JPH11259731A - Automatic transaction machine and control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make discriminatable at which inspection processing a paper money stored in a reject shed gas been stored together with an inspection ticket by printing transaction information in which a paper money carrying failure gas occurred, failure situations, specific information of the inspection ticket to be read, etc., on a journal sheet. SOLUTION: A patrol ticket 82 is carried to and stored in a reject shed 62 of a strongbox cassette 63 through paper money carrying paths R9 and R11 after going through a paper money inspecting device 36 and a paper money carrying path R2. When a paper money remains on the paper money carrying paths at the time of carrying the ticket 82 through the paper money carrying paths, the paper money carrying paths are opened and a jammed patrol ticket 82 and a remaining paper money are removed. A journal printer part records confirmation processing results of the existence of the remaining paper money by the ticket 82 together with transaction information and failure occurrence information on a journal sheet. In such a case, a number on a patrol ticket surface which is read by a character reader 36b on the carrying paths is also recorded at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus which is installed in a financial institution or the like and transfers and receives cash to and from a user, and a control method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in financial institutions and the like, automatic transaction apparatuses for automatically depositing and withdrawing cash from users have been widely used. This type of automatic transaction apparatus includes a bill receiving / dispensing unit for handling bills, a coin receiving / dispensing unit for handling coins, a passbook printer, and the like.

[0003] For example, in a bill receiving / dispensing unit, when an abnormality such as a jam of a bill occurs during bill transport, a staff member of a financial institution pulls out the bill deposit / withdrawal unit from the apparatus main body, opens a transport mechanism, a safe, and the like. To jam the banknotes.

After the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit is reloaded into the apparatus main body by an attendant, an inspection voucher different from a normal banknote or an inspection voucher called a patrol voucher is passed through the transport path of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit. Accordingly, it is performed to confirm whether or not there is a bill remaining in the transport path due to forgetting to clear the jam or torn the bill.

[0005] In addition, even when rejected tickets due to damaged bills and the like frequently occur during the transport of bills, inspection papers called patrol tickets are flown to inspect the transport path.

[0006]

By the way, in the inspection processing of the transport path using the inspection ticket as described above, when the other paper money or a part of the paper money remains in the paper transport path, the paper money or the like stays. Because the patrol ticket jam occurs at the position where
It is possible to check the stay and the stay position of the bill in the transport path.

[0007] However, if the inspection ticket exactly overlaps with the banknotes staying in the transport path, or if the inspection ticket pushes the banknotes straight, no jam occurs at the staying position, and the remaining banknotes in the transport path do not occur. In some cases, the process ends without accurately recognizing the presence or absence of an error.

[0008] That is, in such a case, the remaining banknotes are conveyed together with the inspection ticket into the reject storage. When such a case occurs a plurality of times, it becomes difficult to determine which inspection processing and embedding of the banknotes in the reject storage.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method in which a banknote stored in a reject box is stored together with an inspection ticket during any inspection processing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic transaction apparatus capable of determining whether the transaction is successful and a control method thereof.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there are provided the following means for solving the above problems. In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, Transport means for transporting the banknotes through the path, and when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, an inspection ticket to which specific information different from one sheet to another has been added in advance to inspect the remaining banknotes in the transport path. Is transported through the transport path by the transport means, thereby inspecting means for inspecting remaining banknotes in the transport path, and provided along the transport path to store the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path. Reading to read specific information of the test ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means when a banknote conveyance failure in the conveyance path and the remaining banknote storage section occurs When a banknote conveyance failure occurs in the step and the conveyance path, the transaction information in which the banknote conveyance failure has occurred, a failure state, and specific information of the inspection ticket read by the reading unit are printed on journal paper. An automatic transaction device comprising: a printing unit.

According to the present invention, as means for solving the above problems, there are provided: In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, Transport means for transporting banknotes through the path, and inspection in which a predetermined sheet number different from one sheet to another is added in advance to inspect the remaining of the banknotes in the transport path when a failure in transporting the banknotes in the transport path occurs. Inspection means for inspecting the remaining banknotes in the transport path by transporting the ticket through the transport path by the transport means, and storage along the transport path for storing the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path. Optically reading the sheet number of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means when a banknote conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path and the conveyance path. Character reading means to be taken, and when a bill conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, a transaction sheet in which the bill conveyance failure occurred, a failure status, a sheet number of the inspection ticket read by the character reading means, and the like, are journal sheets. And a printing means for printing on an automatic transaction device.

