JP3297218B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ATM (Autmatic Tellers Machine) which is installed in a store such as a financial institution and performs a deposit and withdrawal transaction based on an operation of an operator such as a customer or a CD which performs a withdrawal transaction. The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus such as a cash dispenser.

In recent years, automatic transaction apparatuses have been remarkably spread in financial institutions such as banks, and are used for a variety of businesses. In such an automatic transaction apparatus, quick and accurate operation is required, and therefore, there is a demand for speeding up the replenishment operation especially when handling coins.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 15 and 16 show a conventional example. In FIGS. 15 and 16, 1 is a coin clerk safe (coin cassette), 2 is a stacker by denomination, 3 is a temporary holding unit, Denotes an overflow section, 5 denotes a feeding section, 6 denotes a foreign matter / forgotten stacker, 7 denotes a discriminating section, 8 denotes a rejecting section, and 9 denotes a sorting section.

[0004] The automatic transaction apparatus is installed in a store such as a financial institution, and performs transactions such as depositing and withdrawing or dispensing based on an operation of an operator such as a customer. At the time of the dispensing transaction, a predetermined denomination of cash is paid out from a plurality of denomination stackers provided in the automatic transaction apparatus, and the transaction is performed.

[0005] In this case, if the withdrawal transaction is performed continuously, the cash in the denomination stacker is reduced, so that it is necessary to replenish the denomination stacker with cash. For this reason, the automatic transaction apparatus is provided with a cash safe (cash cassette) for replenishing cash to the denomination stacker when the cash of the denomination stacker decreases to a predetermined amount.

[0006] Cash replenishment to the denomination stacker includes replenishment of bills in a bill recycling unit (hereinafter referred to as "BRU") and coin recycling unit (hereinafter "CRU").
And the replenishment of coins. Hereinafter, replenishment of coins in the CRU will be described with reference to FIGS.

§1: Explanation of coin replenishment processing in CRU
.. see FIG. 15 FIG. 15 is an explanatory view of coin replenishment processing of a conventional example, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the RU, and FIG.

[0008] As shown in Fig. A, the CRU includes a coin clerk safe 1, a denomination stacker 2, a temporary holding section 3, an overflow section 4, a feeding section 5, a foreign matter / forgotten stacker 6, a discriminating section 7, and a rejection section. A section 8, a sorting section 9, and the like are provided.

The coin clerk safe 1 stores coins for replenishment or collected coins, and a plurality of denominations are stored together. Denomination stacker 2 denominates coins (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen)
The coins are separately stored, coins are paid out from the stacker 2 by denomination at the time of withdrawal, and the deposited coins are stored at the time of deposit.

The temporary holding section 3 temporarily holds the coins selected by the selecting section 9. The overflow section 4 stores coins that have overflowed in the coin clerk safe 1. The discriminating unit 7 discriminates the coin fed by the feeding unit 5. The feeding unit 5 discriminates coins and the like into the discrimination unit 7
It is to be delivered to. The sorting unit 9 sorts coins into denominations based on the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 7.

The foreign matter / forgotten stacker 6 accommodates foreign matters other than coins taken in during the transaction, or coins left behind by the customer when the transaction is completed and left in the deposit / withdrawal section. Is what you do. The reject unit 8 rejects abnormal coins (bad coins) in the coin clerk safe 1.

FIG. B shows a process of replenishing coins from the coin clerk safe 1 to the denomination stacker 2 in the CRU having the above configuration. First, coins are fed one by one from the coin clerk safe 1 to the transport path, and the coins are transported to the payout unit 5. The coin is discriminated by the discriminating unit 7 after being fed out to the discriminating unit 7 by the payout unit 5. After that, the coins are sorted by denomination by the discrimination unit 9 in the discrimination unit 9, stored in the denomination stacker 2 via the temporary storage unit 3, and refilled into the coin clerk safe 1.

In the coin replenishment process, coins which are determined to be defective (NG or other denomination) as a result of discrimination are stored in the reject unit 8 without being replenished to the coin clerk safe 1. When the denomination stacker 2 is full (full), coins are stored in the overflow section 4.

As described above, coins are fed out one by one from the coin clerk's safe 1 and discriminated, and if the discrimination result indicates that the coin is a normal coin, the coin is replenished to the denomination stacker 2;
When it is determined that the coin is defective, the coin is stored in the reject unit 8. The replenishment process is repeated until the number of coins replenished to the denomination stacker 2 reaches the requested number (the number to be replenished).

§2: Description of coin replenishment processing by flowchart--see FIG. 16 FIG. 16 is a flowchart of coin replenishment processing of a conventional example.
Hereinafter, the coin replenishment process will be described with reference to FIG. Note that various controls and determination processing in the CRU described below are performed by a control unit (not shown). S1 to S9 indicate each processing step.

First, coins are fed one by one from the coin clerk safe 1 to the transport unit (S1), and discriminated by the discriminating unit 7 (S1).
2). If the discrimination result is a normal coin (S3), then it is determined whether the coin is a required denomination (S4). As a result, if the money type is the required money type, it is further determined whether or not the money type stacker 2 is full (full) (S5). As a result, if the denomination stacker 2 is not full, coins are stored in the denomination stacker 2 and replenished (S6).

Thereafter, it is determined whether the number of coins stored in the denomination stacker 2 has reached the requested number (S
7) If the requested number has not been reached, the process is repeated from the above-described step S1, but if the requested number has been reached, the coin replenishment process ends.

If it is determined in step S3 that the coin is not a normal coin (NG or another denomination),
If it is determined that the coin is not the required denomination in the processing of (1), the coin is stored in the reject unit 8 (S9), and the processing is repeated from the processing of S7. If it is determined in S5 that the denomination stacker 2 is full, coins are stored in the overflow section 4 (S8).

