JPS6248271B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention is a currency exchange system that exchanges foreign currency, travel check, etc. into a desired currency according to key input operations by an operator at an airport, etc., and automatically dispenses the exchanged currency. Regarding equipment.

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in order to deal with currency exchange operations that have become particularly complicated due to frequently fluctuating exchange rates, currency exchange devices that automate this currency exchange operation have been developed. This currency exchange device includes a memory for storing a plurality of exchange rates, an input section for inputting exchange currency type and amount data, and input data from this input section and corresponding exchange rates read from the memory. It mainly consists of a calculation section that calculates the exchange amount, and a money dispensing section that takes out the currency of the exchange amount from the storage section and automatically dispenses it. In the case of conventional currency exchange devices, these devices have the function of only converting many foreign currencies into the currency of one specific country (for example, the function of converting currencies such as yen, bonds, francs, etc. only into dollars). be.

By the way, when exchanging yen for dollars, for example, you may wish to exchange the exchange currency (dollars) for an amount that does not include a fraction (for example, 500 dollars). In this case, generally speaking, the amount of the exchanged currency (yen) that the exchange requester must actually pay for the above amount does not include fractions (for example, 93,675 yen if the exchange rate is 1 dollar = 187 yen.35). ) is included. Also, the amount of currency to be exchanged that the exchange requester hands over to the operator does not include fractions (in the above example,
For example, 95,000 yen), and for this reason, operators often ask customers to exchange currency (500 yen).
dollar) as well as the change of the exchanged currency (1325
yen) must be paid together. However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional currency exchange devices, there is no function to pay out change for the exchanged currency, so in such cases, the operator has to calculate the change each time, making the exchange operation extremely complicated. There is a problem.

This invention was made to improve the above-mentioned situation, and in addition to dispensing the desired amount of exchange currency, change for the exchanged currency is also automatically disbursed, thereby making the exchange operation easy and reliable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a currency exchange device with a change function that allows the exchange of change.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the invention. In the figure, the currency exchange device with a change function is roughly divided into a processing device 1, a money dispensing device 2, and a change dispensing device 3.
3 are both electrically connected to the processing device 1 by a cable 9.

The processing device 1 includes an input section 4, a storage section 5, an arithmetic control section 6, a display section 7, and a printing section 8. The input unit 4 inputs data such as the type, amount, and exchange rate of the exchanged currency (exchanged currency) to be exchanged and dispensed from the money dispensing device 2, as well as the amount received in the exchanged currency received from the exchange requester. It is designed to allow input of data, etc., and is comprised of numeric keys, currency type instruction keys, payout instruction keys, change calculation instruction keys, etc. provided on the keyboard 10. The storage unit 5 stores a plurality of exchange rates, and the operator inputs and stores the exchange rate of the day by operating the keys on the input unit 4 before starting the currency exchange operation. In this embodiment, as types of exchange rates, rates of the dollar, pound, franc, mark, etc. against the yen, and rates of the yen, pound, franc, mark, etc. against the dollar are stored. The arithmetic control unit 6 calculates the exchange rate based on the corresponding exchange rate read from the storage unit 5 based on the input data indicating the type of exchange currency input from the input unit 4 and the exchange amount input from the input unit 4. A function to calculate the amount of money, a function to calculate the change in the exchanged currency by subtracting the exchanged amount from the received amount in the exchanged currency received from the person who wants to exchange, and a function to calculate the change in the exchanged currency input from the input section 4. It has a function of calculating the exchange amount from data indicating the amount and the type of exchange currency, and a machine that controls the operations of the processing device 1, the money dispensing device 2, and the change dispensing device 3. The display unit 7 displays the exchange rate input from the input unit 4 at the time of input, and also displays the amount input from the input unit 4, data indicating the type of currency, the received amount,
It displays change etc. Note that a large number of exchange rates once stored in the storage section 5 can be sequentially read out for confirmation and displayed on the display section 7, but in this case, the read key of the input section 4 is operated. Further, the exchange rate read at this time can also be printed by the printing unit 8. The printing unit 8 is composed of a printer, etc., and the data inputted from the input unit 4 (amount, type of currency), the calculation control unit 6
The amount of money exchanged, the amount of money exchanged, change, etc. calculated by the above are printed.

