JP2942136B2 - POS money handling system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS cash processing apparatus used by connecting to a POS cash register.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a POS money handling apparatus of this type, an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 5-60656 has already been filed. The POS money processing device calculates the total price of the product by reading the barcode of the product purchased by the customer with a barcode reading unit, and then the cashier informs the customer of the total price, By inputting the total amount of cash received from the customer, the difference between these total amounts is calculated. Then, the POS currency processing device determines whether or not the difference between the total amount of the product calculated from the barcode and the total amount of cash input by the cashier is “0”, and as a result, , The difference is “0”
If not, the cash of the difference is paid as change from the cash depositing and dispensing machine, and if the difference between these total amounts is “0” and the cash payment for the difference is completed, the customer The received cash is actually deposited and stored in the money receiving and dispensing machine.

[0003] Further, in this POS currency processing apparatus, when the cash depositing / storing process is completed, a deposit amount based on the discrimination data in the depositing discriminating section of the coin depositing / dispensing machine and a POS cash register received from the customer. Matching with the total amount of cash entered from the operation unit is performed. If there is a difference between the deposit amount and the total amount as a result of the matching, it is determined that there is an operation error of the cashier, and these matching results As a record in the memory.

[0004]

By the way, in the POS money processing apparatus constructed as described above, although the money received from the customer is a true money, the money receiving / dispensing machine is discriminated. If money that is so dirty that it cannot be discriminated as true is mixed in the unit, it is determined to be fake money and rejected, and also has a reject box for storing the money that has been determined to be false in the body. In the case of a cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine, true money is stored as false money in the reject box, whereby the money received by the discriminating unit and the total money received from the customer differ, There has been a problem that the operation of the cashier is determined to be incorrect.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to forcibly store a true currency which is seriously stained and which is discriminated from a false one after a cashier confirms it. It is an object of the present invention to provide a POS money processing apparatus capable of increasing the efficiency of receiving money accepted in a POS system and reliably preventing cashiers from operating errors and fraudulent operations in such money receiving processing.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, according to the first invention, money received from a customer is discriminated,
A cash processing machine for POS that stores money discriminated as true and rejects money discriminated as non-true, and is operated by a cashier to force the rejected money to be forcibly deposited. A switch means having a forced deposit amount input key or the like for inputting the amount of money to be deposited, and the money forcibly deposited by the forced deposit key of the switch means is stored, and the money input by the forced deposit amount input key is stored. A control unit for storing the amount as compulsory deposit amount data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a receipt amount input key for inputting a total amount of money received from a customer is provided as the switch means, and the control unit is configured to control the true currency received and discriminated from the customer. And calculating the deposit amount, subtracting the amount of the compulsory deposit currency entered by the compulsory deposit amount input key from the received amount of all the currency entered by the receipt amount input key. The comparison is performed, and the comparison result is stored.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by operating the forced deposit key of the switch means, among the rejected money, for example, the severely stained, dirty stains which have been rejected despite being true. It is possible to store the money, and at this time, it is possible to further store the amount of the soiled money that has been forcibly deposited based on the operation of the forcible payment amount key. That is, according to the first aspect, since the cashier can forcibly store the true currency that is seriously stained and is discriminated as fake, the currency receiving efficiency can be improved. , At the time of such a forced deposit, we try to keep a record of the forced deposit amount,
For example, by referring to such a record at the end of the business, the transaction at the time of the forced payment can be confirmed, and based on this confirmation, the operation mistakes and improper operations of the cashier can be reduced as much as possible.

[0009] In the second invention, the deposit amount of the true money received and discriminated from the customer is calculated, and the received amount is calculated from the received amounts of all the money entered by the received amount input key. Compared with the value obtained by subtracting the amount of the compulsory deposit money entered by the amount input key, and the comparison result is stored. For example, when these comparison results do not match, refer to the stored contents. Allows you to confirm that there was an error in the money deposit process,
Based on this confirmation, the money deposit process can be strictly managed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a money receiving and dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In these figures, the reference numeral 1 denotes a POS cash register operated by a cashier,
Reference numerals 1 and 102 denote a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine and a coin pay-in / pay-out machine, which are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other and in which payment processing is performed in accordance with an instruction from the POS cash register 1, respectively. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102 constitute a currency depositing / dispensing machine 100. The widths of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102 are each set to そ れ ぞ れ of the width of the POS register 1.

The POS cash register 1 has a POS cash register control unit C1 (FIGS. 3 and 6) having a calculation function for calculating the total price of the product based on the bar code of the product read by a bar code reading unit (not shown). ), A total key 2 for terminating the barcode reading operation, an amount input key 3 for inputting the amount of money received from the customer, and a display unit 4 for displaying the calculated total amount of the goods. And a printing unit 5 for printing a purchased product name, a product price, a total product price, and the like corresponding to the barcode. In the POS register 1, when the calculation of the product by the bar code is completed and the total key 2 is pressed, the PO
The display unit 4 displays the total price of the product by the S cash register control unit C1.
(The cashier refers to the display unit 4 to inform the customer of the total price of the product), the input value of the price received from the customer (input by the cashier using the price input key 3), and a bar code Is calculated, and if there is a difference between the input value of the price and the total price of the product, the difference (e.g., bill,
A change command for paying out coins is output to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102, respectively.