According to the present invention, there are provided means for solving the above-mentioned problems. In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, Transport means for transporting banknotes through the path, and an inspection in which a predetermined barcode different from one sheet to another is attached in advance to inspect the remaining of the banknotes in the transport path when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path. By transporting the ticket through the transport path by the transport means,
Inspection means for inspecting the remaining paper money in the transport path;
Provided along the transport path, and a residual banknote storage unit for storing the residual bill and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and when the banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, transported through the transport path by the transport unit. Bar code reading means for reading a bar code of the inspection ticket to be read, and when a bill conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the transaction information in which the bill conveyance failure occurred, a failure state, and the bar code reading means read the information. And a printing means for printing bar code information or the like of the inspection ticket on journal paper.

According to the present invention, there are provided means for solving the above-mentioned problems. In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, In an automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through a path, and a residual banknote storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, the banknotes in the transport path Inspecting for residual paper money in the transport path by transporting an inspection ticket to which specific information different for each sheet has been added in advance through the transport path in order to inspect for residual paper, Provided along the transport path, for storing the remaining bills and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and when a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path, Reading specific information of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means, and when a banknote conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, transaction information in which the banknote conveyance failure has occurred, a failure state, and Printing specific information or the like of the inspection ticket read by the reading step on a journal sheet.

According to the present invention, there are provided means for solving the above-mentioned problems. In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, In an automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through a path, and a residual banknote storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, the banknotes in the transport path Inspection of the remaining bills in the transport path, by transporting the inspection ticket with a predetermined sheet number different for each sheet in advance through the transport path in order to inspect the residual, A step provided along the transport path, for storing the remaining bills and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and when a bill transport failure in the transport path occurs A step of optically reading the sheet number of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance unit by a character reading unit; and a step in which, when a banknote conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the banknote conveyance failure occurs. And a step of printing, on a journal sheet, information, a failure state, and a sheet number of the inspection ticket read by the reading step, a control method of the automatic transaction apparatus is provided.

According to the present invention, there are provided means for solving the above-mentioned problems. In accordance with the transaction information, a transfer unit that transfers the bill to the user, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a transport path that extends between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit, In an automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through a path, and a residual banknote storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, the banknotes in the transport path Inspection of the remaining bills in the transport path, by transporting an inspection ticket with a predetermined barcode different for each sheet in advance through the transport path in order to inspect the residual, A step provided along the transport path to store the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and when a banknote transport failure in the transport path occurs Reading a barcode of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means by a barcode reading means, and when a paper money conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the transaction information in which the paper money conveyance failure occurred And printing a bar code information and the like of the inspection ticket read by the reading step on a journal sheet.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as an ATM) according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

This ATM is installed in a branch office of a financial institution, and performs self-service such as payment of cash, recording in a passbook, issuance of a new passbook, and the like. The ATM 1 includes a substantially rectangular box-shaped housing 2 as an apparatus main body, and a substantially L-shaped operation unit 3 facing a user is formed on a front surface of the housing 2.

On the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3, there is provided a banknote depositing / dispensing port 4 through which a large number of banknotes P to be deposited, transferred and transferred or banknotes P to be dispensed can be inserted or removed at a time. The bill receiving / dispensing port 4 is provided with a door 5 that can be opened and closed.

On the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3, a display unit 6 composed of a color liquid crystal display device having a touch panel is provided. The display unit 6 displays operation procedures and other information on a color screen by illustrations, characters or words, guides the user, and displays the personal identification number, the amount of money, the account number, the approval, confirmation or cancellation of the transaction. Display the key corresponding to, for example.

When the displayed key is pressed,
A so-called key input operation is performed in which a touch sensor (not shown) detects this and outputs a corresponding signal to a main control unit 11 described later.

On the vertical surface of the operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 7 for inserting a card in which a personal identification number and an account number are recorded, a passbook insertion opening 8 for inserting a passbook,
A coin deposit and withdrawal port 9 for inserting coins is provided.

