JP2614312B2 - Cash deposit and withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cash depositing / dispensing apparatus installed in a financial institution or the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, cash handling devices have been heavily used for handling cash with customers among window services and automatic transaction services at financial institutions such as banks. In addition, the depositing function and the dispensing function are integrated, and among the deposited money, the money that can be reused for dispensing is newly distributed to the denomination storage for dispensing, and the money recirculation used during the dispensing transaction. A number of cash dispensers have been announced one after another.

In such an apparatus, first, the money required for the dispensing transaction is set in one collective storage from the original side, and the collective storage is mounted on the depositing and dispensing apparatus. Thereafter, by operating switches for instructing the loading operation, the money can be automatically distributed and loaded from the collective storage to the respective denomination storages arranged for dispensing. Therefore, the operation of loading money is only required to attach the collective storage.

Further, when the work is completed, by operating switches for instructing the collection operation, the collection operation reverse to the loading operation can be performed.

That is, if the money is sequentially collected from each denomination storage to the collective storage, the storage to be taken out from the depositing / dispensing device only needs to be the collective storage and the reject storage that stores the rejected money. Thus, the convenience of the operator is achieved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488).

Further, a memory is provided for storing the number of coins counted by the depositing / dispensing apparatus during the loading operation and the collecting operation, and the number is displayed on a display provided in the operation unit of the apparatus main body. The operator reads this and records it, and inputs the number of sheets to be loaded from the operation unit in the loading operation so that the number of loaded sheets and the number of collected sheets can be managed and operated (see Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 57-106057). No.).

<Configuration of Conventional Apparatus> Hereinafter, a conventional depositing / dispensing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a conventional depositing / dispensing apparatus. This device is mounted on a teller terminal device.

The depositing / dispensing device 105 includes an upper unit 110, an intermediate unit 111,
And the lower unit 112.

The upper unit 110 is provided with a bill insertion slot 113 and a discharge slot 114 in the upper front part. At the back side of the bottom of the insertion slot 113, there is provided a deposit separation mechanism 115 for separating and taking in one-by-one banknotes which are collectively inserted. Authenticity, flaws,
A discriminating unit 116 provided for discriminating and detecting front and back, two or more overlaps (double running), skew, and the like is arranged.
Further behind, a front-back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided, and in the case of a banknote determined to be the back side by the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, the switching blade 122 is operated by driving a magnet (not shown) to drive the traveling path. Switching the front and back alignment section
It is configured to send it to 117 and align it with the surface.

The travel path 119 is a transport path provided for transferring the bills guided and conveyed to the apparatus by the switching gate 123 to the intermediate unit 111, and the travel path 118 is a travel path of the lower unit 112 and the intermediate unit 111. This is a transport path for inheriting the banknotes transported by the transport unit and sending the banknotes to the discrimination unit 116. When the switching gate 123 operates by driving a magnet (not shown), the bills conveyed through the discrimination unit 116 are sent to the traveling path 120 and
Release stacking part 121 disposed on the back side of the upper surface of the discharge port
Transported to The bills conveyed to the discharge accumulation section 121 are accumulated at the discharge port 114, and the teller can collectively extract the bills.

The intermediate unit 111 is a temporary storage section mainly for denominations and fitness, and the collecting sections 124, 125, 126, 127 of the taken-in banknotes, the denomination and fitness temporary storage sections 128, 129, 130, 131, the denomination separation gates 136, 137, 138, 139 and the withdrawal reject banknote drop. And a traveling path 141 from the lower unit 112 to the upper unit 110.

At the time of depositing, the banknotes received from the traveling path 119 of the upper unit 110 are received, and are transported by the traveling path 141 in the direction of the arrow.

Here, if the conveyed banknote is determined to be a 5,000-yen ticket by the discrimination result of the discriminating section 116, the 5,000-yen ticket separation gate 139 is operated by driving a magnet (not shown). Then, it is sent to the 5,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 127. The 5,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 127 sequentially accumulates the sent banknotes in the 5,000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 131. Similarly, if it is determined that the ticket is a 1,000-yen ticket, it activates the 1,000-yen ticket separation gate 138 and sends it to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 126. It is sequentially accumulated in the unit 130. If it is determined that the ticket is a ten thousand yen ticket, the ten thousand yen ticket separation gate 137
Is activated and sent to the 10,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 125,
25 are sequentially accumulated in the ten-yen ticket temporary holding unit 129.

Note that, in the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 116, the banknotes determined to be unfit bills or non-returnable banknotes (for example, 500-yen bills), and a collection process from a denomination-type storage described later to a collective storage, Does not operate any of the denomination separating gates 137, 138, and 139, but operates the collective / deposit separating gate 136 and sends it to the collective / deposit accumulating section 124,
The banknotes are sequentially accumulated in the batch / payment temporary holding unit 128.

The withdrawal reject banknote dropping unit 140 is a reject banknote to be described later when a banknote taken out from a storage unit of a denomination described later in the withdrawal transaction passes through the discrimination unit 116 and is determined to be a withdrawal nonconforming ticket. This is a transport unit for sending the data to the storage. The temporary storage shutters 132, 133, 134, 135 are connected to one magnet (not shown), and by driving the magnets, the temporary storages 128, 129,
With the part connected to the side of 130, 131 as the center of rotation,
The central part rotates downward. With this operation, the temporary storage unit 128,
The banknotes accumulated in 129, 130, 131 are dropped and stored in each storage of the lower unit 112.

When the teller performs a cancel operation while the deposited bills are accumulated in the temporary holding units 128, 129, 130, and 131 after the counting of the deposits in the deposit transaction, the lock of the intermediate unit 111 is released, and the intermediate unit 111 is pulled out forward. Thus, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding sections 128, 129, 130, 131 can be taken out. In addition, by using the audit key, the banknote remaining in each part of the intermediate unit can be taken out by the attendant's will, so that even when a jam occurs, the banknote can be taken out.

The lower unit 112 includes a batch / receipt storage 143, a denomination storage 144, 145, 146 and a take-out / separation mechanism 147, 14 from the storage.
8, 149, 150, a reject banknote storage 142, and a traveling path 151 for transporting banknotes taken out one by one from the storage.

The 5,000-yen ticket storage 146 has a function of receiving and accumulating banknotes from the 5,000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 131 and the separating mechanism 150, and has a function of:
It is a storage for 5,000 yen notes that has the function of paying out bills one by one.

Similarly, 145 is a storage of 1,000 yen ticket, 149 is a separation mechanism of 1,000 yen ticket, 144 is a storage of 10,000 yen ticket, 148 is a separation mechanism of 10,000 yen ticket, and 143 is a lump sum / payment return An impossible ticket storage 147 is a separation mechanism for collectively stored tickets.

The reject banknote storage 142 is the discriminating unit 1 of the banknotes fed from the denomination storages 144, 145, 146 in the withdrawal transaction.
This storage unit stores banknotes that have been detected as skewing or two or more overlaps (double running) based on the 16 discrimination results and have been determined to be dispensable.

The traveling path 151 includes a lump / receipt storage 143 and a denomination storage 14.
Conveys the bills fed from 4,145,146 and sends them to the intermediate unit 111
This is a transport path for feeding into the travel path 141.

The batch / receipt storage 143 and the denomination storages 144, 145, 146 each have a full bill detector 15 as an optical sensor.
4a, 154b, 154c, 154d and near-full detectors 155a, 155b, 155c,
155d, near-end detectors 156a, 156b, 156c, 156d, and end detectors 157a, 157b, 157c, 157d are attached, and serve as means for managing the amount of bills in the storage. In addition, the reject bill storage bin 142 has a full bill detector 1
53 is attached, optically reject banknote storage
Detects full of 142 bills.

