JP5176357B2 - Cash deposit / withdrawal system and cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus used therefor - Google Patents

Description

The present invention includes a plurality of registers installed in a retail store such as a department store, a supermarket, a convenience store, a cash withdrawal process for changing cash to the register, a cash deposit process for collecting cash from the register, and about the cash input and KimuSo location using the cash deposit and withdrawal system and its and a cash depositing and dispensing apparatus which performs sales proceeds management of the store on the processing such as clamping.

  A conventional cash deposit / withdrawal system includes a plurality of registers having drawers for storing banknotes and coins installed in a store, and a cash deposit / withdrawal device that manages sales in the store. A banknote deposit / withdrawal port that inserts and delivers banknotes, a card reader that reads card information recorded on a person-in-charge card, a banknote change storage that stores banknotes for change, and a banknote collection box that stores banknotes , A coin deposit port for inserting coins, a coin dispensing port for delivering coins, a coin change storage for storing coins for change, and a coin recovery store for storing coins, and changing the register In the withdrawal process for withdrawing cash, the cashier pays the change when the cashier reads the card information of the cashier card inserted into the card reader and determines that the cashier card is valid. Type of sheets The banknotes and coins (cash) according to the denomination and number of coins are fed from the banknote change storage and the coin change storage, respectively, and conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port and the coin withdrawal port. The cashier takes it to the register, stores it in the drawer of the register, and conducts cashier work with the customer.

In addition, in the deposit process to store the cash collected from the register, the cashier person takes out the cash stored in the cash drawer of the register, brings it to the cash deposit / withdrawal device, and inserts the manager card into the card reader When the cash deposit / withdrawal device reads the card information and determines that the person-in-charge card is valid, it accepts the insertion of bills and coins into the bill deposit / withdrawal slot and the coin deposit slot, and the deposit amount is confirmed. Banknotes and coins discriminated from change denominations are stored in denominations in the banknote change storage and coin change storage, and banknotes other than change denominations are stored in the banknote recovery store, and the sales amount to each recovery store. The bills and coins of the change denomination stored in each change storage are recycled and used (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP-A-2005-38062 (mainly third page paragraph 0009-0011, sixth page paragraph 0028-9th page paragraph 0053, FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 4, FIG. 5)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, the cash deposit / withdrawal process is performed using only the person in charge card in the cash deposit / withdrawal process from each register. If you make a deposit transaction with a person card different from the person card used at the time, the register that withdraws the change reserve does not match the register that collects the cash, There is a problem that an erroneous transaction occurs in which the sorted sales amount and the change reserve are stored with an incorrect amount.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for preventing an erroneous transaction caused by an error of a person-in-charge card.

The present invention, in order to solve the above problem, the card information reading section for reading the card information recorded on the personnel card, possess a coin changer housing box for storing coins to be used as change, the person in charge card A cash deposit / withdrawal system comprising: a cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus that performs transaction processing using a cash register / withdrawal system, and a register having a coin storage box for storing coins withdrawn from the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus; In addition to detachably mounting the box, the coin storage box is provided with a recording means for recording the register register number, and the cash deposit / withdrawal device is provided with a coin storage box insertion portion for receiving and inserting the coin storage box with, in the coin storage box insert portion of the reading unit is provided said register information to read the registration number recorded in the recording means of the coin storage box, card information of the personnel cards, Regis Leave the cashier number recording, when performing the withdrawal transaction processing and payment transaction processing, the cashier number of the coin receiving box that said register information reading unit has read from the recording means, reading unit reads the card information The coin storage box used for each transaction processing in the cash deposit / withdrawal device is authenticated when the cash register cash register number matches.

  As a result, the present invention can reliably match the coin storage box in which the change reserve was withdrawn during the withdrawal transaction and the coin storage box in which the deposit transaction was accepted. The effect that trading can be surely prevented is obtained.

  Embodiments of a cash deposit / withdrawal system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of an embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a coin storage box insertion portion and a coin storage box of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a register of the embodiment, and FIG. flowchart illustrating the dispensing processing embodiment, the flowchart 5 showing a deposit process embodiment, the flowchart Fig. 6 showing the clamping on the processing examples, Figure 7 is authentication processing coin storing box registers example It is a flowchart to show.

The cash deposit / withdrawal system according to the present embodiment is installed in a retail store such as a department store, a supermarket, or a convenience store, and manages a cash deposit / withdrawal device 1 that manages sales in the store, and a plurality of registers installed in the store. 2.
Cash deposit / withdrawal device 1, change in charge (referred to as cashier) is stored in advance in a plurality of registers 2 (see FIG. 3) installed in the store floor (referred to as change reserve). A function for depositing and collecting cash collected from the register 2, a function for counting the amount of money deposited and withdrawn at the time of closing, the amount of sales, the amount of money in the device, and issuing a slip that describes them Have.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 denotes a main control unit of the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1, which controls each part in the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 to execute a withdrawal process, a deposit process, a tightening process, and the like.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a main storage unit of the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1, and stores a program executed by the main control unit 3, a processing result by the main control unit 3, and the like.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a display screen having an LCD or the like, which displays various processing operation guidance and input screens for withdrawal amounts in withdrawal processing, and the amount of money deposited in the deposit processing and the number of money types. indicate.

6 is a card reader serving as a card information reading unit. When a cashier in charge of depositing / withdrawing cash in the register 2 or a manager for tightening sales passes the card in charge of each person, It has a function of reading card information.
In the person-in-charge card of the present embodiment, as card information, a user classification indicating a different person such as a cashier person or a manager, a cashier number as information for specifying the register 2, and a card for specifying the card Information such as a card number is recorded.

Also, a cashier card is prepared for each register 2 or for each cashier. If the cashier is to operate a plurality of registers 2, the cashier card can be used. A person-in-charge card is issued for each register 2.
Reference numeral 7 denotes an input unit, which is composed of operation keys for instructing cashiers and managers to perform deposit processing, withdrawal processing, closing processing, etc., and a numeric keypad for entering the withdrawal amount. ing.

