JP2010033494A - Coin depositing and dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for preventing unnecessary trouble with a customer who thinks that a coin has been thrown in, when the coin is thrown in. <P>SOLUTION: In the coin depositing and dispensing machine provided with: a coin feeding port shutter 14a which opens/closes a feeding port 14 into which the coin is fed; and a dispensing port shutter 15a which opens/closes a dispensing port 15 from which the coin is dispensed, it is provided with: a sliding type upper shutter 16 which opens/closes the top of the receiving port shutter 14a and the top of the dispensing port shutter 15a; and a coin tray 17 on the downstream side in the closing operation direction A of the upper shutter 16 of the paying port shutter 15a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin depositing and dispensing machine that is attached to an automatic transaction apparatus such as an automatic teller machine and deposits and dispenses coins.

A conventional coin depositing and dispensing machine is provided with a slit-shaped slot in the depositing / dispensing slot shutter that opens and closes the depositing / dispensing slot of a hopper that collects input coins and withdrawal coins, and allows a customer to insert several coins from the slot. In addition, a deposit transaction or the like is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-10-208106 (paragraphs 0013 and 0015, FIGS. 4 and 5)

  However, in the conventional coin depositing and dispensing machine described above, since a slot-shaped slot is provided in the depositing / dispensing slot shutter that opens and closes the depositing / dispensing slot, coins are inserted. May be placed on the deposit / withdrawal slot shutter by mistake without being inserted into the slit-shaped slot, and only coins thrown from the slot will not be handled as thrown coins. There is a problem that trouble may occur due to a difference in recognition with the customer who intends to invest.

  The present invention was made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a means for preventing unnecessary trouble with a customer who intends to insert a coin when the coin is inserted. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an insertion port for inserting coins, an insertion port shutter for opening and closing the insertion port, a withdrawal port for dispensing coins, and a withdrawal for opening and closing the withdrawal port. A coin depositing / dispensing machine having a mouth shutter is provided with a sliding upper shutter that opens and closes on the inlet shutter and the outlet shutter, and a closing operation direction of the upper shutter of the withdrawal shutter A coin tray is provided on the downstream side.

  Thus, according to the present invention, even if a customer accidentally places a coin on the withdrawal shutter, the coin is pushed at the tip of the upper shutter during the closing operation of the upper shutter and can be accumulated in the coin tray. It is possible to obtain an effect of preventing unnecessary trouble with a customer who intends to insert coins.

  Embodiments of a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic teller machine according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an appearance of the automatic teller machine according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows an appearance of a coin depositing and dispensing operation unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a cross section of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of the input coin receiving process in the deposit transaction according to the first embodiment.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic teller machine as an automatic transaction apparatus, which is installed in a bank, a branch of a financial institution such as Japan Post Co., Ltd., a post office, a convenience store or the like, and is a center of a financial institution. Communicating with a host computer (not shown) installed in the machine, the transaction processing with the customer is automatically performed.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a main control unit of the automatic teller machine 1, which is connected to a host computer (not shown) via a communication line 5 such as a dedicated line or a telephone line by an interface 4. Control and execute transaction processing and the like, and also control data communication and the like.
A storage unit 6 stores a program executed by the main control unit 3, various data used for the program, processing results by the main control unit 3, and the like.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation display unit, which is provided in front of the automatic teller machine 1 and is composed of a combination of a display screen such as an LCD and an input means such as a touch panel. The display screen includes a transaction selection screen and various input screens. In addition to displaying a screen for prompting the customer's treatment, the input means accepts input from the customer.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a card processing unit, such as a customer ID, a financial institution name, an account number, etc. recorded on a magnetic stripe or IC chip of a transaction card such as a customer's cash card or credit card inserted from the card insertion slot 8a. It has a function of reading and writing card information such as customer account information and a function of printing transaction contents on a statement slip.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a passbook processing unit, which has a function of reading and writing the passbook information recorded in the magnetic stripe, IC chip, etc. of the customer's passbook inserted from the passbook insertion slot 9a and records the transaction contents etc. in the customer's passbook. It has a function.
Reference numeral 10 denotes a voice guidance unit, which includes a speaker 10a, and has a function of converting voice data generated by the main control unit 3 into voice and transmitting it to a customer.

