JP2011180834A - Coin processor and cash processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately detect the full state of a coin storage part 6 or the like without providing many optical sensors, to perform efficient storage, to eliminate overflowing of coins 8 from the coin storage part 6 or the like and to prevent redoing of counting and mistakes in cash calculation. <P>SOLUTION: A coin processor 10 including a coin discrimination part 4 for discriminating coins and the coin storage part 6 for discriminating the fed coins by the coin discrimination part 4 and counting and storing them is provided with: an each denomination ratio information storage part 7a for storing a volume ratio for each denomination for which the volume of a predetermined denomination coin is a reference as a correction value; and a control part 7 for setting the number of the predetermined denomination coins that can be stored in the coin storage part 6 as a reference coin storage number Ns, extracting the correction value from the each denomination ratio information storage part 7a on the basis of denomination information discriminated in the coin discrimination part 4, correcting the stored number by the correction value, performs cumulative addition to obtain a corrected coin number Nk, comparing the reference coin storable number Ns and the corrected coin number Nk and detecting the full state of the coin storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for preventing overflow of a coin storage unit or the like of a coin processing device mounted on a cash processing device that performs deposit and withdrawal processing of coins and banknotes.

  In a conventional cash processing apparatus, the amount of coins is detected by an optical sensor disposed at a predetermined height of the coin storage unit, or the total number of coins stored in the coin storage unit is counted to a predetermined number. For example, it is detected whether it has reached a full state to prevent coins from overflowing (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 7-152946 A

  However, in the cash processing apparatus that detects the full state with the above-described conventional optical sensor, if the coins are biased and accumulated in the coin storage unit, the full state cannot be detected correctly, and the coins may overflow.

  Further, in the conventional cash processing apparatus that detects the full state based on the number of stored sheets, the number of sheets that can be stored is determined without considering the denomination, and can be stored depending on the ratio of the denominations that enter the coin storage unit. There were cases where coins overflowed without reaching the number determined.

  The present invention employs the following configuration in order to solve the above-described problems. That is, a coin processing device comprising a coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins and a coin storage unit for discriminating and counting inputted coins by the coin discriminating unit, and storing the volume of a predetermined denomination coin A denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio as a correction value, and sets the number of coins that can be stored in the coin storage unit as a reference coin storing number, A correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit based on the denomination information determined in step, the number stored according to the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain a corrected coin number, and the reference coin can be stored. A control unit that detects the full state of the coin storage unit by comparing the number of coins and the corrected number of coins.

  According to the coin processing device of the present invention, a coin processing device comprising a coin discriminating unit that discriminates coins, and a coin storage unit that discriminates the input coins by the coin discriminating unit and counts and stores them. A denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value, and the number of coins that can be stored in the coin storage unit. Based on the denomination information determined by the coin discriminating unit, a correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit, the number stored by the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added, and the corrected coin number And a control unit that detects the full state of the coin storage unit by comparing the reference coin-storable sheet and the corrected number of coins, and without providing a large number of optical sensors, Complement the number of sheets according to the volume The full state of the coin storing units can be accurately detected, without overflowing coins from the coin storing units, problems such as the counting of rework and cash miscalculation does not occur.

2 is a configuration of a coin processing device of the cash processing device according to the first embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the coin processing apparatus of the cash processing apparatus of Example 1, and an illustration figure of a money classification ratio information storage part. It is a block diagram of the coin processing apparatus of the cash processing apparatus of Example 2. FIG. It is a block diagram of the coin processing apparatus of the cash processing apparatus of Example 3. FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view of a cash processing apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element common to drawing.

(Constitution)
The external structure of the cash processing apparatus of Example 1 is as shown in FIG. That is, the cash processing apparatus 1 of Example 1 is provided with the coin processing apparatus 10 that handles coins on the upper side of the apparatus, and the banknote processing apparatus 20 that handles banknotes on the lower side. A coin insertion slot 2 for inserting coins provided with a deposit slot shutter is provided at the upper part of the coin processing apparatus 10, and a coin dispensing slot 3 for dispensing coins is provided on the front side of the apparatus. Yes. In addition, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 is provided on the front side of the banknote handling apparatus 20 to insert and withdraw banknotes.

