Accounting Equipment

Abstract

To provide an accounting device that enables an arrangement to be recognized intuitively.SOLUTION: The accounting device includes a bill discharge port and a coin discharge port. The bill discharge port is arranged at an upper part on the left side of a front surface of an enclosure, and discharges a bill. The coin discharge port is arranged under the bill discharge port, and discharges a coin.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates to a accounting device. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, supermarkets and other retail stores use accounting devices that allow customers to operate the accounting process themselves. Because such accounting devices are operated by customers, they are required to be even easier to use. For this reason, it is necessary to make it possible for customers to intuitively recognize where each part, such as the coin insertion slot and withdrawal slot, is located.

[0003] However, there is room for improvement in conventional accounting devices. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] To provide an accounting device that allows a user to intuitively recognize its layout. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The accounting device of the embodiment includes a bill ejection port, a coin ejection port, a coin insertion port, and a coin placement unit. The bill insertion slot is located on a sloping surface provided on the front side of the top surface of the housing, and the The coin slot is disposed at the upper left of the front surface of the housing and ejects bills. The coin slot is disposed below the bill slot and ejects coins. to the right of the bill insertion slot, and The coin placement section is disposed on an inclined surface and receives coins inserted therein. The coin placement section is disposed above the coin discharge port at a position in contact with an inclined surface provided on the front side of the upper surface of the housing, and coins are placed on the coin placement section. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0006] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of a transaction device according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an example of an external appearance of a self-service POS terminal according to the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0007] An embodiment of a transaction device will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the embodiment described below is one embodiment of a transaction device, and is not intended to limit the configuration, specifications, etc. of the transaction device.

[0008] (First embodiment) 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of an accounting device 1 according to the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the direction in which the display surface 31 of the display unit 30 is faced is referred to as the front side, and the direction opposite to the front side is referred to as the rear side.

[0009] The accounting device 1 is a device that executes accounting processing for products to be sold. For example, the accounting device 1 is used in a semi-self-checkout system. The semi-self-checkout system is a system in which a store clerk operates a product registration device that registers products to be sold, and a customer operates the accounting device 1. The accounting device 1 may also be a POS terminal in which the customer operates the product registration processing and the accounting processing. In the first embodiment, an example is described in which the accounting device 1 is operated by a customer, but the accounting device 1 may also be operated by someone other than a customer.

[0010] The accounting device 1 includes a first housing 10. The first housing 10 houses a currency handling device and the like. The currency handling device accepts currency such as coins and bills. The currency handling device also dispenses change when there is a difference between the selling price of a product or the like and the amount of money inserted.

[0011] The first housing 10 includes a bill ejection port 11. The bill ejection port 11 is disposed at the upper left side of the front surface of the first housing 10, and ejects bills. The bill ejection port 11 is an ejection port through which bills are ejected by the currency handling device.

[0012] The first housing 10 also includes a coin ejection opening 12. The coin ejection opening 12 is disposed below the banknote ejection opening 11, and ejects coins. The coin ejection opening 12 is an ejection opening through which the currency processing device ejects coins. The coin ejection opening 12 has a tray 13 that receives the ejected coins. The tray 13 also protrudes to the front side. This allows the customer to easily obtain coins from the tray 13.

[0013] Furthermore, because tray 13 protrudes to the front side, even if coin outlet 12 is located below bill outlet 11, a customer can visually confirm that coins have been discharged into tray 13. Also, by locating bill outlet 11 and bill outlet 12 close to each other, a customer can find one by finding the other.

[0014] The first housing 10 also has an inclined surface 15 on the front side of the top surface 14. The inclined surface 15 has a downward inclination from the top surface 14 to the entire surface.

[0015] The first housing 10 also has a coin slot 17. The coin slot 17 is disposed on an inclined surface 15 provided on the front side of the top surface 14 of the first housing 10, and accepts coins. The coin slot 17 has a funnel shape. In other words, the coin slot 17 has a wide opening for inserting coins. The entrance of the coin slot 17 is received upward. Therefore, a customer can insert coins by dropping them into the coin slot 17.