The POS register 1 includes an operation unit 11
As 3, a total deposit key 2 and an amount input key 3 are provided, as well as a forced deposit key 200 (see FIGS. 1 and 11) (details will be described later). The POS register 1 is mounted on the POS register mounting portion 6 on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102. The POS register 1 is controlled by a POS register controller C1 (details will be described later).

Next, the structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. This banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101
A deposit port 8 provided at the upper part of the front of the machine body 7 for receiving deposited bills and paying out the deposited bills one by one, and a dispensing / payment provided at the front face of the machine body 7 located below the deposit port 8.
The reject port 9 and the deposit port 8 are arranged horizontally in the depth direction of the body 7, and after making a U-turn halfway, they are arranged horizontally toward the front direction of the body 7 and finally withdraw / reject. The banknote transport path 10 leading to the mouth 9 and a return route of the banknote transport path 10 are connected via depositing communication paths 11 and 12 and dispensing communication paths 13 and 14, and are connected to the depositing communication path 11.
While accumulating and storing the banknotes deposited through 12,
A plurality of recirculating stackers 15 and 16 for dispensing accumulated and stored bills as dispensing bills through dispensing communication paths 13 and 14.
And a storage stacker 18 connected via a communication path 17 to a bill transport path 10 located downstream of the return stackers 15 and 16, and a bill transport path located between the deposit port 8 and the return stackers 15 and 16. 10, a bill discriminating section 19 for discriminating a denomination, authenticity, double conveyance, and the like of a bill conveyed by the bill conveyance path 10, and bill conveyance between the return stackers 15 and 16 and the storage stacker 18. A dispensing discriminating unit 20 provided in the path 10 for discriminating double conveyance and the like of dispensed bills conveyed by the bill conveying path 10 and bill depositing and dispensing for controlling the bill conveying path 10, the return stackers 15 and 16, and the like. Control unit C2
(See FIG. 3) as main components.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, as shown in FIG.
Distributing forks 21 and 22 are provided at each of the branch portions 1 and 12, and a distribution fork 23 is provided at a branch portion between the banknote transport path 10 and the communication path 17, and these distribution forks 21 to 21 are provided. 23 is driven by the banknote depositing / dispensing controller C2 based on the discrimination result of the depositing discriminating section 19 and the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating section 20. That is, the banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C2
When the deposit discriminating section 19 (1) discriminates the deposited banknote as a genuine bill, it drives only the sorting fork 21 and stores the bill in the recirculation stacker 15 through the deposit connection path 11. (2) When the deposited bill is identified as a genuine 5,000 bill, only the sorting fork 22 is driven,
The 5,000 tickets are stored in the recirculation stacker 16 through the depositing connection path 12, and (3) when the deposited bill is identified as a genuine ten thousand ticket, only the sorting fork 23 is driven to drive the ten thousand ticket. Is stored in the storage stacker 18 through the connection path 17, and (4)
When the deposited bill is discriminated as a reject bill such as a counterfeit bill or a double transport, the reject bill is moved straight without driving the sorting forks 21 to 23 and refunded from the dispensing / reject port 9. , (5) reflux stacker 15.
Counting means (not shown) for managing the number of stored bills in 16
If it is determined that the recirculation stackers 15 and 16 are full on the basis of the output from the control unit, only the sorting fork 23 is driven, and the deposited banknotes are stored in the storage stacker 18 through the communication path 17, and (6) When the forcible deposit key 200 is depressed, similarly to the above (5), only the sorting fork 23 is driven, and the deposited banknotes are stored in the storage stacker 18 through the communication path 17 (the process of (6)). Will be described later). Note that the judgment of the fullness by the counting means is based on the count value of a counting sensor (not shown) provided in the middle of the depositing communication paths 11 and 12 and the dispensing communication paths 13 and 14, even if the return stacker 15 is used. It may be based on a detection signal of an optical sensor (not shown) that directly detects the amount of bills in 16.

The banknote depositing / dispensing control unit C2, when the dispensing discriminating unit 20 determines that the dispensed banknote is a double-conveyed banknote, drives only the sorting fork 23, and The banknote is rejected to the storage stacker 18 through the communication path 17. (2) When the dispensed banknote is determined to be a normal ticket that is not double-conveyed, the sorting fork 23 is not driven, and the normal ticket is dispensed / It is made to pay out from the reject opening 9.

Then, as described above, the sorting fork 21
-23 are selectively driven, the return stacker 15 stores 1,000 tickets, the return stacker 16 stores 5,000 tickets, and the storage stacker 18 stores all of the deposited bills and dispenses. The double-conveyed banknotes in the banknotes are stored. The reason why 1,000 and 5,000 bills are stored in the recirculation stackers 15 and 16 respectively is that these bills can be used as change at the time of withdrawal, so that every bill is with the withdrawal reject bill. Then, it is stored again in the storage stacker 18 where payment cannot be made.

Next, the structure of the reflux stackers 15 and 16 will be described. These recirculation stackers 15 and 16 are provided with deposit and withdrawal paths 24 and 25 connected to the depositing and receiving paths 11 and 12 and withdrawal and connecting paths 13 and 14, and storage sections 26 and 27 connected to these with and withdrawing paths 24 and 25. And these storage sections 26 and 27
Elevating plates 28 and 29 on which the banknotes are mounted so as to be able to move up and down, and are provided so as to be able to enter and exit near the deposit and withdrawal paths 24 and 25 and conveyed through the withdrawal and withdrawal paths 24 and 25. Elevating plates 28 and 29 in storage sections 26 and 27
Impellers 30 and 31 that are scraped one by one on top, and storage unit 2
It has ejection rollers 32 and 33 which are provided at the upper positions of 6.27 and feed out the bills on the elevating plates 28 and 29 toward the dispensing communication paths 13 and 14.

