JPH0444788B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Technical Field This invention relates to an automatic money exchange machine that exchanges money into designated denominations.

(b) Prior art and its disadvantages Conventional money exchange machines are configured to exchange money by discharging coins and banknotes into the same outlet, and when all exchange money has been removed, All the amounts displayed for the exchange denominations were cleared. However, the configuration in which exchange money of each denomination is discharged from the same outlet has disadvantages such as a complicated mechanism and poor independence of the mechanism. In order to solve this problem, a money exchange machine has been proposed that is configured to eject tubular coins and banknotes into separate ejection ports.
In this case, the dispenser mechanism of the money changer is configured independently for each denomination, so even if one of the dispenser shutters does not work due to a mechanism error or other reason, the dispenser shutters for the remaining denominations will continue to operate. It can be opened and customers can be extracted. However, if an abnormality occurs in which one of the outlet shutters does not open, the exchange transaction will not end, and the specified exchange amount will remain displayed. When determining whether or not an error occurred, there was a problem in that troubles occurred between the staff and the customer, and the staff could not handle the abnormality smoothly.

(c) Purpose of the Invention In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention has been developed so that the displayed contents of the exchanged money extracted and the exchanged amount correspond to each other, so that the exchange money outlet provided for each denomination type can be easily opened or closed by an attendant when an abnormality occurs. The purpose is to provide a money exchange machine that facilitates processing.

(d) Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention comprises a display device for displaying the amount of a designated denomination, and a bill ejection port, each of which has an individual shutter that can be opened and closed, and from which bills and coins are discharged individually. A currency exchange machine that exchanges input money into designated denominations, and in the case where a shutter opening failure occurs in either the banknote or coin outlet, the other outlet is opened. sampling detection means for detecting withdrawal of exchange money at the other outlet; and when the extraction detection means detects withdrawal of exchange money at the other discharge port, clearing the amount display on the display for the denomination corresponding to the exchange money. Amount display control means,
It is characterized by having the following.

According to this invention, when exchange money is withdrawn from the opened exchange money outlet, the amount display for that denomination is cleared, so the completion of withdrawal of exchange money is determined by the presence or absence of the amount display for the designated exchange denomination. can be judged. Therefore, when an abnormality in the opening/closing of the exchange money outlet occurs, it is possible to reliably check whether the exchange money discharged from the exchange money outlet which is not abnormal is removed, thereby eliminating troubles between staff and customers. There is an advantage that abnormality processing can be smoothly performed when such an abnormality occurs.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 1 is an external view of a money exchange machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the control section of the money exchange machine.

On the front side of the customer service section of the currency exchange machine, there are provided a handling display 1 that indicates the handling status of currency exchange transactions, an operation panel 2, a cancel button 3, and a call button 4. The transaction display 1 indicates that the exchange transaction is in progress when it is possible, and that the transaction is suspended when it is not. The cancel button 3 and the call button 4 are used to cancel a currency exchange transaction and instruct to call an attendant, respectively.

Details of the operation panel 2 are shown in FIG. At the top of the operation panel 2, a total input amount display section 30 and an input amount remaining amount display section 31 are provided. Below these display sections, there are exchange number designation keys 33 for specifying the number of exchange coins for each denomination of 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen. These exchange number designation keys 33 are arranged in six rows for each denomination, and an exchange set amount display section 32 is provided on the left side of each row to display the exchange set amount for that denomination. Each of the exchange number specification keys 33 is provided with a back-illuminated illumination lamp, so that when bills are inserted, all the exchange quantity specification keys 33 whose value is less than the inserted amount are lit. At the 5,000 yen level,
A number-of-exchange number designation key is provided for specifying exchange in units of 1, 5, or 10 5,000 yen bills.
In the 1,000 yen column, there are 1, 5, 10, 1,000 yen banknotes.
An exchange number designation key is provided to specify exchange in units of 50 coins. In the 500 yen column, there is a key to specify the number of 500 yen bills to be exchanged in units of 1, 5, or 10, and a loose 500 yen coin, 1 piece, 10 pieces.
There is provided an exchange number designation key for specifying the number of coins to be exchanged in units of coins. In the 100 yen column, there are keys to specify the number of coins to be exchanged to specify 1, 2, 4, and 10 coins, and a key to specify the number of coins to be exchanged to specify 10 loose 100 yen coins. It is provided. 50 yen and
In the 10 yen row, there are 1 each of 50 50 yen and 10 yen 50 pieces.
A key to specify the number of coins to be exchanged is provided to specify 1, 2, 4, or 10 books. Further, above the exchange number specification key 33, a remaining banknote specification key 34 and a correction key 35 are provided. The remaining banknote designation key 34 is used to specify that the remaining amount of input money displayed on the remaining amount of input money display section 31 be returned in banknotes. Furthermore, if the exchange setting is incorrect, by operating the correction key 35, the initial state at the time of bill insertion can be restored.

