CN103679919B

CN103679919B - Currency access device

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Publication number: CN103679919B
Application number: CN201310317333.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谷池祐樹
Original assignee: Toshiba TEC Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba TEC Corp
Priority date: 2012-09-05
Filing date: 2013-07-25
Publication date: 2016-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-25
Also published as: JP2014052731A; JP5690786B2; CN107103686A; CN103679919A

Abstract

The open a kind of currency access device of the present invention, can easily note the situation that the foreign body being mixed in bank note has been discharged, this currency access device includes: paper currency inlet, bank note containing portion, coin incorporating section, pallet, prevent bank note from falling parts and foreign body discharge path.The bank note that the storage of bank note containing portion puts into from the paper currency inlet of upward opening.Coin incorporating section storage coin.Pallet is positioned at lower section compared with paper currency inlet, catches and props up, from coin incorporating section, the coin paid.Prevent bank note from falling parts and be arranged on paper currency inlet, make the foreign body in addition to bank note pass through.Foreign body discharge path is communicated to pallet from paper currency inlet, guides the foreign body having passed through to prevent bank note from falling parts to pallet.

Description

Currency access device

The application advocates that filing date JIUYUE in 2012 5 days, the Japanese publication of Application No. JP2012-195382 are preferential Power, and quote the content of above-mentioned application.

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of currency access device.

Background technology

Take in the currency access device that bank note and coin carrying out is received existing, have and will take in together with bank note Foreign body is directed to the structure carrying out discharging in foreign body pallet.

Existing foreign body pallet, owing to not taking into account observability, confirms to be as good as so needing expressly to observe foreign body pallet Thing.Therefore, operator is often had not realize the situation that foreign body is discharged.

Summary of the invention

In view of above-mentioned technical problem, it is an object of the invention to provide one and be prevented from not noticing because of operator different Situation that thing has been discharged and the inappropriate situation that cannot return to client etc. occurs, and improve and return the reliable of foreign body to client The currency access device of property.

The currency access device that the present invention relates to includes: paper currency inlet, bank note containing portion, coin incorporating section, pallet, anti- Only bank note falls parts and foreign body discharge path.The paper that the storage of bank note containing portion puts into from the paper currency inlet of upward opening Coin.Coin incorporating section storage coin.Pallet is positioned at lower section compared with paper currency inlet, catches and props up pay hard from coin incorporating section Coin.Prevent bank note from falling parts and be arranged on paper currency inlet, make the foreign body in addition to bank note pass through.Foreign body discharge path is from bank note Input port is communicated to pallet, guides the foreign body having passed through to prevent bank note from falling parts to pallet.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of the outward appearance of the currency access device roughly illustrating embodiment.

Fig. 2 is the outward appearance of the currency access device roughly illustrating embodiment and a part of in-built top view.

Fig. 3 is the right view of the structure of the currency access device being illustrated embodiment by a part of cross section.

Fig. 4 is the outward appearance of the pallet roughly illustrating that the currency access device of embodiment had and a part of internal structure Top view.

Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the function composition of the currency access device representing embodiment.

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the flow process of the process carried out during the Banknote deposting/drawing out roughly illustrating embodiment.

Detailed description of the invention

Below, referring to the drawings, the embodiment of currency access device is illustrated.Additionally, in the present embodiment, with POS terminal used in the shops such as supermarket illustrates in case of connecting and using.

Fig. 1 is the stereoscopic figure of the currency access device 1 roughly representing the present embodiment.Fig. 1 illustrates for operation The opposed side of side, front i.e. operator for Yuan as front, using the inboard for operator as inner.After, The performance in upper and lower, left and right in explanation referring to the drawings, front, inner, front etc. be using operator faced by face as Performance during front.

Fig. 2 is roughly to illustrate the outward appearance of currency access device 1 and a part of in-built top view.Fig. 3 is to pass through The a part of cross section in the position shown in A-A in Fig. 2 illustrates the right view of the structure of currency access device 1.

Currency access device 1 has Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2, coin access portion 3, receives the cabinet 4 in these access portions.

POS terminal 100(is with reference to Fig. 5) electrically connect with Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2, and carry out various between Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 The transmission of signal receives.Coin access portion 3 electrically connects with Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2, and carries out various letter between Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 Number transmission receive.The transmission of the signal between coin access portion 3 and POS terminal 100 is received and is carried out by Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2.

Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 has paper currency inlet 21, bank note pays mouth 22, bank note containing portion 23, bank note sorting portion (do not scheme Show) and bank note induction system 24(part diagram).Paper currency inlet 21 and bank note pay mouth 22 and are arranged on the upper of cabinet 4 The side, front on surface.

Bank note containing portion 23 is arranged in the inboard of cabinet 4, and bank note sorting portion is positioned at from paper currency inlet 21 to bank note containing Between portion 23.Bank note is transported to paper from paper currency inlet 21 through bank note sorting portion and bank note containing portion 23 by bank note induction system 24 Coin pays mouth 22.

The Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 so constituted, at par sorts in conveying while the bank note that paper currency inlet 21 puts into And be at par received in bank note containing portion 23.And, Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 is when passing on bank note payment to refer to from POS terminal 100 reception During the signal shown, then the bank note meeting face amount is carried from bank note containing portion 23 and pays from bank note payment mouth 22.

Coin access portion 3 has coin slot 31, specie payment mouth 32, pallet 33, coin incorporating section (not shown), hard Coin sorting portion (not shown) and coin induction system (not shown).Coin slot 31 be arranged on the upper surface of cabinet 4 with Front side and be positioned at the position that above-mentioned paper currency inlet 21 and bank note pay the right of mouth 22.Specie payment mouth 32 and pallet 33 It is arranged on the front surface of cabinet 4.

Coin incorporating section is arranged in the inboard of cabinet 4, and Coin sorting portion is positioned at from coin slot 31 to coin incorporating section Between.Coin is transported to specie payment mouth from coin slot 31 through Coin sorting portion and coin incorporating section by coin induction system 32。

The coin access portion 3 so constituted, at par sorts in conveying while the coin that coin slot 31 puts into And at par it is received into coin incorporating section.And, coin access portion 3 is when being received from POS terminal reception and registration by Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 During the signal that specie payment indicates, then carry and from 32, specie payment mouth from coin incorporating section by the coin meeting face amount Go out.A coin paid caught by pallet 33.

Fig. 4 is roughly to represent the outward appearance of pallet 33 that currency access device 1 possessed and a part of in-built bow View.Pallet 33 has par 41, inclined plane part 42, otch 43 and tray sensor 44.

Par 41 is the part at the end forming pallet 33, in roughly planar.Inclined plane part 42 is in surrounding par 41 Inclined plane shape and by the lowest closer to par 41 and formed in the way of the step-down of par 41 from specie payment mouth 32, and will be from 32 coins paid of specie payment mouth are directed to par 41.

Otch 43 by the direction of the width in the way of par 41 the most opposed (the most opposed) at inclined plane part The bottom of 42 has the height about about coin thickness and is formed.

Tray sensor 44 confirms the existence of the coin on pallet 33 or foreign body, and it has paired illuminating part and photosensitive Portion.Illuminating part is in the side, the inside in the face of the guiding coin of inclined plane part 42, the path advanced with the light launched and connection pair of notches The mode that the dummy line (imaginary line) of 43 overlaps configures.Photographic department be arranged in accept that illuminating part is launched, from otch 43 out Advance along par 41 and the position of light that otch 43 from opposite enters.By so, the illuminating part of tray sensor 44 and Photographic department carries out opposed across pair of notches 43.

Here, otch 43 and tray sensor 44 are provided with multipair in pallet 33, figure 4 illustrates three right.

Such tray sensor 44 accepts, by photographic department, the light that illuminating part is launched, it is judged that do not exist on par 41 There is coin (or foreign body), if photographic department does not accepts the light that illuminating part is launched, be then judged as there are and block before par 41 The material of the light entered i.e. coin (or foreign body).

It addition, in the present embodiment, above-mentioned tray sensor 44 is used for really when the currency of currency access device 1 takes out Recognize and forget to take small change, when the currency of currency access device 1 is stored in for confirming that foreign body is discharged.

Here, as shown in the top view of Fig. 2, the Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 of the present embodiment is by set on the upper surface of cabinet 4 The bank note X that the paper currency inlet 21 put puts into carries to horizontal direction.And, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, put at bank note The depths, lower section of mouthfuls 21 is configured with the many pins 51 of function having as preventing bank note from falling parts, and is provided with foreign body Discharge path 52.

