JP2010267189A - Automatic transaction device and method for controlling automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems that the preparatory operation and the posterior operation conducted to a storage mechanism of a storage cassette without accumulated papers out of a plurality of money type storage cassettes consumes useless power. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic transaction device includes: a differentiating part 2 for differentiating a money type of the received paper money from customers; a plurality of money type storage cassettes 4 making the storage mechanism for storing the received paper money operate to store the received paper money for every each type of money; and a storage part 31 for storing the differentiated result by the differentiating part 2 and for storing each money type of storage cassette 4 requiring a preparation operation of the paper money storage by the storage mechanism. The automatic transaction device makes the storage mechanism operate only for each money type of storage cassette 4 requiring the preparation operation of the storage mechanism. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus that is installed in a sales office of a financial institution or the like and performs various transactions by customer operations.

  Conventionally, at the time of deposit transaction of an automatic transaction apparatus, after a banknote inserted by a customer into a customer service port is fed out from the service port and conveyed to a discrimination unit, a banknote identified as normal is conveyed to a temporary storage unit. Thereafter, after the transaction amount confirmation input by the customer, the banknotes are paid out from the temporary holding unit, conveyed again to the discrimination unit, and conveyed to the denomination storage cassette corresponding to the denomination identified by the discrimination unit.

  Here, in the denomination storage cassette, as a preparatory operation before stacking the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit, the elevating stage in the denomination storage cassette is lowered to secure a space for stacking banknotes, Further, in order to stack banknotes, it is necessary to move the stacking tongue roller to the stacking position. Further, after the banknotes are stacked, as a post-operation for the next transaction, it is necessary to return the lifting stage and the stacking tongue roller to the original state, and instead move the pickup roller to the separation position to be in a standby state.

  As for the automatic transaction apparatus, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-93644 (Patent Document 1) describes a technique for the purpose of reliability of deposit transaction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-93644

  However, in the conventional automatic transaction apparatus, among the plurality of denomination storage cassettes, the storage cassette in which banknotes are stacked needs to perform the preparation operation and the post-operation, but the storage cassette in which banknotes are not stacked is the preparation operation and There is no need to perform post-operation. The storage cassette that originally does not need to be operated has been prepared and moved in the same manner as the storage cassette in which bills are stacked. That is, since the storage cassette in which banknotes are not stacked uses wasteful power, it does not contribute to energy saving as the apparatus, and wear of the component parts occurs, resulting in a problem that the life of the apparatus is shortened. Furthermore, since the vibration caused by the driving of the mechanical parts vibrates the accumulated banknotes, there is a possibility that the banknotes in the stable position may be in an unstable position, resulting in the failure of the apparatus. There was a problem.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction apparatus having a long life by contributing to energy saving as an apparatus without using unnecessary power and reducing the occurrence of wear of components. . It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic transaction apparatus with few failures.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention stores the deposited banknotes for each denomination by operating a discrimination unit that discriminates the denominations of deposited banknotes that a customer deposits and a storage mechanism that stores the deposited banknotes. The storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette is operated only for the denomination storage cassette corresponding to the denomination of the deposited banknote based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. It is an automatic transaction apparatus characterized by having a control part.

  According to the present invention, the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette is operated only for the denomination storage cassette corresponding to the denomination of the deposited banknote based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. It is possible to provide a long-life automatic transaction apparatus by using no power, contributing to energy saving as an apparatus, and further reducing the occurrence of wear of components. At the same time, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction apparatus with few failures.

It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus of ATM regarding 1st Embodiment. It is an external view of ATM regarding 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram of ATM regarding 1st Embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the internal structure of a banknote processing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of a banknote processing apparatus. It is a side view which shows the storage mechanism of a money classification storage cassette. It is a side view which similarly shows the storage mechanism of a money type storage cassette. It is a sectional side view which shows the flow of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus at the time of money_receiving | payment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content of the payment classification result storage part by money type. It is a sectional side view which shows the flow of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus at the time of accommodation. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus of ATM regarding 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus of ATM regarding 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content of a cassette condition and count result memory | storage part. It is a sectional side view which shows the flow of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus at the time of accommodation.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM) 1 according to the first embodiment. ATM1 is installed in financial institutions such as banks, convenience stores, etc., and can perform deposit and withdrawal transactions. The ATM 1 has a customer service port 22 as a bill insertion / return port for inputting / returning bills to / from a customer in a deposit / withdrawal transaction. In transactions in which banknotes such as deposit transactions are inserted, when a customer sets banknotes in the customer service port 22, ATM1 automatically counts them and takes them into the apparatus. In transactions in which banknotes such as payment transactions are paid out to customers, ATM1 automatically counts the banknotes and accumulates them in the customer service port 22 so that the customer can take them out. The customer service port 22 is provided with a shutter 25, which is opened when a customer inserts or removes banknotes, and is otherwise closed.