Note that bills, cards, passbooks, and coins are
M constitutes a handling medium to be processed. In the housing 2,
A main control unit 11 for controlling the operation of the entire ATM; a magnetic card reader unit 12 for receiving a card inserted from the card insertion slot 7 and reading account information such as a personal identification number and an account number from a magnetic stripe unit on the card; A passbook printer unit 13 for reading information from the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted through the mouth 8 and recording transaction contents in the passbook, and a journal printer unit 24 for recording transaction contents on journal paper (not shown) are provided.

A bill receiving / dispensing unit 1 for receiving a paper defect P inserted into the bill receiving / dispensing port 4 and dispensing a designated amount of paper defect P to the deposit / dispensing port 4 is provided in the housing 2.
4. a coin receiving and dispensing unit 15 for receiving the coin C inserted into the coin depositing and dispensing port 9 and dispensing a designated amount of coin C to the coin depositing and dispensing port 9; An internal monitor 18 is provided as a staff operation unit.

Further, in the housing 2, there is provided a disk drive 19 for driving a floppy disk 19a as a data file in which information on financial institutions necessary for the transfer transaction, for example, bank branch names are recorded in the order of the Japanese syllabary. Control unit 11
A transmission control unit 20 for controlling data transmission between the host computer and a not-shown host computer, and a power supply unit 21 are provided.

The main controller 11 is connected to a staff remote monitor 22 provided outside the ATM 1. Then, the internal monitor 18 and the remote monitor 22 are instructed to detect the presence or absence of the ATM 1, exchange a safe, and replenish journal paper.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the configuration of the above-described bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 will be described in detail. The bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 is roughly divided into the upper unit 3
0 and the lower unit 31.

First, the configuration of the upper unit 30 will be described. Customer service surface direction of upper unit 30 (left direction in the figure)
At the upper part, a bill receiving / dispensing port 4 is provided.

A bill P is provided below the bill deposit / withdrawal port 4.
The bill storage chamber 32 capable of collectively storing a plurality of bills is formed. The bill accommodating chamber 32 constitutes a delivery unit in the present invention.

A take-out device 34 for taking out the bills P in the bill storage chamber 32 one by one by a take-out roller 33 is provided below the front part of the bill storage chamber 32. One wall surface of the bill storage room 3 is constituted by a backup body 35 that can move in a direction of coming and going with respect to the other wall surface, so that the capacity of the bill storage room 32 can be changed.

Further, the backup body 35 urges the bills P thrown into the bill accommodating chamber 32 toward the take-out roller 33 when the bills are taken in. An inspection ticket storage unit 80 is provided behind the bill storage chamber 32.
Has a plurality of patrol tickets 8 as inspection tickets to be described later.
Two or more are stacked.

In the vicinity of the inspection ticket storage unit 80, a patrol ticket 82 is removed from the inspection ticket storage unit 80 by a take-out roller 84.
A take-out device 85 is provided to take out. This take-out device 85 functions as supply means in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the patrol ticket 82 is formed in a rectangular shape with appropriate paper. Numbers that do not overlap each other are printed on the face of the patrol ticket 82 in advance, and this portion functions as the detected portion 82a.

As shown in FIG. 3, at the lower part of the upper unit 30 in the customer service surface direction (left direction in the figure), discrimination such as bill type, true / false, overlapped transport, fitness, front / back, breakage, etc. of the banknote P is performed. A bill checking device 36a as checking means and an optical character reading device 36b as reading means for reading characters printed on the face of the patrol ticket 82 are provided.

A unit controller 37 is provided at the back of the bill validator, that is, at the center of the upper unit 30 in the front-rear direction.
And a temporary depositing device 39 for temporarily depositing the deposited banknotes P into the depositing temporary depositing unit 38 with the front and back sides thereof arranged above the unit control unit 37. I have.

Further, the deposit temporary accumulation section 38 and the bill storage chamber 3
A temporary dispensing device 41 that temporarily accumulates the bills P to be paid to the customer at the time of dispensing in the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40 and then discharges the bills P to the bill accommodating chamber 32 is provided.

On the other hand, a first safe 50, a second safe 51, and a third safe 52 are arranged in the front-rear central portion of the lower unit 31 in order from the customer service surface direction (left direction in the figure). I have.

Of these safes, the first safe 50 and the second safe 51 are used as a ten thousand storehouse for storing 10,000 yen bills, and the remaining third safe 52 is used for storing one thousand yen bills. Used as a storehouse.