Then, such a reflux stacker 15.1
In 6, the impellers 30 and 31 are connected to the deposit and withdrawal paths 24 and
25, and by rotating the impellers 30 and 31 counterclockwise in FIG. 4 in accordance with the transport of the bills, the depositing contact paths 11 and 12 and the depositing and dispensing paths 24.2.
5, the bills conveyed through the respective impellers 30-3
1 and are stacked one by one on the elevating plates 28 and 29 (the elevating plates are in the lowered position) in the storage portions 26 and 27. On the other hand, at the time of dispensing, the impellers 30 and 31 are retracted from the depositing and dispensing paths 24 and 25, and the elevating plates 28 and 29 at the lowered position are displaced by the uppermost surface of the bills placed on the upper surface thereof. The lifting rollers 32 and 33 are rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 to raise the lifting rollers 28 and 29. Deposit and withdrawal path 24 for banknotes one by one
25, and further straight up through the deposit and withdrawal paths 24 and 25, and then through the withdrawal communication paths 13 and 14, the bill transport path 1
Transported to zero. The reflux stacker 15 as described above is used.
The detailed configuration of 16 is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-248267 filed earlier by the present applicant.

Next, the configuration of the storage stacker 18 will be described. The storage stacker 18 includes a receiving path 34 connected to the communication path 17 and a storage unit 35 connected to the receiving path 34.
And an elevating plate 36 provided in the storage section 35 for mounting bills on the upper surface thereof, and a bill provided near the depositing path 34 and conveyed through the depositing path 34 to store the bills.
The lifting plate 36 is supported by a spring 38 from below and a bill is placed on the upper surface thereof.
It gradually descends according to the weight of the bill.

The impeller 37 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4 in accordance with the transport of the bills, whereby the bills are scraped one by one onto the elevating plate 36 in the storage section 35. It is being accumulated. The storage stacker 18 is provided so as to be detachable from the machine body 7 and can be detached from the machine body 7 by operating a key 18A. Bills removed from the machine body 7 and stored inside the machine (payment bills of ten thousand bills,
5,000 withdrawal bills) can be collected.

Next, the structure of the dispensing / reject port 9 will be described. The dispensing / reject port 9 has a separator 41 rotatably supported by a shaft 40 provided in the machine body 7. The upper side partitioned by the separator 41 is a reject port 9A, and the lower side is a dispensing port. 9B. In addition, a bill sorting plate 42 and a support plate 43 are provided behind the dispensing / reject port 9. The bill collecting plate 42 comes into contact with the rear end of the bills accumulated in the dispensing port 9B to sort the accumulated bills. Further, the support plate 43 is provided with a shaft 4 provided on the body 7.
4 is rotatably supported and forms the same plane as the bottom surface of the dispensing port 9B when rotated to the fall position, while when rotated to the upright position,
The stacked banknotes are brought into contact with the rear end portion of the stacked banknotes stacked in the reject port 9A to collect the stacked banknotes.

In the dispensing / reject port 9 configured as described above, when depositing, the separator 41 is lowered and the support plate 43 is arranged in a standing position, whereby the deposit 8 is deposited. Among the bills, reject bills discriminated from counterfeit bills, double conveyance, etc. are guided to the upper reject port 9A. At this time, the rear end portion of the rejected bills guided by the reject opening 9 </ b> A is collected by the support plate 43. On the other hand, in the dispensing / reject port 9, at the time of dispensing, the separator 41 is raised and the support plate 43 is disposed at a position where the separator 41 is tilted. And only the normal banknotes not double-conveyed are in the lower outlet 9B.
Will be guided to. At this time, the dispensed bills guided and accumulated by the dispensing port 9B are rearranged by the bill arranging plate 42.

Next, the configuration of the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102 will be described with reference to FIGS. This coin depositing and dispensing machine 1
Reference numeral 02 denotes a deposit port 51 provided on the upper part of the machine body 50 for receiving deposit coins, and a deposit port 51 provided rotatably in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. The deposit coins deposited through the deposit port 51 are stored. A rotating disk 52 for discharging the deposited coins by centrifugal force, a depositing path 53 for continuously transporting the deposited coins discharged from the rotating disc 52 one by one, and a depositing path 53 connected to the depositing path 53 to be connected thereto. A sorting passage 54 for sorting the deposited coins conveyed through the coins by denomination, chutes 55 to 60 for guiding the deposited coins classified by denomination by the sorting passage 54, and a chute 55
And circulating hoppers 61 to 66 for receiving and storing the deposited coins guided by 60 and dispensing the stored deposited coins as dispensing coins;
A withdrawal transport belt 67 for transporting the withdrawal coins paid out from 1 to 66, and a withdrawal that is provided at the lower part of the front of the body 50 and pays out the withdrawal coins transported by the withdrawal transport belt 67. Port 68, rotating disk 52, recirculating hopper 6
1 to 66, and a coin depositing and dispensing control unit C3 (see FIG. 6) for controlling the dispensing conveyance belt 67 and the like.