In this case, the display unit 5 may have an input function such as a touch key.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a slip printing unit such as a printer, which has a function of printing and issuing a deposit process by the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 and an amount (including the number of money types) of the withdrawal process.
Reference numeral 10 denotes a bill handling unit, which has the following configuration.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a control unit of the banknote handling unit 10, which controls various units of the banknote handling unit 10 according to commands from the main control unit 3 and executes various processes such as banknote transport control and storage control.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, which is provided with a banknote shutter for opening and closing the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 and functions as a banknote deposit port for receiving banknotes inserted by a cashier person or the like, and to a cashier person or the like It functions as a banknote outlet that delivers the banknote of change reserve.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a banknote discriminating section that discriminates the authenticity, correctness, denomination, etc. of the banknotes carried in and counts them by denomination.

14 is a banknote temporary storage part which is inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 and has a function of accumulating and temporarily waiting for the banknotes discriminated and counted by the banknote discrimination part 13 and feeding out the banknotes which have been temporarily held. doing.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a bill change storage, which stores bills of denominations (referred to as change denominations) used as change (in this example, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen tickets) in denominations, It has a function of paying out banknotes to be withdrawn as change reserves, and a function of storing banknotes that have been confirmed to be deposited in order to circulate and use banknotes of change denominations. Is set.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a banknote collection box, which is a safe that is detachably attached to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 1, and banknotes constituting the sales amount for which the deposit has been confirmed are stored by denomination.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a banknote rejection store, in which reject banknotes discriminated from counterfeits or foreign banknotes by the banknote discrimination unit 13 are conveyed and accumulated.
In addition to the above, the banknote handling unit 10 is provided with a banknote transport path for transporting banknotes while being sandwiched between sections by a transport belt or the like, and the banknote transport path is switched to a branch section of these banknote transport paths. A bill conveyance path switching mechanism is provided.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a coin handling unit as a cash handling unit, which has the following configuration.
A control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 controls various parts of the coin handling unit 20 according to commands from the main control unit 3 and executes various processes such as coin transport control and storage control.
22 is a coin deposit slot serving as a coin deposit section, and is provided with a coin shutter for opening and closing the coin deposit slot 22, and has a function of receiving a coin thrown in for replenishment.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a coin discriminating unit that discriminates the authenticity, correctness, denomination, denomination, etc., of the coins that are carried in and counts them by denomination.
Reference numeral 24 denotes a coin temporary storage unit, which is inserted into the coin deposit port 22 and has a function of collecting and temporarily waiting for the coins that are discriminated and counted by the coin discriminating unit 23 and deducting the coins that have been temporarily waiting. have.

  Reference numeral 25 denotes a coin change storage, and coins of change denominations (in this embodiment, coins of all denominations consisting of 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen and 1 yen) are denominated. A storage for storing coins that are dispensed as change reserves, and a function for storing coins that have been confirmed to be used in order to circulate and use change coins. The storage standard amount is set for the denomination.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a coin collection box, which is a safe that is detachably attached to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 and stores coins that constitute the sales amount for which the deposit has been confirmed.
Reference numeral 27 denotes a coin reject port. Rejected coins and the like that have been discriminated from fake coins and foreign coins by the coin discriminating unit 23 are conveyed and accumulated, and returned to a cashier or the like.
Note that the coin reject port 27 may be a storage for storing reject coins.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a coin storage box insertion portion, which is an insertion portion for removably receiving the coin storage box 29 removed and carried from the register 2 and provided in the coin storage box 29 as shown in FIG. A register information reading unit 31 is provided for reading register information wirelessly from a non-contact type IC chip 30 as a recording means in which register information such as a register number is recorded.
In the IC chip 30 of the coin storage box 29 of the present embodiment, the register number of the register 2 to which the coin storage box 29 is attached is recorded as register information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coin storage box 29 is a storage box having a coin-type storage chamber that is detachably mounted on the drawer of the register 2, and its bottom surface 29a can be opened and closed by an opening / closing mechanism (not shown). It can be carried by cashier staff.
Further, the coin storage box insertion portion 28 is disposed below the coin change storage 25, and coins of change reserves are fed from the coin change storage 25 to the storage chambers of the coin storage box 29 during the withdrawal process. Then, the coins stored in the respective storage chambers are received by opening the bottom surface 29a of the coin storage box 29 inserted during the deposit process, and received in the respective storage chambers. A shooter 33 is provided.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 34 denotes a coin separating unit, which has a function of separating received coins one by one and feeding them to a deposited coin transport path 35.
Coins fed from the coin separating unit 34 to the deposit coin transport path 35 are transported to the coin discriminating section 23, and the coins after the discrimination are transported to the coin temporary holding section 24 through the deposit coin transport path 35, and a coin vibration (not shown). Depending on the discrimination result by the minute mechanism, it is accumulated in the corresponding coin temporary storage unit 24.

Further, at the time of deposit processing, the coins guided from the coin storage box 29 to the lower coin transport path 32 via the receiving shooter 33 are transported to the coin separating unit 34 by the coin lifter 37.
In addition to the above, the coin handling unit 20 is provided with a coin transport path such as a transport belt or a shooter for transporting coins to other parts of the coin handling unit 20. A coin transport path switching mechanism for switching the transport direction is provided.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 41 denotes a control unit of the register 2, which controls each part in the register 2 and executes authentication processing of the installed coin storage box 29, totaling of purchase amount and calculation of change, etc. To do.
A storage unit 42 of the register 2 stores a program executed by the control unit 41, a processing result by the control unit 41, and the like.

A display unit 43 includes a display screen such as an LCD, and displays a purchase amount and change amount for a customer, an error screen for a register person, and the like.
An input unit 44 includes a numeric keypad for inputting the cash amount received from the customer by the cashier, a bar code reader for reading a bar code attached to the product, and the like.