First, second, and third safes 50, 51, 52
Are provided with a bill taking-in mechanism 53 and a bill taking-out mechanism 54 at the upper end, respectively, and function as a recycle store for taking out bills and paying the bills to the customer at the time of dispensing while accommodating the paper money P received by the customer.

At the lower part of the lower unit 31 in the rear direction (right direction in the figure), three storage-type safes 60, 61 and 62 are arranged in a vertically stacked state. These storage-type safes 60, 61, and 62 are formed into a cassette to form a safe cassette 63, which can be integrally taken out of the housing 2.

The safe 60 at the top of the safe cassette 63 is a 5,000 yen storage / storage box for storing 5,000 yen bills and damaged tickets at the time of deposit, and the middle safe 61 is for storing banknotes that customers have left behind. The storage and the safe 62 constitute a reject storage for storing rejected banknotes (excluded banknotes) at the time of withdrawal and payment.

An auxiliary safe 65 is provided above the safe cassette 63 so as to extend to the upper unit 32. The auxiliary safe 65 temporarily collects the banknotes stored in the banknotes used for replenishment of the recycled banknotes and the banknotes P in the first, second, and third safes 50, 51, and 52 during the allocation process. It is used as a transfer warehouse to store.

The first to third safes 50, 51, 52,
The safe cassette 63 and the auxiliary safe 65 function as a bill storage unit in the present invention. A bill storage unit 32,
A plurality of bill transport paths R1 to R19 are formed between the first to third safes 50, 51, 52, the safe cassette 63, and the auxiliary safe 65, and bill transport is provided in the apparatus main body. A transport mechanism for transporting bills through the road is provided.

This transport mechanism includes banknote transport paths R1 to R19.
And a number of transport belts, transport rollers, and the like arranged along the line. Further, the transport mechanism includes a motor M as a drive source provided in a customer service surface direction (leftward direction in the drawing) in the lower unit 31 and a transport belt for transmitting a driving force of the motor M.
And a driving force transmission system 86 for transmitting to a driven portion such as a transport roller.

The banknote transport paths R1 to R19 are provided with a large number of gates 70 for sorting the transport direction of the banknote P. Banknote storage unit 32, deposit accumulation unit 38, dispensing accumulation unit 4
A number of optical sensors 71 as detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a bill, passage of a bill, and jam are provided in each part of the bill transport paths R1 to R19.

As shown in FIG. 5, two sets of sensors 71 are provided at each installation position of the transport path. That is, each sensor 71 includes a light emitting unit 71a and a light receiving unit 71b.
, And is disposed so as to detect both ends in the width direction of the banknote P traveling in the direction of arrow A in the transport path.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 14 includes the above-described unit control unit 37 for controlling the operation of the entire unit.
It is connected to the main control unit 11 that controls the operation of M1 all holidays.

The unit main controller 37 is connected to the banknote inspection device 36 and the unit sub controller 90.
In addition, the unit sub-control unit 90 includes the unloading devices 34 and 8
A drive motor 91 for selectively driving the motor 5 and a transport motor M of the transport mechanism are connected via motor drivers 92 and 93, respectively, and a solenoid 94 for switching the gate 70 is connected via a solenoid driver 95. I have.

Further, the unit sub-control unit 90 is connected to a sensor 96 and a ROM 96 in which an operation program for controlling the operation of the banknote dispensing unit 14 and the like are stored.

The unit sub-control unit 90 operates the motor drivers 92 and 9 in accordance with an operation program stored in the ROM 96 in accordance with a command from the unit main control unit 37.
3 and controls the operation of the solenoid driver 95.

Next, various embedding operations of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 having the above-described configuration will be described. 7 and 8 show the flow of banknotes during a deposit transaction.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, when the bills P are inserted into the bill accommodating chamber 32 through the bill receiving / dispensing port 4 and the sensor 71 detects the insertion of the bills, the bills P are discharged from the take-out device 34. It is pressed against the take-out roller 33 by the backup body 35.

In this state, the unit sub-control unit 90 operates the drive motor 91 via the motor driver 92 based on the command from the unit main control unit 37, and drives the take-out roller 33 to rotate clockwise in FIG. I do.

By the rotation of the take-out roller 33, the bills P in the bill accommodating chamber 4 are taken out one by one, and the bill transport path R1
Sent to In addition, the unit sub-control unit 90 operates the transport motor M via the motor driver 93 to drive the transport rollers and the transport belt of the transport mechanism, and controls the gates 70 via the solenoid trivers 95 and the solenoid 94. Switching is performed at a predetermined timing.