[0016] The first housing 10 includes a bill insertion slot 16. The bill insertion slot 16 is disposed on an inclined surface 15 to the side of the coin insertion slot 17, and accepts insertion of bills. The bill insertion slot 16 is formed at a substantially right angle to the inclined surface 15. In other words, the coin insertion slot 17 faces diagonally upward. This allows a customer to insert a bill into the bill insertion slot 16 at an angle. This allows a customer to easily insert a bill into the bill insertion slot 16.

[0017] The first housing 10 also has a coin placement section 18 above the coin slot 17, at a position in contact with the inclined surface 15 of the upper surface 14. The coin placement section 18 is an area where coins to be inserted into the coin slot 17 are temporarily placed. The customer places coins on the coin placement section 18. The customer also selects a coin to be inserted into the coin slot 17 from the coins placed on the coin placement section 18. The customer then inserts the selected coin into the coin slot 17.

[0018] For example, the coin placement unit 18 is a tray-shaped recess on which coins are placed. This prevents the coins from falling off the inclined surface 15 or scattering on the upper surface 14. In addition, the coin placement unit 18 is disposed above the coin insertion slot 17. Therefore, the customer can slide the coin to drop the coin selected on the coin placement unit 18 into the coin insertion slot 17. That is, the customer can easily insert the coin into the coin insertion slot 17.

[0019] The accounting device 1 also has a second housing 20 on the top surface 14. The second housing 20 supports a display unit 30 that displays various screens. The display unit 30 is a display device such as a liquid display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display. The display unit 30 has a display surface 31 facing in the direction in which the coin insertion slot 17, the banknote insertion slot 16, the coin ejection slot 12, and the banknote ejection slot 11 are provided. The display surface 31 is the display portion that displays the screens.

[0020] The second housing 20 houses inside a printing unit that prints receipts and other printed materials that show the details of a transaction made by the payment device 1. The second housing 20 also has a receipt outlet 21 on the front side through which printed materials such as receipts printed by the printing unit are discharged. The receipt outlet 21 is located on the top surface 14 of the first housing 10, below the display unit 30, and discharges printed materials. The receipt outlet 21 is an example of a printed material outlet.

[0021] Here, when a receipt is discharged from receipt discharge outlet 21, the customer obtains the receipt by pulling the receipt. Therefore, a space large enough to pull the receipt is required between the customer and receipt discharge outlet 21. For this reason, receipt discharge outlet 21 is located on the rear side of top surface 14 of first housing 10. This provides the accounting device 1 with a space large enough to pull the receipt. This allows the customer to easily obtain the receipt. In addition, receipt discharge outlet 21 is located below display unit 30, making it easy for customers to find.

[0022] As described above, the accounting device 1 according to this embodiment includes the first housing 10. The banknote ejection outlet 11 is disposed at the upper left side on the front surface of the first housing 10. Furthermore, the coin ejection outlet 12 is disposed below the banknote ejection outlet 11. As the banknote ejection outlet 11 is disposed on the front surface of the first housing 10 and the coin ejection outlet 12 is disposed below the banknote ejection outlet 11 in this manner, an operator can find each ejection outlet without having to search for them. Thus, the accounting device 1 allows an operator, such as a customer, to intuitively recognize the arrangement.

[0023] Second embodiment In the first embodiment, an example is described in which the present invention is applied to an accounting device 1 of a semi-self-checkout system. In the second embodiment, an example is described in which the present invention is applied to a self-service POS (Point of Sales) terminal 2 operated by a customer to perform product registration processing for registering products to be sold and accounting processing. Note that the same components as those in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals and descriptions thereof are omitted.