There is a door (not shown) on the front surface of the lower unit 112, and the structure is such that the door can be opened and the storage rack (not shown) can be pulled out by using an inspection key.

By pulling out the storage rack, each of the storages is arranged so as to be able to be removed.

Each of the storages is provided with a common lock, and a door can be opened with a key to perform loading and removing operations of bills. In the upper unit 110 and the intermediate unit 112, independent motors (not shown) are mounted as power sources for separating, stacking, and transporting banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

Next, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 on the basis of the operation procedure of the payment collection, payment collection, loading and collection processing.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 3 is a sectional view at the time of payment transaction.

First, by the customer, the banknotes set in the insertion slot 113 one by one from the bottom by the operation of the deposit separation mechanism 115,
It is taken into the device and sent to the discriminating section 116 depending on the traveling path.

The discriminating unit 116 detects the authenticity, authenticity discrimination, front / back discrimination, and the running state of the conveyed banknotes one by one, and sends the banknotes to the front / back assembling mechanism 117 located at the rear through the running path.

A banknote determined to be a true banknote and a front side by the discriminating unit 116,
If it is determined to be a fake ticket, it will be switched through the route
Head to 123.

If a counterfeit ticket is found, switch gate 12
3 operates to convey the upper side, and convey the route by the traveling path 120 from the rear to the front.
To reach 1. The outlet stacking unit 121 stacks the transported banknotes one by one in the outlet 114. The bills accumulated at the outlet 114 are so-called deposit reject bills.

When a true banknote and a banknote determined to be the front side arrive, the banknote goes to the intermediate unit 111 through a downward route.

In the discriminating unit 116, in the case of a banknote determined to be a true banknote and a back side, the banknote is sent to a route in which the switching gate 122 located at the entrance of the front / backside arranging mechanism 117 is operated, and passes through the front / back arranging mechanism 117. As a result, the front end and the rear end of the bill being transported are reversed, and the bill is sent out to a route on the front side and sent to the intermediate unit 111 via the traveling path 119.

In the intermediate unit 111, the banknotes aligned on the surface are conveyed along the traveling path 141 in the direction of the arrow.

Here, when a banknote that can be reused for dispensing with a 5,000-yen genuine bill has been conveyed, the 5,000-yen bill separation gate 139 is activated and sent to the 5,000-yen bill accumulation unit 127, Collected in the 5,000 yen ticket temporary storage unit 131. In the same way, in the case of bills that can be reused for dispensing with a genuine 1,000 yen note, a 1,000 yen ticket separation gate
Activate 138 and send it to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 126, accumulate it in the 1,000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 130, and in the case of banknotes that can be reused for dispensing with a genuine 10,000 yen ticket, a 10,000 yen ticket separation gate 137 Activate,
It is sent to the million-yen ticket accumulation unit 125 and accumulated in the million-yen ticket temporary holding unit 129.

In the case of damaged or unpayable bills (for example, 500 yen bills or bills before reprinting), the bills are accumulated in the collective / payment temporary holding unit 128 as bills not to be recirculated.

By the above operation, the deposit counting process of the bill set in the insertion slot 113 is completed.

<Withdrawal Transaction> FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view at the time of withdrawal transaction.

When the withdrawal transaction key is pressed by the customer and, for example, a withdrawal amount of 11,000 is input, first, the withdrawal separation mechanism 14
Activate 8 to pay out one million yen ticket. As shown by the arrows in the bill diagram, the bills pass through the traveling paths 151, 141, and 118 and are sent to the discrimination unit 116. The discriminating section 116 discriminates whether the bill is as specified, and if so, the switching gate 12
Activate 3 and send it to the traveling path 120,
The banknotes that have reached 1 are accumulated in the outlet 114.

If the discrimination unit 116 discriminates the ticket from the ticket that is not as specified or cannot be dispensed, it is transported downward and traveled along the travel path 119.
Through, transport the intermediate unit 111 as shown by the arrow,
From the dispensing / rejecting banknote dropping unit 140, the banknote is sent to the rejecting banknote storage 142. And again, 10,000 yen ticket storage 144
, And performing discrimination and accumulation are repeated as many times as necessary. After the release of the ten thousand yen ticket, one thousand yen ticket is released from the one thousand yen storage 145 in the same manner as the ten thousand yen ticket, and the operation of the withdrawal transaction is completed.

<Loading Safe> FIG. 5 is a sectional view at the time of loading operation.

When a safe loading key (not shown) is pressed, it is confirmed that the end detector 157a of the batch / receipt storage 143 has not detected the end, that is, that the bill to be loaded is set in advance. If the end was detected,
This processing is stopped. When it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the safe loading operation is started.

Next, the take-out / separation mechanism 147 is operated to feed out the banknotes set in the batch / receipt storage 143 one by one in order from the lower side.
After passing through 1,118, it is sent to the discrimination unit 116. The discriminating unit 116 sequentially discriminates the sent bills one by one,
The discrimination of the fitness, the front / back discrimination, and the running state are detected and sent to the front / back arranging mechanism 117 located at the rear via the running path.

The banknote determined to be the front side by the discrimination unit 116 is conveyed downward, and travels to the intermediate unit 111 via the traveling path 119. In the case of the banknote determined as the back side by the discriminating unit 116,
It is sent to the front and back arranging mechanism 117, and the
To the intermediate unit 111.

In the intermediate unit 111, the bills aligned on the surface are conveyed along the traveling path in the direction of the arrow.

Here, when a banknote that can be loaded for withdrawal as a 5,000-yen genuine bill is conveyed, the 5,000-yen bill separation gate 13
9 is sent to the 5,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 127 and accumulated in the 5,000-yen ticket temporary storage unit 131. Similarly, the 1,000-yen ticket is accumulated in the 1,000-yen ticket temporary storage unit 130, and the ten-thousand-yen ticket is sent to the ten-yen ticket accumulation unit 125 and accumulated in the ten-yen ticket temporary storage unit 129.

The above operation is repeated until there are no more banknotes set in the batch / payment storage 143. Temporary holding part 12 on the way
If any one of 9, 130 and 131 reaches the hold allowable value (for example, 100 sheets), the operation of the take-out / separation mechanism 147 is interrupted, and the temporary holding section shutters 133, 134 and 135 are simultaneously opened downward and stored. The banknotes held in the storages 144, 145, 146 are stored.

When the storing operation is completed, the temporary holding section shutters 133, 134, 135
When the state returns to the original state, the take-out / separation mechanism 147 is operated again to repeat the loading operation.

When the banknotes in the batch / receipt storage 143 are exhausted and the end is detected, the take-out / separation mechanism 147 stops, and when the last banknote arrives at the temporary holding units 133, 134, 135 of the intermediate unit 111, the transport operation by the traveling path also stops. Temporary holding unit 133,134,13
The banknote No. 5 is stored in the storages 144, 145, 146, and the safe loading operation ends.

Note that the banknotes determined to be unfit or unreceivable (eg, a 500-yen banknote or a banknote before reprinting) in the classification result of the classification unit 116 are collected or rejected in the collective / payment temporary holding unit 128. The bill is stored in the bill storage 142.

<Refill safe> Pressing the safe refill key (not shown) and inputting the denomination and the number of refills.
When confirming that the end detector 157a of the deposit storage 143 has not detected the end, the safe refilling operation is started.
The following operation is performed in the same manner as the loading.

<Safety Box Recovery> FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view during the collection operation.

When you press the safe collection key (not shown), each type of storage
Check that all of 144, 145, 146 have not detected the end.

When it is confirmed that the end is not detected in any one of the storages, the safe collection operation is started.

