JP2002056434A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimally change conveying speed of a medium such as a bill in response to a using state of the automatic transaction device. SOLUTION: This automatic transaction device comprises a customer operating part 207 having an input part and a guide displaying part of an operation, a detailed statement issuing mechanism for issuing a detailed statement, a card processing mechanism for reading or writing a transaction card, and a medium conveying mechanism of conveying the medium between a medium intake hole 302 and a medium storing part. The medium conveying mechanism has a changing means of conveying speed, the changing means sets the medium conveying speed to a first conveying speed when a change interval of customers operating the automatic transaction device is shorter than a predetermined period, and sets the medium conveying speed to a second conveying speed lower than the first conveying speed when the change interval of customers is longer than the predetermined period.

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, and more particularly, to an automatic transaction apparatus provided with a switching means for switching a conveying speed of a medium such as a bill according to a use condition of the apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 8-339466 discloses that when it is anticipated that it will be difficult to quickly recover from a failure that has occurred in an automatic transaction apparatus, such as a holiday, a media transfer device for bills and the like in the automatic transaction apparatus by a staff member. It is shown that the transport speed of the vehicle is reduced to reduce the occurrence rate of trouble.

[0003]

The technique disclosed in the above-mentioned publication reduces the transport speed of a medium transport device for bills and the like in an automatic transaction device by a staff member operation on a holiday or the like. The waiting time becomes longer. Also,
Since the medium transport speed on weekdays and holidays is switched by a staff member operation, the intended function cannot be obtained if the switching operation is forgotten.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an automatic transaction apparatus capable of optimally switching the transport speed of a medium such as a bill depending on the use condition of the apparatus.

[0005]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

A customer operation unit comprising an input unit and an operation guidance display unit, a statement issuing mechanism for issuing a transaction statement,
In an automatic transaction apparatus comprising a card handling mechanism for reading and writing a transaction card and a medium transport mechanism for transporting a medium between a medium inlet and a medium storage unit, the medium transport mechanism is a replacement of a customer who operates the automatic transaction apparatus. If the period is short, the medium transport speed is set to high speed, and if the customer replacement period is long, the medium transport speed is set to low speed. Further, the medium transport mechanism can switch the transport speed according to the transaction day and the transaction time zone, the hardness of the medium to be handled, and the like.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external view of an automatic transaction device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic transaction device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism. In these figures, 101 is an automatic transaction apparatus such as a cash automatic transaction apparatus, 102 is a statement slip outlet, 103 is a passbook transfer port, and 104 is a coin deposit and withdrawal port. 201 is a main control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus, 202 is a card handling mechanism for reading and writing transaction cards, 203 is a passbook handling mechanism for turning pages of a passbook, printing transaction records, and the like, and 204 is a coin handling for depositing and withdrawing coins. Mechanism, 205 a journal print mechanism for printing transaction records, 206 a statement slip issuing mechanism, 20
Reference numeral 7 denotes a customer operation unit including a display unit and an input unit for displaying an operation guidance screen to the customer; 207, a staff operation unit including a display unit and an input unit for displaying an operation guidance screen to a clerk;
01 is a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism, 302 is a deposit / withdrawal bill transfer unit of the bill receiving / dispensing mechanism, 303 is a deposit / withdrawal bill transfer unit transport path connecting the deposit / withdrawal banknote transfer unit 302 and an overall transport path 310 described below, 304, 305. , 306 are bill storage cassettes respectively, 307 is a temporary stacker for temporarily storing received bills, 308 is a bill thickness measuring unit, 309 is a bill discriminating unit for judging the authenticity of bills, 310 is the whole inside of the bill receiving / dispensing mechanism. This is the entire transport path for delivering banknotes to the company.

When the customer operates the customer operation unit 207 to perform a deposit transaction, the bill receiving / dispensing mechanism 301 receives the bill inserted by the customer into the deposit / withdrawal bill passing unit 302, and transfers the deposited / delivered bill passing unit transport path 303 and the whole. After the bill is transported through the transport path 310 and the authenticity of the bill is verified by the bill thickness measuring unit 308 and the bill validating unit 309, the temporary stacker 3
07. It verifies the authenticity of all received bills and obtains customer confirmation of the received money.
After the transaction is completed with the confirmation of the customer, the temporary stacker 30
The banknotes of various amounts stored in 7 are stored in the banknote storage cassettes 304, 305, and 306 provided corresponding to the banknotes of various amounts via the entire transport path 310.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a drive circuit of the transport motor 406. In these figures, reference numeral 401 denotes a CPU for performing overall control of a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism; 402, a memory for storing a program for overall control and a transport speed table of a transport path;
03, a communication interface for performing communication with the main control unit 201; 404, a calendar and a clock for extracting the day of the week, which is the transport speed switching timing of the transport path;
Reference numeral 405 denotes a drive control unit that drives each motor constituting the transport path, 406 denotes a transport motor that drives the transport path, 407 denotes a feed roller drive motor that drives a feed roller 703 described later, and 408 drives a gate roller 703 that is described later. A gate roller drive motor 409 is an angle sensor for converting the banknote hardness into an angle for measurement, and 410 is a controller for the angle sensor 409.

