JP2005139621A - Article depositary machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article depositary machine which achieves safe deposit of regular-size articles having inherent identification information items stored therein, respectively, such as bankbooks and securities, and allows a user to easily carry out procedures for deposition/delivery. <P>SOLUTION: The article depositary machine 1 has a fingerprint button 15 and a camera 16 arranged on outer surfaces of a casing 10 thereof, and a depositing/delivery mechanism 20, a magnetic reader 22, a housing section 30, and a carrying device 40 arranged inside the casing 10. Then the article depositary machine 1 carries out registration of biological information of a depositing person read by the fingerprint button 15 and the camera 16, in relation to identification information of the bankbook 2. After the registration, the bankbook 2 is housed in one of housing boxes 32 by the carrying device 40. When a delivery request of the bankbook 2 is made by the depositing person who has been authenticated based on the biological information, housing location information is read out from an article housing information memory section 72, and allows the carrying device 40 to take out the bankbook 2 and to deliver the same to the depositing/delivery mechanism 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

    The present invention relates to an article depositing machine for depositing regular important articles such as deposits, savings passbooks, securities and the like.

    Many people feel uneasy about keeping deposits and savings books and securities at hand, and want to deposit them in institutions with a security system. Many financial institutions are equipped with safe deposit boxes to meet such demands. However, the current safe deposit box system has a high rental cost, or the volume of the safe box is too large compared to the volume of items to be deposited, and depending on the operation mode, it is necessary to bother the employees of financial institutions to put in and take out goods. There are disadvantages. Even on the financial institution side, when considering land price costs, a safe deposit box is not very attractive as a profit method. In addition, when there is a request to put in and out an article, it is necessary to devote manpower to verifying the identity and taking in and out the safe box, and the human cost is not stupid.

As an article storage system other than a safe deposit box, there is one described in Patent Document 1. The device described in Patent Document 1 manages important securities (passbooks, certificates, cash cards, etc.) from customers at each bank branch and manages them.
JP-A-5-303675 (page 2-3, FIG. 1)

    The apparatus described in Patent Document 1 does not need to fill in a handbook when depositing important securities from a customer, and can save work. However, the delivery of important securities itself is by hand between customers and employees of financial institutions. There is no specific proposal on how to store important securities.

    The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can safely deposit a fixed article having unique identification information, such as a bankbook of deposits and securities, and perform depositing and discharging procedures by the depositor himself / herself. It is an object to provide an article storage machine that can be easily performed. It is another object of the present invention to provide an article deposit machine in which a person other than the depositor cannot obtain the article illegally.

    In the present invention, an article depositing machine for depositing a fixed article having unique identification information has the following configuration. That is, the article identification information reading means for reading the identification information of the article, the information input means for inputting the depositor identification information for identifying whether or not the depositor is, and the article identification information and the depositor identification information. The depositor registration information storage means for storing as association and depositor registration information, the article storage / extraction means for taking the article into the machine and storing it in the storage unit, taking out the article from the storage unit and discharging it to the outside of the machine, and the storage The article storage information storage means that associates the identification information of the article stored in the section with the storage location of the article and stores it as the article storage information, the operation means for instructing or selecting various operations, and the depositor performs the operation Whether the depositor identification information input by the information input unit is received and the depositor registration information is collated and registered as a depositor. A depositor verification unit that determines whether or not the depositor is registered as a depositor as a result of the verification by the depositor verification unit, based on the storage information of the article storage information storage unit Control means for controlling the article storage / extraction means so as to discharge the existing article outside the apparatus is provided.

    In the present invention, the depositor identification information is biometric information in the article deposit machine configured as described above.

    According to the present invention, in the article deposit machine configured as described above, the form of the article is a passbook, and the storage unit stores the passbook in a stacked state.

    According to the present invention, in the article storage machine configured as described above, the form of the article is a paper sheet, and the storage unit stores the paper sheet between the tapes.

    Further, according to the present invention, in the article deposit machine configured as described above, when an illegal access to the deposited article is attempted, an alarm device for notifying the use system of the article is provided.