First, the 5,000-yen take-out / separation mechanism 150 is operated to feed out the banknotes stored in the 5,000-yen storage 146 one by one in order from the lower side, and the traveling paths 151, 14 as shown by arrows in the figure.
After passing through 1,118, it is sent to the discrimination unit 116. The discriminating unit 116 sequentially detects the authenticity of the fed banknotes one by one, discriminates front / back, and detects the running state, conveys the banknotes downward, and directs the banknotes to the intermediate unit 111 through the running path 119.

In the intermediate unit 111, the bill is
It is conveyed along 41 and sent to the batch / payment accumulation section 124 by operating the batch / payment separation gate 136, and is accumulated in the batch / payment temporary holding section 128.

The depositing / dispensing device 105 repeats the above operation while counting for each denomination, and stores the bills in the storages for each denomination at 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen,
It is accumulated while counting in the lump / receipt storage 143 in the order of ten thousand yen tickets.

If the full detector 154a of the batch / receipt storage 143 detects a full state during the recovery operation, the recovery operation is interrupted, and the attendant opens the front door of the lower unit 112 using the audit key, and Pull out the rack forward, remove the lump / receipt storage, open the storage door using the storage key, and take out all the banknotes.

The door of the storage is closed, the storage is set by the reverse operation, and the collection operation is performed again when the lower unit 112 is set.

Thus, when all the storages are detected as end, after the last banknote arrives at the collective / payment temporary holding unit 128, the transport operation by the traveling path is also stopped. In addition, lump sum / payment hold unit 12
The banknote of No. 8 is stored in the storage 143, and the safe collection operation ends.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In recent years, automatic teller machines have become extremely widespread, and the number of customers who use the automatic teller machines has also increased significantly at financial institutions.

Therefore, in many cases, a plurality of automatic teller machines are installed in one branch of a financial institution, and certain booths are also installed in the premises of transportation stations, department stores, and government office floors. There are many cases where an automatic teller machine is installed in Japan. The nearest branch manages and manages such a transaction device.

Normally, when operating an automatic cash transaction apparatus, a clerk records the number of bills loaded or replenished in the collective storage for each apparatus and records the contents and transaction contents data and the contents in the collective storage for each apparatus. The company conducts so-called scrutiny to check for excess and deficiency with the cash balance.

However, in order to effectively perform the scrutiny of this transaction, the lump storage to be attached to the automatic teller machine must be exchanged with another lump storage from the time of performing the previous scrutiny until the completion of the next scrutiny. Can not do. That is, the collective storage has a function of receiving cash from the automatic teller machine, and a loading and replenishing function for transferring cash to the automatic teller machine. Moreover, during the operation period, both operations are mixed and performed. Therefore, if the combination of the collective storage and the automatic teller machine is changed before the close inspection is completed, the cash of the plurality of automatic teller machines may be mixed into one collective storage or, conversely, one collective storage may be used. The cash in the warehouse is replenished to several automatic teller machines, and one automatic teller machine
Cash management of the table becomes unclear.

For example, it is assumed that a jam occurs during cash counting of a deposit transaction in a certain automatic cash transaction apparatus. In this case, the attendant removes the cash on the transport path of the apparatus, returns all the removed cash to the customer who has made the transaction, and has the customer make a transaction again. However, the customer may make a declaration that the returned cash is insufficient for the amount of the deposit. in this case,
Based on the contents of the automatic teller machine so far, the amount charged or replenished to the automatic teller machine, and the amount in each denomination storage inside the device, scrutinize whether there is any excess or deficiency. Become.

In this way, it is sufficient if it is possible to confirm that the returned amount is correct to the amount entered by the customer. However, under the situation where cash management is unclear for each automatic teller machine, Scrutiny of all installed automated teller machines must be carried out. This would hinder normal operations.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above points, and enables the automatic teller machine to perform scrutiny of transactions at any time, even if the luggage storage is freely used in combination, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash depositing / dispensing apparatus with a reduced burden.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A cash depositing and dispensing apparatus of the present invention collectively stores cash of a plurality of denominations, and is provided integrally with the collective storage that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body. A collective storage identifying means for outputting identification information for distinguishing the collective storage from other collective storages; a denomination-type storage provided in the apparatus main body; Means for performing a cash distribution operation and a cash collecting operation from the denomination-type storage to the collective storage; providing identification information from the collective storage identification means of the collective storage provided in the apparatus main body and mounted with the apparatus main body; And a collective storage information storage unit for storing the number of cash distributions and the number of collected cash at the time of a cash distribution operation and a cash collection operation performed for each collective storage using the collective storage.

(Operation) The above-mentioned device has a batch storage mounted on the device body,
Each can be individually identified by the identification information. Moreover, for each batch storage, the number of distributions and the number of collections at the time of the cash distribution operation and the collection operation executed using the storage are stored in the batch storage information storage unit. Scrutiny can be performed without error at any time. Further, the object of the scrutiny can be limited, and the work can be speeded up.

(Example) <Configuration of Apparatus> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an example of the drawings.

 FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention.

This device has a customer service port 3, a discrimination unit 4, a deposit and withdrawal unit 1,
8, a mechanism such as a batch storage 11, denomination storages 8, 9, and 10, a reject cassette 7, and the like.

The batch storage 11 is provided with a batch storage identification means 99. The collective storages that can be attached to the cash depositing and dispensing device are provided with collective storage identifying means 99, respectively.
Identification information that allows each batch storage to be distinguished from other batch storages is stored in the batch storage identification means 99.

The collective storage identifying means 99 is composed of, for example, a digital switch composed of a dip switch or the like, a read-only memory, or a nonvolatile EEPROM or an IC card whose contents can be electrically rewritten. Actually, any means can be used as long as the setting contents are nonvolatile. The identification information includes digital data such as numerical values and characters.

Further, the apparatus of the present invention includes
And a cash depositing / dispensing device control unit 80 for controlling the entire cash depositing / dispensing device. The cash-receipt-and-disbursement device control unit 80 is connected to the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine in which the cash-dispensing device is mounted. And furthermore, the control unit of the automatic teller machine
56 is configured to be connected to the host computer 200 and to be connected to the remote monitoring device 201.

The collective storage information storage unit 100 is composed of, for example, a random access memory backed up by a battery or the like, which does not lose its stored contents even when the power of the apparatus is turned off. In addition, a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk or a floppy disk, a magnetic tape, an EEPROM, or the like may be used.

As will be described later in detail, cash is stored in the batch storage information storage unit 100 from the batch storage 11 by the denomination storages 8, 9,
In the case where cash is collected from the cash storages 8, 9, and 10 by cash distribution, the contents of the collective storage identification means 99 are read, the identification information is recognized, and the number of cash distributed And the number of cards collected. The contents stored in the batch storage information storage unit 100 can be read by the host computer 200 via the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine, or recognized by the remote monitoring device 201, and various processes can be performed. it can.

<Cash automatic transaction device> Before describing the detailed configuration and operation of the device of the present invention, first, the configuration of an automatic cash transaction device provided with a cash depositing / dispensing device will be described.

 FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automatic teller machine.

FIG. 7 (a) is a front view of the automatic teller machine.
51 includes a cash depositing / dispensing device 50 and a card reader / writer 52
, A passbook entry machine 53 and a customer operation unit 54 are provided.

The cash depositing / dispensing device 50 is a device that accepts bills received from customers or performs processing for paying bills to customers. The card reader / writer 52 is a device that performs processing such as identification of a cash card inserted by a customer and printing of the results of a deposit transaction, a payment transaction, etc. on paper.
The passbook entry machine 53 is a device that identifies a passbook inserted by a customer and prints the results of deposit transactions, payment transactions, and the like. The customer operation unit 54 includes operation keys operated by the customer to input a deposit amount, a payment amount, a password, and the like,
This is a device having a display unit for displaying illustrations and characters for input amounts, operation guidance, and the like.

