JP2009134599A - Apparatus for handling medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for prevent an operator from accidentally touching a moving medium carrier. <P>SOLUTION: A medium processor 8, a passbook cassette 3, a batch entry cassette 4, a door 5 for batch entry, and a medium carrier 6 are provided. An electromagnetic lock section 17 is provided for the door 5 for batch entry. When the medium carrier 6 moves to the top, the door 5 for batch entry is unlocked by the electromagnetic lock section 17, and a screen image is displayed showing that the door 5 for batch entry has been unlocked on a display/input section 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium handling device such as a bankbook handling device that is installed at a store window of a financial institution and manages a medium stored in a storage unit.

  A conventional medium handling device arranges a bankbook cassette storing a bankbook cassette and a new bankbook in two rows in the vertical direction, and provides a first transport path for transporting the bankbook cassette or the bankbook in the bankbook cassette between the rows. The passbook transported on the first transport path is handed over to the second transport path ahead, and a number of passbooks that have already been issued to the customer and taken by the foreigners temporarily taken from the external contacts. When storing in a lump, a lump book door provided on the housing is opened and a plurality of passbooks are directly stored in a lump book cassette (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Some general bankbook handling devices are configured so that a collective bookkeeping cassette can be drawn to the outside. In addition, instead of the first conveyance path provided between the above-mentioned columns, a medium carrier that moves between the columns and takes in a bankbook from a batch entry cassette or a bankbook cassette, and delivers the imported bankbook to the second conveyance path. There is something to have.
JP 04-130599 A (5th page, upper left column, 15th row-5th page, upper row, right column, 8th row, FIG. 1)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, when a batch recording cassette is pulled out by a medium handling apparatus equipped with a media carrier, the media carrier is exposed when the batch recording cassette is pulled out while the media carrier is moving. May cause the attendant to touch the moving media carrier by hand, which may cause injury to the attendant and malfunction of the media carrier. There is a problem that there is.

  An object of the present invention is to provide means for solving the above problems.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention collects a processing unit that performs processing such as bookkeeping in a passbook, a media cassette that stores a new passbook, and a passbook that has been issued and processed by the processing unit. A batch book cassette that can be stored, a door that is opened when the batch book cassette is pulled out, and a movable medium that takes in the bank book from the medium cassette or the batch book cassette and transfers the bank book to the transport path. A medium handling device having a carrier, comprising: a control unit for controlling locking or unlocking of the door; and a notification means for notifying the unlocking of the door, wherein the medium carrier reads a passbook from the collective bookkeeping cassette. When it moves to the position where it can be taken in, the control part unlocks the door, and the notification means notifies the unlocking of the lock part.

  Thus, according to the present invention, since the electromagnetic lock portion of the collective entry door is unlocked when the medium carrier is positioned at the uppermost part of the medium storage portion, the attendant opens the collective entry door and opens the medium. When the carrier is pulled out or stored, it is possible to prevent the medium carrier from being touched.

  Embodiments of a bankbook handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1A and 1B are explanatory views showing a bankbook handling apparatus according to a first embodiment, in which FIG. 1A shows an internal schematic configuration, and FIG. 1B shows a housing of the bankbook handling apparatus.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a passbook handling device as a medium handling device, which is installed at a financial institution's window to issue a new passbook or passbook entry.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a medium storage unit, in which a plurality of passbook cassettes 3 capable of storing a predetermined number of new passbooks are arranged vertically in the left and right rows shown in FIG. A plurality of bookkeeping cassettes 4 are arranged in the uppermost row on the right side of the bankbook cassette 3.

