JPH063633B2 - Money management method and apparatus - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a money management method and management apparatus for a money transaction apparatus used in a financial institution such as a bank.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PROBLEMS OF THE INVENTION In recent years, financial institutions such as banks have been equipped with automatic cash dispensers, automatic deposit dispensers and money changers in unmanned corners in order to save labor in window operations. In addition, an automatic cash deposit / withdrawal machine is installed at the teller's window, and the tellers machine operated by the teller automatically deposits / withdraws cash. According to teller's instructions at the window, cash is received or deposited from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine.

However, in these currency transaction devices, the money stored in the cassettes or the like disappears due to the withdrawal work, and when the remaining amount becomes very small, it is necessary to replenish the money and the money is stored due to the deposit work. When it was full or close to it, it needed to be retrieved. And
While these moneys are being replenished or collected, the money transaction device cannot be used, and the cash collected by the teller can be brought to the cashier, or the cash necessary for cashing can be collected for replenishment. I had to go, and I had to exchange cash between the teller and the cashier, and I had to check the denomination and the number of coins from the cash management, which was very troublesome and troublesome. In addition, when many customers visit the store, the customers have to wait for a long time, which deteriorates the service aspect. Furthermore, when many of these money transaction devices are introduced, a large amount of cash is always retained in these devices, which causes a drawback that the financial institutions are less efficient in fund management.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a money management method and apparatus for automatically replenishing or collecting money from inside or outside of the above-described money trading apparatus. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a money management method, which is incorporated in a plurality of money transaction devices that can perform money deposit processing and money dispense processing and process the deposited money as dispensed money. Detecting the current amount of money stored in the cassette, the built-in collecting / replenishing cassette and the above-mentioned denomination when an excess or deficiency occurs with respect to a predetermined upper and lower limit quantity. The money is collected or replenished with the cassette, and the current amount of money stored in the collection / replenishment cassette is detected, and the excess / deficiency state is concentrated by comparing with the preset range. To the money transaction device that has caused an excess or deficiency state, and is connected to a money management machine capable of traveling in accordance with a predetermined priority order to collect or replenish the collecting / replenishing cassette, The money amount of the transaction device is managed properly. Further, the present invention relates to a money management apparatus, which is capable of performing deposit processing and withdrawal processing with currency stored in a built-in money type cassette, and processing the deposited money as withdrawal currency. A plurality of currency transaction devices for collecting or replenishing money with the built-in collection / replenishment cassette, and the amount of money stored in each denomination-based cassette and the collection / replenishment cassette Connected to the money amount detecting means for detecting the amount of money, and the plurality of money transaction devices, and the amount of money stored in the collecting / replenishing cassette is outside the predetermined setting range by the money amount detecting means. It is equipped with a terminal management machine that sends out call signals in a predetermined order of priority via communication means, and a collection / replenishment cassette for each denomination, and receives the call signals. Equipped with a money management machine that is capable of traveling, and when each of the money transaction apparatuses loads or unloads a cassette for collection and replenishment with the money management machine, a loading and unloading means is provided, and the money management machine is provided. A cassette housing portion for mounting a cassette for collection and replenishment, a traveling connecting means for receiving the call signal from the terminal management machine and traveling to connect to the money transaction device requiring money management, and connection And a take-out and take-in means for taking out or taking in the cassette for collection and replenishment, and the money management device between the money management device and the money management device. In this way, the amount of money in the denomination-type cassette built in each currency transaction device is properly managed.

Embodiment of the invention; FIG. 1 shows an example of a money transaction system at a bank counter to which the present invention is applied, which is a terminal management machine for centrally managing a plurality of banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machines 100 which are money transaction devices. Through the 400, the currency management machine 200 that can be run can automatically replenish and collect money in cassette units. Also, next to each automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, there is a tellers machine 300 for tellers to deal with customers and for the tellers to perform operations necessary for trading operations. It is designed to carry out banking transactions together with the machine 100. One terminal management machine 400 is provided for each of the plurality of automatic depositing / dispensing machines 100 and the plurality of tellers machines 300, and the amount of money in the cassette of all the automatic depositing / dispensing machines 100 is monitored, and when an excess or deficiency occurs, an antenna is provided. A call signal is transmitted to the money management machine 200 via 401. Then, at the upper part of the customer side 1 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, there are a slot 101 for the customer to insert banknotes for deposit and a payment / return slot 102 for payment and return of banknotes to the customer. It is provided as a primary side, and at the upper part of the teller side 2, a bill insertion slot 103 and a payment return slot 104 operated by the teller are provided as a secondary side. On the side of the teller side 2 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, a connection sensor (light emitting unit) 106 used for alignment when connecting to the money management machine 200, and input / output of data and the like to / from the connected money management machine 200. A data input / output unit 107 for performing the cash flow is provided, and a money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and a money management machine 200 are provided on both lower sides.
Connection parts 108A and 10 for mechanically connecting and fixing
8B is provided so as to project. Also, the connection parts 108A and 10
An introduction guide 108C for taking in or taking out a collection / replenishment cassette (hereinafter referred to as a collection / replenishment cassette) is provided between 8B, and a shutter 109 that can be opened and closed is provided above the introduction guide 108C. When the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 are connected, the shutter 109 is opened so that the collection / replenishment cassette can be taken in and taken out between them.

On the other hand, on the desk 301 of the tellers machine 300 where the customer and the teller deal with each other, an operation unit 302 including a keyboard for inputting transaction data is provided. A CRT display device 303 provided in the center of the desk 301 displays bill ejection data, data input from the operation unit 302, and other transaction contents.
Adjacent to the CRT display device 303, there are provided an outlet 304 for outputting a journal and a journal of a slip printing machine, and a passbook insertion opening 305 for inserting a passbook into the passbook printing machine.

Further, the money management machine 200 receives the call signal automatically transmitted from the terminal management machine 400 by the antenna 201, so that the induction band 3 laid on the floor and the branch from this to the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100. Extended sub-induction band 3
The vehicle automatically travels along A, 3B, ..., and is close to the requested automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, that is, the auxiliary induction zones 3A, 3B ,.
Drive to the position of the stop marks 4A, 4B, ... provided at the end of ... and stop. Then, the connecting portions 108A and 108B of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the corresponding connecting portions 202A and 202B of the money management machine 200 are mechanically connected, and the shutter 109 of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the shutter of the money management machine 200 are connected. Open 203 and collect / replenish cassettes between both parties (supply cassette from money management machine 200 to deposit / withdrawal machine 100), collect (withdrawal / dispenser 100)
From the money management machine 200 to the cassette). For this reason, a connection sensor (light receiving part) 2 is also provided on the front of the money management machine 200.
05 and the data input / output unit 204 are provided, the connection sensor 205 is formed of a light receiving element such as a phototransistor, and receives the light from the connection sensor 106 to accurately control the position to a position suitable for cassette delivery. ing. In addition, obstacle detection sensors 206 and 207 using optical or ultrasonic waves for detecting obstacles are provided on the front and rear surfaces of the money management machine 200 in the traveling direction, respectively, and the bottom of the management machine 200 is provided. Bumper 20 on the periphery to absorb the shock of collision
8 are laid around. Then, on the front and rear surfaces of the bumper 208, obstacle detection sensors 209 and 210 utilizing optical or ultrasonic waves for detecting obstacles on the floor are provided, and on the upper surface of the management machine 200. An alarm lamp 211 is provided, and a cassette supply port 213 is provided for allowing an operator or the like to manually take out or mount the recovery / replenishment cassette.