11 is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, which accepts banknotes inserted by a customer through the banknote depositing / dispensing port 11a at the time of depositing transaction, etc., discriminates and counts them and stores them in the banknote storage, and stores banknotes at the time of withdrawal transactions It has a function of paying out bills to be paid to the customer from the warehouse, counting them, discharging them from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 11a, and delivering them to the customer.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a coin depositing / dispensing machine. As shown in FIG. 3, the depositing / dispensing operation unit 13 has several pieces of customers by the slit-shaped slot 14 when coins C are inserted in a deposit transaction or a transfer transaction. The coins C, which are input separately, are received, discriminated and counted, and stored in the coin storage. When the coin C is withdrawn at the time of a withdrawal transaction, the coin C to be paid to the customer is delivered from the coin storage. Is discharged from the withdrawal port 15 and delivered to the customer.

  Although not shown in the drawing, the coin depositing / dispensing machine 12 accepts an input coin inserted from the insertion slot 14 at the time of depositing, a withdrawal coin to be conveyed to the withdrawal slot 15 at the time of withdrawal, and the like. Separation unit having a function of separating and feeding out every time, a coin discrimination unit for discriminating and counting the true / false, correctness, denomination, etc. of the coins C separated by the separation unit, and for each coin type , A coin temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the inserted coin C, a coin reject storage for recovering rejected coins, a coin transport path for transporting the coin C between them, and a switching mechanism therefor And a drive mechanism and the like are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the insertion slot 14 of this embodiment is provided with a slide-type insertion slot shutter 14 a that opens and closes the insertion slot 14, and the coins inserted into the insertion slot 14 are provided inside the coin depositing and dispensing machine 12. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, an introduction duct 14 b that leads to a separation unit (not shown) is provided. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a slide-type withdrawal port shutter 15 a that opens and closes the withdrawal port 15, and a withdrawal unit. An accumulation tray 15b for accumulating the withdrawal coins to be collected is provided.

  In addition, on the insertion slot shutter 14a and on the withdrawal slot shutter 15a, the clearance between the shutters with the withdrawal slot shutter 15a is made smaller than the thickness of the thinnest coin C among the handling coins C. A sliding type upper shutter 16 that covers the mouth shutter 14a and the outlet shutter 15a and opens and closes them freely is provided, and the closing direction of the upper shutter 16 of the outlet shutter 15a (arrow A shown in FIG. 4). On the downstream side in the direction), a coin tray 17 for collecting coins C erroneously placed on the dispensing shutter 15a is arranged.

In FIG. 3, for the convenience of illustration, the outlet shutter 15a is shown in a half-open state, but is actually stopped at either the fully-closed state or the fully-open state.
The storage unit 6 of the above automatic teller machine 1 has a function of accepting an input of a transaction selected by the customer and communicating with a host computer (not shown) based on this to automatically perform a transaction process with the customer. A transaction processing execution program in which an application program having a function of performing input coin acceptance processing according to the present embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5 is added in advance to the transaction processing program of FIG. Each function means as hardware of the automatic teller machine 1 of this embodiment is formed by the steps of the business process execution program to be executed.

Below, according to the step shown by S in FIG. 5, the input coin reception process in the deposit transaction of the present embodiment will be described.
When payment transaction is selected by the customer, the main control unit 3 prompts the insertion of the transaction card or passbook by displaying a word or the like to prompt the insertion of the transaction card or passbook on the display screen of the operation display unit 7, When a customer inserts a transaction card or passbook into the card insertion port 8a or the passbook insertion port 9a of the card processing unit 8 or the passbook processing unit 9, the main control unit 3 records the transaction card or the passbook on the transaction card by the card processing unit 8 or the passbook processing unit 9. The card insertion information or the bankbook information recorded in the bankbook is read, and a cash insertion screen is displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 7 to display a word prompting the insertion of banknotes and coins C.

S1, the main control unit 3 displaying the cash insertion screen opens the upper shutter 16 in the direction of the arrow B and opens the insertion port shutter 14a.
At this time, the customer erroneously places the coin C on the dispensing port shutter 15a.
S2, after opening the slot shutter 14a, the main control unit 3 waits for the coin C to be inserted into the slot 14 while measuring the elapsed time by its clock function, and a predetermined time has elapsed. However, if the coin C is not inserted, the deposit transaction process is terminated, the upper shutter 16 is closed in the direction of arrow A, and the upper shutter 16 is closed on the dispensing port shutter 15a at the tip in the closing operation direction. The placed coin C is pushed, dropped into the inside of the coin tray 17 and accumulated, and returned to the customer.

