Money Processing Device Dynamic Escrow Mode Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing money processing devices with escrow units face inefficiencies in processing large amounts of money, as they require longer times to transport money from the inlet to the storage unit, and there is a need for devices that can flexibly respond to different use environments by allowing or omitting the escrow process based on user demands for promptness or correctness.
Innovation Solution
A money processing device equipped with an inlet, storage units, an escrow unit, a transport unit, and a mode setting unit that allows operation in either escrow mode or non-escrow mode, enabling the control unit to manage the transport of money directly to storage units or through the escrow unit based on user settings, and includes features like recognition units for unfit banknotes and traceable serial numbers for enhanced security and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the escrow process is performed to ensure correctness of money processing, then the reliability of money processing is improved, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the money processing path adjustable between two modes: escrow mode (for reliability) and direct mode (for speed). The system dynamically switches between these modes based on processing requirements, allowing the transport destination of money to change from the escrow unit to the storage unit directly, thereby resolving the contradiction between reliability and processing time.
2Ease of operation
If the escrow unit is used to temporarily store deposited money, then the ease of returning money is improved, but the processing speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the money processing path based on whether the deposit operation should be executed. In non-execution scenarios, money is directly transported to the storage unit, bypassing the escrow unit, which maintains processing speed while preserving the ability to return money through the escrow unit when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the money processing flow into two distinct paths: one through the escrow unit (for operations that may be cancelled) and one directly to the storage unit (for operations that should not be cancelled). This segmentation allows the system to optimize for both ease of returning money and processing speed by selecting the appropriate path.
3Productivity
If the money is directly transported to storage unit without escrow, then the processing speed is improved, but the ability to handle cancellation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects the transport destination based on the deposit execution determination. When cancellation handling is not required, money is directly transported to the storage unit for speed. When cancellation may be needed, money is transported to the escrow unit, maintaining the ability to handle cancellations while preserving processing speed in appropriate scenarios.
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AI summary
A money processing device is provided with a mode setting unit for setting a processing mode relating to a form of a process to be executed so that the mode can be switched between a mode for performing temporal retention and a mode for not performing the temporal retention, in response to a user's command, and is constituted so that, at the time of a process for depositing money or a process for withdrawing money, if the processing mode is set to the retention mode, the deposit money or the withdrawal money is temporarily suspended, whereas if the processing mode is set to the non-retention mode, the deposit money or the withdrawal money cannot be temporarily retained. Thereby, at the time of the process for depositing money or the process for withdrawing money, whether or not the operation for temporarily retaining money is performed can be changed by a user.