    Registration is performed in association with the identification information unique to the article and the depositor identification information, and when there is a request to discharge the article after registration, the depositor identification information entered at that time is checked against the depositor registration information. Only when it is determined that the item is registered as a depositor, the item requested to be discharged is discharged, so that a third party cannot obtain the item illegally. Therefore, it is possible to deposit important items with confidence. In addition, since the procedure for registration and discharge can be advanced by the depositor's own operation, the procedure can be easily performed while protecting the depositor's privacy. There is also a merit that a business entity that has installed an article storage machine has no human cost because it does not require employees to take their hands.

    In addition, since the biometric information of the depositor is used as the depositor identification information, it is extremely safe because a person other than the depositor cannot forge an article by impersonating the seal stamp.

    Further, since the article is a passbook and the passer is stored in the storage unit in a stacked state, the passbook can be packed tightly in a limited space of the storage unit to increase the storage capacity.

    In addition, since the article is a paper sheet, and the paper sheet is stored in the storage unit by being wound between the tapes, it can be safely stored without damaging the paper sheet.

    In addition, when an illegal access to a custody item is attempted, the alarm device notifies the use system of the item, so that the issue manager of the item can take an injunction measure against the use of the item. . Thereby, even if goods are stolen, the situation where goods are utilized and a depositor suffers can be avoided.

    Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The article depositing machine according to the first embodiment is a bankbook depositing machine that deposits a bankbook of deposits and savings.

    Initially, the structure of the mechanism part of the goods storage machine 1 is demonstrated based on FIGS. 1 is an external perspective view from the front side, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view from the back side, and FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view.

    The article storage machine 1 includes a rectangular parallelepiped casing 10. The housing 10 is configured by combining a front lid 10a, a main body 10b, and a rear lid 10c. The front lid 10a, the main body 10b, and the rear lid 10c are all made of steel plates. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the rear lid 10c is removed.

    A horizontal counter shelf 11 is formed on the front lid 10a at a height that is easy for an adult to put on and operate. A panel portion 12 is provided from the counter shelf 11 to the vertical wall of the front lid 10a thereon. A touch panel display 13 is disposed above the vertical portion of the panel unit 12. The touch panel display 13 functions as an operation means for instructing or selecting various operations, and a transparent touch panel that is operated by touching with a finger is combined with a flat display that displays various character information and graphic information. ing.

    A horizontal slot-like passbook entry / exit port 14 is arranged below the touch panel display 13. A fingerprint button 15 is disposed on the horizontal portion of the panel unit 12. The fingerprint button 15 incorporates a sensor portion of a fingerprint information acquisition device described later. A camera 16 that photographs the face of a person standing in front of the article storage machine 1 is disposed above the panel unit 12.

    Inside the housing 10 is provided article storage / extraction means for taking in the passbook into the machine, storing it in the storage place, taking it out from the storage place, and discharging it out of the machine. The article storage / extraction means includes the input / output mechanism 20 and the transport device 40.

    The entry / exit mechanism unit 20 has the passbook entry / exit port 14 as an entrance, and includes conveyance belts 21a and 21b that form a pair. The conveyor belts 21a and 21b extend in the horizontal direction in parallel with each other and are urged in a direction in which they are pressed against each other by a spring (not shown). A motor (not shown) drives the conveyance belts 21 a and 21 b to take in the bankbook 2 into the housing 10 and discharge the bankbook 2 from the housing 10.

    Article identification information reading means for reading unique identification information of the bankbook 2 is arranged so as to be aligned with the lower conveyance belt 21b. The unique identification information of the bankbook 2 is a magnetic stripe formed on the lower surface of the bankbook 2, and the article identification information reading means is a magnetic reader 22 that reads information from the magnetic stripe. A passbook sensor 23 is attached to the inner surface of the front lid 10a to detect that the passbook 2 has been inserted from the passbook entry / exit port 14.

    The housing 10 has a storage unit 30 for the bankbook 2 therein. The storage unit 30 has a configuration in which a plurality of storage units 31 are arranged in a matrix in a vertical plane. The storage unit 31 includes a rectangular parallelepiped storage box 32 having an open rear surface, and a weight plate 33 placed therein. In the storage box 32, the bankbook 2 is stored in a stacked state.