The currency dispensing device 2 includes a bill dispensing machine 11 that stores banknotes of predetermined denominations of yen and dollars, and a coin dispensing machine 12 that stores coins of predetermined denominations of yen and dollars. The banknote dispensing machine 11 sends the corresponding banknotes to the storage unit according to the exchange amount, currency type, and denomination data sent from the arithmetic control unit 6 when the payout instruction key of the input unit 4 is operated. The banknotes are taken out from the banknotes 13, counted, and discharged into the payout port 14 for a portion of the amount to be paid out in banknotes out of the exchanged amount. Note that the operator manually pays bills of denominations that are not stored in the bill dispensing machine 11 to the customer.
The coin ejector 12 also has the same function as the bill ejector 11, and ejects a portion of the amount of money to be paid out in coins into the tray 16 of the ejection port 15. Further, coins of denominations not stored in the coin dispenser 12 are manually paid by the operator to the customer.

The change dispensing device 3 is constituted by a coin dispenser 17 having a plurality of coin barrels 18 for storing coins of each denomination of yen and dollar. Then, out of the change amount, put small change of 500 yen or less in the case of yen, or 1 dollar or less in the case of dollars, into the tray 2 of the payout port 19.
0 in coins, and the operator manually pays out the remaining change in banknotes.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. For example, an example operation will be described in which a payment of 500 dollars is requested as the exchange amount. The exchange rate is 1 dollar.
It will be 187 yen and 35 sen. The operator first operates the dollar currency type instruction key on the input unit 4, then inputs the exchange amount of 500 dollars by operating the numeric keys, and then operates the yen currency type instruction key. At this time the data
Since 500 dollars and "yen" are sent to the calculation control unit 6, the exchange rate of 187 yen and 35 sen to one dollar is read out from the storage unit 5. Also, the amount of $500 is displayed on the display section 7. The arithmetic control unit 6 executes a calculation based on the amount of $500 and the exchange rate (187 yen.35 to the dollar), calculates the exchanged amount of 93,675 yen, and displays the amount on the display unit 7.
will be displayed. If, for example, 95,000 yen is received from the exchange requester at this point, the operator inputs the received amount of 95,000 yen from the input unit 4, and then operates the change calculation instruction key. At this time, the calculation control section 6
Now, subtract the exchanged amount of 93,675 from the received amount of 95,000 yen to calculate the change amount of 1,325 yen, and change 325 yen of this change amount with 3 100 yen coins, 2 10 yen coins, and 1 5 yen coin. The calculation for dispensing from the dispensing device 3 is executed. In addition, the exchange amount
A computation for dispensing 500 dollars from the money dispensing device 2 using the minimum number of bills (in this case, a computation for calculating data indicating five 100 dollar bills) is also executed in parallel. The amount of change to be paid manually of 1000 yen and the remaining amount of change to be paid out from the change dispensing device 3 of 325 yen are displayed on the display section 7. Next, when the payout instruction key is operated, the arithmetic control unit 6 outputs data indicating 5 100 dollar bills to the money payout device 2, and also outputs 3 100 yen coins and 2 10 yen coins to the change payout device 3. Data indicating one 5 yen coin is output. Also the amount is 500
Dollars are displayed on the display section 7 as the exchange amount. Therefore, the exchange amount of 500 dollars and change of 325 yen are automatically dispensed from devices 2 and 3, respectively, and the operator also pays out 1,000 yen bill in addition to the exchange amount of 500 dollars and 325 yen of change.
Hand it to the exchange requester along with the coin and complete the exchange operation.

Further, the operations and operations when exchanging dollars into yen without fractions (for example, 100,000 yen) are the same as those described above.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this second embodiment, the money dispensing device 2
This system is constructed by providing a plurality of dispensing machines that dispense only a single currency, and is configured to dispense change from the dispensing machines. That is, in the case of this embodiment, the money dispensing device 2 includes a yen dispensing machine 21 and a dollar dispensing machine 22. The yen dispensing machine 21 includes a bill dispensing machine and a coin dispensing machine (both not shown) that dispense banknotes or coins of predetermined denominations, respectively. The operator manually disburses banknotes and coins of denominations that are not stored in the banknote dispensing machine and the coin dispensing machine according to the instructions on the display section 7. The dollar dispensing machine 22 also includes a banknote dispensing machine and a coin dispensing machine similar to the yen dispensing machine 21. It is assumed that the bill dispensing machine and the coin dispensing machine are constructed in the same manner as the bill dispensing machine 1 and the coin dispensing machine 12 shown in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment. Further, the arithmetic control unit 6 in the processing device 1 sends the change data outputted to the change dispensing device 3 in the first embodiment to a dispensing machine of the currency to be exchanged, for example, a yen dispensing machine 21 when the currency to be exchanged is yen. It is configured to output as follows.