[0019]

The above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. (1): After paying out coins one by one from a coin clerk's safe where a plurality of denominations are mixed, the discrimination section discriminates them, and replenishes only coins judged to be normal and necessary to the denomination stacker. By repeating the process, coins were replenished.

[0020] For this reason, it takes a considerable time to replenish the denominations, and in the coin replenishment processing in operation, a situation has occurred in which the customer has to wait for a long time. (2): 1 coin from the coin clerk safe where multiple denominations are mixed
By feeding out the coins one by one, coins were replenished to the denomination stacker. Therefore, coins of a different denomination (coins other than the designated denomination) may be paid out even temporarily. Therefore,
In some cases, coins of different denominations were mixed in at some rate, and the reliability was lacking.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and when replenishing coins to the denomination stacker, coin replenishment which is previously classified into denominations and can store a predetermined number of coin-roll coins. It is an object of the present invention to be able to quickly and accurately replenish only necessary denominations using a safe.

[0022]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic transaction device with a CRU (coin recycling unit) 24,
The control unit 20 for controlling the CRU 24 and the like is provided. The CRU 24 is provided with a denomination stacker 58, a coin replenishment safe 56, and a coin clerk safe 55. Further, the automatic transaction device is configured as follows.

[0023]

(1) : In the automatic transaction apparatus, a coin replenishment safe 56 that stores a predetermined number of coin-type coins for each denomination and can be fed out for each coin-type coin, and coins of each denomination are stored. A possible coin clerk safe 55, a denomination stacker 58 capable of storing coins by denomination, and a control unit 20;
Detects that replenishment of coins to the denomination stacker 58 is required, obtains the number of coins that can be replenished to the denomination stacker 58, and converts the refillable number of coins into a predetermined number of coin-shaped coins. By emulating the number of coins to be actually replenished, coin replenishment from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 is preferentially performed, and denominations caused by the replenishment of the coins are further determined. , Coin clerk safe 5
The coins are fed out of No. 5 and replenished to the denomination stacker 58.

(2): In the automatic transaction device of the above (1) ,
The control unit 20 sends a coin-specific stacker 58 from the coin replenishment safe 56.
When replenishing coins to, 1 yen from coin replenishment safe 56,
The control is performed such that the coin-shaped coins of 10 yen and 100 yen are preferentially paid out and replenished.

(3): In the automatic transaction device of the above (1) ,
The control unit 20 sends a coin-specific stacker 58 from the coin replenishment safe 56.
When replenishing coins to the coin stacker 58, the number of coins that can be replenished to the stacker by denomination is calculated from the number of coins stopped replenishment and the current number of coins of the denomination stacker 58, and the replenishable number is a predetermined number of coins of the coin-roll type. In addition, the number of coins to be actually replenished is determined from the number of emulated coins and the number of coin-shaped coins in the coin replenishment safe 56, and control is performed to replenish coins. .

[0027]

The operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. (1): When the control unit 20 detects that replenishment of coins is required in the denomination-specific stacker 58, it starts control for replenishing coins to the denomination-specific stacker 58.

At this time, the control section 20 sets the denomination stacker 58
Stacker 5 by denomination based on the number of coins stopped and the current number of coins
8, the refillable number of coins is calculated, the refillable number is emulated in a predetermined number of coins (for example, 50 units), and the number of emulated coins and a coin replenishment safe are calculated. The number of coins to be actually replenished is obtained from the number of coins in the coin 56, and control is performed to replenish the coins.

By the coin replenishment control, a predetermined number of coins (for example, in units of 50 coins) are fed from the coin replenishment safe 56 and replenished to the denomination stacker 58. According to this configuration, coins are replenished by coin-type coins classified by denomination in accordance with the number of replenished coins, so that quick and accurate replenishment of coins becomes possible.

(2): When replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe 56 and the coin clerk safe 55 to the denomination stacker 58, the control unit 20 transmits the coin from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker in the same manner as described above. At 58, the number of coins to be actually refilled is determined.

Then, based on the number of coins to be actually refilled, coins are replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 preferentially. The coin is paid out from the coin clerk safe 55 and replenished to the denomination stacker 58.

In this way, coins can be quickly and accurately replenished, and the replenishment of coins to the denomination stacker does not become insufficient. (3): In addition, the coin replenishment safe 56 to the stacker 58 by denomination
When replenishing coins to the coin, the control unit 20 sets the coin replenishment safe 56
, Coins of 1 yen, 10 yen and 100 yen are preferentially paid out and replenished.

In this way, 5 yen, 50 yen, 500 yen
Since it is possible to pay a yen instead of a 1-yen coin, a 10-yen coin, and a 100-yen coin, it is possible to shift to a transaction with a minimum replenishment time.

[0034]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 to 14 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 2 to 14, reference numerals are as follows.

11 is a card doorway, 12 is a passbook doorway,
13 is a coin entrance, 14 is a bill entrance, 15 is a customer operation screen, 20 is a control unit, 21 is a card reader / writer / image reader printer unit (CIP), 22 is a passbook printer unit (PPR), and 23 is a bill recycling unit ( BRU), 24 is a coin recycling unit (CR)
U) and 25 are a customer operation unit (UOP), 26 is a color display, 27 is a touch keyboard, 28 is a management operation unit (MOP), 29 is a liquid crystal display, and 30 is a keyboard.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as "CPU"), reference numeral 34 denotes an MMI control unit (man-machine interface control unit), reference numeral 35 denotes a UOP control unit, reference numeral 36 denotes a MOP control unit, reference numeral 37 denotes a unit control unit, and reference numeral 38 Is the BRU mechanical control unit,
39 is a CRU mechanism controller, 40 is a CIP mechanism controller, 4
1 is a PPR mechanism control unit, 42 is a memory, 43 is a communication control unit, 44 is a cash management unit, and 45 is a cash counter.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a depositing / dispensing section, 51 denotes a payout section, 52 denotes a discriminating section, 53 denotes a temporary holding section, 54 denotes a sorting section, 55 denotes a coin clerk safe (coin cassette), 56 denotes a coin replenishment safe, and 57 denotes an overflow section. , 58 denotes a money type stacker, 59 denotes a forgotten part, 60 denotes an operation reject part, 61 denotes a replenishment reject part, 62 denotes a foreign matter return elevator, 63 denotes a foreign matter stacker, and 64 denotes a transport path.