FIG. 7 (b) is a rear view of the apparatus, in which an internal operation unit 55 is mounted.

The internal operation unit 55 includes an operation key 55a for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction when an attendant performs processing such as reloading and collecting bills, and data and processing results input by the operation key 55a. And a display unit 55b for guiding the operation of a staff member.

In the apparatus of the present invention, the internal operation section 55 is used when a staff member reads the contents of the batch storage information storage section 100 (FIG. 1) and performs a close examination.

Also, in FIG. 7 (a), the control unit 56 indicated by a broken line
It comprises a processor and the like built in the automatic teller machine 51 and provided for controlling the operation of each device.

Further, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with an automatic cash transaction device 51 shown in FIG.
Can be separated from the main body and pulled out independently. Normal,
Opening the rear panel of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.

<Block Configuration of Apparatus> FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention.

This device is controlled by a control unit 56 (FIG. 7) via a host device control unit interface 81 via a cash depositing / dispensing device control unit.
It is controlled by a control signal or the like input to 80.

The cash-receipt-and-disbursement device control part 80 is comprised from the microcomputer which controls operation | movement of this cash-receipt-and-disbursement apparatus whole, and its peripheral circuit.

The cash depositing / dispensing device control unit 80 has an I /
An O interface circuit 82, a batch storage interface circuit 90, a read only memory (ROM) 83, a random access memory (RAM) 84, and a batch storage information storage unit 100 are connected.

The ROM 83 is a memory that stores an operation program of the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80. The RAM 84 is a memory for temporarily storing parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80.

The I / O interface circuit 82 includes a motor driver 85,
A magnet driver 86, a switch reading circuit 87, a photo sensor reading circuit 88, and a bill discrimination control unit 89 are connected.

The motor driver 85 is connected to a motor group 91 of each unit of the apparatus and a motor group 96 provided in the collective storage 11, and is a circuit that controls driving of various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 86 is connected to a magnet group 92 of each unit of the apparatus, and is a circuit for turning on or off each magnet according to an operation mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 is connected to the switch group 93 of each unit of the apparatus and the switch group 97 of the collective storage 11, and determines whether or not the collective storage 11, the storage units 8, 9, and 10, and the reject cassette 7 are mounted. And a circuit for reading the state of a switch for detecting the position of each stage. The photo sensor reading circuit 88 is connected to the photo sensor group 94 of each part of the apparatus and the photo sensor group 98 provided in the collective storage 11, and the collective storage 11 and the metal type storages 8, 9, 10 or reject This is a circuit for reading information from a photo sensor group provided in the cassette 7 and monitoring the state of accumulation of bills.

The bill discrimination control unit 89 is connected to a bill discrimination sensor group 95. The banknote discrimination sensor group 95 is composed of various sensors provided inside the discrimination unit 4 shown in FIG. 1, and is used to check the authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, and weight of the banknote sent to the discrimination unit 4. This is a circuit provided for differentially detecting running and skewing.

The batch storage interface circuit 90 is a circuit that reads the identification information of the batch storage identification means 99 attached to the batch storage 11 and transfers it to the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80.

When the cash collection and withdrawal control unit 80 performs the collection of cash to the collective storage 11 and the distribution of cash from the collective storage 11, the distribution and collection are performed together with the identification information in the collective storage identification means 99. Control is performed to store the counting result in the batch storage information storage unit 100.

<Batch Storage Information Storage Unit> FIG. 14 shows the contents of the batch storage information format.

The batch storage information storage unit 100 (FIG. 1) stores data in a format as shown in FIG.

In the data in the figure, addresses are assigned from m to m + 114. In the area from the address m to the address m + 10, count result information of distribution and collection of the batch storage with the identification number No. 1 is stored. Also, the address m
In the area of +11 or less, the count result information of distribution and collection of the collective storage with identification information No. 2 or less is stored for every 10 addresses.

Here, for example, for the batch storage of the identification information No. 1, the address m + 1 has the total number of 10,000 yen ticket replenishment, the address m + 2 has the total number of 1000 yen replenishment, the address m + 3 has the total number of million yen ticket collection, and the address m + 4. Total number of 5,000-yen tickets collected at address m, Total number of 1,000-yen tickets collected at address m + 5, address m
+6 for one million-yen ticket replenishment, address m + 7 for one thousand-yen ticket replenishment, address m + 8 for one million-yen ticket collection, one for address m + 9 for one 5,000-yen ticket collection, one thousand yen for address m + 10 Data such as one collection is stored.

Note that the total number of replenishment sheets indicates the accumulated number of sheets when the replenishment operation is performed a plurality of times for the banknote. The term “collected number of sheets” indicates the accumulated number of sheets when the collecting operation is performed a plurality of times for the bill. One replenishment number represents the number of banknotes replenished most recently, that is, in the replenishment operation performed immediately before. In addition, one collection number also represents the number of collected banknotes at the time of the last collection operation.

In addition, the addresses m + 110 and below, and up to m + 114, store the total number of refilled 10,000 yen tickets, the total number of refilled 1,000 yen tickets, the total number of collected 10,000 yen tickets, the total number of collected 5,000 yen tickets, and the total number of collected 1,000 yen tickets, respectively. ing. These pieces of information represent the total number of all banknotes that have been replenished and collected by the apparatus main body, regardless of the attached bulk storage.

In this embodiment, ten addresses are assigned to each batch storage, and necessary information is stored therein. However, the content and the number may be freely selected, and the information may be attached to the device. The storage area of the batch storage information storage unit 100 also expands and contracts according to the number of batch storages expected to be performed.

<Internal Operation Unit> The collective storage information provided in the collective storage information storage unit 100 is stored in the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG.
By operating the internal operation unit 55, the staff can read the contents. As a result, a scrutiny of the transaction is performed.

 FIG. 15 shows a front view of this embodiment of the internal operation section.

The internal operation unit 55 includes a mode changeover switch 551, an online display lamp 552, an offline display lamp 553, an error code display unit 554, a data display unit 555, a guide unit 556,
An operation key 557, a numeric keypad 558, and a power switch 559 are provided.

The mode switch 551 is a switch for switching between an online mode and an offline mode. The online lamp 552 is turned on in the online mode, and the offline lamp 553 is turned on in the offline mode. The error code display section 554 displays an error code when a failure occurs or the like. The data display unit 555 is configured by a so-called seven-segment lamp or the like, and is a part on which numerical display is performed. The guide section 556 is a guide display board for displaying what the data displayed on the data display section 555 is by lighting various lamps.

The operation key 557 is a key for the clerk to specify data desired to be displayed. Numeric keys 558 are keys for the attendant to input numerical values and the like. The power switch 559 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the apparatus.

<Batch Storage Information Reading Operation> FIGS. 16 (a), (b) and (c) show the internal operation section 55.
(FIG. 15) shows a flowchart of an operation in the case where a staff reads the batch storage information stored in the batch storage information storage unit 100 by operating (FIG. 15).

First, when the processing in the internal operation unit is started (step S1), it is determined whether or not a staff member has pressed a key (step S2). When the clerk presses the key, it is determined whether the replenishment and collection number key has been pressed (step S).
3). This key is included in the operation key 557 (FIG. 15), and is a key for instructing the batch storage information reading.

Here, when a key other than the replenishment and recovery number key is pressed, the process shifts to the right in the figure and shifts to execution of another key processing operation (step S27). If the replenishment / collection number key is pressed, it is determined in step S4 whether the replenishment key or the recovery key is pressed. this is,
This is an operation for instructing which information in FIG. 14 is to be displayed. When a key other than these keys is pressed,
The process proceeds to step S5, and if another key is pressed, the process proceeds to another key processing operation (step S27). For example, if the refill key has been pressed, in step S6,
First, the lamp built in the refill key is turned on.