Here, reference numeral 5 in FIG. 1 (b) denotes a door for collective bookkeeping, which is provided in the housing of the bankbook handling device 1, and when opened, the collective bookkeeping cassette 4 can be pulled out to the outside, and the batch that has been pulled out. A passbook in use can be directly set in the book cassette 4.
Reference numeral 2a denotes a partition plate, which is arranged between the bulk book cassette 4 and the bank book cassette 3 arranged vertically, and the attendant puts the hand into the medium storage unit 2 in a state where the bulk book cassette 4 is pulled out. This prevents the cassette 3 from being taken out.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a medium carrier, which moves up and down between rows of the passbook cassette 3 by an elevator mechanism (not shown), and takes in a new passbook or a passbook in use from the passbook cassette 3 or the batch entry cassette 4 and holds the imported passbook. When the bankbook handling apparatus 1 is not operating, it is positioned at the lowest position in the medium storage unit 2 shown in FIG. 1, which is the initial position.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a carrier detection sensor, which is raised to a position where the medium carrier 6 is adjacent to the bankbook cassette 3 and the batch bookkeeping cassette 4 at the uppermost position and can pass the bankbook to the transport path 10 (referred to as the uppermost section). It is a sensor for detecting.

8 is a medium processing unit, when a passbook reading unit that reads a magnetic stripe provided in the passbook, a reversing unit that reverses the front and back of the passbook, a print unit that has a print head, a platen, etc., and performs passbook printing, when a passbook carryover occurs Until the new passbook is issued, the passbook temporary storage unit temporarily stores the old passbook.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a medium insertion / discharge unit that accepts insertion of a passbook to be processed such as passbook printing and has a function of discharging a passbook on which passbook printing has been performed.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a conveyance path, which is composed of rollers or belts arranged opposite to each other, and holds the bankbook and conveys it to each part of the bankbook handling apparatus 1.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a passbook detection sensor, which is provided in the transport path 10 and detects the passbook transferred from the medium carrier 6 to the transport path 10.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a display input unit, which is composed of a display unit such as an LCD or CRT, and an input unit such as a touch panel arranged on the display unit. Various input keys such as a batch entry key for execution are displayed, and by pressing the input key with a finger from the touch panel, information defined in the input key can be input and further input is performed. In addition, it displays information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the bankbook handling apparatus according to the first embodiment.
A control unit 15 controls each unit of the bankbook handling apparatus 1 according to a control program stored in the storage unit 16 and is connected to a host computer of a financial institution via a dedicated line (not shown) so as to be able to communicate with the host computer. It has a function to acquire unbooked information etc. of the passbook.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a storage unit that stores a control program and a processing result by the control unit 15.
Reference numeral 17 denotes an electromagnetic lock portion attached to the batch entry door 5 and is configured to lock the batch entry door 5 when energized by a solenoid or the like as an electromagnetic drive source.
The electromagnetic lock unit 17 functions as a locking unit and an unlocking unit for the batch entry door 5 in accordance with the control program of the control unit 15 and the storage unit 16.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a door open / close detection sensor, which is an optical sensor or the like including a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When the collective book entry door 5 is opened, light from the light emitting elements is blocked, thereby making the collective book entry door. Detect that 5 is open.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a discharge detection sensor which is provided in the medium insertion / discharge unit 9 and detects the discharged bankbook.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
Here, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a process selection screen.
The control unit 15 displays a process selection screen in which selection keys for various processes such as issuance of a new passbook and batch entry of a plurality of passbooks as shown in FIG. 3 are arranged on the display input unit 12, and the electromagnetic lock of the collective entry door 5 is displayed. Waiting with 17 locked.

The clerk presses the batch entry key from the displayed process selection screen.
When the control unit 15 recognizes that the batch entry key has been pressed, the media carrier 6 is moved up to the top so that the passbook can be delivered to the conveyance path 10 adjacent to the batch entry cassette 4. Stop where you can.
Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a screen for prompting the opening of the collective entry door.

When the control unit 15 detects the medium carrier 6 by the carrier detection sensor 7, the energization to the electromagnetic lock unit 17 is stopped to unlock the collective entry door 5 and open the collective entry door 5 to the display input unit 12. Then, a screen is displayed that prompts the user to pull out the collective book cassette 4 and store the passbook in use.
The clerk opens the collective entry door 5 and pulls out the collective entry cassette 4 to the outside, stores the passbooks in use in the collective entry cassette 4 and returns the collective entry cassette 4 to the entry handling device 1. Close the collective entry door 5.