Next, the schematic configuration of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the bills inserted into the primary-side insertion opening 101 are taken inside one by one by a not-shown taking-in mechanism and conveyed. The banknotes sent to the identification unit 110 via the path a → b and inserted into the secondary-side insertion port 103 are taken into the inside one by one by a not-illustrated taking-in mechanism, and the conveying path e → a → It is sent as a deposited banknote to the identification unit 110 via b. Although the bills conveyed through the conveying path k are also input to the identification unit 110, the identification unit 110
Is true, false, denomination, front and back, loss, thickness,
High-grade identification is performed to identify skew and the like, and low-grade identification to identify denomination, thickness, skew, etc. is performed for other banknotes. Then, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 110 are sent to the front / back reversing unit 111, and the banknotes whose upper side is discriminated by the identification unit 110 are inverted to the front side, and the upper sides of all the banknotes are aligned so as to be, for example, the front side. And sends it to the transport path c. Transport path c
In the case of the deposited banknotes and the replenished banknotes (banknotes to be replenished from the collection / replenishment cassette 140 to the cassettes 131 to 134), the banknotes sent out to the banknotes are further transferred to the banknote storage section of the denomination through the transport paths f → g → h This bill storage unit is transported, but with temporary holding units 121 to 124 for temporarily pooling bills by denomination,
Banknote storage cassettes 131 to 1 of denominations for collectively capturing and storing the banknotes stored in the temporary storage units 121 to 124.
It consists of 34 and. In this embodiment, 500-yen banknotes are collected and sequentially exchanged for coins. Therefore, the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 110 as 500-yen are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 1
After once pooling to 24, reject cassette 13 collectively
I am trying to store it in 4. In addition, the identification unit 110 performs skewing,
Abnormal bills that have been identified as having abnormal thickness or damaged bills, etc.
It is stored in the reject cassette 134 via 124. Furthermore, one banknote is stored in the lower part of the banknote storage cassette 131-133.
Banknote take-out mechanism 131A that takes out one by one, according to denomination, as needed
~ 133A is provided, and the banknotes taken out are conveyed to the conveyance path l →
The data is sent to the identification unit 110 via k → b.

On the other hand, the banknotes in the collection / replenishment cassette 140 are discharged one by one to the transport path 1 via the banknote take-out mechanism 140A provided at the bottom of the banknote, and sent to the identification section 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b. After being conveyed, the conveyance path c → f → g → h and the temporary holding section 121
~ 123 and stored in storage cassettes 131-133. Further, the payable bills and the bills to be collected in the cassette 140 are taken out from the bill storage cassettes 131 to 133 to the transport path 1 and input to the identification unit 110 through the transport path k → b. Then, the banknotes to be paid to the customer are sent to the payment return port 102 on the primary side through the transfer paths c → d → e, and the banknotes to be received by the teller are the transfer paths c.
→ It is sent to the payment return port 104 on the secondary side via f. In addition,
The payment return ports 102 and 104 on the primary side and the secondary side are configured to temporarily hold the payment return ports 102 and 104 in the pool units 102A and 104A and then return the payment. Further, a cassette loading / unloading unit (hereinafter referred to as a loading / unloading unit) 170 is provided on the lower side of the connecting / discharging machine 100 on the connection side.
Is installed, and 140A → 140 for cassette replenishment
Move the cassette as in
A collection / replenishment cassette is taken in or taken out like 0 → 140A.

Similarly, the schematic configuration of the money management machine 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
It incorporates a cassette take-out and take-in means (hereinafter referred to as take-in / take-out section) 220 for taking out and replenishing 40, and the money management machine 200 runs along the inductor 3 with the automatic running unit 240 at the bottom. It is supposed to do. Automatic driving unit 24
Reference numeral 0 has four traveling wheels 242 driven by the traveling drive unit 241, and the traveling wheels 242 can change the direction between left and right turns as well as forward and backward traveling. Further, the bottom surface of the automatic traveling unit 240 is composed of a light emitting element group and a light receiving element group that irradiate the guide band 3 (3A, 3B) with light and receive the reflected light to detect a positional deviation with respect to the guide band 3. Running sensor
243 is provided, the detection signal of the traveling sensor 243 is input to the guiding unit 262, the guiding signal of the guiding unit 262 is input to the steering control unit 244, and the traveling wheels 242 travel via the traveling driving unit 241. By controlling the direction, the automatic traveling unit 240 automatically travels along the guide strip 3. In addition, the guide method by the optical method is Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-12605.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. In addition, the automatic driving unit 24
Reference numeral 0 has a power supply control unit 245, which supplies power to the traveling drive unit 241 and the like for automatic traveling. The power supply control unit 245 is equipped with a chargeable / dischargeable battery and has a dedicated terminal 245A for automatically charging at a predetermined standby position.

Here, the details of the cassette loading / unloading section 220 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and subsequent figures. Below the cassette supply port 213, a pair of cassettes for mounting the collection / replenishment cassette 140 in an upright position. The support pieces 221A and 221B are located for each denomination (three denominations in this example).
The central portion of B is threaded, and a pair of screw rods 222A and 222B that are erected so as to be screwed onto the central portion are synchronously moved up and down. A drive mechanism 223 engaged so as to rotate in synchronization is attached to each lower end of the screw rods 222A and 222B, and the drive mechanism 223 for each denomination is provided for each denomination. It is driven by a motor 224. Therefore, when the motor 224 rotates the screw rods 222A, 222B in the CCW direction via the drive mechanism 223, the cassette support pieces 221A, 221B screwed to the screw rods 222A, 222B are synchronously lowered, for example, in the D direction, and the screw rods 222A. , 222B
When is rotated in the CW direction, it rises in the U direction synchronously. In this case, projections 225 are provided in the vertical direction on the respective back surfaces of the cassette support pieces 221A, 221B, and these projections 225 support the support pieces 221A, 221B.
By engaging with the guide groove 226A of the wall 226 arranged so as to sandwich B, the support pieces 221A, 221B are prevented from rotating by the rotation of the screw rods 222A, 222B. Accordingly, the collection / replenishment cassette 140 placed on the placing piece 227 extending in the opposing direction of the cassette supporting pieces 221A and 221B can be smoothly raised or lowered (fifth).
(See Figures and 6). As shown in FIG. 9, a cassette number memory A1 for storing cassette numbers, a collection memory A2 for storing the number of collected banknotes, a number of stored banknotes for refilling, etc. are provided on the side surface of the collecting / replenishing cassette 140. A data storage unit 141 having a replenishment memory A3, a denomination memory A4, and the like for storing the money is provided so that banknotes can be stored in or taken out from an entrance / exit 142 provided on the upper surface of the cassette. It has become. The data storage unit 14
Reference numeral 1 is a C-MOS readable / writable memory or a readable / writable memory with a built-in battery, and the management machine 200 has a cassette 140 as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. The data input / output unit 228 attached to the wall 226 inputs / outputs data at a predetermined upper limit position of the wall of the cassette storing unit 175 as shown in FIG. A data input / output unit 171 provided in the unit inputs / outputs data. In this case, if the memory has a built-in battery, the data input / output unit 228,171
It is possible to optically input and output data to and from the collection / replenishment cassette 140. The bottom face of the collection / replenishment cassette 140 is provided with a bill take-out mechanism 140A for taking out bills one by one and a bill exit for that purpose. , Usually closed by a shutter.