  The functional block diagram of the coin processing apparatus 10 of the cash processing apparatus 1 of Example 1 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the coin processing device 10 of the cash processing device 1 according to the first embodiment is configured such that the operator inserts the coin 8, the coin insertion port 2 that conveys the inserted coin 8, and identifies the coin type. The coin discriminating unit 4 that performs the above operation, the coin storing unit 6 that stores the coin 8 that is transported by the transport path 5 by dropping it as indicated by the arrow C when the coin 8 is transported in the direction of the arrow B, and controls these components. And a denomination ratio information storage unit 7a that stores a denomination according to the volume of coins.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the coin processing apparatus 10 of the cash processing apparatus according to the first embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to the operation explanatory view showing the approximate size and volume ratio of the Japanese coins shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the example diagram of the money type ratio information storage unit 7a.

  First, the coin processing device 1 feeds the coin 8 inserted into the coin slot 2 as shown by the arrow A and stored in the coin receiver 2a to the transport path 5 as shown by the arrow B.

  The sent coin 8 is denominated in the coin discriminating unit 4, for example, in the case of a Japanese coin, any of a 500 yen coin, a 100 yen coin, a 50 yen coin, a 10 yen coin, a 5 yen coin, and a 1 yen coin. Are stored in the coin storage unit 6 while counting.

  By the way, in the case of Japanese coins, the size of the coins is as shown in FIG. For example, a 500-yen coin has a diameter of about 26.5 mm and a thickness of about 1.8 mm, and this volume is about 993 cubic mm. A 100-yen coin has a volume of about 682 cubic mm, and the other coins have a volume as shown in FIG.

  For example, if a 500 yen coin is a reference coin and its volume is 1, the volume ratio α to the volume of the 500 yen coin is about 0.7 for a 100 yen coin, and about 0.6 for a 50 yen coin. It is about 0.65 for a yen coin, 0.6 for a 5 yen coin, and about 0.5 for a 1 yen coin. These volume ratios are stored for each denomination as correction values in the denomination ratio information storage unit 7a as shown in FIG.

  Returning again to FIG. 1, when storing the coins that have been denominated in the coin storage unit 6, the control unit 7 uses the denomination information determined by the coin discrimination unit 5 to store the denomination ratio information storage unit 7 a. A reference coin that can be stored in the coin storage unit 6 by accumulating the total number of coins stored by correcting the number of coins stored in the coin storage unit 6 with the correction value extracted with reference to FIG. It is determined whether or not a full state is reached by comparison with the storable number Ns.

  For example, if the capacity of the coin storage unit 6 is a rectangular parallelepiped having a length of 200 mm, a width of 100 mm, and a height of 120 mm, the volume of the coin storage unit 6 is 2.4 million cubic mm, and the margin is set to 400,000 cubic mm in consideration of the bias of accumulation. The storable volume is 2 million cubic mm. With a standard 500 yen coin, 2 million cubic mm ÷ 993 cubic mm = approximately 2000 sheets can be accommodated, but with a 1 yen coin, the volume ratio is approximately 0.00. 5, about 4000 sheets can be stored. In this example, 500 yen coins are used as reference coins, so 2000 sheets is the number Ns of reference coins that can be stored.

  Thus, since the number of sheets that can be stored depends on the volume ratio, the volume ratio α = 1 when the coin discriminating unit 5 determines that the coin is a 500 yen coin, and the volume ratio α = 0. 7 and volume ratio α = 0.6 when determined as 50 yen coin, volume ratio α = 0.65 when determined as 10 yen coin and volume ratio when determined as 5 yen coin. α = 0.6, if the coin is determined to be a one-yen coin, the volume ratio α = 0.5, and the corrected coins of all the coins that have been corrected by multiplying each number by the respective volume ratio α and cumulatively added The number Nk is obtained.

  Then, the reference coin storing number Ns is compared with the corrected coin number Nk which is the corrected total number of coins. For example, when Ns ≦ Nk, it is detected that the coin is full, and the coin deposit process Is interrupted, and the operator is guided to reduce the number of coins in the coin storage unit 6.

