Method and system for self-service equipment outputting and collecting money

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9672681-B2
Application number	US-201314649020-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2013
Priority date	Dec 11, 2012
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A method and system for self-service equipment outputting and collecting money. A money box of self-service equipment is provided with two money box statuses which are a functional status and a collecting status. Under the functional status, the money box implements a money storage function used generally in a common situation. When a collecting box is full or in an abnormal status, some money box is chosen and set to switch from the functional status into the collecting status and to act as a temporary collecting box. So the technical problem that the self-service equipment cannot continuously provide cash services when the collecting box or a box for cash no longer fit for circulation is full is solved, the self-service equipment can continuously provide the cash service, that is, money depositing and withdrawing service, under the condition that the collecting box is full, and the starting-up rate of the self-service equipment is improved.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment, wherein money boxes of the self-service equipment have two statuses comprising a functional status and a collecting status; under the functional status, the money box performs a general function of storing money in a common situation; and when a collecting box becomes full or abnormal, a certain one of the money boxes is selected and switched from the functional status to the collecting status to act as a temporary collecting box;
wherein when there is an empty money box of the self-service equipment or a certain money box of the self-service equipment has a small amount of money, the money box is selected and set to enter the collecting status to act as the temporary collecting box; in the case that normal money exists in the money box acting as the temporary collecting box, automatic isolation is performed, that is, the normal money in the money box is retained in the money box, the normal money is isolated into a back end part of the money box by using a physical device, and a front end part is separated for accommodating collected money and waste money; or all money in the money box is removed and stored into a money box for money of the same denomination, and the money box is spared to act as the temporary collecting box.

2. A method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment, comprising the following sequential steps:
(1) stopping temporarily a function of normal self-service cash service when a dedicated collecting box and a waste money box become full;
(2) selecting an appropriate money box from all functional money boxes to act as a collecting box;
(3) proceeding to step (4) in the case that the selected money box is empty, or separating normal money in the case that the normal money exists in the selected money box;
(4) labeling the selected money box as the collecting box and notifying an upper service software;
(5) configuring the selected money box to be a temporary collecting box; and
(6) restoring the function of normal self-service cash service, and performing money collecting processing in the self-service process by using the temporary collecting box.

3. The method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment according to claim 2 , wherein the process of selecting an appropriate money box to act as a temporary collecting box in step (2) comprises: firstly, determining whether the self-service equipment is a Cash In/out Equipment, an Automatic Teller Equipment or a Cash Deposit Equipment, and then selecting a most appropriate money box to act as the temporary collecting box based on the obtained type of the self-service equipment.

4. The method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment according to claim 3 , wherein in the case that the self-service equipment is the Cash In/out Equipment, the process of selecting the most appropriate functional money box as a temporary collecting box in step (2) comprises:
(2a1) determining whether the self-service equipment is the Cash In/out Equipment, proceeding to step (2a2) if the self-service equipment is the Cash In/out Equipment; or else, proceeding to a process of selecting the temporary collecting box for the Automatic Teller Equipment or the Cash Deposit Equipment;
(2a2) searching out all denominations wherein each denomination corresponding to an available money box among two or more money boxes for the denomination in the self-service equipment;
(2a3) ranking all denominations obtained in step (2a2) in an order from the most uncommon to the most common, based on whether the denomination is common;
(2a4) for a denomination list obtained in step (2a3), searching for a money box having the least amount of remaining money for each denomination in sequence in an order of a common coefficient of denomination from small to large, selecting a certain money box as the temporary collecting box as long as a remaining capacity of the money box meets a space requirement for the collecting box, and the process ending;
(2a5) in the case that the self-service equipment has no denomination corresponding to two or more money boxes for the denomination, that is, the equipment has only one available money box for each denomination capable of providing cash service, or for each money box having the least amount of remaining money for a denomination having one available money box among two or more money boxes for the denomination, its remaining capacity can not meet the space requirement for the collecting box, in this case, searching for a money box based on the denominations each having only one available money box to act as the temporary collecting box; and
(2a6) searching for all money boxes in sequence to search out a money box having the least amount of money, and determining whether the remaining capacity of the money box meets the space requirement for the collecting box, selecting the money box to act as the temporary collecting box and stopping cash service for the denomination if the remaining capacity of the money box meets the space requirement for the collecting box, and the process ending; or else the process of selecting the temporary collecting box fails, stopping the self-service, notifying a maintainer to clean and maintain the equipment, and the process ending.

5. The method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment according to claim 3 , wherein in the case that the self-service equipment is the Cash Deposit Equipment, the process of selecting an appropriate money box as a temporary collecting box in step (2) comprises:
(2b1) determining whether the self-service equipment is the Cash Deposit Equipment, proceeding to step (2b2) if the self-service equipment is the Cash Deposit Equipment; or else proceeding to a process of selecting the temporary collecting box for the Automatic Teller Equipment or the Cash In/out Equipment;
(2b2) searching out all denominations wherein each denomination has one available money box among two or more money boxes for the denomination in the self-service equipment;
(2b3) ranking all denominations obtained in step (2b2) in an order from the most uncommon to the most common, based on whether the denomination is common;
(2b4) for a denomination list obtained in step (2b3), searching for a money box being closest to the space requirement for the collecting box for each denomination in sequence in an order of a common coefficient of denomination from small to large, selecting the money box to act as the temporary collecting box, and ending the process;
(2b5) in the case that the self-service equipment has no denomination corresponding to two or more money boxes for the denomination, that is, the equipment has only one available money box for each denomination capable of providing cash service, or for each money box having the least amount of remaining money for a denomination having one available money box among two or more money boxes for the denomination, its remaining capacity can not meet the space requirement for the collecting box, in this case, searching for a money box based on the denominations each having only one available money box to act as the temporary collecting box; and
(2b6) searching for all money boxes in sequence to search out a money box being closest to the space requirement for the collecting box, selecting the money box to act as the temporary collecting box, and ending the process.

6. The method for outputting and collecting money applied to self-service equipment according to claim 3 , wherein in the case that the self-service equipment is Automatic Teller Equipment, the process of selecting the most appropriate functional money box as a temporary collecting box in s

Assignees

• Grg Banking Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Du Gaofeng
• Wang Qinghua
• Fan Yangshuai
• Ning Qunwei
• Xiao Zhuming

Classifications

• G07D11/26

  Servicing, repairing or coping with irregularities, e.g. power failure or vandalism · CPC title

• G07D11/20 Primary

  Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling · CPC title

• G07D11/0051 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07D11/0063

  Physics · mapped topic