    Behind the storage unit 30 is disposed a transfer device 40 that stores in the storage unit 30 of the bankbook 2 taken in by the loading / unloading mechanism unit 20 and takes out the bankbook 2 from the storage unit 30 and delivers it to the loading / unloading mechanism unit 20. The transport device 40 is composed of two parts. That is, there are a pickup box 60 incorporating a passbook pickup mechanism, which will be described later, and a moving mechanism unit 50 that moves the pickup box 60 two-dimensionally in a vertical plane.

    The moving mechanism unit 50 is configured by combining an element that gives vertical movement to the pickup box 60 and an element that gives horizontal movement to the pickup box 60. The element that gives the pickup box 60 a vertical movement is a vertical feed screw 51 arranged close to the inner surfaces of the left and right walls of the housing 10 (only one feed screw 51 is shown in FIG. 2). The feed screw 51 is rotated by a motor 53 connected to the feed screw 51 via a belt 52 (see FIG. 3). When the feed screw 51 rotates, the elevator 54 incorporating the nut portion moves up and down.

    Two rods 55a and 55b are installed horizontally between the left and right elevators 54, and the pickup box 60 is supported by the rods 55a and 55b. One of the rods 55a and 55b is a feed screw, and the pickup box 60 is moved in the horizontal direction by rotating the feed screw with a motor (not shown). The horizontal movement and the vertical movement by the feed screw 51 combine to move the pickup box 60 two-dimensionally in the vertical plane.

    Next, the internal structure of the pickup box 60 will be described. The main part of the passbook pick-up mechanism consists of a tong 61 in which two substantially horizontal metal plates are arranged one above the other, a motor 62 for opening and closing the tong 61, and the tong 61 moving forward or backward in the horizontal direction. A lever 63 and a motor 64 that rotates the lever 63.

    The upper tongue plate 61a and the lower tongue plate 61b of the tongue 61 are supported by the base block 61c at their base ends, and rotate in a vertical plane with this support portion as a fulcrum. The free ends of the upper tongue plate 61a and the lower tongue plate 61b face the front lid 10a. Inside the pickup box 60, a roller 65 that supports the free end side of the lower tongue plate 61b is disposed. The base end of the upper tongue plate 61a is bent at a right angle, and an eccentric cam 66 fixed to the shaft of the motor 62 is engaged with this portion. The motor 62 moves forward and backward following the tongue 61.

    The lever 63 rotates in the vertical plane with the lower end as a fulcrum, and the upper end is connected to the base block 61 c of the tongue 61. A gear 67 is fixed to the lower end of the lever 63, and a gear 68 fixed to the shaft of the motor 64 is engaged with the gear 67.

    Inside the pickup box 60 is disposed a passbook sensor 69 that detects the tip of the passbook 2 drawn into the pickup box 60 by the tongue 61. The passbook sensor 69 is the same as the passbook sensor 23.

    The configuration of the circuit block of the article storage machine 1 is shown in FIG. The control device 70 that is a control means that controls the overall control includes a depositor registration information storage unit 71 that is a depositor registration information storage unit as a subsystem, an article storage information storage unit 72 that is an article storage information storage unit, and a depositor verification unit. A depositor verification unit 73 and an operation control unit 74 that controls the operation of the mechanism part. The control device 70 includes a touch panel display 13, an input / output mechanism unit 20, a magnetic reader 22, a transport device 40, a fingerprint information acquisition device 75 that includes a fingerprint button 15 as a component, and facial information acquisition that includes a camera 16 as a component. The device 76, the alarm device 77, and the power source 78 are connected.

    The fingerprint information acquisition device 75 and the face information acquisition device 76 function as information input means for inputting depositor identification information. The alarm device 77 notifies the issuer of the bankbook 2 when unauthorized access to the bankbook 2 is being attempted.

    Next, the operation of the article storage machine 1 will be described. Description will be made mainly based on the vertical sectional views of FIGS. 3 to 12 and the flowcharts of FIGS.