On the other hand, a motor is installed below the screw rods 222A and 222B.
A conveyor 230 driven by 231 is provided, and a conveyor 233 which is further driven by a motor 232 at an outer end portion thereof and can be rotated to I and II positions with a motor shaft as a fulcrum. Are connected. Then, the lower limit position at which the cassette support pieces 221A, 221B can be lowered is set so as to be lower than the upper surface of the conveyor 230, and the conveyor 2 is passed through the stopped upper surface of the conveyor 230.
The collection / replenishment cassette 140 can be transferred between the 30 and the mounting pieces 227 of the support pieces 221A and 221B.
33 is normally in the II position, and the shutter 203 is closed so that it cannot be seen. The shutter 203 is opened, and the conveyor 233 is rotated to the I position.
In the case where 00 and the money management machine 200 are connected to take out and take in the cassette 140, the conveyor 233 is placed on the introduction guide 108C of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 as shown in FIG. Has become. A plurality of rotation-free rollers 172 are provided on the upper surface of the introduction guide 108C so that the conveyor 233 placed as shown in FIG. 8 can smoothly rotate. Further, a pair of belt conveyors 1 forming an intake / extraction unit 170 on both sides of the upper surface of the introduction guide 108C.
70 and 174 are provided, and the collection / replenishment cassette 140 transferred to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 side as shown in FIGS. 2 and 8.
Cassette storage unit 1 by cooperating A with conveyors 233 and 173,174
It can be stored in the 75 or taken out of the cassette storage section 175. A shutter 109 that can be opened and closed up and down, for example, is provided at the entrance / exit of the cassette housing 175, and the side wall of the cassette housing 175 inputs and outputs data to and from the data storage unit 141 of the cassette. A data input / output unit 171 for carrying out data is attached. Further, a storage port 177 for storing banknotes through the inlet / outlet 142 of the cassette 140 is provided in the upper part of the cassette storage part 175, and a banknote taken out via the banknote takeout mechanism 140A of the cassette 140 is provided on the bottom surface. An intake port 178 is provided for taking in one by one.

By the way, the terminal management machine 400 centrally manages a plurality of banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machines 100.
As shown in Fig. 0, automatic deposit / withdrawal machines A1 to A3 and cash payment machine B1
, An automatic teller machine C1 and an automatic money changer D1 are connected as a slave station by a communication line CL, and an MPU for centralized management.
(Microprocessor unit) arithmetic control unit 402
And a wireless communication unit 403 for transmitting a call signal to the money management machine 200 via the antenna 401, and a memory unit 410 having a flag area described later, which forms a master station. Here, the memory unit 410 has cassette storage state detection flags F1 to F24 as shown in FIG. 11 (A),
The flag status read from each slave station is set by polling / selecting described later. Further, the memory unit 410 has a collection / replenishment target device memory area as shown in FIG. 11 (B), and a flag is set based on the search results of the flags F1 to F24 to collect and / or supplement the cassette. Is stored in the money management system 400, and the device number that requires the number is stored and sent to the money management machine 400 together with the call signal.

On the other hand, the control systems of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 are as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, and the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is a microcomputer (hereinafter, simply referred to as MPU). ) 150 is designed to perform overall control, and the MPU150 is equipped with the Terrar's machine 300,
A collection / replenishment cassette 140 and / or a communication unit 160 for transmitting a call signal for requesting replenishment are connected to the terminal management machine 400 via a communication line CL. And MPU
The devices 151 to 15 described below are connected to the 150 via the bus line BL.
The identification unit 110, the front / back reversing unit 111, the data input / output unit 107, the connecting units 108A and 108B, and the memory 180 are connected to each other.
The shutter portion 151 is a portion that opens and closes the shutter 109 provided on the front surface of the cassette housing portion 175, and is the loading / returning portion 1.
52 is a banknote in the inlet 101 on the primary side
While taking in one by one, through the pool section 102A, payment return port 10
2 is a part for discharging the banknotes one by one, and the loading / returning part 1
Reference numeral 53 is a portion for taking in the bills inserted into the insertion slot 103 on the secondary side one by one through a take-in mechanism and discharging the bills one by one to the payment return port 104 via the pool section 104A. The take-in / take-out unit 154 takes in the banknotes one by one from the transport path h to the temporary holding units 121 to 124, and simultaneously takes out the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 121 to 124 to the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 134. The taking-in / taking-out unit 155 takes in the banknotes in the temporary holding sections 121-124 collectively into the banknote storage cassettes 131-134, and takes out the banknotes stored in the cassettes 131-133 at the time of payment or collection. Transport path l one by one via the mechanisms 131A to 133A
This is the part to be taken out. Further, the conveyance check unit 156 detects the occurrence of a jam of bills on the conveyance paths a to l by checking the flow of bills with an optical sensor.
The results of the transport path check are sent via the MPU150 to the Terra's machine.
It is designed to be displayed on 300 CRT display devices 303.
The storage state detection unit 157 detects the storage state of the banknotes in the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 134 for each denomination based on the content of the memory 180, and is "full", "close to full", "no banknotes", "only a few remaining", etc. It is designed to judge the state of. Also,
The storage state detection unit 157 also detects the amount of banknotes in the collection / replenishment cassette 140 from the inside of the data storage unit 141. Further, the replenishment unit 158 is a bill take-out mechanism 140A and a take-in / take-out unit for replenishing bills from the collection / replenishment cassette 140.
The bills are taken in via 170, sent to the identification unit 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b, and are determined to be normal bills (in this case, 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 1,000-yen banknotes, (The 500-yen bill is not included.)
The banknotes sent to the temporary holding sections 121 to 123 through → f → g → h and detected as skewed or abnormal in thickness by the identification section 110 are conveyed in the conveyance path c →
Return to the collection / replenishment cassette 140 through f → g → j. On the other hand, when at least one of the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133 becomes “full” or “close to full”, the collection unit 159 collects the banknotes from the corresponding storage cassette via the banknote take-out mechanisms 131A to 133A. Take out one by one, transport path l → k
→ b to be sent to the identification unit 110, and then the conveyance path c → f → g →
It collects in the collection / replenishment cassette 140 from the storage opening 177 and the entrance / exit 142 via j. In this case, the abnormal bill in which the skew or thickness abnormality is detected by the identification unit 110 is stored in the reject cassette 134 through the temporary holding unit 124 for the reject, passing through the transport paths c → f → g → h. . The loading / unloading unit 170 is the seventh
The data input / output unit 171 is a unit for loading and unloading the cassette 140 shown in the figure, and inputs / outputs data to / from the data storage unit 141 of the collection / replenishment cassette 140 stored in the cassette storage unit 175. It is something to do.

By the way, the memory 180 is composed of RAM and ROM, and R
The AM has a money type counting memory described later, and the ROM stores a program for controlling the entire automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the like. That is, in the ROM in the memory 180, in addition to the programs, the storage cassettes 131 to 134 for the storage state detection sensor 157 are stored.
For the bill storage cassettes 131 to 133, “full” is “1000 sheets”, “close to full” is “800 sheets”,
"Standard number" is "500", "remaining few" is "200"
The number "sheet" and "no banknote" are preset and stored as "0", and any of the storage cassettes 131 to 133 is "close to full" (800 or more) or "only a few"
When it becomes (200 sheets or less), the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 becomes MPU150.
The banknotes are collected or replenished with the collection / replenishment cassette 140 via the. In addition, when the collection / replenishment cassette 140 becomes “full” or “no banknotes”, regardless of whether the transaction is a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, a call signal is transmitted from the terminal management machine 400 and the money management machine 200 opens the cassette. Retrieve and replenish a new retrieve / replenish cassette. in this case,
The ROM of the memory 180 stores the reference number of sheets for the number of the collection / replenishment cassettes 140 stored, and the "full" is "1000".
"Sheet", "close to full" is "950", and "only a few" is "5"
"0 sheets" and "no banknotes" are defined by numerical values such as "0 sheets". Therefore, when the number of banknotes in the collection / replenishment cassette 140 reaches the reference number, the corresponding flags BF3 to BF6, which will be described later, are turned on. Regarding the reject cassette 134, "full" is "500 sheets",
When “close to full” is set to “450 sheets” and stored in the ROM, and when “close to full” is determined by the storage state detection unit 157, the MPU 150 displays that on the CRT display device 303 of the Terras machine 300. A message to that effect is displayed, and the stored bills can be taken out manually or automatically.

