JP2005128905A - Cash automatic teller device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To pick up the face image of a person who operates a safe part and a safe-operating image with one camera mounted in a cash automatic teller device. <P>SOLUTION: The camera 2 mounted in the inner part of the rear part of the cash automatic teller device is structurally connected to a rear door 4 via a link 8. When the rear door 4 is closed, the camera 2 points in horizontal direction and picks up the face image of a person who stands behind the device. When the rear door 4 is opened, the camera 2 faces downward and picks up the safe part 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic cash transaction apparatus that handles cash, and more particularly to an automatic cash transaction apparatus that is suitable for monitoring personnel and maintenance personnel who operate the apparatus.

  An automatic cash transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution is an apparatus that withdraws a deposit or deposits cash by starting a medium such as a card or a passbook. Since it is a device that handles cash, the identification and prevention of crimes with cash is an essential proposition because of its nature. For this reason, a monitoring camera is installed in a room where the apparatus is placed, and video of a customer (end user) who is doing business is recorded on a video or the like (Patent Document 1). In recent years, a camera is built in the automatic teller machine itself to leave a face image of the customer who is doing the transaction. While monitoring customers, there is a problem that crime prevention within financial institutions must be considered in the future, and the need for staff monitoring is also increasing.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-115028

  On the other hand, the monitoring with a camera is generally a case where a wide range of monitoring is performed with one camera, and therefore there is a problem that if the operation is performed at the blind spot of the camera, the operation content cannot be grasped later. Specifically, if a blind spot is made with the door of the automatic teller machine opened, the contents and operation of the staff operating the banknote processing unit (also referred to as a safe or banknote unit) cannot be photographed.

  In addition, it is also possible to shoot the face image of the clerk attached outside the device so that the entire automated teller machine can be photographed with one camera, and photograph the contents of the clerk's operation by attaching one camera inside the device. However, at least two cameras were required and the product price was high, so it was not adopted.

  The present invention provides an automatic transaction apparatus that is suitable for monitoring when an attendant or maintenance staff operates an automatic cash transaction apparatus in view of the above-described problems, problems, and the like, and that can monitor operation contents with a low-cost / simple structure. For the purpose.

  When loading cash into a safe (banknote unit) with an automatic teller machine, a person stands at the back of the device and opens the rear door. Thereafter, the cassette and the like are removed from the safe and loaded. Therefore, in the present invention, a camera is mounted inside the apparatus at a position where the rear side is photographed, and a rotation mechanism that interlocks with opening and closing of the rear door is provided. This rotating mechanism is coupled with the hinge of the rear door. When the rear door is closed, the rear of the automatic teller machine is photographed with a camera. When the rear door is open, the camera is a rotating mechanism. To photograph the lower part (safe part) of the automatic teller machine. Thereby, the face image of the person who opens the door and the operation image of the person who operates the safe unit can be taken with one camera.

  In the present invention, in order to monitor the rear of the automatic teller machine with a camera, a driving mechanism linked to the rear door is provided to operate a face image of a person who opens and closes the rear door and a safe unit with one camera. An operation image can be taken.

  The automatic teller machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an external view of the automatic teller machine 1 as seen from the front, and mainly has a function of performing cash withdrawal and deposit transactions. The automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 is an apparatus that automatically executes various transactions requested by the user, and displays screens such as operation guidance (guidance) and announcement information for each user related to those transactions. The operation unit 10 receives a user's operation or an input pressed with a finger and detects the pressing. The operation unit 10 is preferably an input / display unit (also referred to as an input display unit) configured by a touch panel or the like, and displays various information and display screens specific to various transactions. Of course, pressing of various items included in the display screen is also detected.