    First, the flow of registration of the bankbook 2 will be described with reference to FIG. A user who wishes to deposit the bankbook 2 in the article storage machine 1 selects the “Register” key icon from the menu on the initial screen displayed on the touch panel display 13 and touches it with a finger (step #). 101). As a result, the article storage device 1 enters the registration mode. In addition, the passbook 2 to be deposited can be limited to a passbook issued by the financial institution when the entity in which the goods storage device 1 is installed is a financial institution, and a passbook issued by another financial institution can also be accepted. You can also.

    When the registration mode is set, the touch panel type display 13 displays a description of the deposit contract conditions and deposit fee billing. The display may be used together with sound. The depositary (referred to here as the user in this way) reads the explanation and listens to it, and if he / she agrees with the contract, he / she operates on the touch panel display 13 in accordance with the instructions on the screen or the voice to proceed with the registration procedure. .

  Registration requires the input of depositor identification information. As the depositor identification information, a password, a personal identification number, and the like can be considered, but here, biometric information is used. There is a step (step # 102) of pressing the fingerprint button 15 in the registration procedure. When the fingerprint button 15 is pressed, the fingerprint information acquisition device 75 reads the fingerprint information from the finger that pressed the fingerprint button 15. Further, the face information acquisition device 76 captures the face of the depositary with the camera 16 and reads the face information (step # 103). The read fingerprint information and face information are temporarily stored in the RAM in the control device 70 (step # 104).

    After temporarily storing the biometric information of the depositor such as fingerprint information and face information, the article depositing machine 1 prompts the depositor to put the passbook 2 into the entry / exit port 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the depositor puts the bankbook 2 into the bankbook entry / exit 14 (step # 105). When the leading end of the bankbook 2 reaches the conveyor belts 21a and 21b, the bankbook sensor 23 detects this. Based on the detection information from the bankbook sensor 23, the operation control device 73 rotates the conveyor belts 21a and 21b. The conveyor belts 21 a and 21 b take the bankbook 2 into the housing 10. The magnetic reader 22 reads the identification information from the taken passbook 2 (step # 106). The depositor registration information storage unit 71 associates the identification information of the passbook 2 with the depositor identification information (fingerprint information, face information), registers as depositor registration information, and stores the result (step # 107).

    After registration, the conveyor belts 21a and 21b rotate in the reverse direction, and pass the bankbook 2 through the bank entry / exit port 14 and once return it to the depositor (step # 108). This completes the registration process.

    In the flow of FIG. 14, the user is to perform the registration procedure independently from the beginning to the end, but intervening the employees of the goods storage equipment installation entity in some procedures, for example, the registration procedure start procedure You can also. In this case, procedures such as inserting a dedicated key held by an attendant into the article storage machine 1 to change the mode to the registration mode are performed. Thereafter, the user proceeds with the operation according to the display on the touch panel display 13. It is also possible to require a dedicated key when registration is completed and the normal use mode is restored.

    In the flow of Fig. 14, Passbook 2 is supposed to be returned to the depositor once registration is completed, but before returning it, the depositor is asked to ask, "Do you want to deposit the passbook as it is?" When the person selects “deposit as it is”, it is possible to proceed to the deposit procedure described in FIG. 15 without returning the deposit.

    Next, the flow of depositing the bankbook 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In the article storage machine 1 in the normal use mode, “deposit” is selected from the initial screen menu of the touch panel display 13 (step # 201). The article storage machine 1 prompts the depositor to put the passbook 2 into the entry / exit port 14. When the depositor enters the registered passbook 2 (step # 202), the conveyor belts 21a and 21b rotate to take in the passbook 2 and cause the magnetic reader 22 to read the identification information of the passbook 2 (step # 203). It is checked whether or not the bankbook 2 is a registered bankbook (hereinafter referred to as “registered bankbook”) (step S204). If it is confirmed that the bankbook 2 is a registered bankbook, the process proceeds to the next step (step S205). If it is determined that it is not a registered passbook, the conveyor belts 21a and 21b are rotated in reverse to discharge the passbook 2 and return it to the user (step S207). As described above, when “deposit as it is” is selected at the end of the registration procedure, steps # 201 to # 204 are omitted, and the process immediately proceeds to step # 205.