A register information reading unit 45 has a function of wirelessly reading register information recorded on the IC chip 30 of the coin storage box 29 attached to the register 2.
The main storage unit 4 of the cash deposit / withdrawal device 1 includes the register number of the register information read from the coin storage box 29 inserted in the coin storage box insertion unit 28 and the person-in-charge card inserted in the card reader 6. The coin storage box 29 used for transaction processing is authenticated by matching with the cash register number of the read card information, and the banknote corresponding to the number (or amount) of money type of the input change reserve at the time of withdrawal processing Is drawn out from the bill change storage 15 and withdrawn to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12, and coins corresponding to the change reserve are drawn out from the coin change storage 25 and inserted into the coin storage box insertion portion 28. The function of withdrawing money to 29, and during the deposit process, the bill inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 12 is discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 13 and temporarily held in the bill temporary storage unit 14, and the coin storage box insertion unit 28 Inserted The coins discharged from the coin storage box 29 are discriminated by the coin discriminating unit 23 and temporarily held in the coin temporary holding unit 24. After the deposit amount is confirmed, the cash of the change denomination is stored in each change storage and sales. Based on the function to store the cash that makes up the amount in each collection box, the read cash register number and card number, the most recent deposit information recorded with the same cash register number and card number is specified and subsequent withdrawals A function that performs reconciliation processing that extracts information and reconciles and sets a reconciliation flag for the withdrawal information, a function that calculates the sales amount by subtracting the reconciled withdrawal amount from the deposit amount, Read all payment information and withdrawal information with matching flags from the closing process to the current closing process, and calculate the total deposit amount, total withdrawal amount, and total sales amount. In addition, a cash management processing program having a function of, for example, calculating the amount of banknotes and coins stored in each change storage and collection store is stored in advance, and the cash management processing program executed by the main control unit 3 Through these steps, each functional means as hardware of the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is formed.

In addition, in the main storage unit 4, the maximum storage amount of each storage room of the coin storage box 29 is registered by denomination, and in addition to the personal ID assigned to each cashier person, Personal registration information including a password and a card number is registered in advance.
Further, the main storage unit 4 stores the banknotes of the denominations and coins stored in the denominations in the banknote change storage 15 and the coin change storage 25 and is stored by counting the denominations. The number of stored bills and coins stored in the storage 16 or the coin collection store 26 is counted and stored for each money type, and the deposit / withdrawal information record for recording the deposit information and withdrawal information at the time of deposit processing. The table is stored.

In the deposit / withdrawal information record table, there is a record column of withdrawal information or deposit information that consists of each frame such as serial number, cash register number, card number, personal ID, processing date / time, classification, amount, denomination, closing date / time, reconciliation, etc. A serial number assigned for each process is written in the serial number frame of each recording field.
The card number read from the person in charge card of the cashier person is written in the card number frame.
The cash register number read from the coin storage box 29 is written in the cash register number frame. This cash register number is used for summing up the withdrawal amount and the like for each register 2, and at the time of matching processing at the time of deposit processing.

The personal ID entered by the cashier person is written in the personal ID frame.
The date and time when the deposit process or the withdrawal process is executed is written in the processing date / time frame.
Information indicating whether the process is a deposit process or a withdrawal process is written in the classification frame.
The deposit amount or withdrawal amount of the deposit process or withdrawal process is written in the amount frame.

In each denomination frame, for example, 5,000,..., 1, etc., the number of processed money types in the deposit process or the withdrawal process is written.
The date and time when the tightening process is executed is written in the closing date / time frame. The tightening date and time is information indicating whether or not the tightening process has been performed, and the information on which this is written is excluded from the tightening process target.

In the match frame, a match flag (symbol or code representing “done” in this embodiment) indicating that the deposit process has been performed with respect to the withdrawal process extracted by the match process performed during the deposit process. Written.
The deposit information of the present embodiment is composed of each information of the record column in which “deposit” is written in the above-mentioned division frame, and the withdrawal information is a record in which “withdrawal” is written in the above-mentioned division frame. It consists of each information in the column.

  The register unit 2 of the register 2 stores the register number of the register 2 in advance, the function of counting the purchase amount input by the bar code reader of the input unit 44, and the customer input by the register person in charge The coin storage box 29 attached to the register 2 is added to a normal cash register business processing program having a function of executing cash register business processing such as a function of calculating a change amount by subtracting the total amount of money purchased from the amount of cash received from the cash register 29. An application program or the like having a function of performing an authentication process for authenticating the coin storage box 29 used for the cash register processing is added when the register number read from the register information matches the register number stored in the storage unit 42 in advance. The cash register execution program stored in advance is stored in advance, and according to the steps of the cash register execution program executed by the control unit 41, the present embodiment Each function means as register 2 hardware is formed.

In the following, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
S1, the cashier who withdraws the change reserve stored in the drawer of the register 2 removes the empty coin storage box 29 from the drawer of the register 2, carries it to the cash depositing / dispensing device 1, and the coin storage box to insert a coin storage box 29 to bring the insertion portion 28.

The main control unit 3 of the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus 1 which has detected this, the cash management process program, registration number recorded in the IC chip 30 of the coin storing box 29 by the register information reading section 31 of the coin storage box insertion portion 28 Read register information.
Next, in S <b> 2, the cashier person passes the person-in-charge card to the card reader 6.

The main control unit 3 that has detected this reads card information such as a register number and a user classification recorded on the person-in-charge card by the card reader 6.
S3, the main control unit 3 which has read the register information and the card information collates them cashier number that is written in each reads, if the registration numbers match, the coin storing box 29 which is inserted After authenticating, the process proceeds to step S5. If registration numbers do not match, to determine the transaction processing by the coin storing box 29 which is inserted impossible and the process proceeds to step S4.