As a result, the banknotes P are sequentially transported along the banknote transport paths R1 to R4 as indicated by solid arrows in FIG. At this time, each banknote P is denominated by the banknote inspection device 36 provided in the banknote transport path R2,
Front / back, true / false, overlapped conveyance, damage, damage, etc. are determined.

Thereafter, the banknotes in the depositing / temporarily accumulating device 39 are selectively sorted to the banknote transport path R5 or R6, and are temporarily accumulated in the depositing / temporarily accumulating section 38 in a state where the front and back are arranged.

The rejected banknotes P, which could not be read by the banknote inspection device 36, are moved to the banknote transport path R as indicated by the dashed arrows.
After being guided from 6 to the withdrawal temporary accumulating unit 40 and accumulated, the lump is returned to the bill accommodating chamber 32 via the bill conveyance path R7 at the same time, and the door 5 is opened to be refunded to the customer to prompt re-entry. .

When all the deposited banknotes P have been read, the deposited amount is displayed on the display unit 6. The customer checks the deposit amount,
If it is correct, the user presses a confirmation button on the display unit 6 with a built-in touch panel.

When the confirmation button is pressed, the banknotes P in the depositing / accumulating portion 38 are taken out one by one and passed through the banknote transport paths R8, R1, R2, R9 as indicated by solid arrows in FIG. Conveyed sequentially.

Then, the 10,000-yen banknote P and the 1,000-yen banknote P are guided to the banknote transport path R10, and the banknote take-in mechanism 53 causes the first safe (million-yen bank) 50 or the second safe (million-yen bank). 51 and a third safe (thousand yen storehouse) 52.

The 5,000-yen bill P and the damaged ticket are stored in the safe (5,000 yen / unfitted bill storage) 60 in the upper section of the safe cassette 63 through the bill transport path R12, as indicated by the dashed arrow.

Further, the rejected banknote P is passed through the banknote transport path R14 as shown by the dashed arrow, and
Is stored in a safe (reject storage) 62 in the lower tier. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, at the time of the withdrawal transaction, the bill corresponding to the amount requested by the customer is the first safe (10,000 yen store) 50, the second safe (10,000 yen store) 51, and the third safe. From the safe (thousand-yen storehouse) 52.

The taken out banknotes are transferred to the banknote transport path R10,
R15, R2, R3, R4, and R6 are sequentially transported, and guided to the dispensing temporary accumulating device 41, and the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40
Is temporarily accumulated.

After the stacking, the bills are collectively sent to the bill accommodating chamber 32 through the bill transport path R7, and the door 5 is opened to be paid to the customer. At this time, the rejected banknote P determined by the banknote inspection device 36 is sent to and stored in the safe (reject storage) 62 at the lower stage of the safe cassette 63 through the banknote transport path R14 as indicated by the dashed arrow.

At the time of the dispensing transaction, if the bill P paid out remains in the bill accommodating chamber 32 even after a certain period of time has elapsed, it is determined that "forgot". After the door 5 is closed, the banknotes P in the banknote storage chamber 32 are taken in one by one by the take-out roller 33, and the banknote transport paths R1, R2, R9,
It is collected in the safe (forgotten storage) 61 in the middle of the safe cassette 63 through R11 and R13.

On the other hand, when a bill conveyance failure such as a bill jam occurs in the bill depositing / dispensing unit 14, first, a bank clerk pulls out the bill depositing / dispensing unit 14 from the ATM main body, opens the bill conveying path and the safe, and jams. Remove the banknotes.

Subsequently, after the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 is reloaded into the ATM main body by the attendant, the patrol ticket 82 is flown through the banknote conveying path, and the banknotes or a part of the torn bills stay in the banknote conveying path. A confirmation is made as to whether or not they are doing so.

FIGS. 10, 11, and 12 show a patrol ticket 82.
It shows the flow. First, as shown in FIG. 10, the unit sub-control unit 90 sends a drive motor 91 via a motor driver 92 based on a command from the unit main control unit 37.
To drive the take-out roller 84 of the take-out device 85 to rotate.