68 is a handle, 69 is a hinge, 70 is an upper case, 71 is a lower case, 72 is a key, 73 is a coin storage,
Reference numeral 75 denotes a feeding mechanism. In the following description, the card reader / writer / image reader printer unit is referred to as a CIP (Card reader writer Image reader Printer Un
it), passbook printer unit to PPR (Passbook PRint
er Unit) and bill recycling unit to BRU (Bill R)
ecycle Unit) and CRU (Co
in Recycle Unit).

(Explanation Common to Each Embodiment) §1: Description of the Appearance of the Automatic Transaction Apparatus--See FIG. 2 FIG. 2 is an external view of the automatic transaction apparatus. As shown in the figure, a card entrance 11 and a passbook entrance 1 are provided on the front side of the automatic transaction apparatus.
2. Coin entrance 13, bill entrance 14, customer operation screen 1
5 and the like are provided. These components are as follows.

(1): Card entrance 11 is an entrance through which a customer's card (transfer card, IC card, JIS card, etc.) required for transactions is taken in and out. (2): The passbook entry / exit 12 is an entry / exit for entering / exiting a customer's passbook (transaction passbook) for bookkeeping.

(3) The coin entrance 13 is an entrance for taking in and out coins necessary for depositing and dispensing and changing, and is provided with a coin shutter. The coin shutter is closed when a transaction is not performed, and is opened when a coin is inserted or removed in a transaction.

(4): The bill entrance 14 is an entrance for taking in and out bills necessary for depositing / dispensing and change, and has a bill shutter. The bill shutter is closed when no transaction is performed, and is opened when a bill is inserted or removed in a transaction.

(5): The customer operation screen 15 is for displaying guidance for customers or for inputting information necessary for transactions. §2: Description of the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus ... see FIG. 3 FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus. The automatic transaction device includes a control unit 20, CIP21, PPR22, BR
U23, CRU24, customer operation unit (UOP) 25, management operation unit (MOP) 28, etc. are provided.

The customer operation unit (UOP) 25 is provided with a color display 26, a touch keyboard 27, and the like, and the management operation unit (MOP) 28 is provided with a liquid crystal display 29, a keyboard 30, and the like. The above components are as follows.

(1): The control section 20 controls each section of the automatic transaction apparatus. The control unit 20 can communicate with a center or a terminal controller.

(2): The CIP 21 reads a magnetic stripe from various cards (such as JIS cards used for transactions) inserted from the card entrance 11 shown in FIG.
Processing such as writing to a magnetic stripe and reading of an embossed portion is performed. The CIP 21 also prints transaction details on receipts / journal paper.

(3) The PPR 22 prints transaction history data and the like on a passbook inserted from the passbook entrance 12 shown in FIG. (4): The BRU 23 pays out the banknotes necessary for the transaction,
It is to be deposited.

(5) The CRU 24 pays out and deposits coins required for transactions. (6): The customer operation unit (UOP) 25 is an operation unit operated when a customer performs a transaction such as payment, deposit, or transfer. The customer operation unit 25 is provided with a color display 26 and a touch keyboard 27. The customer operation screen (the customer operation screen 15 in FIG. 2) of the color display 26 displays a guidance for dealing with the customer. , And display the transaction amount.

The customer operation screen of the color display 26 is also used for key input such as a personal identification number and a transaction amount. (7): The management operation unit (MOP) 28 is used for maintenance and
This is an operation unit operated when performing work such as troubleshooting, and includes a liquid crystal display 29 and a keyboard 30.

The liquid crystal display 29 displays an operation instruction to a clerk or the like, or displays a location of an obstacle. The keyboard 30 is operated by a clerk or the like.

§3: Description of Control Unit—See FIG. 4 FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the control unit. The control unit 20 provided in the automatic transaction device includes a CPU 33, a memory 42,
Communication control unit 43, cash management unit 44, MMI control unit 34,
A unit controller 37 and the like are provided.

The cash management section 44 is provided with a cash counter 45, and the MMI control section 34 is provided with a UOP control section 35, a MOP control section 36 and the like. Further, the unit control section 37 includes a BRU mechanism control section 38, C
An RU mechanism controller 39, a CIP mechanism controller 40, a PPR mechanism controller 41, and the like are provided. The above components are as follows.

(1): The CPU 33 performs various controls of the control unit 20. For example, the CPU 33 detects the start and end of the transaction based on the information from each unit, and communicates with the center or the terminal controller via the communication control unit 43.

The CPU 33 determines whether or not coins need to be refilled in the CRU based on the cash information of the cash management unit 44, calculates the number of refilled coins,
An instruction is issued to the mechanical control unit 39 to perform coin replenishment processing.

(2): The memory 42 is composed of the CPU 33 and the MOP.
The memory is accessed by the control unit 36, the unit control unit 37, and the like. (3): The communication control unit 43 is a control unit that performs communication by connecting to a center, a terminal controller, or the like.

(4): The cash management section 44 has the cash counter 4
The cash counter 45 counts the cash for each denomination, so that the BRU 23 and the CRU 24
It manages the cash inside.