S4, the main control unit 3 determines that disables transaction processing by the coin storing box 29 which is inserted by a mismatch of the registration number, the registration number of the person card on the screen of the display unit 5, and the registration number of the coin storage box 29 Displays an error screen that displays an error message to the effect that is not consistent.
The cashier person confirms the displayed contents and presses “Confirm” by the operation key of the input unit 7. The main control unit 3, which detects this ends the cash management process, waiting waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin detection of the coin storage box 29 by the storage box insertion section 28 or the card reader 6,.

S5, the main control unit 3 authenticates the coin storing box 29 which is inserted, to display personal ID such as an input screen that displays each input field of the personal ID and password on the screen of the display unit 5, clerk is input The personal ID and password of the cashier in charge are entered using the numeric keypad or the like of section 7.
The main control unit 3 that has detected this receives these inputs, extracts the password of the corresponding personal ID from the personal registration information in the main storage unit 4 based on the input personal ID, and extracts the extracted personal registration information The validity of the person-in-charge card is determined based on the match between the password and the input password and the card number between the personal registration information and the read card information, and the process proceeds to step S6.

S6, the main control unit 3 that has determined the validity of the person-in-charge card displays a menu screen on the display unit 5 that displays the contents of the business that the cashier person is permitted to operate based on the user classification of the card information. Display on the screen.
In S7, the cashier person checks the displayed menu screen, selects withdrawal, and presses the withdrawal processing operation key from the operation key of the input unit 7.

S8, The main control unit 3 that has accepted the transaction process input by pressing the operation key recognizes that the withdrawal process has been selected, and displays a number input field for the type of change denomination on the screen of the display unit 5. Display the withdrawal details entry screen.
The cashier person enters the number of withdrawals by entering the number of withdrawals by money type using the numeric keypad of the input unit 7.

S 9, the main control unit 3 that has received the input of the withdrawal breakdown recognizes the denomination to be withdrawn and the number of moneys to be withdrawn according to the number of the entered money types, and stores the bill change storage stored in the main storage unit 4. 15 and the number of stored bills and coins of the denomination in the coin change storage 25 are confirmed. If the stored number is equal to or greater than the number of the entered denomination, it is determined that withdrawal is possible, and the process proceeds to step S10. If the number of stored sheets is less than the number of coin types entered, it is determined that the withdrawal is not possible, a message to that effect is displayed on the screen of the display unit 5, the withdrawal process is terminated, and the coin storage by the coin storage box insertion unit 28 is performed. It waits for detection of the box 29 or detection of the person-in-charge card by the card reader 6.

S10, the main control unit 3 that has determined that withdrawal is possible executes a counting and withdrawal process for cash to be withdrawn.
That is, the main control unit 3 issues a banknote dispensing instruction describing the number of banknotes of money type to be withdrawn to the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 and coin dispensing with the number of coins of the money type to be withdrawn. The command is sent to the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20.
The control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 that has received the banknote withdrawal command is for the number of sheets specified while discriminating and counting the banknote corresponding to the denomination of the banknote withdrawal command from the banknote change storage 15 by the banknote discrimination unit 13. This is fed out and conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 for accumulation.

In addition, the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 that has received the coin withdrawal command receives the coin corresponding to the denomination of the coin withdrawal command from the coin change storage 25 to the coin storage box insertion unit 28. The specified number of sheets are fed out to each storage chamber of the box 29 and accumulated in the coin storage box 29 by denomination.
And the control part 11 which finished collection | stacking of a banknote open | releases the banknote shutter of the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 12, and delivers a banknote to the cashier person in charge.

Moreover, the control part 21 which complete | finished accumulation | storage of a coin hands over the coin accumulate | stored by the money type in the coin storage box 29 of the coin storage box insertion part 28 as it is to the cashier person in charge.
The control unit 11 that has confirmed the removal of the banknote from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 of the cashier person and the control unit 21 that has confirmed the removal of the coin storage box 29 of the coin storage box insertion unit 28 respectively issue a withdrawal end notification. It is sent to the control unit 3.

  S 11, the main control unit 3 that has received these withdrawal end notifications recognizes the end of the counting withdrawal process, reads the cash register number read from the coin storage box 29, the card number of the card information, the input personal ID, the withdrawal Creates withdrawal information consisting of the processing date and time of the money processing, the classification of the withdrawal processing, the amount of money withdrawn, the number of money types withdrawn, the closing date and time of the empty frame, and the empty match flag 4, the next serial number is assigned to the blank record field of the deposit / withdrawal information recording table, each information of the withdrawal information is written, the deposit / withdrawal information record table is updated, and the bill change storage 15, coin change The number of denominations stored in the main storage unit 4 is subtracted from the number of denominations stored in the main storage unit 4 to update the number of denominations stored.

S12, the main control unit 3 having finished recording the withdrawal information, etc., generates print data based on the withdrawal information, sends it to the slip printing unit 8, and the number of money types withdrawn and its total amount The slip printed with the cash register number is discharged from the slip printing unit 8 and issued, and the cashier person receives the issued slip.
The main control unit 3, which confirmed the receipt of the issued documents, to complete the withdrawal process, waiting waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin detection of the coin storage box 29 by the storage box insertion section 28 or the card reader 6, .

In this way, the withdrawal process for each register 2 by the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 of this embodiment is executed, and the withdrawal information is recorded in the deposit / withdrawal information recording table of the main storage unit 4.
Hereinafter, the deposit process according to the present embodiment will be described in accordance with the steps indicated by SA using the flowchart shown in FIG.
SA1, the cashier who deposits the cash collected from the register 2, takes out the banknotes stored therein from the drawer of the register 2 and removes the coin storage box 29 in which coins are stored, and deposits the cash It carries to the apparatus 1 and inserts the coin insertion box 29 brought into the coin storage box insertion part 28.

The main control unit 3 of the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus 1 which has detected this, the cash management process program, in the same manner as in step S1, reads the register information of the coin storing box 29.
SA2, then the cashier in charge passes the card in charge of the person in charge to the card reader 6.
The main control unit 3 that has detected this reads the card information of the person-in-charge card in the same manner as in step S2.