The money management machine 200 has two microcomputers (microprocessors; hereinafter, simply referred to as MPUs) 250 and 260 connected to each other, and the MPU 250 mainly controls transfer of cassettes. Mainly controls the automatic traveling unit 240,
Both receive a call signal from the terminal management device 400 via the antenna 201 and the communication unit 270. In this case, the communication unit 270 receives the call signal and gives a travel start command to the MPU 260, and identifies which automatic depositing / dispensing machine is requesting cassette management from the memory area of the collection / replenishment target device and the MPU 260. Give information to. Then, the MPU 250 is provided with a movement drive unit 252 and a shutter unit 25 via a bus line 251.
3, the memory 280, etc. are connected, and the bus line 261 is connected to the MPU 260.
The guidance unit 262, the memory 290, and the like are connected via the. Here, the movement drive unit 252 is a portion that selectively performs the cassette to be passed to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 by driving the motor 224, and the shutter portion 253 is a portion that opens and closes the shutter 203. Further, the alarm unit 255 issues an alarm with a buzzer or a lamp when an abnormality occurs, such as when the storage cassette of the money management machine 200 runs out, and the guiding unit 262 detects a detection signal from the travel sensor 243. Is input, and the automatic traveling unit 240 is caused to travel along the guide belt 3 (3A, 3B ...) On the floor in cooperation with the steering control section 244.
The alarm unit 263 issues an alarm to the automatic traveling unit 240, and the obstacle detection sensors 206, 207 and 209, 210.
When the vehicle detects an obstacle and stops, the automatic traveling unit 240
Alarm lamp 211 when a failure occurs, during battery charging, etc.
Is turned on or blinks.

Here, the memory 280 is composed of a ROM that stores a cassette transfer program, which will be described later, and a RAM that stores information necessary for loading or unloading the collection / replenishment cassette 140. It is composed of a ROM that stores a traveling program of the traveling unit 240 and a RAM that stores information necessary for controlling the direction during traveling, detecting obstacles, controlling power supply, and the like.

By the way, the RAM of the memory 180 in each automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 100 is
It has a buffer memory area 180B, a flag area 180F as shown in FIG. 14 (A) and a main memory area 180M as shown in FIG. 14 (B).
180B is a deposit buffer memory B1 to B4 for each denomination, a withdrawal buffer memory B5 to B7 for each denomination, a withdrawal (replenishment) buffer memory B8 to B10 and a withdrawal (withdrawal) buffer memory B for each denomination
It has 11 to B13. Further, the flag area 18OF includes a deposit / withdrawal processing end flag BF1 which is turned on when the automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 100 finishes the deposit / withdrawal processing, and a cassette which is turned on by selecting from the terminal management machine 400 when cassette management is required. It has a management processing flag BF2 and flags BF3 to BF6 that are turned on depending on the storage states of the collection / replenishment cassette and the storage cassette. The flag BF
1 is a payment end flag for the cash dispenser B1, and a deposit processing end flag for the automatic deposit machine C1. further,
The main memory area 180M is a deposit main memory M1 to M4 of the same denomination as the buffer memory 180B, a withdrawal main memory M5 to M7 of the denomination, a withdrawal main memory M8 to M10 of the denomination and a withdrawal main memory M11 to. It has M13, and further has high and high main memories M14 to M17 for storing the current balance by denomination. And when depositing, deposit buffer memory for each type of deposit
B1 ~ B4 are added and counted, the contents u1 ~ u4 of the deposit buffer memory B1 ~ B4 for all denominations at the completion of the transaction are added to the deposit main memory M1 ~ M4 and the high main memory M14 ~ M17 and stored, At the time of withdrawal, each withdrawal is added to the withdrawal buffer memory B5 to B7 for each gold type, and withdrawal counting pulse CP
1 to CP3 subtract from main memory M14 to M16
Contents of all withdrawal buffer memories B5 ~ B7 upon successful transaction u5 ~
u7 is added and stored in the withdrawal main memory M5 to M7.
In addition, when replenishing banknotes, a cash buffer memory for each cash type
Counted from B8 to B10, and further high main memory M14 to M16
Is added and stored. Contents of deposit buffer memory B8-B10 for all denominations at the end of replenishment processing u8-u
10 is added and stored in the deposit main memory M8 to M10. Further, at the time of collecting the banknotes, each withdrawal is added to the withdrawal buffer memory B11 to B13 for each denomination, and is subtracted from the main memory M14 to M16 with the withdrawal counting pulses CP4 to CP6 to collect. At the end of the process, the contents u11 to u13 of the withdrawal buffer memories B11 to B13 for all denominations are added to the withdrawal main memories M11 to M13 and stored. 15th
The figure shows a part of the RAM in the memory 280 of the money management machine 200. When the money management machine 200 replenishes the collection / replenishment cassette 140, the replenishment denomination signal from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is stored. It has supplementary memories CB1 to CB3. The replenishment denomination signal is sent via the data input / output unit 107 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the data input / output unit 204 of the money management machine 200.

Next, the terminal management machine 400, which is the parent station, and the automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 100 (A1 to A3), which is the child station, the cash dispenser B1, and the automatic deposit machine C.
1. Data transmission to and from the automatic money changer D1 will be described. An arithmetic and control unit composed of microcomputers of all of these slave stations is connected to the arithmetic and control unit 402 of the terminal management unit 400 via the communication interface via the communication line CL. By connecting and performing half-duplex communication by the polling / selecting method that is normally used between the master station and a large number of slave stations, the bill storage state in the collection / replenishment cassette for each slave station is shown. The contents of the flags BF3 to BF6 are transmitted to the terminal management machine 400 and stored in the flags F1 to F24. Here, half-duplex communication is communication that can be transmitted only from one of the stations, that is, only alternately between the master station and the slave station, and polling is that the master station transmits to each slave station. Inquiries are periodically made to check whether the slave station wants to transmit data to the master station,
Selecting means that the master station gives data or commands to the slave station. Therefore, according to the polling / selecting method, for example, the bill storage state of the collection / replenishment cassette is transmitted from each slave station to the master station 400, and the storage state data is stored in a predetermined flag area of the memory unit 410 of the master station 400. Then, the arithmetic control unit 402 reads the flags F1 to F24 in a predetermined priority order and sends a call signal for collecting / replenishing the cassette.

The data transmission of the polling / selecting method will be explained. Prior to the polling / selecting, the master station makes an inquiry to each slave station to request a line connection. This is hereinafter referred to as an ENQ sequence. This ENQ
In the sequence, the master station sends the station number of the specific slave station to which the circuit is to be connected and the distinction between polling and selecting to the communication circuit CL as a predetermined format message. That is, the master station executes an ENQ sequence for a plurality of slave stations and sequentially specifies slave stations by this ENQ sequence to request a line connection for polling. Further, when each child station is in the process of one deposit / withdrawal transaction, cash payment, deposit, exchange, etc., the deposit / withdrawal process end flag FL
Since 1 (payment processing end flag in case of cash dispenser B1 ...) Is not turned on, even if there is a connection request for the above line from the parent station, this request is not accepted. The data transmitted by the slave stations A1 to D1 when polling from the master station 400 is the storage state of the collection / replenishment cassette and the device number stored in the collection / replenishment target device memory area.