Each pin 51 is almost parallel with the thickness direction of the bank note X put into from paper currency inlet 21, and it supports bank note X and hinders Keep off it to fall, and allow the falling of foreign body takeing in paper currency inlet 21 together with bank note X.Foreign body discharge path 52 be from The depths, lower section of paper currency inlet 21 is communicated to the path of pallet 33 and is will to take in paper currency inlet 21 together with bank note X The foreign body through pin 51 be directed to the path on pallet 33.

Fig. 5 is to represent the block diagram that the function of currency access device 1 is constituted.Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 has control portion 25, and coin is deposited Take portion 3 and there is control portion 34.

Control portion 25,34 is by CPU(Central Processing Unit: central processing unit) 111, ROM(Read Only Memory: read only memory), RAM(Random Access Memory: random access memory), I/O device control unit and logical Letter I/F(the most not shown) etc. constitute.ROM storage has the various programs that CPU performs, various data.RAM performs various journeys at CPU Data, program has temporarily been stored during sequence.

Control portion 25, according to above-mentioned various programs, controls each portion in Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2.Control portion 34 is according to above-mentioned various journeys Sequence, controls each portion in coin access portion 3.

Additionally, control portion 25 is connected with POS terminal 100, receive the payment instruction etc. from POS terminal 100, as long as this refers to Show it is the instruction relevant with coin access portion 3, then pass on instruction to coin access portion 3.And, control portion 34 is with control portion 25 even Connect, receive the payment instruction etc. from POS terminal 100 by control portion 25.

Here, Banknote deposting/drawing out portion 2 also has foreign body and informs buzzer 53.Control portion 25 connects has foreign body to inform buzzer 53, control portion 25 and foreign body inform that buzzer 53 constitutes an embodiment of informing portion.Additionally, control portion 34 and tray sensor 44 connect, and are made up of an embodiment of test section control portion 34 and tray sensor 44.

Then, the action to the order currency access device 1 according to merchandise sales illustrates.Fig. 6 is roughly to illustrate The flow chart of the flow process of the process carried out when the bank note in the present embodiment is stored in.

When having bank note to paper currency inlet 21 input, then control portion 25 sends instruction so that testing to control portion 34 The process (step S1) of the detection state of tray sensor 44.When returning result from control portion 34, then control portion 25 Based on result, it is judged that whether tray sensor 44 is blocked (step S2).(the step when tray sensor 44 is not blocked S2's is no), making shading flag set before beginning is " 0 " (step S3), when being blocked (step S2 be), makes shading before beginning Flag set is " 1 " (step S4).Here, start front shading mark represent bank note be stored in before pallet 33 on have foreign.

Then, control portion 25 repeats to be stored in counting process (step S5) until counting terminates (step S6 no).It is being stored in During counting processes, count the amount of money of the bank note put into from paper currency inlet 21.At the end of counting (step S6 be), then control Portion 25 confirms to start the value (step S7) of front shading mark, when for " 1 " (step S7 be), owing to holding in the palm before being stored in counting Foreign body is had, so terminate present treatment like this on dish 33.Additionally, when before starting, the value of shading mark is " 0 " (step S7 No), due to be stored in counting before on pallet 33, there is no foreign body, so control portion 25 again send to control portion 34 indicate so that Test the process (step S8) of detection state of tray sensor 44.When returning result from control portion 34, then Control portion 25 is based on result, it is judged that whether tray sensor 44 has been blocked (step S9).When tray sensor 44 not by During shading (step S9 no), control portion 25 terminates present treatment.

And, when tray sensor 44 has been blocked (step S9 be), buzzing is informed by making foreign body by control portion 25 Device 53 ring is dynamic, sends to operator and urges the alarm (step S10) confirming pallet 33, terminates present treatment.

So, according to the currency access device 1 of the present embodiment, owing to the foreign body being mixed in bank note is discharged to pallet 33, become easily to be visually confirmed to be the situation that foreign body has been discharged, it is possible to prevent from not noticing that because of operator foreign body is discharged Situation and inappropriate situation of client etc. cannot be returned to and occur, and improve the reliability returning foreign body to client.