By the rotation of the take-out roller 84, the uppermost patrol ticket is taken out of the patrol tickets 82 in the inspection ticket storage section 80. In addition, the transport motor M is driven via the motor driver 93, and the patrol ticket 82 thus taken out is sent to the pay-out temporary accumulating section 40 through the bill transport path R6 by the transport mechanism, and further sent to the bill storage chamber 32. Can be

Subsequently, the patrol ticket 82 is conveyed through the banknote inspection device 36 and the banknote conveying paths R2 to R4 in the same manner as in the payment transaction. As shown in FIG. 11, the patrol ticket 82 conveyed to the banknote transport path R4 passes again through the banknote transport path R1, the banknote inspection device 36, and the banknote transport path R2 through the banknote transport paths R5 and R8, and After being distributed to the lower unit 31 and passing through the bill transport path R10, the paper is again sent to the upper unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 12, the patrol ticket 82 sent to the upper unit 30 passes through the banknote inspecting device 36 and the banknote transport path R2 once again, as in the case of the withdrawal transaction, and then passes through the banknote transport path R9. Safe cassette 6 through R11
3 is transported and stored in the reject storage 62.

When the patrol ticket 82 is conveyed through the banknote transport path as described above, if any of the remaining banknotes or torn banknotes are not retained in the banknote transport path, the patrol ticket 82 is transferred to the reject storage 62. The unit main control unit 37 recognizes that the paper money has been normally conveyed and no paper money remains in the paper money conveyance path.

Conversely, when bills remain in the bill transport path, the patrol ticket 82 becomes jammed at the position where the bills remain during transport. Therefore, in this case, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 14 is withdrawn from the ATM body by the attendant, the banknote transport path is opened, and the jammed patrol ticket 82 and the remaining banknotes are removed.

In any case, the result of the processing for confirming the presence / absence of bills on the patrol ticket, together with the transaction information and the fault occurrence information, is output by the journal printer unit 24 in a predetermined format as shown in FIG. Record at 24a.

At this time, the character reading device 3
The number on the patrol sheet read by 6b is also recorded on the journal paper 24a at the same time. According to the automatic transaction device configured as described above, when a paper jam occurs in the paper money transport path, first, the patrol ticket 82 is transported through the paper money transport path after the jam processing is performed by an attendant. It is possible to confirm whether or not bills are staying in the bill transport path.

At this time, since the record of the carrying process of the patrol ticket 82 is left, the patrol ticket overlaps with the remaining bill P or is pushed out and carried and stored in the reject box 62 as shown in FIG. Even if it is performed, it is possible to reliably recognize which transport process the banknotes stored in the reject storage 62 are based on, and the subsequent processes can be performed accurately.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, optical characters are read by printing numbers on the patrol ticket 82, but a barcode may be printed on the patrol ticket surface and read by a barcode reading device.