  Similarly, the ATM 1 has a coin insertion / return port 23 for inserting or returning coins. In a transaction in which a coin such as a deposit transaction is inserted into the ATM 1, when the customer sets a coin in the coin insertion / return port 23, the ATM 1 automatically counts it and takes it into the apparatus. In the transaction of paying out a coin such as a payment transaction, the ATM 1 automatically counts the coins and accumulates them in the coin insertion / return port 23 so that the customer can take them out. Furthermore, ATM1 has the card insertion slot 24 of a cash card, the passbook insertion slot 26 of a bankbook, and the touch-panel type customer operation display screen 27 provided with the input function and display function for a customer to operate.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the ATM 1 relating to the first embodiment. Reference numeral 10 denotes an apparatus control unit which is connected to each part of the ATM 1 and controls each part. The device control unit 10 is connected to a device storage unit 11 configured by a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, or the like, and operates according to a control program stored in the device storage unit 11. In addition, the device control unit 10 can write data necessary for each process in the device storage unit 11 and can read data from the device storage unit 11 as necessary. The device control unit 10 is connected to the host computer 100 via a communication unit (not shown) and exchanges information related to deposit / withdrawal transactions.

  Reference numeral 12 denotes a banknote processing apparatus for processing banknotes, and authenticates, counts, conveys, and stores the received banknotes inserted from the customer service port 22 by a customer in a denomination storing cassette 4 described later. Further, the withdrawal banknotes to be paid to the customer are fed out from the denomination storage cassette 4 and accumulated in the customer service port 22. A customer operation display unit 42 controls the customer operation display screen 27. 43 is a coin processing device for processing coins, and authenticates, counts, conveys, and stores the coins inserted from the coin insertion / return port 23 by a customer and stores them in a coin storage unit (not shown). Are paid out from the coin storage unit and accumulated in the coin insertion / return port 23.

  A card processing unit 44 reads information on a cash card inserted by the customer from the card insertion slot 24. A passbook entry unit 46 prints transaction records on a passbook inserted from the passbook insertion slot 26, and a receipt processing unit 47 prints a receipt. The receipt is discharged from the card insertion slot 24 at the end of the transaction. To do.

  FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus 12. In the figure, a customer service port 22 is provided at a position where it can be operated by a customer. When the shutter 25 is opened and closed, the banknotes are collected so that the customer can take them out, and the banknotes inserted from the customer are received. The customer service port 22 includes a service port separation / stacking mechanism 16 therein, and pays out banknotes inserted by the customer by the service port separation / stacking mechanism 16 one by one into a transport path 6 to be described later. Each sheet is received and collected at the customer service port 22.

  The discriminating unit 2 is provided on the transport path 6 and discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and damage of the banknotes transported through the transport path 6 at the time of deposit / withdrawal, as well as abnormal transport such as double feeding, chaining, and skew feeding. Detection and counting of banknotes whose denominations are confirmed.

  The temporary holding unit 3 is provided downstream of the discrimination unit 2 in the conveyance direction of the banknotes when depositing, and temporarily holds the banknotes determined to be depositable by the discrimination unit 2 until an operation for confirming the transaction amount by the customer is performed. To do. The temporary storage unit 3 has a temporary storage unit separating and accumulating mechanism 13 including a gate roller for taking in banknotes and a pickup roller for separating and feeding out banknotes one by one.

  Money type storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z are provided with a plurality of cassettes for each money type, 4x is a 10,000-ticket cassette for storing 10,000 tickets, 4y is a 2,000-ticket cassette for storing 2,000 tickets, and 4z is for storing 1,000 tickets. Hereinafter, it may be described as a ten thousand ticket cassette 4x, a two thousand ticket cassette 4y, and a thousand ticket cassette 4z. Each of the money-type storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z is fed into a transport path 6 for each banknote stored therein by a storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanism 14x, 14y, and 14z, which will be described later. 6 to collect banknotes. Although only three denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z are shown in the drawing, the present invention is not limited to this, and any two or more according to the operation mode may be used.

  The reject cassette 5 is provided at the end of the conveyance path 6 and stores a banknote determined to be unpaid or denominated by the discrimination unit 2 at the time of withdrawal as a reject banknote. The reject cassette 5 stacks reject banknotes from the transport path 6 by a reject cassette stacking mechanism 15.