The depositing transfer path 53 is provided horizontally in its entirety, and has a bent portion 53 which is bent strongly by 90 ° in the middle thereof.
A is provided, and the coin conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 53 is made to follow a reference rail 73 described later at the bent portion 53A. Further, a depositing discriminating section 69 (see FIG. 7) for discriminating the authenticity, denomination, etc. of coins is provided in the deposit transfer path 53 located on the upstream side of the bent portion 53A. A reject gate 70 and an overflow gate 71 that are opened and closed based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 69 are sequentially provided along the coin transport direction in the deposit transport path 53 located on the downstream side (see FIG. 9). ).

When the deposit discriminating section 69 determines that the coin is a fake coin or a coin that cannot be discriminated (that is, a dirty coin) (step 26 in FIG. 13).
NO, step 28), or when accepting dirty coins re-inserted into the rotating disk 53 (step 30 in FIG. 13), these coins are opened and the chutes 70A
It is to guide. A switching gate 81 is provided in the middle of the chute 70A.
When the deposit discriminating unit 69 determines that the coin is a fake coin or a non-discriminable coin (that is, a dirty coin) (NO in step 26 in FIG. 13, step 28), the coin is ejected by the chute 70 A and the withdrawal conveyance. When the rejected coin is rejected to the dispensing port 68 at the lower part of the front of the body 50 through the belt 67, and the dirty coin re-input to the rotating disk 53 is received (FIG.
In step 30), the dirty coins are collected in the storage box 72.

On the other hand, when the coins of the denominations discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 69 are already full in the recirculation hoppers 61 to 66 (described later), the overflow gate 71 opens and overflows. The collected coins are collected in the storage box 72 through the chute 71A. In addition,
The storage box 72 is partitioned by an intermediate portion, whereby the overflow coin and the dirty coin are stored separately. The opening / closing of the reject gate 70 and the overflow gate 71 and the switching of the switching gate 81 are performed by the coin receiving / dispensing controller C3. The storage box 72
Is provided with a key 72A (see FIG. 1), and the storage box 72 is detachable from the body 50 by key operation.

Next, a description will be given of the sorting path 54 for sorting the deposited coins conveyed through the deposit transport path 53 into denominations. The sorting passage 54 is provided along the coin transport direction as shown in FIG. 7, and is transported to a reference rail 73 for guiding the coin and a passage surface 54A at a position slightly away from the reference rail 73. The sorting holes 74 to 79 are formed at regular intervals in order from the small-diameter denomination in the direction and sort coins in the small-diameter order, and are provided at positions above the passage surface 54. And a deposit transport belt 80 that transports the coin while pressing the coin against the coin. The deposit transport belt 80 is disposed so that an interval between the deposit rail and the reference rail 73 becomes gradually narrower in the coin transport direction.
Thus, the periphery of the coin is brought into contact with the reference rail 73. In addition, this sorting passage 54
As can be seen with reference to the plan view of FIG. 7, the sorting passage 54 is provided so as to be gradually approached toward the center of the body 50 in the coin transport direction. Has been reached.

On the other hand, the recirculation type hoppers 61 to 66 are provided with oblique disks which receive coins supplied through chutes 55 to 60 through openings (not shown). This inclined disk is provided rotatably in an inclined state, and is provided with a plurality of protrusions for locking and scraping coins one by one on an inner peripheral surface, and when the inclined disk rotates. The coins scraped by the projections
The money is paid out to the dispensing conveyance belt 67 via a feeding port (not shown). These recirculation hoppers 61 to 66 are connected to the sorting passage 54 as shown in FIGS.
Are arranged in two rows on both sides of the coin.
Is a 50 yen coin, a recirculation hopper 63 is a 5 yen coin, a recirculation hopper 64 is a 100 yen coin, a recirculation hopper 65 is a 10 yen coin, and a recirculation hopper 66 is a 500 yen coin. Each is stored.
The dispensing / conveying belt 67 is constituted by a belt conveyor horizontally arranged substantially in the center of the lower part of the machine body 50 in the front-rear direction.
By disposing the dispensed coins dispensed from 66 on the belt conveyor, the dispensed coins are conveyed to the dispensing port 68.

In the middle of the chutes 55 to 60, there are provided coin receiving sensors (not shown). Based on the counting of the coin detecting sensors, the coins supplied to the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66 are received. The number of coins is counted for each denomination. Dispensing coin counting sensors (not shown) are provided in the vicinity of the outlets of the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66, respectively, and based on the counting of the dispensing coin counting sensors,
The number of coins dispensed from the recirculation hoppers 61 to 66 is counted for each denomination. Then, the counting results of the deposited coin counting sensor and the dispensed coin counting sensor are supplied to the coin depositing and dispensing control unit C3, and the coin depositing and dispensing control unit C3 performs calculation based on the calculation results of these counting sensors. When the number of coins stored in each of the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66 is calculated, it is determined whether or not the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66 are full, and when it is determined that the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66 are full. Output full information. And
In the coin receiving / dispensing control section C3, when the denomination indicated by the full information is discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 69, the overflow gate 71 is opened to sort coins of the denomination into the storage box 72. I do.

Next, a POS register control unit C1 provided in the POS register 1, a banknote receiving / dispensing control unit C2 provided in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, and a coin receiving / dispensing control provided in the coin receiving / dispensing machine 102. The part C3 will be described with reference to FIG. The POS register control unit C1 includes a CPU 110 and a CP
ROM 111, RAM 112, operation unit 113, display unit 4, printing unit 5, barcode reading unit 1 connected to U110
14, an I / O device 115, and a forced deposit key 2 as shown in FIG.
00, an amount input key 3, a total key 2, and the like are provided.