For example, in the cash counter 45, CR
A plurality of coin replenishment safes, coin clerk safes, and denomination stackers in the U24 are provided in plural numbers, and the number of coins and the like are counted.

Further, the cash counter 45 stores the coin replenishment safe in the CRU, the coin clerk safe, and the denomination of coins handled by the denomination stacker (for example, 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen,
(100 yen, 500 yen), and the cash is managed by counting the cash with each of these counters.

(5): The UOP control unit 35 performs various controls of the customer operation unit (UOP) 25, for example, display control, processing of key input data, and the like. For example, when a customer operation is performed, a key signal or the like from the customer operation unit 25 becomes U
It is configured to be detected by the OP control unit 35.

(6): The MOP control unit 36 performs various controls (display control, key input data processing, etc.) of the management operation unit (MOP) 28. (7): The BRU mechanical control section 38 controls the mechanical section (mechanical section) of the BRU 23.

(8): The CRU mechanism controller 39 controls the CRU2
4 controls the mechanical section (mechanical section). (9): The CIP mechanism control section 40 controls the mechanical section (mechanism section) of the CIP 21.

(10): The PPR mechanism control unit 41 sets the PPR2
2 controls the mechanical section (mechanical section). §4: CRU (coin recycling unit) configuration explanation
.. see FIG. 5 FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the CRU. As shown, CRU2
4 includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 50, a payout unit 51, a discrimination unit 52, a temporary storage unit 53, a sorting unit 54, a coin clerk safe 55, a coin replenishment safe 56, an overflow unit 57, a money type stacker 5
8. A forgetting section 59, an operation rejecting section 60, a replenishing rejecting section 61, a foreign substance returning elevator section 62, a foreign substance stacker 63, a transport path 64 and the like are provided. The above components are as follows.

(1): The depositing / dispensing section 50 temporarily holds coins received from the coin entrance 13 (see FIG. 2) during transaction and coins to be dispensed. (2): The pay-out unit 51 feeds out coins received from the cash-in / pay-out unit 50, coins in the denomination stacker 58, coins in the coin clerk safe 55, coins in the overflow unit 57, and the like to the discrimination unit 52.

(3) The discriminating section 52 discriminates the coins fed by the feeding section 51. (4): The escrow unit 53 temporarily holds the coins sorted by the sorting unit 54.

(5): The sorting section 54 sorts coins into denominations based on the result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 52. (6): The coin clerk safe 55 stores coins for replenishment or collected coins. The coin clerk safe 55 stores coins of each denomination.

(7): The coin replenishment safe 56 stores coin-type coins of a predetermined number in units of coins (in the present embodiment, in units of 50) and transports the coins in units of the coins. This is a safe (coin stacker) that can be fed out onto the road (details will be described later).

(8): The overflow section 57 stores coins overflowed by the denomination stacker 58. (9): The denomination stacker 58 converts coins into denominations (1 yen, 5 yen).
Yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen). When dispensing, coins are paid out and paid out from the stacker 58 according to the denomination, and when deposited, the deposited coins are stored.

(10) The forgetting section 59 is for storing coins and the like left behind by the customer when the transaction is completed and left in the depositing / dispensing section 50. (11): The operation rejecting unit 60 stores coins that have become defective in transactions during operation.

(12): The replenishment reject unit 61 stores abnormal coins (defective coins) in the coin clerk safe 55. (13): The foreign matter return elevator unit 62 transports foreign matter other than coins taken into the foreign matter stacker 63 when a transaction is performed.

(14): The foreign matter stacker 63 is for storing foreign matter other than coins taken in when a transaction is performed. (15): The transport path 64 is for transporting coins.

The respective units of the CRU are controlled by a CRU mechanical control unit 39 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 33. For example, coin replenishment safe 56 or coin clerk safe 5
The CRU mechanism control unit 39 controls the replenishment of coins from No. 5 to the denomination stacker 58.

Further, coin replenishment safe 56, coin clerk safe 5
5, and the current number of coins in the stacker 58 by money type,
The CRU mechanism control unit 39 can detect the signal by a sensor (not shown) signal. Then, information such as the current number of coins detected by the CRU mechanism control unit 39 is notified to the cash management unit 44, and the cash management unit 44 manages the cash counter 45.

In the CPU 33, the cash management unit 4
4 to determine whether or not to perform coin replenishment processing, or to calculate the number of coins to be replenished to the denomination stacker 58.

§5: Explanation of coin replenishment safe-see FIG. 6 FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the coin replenishment safe. The coin replenishment safe 56 is configured, for example, as shown in FIG. A in FIG.
The figure shows the appearance of the coin replenishment safe, FIG. B shows the inside of the coin replenishment safe, and FIG. C shows the denomination configuration of the coin clerk safe.

The coin replenishing safe 56 includes an upper housing 70 and a lower housing 71, and the upper housing 70 and the lower housing 7
Numeral 1 is hingedly mounted so as to be freely opened and closed. Also,
Inside the upper housing 70 and the lower housing 71, a plurality of coin storage portions 73 for storing coin-type coins (in this example, 50 coins) are provided. It is configured to be able to store coin type coins.

The coin portion 73 is used to store coins in the coin storage portion 73 and to lock the key portion 72 with the upper housing 70 and the lower housing 71 closed. Further, the coin replenishing safe 56 is provided with a handle 68, and a clerk or the like can hold the handle 68 and store the coin replenishing safe 56 at a predetermined position of the automatic transaction apparatus, or can remove the coin replenishment safe 56 from the automatic transaction apparatus. Have been. That is, the coin replenishing safe 56 is installed at a predetermined position of the automatic transaction apparatus so as to be detachable at any time.

The coin replenishing safe 56 is located at a lower position (bottom side) in a state where it is stored at a predetermined position of the automatic transaction apparatus.
Is provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding the coin-shaped coins, and by controlling the feeding mechanism (control by the CRU mechanism control unit 39 of the control unit 20), the coin-shaped coins can be fed onto the transport path. It is configured to be able to.