Next, it is determined whether or not an identification number has been input from the numeric keypad 558 (FIG. 15) (step S7). This identification number is a number corresponding to the identification information of the batch storage 11. Then, when the identification number is input, the identification number is displayed on the data display section 555 (step S10).

Then, wait for the attendant to press the confirmation key (step
S11). If any key other than the confirmation key is pressed,
Execution of other key processing operations from step S12 (step S27)
Move to When the confirmation key is depressed, the total number of refilled 10,000 yen tickets is read from the corresponding address of the batch storage of the corresponding identification number, and displayed in the lower four digits of the data display section 555. At the same time, the 10,000 yen lamp and the cumulative lamp of the guide unit 556 are turned on (step S13).

Next, wait for the confirmation key to be pressed again (step
S14). In this case as well, when another key is pressed, the process proceeds to another key processing operation according to the pressed key (steps S15 and S27). When the confirmation key is pressed, the total number of refilled 1,000 yen tickets in the batch storage is replaced with the total number of refilled 1,000 yen certificates in the data
It is displayed in a digit (step S16). At the same time, the 10,000 yen lamp of the guide unit 556 is turned off, the 1,000 yen lamp is turned on, and the cumulative lamp is continuously turned on (step S16).

Subsequently, the control waits for a confirmation key to be pressed (step S17), and if a key other than the confirmation key is pressed, an operation corresponding to the pressed key is performed (steps S18, S27). When the confirmation key is depressed, the number of refills for one ten-yen ticket in the collective storage is read from the collective storage information storage unit 100 and displayed in the lower four digits of the data display unit 555. Then, the 1000 yen lamp and the cumulative lamp of the guide unit 556 are turned off, and the 10,000 yen lamp and the lamp for one time are turned on (step S19).

Further, the controller waits for the confirmation key to be pressed (step S20). If a key other than the confirmation key is pressed, the operation corresponding to the pressed key is performed (steps S22 and S27), and the confirmation key is pressed. If so, one of the 1,000 yen vouchers in the bulk storage
The number of refills for each batch is read from the batch storage information storage unit 100 and displayed in the lower four digits of the display unit 555. And the guide 556
The 10,000 yen lamp is turned off, the 1,000 yen lamp is turned on, and the lamp for one time is continuously turned on (step S21). Thereafter, the process returns to step S4, and waits until the refill key or the collection key is pressed.

As described above, a display corresponding to the content of the pressed key can be performed.

On the other hand, in step S7, when the identification number is not input, the confirmation key is held down (step S7).
8). However, in this case, when a key other than the confirmation key is pressed, a process corresponding to the pressed key is executed (steps S9 and S27). Then, when the confirmation key is pressed, the address m + 110 of the batch storage
From the address, the total data of the number of reprinted 10,000 yen tickets is read and displayed in the lower four digits of the data display section 555. In this case, the display unit 556 displays the total number of the million-yen ticket replenishment and turns on the million-yen lamp and the total lamp of the guide unit 556 (step S7).

After the display is completed, the flow shifts to step S24 to wait for pressing of the confirmation key.

However, if a key other than the confirmation key is pressed here, the processing operation corresponding to the pressed key is performed (steps S25 and S27), and if the confirmation key is pressed, the batch storage information The data is read from the address m + 111 in the storage section 100, and the total number of refilled 1,000 yen notes is displayed in the lower four digits of the display section. Further, the 10,000 yen lamp of the guide unit 556 is turned off, the 1,000 yen lamp is turned on, and the total lamp is continuously turned on (step S26). Thereafter, the process returns to step S4, and waits for the next key press.

In the above description, the staff operates the internal operation unit 55 to sequentially read the contents of the batch storage information storage unit 100.

However, the remote monitoring device 201 shown in FIG.
A keyboard, a display unit, and the like having the same configuration as the internal operation unit are provided, and the contents of the collective storage information storage unit 100 can be read and confirmed even at a position away from the cash depositing / dispensing device 50. The remote monitoring device 201 may be directly connected to the automatic teller machine controller 51 by a signal line, or may be connected via a public line.

Further, the contents of the batch storage information storage unit 100 can be printed on journal paper of the card reader / writer unit 52 or the passbook entry machine 53. In this case, the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine 51 controls the printout operation.

In order to instruct such a print output, a staff member operates the operation key 557 (FIG. 15) of the internal operation unit 55, presses the handling stop key, and stops the operation of the automatic teller machine 51. Subsequently, the user presses the mode switch 551 to set the offline mode, and then inputs a predetermined command using the numeric keypad 558.

<Service Port> Hereinafter, the configuration of each part of the apparatus in FIG. 1 will be described step by step.

First, a customer service opening 3 for a customer to insert and remove banknotes is provided in the upper front part of the apparatus main body 50 in FIG.

 FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service opening.

As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the customer service opening 3 is a bill guide.
And a banknote separating mechanism 59 for separating banknotes one by one. As shown in FIGS. 9 (b) and 9 (c), the banknote guide 57 is rotated about its center as an axis. Has a body structure.

The service port 3 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and various sensors are attached for confirming the shift to each position.

 The customer service opening 3 having the above configuration operates as follows.

First, FIG. 9 (a) illustrates a deposit position waiting for a customer to insert a bill. In this case, the shutter 42
Are opened, and the bill guide 57 is opened upward.

FIG. 9B shows a separating position for separating the inserted bills one by one. In this case, the shutter 42
Is closed, and the bills fed into the bill guide 57 collectively are
The sheets are separated one by one by the bill separating mechanism 59 and sent out of the customer service opening 3 in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. Thereafter, a deposit process is executed for the bill.

FIG. 9 (c) shows a receiving position in a case where bills are collectively received from the front and back arranging mechanism 5 to the bill guide 57 as a stage prior to dispensing bills to the customer.

In the front and back arrangement mechanism 5, bills to be dispensed are stacked with their front and back aligned. This is sent out to the right side of the figure and stored in the bill guide 57.

FIG. 9D shows a dispensing position for dispensing the bill stored in the bill guide 57 to the customer. in this case,
The shutter 42 is opened, and the bill is delivered from the bill guide 57 to the customer.

The setting and selection of each position and the operation of shifting to each position are controlled by a control unit of the cash depositing and dispensing device described later.

<Discrimination Unit and Front / Back Arrangement Mechanism> Returning to FIG. 1 again, a discrimination unit 4 is provided at the lower left side of the customer service opening 3. The discriminating unit 4 is a device that discriminates and detects the authenticity, correctness, front and back, overlap of two or more sheets (double running), skew, and the like of the fed bill. This device also determines the denomination and the like.

Further, on the left side of the customer service opening 3, a front-back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided. The front and back arranging mechanism 5 is provided with a switching blade 6. When the banknote determined to be the back side by the discrimination unit 4 is sent to the front / back arrangement mechanism 5, the switching blade 6 is driven by a magnet (not shown), and the traveling path is switched each time so that all the banknotes face up. Stacked on.

<Batch Storage> At the left corner of the apparatus main body 50, a batch storage 11 is arranged. The batch storage 11 is provided with a stage 70 at an upper portion thereof, and a batch separation mechanism 23 is provided for separating bills placed on the stage 70 one by one and taking out the bills at the time of bill distribution operation. Is provided. The amount of bills stacked on the stage 70 is determined by the near full detector 38d and the full detector 3d.
7d and the end detector 39d.

Further, at the upper right of the collective storage 11, a collective stacking unit 30 into which bills are fed during a bill collecting operation is arranged. The end detector 39d is a detector for detecting that the absolute amount of banknotes stored in the collective storage 11 has decreased.