    Here, storage of the bankbook 2 in the storage unit 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the position where the tongue 61 faces the input / output mechanism 20 is the home position of the pickup box 60. When it is confirmed that the passbook 2 held by the conveyor belts 21a and 21b is a registered passbook, the motor 62 rotates the eccentric cam 66 and slightly lifts the free end of the upper tongue plate 61a. That is, the tongue 61 is opened.

    Here, the motor 64 rotates the lever 63 to advance the tongue 61 (see FIG. 4). The conveyor belts 21a and 21b are provided separately on the left and right so as to sandwich the left and right ends of the bankbook 2, and the tongue 61 advances into the space between them. After the passbook 2 has entered between the upper tongue plate 61a and the lower tongue plate 61b, the conveyor belts 21a and 21b rotate a little further and push the passbook 2 to a predetermined depth between the upper tongue plate 61a and the lower tongue plate 61b. . The motor 62 then rotates the eccentric cam 66 again. As a result, the upper tongue plate 61a is lowered, and the bankbook 2 is sandwiched between the lower tongue plate 61b. In this state, the motor 64 rotates the lever 63 and pulls the tongue 61 back into the pickup box 60 (see FIG. 5). The conveyor belts 21 a and 21 b rotate so as to send out the bankbook 2.

    The transport apparatus 40 receives a command from the operation control unit 74 and moves the pickup box 60 to a position aligned with the storage box 32 having an empty space (see FIG. 6). The height of the pickup box 60 is adjusted so that the new bankbook 2 is placed on the bankbook 2 stored in the storage box 32 in a stacked state.

    The tongue 61 is inserted under the weight plate 33, and the tip of the weight plate 33 is bent obliquely upward so that the tongue 61 can be easily received. In determining the height of the pickup box 60, it is preferable to detect the weight plate 33 with the sensor 69 and use the height of the weight plate 33 as a reference.

    After the position of the pickup box 60 is determined, the lever 63 is rotated by the motor 64 and the tongue 61 is pushed under the weight plate 33 (see FIG. 7). Thereafter, when the tongue 61 is opened and pulled out, the bankbook 2 held by the tongue 61 remains at the top of the bankbook overlap. The weight plate 33 holds the left and right ends of the passbook 2 so that the passbook 2 does not come out on the tongue 61. The weight plate 33 itself can move up and down in the storage box 32, but has a structure that does not come out of the storage box 32.

    After storing the passbook 2 in this manner (step # 205), the transport device 40 returns the pickup box 60 to the home position. The article storage information storage unit 72 associates the identification information of the stored passbook 2 with the storage location information, that is, the box number of the storage box 32 and the position of the stacking stage in the storage box 32, and stores it as article storage information ( Step # 206).

    Next, the flow of discharging the bankbook 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The depositor who requests discharge of the deposited bankbook 2 selects “discharge” from the initial screen menu of the operation / display panel 13 (step # 301). Then, an operation instruction is displayed on the touch panel display 13. According to the instruction, the fingerprint button 15 is pressed as shown in FIG. 8 (step # 302). When the fingerprint button 15 is pressed, the fingerprint information acquisition device 75 acquires fingerprint information, and the face information acquisition device 76 acquires face information (step # 303).

    Here, the depositor collation unit 73 collates the fingerprint information and face information just acquired with the fingerprint information and face information stored in the depositor registration information storage unit 71 (step # 304).

    Subsequently, the acquired face information is stored (step # 305). The memory of this step has the same meaning as the video recording by the security camera. For storage, a storage unit (not shown) different from the depositor registration information storage unit 71 is used.

    As a result of the collation in step # 304, if it is confirmed that the depositor has requested the discharge, the article storage information is read from the article storage information storage unit 72. The operation control unit 74 issues a command to the transport apparatus 40 and causes the pickup box 60 to face the storage box 32 that stores the passbook 2 that has been requested to be discharged (see FIG. 9).