When the control unit 15 recognizes that the door 5 for bookkeeping is closed by the door opening / closing detection sensor 18, it takes in the bankbook one by one from the bookkeeping cassette 4 by the medium carrier 6 and conveys the taken bankbook. Deliver to Road 10.
Thereafter, the control unit 15 conveys the bankbook to the medium processing unit 8 through the conveyance path 10, reads the account number from the magnetic stripe by the bankbook reading unit of the medium processing unit 8, and communicates with the host computer based on the account number. Processing is performed to acquire unbooked information, and the information is stored in the storage unit 16.

Based on the stored unbooked information, the passbook printing unit of the medium processing unit 8 performs passbook printing, and further, the passbook is transported to the medium insertion / ejection unit 9 by the transport path 10 and discharged. In the same manner, the passbook printing is performed, the printed passbook is discharged from the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, and the batch entry process is completed.
The control unit 15 returns the medium carrier 6 to the initial position after the discharge detection sensor 20 detects that all passbooks have been discharged.

  Next, when the bankbook handling apparatus 1 is executing the process of issuing a new bankbook by the clerk's input operation, the operation when the batch bookkeeping process is executed by the input operation by another clerk is the new operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. A flow chart showing the operation when the passbook issuance and the collective entry are executed in parallel will be described in accordance with the step indicated by S for the process relating to the new passbook issue and the process indicated by SA for the process relating to the collective entry.

S1, the control unit 15 displays a process selection screen on the display input unit 12, and stands by in a state where the electromagnetic lock 17 of the collective bookkeeping door 5 is locked.
The attendant presses the new passbook issue key from the displayed process selection screen.
S2, When the control unit 15 recognizes that the new passbook issuance key has been pressed, the control unit 15 displays an account number input screen in which the display input unit 12 is arranged with a word prompting input of an account number, an account number input field, and the like.

The clerk inputs the account number of the passbook issued according to the account number input screen.
S 3, the control unit 15 performs communication processing with the host computer based on the input account number, acquires unrecorded information, stores it in the storage unit 16, and moves up the medium carrier 6 to a position adjacent to the passbook cassette 3. Then, one new bankbook is taken from the bankbook cassette 3 by the medium carrier 6 and the new bankbook held in the transport path 10 is sent out by raising the medium carrier 6 while holding the new bankbook.

S4, the control unit 15 conveys the new passbook to the medium processing unit 8 through the conveyance path 10, and performs printing on the new passbook by the printing unit of the medium processing unit 8 based on the stored unbooked information.
S5, the control unit 15 conveys the new passbook on which the unrecorded information is printed to the medium insertion / ejection unit 9 and ejects it from the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, and ends the new passbook issuance process.
The operation of the batch entry process will be described below. This operation is performed in parallel with the operation after step S3.

Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a collective entry screen for accepting the collective entry process during the new passbook issuing process.
SA1, the control unit 15 detects the medium carrier 6 by the carrier detection sensor 7 after the account number is input in the above step S3, that is, confirms that the medium carrier 6 is positioned at the top, and detects the passbook detection sensor. 11, when a new passbook delivered from the medium carrier 6 to the transport path 10 is detected, a new passbook is being issued to the display input unit 12 as shown in FIG. Displays a batch entry screen with wordings, batch entry keys, etc.

SA 2, the control unit 15 unlocks the collective bookkeeping door 5 by turning off the electromagnetic lock unit 17, and opens the collective bookkeeping door 5 to the display input unit 12 and stores the passbook to the collective bookkeeping cassette 4. Display a screen prompting you to set.
The attendant opens the collective entry door 5 according to the displayed screen, pulls out the collective entry cassette 4 and sets a plurality of passbooks.

Then, the collective entry cassette 4 is returned to the passbook handling apparatus 1 and the collective entry door 5 is closed.
SA3, the control unit 15 recognizes that the door 5 is closed by the door open / close detection sensor 18, and detects that the new bankbook already transported to the medium processing unit 8 is discharged by the discharge detection sensor 20. At that time, the medium carrier 6 takes in the passbook one by one from the collective bookkeeping cassette 4 and sequentially transfers the taken passbook to the transport path 10.