The banknote depositing / dispensing control unit C2 includes a CPU 120
ROM 121 and RAM 1 connected to CPU 120
22, depositing / storage driving unit 123, dispensing driving unit 124, discriminating unit 125, deposit opening detection sensor 126, I / O device 12
7. Among these components, the discrimination unit 125 includes a payment discrimination unit 19 and a payment determination unit 20 as shown in FIG. The depositing / storage drive unit 123 and the dispensing drive unit 124 include a drive motor for driving the rollers and belts provided in the banknote transport path 10, the deposit communication paths 11 and 12, and the dispensing communication paths 13 and 14, 23, etc.
The depositing operation of the banknotes ((1) to (6) described above) and the dispensing process of the banknotes ((1) and (2) described above) are performed by the storage driving unit 123 and the dispensing drive unit 124, respectively. ing. The deposit port detection sensor 126 is for detecting whether or not a bill is present in the deposit port 8, and a deposit process is performed on the condition that the deposit port detection sensor 126 detects a bill. .

The coin depositing / dispensing control unit C3 includes a CPU 130
ROM 131 and RAM 1 connected to CPU 130
32, depositing / storage driving unit 133, dispensing driving unit 134, depositing discriminating unit 69, depositing port detection sensor 135, I / O device 1
36. Note that, among these components, the depositing / storage driving unit 133 and the dispensing drive unit 134 include the rotating disk 52, the deposit transport belt 80, and the deposit transport belt 67.
The operation of the depositing / storing drive unit 133 performs a coin deposit process and the dispensing drive unit 134 performs a coin dispensing process. ing. The deposit port detection sensor 135 detects whether or not coins are present in the rotating disk 52, and the deposit port detection sensor 135
The deposit processing is performed on condition that the coin is detected.

Next, control contents of the POS register 1 stored in the ROM 111 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The following steps are performed for each transaction (shopping) by a customer. Further, transmission and reception of signals between the POS register control unit C1, the banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C2, and the coin deposit / withdrawal control unit C3, which will be described in the following description, are performed by the I / O device 115 shown in FIG. 127
Via 136.

<Step 1> It is determined by the barcode reading section 114 whether or not the process of reading the barcode of the product purchased by the customer has been performed. If YES, proceed to step 2; if NO, proceed to step 3 Proceed to. << Step 2 >> Based on the barcode read by the barcode reading unit 114, a process of integrating the price of the purchased product is performed. Note that the integrated amount of the product performed in step 2 is temporarily stored in the RAM 112, and the integrated amount of the product stored in the RAM 112 is updated each time the barcode is read. << Step 3 >> It is determined whether or not the total key 2 indicating that the settlement of the commodity has been completed is pressed. If NO, the process returns to the original Step 1, and if YES, the process proceeds to the next Step 4.

<< Step 4 >> On condition that the total key 2 is depressed, the total price of the purchased merchandise stored in the RAM 112 is displayed on the display unit 4. Then, when the total price of the purchased merchandise is displayed on the display unit 4, the cashier informs the customer of the total price displayed on the display unit 4 and receives the price from the customer. << Step 5 >> It is determined whether or not the amount of the price received from the customer has been input through the amount input key 3, and YES
In the case of, the process proceeds to the next step 6. In this step 5, the amount of the price input by the amount input key 3 is stored in the RAM 112 as the received amount data, and is appropriately read out in steps 16 and 32 (FIG. 13) described later.

<< Step 6 >> The difference between the purchase price of the product calculated from the barcode and the price of the price input with the price input key 3 is calculated. << Step 7 >> In step 6, it is necessary to pay change depending on whether or not the difference between the purchase price of the product calculated from the barcode and the price input with the price input key 3 is "0". Is determined, and if YES, the process proceeds to step 8
The process proceeds to step 9 if NO.

<< Step 8 >> C of the POS register control unit C1
From the PU 110, the banknote depositing / dispensing control unit C2 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing control unit C of the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102.
3, a change signal T is output to each of the banknotes 3, and based on the change signal T, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 calculates
The coin depositing and dispensing machine 102 pays out coins of the change. That is, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, when the change indicated by the change signal T is a thousand bills,
2 to drive 1,000 coins in the recirculation stacker 15
4. Dispensing to the dispensing port 9B of the dispensing / rejecting port 9 through the dispensing connection path 13 and the bill transport path 10, and when the change is 5,000 tickets, the ejection roller 33 is driven to drive the return stacker. Deposit and withdrawal route 25, withdrawal contact route 1 for 5,000 tickets in 16
4. Dispensing a predetermined number of sheets to the dispensing port 9B of the dispensing / rejecting port 9 through the banknote transport path 10. Also, such a ticket,
When the double-conveyance is detected by the dispensing determination unit 20 at the time of dispensing five thousand notes, the sorting fork 23 is driven to store the double-conveyed banknotes in the storage stacker 18.

On the other hand, in the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102, when the change indicated by the change signal T is a coin of 1 yen to 500 yen, the corresponding oblique disk of the recirculating hoppers 61 to 66 is rotationally driven. The coins are paid out from the outlets of the return hoppers 61 to 66, and the coins are further paid out from the cash outlet 68 via the cash transfer belt 67. And the dispensing port 9B of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102 in this way.
Is paid out to the customer by the cashier.

