Money Handling Apparatus Concurrent Change Fund Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing money handling systems face inefficiencies due to the need for operators to wait for change funds to be prepared after cash counting and processing, leading to decreased working efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A money handling apparatus with a housing, cassette attachment units, transport units for depositing and dispensing money, and processing circuitry that controls these units to perform dispensing processing before depositing processing, allowing for simultaneous handling of change fund preparation and proceeds deposition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the change fund is prepared after counting cash collected from the change payment machine and performing predetermined processing, then the change fund can be accurately prepared, but the operator has to wait during that period and working efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary cash counting and processing operations before the operator needs the change fund. The cash collected from the change payment machine is counted and processed in advance, so that when the operator requests change fund preparation, the counting is already complete or nearing completion, eliminating the operator's waiting time while maintaining accurate counting results
Solution Approach 2:
The cash counting and processing operations continue uninterrupted during the change fund preparation process. Instead of pausing to wait for counting completion, the system maintains continuous operation of the counting mechanism, ensuring that the useful action of cash processing is not interrupted and the operator can proceed with other tasks simultaneously
2Device complexity
If the depositing processing and dispensing processing are performed sequentially, then the processing is simple to control, but the working efficiency decreases due to longer total processing time
Solution Approach 1:
The dispensing processing of change fund is performed as a preliminary action before the depositing processing of collected money. By completing the dispensing operation first and then proceeding with depositing, the system achieves concurrent processing of both operations, improving working efficiency while maintaining relatively simple control logic through sequential execution of pre-planned steps
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the processing sequence based on the attached cassette configuration. When a third cassette is attached to the second cassette attachment unit, the system automatically modifies the dispensing target from the second cassette to the third cassette, allowing flexible adaptation to different operational scenarios while maintaining efficient concurrent processing
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AI summary
A money handling apparatus comprises a housing, a first cassette attachment unit and a second cassette attachment unit that are provided in the housing; a first transport unit that performs a depositing processing to deposit money from a first cassette, attached to the first cassette attachment unit, into the housing; a second transport unit that performs a dispensing processing to dispense money from the housing as a change fund into a second cassette that is attached to the second cassette attachment unit; and processing circuitry configured to control the first transport unit and control the second transport unit such that the dispensing processing of the change fund is performed before the depositing processing of the money.