On the right side of the partition plate 33, a batch reject accumulating unit 68 into which bills that have been discriminated to be dispensable by the discriminating unit 4 among bills distributed from the collective storage 11 are sent. The amount of bills in the batch reject unit 62 is detected by the full detector 40a.

<Deposit-Specific Storage and Deposit / Deposit Unit> Deposit-specific storages 8, 9, and 10 are arranged below the apparatus main body 50.

The denomination-type storage 8 is a storage for storing a 1,000-yen ticket.
The denomination storage 9 is a storage for storing a ten thousand yen ticket. The denomination-type storage 10 is also a storage for storing a ten-yen ticket.

A deposit / withdrawal unit 18 is disposed above these denomination storages 8, 9, and 10.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 18 includes a 1,000-yen ticket temporary holding section 24, a 10,000-yen ticket temporary holding section 25, 26, a 1,000-yen ticket accumulation section 27, a 10,000-yen ticket accumulation section 28, 29, and a 1,000-yen ticket separation mechanism. 20 and 10,000 yen ticket separation mechanism 21, 22
Are provided. Also, besides this, the travel path 49
The denomination switching gates 32, 31, and 57 are provided along.

The denomination switching gates 32, 31, and 57 are driven by a magnet (not shown) or the like.

After the bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4, when the bill is conveyed to the traveling path 49, the denomination switching gates 32, 31, and 57 operate. . The 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 27 accumulates the 1,000-yen ticket in the 1,000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 24. On the other hand, the 1,000 yen tickets taken out from the denomination storage 8 are separated one by one by the
Will be sent to

 It should be noted that the same configuration is also applied to the ten thousand yen ticket.

In addition, the 1,000 yen ticket temporary holding unit 24 and the 10,000 yen ticket temporary holding unit 25,
The bills accumulated in 26 are configured to fall into the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 by the shutters 34, 35, and 36 being driven by a motor (not shown) and being simultaneously pulled out.

Deposit boxes 8, 9, and 10 have full detectors 37a and 37, respectively.
b, 37c, near full detector 38a, 38b, 38c, end detector
39a, 39b, and 39c are provided, each of which manages the amount of bills in the storage.

<Reject Cassette and Others> In addition, collective switching gates 16 and 15 are arranged between the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and the collective storage 11. The transport path 60
When the banknotes conveyed toward the batch switching gate 15 are stored in the batch storage 11, the banknotes are guided to the batch stacking unit 30 by the operation of the batch switching gate 15. Banknotes sent to each denomination storage 8,9,10 are sent to the batch switching gate 16
Thus, it is sent to the traveling path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 described above.

The rejected banknotes are sent to the batch switching gates 43,6.
By the operation of 3, the sheet is fed into the reject cassette 7 provided at the left corner of the apparatus main body 50.

The reject cassette 7 is provided for storing bills determined to be dispensable by the discriminating unit 4.

The reject cassette 7 also has a deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation unit.
64 and a full detector 40c are provided. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back surface of the apparatus main body 50, and by opening the door 41, the collective storage 11 is pulled out to the outside. When the batch storage 11 is pulled out, the storages 8, 9, and 10 can be further drawn out.

The reject cassette 7 is arranged so that it can be removed separately without opening the door 41.

Common locks are attached to the collective storage 11 and the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10, respectively, and the doors of the storages (not shown) are opened using an audit key to perform loading and unloading operations of bills. be able to.

In each unit of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a large number of motors and the like are mounted as power sources for separating and conveying bills, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

The operation of the above-described apparatus will be described in order based on the procedures of a depositing transaction, a dispensing transaction, a replenishment loading process, and a collection process.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a deposit transaction.

First, when the customer presses a deposit transaction key (not shown) and inserts a cash card into the card reader / writer unit 52 shown in FIG. 7 or inserts a passbook into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. Communication is performed between the transaction device 51 and the center. As a result of this communication, if the identity is confirmed, the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG.
The control unit 56 transmits a command to start the deposit processing to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50.

In FIG. 10, upon receipt of a deposit processing start command, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus main body 50 switches its internal state to a deposit mode and waits for a customer to set a bill. In this case, as the customer service opening 3, the deposit position shown in FIG. 9A described above is selected. When it is detected that the customer has set a bill, the shutter 42 of the service port 3 is closed.

The control unit 56 shown in FIG. 7 periodically transmits a sense command to the cash depositing / dispensing device 50. The cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 returns information of a response message (response) to the sense command by adding information of “a bill set is present in the customer entrance”.

Next, the control unit 56 transmits a deposit counting command to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50, and instructs the counting of bills set in the customer service opening 3. Here, the customer service port 3 takes the separation position shown in FIG. 9 (b), and separates the banknotes one by one by the banknote separation mechanism 59 of the customer service port shown in FIG. 9 (b). Take in. The bill is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the route indicated by the arrows. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs the authenticity discrimination, the fitness judgment and the detection of the traveling state, and sends the conveyed bills backward. The discrimination unit 4 determines that the ticket is a fake ticket or an abnormally transported ticket by following the route indicated by an arrow, and is transported to the front-back arrangement mechanism 5 to be stacked one by one. Then, the customer service port 3 is set to the receiving position shown in FIG. 9C, and the bills accumulated in the front and back arranging mechanism 5 are sent to the customer service port 3.

In this way, the deposited reject bill is returned to the customer via the dispensing position shown in FIG. 9 (d).

On the other hand, in the discriminating section 4, the banknote judged as a genuine banknote or an unfit banknote (banknote not to be circulated) operates the collective switching gate 43 and is conveyed to the conveyance path 60 as indicated by an arrow. Here, the genuine 1,000-yen ticket is a deposit / withdrawal unit as shown by the arrow.
It is conveyed to the 18 traveling paths 49 and is sent to the 1000-yen ticket accumulation section 27 by operating the 1000-yen ticket switching gate 57. In this way, the 1,000 yen ticket is accumulated in the 1,000 yen ticket temporary holding unit 24.

Similarly, the genuine ten thousand notes are accumulated in the ten thousand notes temporary holding part 25 via the ten thousand notes accumulation part 28 by the operation of the ten thousand notes switching gate 31. In addition, the 5,000 yen ticket and the unfit ticket are the 10,000 yen ticket switching gate
32 is operated to be sent to the ten-yen ticket accumulation part 29 and accumulated in the ten-yen ticket temporary holding part 26.

By the above operation, when the deposit counting process of the bill set by the customer in the customer service opening 3 is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50
A response indicating that the counting of payment has been completed is returned to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. Data indicating the number counted for each denomination divided into a recycle banknote and a non-recycle target banknote is added to this response.

The control unit 56 receives this data, calculates the denomination amount and the total amount, and displays them on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. This data is counted and stored as the number of deposits.

When the customer checks the amount displayed on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7 and presses the confirmation button of the customer operation unit 54, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50 receives the command, Deposited banknotes accumulated in the 1,000-yen ticket temporary holding section 24 and 10,000-yen ticket temporary holding section 25 in the denomination storage boxes 8, 9 are simultaneously withdrawn by the shutters 34 and 35 of the temporary holding section, thereby storing the denominations by denomination. Stored in warehouses 8,9.

Next, the 5,000-yen note and the damaged sheet that were accumulated in the ten-thousand-yen ticket temporary holding unit 26 of the denomination-specific storage 10 are separated one by one from the ten-thousand-yen Transport and discriminate unit 4
Send to Then, the batch switching gates 43 and 63 are operated, and the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation unit 64 of the reject cassette 7 is operated.
And is accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject unit 65.