  It has a function (magnetic head, magnetic reading unit) for reading or writing magnetic stripe information (MS: Magnetic Stripe) attached to the card, such as insertion or ejection operation of a cash card used at the time of transaction of the automatic teller machine 1 A card processing unit 11 is included. The card processing unit also has a function of printing the transaction contents on the statement slip by the printing unit and discharging it from the apparatus. Furthermore, there is also a passbook processing unit 12 that executes processing such as insertion and discharge of a passbook used at the time of transaction, printing operation by the printing unit to the passbook, and reading magnetic stripe information attached to the passbook with a magnetic head. In general, an MS is attached to a card or passbook held by a user, and information stored in the MS is generally read by the card processing unit 11 or the passbook processing unit 12, but an IC chip is used as the medium. In some cases, an IC information reading unit for reading the IC chip may be mounted on the card mechanism or the passbook mechanism.

  In addition, the automatic teller machine 1 is provided with a bill processing unit 6 for performing bill depositing / depositing functions, discriminating media, transporting and storing media, and depositing and / or dispensing coins. There is a coin processing unit 13 having a gold function. The processing of these units (the mechanism or unit is also referred to as means; the same applies hereinafter) is controlled by the control unit 16 described later.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the automatic teller machine 1 viewed from the rear, and shows a state in which the rear door 4 is closed and a state in which the rear door 4 is opened.
As shown in the figure, a rear door 4 is provided on the rear surface of the automatic teller machine 1, and a window 3 is provided on the rear door 4. A camera 2 (also referred to as a photographing unit) that can capture images (moving images and still images) is installed inside the apparatus, and the camera 2 is attached to the rotating unit 7. The rotating unit 7 is connected to the link 8, and the link 8 is connected to the rear door 4. When the rear door 4 is in a closed state (upper view in FIG. 3), the link 8 is directed toward the rear of the apparatus, and when the rear door 4 is open (lower view in FIG. 3), the rotary portion 7 is placed in a safe. It plays the role of directing to part 6. Thus, the link 8 serves as a mechanism for rotating the camera 2 attached to the rotating unit 8 by opening and closing the door, that is, a photographing unit rotating mechanism and structure. The bill processing unit 6 (also referred to as a safe unit) specifically stores 10,000 yen bills, thousand yen bills, or various denominations of foreign denominations as bills. A key 5 for opening and closing the rear door 4 is attached to the rear door 4. A detection unit 9 (specifically a sensor) is attached to the key 5 that opens and closes the rear door 4, and the state of the key 5 can be detected by the detection unit 9.

FIG. 2 shows an internal block diagram of the automatic teller machine 1 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3, and parts already described are given the same reference numerals. Hereinafter, each part of FIG. 3 will be mainly described.
The control unit 16 includes a hardware configuration such as a CPU and a memory, and a software configuration such as an OS for operating the apparatus 1 and an application. For example, from the deposit / withdrawal port in the banknote processing unit 6 in FIG. The processing of each transaction in the automatic teller machine 1 such as a deposit process and a withdrawal process from the storage is executed. This control unit 16 executes processing and functions of the entire apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rotatable camera 2 attached to the apparatus is electrically connected to the capture unit 14, and the capture unit 14 is electrically connected to the control unit 16. The image capturing unit captures an image, that is, the start of image capture is instructed by the control unit 16 to the capture unit 14, and the capture unit 14 captures the image sent from the camera 2 and transfers it to the control unit 16. Note that capturing means capturing (capturing) video (moving image, still image) in a storage unit or the like through a dedicated expansion board called a capture board, and recording and saving the video.

  A journal unit 15 is connected to the control unit 16, and journal information transferred from the control unit 16 is recorded. Further, the rear door key 5 is connected to the detection unit 9, and the detection unit 9 detects opening / closing information of the key 5. When the clerk turns the key 5 to the open position to open the rear door 4, the detection unit 9 detects it and transmits information to the control unit 16.

