JPH0463438B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a coin processing device that is particularly preferably applied to depositing and dispensing machines used in ATMs (automatic teller machines), teller machines, and the like.

(b) Prior Art ATMs currently in practical use are capable of depositing and dispensing banknotes, but do not have a coin depositing and dispensing device, and therefore do not have sufficient coin processing functions in general. However, since there is no essential difference between banknotes and coins in terms of information processing, it is possible to connect coin depositing and dispensing machines to current ATMs without complicating the system.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of this coin depositing and dispensing machine when it is connected to an ATM. The ATM section 3 connected to the center 1 by a transmission line 2 is composed of a control section 3a, a functional section 3b, and a customer service section 3c, and the control section 3a has a CPU, memory, monitor panel control section, online transmission section, and I/ It has an O control section. Further, the mechanism section 3b includes a magnetic card recording/reproducing section,
It is composed of a slip issuing section, a bill input section, a bill discharging section, and a passbook printer section, and the bill inputting section and the bill discharging section constitute a bill depositing and dispensing section. The customer service department 3c is
It consists of a CRT display and a keyboard, allowing customers to make deposits and withdrawals interactively.

The coin depositing and dispensing machine 4 connected to the ATM 3 configured as described above includes an I/O transmission section, a CPU, a memory, and an I/O control section connected to the control section 3a through the I/O transmission line 5. Coin deposit and withdrawal machine with 4
a, a coin deposit/withdrawal mechanism part, and a coin deposit/withdrawal operation part 4b having a shutter part attached to the deposit/withdrawal part.

By the way, the totaling process in the coin processing section of the above-mentioned coin depositing and dispensing device is performed when all the coins in the device are collected into the collection box. In the coin processing device disclosed in No. 60599, coins inserted from a hopper are guided to a distributor via a coin counting mechanism, and a predetermined number of coins are sequentially released from the distributor into a plurality of storage bags. That's what I do. This configuration eliminates the need for staff to count coins when collecting coins.
I was trying to improve work efficiency.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned processing device, the distributing body is configured to switch the storage bag from which coins are discharged solely based on the counted value of coins, and the distributing body is configured to switch the storage bag for discharging coins based solely on the counted value of coins. No consideration was given to processing. For this reason,
When attempting to process coins of multiple denominations with the above coin processing device, it is necessary to provide a distributor for each denomination and a plurality of storage bags for each denomination, resulting in an increase in the size of the device and There was a problem that caused the structure to become complicated.

An object of the present invention is to sequentially release coins of a single denomination into a single collection box that is repeatedly attached and detached in a coin collection mode related to aggregation work, and to calculate the number of coins released during this time. By counting coins by denomination, the coin processing system eliminates the need for staff to separate and count coins, reducing the burden on staff at the back of the system. Furthermore, it eliminates the need to install multiple collection boxes, creating a coin processing device with a small and simple configuration. It is about providing.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The coin processing device of the present invention includes a stacker section that is provided for each denomination and collects deposited coins for each denomination, and a stacker section that collects deposited coins for each denomination, and a stacker section that collects deposited coins for each denomination. a single collection box that stores coins, a discharge device that discharges coins from a single stacker section into the collection box, a discharge confirmation sensor that detects each coin released by the discharge device, and the attachment/detachment state of the collection box. a collection box detection switch that detects a collection box; a discharge coin counting means that is provided for each denomination and counts the number of coins released based on the output of a discharge confirmation sensor when in collection mode; A stacker unit that discharges coins by a discharge device when the collection box detection switch detects that the coin is set and each time the collection box detection switch is turned off/on once, and a discharge unit that counts the number of coins discharged. The present invention is characterized by the following: ejected coin denomination conversion means for sequentially switching the coin counting means.

(e) Effect In the present invention, in the coin collection mode related to the counting operation, coins are discharged from the stacker section to the collection box for each single denomination. At this time, the number of released coins is counted by the released coin counting means based on the output of the release confirmation sensor. Each stacker section stores coins of a single denomination, and when one stacker section finishes discharging coins to the collection box, the staff member pulls out the collection box and removes the coins stored in the collection box. After transferring to a storage bag etc.
Reattach the shell collection box. This operation of attaching and detaching the collection box by the staff member is detected by a collection box detection switch, and the collection box detection switch is turned off and on once every time the collection box is attached and removed. In the collection mode, each time the collection box detection switch is turned off/on once, the stacker section that discharges coins and the discharged coin counting means that counts the number of coins discharged are sequentially switched. Therefore, coins of different denominations are sequentially released into the collection box, and the number of released coins is counted for each denomination by the ejected coin counting means corresponding to the denomination. There is no need to separate and count the denominations, and there is no need to provide a collection box for each denomination in the device.