(Effect of Example 1)
As described above, according to the coin processing device of the cash processing apparatus of the first embodiment, the coin discriminating unit that discriminates coins, and the coin storing unit that discriminates and counts the inserted coins by the coin discriminating unit and stores them. A coin processing apparatus comprising: a denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value; and the predetermined denomination coin as the coin storage unit. Is set as the reference number of coins that can be stored, and a correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit based on the denomination information determined by the coin discrimination unit, and the number of sheets stored by the correction value is determined. Since there is provided a control unit that detects the full state of the coin storage unit by correcting and accumulatively adding to obtain the corrected coin number and comparing the reference coin storageable sheet and the corrected coin number Do not provide an optical sensor , The number of coins can be corrected according to the volume, and the full state of the coin storage unit can be accurately detected, allowing efficient storage, and no coin overflow from the coin storage unit. There will be no troubles such as cash miscalculation.

(Constitution)
Since the external configuration of the cash processing apparatus according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the cash processing apparatus according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5 as in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the coin processing apparatus 10 of the cash processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment has a configuration in which a reject unit 8 that stores abnormal coins is newly provided, and is stored in the reject unit 8. The number of coins can be controlled so that abnormal coins do not overflow. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the coin processing apparatus 10 of the cash processing apparatus according to the second embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to the configuration diagram of FIG.

  First, as in the first embodiment, the coin processing apparatus 1 feeds the coins 8 inserted into the coin slot 2 as shown by the arrow A and stored in the coin receiver 2a to the transport path 5 as shown by the arrow B.

  The sent coin 8 is denominated in the coin discriminating unit 4, for example, in the case of a Japanese coin, any of a 500 yen coin, a 100 yen coin, a 50 yen coin, a 10 yen coin, a 5 yen coin, and a 1 yen coin. Is stored in the coin storage unit 6. At this time, the coin determined to be an abnormal coin is stored in the reject unit 8 as indicated by an arrow D.

  And the control part 7 uses the outer diameter information of the abnormal coin discriminated in the coin discriminating part 3, ie, a diameter, thickness information, etc., and the corresponding denomination for the volume of the abnormal coin stored in the reject part 8. A correction value that is a volume ratio of the determined denomination is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit 7a of FIG. 2B, and the number of abnormal coins is multiplied by the correction value to correct the number; Whether or not the abnormal coin number Nkr after correction is obtained by accumulatively adding, and the abnormal coin equivalent to the reference 500 yen coin taking into account a predetermined margin has reached the reference abnormal coin storable number Nsr that can be accommodated in the reject unit 8 Is detected and a full state is detected.

  For example, if the reject unit 8 is a rectangular parallelepiped having a length of 100 mm, a width of 100 mm, and a height of 120 mm, the volume of the coin storage unit 6 is 1,200,000 cubic mm, and the margin is 200,000 cubic mm in consideration of the bias of accumulation. The standard abnormal coin storage number Nsr that can store abnormal coins equivalent to 500 yen is 1 million cubic mm ÷ 993 cubic mm = about 1000.

  Then, the volume ratio α of the abnormal coin equivalent to 500 yen as a reference, that is, the correction value is 1, the correction value is 0.7 for the abnormal coin of the size equivalent to 100 yen coin, and the size of the equivalent of 50 yen coin is In the case of abnormal coins, the correction value is set to 0.6, the number is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain the corrected abnormal coin number Nkr, and a reference abnormal coin storage number Nsr preset in accordance with the volume of the reject unit 8 is 1000 sheets. When it reaches, it is determined that the state is full.