S <b> 3, the customer notices that the coin C intended to be inserted is not received because the coin C has fallen on the coin tray 17, and receives the coin C accumulated in the coin tray 17.
In this way, the inserted coin acceptance process of the present embodiment is executed.
As described above, in this embodiment, the depositing / dispensing operation unit of the coin depositing / dispensing machine covers the inlet slot of the inlet and the outlet shutter of the outlet, and opens and closes the slide. In addition, the customer places the coin C on the dispensing port shutter by mistake, by providing a coin receiving tray on the downstream side in the closing operation direction of the upper shutter. Even when the upper shutter is closed, the coin C can be pushed and accumulated in the coin tray at the tip in the closing direction, and the customer is aware that the coin C has not been received. Unnecessary troubles can be prevented with customers who intend to insert coins.

6 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit of the second embodiment, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit of the second embodiment, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of an insertion coin reception process.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
6 and 7, reference numeral 21 denotes a residual detection sensor, which is an optical sensor in which a light emitting portion 21 a and a light receiving portion 21 b are opposed to each other with the bottom portion of the coin tray 17 interposed therebetween, and is integrated on the bottom portion of the coin tray 17. The light receiving unit 21b detects that the coin C that has been cut off the light from the light emitting unit 21a, and detects the remaining of the coin C.

  In the storage unit 6 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present embodiment, an application program having a function of performing the input coin receiving process according to the present embodiment described with reference to FIG. 8 in the transaction processing program similar to the first embodiment. Are stored in advance, and each functional means as hardware of the automatic teller machine 1 of the present embodiment is formed by the steps of the business process execution program executed by the main control unit 3. The

Below, according to the step shown by SA in FIG. 8, the input coin reception process in the deposit transaction of the present embodiment will be described.
Since the operation up to step SA1 in the present embodiment is the same as the operation up to step S1 in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
After the opening operation of SA2 and the slot shutter 14a, the main control unit 3 waits for the insertion of the coin C into the slot 14 and waits for a predetermined time in the same manner as in step S2 of the first embodiment. If no coin C is inserted, the deposit transaction process is terminated, the upper shutter 16 is closed in the direction of arrow A, and the upper shutter 16 is placed on the dispensing port shutter 15a at the tip in the closing operation direction. The pressed coin C is pushed, dropped into the inside of the coin tray 17 and accumulated, and returned to the customer.

At this time, the coins C accumulated on the coin tray 17 are detected by the residual detection sensor 21 installed at the bottom of the coin tray 17.
SA3, the main control unit 3 that has detected the coins C accumulated in the coin tray 17 displays data and voice data for prompting to receive the coins C, such as “There are coins that have not been inserted. Is generated, and the guidance message is displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 7, and is also notified by voice through the speaker 10a of the voice guidance unit 10.

The customer notices that the coin C to be inserted is not accepted by the guidance wording, and receives the coin C accumulated in the coin tray 17.
In this way, the inserted coin acceptance process of the present embodiment is executed.
As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the same effects as in the first embodiment, the coin C accumulated in the coin tray is received by providing the residual detection sensor at the bottom of the coin tray. It is possible to notify the fact that there is no information, and it is possible to more effectively prevent unnecessary troubles with the customer who intends to insert coins, and to prevent the coin tray from being forgotten. be able to.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit of the third embodiment, FIG. 10 is an enlarged view showing the D portion of FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 shows the operation of the input coin acceptance process in the deposit transaction of the third embodiment. It is explanatory drawing shown.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, it has been described that the inter-shutter gap between the upper shutter 16 and the outlet shutter 15a is set to be narrower than the thickness of the thinnest coin C among the handled coins C. However, when the upper shutter 16 is attached to the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit 13 of the automatic teller machine 1, it may be difficult to form such a gap between the shutters with high accuracy.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), if the inter-shutter gap E between the upper shutter 16 and the outlet shutter 15a is formed wider than the thickness of the coin C to be handled, ), When the upper shutter 16 is closed, the coin C may be sandwiched in the inter-shutter gap E, and all the coins C placed on the dispensing port shutter 15a are transferred to the customer. It may not be returned.

