JPH1173531A - Coin changing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin changing machine that can change a small- denomination coin to a large-denomination coin or paper money by using an existing changing machine. SOLUTION: This coin changing machine 1 is equipped with a coin read-in means 2 for reading in the number of small-denomination coins charged by an operator of a client, a change completion cash issuing means 3 that calculates the number of large-denomination coins or banknotes in accordance with a total amount of money indicated by the number of charged coins and issues a large-denomination coin or paper money as changed cash on the basis of the calculation results, and a coin stock means 4 that stocks specified number of small coins in accordance with kinds of small-denomination coins. Hereby, specified number of coins set by the coin stock means 4 is variably made possible to set in accordance with kinds of large-denomination coins or paper moneys.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is mainly applied to the exchange of coins of financial institutions and the like, and is a coin exchange machine as a terminal device handled by an operator as a customer. The present invention relates to a coin exchange machine capable of exchanging money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a financial institution converts a small coin such as one yen or five yen into a large coin such as fifty yen, one hundred yen or five hundred yen, or a banknote, a customer must use a counter at present. Alternatively, a method of once performing a deposit processing of small coins using an installed automatic deposit payment apparatus (ATM) and then performing a withdrawal processing is adopted.

[0003] Incidentally, as a well-known technique relating to a money changing machine provided with a coin bill changing means capable of automatically changing coins to bills, there is known an automatic deposit payment disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-064191. Apparatus and actual opening 62-187
No. 73 discloses a banknote exchange and deposit machine for coins.

[0004]

In the case of a money changer or an automatic deposit dispenser having the above-mentioned coin and bill changing means, there is no means for changing small coins into high-value coins. However, there is a problem that a customer cannot exchange small coins for large coins or banknotes using a change machine installed in a financial institution.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a technical problem of the present invention is to provide a coin changer capable of changing small coins into high-value coins or bills using an existing changer. To provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, coin reading means for reading the number of small coins inserted by an operator, and large coins or bills which can be exchanged according to the total amount indicated by the inserted number. A coin changer is provided which includes a number-calculated number and a converted cash issuing means for issuing the large coin or the banknote as converted cash based on the calculation result.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned coin changer, there is obtained a coin changer provided with coin stock means for stocking a predetermined number of small coins according to the coin type of the small coins.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a coin changer in which the predetermined number of coins can be variably set according to the type of a large coin or a bill.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A coin changer according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram showing a basic structure of a coin changer according to one embodiment of the present invention. The coin exchange machine 1 uses an existing exchange machine installed in a financial institution to exchange small coins into high-value coins or bills, and reads the number of small coins inserted by an operator as a customer. Coin reading means 2 and exchanged cash issuing means for calculating the number of exchangeable large coins or bills according to the total amount indicated by the number of inserted coins and issuing the large coins or bills as exchanged cash based on the calculation result 3 and coin stock means 4 for stocking a predetermined number of small coins according to the coin type of the small coins. However, coin stock means 4
Can be variably set in accordance with the type of large coin or bill.

The coin reading means 2 reads the number of small coins inserted into the coin insertion slot of the coin changer 1 by an operator as a customer. There is a coin insertion slot with an upper limit, and customers can insert coins up to the upper limit. or,
The coin reading means 2 has a function of inquiring whether or not additional coins are to be inserted in addition to reading the inserted small coins, and the customer performs additional coins as necessary.

The exchanged cash issuing means 3 comprises a coin reading means 2
In accordance with the total amount of money indicated by the number of inserted small coins read, large coins and bills are issued as exchanged cash.
In other words, the exchanged cash is exchanged into high-priced coins such as 50,000 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen, or bills such as 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen.

The coin stock means 4 stores a predetermined number of small coins read by the coin reading means 2 for each type (here, if the small coin is a one-yen coin, 50, 100, 50
0 coins, etc., and 10 coins for 5 yen coins, 2
0, 100, 200, 1000, 2000, etc.), and when a predetermined number is reached, foldering is performed, and the foldered coin aggregate is stored.

The operation process of the coin changer 1 will be specifically described below. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation process of reading coins by the coin changer 1. In the coin reading operation process, the operator first performs coin insertion (step S1) for inserting a predetermined coin into the insertion slot of the coin changer 1, but since the insertion slot naturally has an upper limit of insertion, Subsequently, an inlet upper limit check (step S2) is performed. Here, when coins more than the upper limit are inserted, an alarm is displayed on the screen of the coin changer 1 (step S3).