In addition, when the person in charge card used at the time of the withdrawal process has a problem due to damage or loss, another person in charge card (card number is different) is used.
In this case, in the personal registration information of the main storage unit 4, the cashier number and card number of the other cashier card are registered in advance in correspondence with the cashier's personal ID.
SA3, the main control unit 3 which has read the register information and the card information, in the same manner as in step S3, checks the registration number, if the registration numbers match, the coin storing box 29 which is inserted to authenticate To step SA5. If registration numbers do not match, to determine the transaction processing by the coin storing box 29 which is inserted impossible and the process proceeds to step S4.

SA4, the main control unit 3 determines that disables transaction processing by the coin storing box 29 which is inserted by a mismatch of the registration number, in the same manner as in step S4, and displays an error screen, clerk is the input section 7 When the user presses the "confirm", the main control unit 3 detects this ends the cash management process, waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin detection of the coin storage box 29 by the storage box insertion section 28 or the card reader 6, And wait.

SA5, the main control unit 3 where the coin storing box 29 which is inserted authenticated, like step S5, and displays the personal ID or the like input screen, the cashier inputs a personal ID and password, the main control unit 3 determines the legitimacy of the person-in-charge card in the same manner as in step S5, and proceeds to step SA6.
SA6, after determining the validity of the person-in-charge card, the main control unit 3 displays the menu screen in the same manner as in step S6.

SA7, the cashier in charge checks the displayed menu screen, selects the deposit, and presses the deposit processing operation key from the operation key of the input unit 7.
SA8, the main control unit 3 that has received the input of the transaction process by pressing the operation key recognizes that the deposit process has been selected, and executes the process of taking the deposited cash.
In other words, the main control unit 3 instructs the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 to instruct to take in the coins to be received, and instructs the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 to take in the coins to be received. The command is sent to the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20.

  The control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 that has received the banknote take-in command opens the banknote shutter of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 to accept the insertion of banknotes from the cashier in charge, and the banknotes brought in by the cashier in charge of banknotes in and out When it is inserted into the cash slot 12, the control unit 11 that detects this closes the banknote shutter, conveys the banknote received by the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 to the banknote discrimination unit 13, and discriminates the authenticity, denomination, etc. of the banknote. Then, the bills are counted by denomination, and the bills discriminated from the genuine bills are conveyed to the bill temporary storage unit 14 to be temporarily put on standby. At this time, the banknote discriminated from the reject banknote is transported to and stored in the banknote reject box 17.

  Further, the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 that has received a coin take-in command opens the bottom surface 29a of the coin storage box 29 inserted in the coin storage box insertion unit 28 to receive coins in each storage chamber. The lower coin transport path 32 guides the coin to the coin lifter 37, transports it to the coin lifter 37, transports it to the coin separator 34 by the coin lifter 37, and collects the coins from the coin separator 34. The coins fed out one by one are transported to the coin discriminating section 23 by the deposit coin transport path 35, the true / false of the coins, the denominations, etc. are discriminated and counted by denomination, and the coins identified as authentic are deposited coins. It is conveyed to the coin temporary holding part 24 by the conveyance path 35, and is made to wait temporarily for a money type. At this time, the coins discriminated from the reject coins are transported to the coin reject port 27 and returned to the cashier.

And the control part 11 which finished accumulation | stacking to the banknote temporary storage part 14 and the control part 21 which completed accumulation | storage to the coin temporary storage part 24 each took in the number which recorded the number of money types counted. An end notification is sent to the main control unit 3.
SA9, the main control unit 3 that has received these capture end notifications temporarily stores the number of denominations in the capture process described in each capture end notification in the main storage unit 4, and then captures the cash Is terminated, and a counting result confirmation screen is displayed on the screen of the display unit 5 that displays the counting result of the money type, the amount of money received, and a word prompting confirmation.

When it is determined that the displayed counting result is correct, the cashier person presses “confirm” using the operation key of the input unit 7. When it is determined that the displayed counting result does not match the brought cash, “Cancel” is pressed by the operation key of the input unit 7.
When the main control unit 3 accepts the instruction input by pressing the operation key SA10 and recognizes that the “confirmation” operation key is pressed, the main control unit 3 determines that the deposit amount has been confirmed and proceeds to step SA12. If it is recognized that the “cancel” operation key has been pressed, this is determined as a return request, and the process proceeds to step SA11.

SA11, the main control unit 3 determined to be a return request executes a return process of the cash that is temporarily held.
That is, the main control unit 3 issues a coin return command for instructing the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 to return the temporarily-waited coin to the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10. Each is sent to the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20.

The control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 that has received the banknote return command conveys the banknote temporarily held in the banknote temporary storage unit 14 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12, opens the banknote shutter, and registers the banknote temporarily held in standby. Return it to the person in charge.
In addition, the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 that has received the coin return command conveys the coin temporarily held in the coin temporary holding unit 24 to the coin reject port 27 through a return coin transfer path (not shown) and temporarily holds it. Return the coin to the cashier.

And the control part 11 which confirmed taking out of the banknote from the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 12 of a cashier person in charge, and the control part 21 which confirmed taking out of the coin from the coin rejection port 27 respectively return notification of return to the main control part 3 To send.
The main control unit 3, which has received these return termination notice, to terminate the payment process, and stands by waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin detection of the coin storage box 29 by the storage box insertion section 28 or the card reader 6,.

In step SA12, the main control unit 3 that has determined that the deposit amount has been confirmed executes a matching process.
That is, the main control unit 3 searches the deposit / withdrawal information recording table in the main storage unit 4 based on the cash register number read from the coin storage box 29 and the card number read from the person-in-charge card, and the same cash register number and card number. Identifies the most recent deposit information recorded, extracts all withdrawal information with the same cash register number and card number existing so far, and enters the match flag ( In the embodiment, “Done”) is written to update the deposit / withdrawal information recording table.