The denominations of the coin replenishment safe 56 are classified into six denominations and three denominations as shown in FIG. For the 6 denominations, 1 yen, 10 yen, and 100 yen can be stored in 2 each (2 coins), 5 yen,
One 50 yen and one 500 yen can be stored (one coin-shaped coin). In addition, the thing corresponding to 3 denominations is 1 yen, 10 yen,
Each 100 yen can store three coins (three coins are coins) (FIG. 6 shows a coin replenishment safe corresponding to three denominations).

In this case, each coin-shaped coin is composed of 50 coins. Therefore, when storing coin-shaped coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 and when feeding coin-shaped coins from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the transport path 64, the coins are handled in units of 50 coins.

That is, when coins of 50 coins are stored in the coin storage sections 73 of the coin replenishment safe 56, respectively, and coins are fed out from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the transport path 64, By controlling the feeding mechanism, 50-piece coins are fed at a time.

In this case, the control unit 20 detects the presence or absence of coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 based on the sensor information. Further, the control unit 20 controls the feeding mechanism to feed the coins.

§6: Description of coin replenishment processing in CRU--see FIG. 7 FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of coin replenishment processing. In this embodiment, CR
In U, replenishment of coins to the denomination stacker 58 is as follows.
This is performed by using coins drawn out from the coin replenishment safe 56. The flow of coins when coins are fed from the coin replenishment safe 56 and replenished to the denomination stacker 58 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, coin-shaped coins are paid out from the coin replenishment safe 56 and dropped onto the transport path 64. In this case, the coin-shaped coins are paid out in units of 50 coins, but the coins are conveyed one by one (disintegrated) on the conveyance path 64 on the conveyance path 64.

Thereafter, the coins are conveyed to the feeding section 51 by the conveying path 64. The feeding section 51 feeds the conveyed coins to the discriminating section 52, and the discriminating section 52 discriminates the coins.
The coins discriminated by the discriminating unit 52 are then conveyed to a sorting unit 54, which sorts coins by opening a gate according to the discrimination type.

That is, the sorting section 54 opens the gate for the denomination and drops coins according to the denomination. At this time, the dropped coin is stored in the denomination stacker 58 via the temporary holding unit 53. By such an operation, the stacker 58 by money type
Stores coins sorted by denomination and can replenish coins.

In the coin replenishment process, the replenished coins are stored in the denomination stacker 58,
Coins that overflow 8 are stored in the overflow section 57. Also, reject coins (unusual coins)
Are stored in the supplementary reject unit 61.

Hereinafter, each embodiment will be described in detail. (Explanation of Embodiment 1) Embodiment 1 is an example in which coins are replenished to the stacker by denomination only from a coin replenishment safe.

§1: Description of coin replenishment processing—see FIGS. 8 to 10 FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of coin replenishment processing of the first embodiment, and FIG.
1 and FIG. 10 are diagrams for explaining the emulation processing of the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, coins are fed from the coin replenishment safe 56 and replenished to the denomination stacker 58.
In this case, coins to be replenished are made of 50 coins. Therefore, replenishment processing is performed after emulating replenishment coins in units of 50 coins.

In this coin replenishment processing, coin replenishment safe 5
It is assumed that coins 6 and the coin type stacker 58 are in the state shown in FIG. That is, in the coin replenishment safe 56, 1 coin, 5 yen, 10 yen,
It is assumed that coins of 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen can be stored (for 6 denominations). It is also assumed that the stacker 58 according to money includes stackers of 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen.

In the coin replenishing safe 56, 100 1-yen coins, 0 5-yen coins, 100 10-yen coins,
Assume that there are 0 50-yen coins, 100 100-yen coins, and 50 500-yen coins.

The stacker 58 classified by denomination includes 20 1-yen coins, 60 5-yen coins, 80 10-yen coins, 5
Assume that there are 10 0 yen coins, 50 100 yen coins, and 0 500 yen coins.

In this case, the number of stopped coins to be refilled from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 (the number of stopped refills).
Is set to 100 sheets. Under such conditions, a replenishment coin is emulated as follows to perform a replenishment process.

The state of coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 and the state of coins in the denomination stacker 58 are counted by the cash counter 45 of the cash management unit 44 based on sensor information from the CRU mechanical control unit 39. This cash management unit 44
CPU33 can know the state of the coin based on the information of the coin.

Therefore, when performing coin replenishment processing, the CPU
At 33, a coin to be replenished is emulated as follows based on the state information of the coin. First, the number of coins that can be replenished is calculated from the current number of coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 and the coin type stacker 58 and the number of replenished stopped coins (stored in the memory 42 in advance). The replenishable number is calculated by the formula of (replenishable number) = (replenishment stopped number) − (current number of sheets in the stacker by denomination).

The refillable number calculated by the above equation is as shown in FIG. 9A. That is, one yen coin is
The number of sheets that can be replenished is 100, and the current number of sheets in the stacker by denomination is 20, so the number of sheets that can be replenished is 80.
The refillable number of 5-yen coins is 4 because the number of stopped refills is 100 and the current number of coins in the stacker by denomination is 60.
It becomes zero.

The number of 10-yen coins to be replenished is 20 because the number of stopped replenishment is 100 and the current number of coins in the stack by denomination is 80. The number of 50 yen coins for which replenishment has stopped is 100, and the current number of coins in the stacker by denomination is 1
Since there are no sheets, the refillable number is 90 sheets.

[0098] For 100 yen coins, the number of stopped replenishment is 100 and the current number of coins in the denomination stacker is 50.
The refillable number is 50 sheets. The number of refillable 500-yen coins is 100 because the number of stopped refills is 100 and the current number of coins in the stacker by denomination is 0.