[0024] 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of a self-service POS terminal 2 according to the second embodiment. The self-service POS terminal 2 has substantially the same configuration as the accounting device 1. That is, the self-service POS terminal 2 has a first housing 10, a second housing 20, and a display unit 30 similar to those of the accounting device 1. Furthermore, in addition to the various parts that the accounting device 1 has, the self-service POS terminal 2 also has a third housing 40, a basket stand 50, and a bag insertion stand 60.

[0025] The third housing 40 is disposed on the top surface 14 of the first housing 10, to the side of the second housing 20. The third housing 40 houses a scanner inside. The third housing 40 also has a light-transmitting reading window 41 on the front side. The third housing 40 may be disposed in another position, not limited to the side of the second housing 20. Furthermore, the self-service POS terminal 2 may have a housing with a built-in printer and scanner.

[0026] The scanner reads, through the reading window 41, a code symbol such as a barcode attached to a product held in front of the reading window 41. The scanner then decodes the code symbol to obtain a product code for identifying the product.

[0027] The basket stand 50 is a stand on which baskets containing products before product registration are placed. The basket stand 50 is disposed on the right side of the first housing 10.

[0028] The bag insertion table 60 is a table for placing registered products into a customer's bag or the like. The bag insertion table 60 is disposed on the left side of the first housing 10. The bag insertion table 60 has a support rod 61 for hooking and supporting a bag. The support rod 61 supports the bag in an open state. This allows the customer to easily place the products into the bag.

[0029] Additionally, the basket stand 50 and the bag putting stand 60 may have a scale for measuring weight. Here, the operator takes the product placed in the basket of the basket stand 50. The operator also registers the product by holding the product's code symbol over the reading window 41 to have the product code read. The operator then places the registered product into a bag on the bag putting stand 60. In this series of processes, the self-service POS terminal 2 can determine whether the product registration has been performed appropriately by obtaining the weight of the product identified by the read product code from a server device or the like.

[0030] As described above, the self-service POS terminal 2 according to the second embodiment has the first housing 10 having the same configuration as the accounting apparatus 1. That is, the bill ejection outlet 11 is disposed at the upper left side of the front surface of the first housing 10. Also, the coin ejection outlet 12 is disposed below the bill ejection outlet 11. In this way, the bill ejection outlet 11 is disposed at the front surface of the first housing 10, and the coin ejection outlet 12 is disposed below the bill ejection outlet 11, so that the operator can find each ejection outlet without having to look for them. Therefore, the self-service POS terminal 2 allows an operator, such as a customer, to intuitively recognize the arrangement.

[0031] Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention and its equivalents described in the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0032] 1. Accounting equipment 2 Self-service POS (Point of Sales) terminals 10 First cabinet 11 Bill ejection port 12 Coin ejection port 13 Saucer 14 Top side 15 Slope 16 Bill slot 17 Coin slot 18 Coin placement section 20 Second cabinet 21 Receipt outlet 30 Display section 31 Display surface 40 3rd cabinet 41 Reading window 50 Basket Stand 60 Bag Holder 61 Support rod [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0033] [Patent Document 1] JP 2018-101279 A

Claims

1. A bill ejection port for ejecting bills, the bill ejection port being disposed below a bill insert port disposed on an inclined surface provided on the front side of the top surface of a housing and disposed on the upper left side of the front surface of the housing; a coin ejection port disposed below the banknote ejection port and configured to eject coins; a coin slot that is disposed on the inclined surface to the right of the banknote slot and that accepts coins; a coin placement section on which coins are placed, the coin placement section being disposed above the coin ejection outlet at a position in contact with an inclined surface provided on the front side of the upper surface of the housing; An accounting device comprising:

2. The display device further includes a printed matter outlet that is disposed on the upper surface of the housing and below the display unit and that outputs printed matter. The accounting device of claim 1 .

3. The printed matter discharge port is disposed on the rear side of the upper surface of the housing. The accounting device of claim 2.

4. The coin placement portion is a tray-shaped recess. The accounting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The inclined surface further includes a bill insertion slot arranged on a side of the coin insertion slot and configured to accept insertion of bills. The accounting device of claim 4.

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