 Thus, the processing of the payment transaction is completed.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a payment transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7, inserts the cash card into the card reader / writer unit 52, and enters a password, the control unit 56
Transmits a command to start the dispensing process to the cash depositing and dispensing device 50.

When receiving the command to start the dispensing process, the cash dispensing / dispensing device 50 switches the internal state to the dispensing mode and waits for the instruction of the denomination and the number of bills to be discharged.

For example, if the customer inputs the amount of m-million-yen tickets and n-thousand-yen tickets, the end detectors 39a, 39b, and 39c of the deposit boxes 8, 9, and 10 respectively detect the end. It is determined whether it has not been performed. When the end detection is performed in any one of the money type storages, information indicating that withdrawal is impossible is added to the command and a response is returned. If the end is not detected, according to the instruction of the withdrawal counting, for example,
Activate the million-yen ticket separation mechanism 21 to feed out m-yen tickets.
The fed bill passes through the traveling path of arrows ,,
It is sent to the discrimination unit 4. The discriminating section 4 discriminates whether the bill is the designated one or not and whether the bill is correct or not, and if so, activates the batch switching gate 43 and sends the bill to the obverse and reverse aligning mechanism 5 along the arrow. Since the discrimination unit 4 determines the front and back sides of the banknote, the switching plate 6 is activated based on the determination result, and the front and back sides are sorted one by one and accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5.

In the discriminating section 4, the banknote discriminated from the abnormal transported ticket is operated by operating the collective switching gates 43 and 63, follows the route indicated by the arrow, is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulating section 64 of the reject cassette 7, and is rejected. It is integrated in the unit 65.

The above operation is repeated until the previously designated m number of ten thousand notes are taken out from the denomination storage 9 storing the ten thousand notes, discriminated, and accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5.

When the stacking of the 10,000-yen tickets is completed, next, n 1,000-yen tickets are taken out from the denomination storage 8 storing the 1,000-yen tickets.

As a result of the above operation, when m-million-yen notes and n-thousand-yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front-back arrangement mechanism 5, ninth
The reception port 3 is set at the reception position shown in FIG.
The shutter 42 is opened by switching to the dispensing position shown in FIG. 9 (d), the bill is passed to the customer, and then the shutter 42 is closed.

When the dispensing of the designated number of sheets from the control unit 56 ends, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 returns a response to the control unit 56 that the process has been completed. At this time, data of the denomination and the number of the released denominations are added. The control unit 56 receives this, counts and stores it as the number of payments.

 Withdrawal transaction processing ends here.

<Loading> FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a dispensing operation of the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus of the present invention, that is, a loading and replenishing operation.

First, an attendant attaches the collective storage 11 to the apparatus main body 50 before starting work. A predetermined amount of banknotes are collectively set in the batch storage from the original side. After installing the collective storage, the clerk instructs loading using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG. In response to the input, the control unit 56 transmits a command to start the loading operation to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50.

Upon receiving the loading operation start command, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 switches the internal state to the loading mode. Then, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the batch storage 11 has not detected the end. The banknotes to be loaded are
In order to confirm that it is set to If the end has been detected, information of inoperability is added and the control unit 56
Send the response to. In that case, the loading operation is stopped. After confirming that the end has not been detected, the loading operation is started.

When the loading operation is started, in FIG. 8, the cash-receipt-and-disbursement device control unit 80 performs the batch separation shown in the batch storage 11 of FIG. 12 via the I / O interface circuit 82 and the motor driver 85. The drive motor of the mechanism 23 is operated. As a result, the banknotes set in the batch storage 11 are fed out one by one in order from the upper side and sent to the discriminating section 4 along the route indicated by arrows.

The discriminating section 5 performs denomination discrimination, authenticity discrimination, fitness judgment and running state check for each banknote sequentially sent, and the transported banknote is further fed backward. If the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4 is a genuine one-thousand-yen note (a bill that has no damage or is a small bill that can be used for withdrawal), the bill is routed by arrows, and Through the travel path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and the 1,000 yen ticket switching gate 57
Is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 27 via In this way, the 1,000 yen note is directly accumulated on the stage 45 of the 1,000 yen note storage 8.

In the loading operation as described above, the shutters 34, 35, and 36 of the respective denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are opened in advance, and the stages 45, 46, and 47 are set to accept the loaded banknotes. ing.

If the discrimination result is a genuine ten thousand note, the banknote is sent to the ten thousand note stacking unit 28 or 29 by operating the ten thousand note switching gate 31 or 32. Then, they are directly integrated on the stages 46 and 47.

The above operation is repeated until the appropriate number of loaded sheets is reached for each of the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10.

During this operation, if the number of stacked sheets on any of the stages 45, 46, 47 reaches the hold allowable value, for example, 100, the operation of the batch separation mechanism 23 of the batch storage 11 is interrupted. Then, the stage 45, 46 or 47 that has reached the hold allowance,
The motor is lowered by a thickness equivalent to the hold allowance value by a motor (not shown). When the stage moves down, the batch separation mechanism 23
And the loading operation is repeated.

For example, when a 10,000-yen ticket is first loaded into the denomination-type storage 9, a predetermined appropriate number of ten-thousand-yen tickets is stored in the denomination-type storage 9 until the full detector 37b detects the full state. Loading continues until it is stored.

Similarly, when a 1,000-yen ticket is stored in the denomination-specific storage 8, the loading is continued until the appropriate number is reached.

The appropriate number is set to, for example, an appropriate number after a bill is loaded, in which a space for accommodating bills to be deposited is left in a deposit transaction. This may be determined empirically uniformly, or may be arbitrarily set according to the installation environment of the automatic teller machine or when the transaction date is the end of the month or the like, depending on the specificity. The setting may be made, for example, by a staff member inputting and setting from the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG.

By the way, even if the banknotes have been loaded into the denomination-type storages 8 and 9 up to a predetermined appropriate number of sheets to be loaded, if the denominations still remain in the batch storage 11, the batch switching gate 15
To collect the conveyed banknotes in the collective stacking unit 30 of the collective storage 11 through the route indicated by the arrow.

In this operation, the banknotes on the stage 70 of the
The determination is continued through the route of,,,,, until the bill on the stage 70 runs out.
When the bill runs out, the transport operation of the collective take-out / separation mechanism 23 and each traveling path is stopped.

If the discriminating unit 4 determines that the banknote is deemed to be an unfit banknote or a denomination that does not have a denomination storage, for example, a 5,000-yen ticket in this embodiment, the banknotes operate the collective switching gates 43 and 15. Then, it is sent to the collective reject accumulation unit 68 through the gates of arrows,. Then, the damaged bills and the like are accumulated in the collective reject unit 62.

When the above series of operations is completed, the stages 45, 46, 47 are lowered simultaneously, and the banknotes accumulated on these stages are stored in the denomination storages 8, 9, 10, and the loading operation is completed. I do. When the operation is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50 returns a device end response to the control unit 56. At this time, the number data of the denominations loaded in the denomination storage units 8, 9, and 10 is transmitted.

<Replenishment Operation> Since the replenishment operation is the same as the loading operation in the drawing, the replenishment operation will be described again with reference to FIG.

The replenishment operation mode includes a forced replenishment mode and an automatic replenishment mode. In the forced replenishment mode, the staff operates the internal operation
When the replenishment key is pressed by the operation key (FIG. 7), the control unit 56 (FIG. 7) receives this input, and
By transmitting a command of a replenishment operation start instruction to 50 (FIG. 7), the cash depositing / dispensing device control unit 80 (FIG. 8)
Receives the command to start the replenishment operation from the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), sets the operation mode to the replenishment mode, and instructs to replenish the designated number of money for the designated denomination. . Further, in the forced replenishment mode, replenishment is automatically performed upon detecting that the remaining amount of any of the banknotes in the denomination-type storages 8, 9, and 10 has become equal to or less than a predetermined number during the transaction operation.