Then, the main control unit 3 calculates the sales amount by subtracting the sum of the withdrawal amounts of the extracted withdrawal information from the confirmed deposit amount.
SA13, the main control unit 3 having finished the matching process, the banknotes other than the change denomination from the number of the banknote denominations in the take-in process temporarily stored from the main storage unit 4 (in this example, 10,000 yen, 2) A banknote that reads the number of denominations, calculates the shortage by subtracting the total amount from the sales amount, and prioritizes the high denominations of change denominations to make up the shortage Calculate the fractional amount that cannot be constructed with only banknotes by subtracting the total amount from the shortage amount, and give priority to the higher denomination of the coin change denomination of the coins that make up the fractional amount. Calculate the number of constituents by money type.

The main control unit 3 that has calculated the number of bills and the number of coins according to the denomination of the sales proceeds executes a process for storing the cash that is temporarily held.
That is, the main control unit 3 temporarily issues a banknote storage instruction to the control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 to which the number of banknotes constituting the sales amount is attached so as to instruct storage of banknotes that have been temporarily held. A coin storage command is sent to the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 to which the number of coins constituting the sales amount is attached in order to instruct storage of the waiting coin.

  The control unit 11 of the banknote handling unit 10 that has received the banknote storage command conveys the banknote temporarily held in the banknote temporary storage unit 14 to the banknote discrimination unit 13, discriminates the denomination, etc. of the banknote and counts the money type. If the identified banknote corresponds to the denomination of the banknote constituting the sales amount, the banknote is transported to the banknote collection box 16 and stored in the denomination until the number of the banknote is reached. Is transferred to the bill change storage 15 and stored in denomination.

  In addition, the control unit 21 of the coin handling unit 20 that has received a coin storage instruction, selects a coin corresponding to the denomination of the coin that constitutes the sales amount from the coins that are temporarily held in the coin temporary holding unit 24 by denomination. From the coin temporary storage unit 24, the coins are fed out until the number of constituents is reached, conveyed to the coin collection box 26 and stored in denominations, and coins of other change denominations are received from the coin temporary storage unit 24, respectively. To be stored in the money type.

And the control part 11 which finished storing the banknote which comprises the sales amount in the banknote collection | recovery box 16, and the storage in the banknote change storage 15 of the banknote of the change denomination, and the coin collection | recovery box of the coin which comprises the sales amount The control unit 21 that has finished storing in the coin 26 and storing the coin of the change denomination in the coin change storage 25 sends out a storage end notification to the main control unit 3.
Upon receiving these storage end notifications, the main control unit 3 stores in the main storage unit 4 the number of denominations stored in the banknote collection box 16, banknote change storage box 15, coin recovery box 26, and coin change storage box 25. In addition to the stored number of each denomination, the stored number of each denomination is updated, the storing process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step SA14.

  SA14, the main control unit 3 that has finished the storage process, the cash register number read from the coin storage box 29 and the card number of the card information, the input personal ID, the processing date and time of the deposit process, the classification of the deposit process, the deposit Deposit information including the amount of money received, the number of money types received, the closing date and time of the vacant frame, and a match flag (“-” in this embodiment) indicating that no match is required, and deposit / withdrawal information in the main storage unit 4 is created. The next serial number is assigned to the blank record field of the record table, each piece of deposit information is written, and the deposit / withdrawal information record table is updated.

SA 15, the main control unit 3 that has finished recording the deposit information, generates print data based on the sales amount and the deposit information, and sends the print data to the slip printing unit 8, so that the number of deposited money types and the total amount thereof Then, a slip printed with the cash register number, sales amount, etc. is discharged from the slip printing unit 8 and issued, and the cashier in charge receives the issued slip.
The main control unit 3, which confirmed the receipt of the issued documents, to complete the payment process, and stands by waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin detection of the coin storage box 29 by the storage box insertion section 28 or the card reader 6,.

In this way, the deposit process for each register 2 by the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 of this embodiment is executed, and the deposit information is recorded in the deposit / withdrawal information recording table of the main storage unit 4.
Hereinafter, the tightening process of the present embodiment will be described according to the steps indicated by SB, using the flowchart shown in FIG.
SB1, the manager who tightens up the cash of the entire store passes the card card of the manager to the card reader 6.

The main control unit 3 of the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 that has detected this reads the card information of the person-in-charge card by the cash management processing program in the same manner as in step S2.
SB2, the main control unit 3 that has read the card information displays an input screen such as a personal ID in the same manner as in step S5. When the administrator inputs the personal ID and password, the main control unit 3 that detects this displays In the same manner as in step S5, the validity of the person-in-charge card is determined, and the process proceeds to step SB3.

SB 3, the main control unit 3 that has determined the validity of the person-in-charge card, displays a menu screen that displays the contents of the business that the administrator is permitted to operate based on the user classification of the card information. To display.
SB4, the administrator confirms the displayed menu screen, selects tightening, and presses the operation key of the tightening process from the operation key of the input unit 7.

  SB 5, the main control unit 3 having accepted the transaction processing input by pressing the operation key recognizes that the tightening process has been selected, and writes the tightening date and time from the deposit / withdrawal information recording table of the main storage unit 4. All the deposit information that has not been written and the withdrawal information for which the closing date has not been written and the match flag has been written, that is, between the previous closing process and the current closing process. In order to prevent a failure in the counting results when deposit processing is performed using another contact card when a failure occurs in the payment information and withdrawal information that has been matched, and the contact card, All the withdrawal information in which the closing date and time after the closing process is not written is extracted, and the banknote change storage 15, the coin change storage 25, the banknote recovery box 16, and the coin recovery box 26 of the main storage unit 4 are extracted. Read the number of stored items for each type of money In addition, the deposit amount and withdrawal amount of withdrawal information are totaled by cash register number, the number of deposit information and withdrawal information is counted by cash register number, the sales amount is calculated for each cash register number, and this time Calculate the total withdrawal amount, total deposit amount, and total sales amount in the above process.