SA4, the control unit 15 conveys the bankbook to the medium processing unit 8 through the conveyance path 10, reads the account number from the magnetic stripe by the bankbook reading unit of the medium processing unit 8, and communicates with the host computer based on the account number. Processing is performed to obtain unbooked information, which is stored in the storage unit 16, and passbook printing is performed by the printing unit of the medium processing unit 8 based on the unbooked information.
In step SA5, the control unit 15 sequentially conveys the printed passbook to the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, discharges it to a staff member by the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, and ends the batch entry process.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the medium carrier is located at the uppermost part of the medium storage unit, the electromagnetic lock part of the collective entry door is unlocked. It is possible to prevent the medium carrier from being touched when the door is opened and the medium carrier is pulled out or stored.
Furthermore, when the door for collective bookkeeping is opened, the media carrier is located between the collective bookkeeping cassette and the passbook cassette that is placed opposite to it. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the attendant from pulling out the bankbook cassette and the new bankbook stored therein without permission.

7A and 7B are explanatory views showing a bankbook handling apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7A is a schematic configuration diagram of the inside, and FIG. 7B shows a housing of the bankbook handling apparatus.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 25 denotes a carrier lock unit, which is provided in the medium storage unit 2 and has a function of fixing the medium carrier 6 raised to the top to the top.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a lamp unit, which is configured by using an LED or the like, and is unlocked by a clerk by being lit when the electromagnetic lock unit 17 is unlocked and installed on the collective entry door 5. Tell them.
With respect to the operation of the above-described configuration, the flowchart showing the operation when executing the new passbook issuance and the collective bookkeeping in the second embodiment shown in FIG. The process related to is described according to the steps indicated by SC.

SB1, the control part 15 displays a process selection screen on the display input part 12, and waits in the state which locked the electromagnetic lock 17 of the door 5 for package entry.
The attendant presses the new passbook issue key from the displayed process selection screen.
When the SB 2 and the control unit 15 recognize that the new passbook issuance key has been pressed, the control unit 15 displays an account number input screen on the display input unit 12 including a word prompting input of an account number, an account number input field, and the like.

The clerk inputs the account number of the passbook issued according to the account number input screen.
SB 3, the control unit 15 performs communication processing with the host computer based on the input account number, acquires unrecorded information, stores it in the storage unit 16, and moves up the medium carrier 6 to a position adjacent to the passbook cassette 3. Then, the medium carrier 6 takes in one passbook from the passbook cassette 3 and raises the medium carrier 6 to the top while holding the passbook.

When the bank book held by the medium carrier 6 is sent to the transport path 10 and the passbook detection sensor 11 detects that the bankbook has been transferred from the medium carrier 6 to the transport path 10, the carrier lock section 25, the medium carrier 6 is fixed at the top.
SB5, the control unit 15 conveys the new passbook to the medium processing unit 8 through the transport path 10, reads the unbooked information from the storage unit 16, and creates a new passbook by the printing unit of the medium processing unit 8 based on the unbooked information. Perform printing.

SB6, control part 15 conveys the passbook which printed unbooked information to medium insertion discharge part 9, discharges from medium insertion discharge part 9, and ends new passbook issue processing.
The operation of the batch entry process will be described below. This operation is performed in parallel with the operation after step SB4.
After fixing the medium carrier 6 in step SB4, the SC 15 and the control unit 15 detect the medium carrier 6 with the carrier detection sensor 7, that is, confirm that the medium carrier 6 is positioned at the top, The collective entry door 5 is unlocked by turning off the power to the lock unit 17.

SC2, the control unit 15 turns on the lamp unit 27.
The clerk opens the collective entry door 5 according to the displayed screen, pulls out the collective entry cassette 4, sets a plurality of passbooks, returns the collective entry cassette 4 to the passbook handling device 1, and opens the collective entry door 5. close.
When the passbook detection sensor 11 detects the passbook delivered from the medium carrier 6 to the transport path 10, the energization to the electromagnetic lock unit 17 is turned off to unlock the collective entry door 5.