The terminal management machine 400 performs such polling on each slave station A.
After executing 1 to D1 to set a flag, a call signal is issued to the money management machine 200, so that the priority order is determined. That is, the storage state flags F1 to F24 are searched for the flags set in the order of flags F1 to F2, F3, ... F24. In the case of the example in FIG. 11 (A), since the flag F14 is set first, it means that the cassette of the depositing / dispensing machine A2 is “remaining few”, and the terminal management machine 400 collects / replenishes the target device memory. Device number stored in the area
Based on (A2), the cassette management processing flag BF2 of the depositing / dispensing machine A2 is turned on by performing the selection on the depositing / dispensing machine A2. Then, the terminal management machine 400 sends a call signal to the money management machine 200 to cause the device A2 to perform cassette management processing. After this end, the flag in the next order is searched for whether or not it is turned on.
In this example, since the flag F15 is turned on, similar replenishment processing is performed on the device A3 according to the device number (A3) in the device memory area for collection / replenishment as described above. After the completion of the replenishment / collection process for the depositing / dispensing machine A3, the next flag that is turned on is searched. In this example, since the flag F19 is turned on, the terminal management machine 400 sends the depositing / dispensing machine A1 to the depositing / dispensing machine A1. The money collection machine 200 is instructed to collect the cassette. The call signal transmitted from the terminal management machine 400 via the antenna 401 is transmitted through the collection / replenishment target device memory area with at least the device number of the slave station that needs to perform the collection / replenishment cassette management process. It is like this. In addition, terminal management machine 400
Continuously executes polling / selecting processing, storage status detection processing, and priority order determination processing, and if none of the storage status flags F1 to F24 is set, no call signal is sent. .

With such a configuration, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIG. 16 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the overall operation of the currency transaction processing. In the standby state (step S1), the money management machine 200
Is placed in a standby position at a predetermined position in the bank, and in this standby state, the battery in the power supply control unit 245 is charged via the dedicated terminal 245A. Also, a money management machine
In the cassette loading / unloading section 220 of 200, a collection / replenishment cassette 140 of a denomination in which a predetermined number (for example, 800) of banknotes are stored from a cassette supply port 213 by opening a door or the like before starting the work. It is stored. In this case, the loading / unloading section
All of the cassette support pieces 221A, 221B of 220 have reached the upper limit position by the drive of the motor 224, and the collection / replenishment cassette 140 is placed on the mounting piece 227 of the cassette support pieces 221A, 221B at the upper limit position as shown in FIG. Are placed in any order. In the data storage unit 141 of the collection / replenishment cassette 140 thus stored in the collection / removal unit 220, a cassette number (X101) is stored in the collection memory A2 in the cassette number memory A1 by a separate data writing device or the like. Number of bills collected from each denomination cassette
(200) is the number of banknotes (600) to be replenished to each denomination cassette in the replenishment memory A3
The denominations (10,000) of the banknotes stored in 4 are written respectively. As a result, even if it is arbitrarily placed, it can be dealt with by reading the contents. In addition, the collection / replenishment cassette 140 is also stored in the cassette storage unit 175 of each depositing / dispensing machine 100 prior to the start of business. The collection / replenishment cassette 140 has 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 1,000-yen tickets. Are properly mixed and stored. In this case, each of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 is provided with a timer mechanism (not shown), and the money management machine 200 automatically replenishes the collection / replenishment cassette 140 before starting the work, The depositing / dispensing machine 100 automatically replenishes bills to the respective denomination-based storage cassettes 131 to 133 using the replenished collection / replenishment cassette.

When the preparation for such currency transaction processing is completed, whether each automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is a depositing processing (step S2) or not (step S3) is an automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100.
Whether the banknotes stored in the banknotes (banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133 and the collection / replenishment cassette 140) need to be collected or replenished and the terminal management machine 400 is transmitting a call signal, that is, the cassette management processing flag BF2 is turned on. It is determined whether or not (step S4) and whether or not it is an accident (step S5). When the deposit mode key of the operation unit 302 of the tellers machine 300 is operated, the deposit process described later is performed. (Step S100) is executed, and similarly, by operating the withdrawal mode key of the operation unit 302, withdrawal processing (step S200) described later is executed. When the depositing process is performed, the number of bills stored in the bill storing cassettes 131 to 133 in the depositing / dispensing machine 100 increases.
From 33, it is determined whether or not the banknotes need to be collected in the collection / replenishment cassette 140 (step S7), and if the banknotes need to be collected, the banknote collection process (step S300) described below is executed to set the standby state. Become. Further, since the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133 in the depositing / dispensing machine 100 decreases when performing the withdrawal process, is it necessary to replenish the banknotes from the collection / replenishment cassette 140 to the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133? It is determined whether or not (step S8), and when it is necessary to replenish, a bill replenishment process (step S400) described later is executed to enter a standby state. Then, when it is necessary to further replenish the bills in one of the bill storage cassettes of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, or when it is necessary to collect or supplement the bills in the collecting / replenishing cassette 140, the automatic depositing / withdrawing The call signal for the machine 100 is transmitted from the terminal management machine 400, and the money management machine 200
By requesting the proper management of money to the cassette management processing (step S500) described later is executed. Furthermore, when a banknote jam, failure, etc. occur in the depositing / dispensing machine 100, the machine itself stops as an accident, and the contents of the accident are displayed on the CRT display device 303 of the Terra's machine 300, and when the accident is released, the standby state is resumed. Return to (step S6).

First, the deposit processing of the automatic banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 100 (step S10
The operation of (0) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15. First, the deposit / withdrawal process end flag BF1 in the flag area 180F.
Is turned off (step S101), the MPU 150 turns on the inlet 101 or 1
It is determined whether or not a bill has been inserted into 03 (step S10
2) 1 if a banknote is inserted into the primary-side insertion slot 101
Turn on the capture / return unit 152 on the next side (step S103),
When a bill has been inserted into the insertion slot 103 on the secondary side, the take-in / return section 153 on the secondary side is turned on (step S104). Then, the bills inserted into the input port 101 are taken in one by one by the take-in / return unit 152, sent to the identification unit 110 via the conveyance path a → b, and the bills inserted into the input port 103 are taken in. / The return unit 153 takes in the sheets one by one, and the identification unit 110 passes through the transport paths e → a → b.
The high-quality identification of the deposited bill is performed (step S105). If a fake note, a non-identifiable note, or an abnormal-thickness note is identified by the identification unit 110, it is sent as an abnormal bill to the pool unit 102A via the conveyance paths c → d → e, and then the payment return port 102. To the payment return port 104 on the teller side after temporarily holding it in the pool section 104A via the conveyance path c → f (steps S106 and S107). If the identifying unit 110 determines that the bill is normal, the front / back reversing unit 1
After aligning the front and back of the banknotes at 11, the banknotes are transported to the transport path c → f → g → h, and “+1” is added to the deposit buffer memories B1 to B4 corresponding to the identified denomination (steps S106 and S10).
8). Further, the identification unit 110 determines whether or not the inserted bill is a 500-yen bill (step S109), and the 500-yen bill is stored in the reject temporary holding unit 124 from the transport path h (step S111). , Bills other than 500-yen bills are conveyed in the transport path h
Is temporarily held in each of the corresponding temporary holding units 121 to 123 (step S110). Such a deposit taking-in operation is repeated for all the bills inserted into the insertion slot 101 or 103,
Import corresponding to the time when import is completed (step S112) /
The return unit 152 or 153 is turned off (step S113). After this, the teller confirms the number of deposits, the amount of money, etc. with the customer, and then operates the deposit key of the operation unit 302 of the tellers machine 300 to take in the banknotes temporarily held in the temporary holding units 121 to 124. / Collected in the corresponding cassettes 131 to 134 collectively via the take-out section 154 (steps S114, S11
Five). Then, the deposit data u1 to u4 of the respective denominations which are added to and counted in the deposit buffer memories B1 to B4 are transferred to the corresponding deposit main memories M1 to M4, and are additionally counted to the high and high main memories M14 to M17. (Step S116),
After this, the contents of the deposit buffer memories B1 to B4 are cleared (step S118), and then the deposit / withdrawal processing flag BF1 is turned on (step S119). Note that the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 121 to 124 in step S114 are placed in the cassettes 131 to 134.
If not stored, the temporary holding units 121 to 124 are manually taken out and collectively returned to the outside, or are automatically conveyed one by one by a separately provided conveying means and returned (step S117). ). With the above, the deposit process is completed.