In the change dispensing process of step 8, if the change is only bills, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1
01 is output only when the change is only coins, and is output only to the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102. When the change is both coins and bills, the bill dispensing machine 10 is used.
1. Output to both the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102. Further, based on such a change signal T, it is assumed that which denomination of bills and coins to pay out as change is determined in accordance with a predetermined rule (not shown).

<Step 9> In step 5, the received money amount data indicating the amount of the money entered by the amount input key 3 is output to the banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C2 and the coin deposit / withdrawal control unit C3. Then, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102 perform a money depositing process on condition that the received amount data is output from the POS register 1. At the end of the depositing process, all of the discriminated money is processed. Deposit amount data indicating the total amount is transferred to the banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C2.
CPU 120 of the CPU, the CPU 13 of the coin depositing and dispensing control unit C3
Feedback is made from 0 to the POS register 1 (this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. 13). << Step 10 >> Forced input key 200 in operation unit 113
It is determined whether or not is pressed, and if NO, step 1
The process proceeds to step 1 and proceeds to step 12 in the case of YES. In addition,
The forcible input key 200 uses the money receiving / dispensing machine 101 and the coin receiving / dispensing machine 102, respectively, in spite of the fact that the money received by the money receiving / dispensing machine 102 is severely stained and true, the payment discriminating section 19 (the bill side) and the money recognizing section 69. This is pressed when a coin rejected by the (coin side) as unidentifiable is forcibly deposited again.

<< Step 11 >> Banknote deposit / withdrawal controller C2
CPU120 of the CPU, CPU13 of the coin depositing and dispensing control unit C3
Judge whether or not the deposit amount data has been input from 0,
In the case of NO, the process returns to the original step 10, and in the case of YES, the process proceeds to the next step 12. That is, these steps 1
In steps 0 and 11, when the forced deposit key 200 is not operated in step 10 and the input of the deposit amount data from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102 is not confirmed in step 11, steps 10 and 11 are performed. In the loop, while in step 10, the forced deposit key 200
Is operated, or when money amount data is input from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102, the process proceeds to the next step 16 and step 12, respectively.

<Step 12> Following the depression of the forcible deposit key 200, it is determined whether or not the amount of money to be forcibly deposited has been input by the amount input key 3, and if YES, the process proceeds to the next step 13. . << Step 13 >> Forced deposit key 200 in step 10
The CPU 120 of the banknote deposit and withdrawal control unit C2 and the coin deposit and withdrawal control unit C3
To the CPU 130. This compulsory deposit signal is used in step 21 of the flowchart in FIG.

<Step 14> After the forced deposit amount data input in step 12 is temporarily stored in the RAM 112, the process proceeds to the next step 15. This RAM 112
Is read in step 16 described later. << Step 15 >> The CPU 12 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C2
0, it is determined whether or not payment amount data (output at step 34 in FIG. 13) has been input from the CPU 130 of the coin receiving / dispensing control section C3.
Proceed to. << Step 16 >> Received amount data indicating the received amount of the price input by the amount input key 3 (step 5
9), deposit amount data supplied from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102 (step 34), and compulsory deposit amount data indicating the amount of compulsory deposit (step 13).
Then, the following calculation is performed. That is, the difference between “(received amount data) − (committed deposit amount data)” and “deposited amount data” is calculated.

<< Step 17 >> Based on the comparison in step 16, it is determined whether or not there is a difference between "(received amount data)-(compulsory received amount data)" and "deposited amount data", and in the case of YES. Then, the process proceeds to step 18, and in the case of NO, this flowchart is ended. << Step 18 >> If the difference is not "0", the current transaction is determined to be abnormal, and data (for example, difference, time, name of person in charge, etc.) relating to the transaction is stored in the RAM 112. The difference in the calculation in step 16 occurs when the cashier mistakenly inputs the received amount data and the forced deposit amount data in steps 5 and 12, or the cashier intentionally inputs an incorrect value. Cases are conceivable. Then, after passing through this step 18, this flowchart is ended.

Next, a flow chart for depositing money received from a customer at the time of merchandise transaction at the POS register 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the following steps are executed by the CPU 120 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 when the currency received from the customer is a banknote, and executed when the money received from the customer is a coin.
Of the CPU 130.

<< Step 20 >> It is determined whether or not the received amount data (output at step 9 in FIG. 12) entered by the amount input key 3 is input from the CPU 110 of the POS register control unit C1. If the next step 2
Proceed to 1. << Step 21 >> CPU 110 of POS register control unit C1
It is determined whether or not a forced deposit signal (output at step 13 in FIG. 12) that is output on condition that the forced deposit key 200 is pressed is input.
9; if NO, proceed to Step 22.

<< Step 22 >> Deposit port detection sensor 126
(Bill side), it is determined whether or not a signal indicating the presence of money is output from the deposit opening detection sensor 135 (coin side),
If NO is determined that there is no money, step 23
And proceeds to step 24 if YES is determined that money is present. << Step 23 >> RAM 121 (bill side), RAM 13
2 (coin side), it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, and in the case of NO, the process returns to the original step 21, and in the case of YES, it is determined that the work of inserting money has been completed. And proceed to step 34.

<< Step 24 >> to << Step 25 >> In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, the banknotes inserted into the deposit opening 8 are fed out one by one into the machine (step 24), and the banknotes are fed along the banknote transport path 10. The bill is conveyed, and the bill is discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 19 during the conveyance (Step 2).
5). On the other hand, in the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102, the coins inserted into the depositing port 51 are fed out one by one to the depositing transfer path 53 by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 52 (step 24). Is discriminated by the payment discriminating unit 69 (step 25).