Next, from the number of refillable sheets determined above, the number of refillable sheets is emulated in units of 50 sheets. In this case, emulation is performed using the conditional expression shown in FIG. 9B.

According to the above conditional expression, (refillable number) <
In the case of 50 sheets, the number of refill sheets is set to 0. Also, 100 sheets>
When (refillable number) ≧ 50 sheets, refill number = 50 sheets, and when 100 ≦ (refillable number), refill number = 1
00 sheets.

When the above conditional expression is applied, the number of coins to be replenished is as shown in FIG. 9C. In this case, the number of replenished 1-yen coins = 50, the number of replenished 5-yen coins = 0, the number of replenished 10-yen coins = 0, the number of replenished 50-yen coins = 50,
The number of refills of 100 yen coins = 50, and the number of refills of 500 yen coins = 100.

Based on the number of coin replenishment determined above and the current number of coins in the coin replenishment safe, the number of coins actually replenished is emulated in units of 50. In this case, emulation is performed using the conditional expression shown in FIG.

According to the above conditional expression, for example, if (the number of coins to be refilled) = 0 and (the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe) = 0, the number of refills = 0. If (number of refills) = 0 and (number of coins in coin replenishment safe) <50, the number of refills = 0. If (the number of coins to be refilled) = 0 and 50 ≦ (the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe) <100, the number of refills = 0.
(Number of coins refilled) = 0 and (number of coins in coin replenishment safe) ≧ 10
If 0, the number of sheets to be refilled = 0. (Number of refills) =
If 50 and (the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe) = 0, the number of refills is set to zero. If (the number of refills) = 50 and (the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe) <50, the number of refills = 0. If (number of refills) = 50 and 50 ≦ (number of coins in the coin replenishment safe) <100, the number of refills = 50. When (number of refills) = 50 and (number of coins in the coin refill safe) ≧ 100, the number of refills = 50. Hereinafter, it is as having shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the number of coins to be actually refilled is obtained by applying the above-described conditional expression to the number of refills shown in FIG. 9C, the number shown in FIG. 9D is obtained. For example, the number of coins to be replenished is 50 and the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 100, so the number of coins to be replenished = 50.

Also, the number of refills of the 5-yen coin is 0,
The number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 0, so the number of coins to be refilled is 0
It becomes a sheet. The number of refilled 10-yen coins is 0, and the number in the coin replenishment safe is 100, so the number of refills is 0.

The number of coins to be refilled is 0, and the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 100.
It becomes a sheet. The number of 50 yen coins to be replenished is 50, and the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 0, so the number of refills is 0.

The replenishment number of 100 yen coins is 50,
Since the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 100, the number of coins to be replenished = 50. The number of refills of 500 yen coins is 100, and the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe is 50, so the number of refills = 50.

Therefore, the coins to be actually replenished from the coin replenishing safe to the denomination stacker are 50 coins of 1 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen (one coin each of coin-shaped coins). §2: Explanation of coin replenishment processing by flowchart ...
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a coin replenishment process according to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the coin replenishment process of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 11 (refer to FIGS. 8 to 10 for a detailed description of the process of obtaining the number of coins to be replenished). In addition, S21 to S28 indicate each processing step.

From the coin replenishment safe 56 to the stacker 58 by denomination
When the coin replenishment process is performed, the CPU 33 of the control unit 20
Calculates the number of sheets that can be replenished from the number of stopped replenishment of the money type stacker 58 and the current number of sheets (S21). And CPU3
3 is the number of coins that can be replenished (50 coins)
Emulate in units (S22).

Thereafter, the CPU 33 emulates the number of coins to be actually refilled from the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 based on the emulated number (S23).

When the number of coins to be actually replenished is determined by the emulation, the CPU 33 issues an instruction for coin replenishment processing to the CRU mechanical control unit 39. In response to this instruction, the CRU mechanical control section 39 starts control of coin replenishment processing in the CRU.

When the coin replenishment process is started, first, 50 coins are fed out from the coin replenishment safe 56 (S
24) Drop onto the transport path 64. Then, the discrimination unit 52
The coin is discriminated (S25), and it is determined whether or not the coin is a normal coin (S26).

As a result, if the coin is a normal coin, the coin is sorted by the sorting unit 54, sorted by denomination, and stored in the denomination stacker 58 (S27). If it is determined in step S26 that the coin is not a normal coin, the coin is stored in the rejection unit 61 (S28), and the process is repeated from step S24. Through the above processing, coins are replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58.

(Explanation of Embodiment 2) In Embodiment 2, coins are replenished from the coin replenishment safe and the coin clerk safe to the denomination stacker. In this case, first, the coin replenishment safe is transferred from the coin replenishment safe to the denomination stacker. Replenishment of coins with bar-shaped coins (in units of 50) is performed with priority. Then, when a shortage occurs in the replenishment of the coins, the coin clerk's safe further replenishes coins to the denomination stacker.

§1: Description of coin replenishment processing—see FIG. 12 FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of coin replenishment processing according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, as described above, priority is given to the replenishment of coins from the coin replenishment safe to the denomination stacker, but this coin replenishment processing is the same as in the first embodiment.

In this example, as in the first embodiment, the coin replenishment safe 56 has 100 one-yen coins, zero 5-yen coins, and 1 coin.
It is assumed that there are 100 0 yen coins, 0 50 yen coins, 100 100 yen coins, and 50 500 yen coins.

The stacker 58 for each denomination includes 20 1-yen coins, 60 5-yen coins, 80 10-yen coins, 5
Assume that there are 10 0 yen coins, 50 100 yen coins, and 0 500 yen coins.