Next, reading / calculation (step S4) for obtaining the number of inserted coins is performed, and an amount display corresponding to the total number of inserted coins (step S5) is displayed on the screen of the coin changer 1. At the same time, a coin stocker for stocking coins (step S7) is performed. The processing subsequent to the coin stocker (step S7) is passed to the coin stock means 4.

Further, after the display of the amount of money (step S5), additional coin insertion is confirmed (step S6). As a result, if there is an additional coin, the process returns to coin insertion (step S1) and the processing is repeated. If there is no input, the subsequent processing is transferred to the exchanged cash issuing means 3.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation process of issuing the changed cash by the coin change machine 1. In the operation process of issuing the exchanged cash, a 10,000-yen bill issuance (step S8), a 5,000-yen bill issuance (step S9), a 1,000-yen bill issuance (step S10), and a 500-yen coin are issued in accordance with the inserted amount. Issue (step S11), issue 100 yen coin (step S1)
2), issue fifty yen coin (step S13), issue ten yen coin (step S14), issue five yen coin (step S1)
5), exchange of currency in the order of issuance of one yen coin (step S16), and after preparing a statement (step S17),
Banknote integration (step S18) and coin integration (step S18)
After 19), a bill is dispensed (step S20) and a coin is dispensed (step S21), and a statement is issued (step S22).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a coin stock operation process by the coin changer 1. In the operation process of the coin stock, coins are sorted (step S23) for sorting the inserted coins according to the type, and the 500-yen coin stock (step S24) and the 100-yen coin stock (step S24) to be stocked in each type of coin stocker. Step S2
5), fifty-yen coin stock (step S26), ten-yen coin stock (step S27), five-yen coin stock (step S28), one-yen coin stock (step S29)
I do. When the number of coins stored in each stocker reaches a predetermined number according to the type of coin, foldering is performed (steps S30 to S35), and the coins are stocked in folder-stored coin stockers of each coin (steps S36 to S41). .

In FIGS. 2 to 4, the processing operation which can be exchanged for all types of coins has been described. In particular, coins inserted by an operator as a customer are small amounts of one yen coins or five yen coins. When such coins are exchanged for high-value coins or banknotes, the types of high-value coins or banknotes to be exchanged in advance may be limited. In such a case, if the predetermined number of small coins corresponding to the type of coins to be stocked by the coin stock means 4 can be variably set according to the type of large coins or banknotes to be exchanged, the coins are stocked. Handling of coins is simplified.

More specifically, by setting the operation process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 to a limited range, when the coins to be inserted are one yen coins, for example, 50, 100
When the small coin is a five-yen coin, for example, 10, 20, 100, 200
It is also possible to provide a function of merely exchanging a large coin such as fifty yen, one hundred yen, five hundred yen, or a thousand yen bill.

Although the coin changer of the above-described embodiment has been described as being constructed as a dedicated device, the coin reading means 2, the exchanged cash issuing means 3, and the coin stock means 4 have been described.
The same function can be obtained by adding a function to an automatic deposit payment device or a bill changing machine currently installed in a financial institution.

[0022]

As described above, according to the coin changer of the present invention, the provision of the coin reading means, the exchanged cash issuing means, and the coin stock means allows the customer to use the existing exchange machine of the financial institution. It is possible to exchange small coins for large coins and banknotes by using, and the handling of stocked coins by financial institutions becomes simple.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a coin changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a coin reading operation process by the coin changer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation process of issuing cash after exchange by the coin exchange machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a coin stock operation process by the coin changer shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 coin exchange machine 2 coin reading means 3 exchanged cash issuing means 4 coin stock means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A coin reading means for reading the number of small coins inserted by an operator, and the number of high-value coins or bills that can be exchanged according to the total amount indicated by the number of inserted coins are calculated. And a currency exchange means for issuing the high-value coin or the banknote as exchanged cash on the basis of the exchanged cash. 2. The coin changer according to claim 1, further comprising coin stock means for stocking a predetermined number of said small coins according to a coin type of said small coins. 3. The coin change machine according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined number of coins can be variably set in accordance with a type of the large coin or the bill.