On the lower side of the customer service area, there are a loose coin outlet 5 for discharging loose coins, a banknote deposit/withdrawal outlet 6, and a tube coin outlet 7.
is provided. The banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6 is used for depositing banknotes to be exchanged and discharging banknotes to be exchanged. The cylindrical coin discharge port 7 is used for discharging coins using cylindrical coins. In this example, coins with denominations of 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen are used.
50 coins are stacked together to form one cylinder coin. Also,
Attendant key insertion slot 8 in the upper right corner of the front of the exchange machine
is provided. When inspecting the mechanism, the inside of the exchange machine main body can be opened by inserting the clerk key into the clerk key insertion slot 8. Banknote inlet/outlet 6, tube coin outlet 7
are each provided with a banknote shutter (not shown) and a cylindrical coin shutter (not shown), and are opened and closed by each shutter.

On the operation panel 2, all the exchange number designation keys of denominations that can be exchanged for the total amount of input banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit/withdrawal slot 6 light up, and when the customer selects the exchange denomination, the exchange number designation key lights up. By pressing , the number of lit change number designation keys decreases one by one, and when the designation is completed, all the exchange number designation keys that are not designated are turned off. That is, by pressing the exchange number specification key 33 for the total amount of deposited money, or by pressing the exchange number specification key 33 and remaining banknote specification key 34 depending on the case, the total amount for the specified denomination can be changed for each denomination. The state is displayed in the exchange setting amount display section 32 of the column.

As shown in FIG. 3, this exchange machine is controlled by a CPU 10 based on a control program stored in a program memory 11 in advance. The data memory 12 has a memory area for storing the total amount of deposit data and the number of exchanged coins or coins of the specified exchange denomination. The memory area for exchange denominations includes the number of exchanged 5,000 yen bills, 1,000 yen bills, 500 yen bills, 500 yen coins, and 100 yen coins, 100 yen cylinders (50 pieces),
The numbers of 50 cylinders (50 pieces) and 10 cylinders (50 pieces) are memorized.

This money exchange machine has input/output equipment as a bill ejection machine 14 that ejects banknotes of 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen, and 500 yen into the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6, and a cylindrical coin ejector that ejects cylindrical coins into the cylindrical coin discharge port 7. 15. Amount display section 1 that displays the amount of banknotes inserted, etc. on the total input amount display section 30 and the input amount remaining amount display section 31 of the operation panel 2, respectively.
6. Exchange denomination designation section 1 including exchange number specification key 33 and exchange setting amount display section 32 on operation panel 2
7. A banknote discrimination unit 18 that determines the authenticity and denomination of the inserted banknotes; a banknote shutter unit 19 that opens and closes the banknote shutter provided in the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6; and a cylindrical coin shutter provided in the cylindrical coin discharge port 7. A cylindrical coin shutter section 20 that opens and closes, a banknote removal detection sensor 21 provided near the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6, a cylindrical coin removal detection sensor 22 provided near the cylindrical coin discharge port 7, a cancel button 3, and a call button 4. Including button operation section 2
3. An attendant call display section 24 is provided that displays or sounds a notification to call an attendant on an alarm installed away from the exchange machine, and these input/output devices are connected to the CPU 10 via the input/output port 13. be done.
The cylindrical coin ejector 15 includes a loose coin ejecting section that ejects loose coins. The bill extraction detection sensor 21 and the cylinder coin extraction detection sensor 22 generate extraction detection signals that turn on when they detect the extraction of a banknote discharged to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6 and a cylinder coin discharged to the cylinder coin discharge port 7, respectively. It is a sensor that outputs. Also,
By pressing the call button 4, an attendant call signal is given to the attendant call notification section 24.

Next, the exchange process in the exchange machine having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4.