    After the pickup box 60 arrives at a position aligned with the target storage box 32, the position of the pickup box 60 is finely adjusted so that the tongue 61 is aligned horizontally with the target bankbook 2. The positioning of the tongue 61 is performed by a procedure of searching for the weight plate 33 in the storage box 32 and searching for the position of the bankbook 2 using the weight plate 33 as a reference.

    When the tongue 61 faces the target bankbook 2, the tongue 61 is moved forward and the bankbook 2 is sandwiched (see FIG. 10). When the tongue 61 is pulled out while the bankbook 2 is sandwiched, the bankbook 2 and the weight plate 33 that are on the tong 61 fall in the manner of dharma dropping (see FIG. 11). Since the storage location information of the dropped passbook 2 is shifted down by one level, the article storage information in the article storage information storage unit 72 is updated. The transport apparatus 40 returns the pickup box 60 to the home position, and delivers the taken out passbook 2 to the entry / exit mechanism 20 (step # 306).

    The entry / exit mechanism 20 reads the identification information of the passbook 2 (step # 307). The read identification information and the registration information stored in the depositor registration information storage unit 71 are collated (step # 308). If they match, the conveyor belts 21a and 21b are rotated to discharge the passbook 2, and the deposit is made. (Step # 309: see FIG. 12).

    In step # 308, if the identification information of the passbook 2 does not match the registration information, it is processed as an error (step # 310). In other words, an error is displayed on the touch panel display 13 and an attendant is notified if necessary.

    In the present embodiment, the magnetic reader 22 is placed only in the place of the input / output mechanism section 20. Accordingly, the bankbook 2 in the storage box 32 is carried to the entry / exit mechanism 20 each time, and the identification information is examined. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, another magnetic reader 22 may be provided in the pickup box 60. In this way, the identification information can be checked on the spot when the tongue 61 takes out the bankbook 2 from the storage box 32.

    Further, in the present embodiment, the article storage / extraction means is divided into the input / output mechanism section 20 and the transport device 40, but the input / output mechanism section 20 and the pickup box 60 may be integrated. In other words, the function of the entry / exit mechanism unit 20 can be provided on the side of the conveying device 40.

    In addition, a bookkeeping machine can be built in the article storage machine 1. In this way, it is possible to use the book in the bankbook 2 by taking a deposit or discharge opportunity.

    If an attempt is made to pry open the housing 10, the alarm device 77 sounds an alarm and notifies the security company or the police. At the same time, the financial institution that issues the passbook 2 is also notified. In response to this, the financial institution can operate the account system and take the use injunction of the passbook 2. Therefore, even if the case 10 is successfully opened and the bankbook 2 is stolen, it is possible to prevent withdrawal of the deposit and saving.

    Further, in connection with the accounting system, it is possible to prevent the withdrawal procedure unless it is a passbook 2 that is taken out through a regular procedure, that is, the depositor himself / herself through a procedure for identity verification. As a result, even if someone obtains a dedicated key and successfully opens the housing 10 and takes out the bankbook 2 without operating the alarm device 77, the withdrawal of deposits can be prevented.

    In the present embodiment, the biological information (biometrics) of the depositor is used as the identification information of the depositor. As the biometric information, fingerprint information and face information are employed, but other biometric information (such as an iris pattern or a blood vessel pattern) may be employed. However, if face information is used as identification information and stored for each transaction, criminal acts will be applied by applying psychological pressure to a third party who impersonates a depositor and attempts to obtain a passbook fraudulently. It can be connected to the prevention. The stored face information can also be used for investigation after a crime has occurred.

    Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. FIG. 17 is a conceptual configuration diagram of the article storage machine.

    The article depositing machine 1a of the second embodiment deposits articles whose form is a paper sheet, such as securities. The article depositing machine 1a has a counter shelf 11a outside the casing 10a and an article identification information reading unit inside. The structure of the counter shelf 10a and the panel portion thereon is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the mechanism of the article identification information reading means is different from that of the first embodiment. That is, the article identification information reading means of the first embodiment is a magnetic reader, whereas the article identification information reading means of the second embodiment is an OCR (optical character reader) that reads characters printed on the surface of a paper sheet. ) 22a.