(Effect of Example 2)
As described above, according to the coin processing device of the cash processing apparatus of the second embodiment, the coin discriminating unit that discriminates coins, and the coin storage unit that discriminates the inputted coins by the coin discriminating unit and counts and stores them. , A coin processing device including a reject unit that stores a coin determined to be abnormal by the coin discriminating unit, and storing a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value The ratio information storage unit and the number of the denominated coins that can be stored in the reject unit are set as the reference abnormal coin storing number, and the outer diameter information of the abnormal coins extracted by the coin discrimination unit is used. The correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit based on the corresponding denomination information, the number stored by the correction value is corrected, and cumulative addition is performed to obtain the corrected abnormal coin number. , The above criteria Since the control unit that detects the full state of the reject unit by comparing the number of normal coins that can be stored and the corrected abnormal coin number is provided, a large number of optical sensors can be used for storing abnormal coins in the reject unit. Without being provided, the number of coins can be corrected according to the volume so that the full state of the reject part can be detected accurately, and there is no overflow of coins from the reject part, causing problems such as recounting and cash miscalculation. There is nothing to do.

(Constitution)
Since the external configuration of the cash processing apparatus according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the cash processing apparatus according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5 as in the second embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the coin processing device 10 of the cash processing device 1 of the third embodiment stores the received coins in the denomination in the configuration of the second embodiment, and makes the denomination in the withdrawal transaction. The money type hopper 9 to be fed is provided, and the coins fed from the money type hopper 9 can be stored in the coin storage unit 6. Since other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the coin processing apparatus 10 of the cash processing apparatus according to the third embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to the configuration diagram of FIG.

  First, as in the first embodiment, the coin processing device 1 feeds the coins 8 inserted into the coin insertion slot 2 and stored in the coin receiver 2a as indicated by the arrow A to the transport path 5 as indicated by the arrow B.

  The sent coin 8 is denominated in the coin discriminating unit 4, for example, in the case of a Japanese coin, any of a 500 yen coin, a 100 yen coin, a 50 yen coin, a 10 yen coin, a 5 yen coin, and a 1 yen coin. Is stored for each denomination in the denomination hopper 9 as shown by an arrow E.

  Then, at the time of a withdrawal transaction or the like, a coin of a desired denomination is paid out as indicated by an arrow F from the denomination hopper 5, stored in the coin storage unit 6, and withdrawn from the coin dispensing port 3.

  At this time, the control unit 7 extracts the correction value from the denomination ratio information storage unit 2a by using the denomination information of the coins fed out from the denomination hopper 9 as the number of coins stored in the coin storage unit 6. And the corrected number of coins Nk is obtained, and compared with the reference number Ns of coins that can be stored in the coin storage unit 6 as in the first embodiment, for example, when Ns ≦ Nk, the full state is obtained.

  For example, as in the first embodiment, if the capacity of the coin storage unit 6 is a rectangular parallelepiped having a length of 200 mm, a width of 100 mm, and a height of 120 mm, the volume of the coin storage unit 6 is 2.4 million cubic mm, and a margin is considered in consideration of uneven accumulation. Assuming 400,000 cubic mm, the storage capacity is 2 million cubic mm. With a standard 500 yen coin, 2 million cubic mm ÷ 993 cubic mm = approximately 2000 sheets can be stored, and 2000 sheets can be stored as standard coins. The number Ns.

  Thus, since the number of sheets that can be stored depends on the volume ratio, the coins fed out from the 500-yen coin hopper of the denominated hopper 9 are fed out from the 100-yen coin hopper of the denominated hopper 9 with the volume ratio α = 1. The coins with a volume ratio α = 0.7 and the coins fed out from the 50-yen coin hopper in the money type hopper 9 are fed out from the 10-yen coins hopper in the money type hopper 9 with a volume ratio α = 0.6. The coins with the volume ratio α = 0.65 and the coins fed out from the 5-yen coin hopper of the money type hopper 9 are withdrawn from the 1-yen coin hopper of the money type hopper 9 with the volume ratio α = 0.6. Assuming that the coins have a volume ratio α = 0.5, the corrected number of coins Nk of all the coins obtained by multiplying the respective number by the respective volume ratio α and correcting and accumulating them is obtained.

  Then, the reference coin storing number Ns is compared with the corrected coin number Nk which is the corrected total number of coins. For example, when Ns ≦ Nk, it is detected that the coin is full, and the coin deposit process Is interrupted, and the operator is guided to reduce the number of coins in the coin storage unit 6.