  9 and 10, reference numeral 25 denotes a ridge, which is a wave-shaped peak formed on the surface of the upper shutter 16 on the side of the dispensing port shutter 15 a and projecting toward the dispensing port shutter 15 a, A plurality of coins C to be handled are formed at a narrower pitch than the coin having the smallest diameter among the coins C to be handled along the sliding direction of the upper shutter 16 (directions of arrows A and B shown in FIG. 4). It is loosely fitted in a guide groove 26 formed on the surface on the shutter 16 side.

  In the storage unit 6 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present embodiment, an application program having a function of performing an input coin receiving process according to the present embodiment described with reference to FIG. Are stored in advance, and each functional means as hardware of the automatic teller machine 1 of the present embodiment is formed by the steps of the business process execution program executed by the main control unit 3. The

Below, according to the step shown by SB in FIG. 11, the input coin reception process in the deposit transaction of the present embodiment will be described.
Since the operation up to Step SB1 in the present embodiment is the same as the operation up to Step S1 in Embodiment 1, the description thereof is omitted.
After the opening operation of SB2 and the insertion slot shutter 14a, the main control unit 3 waits for the insertion of the coin C into the insertion slot 14 in the same manner as in step S2 of the first embodiment, and a predetermined time has elapsed. If no coin C is inserted, the deposit transaction process is terminated, the upper shutter 16 is closed in the direction of arrow A, and the upper shutter 16 is placed on the dispensing port shutter 15a at the tip in the closing operation direction. The pressed coin C is pushed, dropped into the inside of the coin tray 17 and accumulated, and returned to the customer.

At this time, even if the inter-shutter gap E between the upper shutter 16 and the outlet shutter 15a is widened, it is placed on the guide groove 26 of the outlet mouth shutter 15a or the peak portion between the guide grooves 26. The coin C is reliably pushed out by the protrusion 25 that is loosely fitted in the guide groove 26.
Since the subsequent operation of step SB3 is the same as the operation of step S3 of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

In this way, the inserted coin acceptance process of the present embodiment is executed.
As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the same effects as in the first embodiment, a plurality of protrusions along the sliding direction of the upper shutter are provided on the outlet shutter side of the upper shutter, and the outlet is provided. Even if the inter-shutter clearance E between the upper shutter and the outlet shutter is widened by providing a guide groove that is loosely fitted to the ridge on the upper shutter side of the shutter, it is mounted on the outlet shutter. The placed coins C can be reliably pushed out by the ridges loosely fitted in the guide grooves, and all the coins C placed on the dispensing port shutter can be surely returned to the customer.

  In the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the present embodiment, when a coin is placed on the dispensing slot shutter, a time-out occurs when no coin is inserted into the insertion slot within a predetermined time. The upper shutter is closed as described above. However, the withdrawal shutter is provided with a placement detection sensor for detecting that a coin has been placed on the withdrawal port shutter, and the placement detection sensor serves as the withdrawal port shutter. When the upper coin C is detected, the deposit transaction process may be terminated and the upper shutter may be closed.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit of the fourth embodiment, FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section of the coin deposit / withdrawal operation unit of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of an insertion coin reception process.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
13 and 14, reference numeral 31 denotes a coin duct, which is disposed on the downstream side in the closing operation direction of the upper shutter 16 of the dispensing port shutter 15 a and is equivalent to the length in the direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the upper shutter 16. It has an opening 32 that is formed in a rectangular shape having a length and a height that is wider than the thickness of the thickest coin C among the coins C to be handled, and that is opposed to the tip of the upper shutter 16, and is upstream of a separation unit (not shown). On the side, it is connected to the introduction duct 14 b of the inlet 14.

  In the storage unit 6 of the automatic teller machine 1 of the present embodiment, an application program having a function of performing the input coin receiving process of the present embodiment described with reference to FIG. 15 in the transaction processing program similar to that of the first embodiment. Are stored in advance, and each functional means as hardware of the automatic teller machine 1 of the present embodiment is formed by the steps of the business process execution program executed by the main control unit 3. The

Below, according to the step shown by SC in FIG. 15, the input coin reception process in the deposit transaction of the present embodiment will be described.
Since the operation up to step SC1 in the present embodiment is the same as the operation up to step S1 in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
After SC2 and the opening shutter 14a are opened, the main control unit 3 waits for the insertion of the coin C into the insertion slot 14 in the same manner as in step S2 of the first embodiment, and a predetermined time has elapsed. When the coin C is not inserted, the upper shutter 16 is closed in the direction of arrow A, and the coin C placed on the dispensing port shutter 15a is pushed at the front end of the upper shutter 16 in the closing operation direction. The coin C dropped into the opening 32 of 31 is accumulated in a separation unit (not shown) via the introduction duct 14 b connected to the coin duct 31.