    The plurality of storage units 80 arranged in the storage unit 30a of the article storage device 1a store a paper sheet between the tapes. That is, the paper sheet that has passed through the OCR 22a is carried in the housing 10a by the belt 90, but when it reaches the storage unit 80 designated as the storage location, the switching claw 81 moves to move the paper sheet toward the storage unit 80. To induce. The paper sheet that has entered the storage unit 80 is sandwiched between the tapes 84 and 85 that are fed out from the feeding reels 82 and 83, and is taken up by the take-up reel 86. The constituent elements of the paper storage location information are the number of the storage unit 80 and the order in the tapes 84 and 85. Such a storage method has been widely put into practical use, and examples thereof can be found in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 8-96191 and 11-120413.

    When the paper sheets in the storage unit 80 are discharged, the tapes 84 and 85 are wound up in the opposite direction to the storage state to discharge the paper sheets, and delivered to the belt 90 that travels in the same reverse direction as the storage time. It is sufficient that the target paper sheet comes out first, but this is not usually the case, and the target paper sheet comes out after some unrelated paper sheets are spit out. The paper sheet discharged before reaching the target paper sheet is taken into the temporary storage unit 80a placed at a location closest to the OCR 22a. The switching claw 81a of the storage unit 80a is opposite in direction to the other switching claw 80, and separates the paper sheet toward the OCR 22a from the belt 90 and guides it to the storage unit 80a.

    After the discharge of the target paper sheet is completed, the storage unit 80a discharges the temporarily stored paper sheet. The discharged paper sheet returns to the original storage unit 80. At this time, since the storage order of the sheets is shifted, the article storage information is updated.

    When the article is a paper sheet, various information other than characters is used as identification information for security. Punching holes, barcodes, holograms, fluorescent inks, etc. In such a case, an article identification information reading unit corresponding to the type of identification information to be used is prepared and arranged in place of the OCR 22a or together with the OCR 22a.

    Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Further, if a container having a standard shape and identification information is prepared, and an article is stored in the container and deposited, it is possible to deposit an article having no fixed form.

    The present invention is widely applicable to machines such as passbooks, securities, and credit cards that deposit fixed articles having unique identification information.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods storage machine 2 Passbook 10 Case 11 Counter shelf 12 Panel part 13 Touch panel type display 15 Fingerprint button 16 Camera 20 I / O mechanism part 22 Magnetic reader 30 Storage part 31 Storage unit 40 Conveyance apparatus 70 Control apparatus 71 Depositor registration information storage part 72 Item storage information storage unit 73 Depositor verification unit 74 Operation control unit 75 Fingerprint information acquisition device 76 Face information acquisition device 77 Alarm device 1a Article storage device 10a Housing 11a Counter shelf 22a OCR
30a storage unit 80 storage unit 84, 85 tape

Claims (5)

An article storage machine for storing standard articles with unique identification information, with the following configuration:
(A) Article identification information reading means for reading article identification information (b) Information input means for inputting depositor identification information for identifying whether or not the depositor is a depositor (c) The article identification information and the depositor identification Depositor registration information storage means for associating information and storing it as depositor registration information (d) Article storage means for taking articles into the apparatus and storing them in the storage section, and taking out articles from the storage section and discharging them outside the apparatus (E) Article storage information storage means for associating identification information of an article stored in the storage section with the storage location of the article and storing it as article storage information. (F) Operation means for instructing or selecting various operations ( g) When the depositor receives a discharge request made through the operation means, the depositor identification information input by the information input means is compared with the depositor registration information, and registered as a depositor. Depositor verification means for determining whether or not (h) As a result of verification by the depositor verification means, if it is determined that the depositor is registered as a depositor, based on the stored information of the article storage information storage means, Control means for controlling the article storage / extraction means so that the article requested to be discharged is discharged outside the apparatus.   2. The article depositing machine according to claim 1, wherein the depositor identification information is biometric information.   The article storage device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article is a passbook, and the storage unit stores the passbook in a stacked state.   The article storage device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article is a paper sheet, and the storage unit stores the paper sheet by being wound between tapes.   The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an alarm device for notifying the use system of the article when illegal access to the article is attempted.

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