(f) Embodiment FIGS. 2A and 2B show a front view and a side view of the internal structure of a coin depositing and dispensing device which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The deposit hopper 6, which is a deposit part, and the withdrawal port 7, which is a withdrawal part, are connected to the main body 50 of the deposit and withdrawal device from an operational standpoint.
The deposit hopper 6 and withdrawal port 7 are arranged in parallel above the deposit port 6 and withdrawal port 7.
A normally closed shutter 8 is provided above the shutter. A hopper remaining amount detection sensor 9 is attached to the deposit hopper 6 to detect the remaining amount of coins in the hopper, and detects whether all deposited coins have been ejected from the hopper. At the rear of the deposit hopper 6, the outer diameter of the coin is identified and the ejected coins are sorted according to the outer diameter.
An outer diameter verification mechanism 11 is arranged to guide each coin of yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen to a passage 10.
This outer diameter coin verification mechanism 11 is a known coin selection plate 110 that selectively allows each of the six types of coins to pass through, and a coin selection belt 111 that transports coins on the coin identification plate 110. It is a function.

Six passages constituting the passage 10, namely 1
The yen aisle, 5 yen aisle, 10 yen aisle, 50 yen aisle, 100 yen aisle, and 500 yen aisle each have a deposit chute 100 and a conversion chute 101 in the middle.
The deposit chute 100 has 1 yen, 5 yen, and 10 yen on the left and right around one conversion chute 101.
The chute is divided into three chute: yen chute, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen chute. In the middle of each passage, a sensor 12 for determining whether genuine or counterfeit coins is provided, and a reject solenoid 13 for guiding genuine coins to a chute for depositing and guiding coins to a chute for returning coins are provided. Further, each deposit/withdrawal chute 100 is provided with a store counting sensor 14, and each return chute is provided with a reject counting sensor 15. These sensors 14 and 15 are for counting the number of coins passing through the chute for deposit and the number of coins passing through the chute for conversion, respectively. In this embodiment, the outer diameter coin verification mechanism 11, the genuine/counterfeit coin determination sensor 12, and the reject solenoid 13 constitute coin identification means for identifying input coins.

Tip 1 of deposit chute 100 in passageway 10
Two stacker parts 16 are arranged below the stacker part 00a, and two rotatable semicircular cup-shaped buckets 17 are arranged between the stacker parts 16 and the tip 100a of the depositing chute 100. The stacker section 16 and the bucket 17 are divided into 1 yen, 5 yen, and 10 yen areas, and 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen areas, respectively, and each area is directly below the tip of the chute for depositing coins of that type. It is located opposite to.

The bucket 17 is connected to a motor 19, and a timing disk 21 having a notch (not shown) is fixed to its rotating shaft. A rotation detection sensor 23 is attached to detect the rotational state of the timing disk 21.

The stacker unit 16 has a full sensor 25 and a near-end sensor 26 that detect the accumulation state of coins in each area of each denomination, and also has a coin discharging mechanism and a discharge confirmation sensor 27 that are driven in the dispensing mode and the collecting mode. It is equipped with The coin ejection mechanism is the third
As shown in the figure, it is composed of a rotating 161 provided at the bottom of the coin storage section 160 and a coin ejecting motor 162 that applies rotational force to this rotating plate 161. Coins 40 are released one by one. The above discharge port 163
is provided with a coin discharge chute 28, into which the free end of a rotary lever 164 that rotates counterclockwise to turn on the discharge confirmation sensor 27 when a coin is discharged faces the free end of the chute 28. The coin ejection mechanism and coin storage section 160 described above are independent for each denomination, and the motor 162, rotary plate 161, and ejection confirmation sensor 27 are each provided six in number, which is the number of denominations, and Control is done individually.

A horizontal conveyor belt 29 for dispensing, returning, or collecting coins is disposed directly below the tip exit of the coin discharge chute 28 for discharging coins from the stacker section 16 and the tip of the above-mentioned return chute 101. It has a structure that allows it to be transported in both forward and reverse directions. The tip of the horizontal belt portion of the L-shaped withdrawal/return belt 31 faces below the tip of the horizontal conveyance belt 29, and the upper end of the horizontal belt portion faces the side opening of the withdrawal port 7. It has grown to 32. Also, this horizontal belt section has a vertical conveyor belt 3.
3 are in contact with each other, and the coin is conveyed upward while being held between this vertical belt 33 and the vertical belt portion. A collection chute 34 and a removable collection box 35 are arranged below the collection chute 34 at the rear end of the horizontal conveyor belt 29, and a collection box detection switch 36 is provided at the rear of the collection box 35 to detect whether the collection box 35 is attached or detached. .