  The main control unit 3 then calculates the total sales amount, the total deposit amount, the total withdrawal amount and the number of these money types, the sales amount by the registration number and the number of the money type, and the bills stored for change A tightening amount confirmation screen displaying the number of stored coins by type of money in the change storage 15 and coin change store 25 (high and low), the number of banknotes stored in the bill collection box 16 and the coin recovery box 26 (high and low), etc. It is displayed on the screen of the display unit 5.

The administrator confirms the displayed content, and presses “Confirm” with the operation key of the input unit 7.
In step SB6, the main control unit 3 that has received an instruction input by pressing the operation key recognizes that the tightening amount has been confirmed by pressing the “confirm” operation key, and all the deposit information extracted in step SB5 and The date and time when the tightening process is executed is written in the closing date and time frame of the withdrawal information, and the deposit and withdrawal information recording table is updated.

SB 7, the main control unit 3 that has finished updating the deposit / withdrawal information recording table generates print data of the contents displayed on the closing amount confirmation screen, sends this to the slip printing unit 8, and displays the closing amount confirmation screen A slip printed with similar contents is discharged from the slip printing unit 8 and issued, and the manager receives the issued slip.
The main control unit 3, which confirmed the receipt of the issued documents, to end the tightening on the process, waiting waiting for the detection of the person in charge card by the coin storage box the insertion portion 28 by the detection or card reader 6 of the coin storage box 29.

In this way, the tightening process of the entire store is executed by the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, and the date and time of the tightening is recorded in the deposit / withdrawal information recording table of the main storage unit 4 and the total sales amount. Corresponding banknotes and coins are stored in the banknote collection box 16 and the coin collection box 26.
Hereinafter, reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 7, described authentication process coin storing box register of this embodiment in accordance with the steps shown in SC.

SC1, the cashier in charge of storing the change reserve in the coin storage box 29 by the withdrawal process installs the coin storage box 29 in the drawer of the register 2.
Control unit 41 of the register 2 that has detected this, the registration task execution program authentication processing program reads the register information such as the registration number recorded in the IC chip 30 of the coin storing box 29 by the register information reading section 45.

SC2, the control unit 41 that has read the register information, reads the register number of the register 2 stored in the storage unit 42.
SC3, the main control unit 3 which has read the register number of the register 2 reads the register number written in the register information, compares this with the register number read from the storage unit 42, and the register number matches. If you are, the process proceeds to step SC5 to authenticate the coin storage box 29 which is mounted. If registration numbers do not match, the routine proceeds to step SC4 determines impossible to register the business process by coin storing box 29 attached.

S4, the control unit 41 determines that disables registration business process by coin storing box 29 which is mounted by mismatch registration number, the registration number of the register on the screen of the display unit 43, and the registration number of the coin storage box 29 Displays an error screen that displays an error message indicating that there is a mismatch.
The cashier person confirms the display contents and performs a confirmation operation using the input unit 44. The control unit 41 detects this ends the authentication process, and stands by waiting for the mounting of the coin storage box 29.

SC5, the control unit 41 authenticates the coin storing box 29 which is mounted, by registration task execution program register business processing program, executes the registration task processing of the register 2 as usual.
Since the operation of the cash register processing in this case is the same as the normal case, the description thereof is omitted.
As described above, in the cash deposit / withdrawal system of this embodiment, the cash register number of the register 2 is recorded on the IC chip 30 of the coin deposit / withdrawal box 29 detachably attached to the register 2, and the cash number is cashed out. and inserted into receiving and dispensing apparatus 1 of the coin collection box insertion portion 28, transaction processing and authentication and registration number read from the coin storing box 29, the coin storage box 29 which is inserted by a match with registration numbers of personnel card Therefore, if you make a deposit transaction with a person card different from the person card used at the time of the withdrawal transaction, you can warn the cashier about the inconsistency and prepare change at the withdrawal transaction. It prevents mistakes in the person in charge card by preventing wrong separation between the sales amount in the cash deposit / withdrawal device 1 and the change reserve due to a mismatch between the cash withdrawal register and the cash collection register. Cause Erroneous transaction can be prevented.

Further, when the register number recorded in the coin storage box 29 attached to the register 2 matches the register number stored in the storage unit 42, the attached coin storage box 29 is authenticated and the cash register processing is started. Therefore, it is possible to prevent cash transaction processing in the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 by preventing cash register processing by the coin storage boxes 29 having different cash register numbers.
Furthermore, since the coin storage box 29 attached to the register 2 can be used as a withdrawal box for storing change reserves and a deposit box for collecting coins, the convenience of the cashier can be improved.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the register is provided with a recording means for detachably mounting the coin storage box and recording the register number of the register in the coin storage box. A coin storage box insertion section that accepts the removably inserted card, and a register information reading section that reads the registration number recorded in the coin storage box in the coin storage box insertion section. Transactions in the cash deposit / withdrawal device when the cash register deposit number read by the register information reading unit of the cash deposit / withdrawal device matches the cash register cash register number read by the card information reading unit By authenticating the coin storage box used for processing, the coin storage box that withdraws change reserve during the withdrawal transaction and the coin storage box that accepts the deposit transaction are surely combined. Is to be able to, it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous transaction due to the mistake of the person in charge card.

  In addition, the register is provided with a storage unit that stores the register number of the register, a register information reading unit that reads the registration number recorded in the coin storage box, and the register number of the coin storage box read by the register information reading unit And the coin storage box used for the cash register processing in the register when the cash register number stored in the storage unit matches, the cash register processing by the coin storage box of a different cash register number is performed. It is possible to surely prevent erroneous transactions in the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus.