<< Step 26 >> to << Step 28 >> In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, it is determined whether or not the banknote is true based on the output of the payment verifying section 19 (step 26). Since the highest amount of bills (million bills) cannot be reused as change, they are stored in the storage stacker 18 in front of the withdrawal discriminating section 20, and the lowermost bills (thousand and 5,000 bills) are Sorted and stored in the type of recirculation stackers 15 and 16 (YES in step 26, step 2
7). Banknotes discriminated as fake, double-conveyed, unidentifiable (ie, soiled banknotes) or the like in the depositing discrimination section 19 (NO in step 26) are paid to the reject port 9A of the dispensing / reject port 9 as a reject ticket. Get out (Step 2
8). Then, among the banknotes rejected to the reject opening 9A, the false banknotes are returned to the customer as they are, and the double banknotes are subjected to the normal depositing process again, and the dirty banknotes are determined by the cashier. Deposit key 20
0 is pressed (YE in steps 10 and 21)
S), forcible payment is made (described later in steps 29 and 30).

On the other hand, the coin depositing and dispensing machine 102 discriminates whether or not the coin is true based on the output of the deposit discriminating section 69 (step 26).
6, the coins judged not to overflow are sent to the sorting passage 54, and sorted in the sorting holes 74 to 79 of the sorting passage 54 by denomination according to the diameter of the coins. Are stored in the recirculation hoppers 61 to 66 of the respective denominations (YES in step 26, step 27). In addition, the payment discrimination unit 69
Accordingly, coins which are discriminated as true based on the output of the deposit discriminating unit 69 (step 26) and which are determined to overflow in the recirculation hoppers 61 to 66 are stored in the storage box 72 by the overflow gate 71 (step 26). YES at 26, step 27).

The coins judged to be fake by the deposit discriminating section 69 and the dirty and indistinguishable coins are shown in FIG.
As shown by, the reject gate 70, the switching gate 81,
It is rejected to the dispensing port 68 through the dispensing transfer path 67 (NO in step 26, step 28). Then, of the coins rejected at the dispensing port 68, the false coins are returned to the customer as they are, and the dirty cash coins are pressed by the cashier's deposit key 200 according to the judgment of the cashier (YES in step 21). , Make a forced deposit (steps 29 and 30)
Below.) Then, after performing the process of rejecting bills and coins in step 28, step 2 is executed.
Return to 1.

<Step 29> On the other hand, if it is determined at the POS register 1 that the forcible deposit signal 200 is supplied by pressing the forcible deposit key 200 (YE in step 21).
S), in step 29, the deposit port detection sensor 126
(Bill side), it is determined whether or not a signal indicating the presence of money is output from the deposit opening detection sensor 135 (coin side),
If YES is determined that there is money, the process proceeds to the next step 30. Note that this step 29 and the next step 30 are performed in the money rejected in step 28.
Despite the fact that the currency is severely stained and is true, a dirty stack that is not discriminated as true by the deposit discriminating section 19 (the bill side) and the deposit discriminating section 69 (the coin side) is stored in the storage stacker based on the judgment of the cashier. 18 (banknote side) and processing for forcibly depositing money in the storage box 72 (coin side). Therefore, the processing in steps 29 and 30 is performed in steps 21 and 22.
This is performed after passing through 24/25/26/28.

<< Step 30 >> When a fouled bill is inserted into the deposit port 9 of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 101, the fouled bill is forcibly stored in the storage box 18 through the bill transport path 10, the sorting fork 23 and the communication path 17. On the other hand, coin depositing and dispensing machine 1
When a dirty coin is stored in the bin 02, the dirty coin is forcibly stored in the storage box 72 through the depositing conveyance path 53, the reject gate 70, the chute 70A, and the switching gate 81.

<< Step 31 >> It is determined in step 26 that it is true, and in step 27, the recirculating stackers 15, 16
Storage stacker 18 (banknote side), recirculating hoppers 61 to 6
6. The amount of the true money stored in the storage box 72 (coin side) is integrated, and the total amount of the money is calculated. << Step 32 >> The total amount of money calculated in step 31 is compared with the received amount data output from step 9 in FIG. << Step 33 >> Based on the comparison result in step 32, it is determined whether there is a difference between the total amount of money calculated in step 31 and the amount indicated by the received amount data, and YES
In the case of, the process returns to the original step 21, and in the case of NO, the process proceeds to step.

<< Step 34 >> The total amount of the true money accepted by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101 and the money receiving / dispensing machine 102 calculated in step 31 is represented by P as payment amount data.
Output to the POS register controller C1 of the OS register 1. In addition,
Such processing of step 34 is executed when there is no dirty money, all the money is correctly discriminated as true, and the discrimination amount matches the received amount data (via step 33). Is forcibly stored, and the discrimination amount of money does not match the received amount data (for example, there is a forced storage of dirty money, there is an input error of the received amount data, etc.), and the deposit port detection sensor 12
6 (bill side), also executed when a state where there is no money in the deposit opening detection sensor 135 (coin side) has continued for a predetermined time (YES in step 23). Then, after the deposit amount data indicating the true amount of discrimination of money output from step 34 is temporarily stored in the RAM 112,
At the time of judgment in steps 11 and 15 of step 2,
It is read out at the time of the calculation in.