Next, referring to the flowchart in FIG. 18, an automatic depositing / dispensing machine
Explaining the withdrawal process of 100, the deposit / withdrawal process end flag BF1 is turned off prior to the operation of the withdrawal process (step S20).
1), the teller indicates the withdrawal mode key on the operation unit 302 of the tellers machine 300, and the necessary denomination is automatically determined by inputting the withdrawal amount with the ten-key etc., and the banknotes of the corresponding cassettes 131 to 133. Are taken out one by one to the conveyance path 1 through the take-in / out section 155 and the bill take-out mechanisms 131A to 133A (step S202). Then, the taken-out banknotes are sent to the identification unit 110 through the transport paths l → k → b and are low-ranked (step S203). In the case of abnormal banknotes, the transport path c →
After f → g → h, the temporary holding section 124 stores the rejected banknotes in the reject cassette 134 (steps S204, 205). The normal banknotes are aligned by the front / back reversing section 111, and are sent to the conveyance path c at the same time. "+1" is added to the corresponding memory of the gold buffer memories B5 to B7 (step S206). At this time, withdrawal counting pulses CP1 to CP3 are output, and "-1" is subtracted from corresponding corresponding main memory M14 to M16. And whether the MPU150 requests the withdrawal from the primary side or 2
It is judged whether or not it is the secondary side (step S207), in the case of the primary side request, it is transported to the pool section 102A via the transport paths c → d → e (step S208), and in the case of the secondary side request. Is the transport path c
It is conveyed to the pool section 104A via → f (step S209), and the above operation is repeated until the input withdrawal amount is reached (step S210). When the withdrawal amount reaches the input withdrawal operation, the teller looks at the display on the CRT display device 303 and payment is OK.
Is determined (step S211), and if OK, the pool key 102 is operated by operating the payment key of the operation unit 302.
Banknotes temporarily held in A or 104A are conveyed to the payment / return port 102 or 103 (step S212), and the added count data of the gold type added and counted in the withdrawal buffer memories B5 to B7
u5 to u7 are transferred to the withdrawal main memory M5 to M7 (step S2
13), after storing the banknotes held in the reject temporary holding section 124 in the reject cassette 134 (step S21
4), clear the contents of buffer memory B5 to B7 (step S
215), and thereafter, the deposit / withdrawal processing end flag BF1 is turned off (step S219).

It should be noted that each time one banknote is taken out from the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133, the withdrawal counting pulse CP1 is sent to the high and main memory M14 to M16.
~ CP3 is input as a subtraction signal, so the data of the number of sheets in the high-main memory M14 to M16 is stored in the storage cassettes 131 to 133.
It always matches the number of sheets stored in. If the payment amount is not OK in step S211, the teller operates the recovery key of the operation unit 302 to cause the pool unit 102 to operate.
The retained banknotes of A or 104A are collected (step S216), the buffer memories B5 to B7 are cleared (step S217), it is judged whether re-emission is necessary (step S218), and the re-emission (withdrawal process). In the case of), the process returns to step 201 and the above operation is performed again.

Next, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 19 (A) and (B) and FIGS. 18 (A) to (C), operation examples of banknote management processing (steps S300 and S400) and cassette management processing (step S500) FIG. 19 (A) shows an operation example of the bill collecting process of the bill automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, and FIG. 19 (B) shows an operation example of the bill refilling process.
20 (A) to (C) mainly show an operation example of cassette management on the money management machine 200 side.

First, the recovery operation of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 9 (A) will be described. The banknote storage cassette 131 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 will be described.
The number of banknotes stored up to 134 is always detected by the storage state detection unit 157, and when any of the cassettes 131 to 133 is "close to full""800" or more, the banknotes are collected from the stored banknote cassette. / When it is necessary to collect the bills in the replenishment cassette 140 and such bill collection processing is necessary, first, the collection unit 159 is turned on (step S301), and the loading / unloading unit 1
The banknotes are taken out one by one from the corresponding cassettes 131 to 133 via the 55 and the banknote take-out mechanisms 131A to 133A, and the conveyance paths l → k →
It is sent to the identification unit 110 via b (step S302). Identification unit 110
Then, the collected bills sent are not identified (step S30
3) Abnormal banknotes are stored in the reject cassette 134 through the temporary holding section 124 through the transport paths c → f → g → h without being turned upside down (steps S304, S305), and normal banknotes are turned upside down. After the front and back of the banknotes are aligned in the section 111, the banknotes are sent out to the recovery / replenishment cassette 140 stored in the cassette storage section 175 via the transport paths c → f → g → j to be recovered (steps S304, S306). At this time, the withdrawal buffer memories B11 to B13 correspond to the removal of the banknotes by “+1”.
Is added and counted, and the collection / replenishment cassette 14
The collection memory A2 of the data storage unit 141 of 0 is also incremented by “+1” (step S307), and it is judged whether or not the count value of the collection memory A2 is, for example, “500 sheets” or more. The full flag BF3 of the flag area 180F is turned on (steps S308 and S309). Further, when the count value is 500 or less, it is further judged whether or not it is, for example, “450” or more.
In the above case, the flag BF6 is almost full and the flag is turned on (step S311). Then, the withdrawal counting pulses CP4 to CP6 are also inputted to the high-value main memories M14 to M16 so as to be subtracted and counted, and the number of bills stored in the cassette is the standard number.
The above-described collecting operation is repeated until the number of sheets reaches 500, and when the number of sheets reaches 500, the take-out is completed (step S312). In this way, when the taking-out for one denomination is completed, it is then judged whether or not a similar collecting operation is required for the other denomination (step S313), and when the collecting for another denomination is necessary. Returning to step S302, the recovery operation similar to that described above is performed. Then, when the collection for other denominations is not necessary, or when the full flag BF3 is turned on, the collection unit 159 is turned off (step S314), and the contents u11 to u13 of the withdrawal buffer memories B11 to B13 are set. Transfer to the withdrawal main memory M11 to M13 (step S315), and the collection process ends.

Further, the bill replenishment processing operation of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 9 (B) will be described. The number of bills stored in the bill storage cassettes 131 to 134 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is constantly detected by the storage state detection unit 157. Therefore, when one of the cassettes 131 to 133 becomes "200 sheets" or less, which is the "remaining few", it is necessary to replenish the bills from the collection / replenishment cassette 140 to the bill storage cassettes 131 to 133. When such bill replenishment processing is required, the replenishment unit 158 is turned on (step S40
1) The banknotes are ejected one by one from the collection / replenishment cassette 140 via the banknote take-out mechanism 140A and the take-in / take-out section 170.
In this way, the banknotes discharged from the collection / replenishment cassette 140 are sent to the identification unit 110 through the transport paths 1 → k → b and the banknotes are identified (step S402).
It is returned to the collection / replenishment cassette 140 via → f → g → j (steps S403, S404). For normal bills, after the front and back of the bills are aligned by the front and back reversing unit 111, the conveyance path c → f → g
→ It is held in the temporary holding section 121-123 of the corresponding money type through h and the corresponding deposit buffer memory B8-B10 is held.
Is incremented by "+1" (steps S405, S40
6). The supplementary memory A3 of the data storage unit 141 of the collection / replenishment cassette 140 is set to "-1" (step S407). At this time,
Judge whether the count value of the supplementary memory A3 is "0",
In the case of "0", a flag BF4 indicating that there is no bill in the flag area 180F
Is turned on (steps S408 and S410). Also, replenishment memory A
When the count value of 3 is not "0", it is further judged whether it is "100 sheets" or more, and when it is 100 sheets or less, the remaining flag BF5 is turned on (steps S409, S411).
The number of stored cassettes 131 to 133 is known in the high-main memory M14 to M16, and the above replenishing operation is repeated until the number of stored cassettes reaches the standard number of 500 (step S412). Further, when the number of stored sheets is 500 and the import is completed, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to replenish bills of other denominations (step S413),
When the replenishment for another denomination is necessary, the above replenishment operation is further repeated.