[0077]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically determine which inspection process the bill stored in the reject storage was stored together with the inspection ticket. A transaction device and a control method thereof can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the entire automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a bill receiving / dispensing unit of the automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a patrol ticket.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing a transport path and a sensor of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing an ellipse of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow of banknotes when the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit performs deposit processing.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow of banknotes when the banknote depositing / dispensing unit performs deposit processing.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a flow of bills when the bill depositing / dispensing unit dispenses.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing the flow of a patrol ticket in the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing a flow of a patrol ticket in the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view showing a flow of a patrol ticket in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view schematically showing a state in which a patrol ticket and a remaining bill are conveyed in a conveyance path of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of journal printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic transaction apparatus 11 ... Main control part 13 ... Bankbook printer part 14 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 15 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal unit 32 ... Banknote accommodation chamber 34, 85 ... Takeout apparatus 36a ... Banknote inspection apparatus 36b ... Optical character reading apparatus 37 Unit control units 50, 51, 52 Safe 71 Sensor 90 Unit sub-control units R1 to R19 Transport path 24 Journal printer unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] A transfer unit configured to transfer a bill to a user according to transaction information; a bill storage unit configured to store bills; and a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit. A transport means for transporting the bills through the transport path, and when a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path, specific information different for each sheet in advance for inspecting the remaining bills in the transport path is provided. By transporting the attached inspection ticket through the transport path by the transport means, inspection means for inspecting the remaining bills in the transport path, provided along the transport path, the remaining bills in the transport path and the A remaining bill storage unit for storing an examination ticket, and specific information of the examination ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means when a bill conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path. Reading means for reading, when a banknote transport failure occurs in the transport path, transaction information in which the banknote transport failure occurred, a failure state, and specific information of the inspection ticket read by the reading means, etc. in a journal paper. An automatic transaction device, comprising: a printing unit that prints on a computer. 2. A delivery section for delivering a bill to a user in accordance with transaction information, a bill storage section for storing a bill, and a transport path extending between the bill storage section and the delivery section. A transport means for transporting the bills through the transport path, and when a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path, a predetermined sheet number different for each sheet in advance to inspect the remaining bills in the transport path. By transporting the inspection ticket marked with through the transport path by the transport means,
Inspection means for inspecting the remaining banknotes in the transport path, provided along the transport path, a residual banknote storage unit for storing the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and a defective banknote transport failure in the transport path. A character reading unit that optically reads a sheet number of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance unit, when the banknote conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path; An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints, on a journal sheet, generated transaction information, a failure state, and a sheet number of the inspection ticket read by the character reading unit. 3. A delivery section for delivering a bill to a user in accordance with transaction information, a bill storage section for storing a bill, and a transport path extending between the bill storage section and the delivery section. A transport means for transporting bills through the transport path, and when a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path, a predetermined barcode that differs in advance for each sheet in order to inspect the remaining bills in the transport path By transporting the inspection ticket attached with through the transport path by the transport means, inspection means for inspecting the remaining bills in the transport path, provided along the transport path, the remaining bills in the transport path and A remaining bill storage unit for storing the inspection ticket, and a bag for the inspection ticket transported through the transport path by the transport unit when a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path. Bar code reading means for reading a code, when a bill conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the transaction information in which the bill conveyance failure occurred, a failure state, and a bar code of the inspection ticket read by the bar code reading means. An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints information and the like on journal paper. 4. A delivery unit for delivering a bill to a user in accordance with transaction information, a bill storage unit for storing a bill, and a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the delivery unit. In the automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through the transport path, and a residual bill storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a bill transport failure in the transport path occurs, Inspection of banknotes remaining in the transport path is performed by transporting an inspection ticket to which specific information different for each sheet is added in advance through the transport path by the transport means in order to inspect the remaining paper money in the transport path. And a step provided along the transport path for storing the remaining bills and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and a bill transport failure in the transport path occurs. When reading, the step of reading the specific information of the inspection ticket transported through the transport path by the transport means, When a bill transport failure occurs in the transport path, transaction information that the bill transport failure occurred, A step of printing, on a journal sheet, a failure status and specific information of the inspection ticket read by the reading step, etc., a control method of the automatic transaction apparatus. 5. A delivery unit for delivering a bill to a user in accordance with transaction information, a bill storage unit for storing a bill, and a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the delivery unit. In the automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through the transport path, and a residual bill storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a bill transport failure in the transport path occurs, By transporting the inspection ticket with a predetermined sheet number different for each sheet in advance to inspect the remaining banknotes in the transport path through the transport path by the transport means,
Inspection of the remaining banknotes in the transport path, provided along the transport path, storing the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and when a banknote transport failure in the transport path occurs Optically reading the sheet number of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means by a character reading means; and when a paper money conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the paper money conveyance failure occurs. And a step of printing, on a journal sheet, transaction information, a failure state, and a sheet number of the inspection ticket read in the reading step, a control method of the automatic transaction apparatus. 6. A delivery unit for delivering a bill to a user in accordance with transaction information, a bill storage unit for storing a bill, and a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the delivery unit. In the automatic transaction device having a transport means for transporting banknotes through the transport path, and a residual bill storage unit for storing residual banknotes in the transport path, when a bill transport failure in the transport path occurs, By transporting an inspection ticket with a predetermined barcode different for each sheet in advance through the transport path by the transport means in order to inspect the residual bills in the transport path, the residual paper money in the transport path is reduced. Inspecting, providing along the transport path, storing the remaining banknotes and the inspection ticket in the transport path, and defective banknote transport in the transport path. Reading the barcode of the inspection ticket conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance means by a barcode reading means when the paper conveyance failure occurs, and when a paper money conveyance failure occurs in the conveyance path, the paper money conveyance failure A step of printing, on a journal paper, transaction information in which the error has occurred, a failure situation, and barcode information of the inspection ticket read in the reading step, on a journal sheet.