To briefly explain the operation of this second embodiment, the amount of change is calculated by the calculation control section 6, and the amount of change is calculated by the arithmetic control section 6,
The operations and operations up to the point where the screen is displayed are the same as in the first embodiment. Then, when the operator operates the payout instruction key, if the currency to be exchanged is yen, the arithmetic control unit 6 sends the denomination and amount data for the dollar amount to be automatically paid out to the dollar payout machine 22. Also, change data for the amount to be paid out in coins is sent to the yen dispensing machine 21. For this reason, a portion of the exchange currency is automatically dispensed from the dollar dispensing machine 22, and a portion of the change of the exchanged currency is automatically dispensed from the yen dispensing machine 21. The remaining amount of the denomination of exchange currency and the remaining amount of change (bills) of the exchanged currency must be paid manually by the operator.
is manually paid by the operator according to the display on the display section 7.

In the above embodiment, the exchange rate is entered into the storage unit by the operator's key operations, but it may be entered automatically by an online system, or it may be read from a pre-recorded value on a magnetic tape or the like. It is also possible to input the information by We also use an optical character reader to read the amount written on travel checks and other checks.
Alternatively, the amount may be input to the arithmetic control section after the authenticity is determined by the authenticity determining mechanism. Furthermore, if a fee is charged when exchanging currency, it is also possible to input this fee in advance and perform calculations that take the fee into account when calculating the exchange amount. Furthermore, the configuration of the input section has been changed so that the denomination and amount of the exchange currency to be paid out can be freely set.
Functions can also be expanded. Further, the change dispensing device may include a bill dispensing machine in addition to the coin dispensing machine, so that bills can also be automatically dispensed as change. Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, only some denominations of money are dispensed from the money dispensing device.
It may be possible to dispense money of all denominations.

As explained above, for example, when converting yen to dollars, the customer wishes to exchange the exchange currency (dollars) with an amount that does not include a fraction (for example, 500 dollars), and at this time, the exchange requester When the amount of the exchanged currency (yen) that must actually be paid includes a fraction (for example, when the exchange rate is 187.35 yen to 1 dollar, the exchange rate is 93,675 yen), the amount of the exchanged currency (yen) that does not include a fraction (for example, 95,000 yen) to the operator, the operator
In addition to the $500, it is necessary to pay 1,325 yen in change, but this invention provides a currency exchange device with a function that automatically dispenses such change, making the exchange process easier and more reliable. You can make it possible. In other words, it is possible to automatically pay out an amount of domestic currency corresponding to the difference between the amount of foreign currency you wish to receive and the amount of domestic currency presented, and within the range of the domestic currency presented. This has the effect that change can be paid out after paying out the maximum amount of foreign currency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a currency exchange device with a change function of the same example, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a processing device, etc. of the same example, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a money exchange device with a change function according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 1...processing device, 2...money dispensing device, 3...
...Change dispensing device, 4...Input section, 5...Storage section, 6...Calculation control section, 7...Display section, 8...Printing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an exchange exchange device that exchanges currency from one's own country's currency to another's currency at a corresponding exchange rate, a change dispenser that stores domestic currency by denomination and dispenses a predetermined amount in response to a dispensing instruction. A currency dispensing device that stores foreign currency by denomination and dispenses a predetermined amount in response to a dispensing instruction, and a processing device that controls the change dispensing device and the coin dispensing device. The processing device includes an input means for inputting the amount of foreign currency that one wishes to exchange, a conversion means that calculates the amount of domestic currency corresponding to the amount of foreign currency one wishes to exchange, according to the exchange rate, and a conversion means that a change calculation means for calculating the difference between the obtained amount and the amount of domestic currency received from the currency exchange requester; and a change calculation means that operates the money dispensing device and the change dispensing device according to the input amount from the input means. 1. A money exchange device with a change function, comprising means for paying an amount of foreign currency and change according to the result of calculation by the change calculating means. 2. A currency exchange device that exchanges currency from one's own country's currency to another's currency at a corresponding exchange rate; a money dispensing device that stores domestic currency and foreign currency by denomination and dispenses a predetermined amount in response to a dispensing instruction; A processing device that controls this money dispensing device, and a processing device that calculates the amount of home currency and the exchange rate. a conversion means that calculates the maximum amount of foreign currency that can be exchanged with the deposited domestic currency, and calculates the difference between the amount of foreign currency that can be exchanged and the deposited domestic currency; A currency exchange device with a change function, comprising means for operating the change dispensing device and the money dispensing device to pay foreign currency and change for the amount obtained by the conversion means.