Then, the number of stopped coins (the number of stopped coins) to be replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 is set to 100. It is assumed that the coin clerk safe 55 has sufficient money for all denominations. Under such conditions, the replenishment coins are emulated as in the first embodiment, and the process of replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 is performed with priority.

As a result of the emulation, the number of coins actually replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 is, as shown in FIG. The number of refilled yen coins = 0, the number of refilled 10 yen coins = 0, the number of refilled 100 yen coins = 50, 50
The number of refills of 0 yen coins is 50.

Therefore, the coin replenishment safe 56 sends the 50-yen coins and the 100-yen coins 50 to the stacker 58 by denomination.
And 500 yen coins are replenished.
Even if it is necessary to replenish coins with coins in the unit of zero, some denominations cannot be replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56.

That is, if emulation is made to replenish with 50 coins, 50 50 yen coins will be
Although 00 yen coins require 100 coins to be replenished (see FIG. 9C), the actual coins to be replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 are 0 coins of 50 yen coins and 500 coins.
There are 50 yen coins (see FIG. 9D).

Therefore, the replenishment of 50 yen coins and 500 yen coins is insufficient by 50 sheets each. Therefore, the shortage of coins is replenished from the coin clerk safe 55 to eliminate the shortage.

In this way, coins can be reliably replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58 in units of 50 coins. Note that the process of replenishing coins from the coin clerk safe 55 to the denomination stacker 58 is the same as in the conventional example, and a description thereof will be omitted.

§2: Description of coin replenishment processing by flowchart--see FIG. 13 FIG. 13 is a flowchart of coin replenishment processing of the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the coin replenishment process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, S31 to S45 indicate each processing step.

[0125] The coin replenishment safe 56 to the stacker 58 by denomination
When the coin replenishment process is performed, the CPU 33 of the control unit 20
Calculates the replenishable number of sheets from the replenishment stopped number of sheets by money type stacker 58 and the current number of sheets (S31). And CPU3
3 is the number of coins that can be replenished (50 coins)
Emulate in units (S32).

Thereafter, the CPU 33 emulates the number of coins to be actually refilled from the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe 56 based on the emulated number (S33).

When the number of coins to be actually replenished is determined by the emulation, the CPU 33 issues an instruction for coin replenishment processing to the CRU mechanical control unit 39. In response to this instruction, the CRU mechanical control section 39 starts control of coin replenishment processing in the CRU (S34).

When the coin replenishment process is started, first, 50 coins are fed out of the coin replenishment safe 56 (S
35) Drop onto the transport path 64. Then, the discrimination unit 52
Then, the coin is discriminated (S36), and it is determined whether or not the coin is a normal coin (S37).

As a result, if the coin is a normal coin, the coin is sorted by the sorting unit 54, sorted by denomination, and stored in the denomination stacker 58 (S38). If it is determined in step S37 that the coin is not a normal coin, the coin is stored in the rejection unit 61 (S40). Through the above processing, coins are replenished from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58.

Next, the CPU 33 determines whether or not the number of coins replenished has reached the requested number (the number actually replenished) (S39). When the number of coins has reached the requested number, the coin replenishing process ends. However, if it is determined in the processing of S39 that the requested number has not been reached, the CPU 33 issues an instruction to the CRU mechanism control unit 39, and the coins from the coin clerk safe 55 to the denomination stacker 58 are controlled by the CRU mechanism control unit 39. The replenishment process is started (S41).

During the coin replenishment process, the coin fed to the transport path 64 is discriminated, and it is determined whether or not the coin is a normal coin (S42). As a result, if the coin is not a normal coin, the coin is stored in the rejection unit 61 (S45).

However, if it is determined in step S42 that the coin is a normal coin, it is further determined whether or not the coin is a required denomination (S4).
3). As a result, if the coin is not the required denomination, the coin is stored in the replenishment reject unit 61 (S45). If the coin is the required denomination, the coin is stored in the denomination stacker 58 (S4).
4). With the above processing, the coin replenishment processing ends.

(Explanation of Third Embodiment) FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the third embodiment. The third embodiment includes the first embodiment and the second embodiment.
In this example, when performing coin replenishment processing from the coin replenishment safe 56 to the denomination stacker 58, 1-yen coin, 10-yen coin, and 100-yen coin are preferentially replenished.

This is because, in the withdrawal transaction,
This is because five yen, five yen, five yen and five 100 yen coins can be paid instead of five yen, 50 yen and 500 yen. As a result, it is possible to shift to a transaction with a minimum coin replenishment time.

In order to realize the coin replenishment process, the following was performed. As described in the first embodiment, the coin replenishment safe 56 can store 50 coin-shaped coins.

On the bottom side of the coin replenishment safe 56 (the lower side when installed at a predetermined position in the automatic transaction apparatus), a payout mechanism 75 is provided for each coin storage section. By moving the feeding mechanism 75, one coin-shaped coin can be fed.

Under the control of the CRU mechanism control unit 39 (see FIG. 4), the delivery mechanism 75 can perform a delivery operation in accordance with preset delivery order information (for example, information set in a memory in the CRU mechanism control unit). Is configured.

That is, the pay-out mechanism 7 of the coin storage section in which the coins of 1 yen, 10 yen, and 100 yen are stored.
If the payout order information is set so that the payout operation can be performed with priority given to 5, when performing coin replenishment processing, priority is given to coins of 1 yen, 10 yen, and 100 yen from the coin replenishment safe. And can be replenished to the denomination stacker.

(Other Embodiments) The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention can be implemented as follows. (1): Not limited to a coin replenishment safe capable of storing 50 coin-roll coins, but also to a coin replenishment safe capable of storing any number (but a plurality of coins) of coins. It can be implemented in the same manner as the embodiment.