When the deposit processing is executed by both the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102, each of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 102 receives a deposit relating to a bill. The money amount data and the money amount data relating to the coins are output. In such a case, after performing the process of summing up these money amount data, these sum values are temporarily stored in the RAM 112,
Further, it is output to steps 11, 15, and 16 in FIG.

In the POS money processing apparatus as described above, by operating the compulsory deposit key 200 of the operation unit 113, the rejected money, for example, is severely stained even if it is true. It becomes possible to store rejected dirty money (see FIG. 12).
Steps 10, 12, and 13 of FIG.
29, 30) At this time, it is possible to record the amount of the forcibly deposited dirty money based on the operation of the amount input key 3 (step 14 in FIG. 12). That is, in the POS currency processing apparatus of the present embodiment, since the cashier can forcibly store the true currency that is severely stained and is discriminated as fake, it is possible to increase the currency receiving efficiency. It is possible to record the amount of the compulsory deposit at the time of such a compulsory deposit, so for example, by referring to such a record at the end of the work, the amount of the compulsory deposit can be confirmed. It is possible to reduce operation errors and fraudulent operations performed by the cashier based on the confirmation as much as possible.

Further, in the POS money processing apparatus of the above embodiment, the deposit amount of the true money in the money received and discriminated from the customer is calculated (step 31), and the deposit amount is entered into the amount input key. 3 is compared with a value obtained by subtracting the compulsory deposit key 200 and the compulsory deposit amount entered by the amount input key 3 (see step 12) from the amount received (step 5), and the comparison result is abnormal. In this case, this is left as a record (steps 16 to 18). That is, as shown in steps 16 to 18, it is determined whether or not the difference between “(received amount data) − (committed amount data)” and “paid amount data” is “0”, and the difference is “0”. If this is not the case, this transaction is recorded as an abnormal one, so that such a record can prevent a cashier from operating the POS cash register 1 by mistake or misconduct, and can deposit money. Processing can be strictly managed.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 102 of the above-described embodiment, by pressing the forcible payment key 200, the banknote that is heavily soiled is stored in the storage stacker 18 that stores banknote banknotes and overflow banknotes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and similarly to the coin depositing and dispensing machine 101, a dedicated forcible deposit stacker may be provided before and after the storage stacker 18 to receive the forcibly deposited bills in the stacker.

[0060]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect, by operating the forced deposit key of the switch means, among the rejected money, for example, the rejected money is severely stained and true. Nevertheless, the rejected dirty money can be stored, and at this time, the amount of the forcibly deposited dirty money can be stored based on the operation of the compulsory deposit amount key. That is, according to the first aspect, since the cashier can forcibly store the true currency that is seriously stained and is discriminated as fake, the currency receiving efficiency can be improved. When such a forced deposit is made, a record of the amount of the forced deposit is taken. For example, by referring to such a record at the end of the business, the transaction at the time of the forced deposit can be confirmed. Based on the above, it is possible to reduce operation errors and fraudulent operations performed by the cashier as much as possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the deposit amount of the true money received and identified from the customer is calculated, and the received money amount is calculated from the received money amounts of all the moneys inputted by the received money amount input key. Compared with the value obtained by subtracting the amount of the compulsory deposit money entered by the amount input key, and the comparison result is stored. For example, when these comparison results do not match, refer to the stored contents. Allows you to confirm that there was an error in the money deposit process,
Based on this confirmation, it becomes possible to strictly control the money deposit processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship among a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine, a coin pay-in / pay-out machine, and a POS register according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a flow of banknotes in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing the flow of coins in the coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the coin depositing and dispensing machine in a state where an upper surface of a casing is removed.

8 is a side view of FIG. 7 as viewed from an arrow VIII.

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 7 as viewed from an arrow IX.

FIG. 10 is a front view of FIG. 7 viewed from an arrow X;

11 is a diagram showing a POS cash register control unit C1 of the POS cash register 1, a banknote pay-in / pay-out control unit C2 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 101, and a coin pay-in / pay-out control unit C3 of the coin pay-in / pay-out device 102, respectively.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a POS register control unit C1.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a banknote depositing / dispensing control unit C2 and a coin depositing / dispensing control unit C3.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 POS cash register 2 Total key 3 Amount input key (receipt amount input key) (compulsory deposit amount input key) 100 Currency depositing / dispensing machine 101 Banknote depositing / dispensing machine 102 Coin depositing / dispensing machine 113 Operation unit (switch means) 200 Compulsory depositing key C1 POS cash register control unit C2 Banknote deposit / withdrawal control unit C3 Coin deposit / withdrawal control unit Receipt amount data Deposit amount data Forced deposit signal Forced deposit amount data

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] Claims 1. A POS money handling machine for distinguishing money received from a customer, storing the money distinguished from true, and rejecting money distinguished from non-true, operated by a cashier, Switch means having a forced deposit key for forcibly depositing the deposited money, a forced deposit amount input key for inputting the amount of the money to be forcibly deposited, and storing the money forcibly deposited by the forced deposit key of the switch means. And a control unit for storing the amount of money input by the compulsory deposit amount input key as compulsory deposit amount data. 2. The switch means is provided with a receipt amount input key for inputting the total amount of money received from the customer, and the control unit displays the received money amount of the true money received and identified from the customer. With the calculation, the deposit amount is compared with a value obtained by subtracting the amount of the compulsory deposit currency input by the compulsory deposit amount input key from the received amount of all the currency input by the receipt amount input key. The POS money processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the comparison result is stored.