(Effect of Example 3)
As described above, according to the third embodiment, a coin discriminating unit that discriminates coins, a money type hopper that discriminates and counts the inserted coins and stores them in a money type, and a money type A coin processing device comprising a coin storage unit for paying out and storing coins, wherein the denomination rate information storage unit stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value, and Based on the denomination information fed out from the denomination hopper, a correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit, the number of coins fed out based on the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain a corrected coin number, and the reference coin A control unit that detects the full state of the coin storage unit by comparing the storable sheet and the corrected number of coins, so that coins can be provided without providing a large number of optical sensors even during the withdrawal process. Correct the number of sheets according to the volume The full state of the coin storing units can be accurately detected Te, without overflowing coins from the coin storing units, problems such as the counting of rework and cash miscalculation does not occur.

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In the above description of the embodiment, Japanese coins have been described as an example. However, the present invention is also applicable to a cash processing apparatus that processes foreign coins or a cash processing apparatus in which Japanese coins and foreign coins are mixed. Can be easily applied.

  Further, in the above description of the embodiment, the description has been made so that the reference number of coins that can be stored, the corrected number of coins, and the like are calculated based on the largest 500 coins among the handled coins, but the reference coins are stored based on other coins. The possible number of sheets, the corrected number of coins, and the like may be calculated and compared to detect the full state.

  In the above description of the embodiment, the number of coins for each denomination and corresponding denomination is corrected by the volume ratio and the corrected coin number and the corrected abnormal coin number are calculated. The volume is calculated from the diameter and thickness information and accumulated, and it is determined whether or not it can be stored in the volume of the coin storage unit 6 or the reject unit 8 in consideration of a predetermined margin, and each storage unit is in a full state. May be detected.

  As described above, the present invention can be widely used in cash processing apparatuses and the like that require detection of the full state of a storage unit that stores coins and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash processing apparatus 2 Coin insertion slot 3 Coin dispensing slot 4 Coin discrimination part 5 Conveyance path 6 Coin storage part 7 Control part 7a Money type ratio information storage part 8 Coin 9 Money type hopper 10 Coin processing device Ns The number of reference coins that can be stored Nk corrected number of coins Nsr reference abnormal coins can be stored Nkr corrected number of abnormal coins

Claims (4)

A coin processing device comprising a coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins, and a coin storage unit for discriminating and counting and counting stored coins by the coin discrimination unit,
A denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value;
The number of coins that can be stored in the coin storage unit is set as the number of coins that can be stored in the coin storage unit, and the correction value is set by the denomination ratio information storage unit based on the denomination information determined by the coin discrimination unit. The number of coins that have been extracted and stored according to the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain a corrected number of coins, and the reference number of coins that can be stored and the corrected number of coins are compared to detect the full state of the coin storage unit. A coin processing device. A coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins, a coin storing unit for discriminating and counting the inserted coins by the coin discriminating unit, and a reject unit for storing coins determined to be abnormal by the coin discriminating unit. A coin handling device,
A denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value;
The number of the predetermined denomination coins that can be stored in the reject unit is set as a reference abnormal coin storing number, and the corresponding denomination is determined using the outer diameter information of the abnormal coins extracted by the coin discrimination unit. Then, based on the corresponding denomination information, a correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit, the number stored by the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain a corrected abnormal coin number, and the reference abnormal coin storage A coin processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that detects a full state of the reject unit by comparing a possible number and a corrected abnormal coin number. A coin provided with a coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins, a denomination hopper for discriminating and counting inputted coins by the coin discriminating unit and storing them in denominations, and a coin storage unit for delivering and storing coins in denominations A processing device comprising:
A denomination ratio information storage unit that stores a denomination volume ratio based on the volume of a predetermined denomination coin as a correction value;
Based on the denomination information fed out from the denomination hopper, a correction value is extracted from the denomination ratio information storage unit, the number fed out based on the correction value is corrected and cumulatively added to obtain a corrected coin number, and the reference A coin processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that detects a full state of the coin storage unit by comparing the number of coins that can be stored and the corrected number of coins.   A cash processing apparatus comprising the coin processing apparatus according to claim 1.

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