When replenishment for other denominations is not necessary, or when the banknote-less flag BF4 is turned on, the replenishment unit 158 is turned off (step S414), and the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 121 to 124 are taken in / The bills are collectively stored in the bill storage cassettes 131 to 134 via the take-out section 154 (step S415). Then, the data u added to and counted in the deposit buffer memory B8 to B10
8 to u10 are transferred to the deposit main memory M8 to M10 and the high cost main memory M14 to M16 (step S416), and the supplement operation is completed.

Next, the cassette management process will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 20 (A) to (C) regarding the operation on the money management machine 200 side. The money management machine 200 normally waits at a predetermined position, and The cassette management processing flag BF2 is turned on by the management machine 400, and a call signal for one of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is transmitted from the terminal management machine 400 to the antenna 201 and the communication unit 27.
When it is received via 0 (step S500), the MPU 260 follows the traveling start command from the communication unit 270 and the automatic traveling unit 240
While driving the drive wheels 242 via the traveling drive unit 241 of
By discriminating which call signal is sent to the money depositing / dispensing machine, the money management machine 200 starts traveling toward the automatic depositing / dispensing machine that requires cassette management according to the priority order (step S501). Terminal management machine
The reason why 400 sends a call signal from the antenna 401 via the communication section 403 is that the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 judges / collects /
When the number of banknotes stored in the replenishment cassette 140 exceeds a predetermined upper and lower limit number (for example, 1000 upper limit number, 50 lower limit number), or the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133 replenish bills from the collection / replenishment cassette 140. However, it is still when the number of "remaining few" is below. If no call signal is received, it is determined whether or not there is an accident (step S502), and in the case of an accident, the alarm unit 255 issues an alarm (step S503). The money management machine 200 detects whether there is an obstacle in the traveling direction of the management machine or on the floor by the obstacle detection sensors 206, 207 and 209, 210 (step S50).
4) When an obstacle is detected, the traveling is stopped (step S505), and the alarm lamp 211 is sent via the alarm unit 263.
Blinks or lights up (step S506). After that, it waits for the alarm to be released, that is, for the obstacle to be removed (step S507), and proceeds to the steering control of step S508 as in the case where there is no obstacle. In this steering control, the traveling sensor 243 detects the displacement of the guide bands 3, 3A, 3B, ... On the floor, and controls the direction of the traveling wheels 242 via the steering control unit 244 so that the displacement is zero. By doing so, it runs to the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 that requires cassette management, and stops at the position of the stop mark (4A, 4B) provided in front of it (steps S509, S510). At this position, the connecting portions 108A and 108B of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the connecting portion 202A of the money management machine 200,
202B is mechanically connected and fixed (step S511) so that data can be communicated with the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 via the data input / output units 107 and 204. A cassette collection command, a cassette replenishment command, or either of them is input, and a denomination signal for cassette replenishment is input and stored in the replenishment memories CB1 to CB3.

When the connection between the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 is completed in this way, a cassette collection and replenishment process (step S520) as shown in FIG. 20 (B) is performed, and thereafter the money management machine 200. Performs a return operation to return to the standby position as shown in FIG. 20 (C) (step S550), and ends the cassette collecting and replenishing operation. First, the cassette collection and refill process shown in FIG. 20 (B) will be described. The shutter 203 is opened via the shutter unit 253 of the money management machine 200 (step S5
21), the conveyor 233 is rotated from the II position to the I position via the movement driving unit 252 (step S522), and the conveyor 233 is guided into the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
Place on roller 172 of 108C. When it is separately confirmed by the sensor that the conveyor 233 is placed on the roller 172 of the introduction guide 108C, the MPU 150 of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 opens the shutter 109 via the shutter portion 151 (step S523), and collects / replenishes. It is determined whether the cassette is to be collected or to be replenished (step S524), and when the cassette is to be collected, the MPU 250 reverses the conveyors 230 and 233 by driving the motors 231 and 232 (step S525). At the same time, automatic deposit and withdrawal machine
The 100 MPU 150 reverses the conveyors 173 and 174 of the loading / unloading section 170 (step S526) to transfer the cassette stored in the cassette storage section 175 to the outside, and at the same time, the cassette loading / unloading section 220 The cassette support pieces 221A and 221B are driven by driving the motor 224 of the designated denomination (support piece on which the cassette is not placed) and rotating the screw rods 222A and 222B in the CCW direction via the drive mechanism 223. Lower the cassette support pieces 221A and 221B in the direction D to convey the conveyor.
When a predetermined position below 230 is reached, the motor 224 is stopped and stands by. Take-in / take-out section 170 of deposit / withdrawal machine 100
By reversing the conveyors 173 and 174 of the above, the collection / replenishment cassette 140 stored in the cassette storage portion 175 is transferred to the outside of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and to the position shown in 140A of FIG. And the conveyor 2 of the money management machine 200
Further transfer due to the reversal of 33 and 230,
Finally, it is determined whether or not the predetermined position of the money management machine 200 (the denomination position for which collection is instructed, that is, the standby position of the cassette support pieces 221A and 221B) is reached (step S528), and when the predetermined position is reached. Is a conveyor 230 of the money management machine 200 and
While stopping 233 (step S529), the conveyors 173 and 174 of the taking in / out section 170 of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 are also stopped (step S530). When the cassette 140 thus collected reaches the predetermined position, the MPU 250 drives the motor 224 of the cassette loading / unloading section 220, thereby the cassette support piece 221A.
And 221B are moved up, and the cassette support pieces 221A and 221B are moved up so that the bottom surface of the cassette 140, which has been transferred to the conveyor 230 and stopped, hits the upper surface of the mounting piece 227.
Place the cassette 140 as it is and raise it (step S53).
1). Then, when the cassette 140 reaches a predetermined position due to this rise, the driving of the motor 224 is stopped (step S
532, S533). As a result, the collection / replenishment cassette 140 collection processing from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 that has transmitted the call signal is completed.

After that, the MPU 250 determines whether or not the cassette needs to be replenished (step S534), and if the cassette is necessary, the motor 224 of the cassette loading / unloading unit 220 is driven to drive the data input / output unit. Collection / replenishment cassette 140 via 228
The contents of the data storage unit 141 are read out and compared with the contents stored in the supplemental memories CB1 to CB3 shown in FIG.
~ Lower the cassette of the denomination designated by CB3 (Step S
535), the cassette 140 is placed on the conveyor 230, and the motor 224 is stopped when the cassette support bases 221A and 221B reach the predetermined stop positions (steps S536, S537). Then, the conveyor 230 of the money management machine 200 is normally rotated by the motor 231, and the conveyor 233 is normally rotated by driving the motor 232 (step S538).
The conveyors 173 and 174 of 00 are normally rotated (step S53
9). Thus, the conveyors 230,233 and the conveyors 173,17
By rotating 4 normally, the collection / replenishment cassette 140 of the designated denomination placed on the conveyor 230 becomes
From the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 to finally be stored in the cassette storing section 175 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, and when it is confirmed by a separate sensor that the predetermined position has been reached (step S540), the MPU 150 causes the conveyor 173. And 174 are stopped (step S541), and the MPU 250 of the money management machine 200 loads the cassette /
Stop the conveyors 230 and 233 of the take-out section 220 (step S
542). When the cassette replenishment process is completed in this way,
The MPU 1150 of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 closes the shutter 109 via the shutter unit 151 (step S543), and the money management machine 200
The MPU 250 rotates the conveyor 233 from the I position to the II position via the movement driving unit 252 (step S544), and then closes the shutter 203 (step S545).

