Coin Roll Dispensing via Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing money handling systems face security concerns when coin rolls are manually carried from the back office to the front area for replenishment, as only cashiers handle and transport them, potentially leading to unauthorized access and mishandling.
Innovation Solution
A money handling system where only authorized personnel, such as managers, can access and dispense coin rolls from a secured storage device within the money depositing/dispensing machine, ensuring that only predetermined authorities can handle and sort the coin rolls for each settlement place, enhancing security by limiting access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If coin rolls are manually carried from back office to front area by cashier, then ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A storage case is introduced as an intermediary container between the coin-roll storage device and the money change machine. The storage case can be mounted on either device, allowing coin rolls to be transferred securely without direct manual handling by the cashier. This intermediary object maintains security while facilitating the transfer operation.
2Reliability
If only authorized personnel can access coin rolls, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables authorized personnel to perform self-service operations through authentication. When an authorized person authenticates themselves, they can independently access the coin-roll storage device, dispense coin rolls, and complete the transfer process without requiring assistance from other personnel, thus maintaining security while ensuring operational ease for authorized users.
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AI summary
A money handling machine (for example, a money depositing/dispensing machine 100) includes: a coin-roll storage unit (for example, a coin-roll storage device 180) configured to store a coin roll; an authentication unit 107 configured to authenticate an authority of an operator; and a controlling unit 102 configured to control the coin-roll storage unit so as to dispense the coin roll to replenish a plurality of settlement places 20 at a time only when the authority of the operator authenticated by the authentication unit 107 is a predetermined authority.