Reference numeral 501 denotes a conveyance speed table which indicates the rotation speed of the feed roller 703 and the gate roller 704 for separating the banknote and the conveyance speed of the entire conveyance path 310 by a first speed, a second speed, and a third speed. Is defined as Reference numeral 502 denotes a timer, which acquires a timer value corresponding to each speed from the transport speed table, and sends a pulse signal at a time interval corresponding to the timer value to the phase signal generation circuit 503. A phase signal generation circuit 503 generates a drive signal for driving the transport motor based on the pulse signal. 5
An amplifier 04 drives a transport path motor 406 that amplifies the drive signal and drives the entire transport path 310.

In FIG. 5, the drive circuit of the transport path motor 406 for driving the entire transport path 310 has been described. However, the feed roller drive motor 407 and the gate roller drive motor 408 can be similarly configured.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed switching process based on the customer change time (waiting time).
In step 601, the process waits for the end of the transaction processing of the first customer. In step 602, it is determined whether or not the second customer has started a transaction operation, and if so, the process proceeds to step 605; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 603. In step 603, it is determined whether or not one second has elapsed. If it has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 604; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 602. In step 604, 1 is added to n. In step 605, it is determined whether or not the value of n is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. If the value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step 606; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 607. In step 606, it is determined whether or not the number of banknotes corresponding to the transaction amount is m or more. If the number is m or more, the process proceeds to step 707. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step 608. In step 607, the transport speed is set to a first speed (standard speed). In step 608, the transport speed is set to the third speed (lower than the standard speed), and the process ends.

That is, when the transaction of the first customer is completed in step 601, steps 602 and 60
At 3,604, the time until the second customer transaction is started (customer replacement time) is measured. In step 605, when the second customer transaction starts, it is determined whether or not the replacement time of the customer is longer than a predetermined time, and if not, it is determined that the customer has already made a queue, Proceed to step 607. Step 607
, The first speed (standard speed) set relatively high
To prevent the service from being lowered by driving the transport path.

If it is determined in step 606 that the number of transactions is larger than a certain set value, it is determined that the processing time should be given priority because the transaction time is prolonged. Drives the transport path.

On the other hand, if the customer turnover time is longer than the predetermined time and the number of transactions is smaller than a certain set value, the transport path is driven at step 608 at the third speed set to a relatively low speed. To reduce the jam occurrence rate.

Next, a description will be given of processing for switching the transport speed of the transport path based on the hardness of the bill. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a bill hardness measuring means for measuring the hardness of a bill. In FIG. 7, (a)
Is a diagram showing a bill hardness measuring means at the start of bill separation,
(B) is a side view of the angle sensor when measuring banknote hardness,
(C) is a perspective view of the angle sensor when measuring banknote hardness,
(D) is a figure explaining the measurement angle of banknote hardness measurement. In these figures, 701 and 702 are bill holding plates, 7
Reference numeral 03 denotes a feed roller, reference numerals 704 and 705 denote gate rollers, reference numerals 706 and 707 denote transport guide rollers, and reference numeral 708 denotes a pay-in / pay-out banknote transfer section transport path.

Reference numeral 709 is a bill hardness measuring roller, 710 is an angle sensor, 711 is a pressing spring for urging the bill hardness measuring roller in the bill direction, 712 is a support rod for supporting the bill hardness measuring roller, and 713 is a bill. is there. Also, K1 and K2
Is the measurement angle of the angle sensor. When the customer puts the bill into the deposit / withdrawal bill delivery unit 302 and the deposit / withdrawal transaction starts,
One banknote 713 is separated by the feed roller 703. The gate rollers 704 and 705 transport the separated banknotes to the deposit / withdrawal banknote transfer section transport path 708, and subsequently, the transport path 7.
Reference numeral 08 conveys the banknote to the entire banknote transport path 310, and performs a depositing process via the transport path. Note that the deposit / withdrawal banknote transfer section transport path 708 is independent of the overall transport path 310 and can be stopped even when the overall transport path 310 is operating.

