatively, at least the risk of redoing the depositing work can be reduced.

1, 1-1, ..., 1-n Deposit machine reservation terminal 2, 11, 12, 13 Operation screen 3 Wireless LAN
4 Card reader 6 Deposit machine reservation management server 7 LAN
8-1, 8-2, 8-3,..., 8-m Deposit machine 21 Deposit machine status information 22 Deposit machine reservation information 23 Various setting information 24 Own machine status information transmission unit 25 Reserved information update unit 26 External I / F
31 Reservation search DB
32 Deposit machine reservation information DB
33 Reservation Search DB Update Unit 34 Reservation Candidate Deposit Machine Information Output Unit 35 Deposit Machine Reservation Information DB Update Unit 36 I / F between Deposit Machine Reservation Terminals
37 I / F between deposit machines
41 Deposit machine reservation search request message 42 Status notification request message 43 Deposit machine status reply message 44 Reservation candidate message 45 Reservation message 46 Deposit machine reservation message 47 Deposit reservation impossible message 48 Deposit reservation completion message

Claims (4)

Guide a plurality of depositing machines and a depositing machine capable of depositing from among the plurality of depositing machines,
In a deposit machine guidance system in which a plurality of deposit machine guidance terminals are connected via a deposit machine management server,
The deposit machine management server
A storage unit storing deposit machine balance information having a depositable balance for each deposit machine;
When receiving a search request for a depositing machine that accepts a deposit that specifies a scheduled deposit amount from one of the plurality of depositing machine guidance terminals, based on the depositing machine balance information, An acceptable depositing machine selection unit that selects one or more depositing machines capable of depositing the planned deposit amount from a plurality of depositing machines and transmits the selected depositing machine to the depositing machine guide terminal of the request source;
The storage unit stores the order information close to the depositing machine indicating the order of the plurality of depositing machines for each depositing machine guidance terminal in the order close to the installation location of the depositing machine guidance terminal,
The acceptable depositing machine selection unit arranges information of one or more depositing machines that can deposit the expected deposit amount, in the order of closeness, and transmits it to the depositing machine guide terminal of the request source,
The depositing machine guidance system, wherein the depositing machine guidance terminal of the request source displays the depositing machines based on the information on the depositing machine transmitted from the acceptable depositing machine selection unit in the order of closeness. . In a deposit machine reservation guidance system in which a plurality of deposit machine reservation terminals and a plurality of deposit machines are connected via a deposit machine reservation management server,
The deposit machine reservation management server
A storage unit storing deposit machine balance information having a depositable balance for each deposit machine, and deposit machine reservation information having a reservation time zone and a planned deposit amount for each deposit machine;
When receiving a request for searching for a depositing machine that accepts a deposit and specifying a planned deposit amount from one depositing machine reservation terminal of the plurality of depositing machine reservation terminals, the depositing machine balance information and the depositing machine reservation are received. Based on the information, select one or more depositing machines that can deposit the scheduled deposit amount from the plurality of depositing machines, avoiding each reservation time zone of the depositing machine reservation information, and And an accepting deposit machine selection section that transmits to the deposit machine reservation terminal.
The storage unit stores the order information close to the depositing machine indicating the order of the plurality of depositing machines for each depositing machine guidance terminal in the order close to the installation location of the depositing machine guidance terminal,
The accepting deposit machine selection unit arranges information of one or more deposit machines that are selected to avoid each reservation time zone of the deposit machine reservation information and can deposit the expected deposit amount in the order of closeness, and requests the request. Send it to the original deposit machine reservation terminal,
The depositing machine reservation terminal of the requesting source displays the depositing machines based on the information on the depositing machine transmitted from the acceptable depositing machine selection unit in the order of closeness. system. The accepting deposit machine selection unit, when there is no deposit machine capable of depositing the planned deposit amount among the plurality of deposit machines, deposit capable of depositing the planned deposit amount across two or more. 3. A deposit machine reservation guidance system according to claim 2 , wherein a combination of machines is selected . Each of the deposit machines includes a user authentication unit that prohibits use other than user identification information used at the time of reservation in each reservation time zone of the deposit machine reservation information. 2. Deposit machine reservation guidance system according to 2.