Furthermore, at the time of withdrawal transaction, the coins of the coin change storage are withdrawn into the coin storage box inserted into the coin storage box insertion part, and at the time of payment transaction, the coins are transferred from the coin storage box inserted into the coin storage box insertion part. By making the deposit, the coin storage box can be used as a withdrawal box for storing the change reserve and a deposit box for collecting the coins, and the convenience of the cashier person can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the recording means provided in the coin storage box has been described as a non-contact type IC chip. However, the recording means is not limited to the above, and may be a bar code or the like indicating a registration number. Good. In this case, the register information reading unit provided in the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus may be configured by a bar code reader or the like, and the register information reading unit provided in the register may be used also as the bar code reader of the input unit.

In the above embodiment, the person-in-charge card has been described as recording the user category, cash register number, card number, etc., but it is possible to register only the personal registration information without recording the cash register number. Of course, a cash register number may be input at the time of processing.
In steps S11, SA14, and SB6 in the above embodiment, the slip is issued after the deposit / withdrawal information record table is updated. However, the deposit / withdrawal information record table may be updated after the slip is issued. .

Block diagram showing the cash deposit and withdrawal device of the embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the coin storage box insertion part and coin storage box of an Example The block diagram which shows the register of execution example The flowchart which shows the payment processing of an Example. The flowchart which shows the money_receiving | payment process of an Example Flow chart showing the tightening process of the embodiment Flow chart illustrating an authentication process of the coin storing box registers Example

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus 2 Register 3 Main control part 4 Main memory part 5, 43 Display part 6 Card reader 7, 44 Input part 8 Voucher printing part 10 Banknote handling part 11, 21 Control part 12 Banknote deposit / withdrawal part 13 Banknote discrimination part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Banknote temporary storage part 15 Banknote change storage 16 Banknote collection | recovery warehouse 17 Banknote rejection storage 20 Coin handling part 22 Coin deposit part 23 Coin discrimination part 24 Coin temporary storage part 25 Coin change storage part 26 Coin collection | recovery storage 27 Coin rejection opening 28 Coin Storage box insertion section 29 Coin storage box 29a Bottom surface 30 IC chip 32 Lower coin transport path 33 Receiving shooter 34 Coin separation section 35 Coin transport path 37 Coin lifter 41 Control section 42 Storage section 45 Register information reading section

Claims (7)

A card information reading section for reading the card information recorded on the personnel card, possess a coin changer housing box for storing coins to be used as change, and the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus which performs a transaction process using the personnel card,
In a cash deposit / withdrawal system comprising a register having a coin storage box that stores coins of change dispensed from the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus,
Removably attaching the coin storage box to the register, and provided with a recording means for recording the register number of the register in the coin storage box,
The cash deposit / withdrawal device is provided with a coin storage box insertion portion for receiving the coin storage box so that it can be inserted / removed, and the register information reading for reading the registration number recorded in the recording means of the coin storage box into the coin storage box insertion portion Set up a section,
Record the register number of the register in the card information of the person in charge card,
When performing the withdrawal transaction process and the deposit transaction process, the register number of the coin storage box read by the register information reading unit from the recording means matches the register number of the card information read by the card information reading unit. A cash deposit / withdrawal system that authenticates a coin storage box used for each transaction processing in the cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus. In claim 1,
The register includes a storage unit that stores the register number of the register, and a register information reading unit that reads the registration number recorded in the recording unit of the coin storage box,
A coin storage box used for cash register processing in the register when the register number of the coin storage box read from the recording means by the register information reading unit matches the register number stored in the storage unit. Cash deposit / withdrawal system characterized by authentication. In claim 1 or claim 2,
The cash deposit / withdrawal device is provided with a banknote change storage for storing banknotes to be used as change, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal port for delivering the dispensed banknotes to a person in charge, and withdrawn from the cash deposit / withdrawal device to the register A banknote storage unit is provided to store change banknotes,
Sometimes the dispensing transaction process, the addition to dispensing the banknotes bill change storages, leaving the coins of the coin change storage case inserted into said coin receiving box into the coin storage box insertion portion to the paper currency deposit and withdrawal port Cash deposit and withdrawal system characterized by making money. In claim 1 or claim 2,
The cash deposit / withdrawal device is provided with a banknote deposit / withdrawal port that accepts the insertion of banknotes to be deposited,
Cash and performs the deposit transaction processing sometimes performs payment of the bill by introducing a bill into the bill receiving and dispensing port, coin deposit from inserted the coin receiving box into the coin storage box insertion portion Deposit and withdrawal system. A personnel card information reading section for reading the card information recorded on the card, possess a coin changer housing box for storing coins to be used as change, in the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus which performs a transaction process using the personnel card,
A coin storage box insertion portion that is removably attached to the register and receives a coin storage box having a recording means that records the register number of the register;
A register information reading unit that is provided in the coin storage box insertion unit and reads a registration number recorded in a recording unit of the coin storage box;
Record the register number of the register in the card information of the person in charge card,
When performing the withdrawal transaction process and the deposit transaction process, the register number of the coin storage box read by the register information reading unit from the recording means matches the register number of the card information read by the card information reading unit. A cash deposit / withdrawal apparatus that authenticates a coin storage box used for each transaction process. In claim 5,
A banknote change storage for storing banknotes to be used as change and a banknote deposit / withdrawal port that delivers the dispensed banknotes to the person in charge,
Sometimes the dispensing transaction process, the addition to dispensing the banknotes bill change storages, leaving the coins of the coin change storage case inserted into said coin receiving box into the coin storage box insertion portion to the paper currency deposit and withdrawal port A cash deposit / withdrawal device characterized by making money. In claim 5,
A banknote deposit / withdrawal port is provided to accept the input of banknotes to be deposited,
Cash and performs the deposit transaction processing sometimes performs payment of the bill by introducing a bill into the bill receiving and dispensing port, coin deposit from inserted the coin receiving box into the coin storage box insertion portion Deposit and withdrawal equipment.