When the banknote 713 passes through the gate roller 704, the banknote 713 is conveyed from a flat straight state in a curved manner along the circular surface of the gate roller. The curved bill has higher rigidity than the flat state and pushes the bill hardness measuring roller 709 back. However, if the banknote is old, wrinkled, or wet, it does not have rigidity even if it is curved, and the banknote hardness roller 709 cannot be pushed back. Therefore, the degree of pushing back varies depending on the hardness of the bill, and the difference can be recognized as the angle of the angle sensor (710). Therefore, it is possible to read the value of the angle sensor 710 and convert the value, for example, K1, K2, into the hardness of the bill.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing for switching the transport speed of the transport path based on the hardness of the bill. Step 80
In step 1, the process waits until one banknote 713 is separated by the feed roller 703. The separated banknotes are further conveyed by gate rollers 704 and 705, and conveyed to a deposit / withdrawal banknote transfer section conveyance path 708. In step 802, the process waits for the bill to be transported to the bill hardness measurement position.
When the bill is conveyed to the bill hardness measurement position, step 803 is executed.
Proceed to. In step 803, the value of the angle sensor 710 is read. In step 804, the angle sensor 7
It is determined whether or not the read value of 10 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value K1. If it is equal to or greater than K1, the process proceeds to step 809; Step 8
At 05, it is determined whether or not the value read by the angle sensor 710 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value K2. If the value is equal to or greater than K2, the process proceeds to step 807; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 806. In step 806, this bill 71
No. 3 judges that the paper cannot be conveyed, rotates the gate roller 704 and the feed roller 703 in the reverse direction, returns the bill, and interrupts the deposit processing. At this time, an indication that there is an unsuitable bill for payment is displayed on the customer operation unit 207, and guidance for selecting whether to perform a payment process on the already taken bill or to return the bill is displayed. In step 807, it is determined whether the current transport speed is the third speed (relatively low speed). If the current transport speed is the third speed, the process proceeds to step 809; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 808. In step 808, the transport speed is set to the third speed, and in step 809, the deposit processing is continued. That is, when the value of the angle sensor is larger than K2, it is determined that the transfer is possible if the transfer speed is reduced, and the transfer is performed at a low speed. In step 810, it is determined whether or not all of the deposit processing has been completed. If not, the process proceeds to step 801; otherwise, the process ends. Note that the transport speed may be returned to the first speed at the time when the banknote with insufficient hardness detected in step 804 or step 805 is stored in the cassette box. Further, other sensors such as a laser sensor can be used in place of the angle sensor to measure the hardness of the bill.

Next, a description will be given of a transfer speed switching process of the transfer path depending on the day of the week and the time zone of the transaction. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a speed table for switching the transport speed of the transport path depending on the transaction start day and time. The table is stored in the memory 402. In the figure, 901 is a speed table for weekdays, 902 is a speed table for holidays, 903.
Is a speed table for a specific day (for example, New Year).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed switching process of the transfer path depending on the day of the week and the time zone of the transaction. In step 1001, the process waits for the start of a transaction. When a transaction is started, the calendar and clock 404 are referred to. In step 1003, it is determined whether today is a holiday. If it is a holiday, the process proceeds to step 1004; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1005. At step 1004, the holiday speed table is set as today's speed table. In step 1005, it is determined whether or not today is a specific day. If it is a specific day, the process proceeds to step 1006; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1007. In step 1006, the specific day speed table is set as the today's speed table. In step 1007, the weekday speed table is set as today's speed table. In step 1008, the calendar and the clock 4
The current time is read with reference to 04. Step 1009
In, comparing the set speed table and the current time, to determine whether the current time is the first speed operation time zone,
If the current time is the first speed operation time zone, step 101
0, otherwise to step 1011. In step 1010, the transport speed of the transport path is set to the first speed. In step 1011, the set speed table is compared with the current time to determine whether the current time is in the second speed operation time zone. If the current time is in the second speed operation time zone, the process proceeds to step 1012, Otherwise, go to step 1013. In step 1012,
The transport speed of the transport path is set to the second speed. Step 10
At 13, the transport speed of the transport path is set to the third speed, and the process ends.

Next, a description will be given of a transfer speed switching process of the transfer path by a staff member operation. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a speed setting screen in the attendant operation unit. The attendant can operate the speed setting screen shown in the figure to arbitrarily set the transport speed. That is, the user can press the first speed button 1101, the second speed button 1103, and the third speed button 1105, respectively, and operate at a transport speed corresponding to the pressed button. Also, the timetable speed button 110
When the button 7 is pressed, the operation is performed at the transport speed according to the day of the week and the time as described above. Since it is difficult for an attendant to respond to a failure regardless of holidays or weekdays at an unmanned transaction place installed in a remote place, the third speed may be selected in advance. Check buttons 1102, 1104, 1106, and 1108 are provided beside each button, and the pressed button is identified and displayed.