In the above configuration, when in the deposit mode, that is, when the customer deposits money, he first opens the shutter 8 and puts coins into the deposit hopper 6. When the shutter 8 is closed after storing coins in the hopper, the coins in the hopper are guided one by one to a passage 10 according to the denomination by an outer diameter verification mechanism 11. The coins guided into the passageway 10 are then determined as genuine or counterfeit coins by the sensor 12 for determining genuine coins, and if the coins are genuine coins, they are transferred to the deposit chute 100 by the drive of the redirect solenoid 13. If the coin is counterfeit, the coin is guided to a return chute 101. During the above operation, the total amount of all genuine coins is calculated based on the output of the store counting sensor 14, and the result is displayed in the customer service department. In addition, the horizontal conveyor belt 29
is being driven in the return direction, and the return chute 1
The counterfeit coins guided to 01 are returned to the withdrawal port 7 by the horizontal conveyance belt 29 and the withdrawal/conversion belt 31.

All coins determined to be genuine coins are ejected downward from the tip of the deposit chute 100. At this time,
The bucket 17 is controlled to a home position with the opening facing upward, and all ejected coins are temporarily stored in the bucket. and,
When the customer presses a confirmation button (not shown) to reconfirm the deposited amount, the bucket 17 rotates 90 degrees in the direction of arrow A. As a result, all the temporarily stored coins are stored in the stacker section 16. On the other hand, when the customer presses a return button (not shown) while the item is temporarily stored in the bucket 17, the bucket 17 rotates 90 degrees in the direction of arrow B.
Then, all the temporarily stored coins are released onto the horizontal conveyance belt 29, and the deposited coins are returned to the withdrawal port 7.

Next, in the withdrawal mode, the coin discharging mechanism of the stacker section 16 operates based on the command from the online-connected center, and the coin discharging mechanism of the stacker section 16 is operated, one coin of each denomination is collected in the stacker section 16. It is discharged onto the horizontal conveyor belt 29. When it is determined based on the output of the discharge confirmation sensor 27 that a predetermined amount of coins has been discharged, the driving of the coin discharge mechanism is stopped.

In the deposit/withdrawal mode, coin processing is performed through the above operations.

Next, the operation in the collection mode when all coins are collected will be explained. This recovery mode is set by the clerk setting the mode switch provided in the ATM 3 (see FIG. 1) to test mode and operating the total key on the monitor panel. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the coin processing operation which is a pre-processing for this collection mode, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the collection processing operation. Further, FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the counter.

In FIG. 4, step n1 (hereinafter step ni
(simply referred to as ni), when the collection mode is set by an operation on the ATM side at n2, the coins in the collection box are first processed at n3 to n7. In this coin processing, all the coins in the collection box are sent to the deposit hopper 6.
(n3), and the outer diameter and material of the coin are inspected by the outer diameter inspection mechanism 11 and the genuine/counterfeit determination sensor 1.
2 (n4, n5), and the specie is 1 stacker.
6 (n6) and return the counterfeit coins to withdrawal port 7. The above coin processing is performed for the purpose of classifying coins that could not be stored in the stacker section 16 at the time of input or coins that were collected due to misemission, since all denominations are mixed and stored in the collection box. It will be done. Therefore, when the above coin processing is completed, there are no coins in the collection box 35, and all the coins in the deposit/withdrawal device are sorted by denomination and stored in the stack card 16. become.

After the above pre-processing, when the collection switch 37 is operated at n8, the process proceeds to n9, where the main processing of the collection mode of the coins stored in the stacker section 16 is performed.

The recovery processing procedure starts from n90 in FIG.
Step n90 is a step for determining whether or not the collection box detection switch 36 is set, that is, whether the collection box 35 is attached or detached. If the switch 36 is on, the collection box 3
5 indicates that it is installed. After confirming that the collection box 35 is installed, proceed to n91 and receive 500
The collected yen coin counter N500 is reset. This collected coin counter counts the number of collected coins, and the counting result is sent to the ATM side and used for printing on a slip as described later. At n92, the motor 30 is driven to drive the horizontal conveyance belt 29 in the collection direction, and then at n98, the 500 yen coin discharge motor 162 of the stacker section 16 is driven. n94 to n98 are routines that detect whether coins are ejected at intervals other than 5 seconds.
The release confirmation sensor 27 determines whether or not coins are released within seconds (n95, n96). If a coin is released within 5 seconds, update the counter in n98.
Reset the timer with n97 and proceed again with n93 → n94... On the other hand, if no coins are released within 5 seconds, it is assumed that the coin release of the 500 yen denomination has ended, and n95→
Motor 162 for ejecting 500 yen coins from n96 to n97
Turn off. Furthermore, horizontal conveyor belt 29 with n100
Turn off the drive and finish collecting the 500 yen coin.