(2) In the second embodiment, when coins need to be replenished to the denomination stacker, the coin replenishment safe gives priority to the replenishment of coins to the denomination stacker. For the denominated denominations, coins are further withdrawn from the coin clerk vault and replenished to the denomination stacker.

In this case, the number of coins to be replenished from the coin clerk safe may be in units of 50, but may be replenished until the number of coins to be replenished is reached. (3) In the third embodiment, when controlling the payout order of coins, it is possible to use the payout order information set in the control program in the CRU mechanical control unit 39.

[0142]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. (1): When the coins of the stacker by denomination run short, coins are replenished to the stacker by denomination using coins fed from the coin replenishment safe. In this case, the coin replenishment safe stores, for example, 50 coin-shaped coins, and the denominations are stored in the coin-shaped units in advance. There is an effect that only the denomination can be replenished quickly and accurately.

Further, since coin-type coins are classified by denomination, there is no risk that coins other than the designated denomination will be mixed when replenishing coins, so that there is an effect that reliability is improved. (2): Since the coin replenishment safe can be removed at any time, coins can be replenished in the coin replenishment vault each time. Therefore,
You can avoid the empty state of the coin replenishment safe,
There is an effect that the coin replenishment process is not hindered.

(3): In addition to the replenishment from the coin replenishment safe, the replenishment from the coin clerk safe (see Embodiment 2) has the effect of greatly increasing the number of payable coins. In addition, by preferentially replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe, there is an effect that coin replenishment processing to the denomination stacker can be efficiently performed.

(4): When replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe to the denomination stacker, the number of replenishment is limited to a predetermined number (50 in the above-described embodiment). Since the number of coins to be replenished is determined in consideration of the number of coins (the number of coins to be replenished is emulated),
There is an effect that coins can be replenished quickly and accurately at any time, and coins of the stacker by denomination do not overflow.

(5): The coin replenishing safe can quickly replenish coins by denomination, so that coins of 1, 10, and 100 yen are preferentially replenished, and 5, 50, 50 and 50 yen are used in withdrawal transactions.
0 yen = 5 1 yen coins, 5 10 yen coins, 5 100 yen coins
If the payment is made instead of the number of sheets, there is an effect that the transaction can be shifted to the minimum replenishment processing time.

In addition to the effects described above, according to the configuration of each claim,
The following effects are obtained.

(6): According to the configuration of claim 1 , when it is necessary to replenish coins in the denomination stacker, the coin replenishment safe preferentially replenishes the coins to the denomination stacker, With respect to the denominations that have become insufficient due to the replenishment of coins, coins are further withdrawn from the coin clerk safe and replenished to the denomination stacker.

Therefore, there is an effect that coins can be quickly replenished without shortage of coins to be replenished to the denomination stacker. (7) According to the configuration of claim 2 , when replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe to the denomination stacker, priority is given to the coin-shaped coins of 1, 10, 100 yen from the coin replenishment safe. To replenish.

Therefore, in the withdrawal transaction, 5 yen, 50 yen
Yen, 500 yen, 5 1 yen coins, 5 10 yen coins, 100
If paying for five yen coins instead, payment can be made in a minimum replenishment processing time.

(8) According to the configuration of claim 3 , when replenishing coins from the coin replenishment safe to the denomination stacker, the replenishment stop number of coins of the denomination stacker and the current number of coins are transferred to the denomination stacker. The refillable number of coins is determined, the refillable number is emulated to a predetermined number of coins, and the actual number is calculated from the number of emulated coins and the number of coins in the coin replenishment safe. The number of coins to be replenished is determined, and coins are replenished.

Accordingly, there is an effect that coins can be quickly and reliably replenished without overflowing coins into the denomination-type stacker.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a CRU in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a coin replenishing safe in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of coin replenishment processing in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a coin replenishing process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an emulation process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an emulation process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a coin replenishment process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a coin replenishing process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a coin replenishment process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of coin replenishment processing of a conventional example.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a conventional coin replenishment process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 Coin entrance 15 Customer operation screen 20 Control unit 24 Coin recycling unit (CRU) 25 Customer operation unit (UOP) 28 Management operation unit (MOP) 35 UOP control unit 36 MOP control unit 39 CRU mechanism control unit 51 Feeding unit 52 Identification unit 53 Temporary holding unit 54 Sorting unit 55 Coin clerk safe 56 Coin replenishment safe 57 Overflow unit 58 Denomination stacker 59 Forgetting unit 60 Operation reject unit 61 Refill reject unit 70 Upper housing 71 Lower housing 73 Coin storage unit

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin replenishment safe which stores a predetermined number of coin-type coins for each denomination and can be fed out for each coin-type coin, a coin clerk safe which can store coins of each denomination, A denomination stacker capable of storing coins by denomination, and detecting that replenishment of coins is required in the denomination stacker, obtaining the number of coins that can be replenished to the denomination stacker, By emulating the number of coins in the predetermined number of coins, and obtaining the number of coins to be actually replenished, the coin type stacker
Priority is given to replenishing coins, and shortage of coins
For the denominations that occurred, coins were further removed from the coin vault.
A system that controls the replenishment to the stacker by denomination
Automatic transaction apparatus characterized by comprising a control unit. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to provide a coin type from a coin replenishing safe.
When refilling the stacker with coins, 1
Pay out coins of ¥ 10, ¥ 100 and ¥ 100 with priority
It is characterized by having a control function to replenish
The automatic transaction device according to claim 1 . 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to send a coin type from a coin replenishing safe.
When replenishing the stacker with coins, the stacker
From the number of coins stopped and the current number of coins,
Calculate the number of coins that can be replenished, and
Emulates a predetermined number of coins.
Number of coins simulated and coins in coin refill safe
Find the number of coins to be actually refilled from the number of coins
請 which is characterized in that a control function for replenishing
The automatic transaction device according to claim 1 .