Further, a customer change time monitoring button 110
9. A bill hardness monitoring button 1111 is provided, and when these buttons are pressed, the customer's turnover time and bill hardness are monitored in subsequent transactions. Note that check buttons 1110 and 1112 are similarly provided beside these buttons. When the end button 1113 is pressed, the speed setting screen ends. Note that if the speed of the transport path is changed while a medium such as a bill is being transported, a change in the speed of the transport path may cause a jam.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a process of switching the transport speed of the transport path by an operator. In step 1201, the process waits until a button is operated. In step 1202, it is determined whether the speed selection button has been operated or not. If the speed selection button has been operated, the process proceeds to step 1203;
Proceed to 4. In step 1203, the transport speed is set to one of the first speed, the second speed, the third speed, and the timetable speed according to the operated button. At step 1204, the customer change time monitoring button 110
It is determined whether or not No. 9 has been pressed. If it has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 1205;
Proceed to. In step 1205, the customer change time monitoring flag is set to ON to monitor the customer change time, and the transport speed is selected based on the change time. Step 120
In 6, it is determined whether or not the bill hardness monitoring button 1111 has been pressed. If the button has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 1207; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1208. In step 1207, the banknote hardness monitoring flag is set to ON to monitor the banknote hardness, and the transport speed is selected based on the banknote hardness. In step 1208, it is determined whether or not the end button has been pressed. If it has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 1209; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1202. In step 1209, wait for the transaction to end,
When the transaction is completed, the process proceeds to step 1210. Step 1
At 210, the setting change is validated to change the transport speed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The transport speed of the medium can be automatically switched according to the waiting time of the customer, the state of the bill, or the day of the week or time zone. Further, it is possible to optimally switch between the high-speed transport processing of the medium in which the processing speed is prioritized and the low-speed transport processing of the medium in which the reduction of the failure rate is prioritized.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to optimally switch the transport speed of a medium such as a bill according to the use condition of the automatic transaction apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an automatic transaction device.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a drive circuit of a transport motor.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a transfer speed switching process based on a customer change time.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a bill hardness measuring means.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed switching process based on banknote hardness.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a speed table for switching the transport speed according to the day of the week and the time zone of the transaction.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed switching process according to a transaction start day and a time zone.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a speed setting screen in the attendant operation unit.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed switching process of a transfer path by a staff operation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Automatic transaction apparatus 102 Statement outlet 103 Bank transfer port 104 Coin deposit / withdrawal port 201 Main control unit 202 Card handling mechanism 203 Passbook handling mechanism 204 Coin handling mechanism 205 Journal print mechanism 206 Statement slip issuing mechanism 207 Customer operation unit 301 Bill receipt / payment Cash mechanism 302 Deposit / dispense banknote transfer section 303 Transfer banknote transfer section transport path 304, 305, 306 Bill storage cassette 307 Temporary stacker 308 Bill thickness measuring section 309 Bill discriminating section 310 Overall transport path 401 CPU 402 Memory 403 Communication interface 404 Calendar And clock 405 drive control unit 406 transport motor 407 feed roller drive motor 408 gate roller drive motor 409 angle sensor 410 angle sensor control unit 501 speed table 502 timer 503 Signal generating circuit 504 amplifier 701, 702 bill pressing plate 703 feed rollers 704 and 705 gate rollers 706 and 707 conveying guide rollers 708 receiving and dispensing paper money delivery portion conveyor path 709 bill hardness measurement roller 710 angle sensor 711 presses the spring 712 supporting rod 713 banknotes

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A customer operation unit comprising an input unit and an operation guide display unit; a statement issuing mechanism for issuing a transaction statement; a card handling mechanism for reading and writing a transaction card; An automatic transaction device comprising a medium transport mechanism for transporting between departments, wherein the medium transport mechanism includes a transport speed switching unit, wherein the switching period of a customer operating the automatic transaction device is shorter than a predetermined period. Setting the medium transport speed to a first transport speed, and setting the medium transport speed to a second transport speed lower than the first transport speed if the customer replacement period is longer than the predetermined period. Automatic transaction equipment characterized. 2. A customer operation unit comprising an input unit and an operation guidance display unit; a statement issuance mechanism for issuing a transaction statement; a card handling mechanism for reading and writing a transaction card; An automatic transaction device comprising a medium transport mechanism for transporting between units, wherein the medium transport mechanism includes a transport speed switching unit, and the switching unit is configured to set a transport speed according to a transaction start day and time. Wherein the transfer speed is switched according to the table. 3. A customer operation unit comprising an input unit and an operation guidance display unit; a statement issuance mechanism for issuing a transaction statement; a card handling mechanism for reading and writing a transaction card; An automatic transaction device comprising a medium transport mechanism for transporting between the units, wherein the medium transport mechanism includes a transport speed switching unit, and the switching unit responds to at least one of the number of media to be transported and the hardness of the media. An automatic transaction device comprising a speed table in which a transfer speed is set, and switching the transfer speed according to the table.