SC3, if the control unit 15 recognizes that the collective bookkeeping door 5 is closed by the door open / close detection sensor 18, the electromagnetic lock unit 17 is energized to lock the collective bookkeeping door 5 and the lamp unit 27 is turned on. Turns off.
SC4, the control unit 15 detects that the new passbook already transported to the medium processing unit 8 has been discharged by the discharge detection sensor 20, and then takes in the passbook one by one from the batch entry cassette 4 by the medium carrier 6. At the same time, the taken passbook is sequentially transferred to the conveyance path 10.

SC5, the control unit 15 conveys the bankbook to the medium processing unit 8 through the conveyance path 10, reads the account number from the magnetic stripe by the bankbook reading unit of the medium processing unit 8, and communicates with the host computer based on the account number Processing is performed to obtain unbooked information, which is stored in the storage unit 16, and passbook printing is performed by the printing unit of the medium processing unit 8 based on the unbooked information.
In step SC6, the control unit 15 sequentially conveys the printed passbook to the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, and ejects it to a staff member by the medium insertion / ejection unit 9, thereby completing the batch entry process.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, a carrier lock unit and a ramp unit are provided, and after passing a new bankbook to the conveyance path, the medium carrier is fixed by the carrier lock unit. After that, the electromagnetic lock part is unlocked and the lamp part is lit, and the collective book entry door can be opened at that time. The effect that it can perform without performing input operation by a display input part is acquired.

  Further, by providing the carrier lock part, it is possible to prevent the medium carrier from being lowered for some reason and the inside of the medium storage part being exposed when the collective book cassette is pulled out.

Explanatory drawing which shows the bankbook handling apparatus of Example 1. The block diagram which shows the bankbook handling apparatus of Example 1 Explanatory drawing showing the process selection screen Explanatory drawing showing a screen prompting opening of the door for collective entry The flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of performing the new bankbook issue and collective bookkeeping of Example 1 in parallel. Explanatory drawing showing the collective entry screen that accepts the collective entry process during the new passbook issuance process Explanatory drawing which shows the bankbook handling apparatus of Example 2. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of performing the new passbook issue and collective bookkeeping of Example 2 in parallel.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Passbook handling apparatus 2 Medium storage part 2a Partition plate 3 Passbook cassette 4 Collective entry cassette 5 Collective entry door 6 Medium carrier 7 Carrier detection sensor 8 Medium processing part 9 Medium insertion / ejection part 10 Transport path 11 Passbook detection sensor 12 Display input part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Control part 16 Memory | storage part 17 Electromagnetic lock part 18 Door opening / closing detection sensor 20 Discharge detection sensor 25 Carrier lock part 27 Lamp part

Claims (4)

A processing unit that performs processing such as bookkeeping in a passbook, a media cassette that stores a new passbook, a batch bookcasing cassette that can collectively store used passbooks that perform processing such as bookkeeping in the processing unit, and the batch bookkeeping cassette A medium handling device having a door that is opened when the outside is pulled out, and a movable medium carrier that takes in a passbook from the medium cassette or the batch entry cassette and transfers the passbook to a transport path,
A control unit for controlling the locking or unlocking of the door, and a notification means for notifying the unlocking of the door;
When the medium carrier moves to a position where a bankbook can be taken from the batch entry cassette, the control unit unlocks the door, and the notification means notifies the door unlocking. apparatus. The medium handling device according to claim 1,
The passbook taken from the media cassette by the media carrier is delivered to the transport path, and the pass through the passbook is processed and issued by the processing unit, so that the media carrier can be taken into the passbook from the batch entry cassette. A medium handling device characterized by being moved. In the medium handling device according to claim 1 or 2,
The medium handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification means is a lamp section provided on the door. In the medium handling device according to claim 1 or 2, or claim 3,
A medium handling apparatus comprising a carrier lock portion for fixing the medium carrier moved to a position for taking in a bankbook from the batch entry cassette.