If the cassette is not requested to be collected in step S524, it means that the cassette is requested to be replenished. Therefore, the process is skipped to step S535 and the cassette is replenished. If the supplement has not been requested at step S534, the process at step S543 is skipped and the cassette collection process is terminated. From the above, the terminal management machine 40
Collection of cassettes when a call signal is sent from 0,
The replenishment process ends. Note that the collected collection / replenishment cassette is carried to the cashier's room, and is not replenished to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 unless a bill is newly replenished.

When the cassette management is completed in this way, the money management machine 200 returns to a predetermined standby position, or advances to the position of another automatic depositing / dispensing machine that has issued a call signal, and performs similar cassette management. Fig. 20 shows an example of returning to the position
It is shown and described in (C). When the return is started, the cassette management end flag BF2 is turned off to disconnect the connection with the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 (step S551), and the money management machine 200 determines whether there is an obstacle, Alarm lamp if there is
211 is blinked or lit (steps S552, S553), and if there is no obstacle, the vehicle travels in the same manner as described above (step S55).
4) If there is an obstacle on the traveling path, stop traveling and turn on or off the alarm lamp 211 (steps S555 to S555).
558). If there is no obstacle, the same steering control as described above is performed (step S559), and the vehicle travels to a predetermined standby position and stops (steps S560, S56).
1).

By the way, at the end of business hours, the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 collects bills from the bill-type bill storage cassettes 131 to 133 into the collection / replenishment cassette 140, and the money management machine 200 automatically collects the bills and the billing room. Etc.

In the above-described embodiment, the money management machine 200 is configured to supply the drive power for loading and unloading the cassette with the battery in the built-in power supply control unit 245.
Power may be supplied by a connector from the depositing / dispensing machine 100 after the connection with and used as a power source for cassette collection and replenishment processing. Further, the data output unit 107 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the data input unit 204 of the money management machine 200 are provided in the shutters 109 and 203, respectively, and the shutters 109 and 203 are provided.
You may open and receive and exchange data. Furthermore, although the banknote storage cassette of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine is also used for depositing / dispensing processing, individual depositing cassettes for depositing and withdrawing may be provided and managed. It is also possible to perform processing by a completely different device such as a dispenser. In this case, the collection-dedicated cassette and the replenishment-dedicated cassette may be taken in or taken out. Moreover, although the management of banknotes is described in the above-described embodiment, the invention can be applied to coins.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the automatic depositing / dispensing machine side is configured to grasp the number of bills stored in the collection / replenishment cassette and turn on the full flag, the bill-less flag, etc. by comparison with the reference value. You may make it transmit the number of banknotes in the collection / replenishment cassette of a machine to a terminal management machine, compare it with a reference value on the terminal management machine side, and turn on each said flag.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, the automatic money management machine automatically collects and replenishes money with respect to the money transaction apparatus using the collection / replenishment cassette. There is no need to bother, the teller can devote himself to dealing with customers, and can carry out transaction operations at an efficient counter. Further, it is not necessary to exchange a large amount of cash between the teller's window and the cashier, and it is not necessary to carry a heavy cash cassette, which reduces the labor for the teller. Further, there is an advantage that it is possible to properly manage the amount of cash accumulated in the money transaction device.

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FIG. 1 is an external view showing a layout example of a bank teller according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a schematic functional configuration of an automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a money management machine used in the present invention. Showing a schematic functional configuration of the above, FIG. 4 is a mechanism diagram showing an example of a cassette loading / unloading section of a money management machine, FIGS. 5 and 6 are structural views showing a part thereof, and FIG. And FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the details of the take-in / take-out section of the banknote automatic deposit / withdrawal machine, FIG. 9 is an array diagram showing an example of the memory of the data storage section of the cassette, and FIG. 10 is a terminal management machine and currency transaction. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of the connection relationship with the device, FIGS. 11 (A) and 11 (B) are configuration diagrams showing an example of the memory unit of the terminal management machine, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing the control system of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine,
Figure is a block diagram showing the control system of the money management machine, Fig. 14 (A)
And (B) is a diagram showing a configuration example of a buffer memory, a flag area, and a main memory of the memory in the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine,
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a memory in the money management machine, FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the overall operation of the present invention, FIG.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an operation example of deposit processing, FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation example of withdrawal processing, and FIG. 19 (A)
And (B) are flowcharts on the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine side showing an operation example of banknote collection and replenishment, and FIGS. 20 (A) to (C) are flowcharts on the currency management machine side showing an example of cassette management operation. 1 ... Customer side, 2 ... Teller side, 3 ... Main induction band, 100 ... Banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine, 102, 104 ... Payment return port, 107 ... Data input / output section, 110 ... Identification section, 111 ... Front / back reversing section, 121 ... 124 ... Temporary storage section, 131-134 ... Banknote storage cassette, 150 ... Microcomputer (MPU), 152, 153 ... Acquisition / return section, 157 ... Storage state detection section, 158 ... Replenishment section, 159 ... Collection section, 160 ... Communication Department, 180 ... Memory, 200 ... Money management machine, 201 ... Antenna, 2
05 ... data input / output unit, 213 ... cassette supply port, 220 ... cassette loading / unloading unit, 240 ... automatic running unit, 241 ... running drive unit, 242 ... running wheel, 243 ... running sensor, 244 ... steering control unit, 245 ... Power control unit, 250,266 ... Microcomputer (MPU), 252 ... Movement drive unit, 262 ... Guidance unit, 270 ... Communication unit, 280,290 ... Memory, 300 ... Terra's machine, 301 ... Desk, 302 ... Operation unit, 303 ... CRT display device, 400 ... Terminal management device, 401 ... Antenna, 410 ... Memory unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A money-type cassette incorporated in a plurality of currency transaction devices capable of depositing and dispensing money and processing the deposited money as dispensed money. The current amount of money that is present is detected, and when there is an excess or deficiency with respect to the predetermined upper and lower limit quantities,
The money is collected or replenished between the built-in collection / replenishment cassette and the denomination-based cassette, and the current amount of money stored in the collection / replenishment cassette is detected and determined in advance. Centrally managing the excess or deficiency state in comparison with a set range, the currency transaction device having the excess or deficiency state, by connecting a currency management machine that can run according to a predetermined priority order, A money management method, characterized in that a collection / replenishment cassette is collected or replenished to appropriately manage the amount of money of the money transaction device. 2. A coin housed in a built-in money type cassette for deposit and withdrawal processing, and the deposited money can be processed as a dispensed coin. A plurality of money transaction devices adapted to collect or replenish money with a cassette, and money for detecting the amount of money stored in each of the denomination-based cassettes and the amount of money in the collection / replenishment cassette. Connected to the amount detecting means and the plurality of currency transaction devices, and through the communication means when the amount of money stored in the collecting / replenishing cassette is out of a predetermined setting range by the money amount detecting means. It is equipped with a terminal management machine that sends a call signal in a predetermined priority order, and a money management machine that is equipped with a cassette for collecting and replenishing denominations and that can receive the call signal and run. For loading and unloading a collection / replenishment cassette with the currency management machine in each of the currency transaction apparatuses, a loading / unloading means is provided, and the money management machine is equipped with the collection / replenishment cassette. Between the cassette storage unit, a travel connecting unit that receives the call signal from the terminal management machine and travels and connects to the currency transaction apparatus that requires currency management, and the connected currency transaction apparatus. And a take-out and take-in means for taking out or taking in the cassette for collection and replenishment, and performing currency management in cassette units between each of the currency transaction apparatuses and the currency management machine, and is built in each of the currency transaction apparatuses. A money management apparatus, wherein the money amount in the money type cassette is properly managed.