When the insertion of a banknote into the banknote deposit/withdrawal slot 6 is completed in step n1 (hereinafter, step ni is simply referred to as ni), in step n2, it is determined whether the inserted banknote is normal or not, and its denomination is determined. Performs banknote discrimination. If the banknote is not normal, the banknote is returned to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6. If the banknote is normal, the amount of the deposit is sequentially added and displayed on the total deposit display section 32 (n2). At this time, although it is not shown in this flowchart, it is determined whether the total deposit amount is less than the predetermined acceptance limit amount, and if it exceeds the acceptance amount, the acceptance will be stopped and the deposit processing will be considered complete. . When banknote insertion is completed, exchange number designation key 33 allows you to specify the exchange denomination for the total amount of money inserted.
All are lit and the exchange denomination is specified (n3).
Then, the set amount for the denomination specified by the operation of the exchange number designation key 33 is displayed on the exchange denomination amount display section 32 (n3).

When the specification of the exchange denomination is completed, the necessary banknotes, tube coins, and loose coins are calculated based on the exchange denomination specification pattern, and then the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6,
The coins are discharged into the cylinder coin discharge port 7 and the loose coin discharge port 5 (n4, n5). At this stage, the shutters of the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 6 and the cylinder coin discharge port 7 are closed. Next, it is determined whether or not the currency dispensing process by the banknote dispensing machine 14 and the cylinder coin dispensing machine 15 has been performed normally. If there is a discharging error, a discontinuation of the dispensing is displayed on the handling display 1, and the staff call notification unit 24 An attendant call signal is output to the attendant, and the process moves to attendant processing (n6).

When bills and coins are discharged normally (n
6) Open the banknote shutter or the barrel coin shutter (n7, n12). The extraction process of released banknotes is n
8 to n11, and the ejected tube coins and loose coins are extracted from n13 to n16. Since the loose coin discharge port 5 is not provided with a shutter, the loose coins are discharged into the loose coin discharge port 5 at the same time as they are discharged from the cylindrical coin discharge machine 15. If an abnormality occurs in the opening operation of the banknote shutter, the banknote shutter will not be opened. In this case, the attendant process can be instructed by pressing the call button 4 (n17). If the banknote shutter is opened normally (n8), the system waits for the ejected banknotes to be removed (n9). When a banknote is removed, the amount display of 5,000 yen or 1,000 yen corresponding to the removed banknote is cleared from the exchange setting amount display section 32 (n1
0). Furthermore, the banknote shutter is closed to end the banknote extraction process (n11).

Similarly, if the opening operation of the cylindrical coin shutter is abnormal, the cylindrical coin shutter will remain closed (n1
3). In this case as well, the attendant can be called by pressing the call button 4 (n17).
When the cylindrical coin shutter is opened normally, the system waits for the cylindrical coin to be removed (n14). Next, the amount display of 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen corresponding to the removed tube coin is cleared from the exchange setting amount display section 32 (n1
5). Furthermore, the cylinder coin shutter is closed to end the cylinder coin extraction process (n16). As above,
After completing the extraction process of the released currency, it is determined in n18 whether a shutter opening/closing error has occurred, and if there is a shutter opening/closing error, the staff member executes abnormality processing,
If not, the exchange transaction is terminated.

As described above, if the banknote shutter or barrel coin shutter does not open when the exchange machine releases the money, the amount displayed for the exchanged money remains, and the amount displayed for the exchanged money removed from the opened shutter is cleared. Therefore, when performing abnormality processing, it is possible to confirm whether or not the exchange money has been withdrawn by checking whether or not the exchange setting amount display section 32 of the operation panel 2 is lit. Therefore, in the event of a shutter opening/closing abnormality, customers and staff can reliably determine with a simple visual judgment whether or not the product has been removed.This eliminates trouble between customers and staff, and allows the staff to smoothly process the shutter opening/closing abnormality. Ru.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a money exchange machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the operation panel 2 of the money change machine.
Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of the internal configuration of the money exchange machine.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of a currency exchange transaction process in the currency exchange machine. 2...Operation panel, 6...Banknote deposit/withdrawal slot, 7...
...Cylinder coin ejection port, 33...Key for specifying the number of exchanged coins (on operation panel 2).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device that displays an amount of a designated denomination;
A currency exchange machine that is equipped with a bill dispensing port and a coin dispensing port from which banknotes and coins are individually discharged, each of which has an individual shutter that can be freely opened and closed, and that exchanges input money into designated denominations, the bill discharging port or a withdrawal detection means for detecting withdrawal of change money from the other coin discharge port when a shutter opening failure occurs at one of the coin discharge ports; An amount display control means for clearing the amount display on the display for the denomination corresponding to the exchange money when the exchange money is detected.