Additionally, according to the present embodiment, when foreign body is discharged to pallet 33, then tray sensor 44 detects foreign body, and leads to Cross make foreign body inform buzzer 53 ring is dynamic, it is possible to urge operator to confirm pallet 33, thus improve further return to client different The reliability of thing.

It addition, in the above-described embodiments, the composition of test section have employed tray sensor 44 but it also may implementing Time, foreign body discharge path 52 arranges the detection sensor that passes through of foreign body and replaces tray sensor 44.

Additionally, in the above-described embodiments, control portion 25 and foreign body inform that buzzer 53 constitutes informing portion, but implementing Time, it is also possible to it is the informing portion of the order that the monitor display foreign body making POS terminal 100 be possessed has been discharged.Additionally, informing portion May also be other to constitute, as long as the composition can informed to operator is just.

And, in the above-described embodiments, inform and have foreign body to terminate to process on pallet 33, but when implementing, it is also possible to It is that standby payment on pallet 33 is looked for until confirming that the foreign body on pallet 33 is removed according to the output of tray sensor 44 The process of zero coin.

Although being illustrated several embodiments of the present invention, but these embodiments propose as an example, and It is not intended to limit the scope of invention.The embodiment of these novelties can be implemented with other various forms, as long as without departing from sending out Various omission can be carried out in the range of bright main idea, replace, change.These embodiments and deformation thereof are all comprised in invention In scope or main idea, and, it is included in the scope of the invention described in the scope of claim and its equalization.

Description of reference numerals

1 currency access device 2 Banknote deposting/drawing out portion

3 coin access portion 4 cabinets

21 paper currency inlet 22 bank note pay mouth

23 bank note containing portion 24 bank note induction systems

25 control portion 31 coin slots

32 specie payment mouth 33 pallets

34 par, control portions 41

42 inclined plane part 43 otch

44 tray sensor 51 pins

52 foreign body discharge path 53 foreign bodies inform buzzer

100 POS terminal X bank note

Claims

1. a currency access device, including:

Paper currency inlet, upward opening；

Bank note containing portion, the bank note that storage puts into from described paper currency inlet；

Coin incorporating section, receives coin；

Pallet, is positioned at lower section compared with described paper currency inlet, catches and prop up, from described coin incorporating section, the coin paid；

Prevent bank note from falling parts, be arranged on described paper currency inlet, make the foreign body in addition to bank note pass through；

Foreign body discharge path, is directly connected to described paper currency inlet, is formed as tubular or the slope tilted, throws from described bank note Entrance is communicated to described pallet, fully utilized action of gravity to described pallet guide passed through described in prevent bank note from falling parts Foreign body；

Test section, the situation that detection foreign body has been discharged；And

Informing portion, testing result based on described test section, inform the situation that foreign body has been discharged,

Described test section has sensor, for detecting the object on described pallet,

Described pallet includes:

Par, forms the part at the end of described pallet, in plane；

Inclined plane part, in surrounding the inclined plane shape of described par and the lowest closer to described par；And

Otch, by the direction of the width in the way of described par is the most opposed bottom at described inclined plane part have firmly Height about coin thickness is formed.

Currency access device the most according to claim 1, wherein,

Described test section has sensor, for the detection foreign body by described foreign body discharge path.

Currency access device the most according to claim 1, wherein,

Described test section is different according to be in after currency is stored in or be in currency taking out the object judging later on described pallet Thing or coin.

Currency access device the most according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein,

The payment of the period standby coin of detection foreign body it is at described test section.

Currency access device the most according to claim 1, wherein,

Described otch has multipair.

Currency access device the most according to claim 5, wherein,

Described sensor has paired illuminating part and photographic department,

Described illuminating part is in the side, the inside in the face of the guiding coin of described inclined plane part, the path advanced with the light launched and connection one The mode overlapping the dummy line of described otch configures,

Described photographic department be arranged in accept described illuminating part launch, from described otch out along described par advance and from The position of the light that the described otch on opposite enters.

Currency access device the most according to claim 6, wherein,

Described sensor is provided with multipair in described pallet,

Described illuminating part and the described photographic department of described sensor carry out opposed across pair of notches.

Currency access device the most according to claim 1, wherein, also includes:

Control portion, when the foreign body detected by informing described test section to described informing portion is discharged, described control portion is at currency Forget to take to change during taking-up and confirm, when currency is stored in, foreign body is discharged and confirm.