With the above operation, all the 500 yen coins are collected in the collection box 3.
5 and the number is stored in the counter N500. At this stage, the staff member collects the 500 yen coins, that is, pulls out the collection box 35 and stores all the collected coins in a designated coin storage bag. Steps n101 and n102 are steps for determining whether the collection box is attached or detached. When the collection box 35 is pulled out for the above-mentioned collection operation, the process proceeds from n101 to n102, and when the collection box is attached again, the process proceeds from n102 to n103. That is, the collection box 35 is pulled out from the main body 50 once and the 500 yen coins inside are stored in a predetermined coin storage bag,
500 when the collection box 35 is attached to the main body 50 again.
The coin discharging routine ends and the process proceeds to the next 100 yen coin discharging routine.

The 100 yen coin release routine for n103 is from n101 above.
It consists of the same procedure as the 500 yen coin ejection routine of n102, but the difference is that instead of turning on and off the 500 yen coin ejection motor of n93 and n99, the 100 yen coin ejection motor is turned on and off, and n91 and n98 Use counter N100 instead of counter N500, and
The coin detection of the n95 is performed using a discharge confirmation sensor for 100 yen coins instead of a discharge confirmation sensor for 500 yen coins. Therefore this
By executing the process of n103,
All 100 yen coins are collected outside, and the number of collected coins is totaled in a counter N100.

Subsequently, 50 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen will be collected through the same collection process.
Coin discharging routines for yen and 1 yen are executed. That is, each time the detection switch 36 detects that the collection box 35 is pulled out/attached once, the coin ejection motor that is driven is switched, and by repeating the attachment and detachment of the collection box 35, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, etc. Ten
Coins will be automatically collected and tallied in the order of yen, 5 yen, and 1 yen. In the above process, the collected coin number counter is the emitted coin counting means of the present invention,
n8, n9 and n101, n102 of each coin release routine
The process corresponding to corresponds to the emitted coin denomination conversion means. When the last 1 yen coin release routine n107 is executed, the counter contents are updated with the collected number of coins.
The data is transmitted to the ATM3 and the coin collection process at the deposit/withdrawal machine is completed. Then, the total result is printed out on a slip at the ATM 3 (n10), and the processing on the ATM side ends.

As described above, in the coin collection mode, coins can be automatically and sequentially collected by denomination by simply repeatedly attaching and detaching the collection box, and the collected coins are also automatically tallied. This significantly reduces the burden on the staff behind the scenes, and the time required for the work. Further, in this embodiment, as a pre-processing for the collection mode, by first putting the coins in the collection box into the deposit hopper 6, all the coins in the main body are transferred to the stacker section 16, which is classified by denomination. Since the coins are automatically stored, there is an advantage that there is no need to sort or count the coins in the collection box before performing the collection process.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the work of the staff member when collecting coins is significantly reduced, and the working time required for collecting coins can be shortened.
Further, since the counting is automatically performed based on the output of the sensor for confirming release of coins, there is an advantage that the counting results are accurate. Furthermore, since only one collection box is required regardless of the number of denominations handled, the entire system can be made smaller.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a coin depositing and dispensing machine which is an application example of this invention when connected to an ATM, and FIGS. 2A and B are front views of the internal structure of the coin depositing and dispensing machine which is an embodiment of this invention. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the stacker section of the device, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the accounting processing operation in the collection mode of the device, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the collection processing operation, and FIG. The figure shows the structure of a counter. 16... Stacker part, 161... Rotating plate, 162
... Coin release motor, 27... Release confirmation sensor, 3
5... Collection box, 36... Collection box detection switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A stacker section that is provided for each denomination and collects deposited coins for each denomination; a single collection box that stores coins ejected from the stacker section in a collection mode; a discharging device that discharges coins from one stacker section to a collection box; a discharge confirmation sensor that detects each coin released by the dispensing device; a collection box detection switch that detects whether the collection box is attached or detached; a discharged coin counting means for counting the number of coins discharged based on the output of a discharge confirmation sensor during the collection mode, and a means for detecting that the collection mode is set and a collection box is set by a collection box detection switch. A discharge coin denomination converter that sequentially switches a stacker unit that discharges coins by a discharge device and a discharge coin counting means that counts the number of coins discharged each time a collection box detection switch is turned off/on once. A coin processing device characterized by comprising means and.