At this time, the insertion of the coin C is detected, and the coin C introduced from the opening 32 is handled as an inserted coin similar to the coin C inserted from the insertion slot 14, and thereafter, as in a normal case, Payment transaction processing is performed.
In this way, the inserted coin acceptance process of the present embodiment is executed.
As described above, in this embodiment, the depositing / dispensing operation unit of the coin depositing / dispensing machine covers the inlet slot of the inlet and the outlet shutter of the outlet, and opens and closes the slide. By providing an upper shutter of the type and providing a coin duct having an opening on the downstream side in the closing operation direction of the upper shutter of the dispensing port shutter and connecting from the opening to the introduction duct, Even if the coin C is mistakenly placed on the dispensing port shutter, the coin C can be pushed into the coin duct from the opening by pushing at the tip in the closing operation direction when the upper shutter is closed, It is possible to handle the coin C dropped into the duct as an input coin and prevent unnecessary trouble with the customer.

  In addition, in each said Example, although demonstrated that the automatic transaction apparatus which mounts the coin depositing and dispensing machine of this invention was an automatic teller machine, an automatic transaction apparatus is not restricted to the above, A vending machine, a ticketing machine, It may be a money changer or the like. In short, the same effect as the present invention can be obtained as long as a transaction using coins is automatically performed with a customer.

The block diagram which shows the automatic teller machine of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the automatic teller machine of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows the cross section of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the insertion coin reception process in the deposit transaction of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows the cross section of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of the input coin reception process in the money_receiving | payment transaction of Example 2. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 3. The enlarged view which shows the D section of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of the input coin reception process in the deposit transaction of Example 3. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the clamping state of the coin when the clearance gap between shutters becomes wide. Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 4. Explanatory drawing which shows the cross section of the deposit or withdrawal operation part of the coin of Example 4. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of the input coin reception process in the money_receiving | payment transaction of Example 4. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash dispenser 3 Main control part 4 Interface 5 Communication line 6 Memory | storage part 7 Operation display part 8 Card processing part 8a Card insertion slot 9 Passbook processing part 9a Passbook insertion slot 10 Voice guidance part 11 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 11a Banknote depositing / withdrawing Port 12 Coin depositing / dispensing machine 13 Deposit / withdrawal operation unit 14 Slot 14a Slot shutter 14b Inlet duct 15 Bank slot 15a Bank slot shutter 15b Stacker 16 Upper shutter 17 Coin tray 21 Residual detection sensor 21a Light emitting unit 21b Light receiving unit 25 Projection 26 Guide groove 31 Coin duct 32 Opening

Claims (4)

In a coin depositing and dispensing machine comprising an insertion slot for inserting coins, an insertion slot shutter for opening and closing the insertion slot, a withdrawal slot for dispensing coins, and a withdrawal slot shutter for opening and closing the withdrawal slot,
A slide-type upper shutter that opens and closes the charging port shutter and the dispensing port shutter is provided, and a coin tray is provided downstream of the dispensing port shutter in the closing operation direction of the upper shutter. A coin deposit and withdrawal machine. In claim 1,
A coin depositing and dispensing machine, wherein a residue detection sensor is provided at the bottom of the coin tray. In claim 1 or claim 2,
A plurality of ridges along the sliding direction of the upper shutter are provided on the withdrawal shutter side of the upper shutter, and a guide groove that is loosely fitted on the ridge is provided on the upper shutter side of the withdrawal shutter. A coin depositing and dispensing machine characterized by being provided. A coin slot, a slot shutter that opens and closes the slot, an introduction duct that guides the coins that are thrown into the slot, a withdrawal slot that dispenses coins, and the withdrawal slot. In a coin depositing and dispensing machine having a withdrawal opening shutter that opens and closes,
A slide-type upper shutter that opens and closes the charging port shutter and the dispensing port shutter is provided, and an opening is provided on the downstream side of the dispensing port shutter in the closing operation direction of the upper shutter. A coin depositing and dispensing machine comprising a coin duct connected to the introduction duct from a section.

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