If the end is detected in the forced replenishment mode, a response to which information indicating that it is not in the operable state is returned to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). Of course, the same processing is performed even in the automatic replenishment mode.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the replenishment can be executed without the end detection, the replenishment operation is started. In this case,
In FIG. 12, the batch separation mechanism at the top of the batch storage 11
23 is operated to feed out the banknotes set in the batch storage 11 one by one from the upper side. The bill is sent to the discriminating unit 4 through the route indicated by arrows,.

The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs a denomination determination, a true / false determination, a fitness determination, and a running state check on the fed bills. For example, if the banknote to be refilled is any one of a denomination of a ten thousand yen ticket or a thousand yen banknote, as a result of the discrimination performed by the discrimination unit 4, the banknote determined to be other than a genuine banknote of the replenishment target banknote is
, And the batch switching gate 15 is operated to be sent to the batch stacking section 30 of the batch storage 11.

Regarding the banknote whose discrimination result is determined to be a reject banknote, the switching gates 43 and 15 are operated to follow the route of,. The banknotes are accumulated in the batch reject unit 62 of the batch storage 11.

By the way, when the genuine bill of the banknote to be replenished is conveyed, as described in the loading section, if it is a 1,000-yen bill, the 1,000-yen bill switching gate 57 is operated to move to the 1,000-yen bill accumulation unit 27. It is sent directly to the 1000 yen ticket stage 45. If the ticket is a ten-yen ticket, the ten-yen ticket switching gate 31 or 32 is activated, and the ten-yen ticket accumulation unit 28
Or it is sent to 29. And, 10,000 yen ticket stage 46 or
Directly integrated into 47.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished.However, if any one of the stages 45, 46, and 47 reaches the hold allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the batch separation mechanism 23 The operation is interrupted, the stage of the cassette which has reached the hold allowable value is lowered by an amount corresponding to the hold allowable value by a motor (not shown), the batch separation mechanism 23 is operated again, and the replenishing operation is repeated.

When the replenishment number reaches the target value, the batch separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last bill arrives at the stages 45, 46, 47, the transport operation stops. Among the stages 45, 46, 47, the stage that has performed the replenishment operation is lowered, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination storages 8, 9, 10, and the replenishment operation ends. .

<Collecting Operation> FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of collecting operation.

When the operator presses the internal operation unit 55 (the operation key in FIG. 7) and presses the collection key, the control unit 56 (FIG. 7)
Receives the input, and transmits a command to start the collection operation to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 (FIG. 7).

When the cash-in / pay-out device control section 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command for starting the collection operation from the control section 56 (FIG. 7), it determines whether this is a forced collection or an automatic collection. In the case of forced collection, all banknotes are unconditionally collected from the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 to the collective storage 11. The automatic collection is executed when the number of stored banknotes in any one of the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, the operation mode is set to the collection mode, and it is confirmed that the near full detector 38d of the batch storage 11 has not detected near full.

In this way, when it is confirmed that a retrievable space remains in the collective storage 11, the retrieving operation is started.

First, in the case of collecting bills from the denomination storage 10 storing a ten-yen ticket, the ten-yen ticket separation mechanism 22 is operated, and the bills stored in the ten-yen ticket storage 10 are sequentially read from the top. It feeds out one by one and sends it to the discriminating unit 4 through the route of,. In the discriminating unit 4, regarding the bills sent,
The detection of the authenticity and the running state are sequentially detected and sent backward.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4, the banknotes in which two or more overlapping (double running) skewings are detected pass through the route, operate the collective switching gate 43, and are sent to the reject cassette 7 through the route. .

As a result of discrimination, normal banknotes are counted and collected
Sent to 30. This operation is repeated until the target number of collected paper sheets is reached, or until there are no more banknotes set in the denomination storage 10 storing the ten thousand yen note.

The same applies to the collection operation for the other storage units 9 and 8 by denomination.

During the collection operation, the full detector 37
When d detects the full state, the collecting operation is interrupted, and the information is returned to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). The control unit 56 displays this on a display unit (not shown).

The attendant sees the display indicating that the collective storage 11 is full, and discharges the banknotes stored in the collective storage 11. In this case, the attendant opens the door 41 on the rear surface of the device main body 50 of the cash depositing / dispensing device, pulls out the batch storage 11, opens the door using the audit key, and takes out all the banknotes. afterwards,
The batch storage 11 is set by the reverse operation of the
Is closed, and the collecting operation is restarted. After that, when the end detectors 39c, 39b, 38a of all the denomination storages 8, 9, 10 detect the end, each separation mechanism 20, 21, 22 stops, and the last bill arrives at the batch storage 11. Then, the transport operation stops.

The cash depositing / dispensing device that has completed the above processing is
In response to (FIG. 7), a response indicating the end of collection is returned, and the counted number of sheets collected for each denomination is added to the response.
In response to this, the control unit 56 counts and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collecting operation is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) stores the number of collected coins of each denomination collected from each denomination storage 8, 9, and 10, and stores the collective storage information. Part 100
, And the contents of the batch storage information storage unit 100 are updated.

(Effects of the Invention) The device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above has the following effects.

(1) In the collective storage, banknotes of all two or more denominations used in the device are stored, and at any time after the cash depositing and dispensing device is attached,
The bills are distributed to the denomination storages and collected as needed, so that the banknotes can be managed by attaching and detaching only the collective storages.

(2) If the batch storage has a so-called first-in first-out structure, the deposited banknotes are sequentially stored and reused for withdrawal and the like. Therefore, the banknotes can be efficiently operated. Further, even with a small and simple mechanism, there is no excess or deficiency of bills.

(3) A plurality of automatic cash transaction apparatuses can be provided by providing a collective storage information storage unit 100 and storing count information of distribution and collection of cash together with identification information set for each collective storage. Even if the collective storages to be installed in each of them are arbitrarily combined, accurate and error-free management becomes possible. Therefore, the operation management of the apparatus is greatly reduced in labor, and it is possible to quickly cope with a close inspection when a failure occurs.

(4) The same operation can be performed using not only banknotes but also coins.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the cash dispenser of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 6 are cross-sectional views of the conventional cash dispenser in each operation state, FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service port, FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of deposit transaction, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of withdrawal transaction, FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of loading (replenishment) operation, and FIG. FIG. 14 is an explanatory view of a batch storage information format of the batch storage information storage unit, FIG. 15 is a front view showing an example of the internal operation unit, and FIG. 16 is a batch storage of the apparatus of the present invention. 4 is an operation flowchart for reading information. 8,9,10 …… Deposit storage, 7 …… Reject cassette,
11 ... collective storage, 50 ... main unit, 56 ... control unit of automatic teller machine, 99 ... collective storage identification means, 100 ...
Bulk storage information storage unit, 20 Host computer, 20
1 ... Remote monitoring device.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A collective storage for collectively storing cash of a plurality of denominations and detachable from the apparatus main body, and provided integrally with the collective storage, wherein the collective storage is connected to another collective storage. Batch storage identifying means for outputting identification information for distinguishing, a denomination storage provided in the apparatus main body, a cash distribution operation from the lump storage to the denomination storage,
Means for performing a cash collecting operation from the denomination-type storage to the collective storage; providing identification means from the collective storage identification means of the collective storage provided on the apparatus main body and mounted on the apparatus main body, and collectively storing; For each cash box, the total number of cash distributions and the total number of cash collections, and the last number of distributions and collections for one time during the cash distribution operation and the cash collection operation performed using the collective storage. And a collective storage information storage unit for storing the total number of denominations distributed and collected by the apparatus body.