  The control unit 16 requests the capture unit 14 to transfer an image when the key is unlocked. The capture unit 14 starts capturing an image from the camera 2 and starts transferring the image to the control unit 16. The control unit 16 instructs the journal unit 15 to store the sent image and key unlock information as journal information. The journal unit 15 stores the transferred journal information (image and key unlock information). Thereafter, image storage continues until the key is closed. When the detecting unit 9 detects the key closed state, the control unit 16 transfers the key closing information to the journal unit 15 to instruct storage, and the journal unit In 15, the transferred information is stored. Further, when the key is closed, the control unit 16 instructs the capture unit 14 to end the capture.

  As described above, when capturing of an image taken by the camera 2 is started in response to the opening of the key, the window 3 of the rear door 4 (a mode in which a transparent plate is installed or hollowed out is desirable) is used. Take a picture of the operator's face. Then, by opening the rear door 4, the camera 2 is structurally rotated downward inside the apparatus by the link 8, and the contents of the operation of the operator who operates near the safe unit 6 (including the coin processing unit 13) are photographed. . This photographed image is stored in a journal together with key unlock information. Therefore, the face image of the staff member who operates the safe unit and the operation image that operates the safe unit can be taken with one camera and stored as journal information.

  As described above, by installing the camera 2 near the top of the apparatus as shown in FIG. Further, the camera can be clearly photographed in the horizontal direction by arranging the camera inside the apparatus, that is, inside the rear door, and then looking through a window installed in the door. In addition, by starting to activate the camera in response to the detection of the key, it is possible to perform the photographing specified by the clerk even when the rear door is closed. In addition, when the door is closed, the rear door and the camera are linked, and the camera is maintained in the horizontal direction when the door is closed, and the camera is rotated downward when the door is opened. An operation image operated by the clerk can be taken with the clerk's face image opened. In addition to storing the photographed image in the journal part, the photographed image is stored together with the key opening and key closing information, so that when the information stored in the journal is later read and verified, the safe is stored at a certain time. It is also possible to search from the journal information that has operated the key using key opening or key closing as a key, and to read a face image or an operation image from the journal information.

  In addition, when the camera lens is a wide-angle lens, the camera itself is expensive, but the above-described rotation structure of the camera is not necessary, and the face image and operation image of the clerk can be taken and stored. At that time, the camera starts and closes when the rear door key is in the open position, but the end of the shooting is the same. Therefore, it is possible to perform the same photographing only by starting and ending photographing by opening and closing the key, not by interlocking with the rear door.

  Further, a mode in which the camera is fixed and the reflecting plate is rotated to capture the face image and the operation image of the attendant is also conceivable.

Front view of automatic teller machine Control block diagram of automatic teller machine Rear view of automatic cash transaction equipment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic cash transaction apparatus, 2 ... Camera, 3 ... Window, 4 ... Rear door, 5 ... Key, 6 ... Banknote processing part, 7 ... Rotation part, 8 ... Link, 9 ... Detection part, 15 ... Journal part, 16 ... Control unit

Claims (5)

  In an automatic teller machine that handles cash, a door that is installed on the rear surface of the apparatus and can be opened and closed, a photographing unit that is installed inside the apparatus and photographs a subject, a key that opens and closes the door, The detection unit that detects opening and closing, and the imaging unit is activated by detecting the opening of the key by the detection unit, the imaging of the imaging unit is terminated by detecting the closing of the key, and the image captured by the imaging unit is stored And an automatic cash transaction apparatus.   The door and the imaging unit are connected, and the imaging unit is maintained in a horizontal state when the door is closed, and has a rotating structure unit that rotates the imaging unit downward when the door is open. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein:   The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, further comprising a rotating structure unit that structurally connects the door and the photographing unit and rotates the photographing unit according to an opening / closing operation of the door. A storage unit for storing information;
2. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein when the image captured by the imaging unit is stored in the storage unit, the control unit stores the key opening / closing information. 3. 2. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the door has a window part capable of photographing the outside from the inside of the apparatus where the photographing part is installed, and the photographing part is attached in the vicinity of the upper part of the apparatus.

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