  Furthermore, the conveyance path 6 is provided by connecting the above-described parts, and has a function of conveying banknotes between the respective parts. The conveyance means in the conveyance path 6 is a conveyance roller or a conveyance belt (not shown), and these are driven by a conveyance roller motor 6-1 described later. A blade (not shown) is provided at a branching part or a joining part of the conveyance path 6 so as to switch the conveyance direction of the bills.

  At the time of depositing, after the customer selects a deposit transaction, when a bill is inserted into the customer service port 22, the shutter 25 is closed, and the inserted bill is conveyed from the customer service port 22 through the conveyance path 6 and sent to the discrimination unit 2. . If it is determined that the bill can be used for withdrawal, the bill is once transported to the temporary storage unit 3. That is, the path of the banknote at the time of depositing passes through the service path separating and accumulating mechanism 16 of the service port 22 through the transport paths 6a and 6b, passes through the discrimination unit 2, and the normal ticket passes through the transport paths 6c and 6d according to the result of discrimination. On the other hand, the abnormal tickets are returned to the customer service port 22 via the transport paths 6c and 6f.

  At the time of storage, when a transaction amount confirmation input is performed by the customer, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 3 are transported to and stored in the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z of the corresponding denomination. That is, the path of the banknote at the time of storing corresponds from the temporary storage unit separation and accumulation mechanism 13 of the temporary storage unit 3 through the transport paths 6e, 6c and 6b, through the discrimination unit 2, and through the transport paths 6g to 6m according to the discrimination result. Are collected in the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z.

  Furthermore, at the time of withdrawal, when the customer inputs the withdrawal amount, banknotes corresponding to the amount are paid out from the money type storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z and sent to the discrimination unit 2. If it is determined by the discrimination unit 2 that there is no problem with the withdrawal, it is transported through the transport path 6 and sent to the customer service port 22. When bills corresponding to the withdrawal amount are accumulated at the customer service port 22, the shutter 25 is opened, and the customer can take out the bills. That is, the path of the banknote at the time of withdrawal is determined from the storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanisms 14x, 14y, 14z of the money type storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z through the transport paths 6h, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6g, 6b. 2, the normal ticket is accumulated at the customer service port 22 via the transport paths 6 c and 6 f according to the discrimination result. On the other hand, the reject ticket is accumulated in the reject cassette 5 through the transport paths 6b and 6m.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the banknote handling apparatus 12. The banknote processing control unit 30 is connected to each part of the banknote processing apparatus 12 and controls each part of the banknote processing apparatus 12. The banknote processing control unit 30 is connected to a storage unit 31 configured by a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, or the like, and operates according to a control program stored in the storage unit 31. Moreover, the banknote process control part 30 can write the data required for each process in the memory | storage part 31, and can read it from the memory | storage part 31 as needed. The storage unit 31 includes a denomination-type deposit count result storage unit 40 (FIG. 9) described later. Moreover, the banknote process control part 30 is connected with the said apparatus control part 10, and exchanges the information regarding a banknote process.

  The sensor 32 detects the insertion of the banknote, the banknote transport position, the rotational position of each roller, the accumulated amount of banknotes, etc., and sends the output to the banknote processing control unit 30. The service port driver 33 drives the mechanical system in the service port 22. That is, the customer service port driver 33 opens and closes the shutter 25 and drives the roller motor 16-1 of the service port separating and accumulating mechanism 16 under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30. The transport roller motor 6-1 drives a transport roller or a transport belt provided in the transport path 6 under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30. The discrimination unit 2 discriminates banknotes under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30 and sends the discrimination result to the banknote processing control unit 30.

  The cassette motor drivers 34x, 34y, and 34z are controlled by the banknote processing control unit 30 to move the stage lifting motors 37x, 37y, and 37z, pickup roller motors 38x, 38y, and 38z in the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z. The single / gate roller motors 39x, 39y, and 39z are respectively driven. Further, the cassette motor driver 34-5 drives the tongue piece / gate roller motor 39-5 in the reject cassette 5 under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30. The temporary storage motor driver 35 drives the pickup roller motor 13-1 and the gate roller motor 13-2 of the temporary storage unit separating and accumulating mechanism 13 in the temporary storage unit 3 under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30.

  FIG. 6 is a side view showing the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette 4. The storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette 4 includes a storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanism 14 and a stage elevating mechanism 36. This figure shows a standby state in which the stage 9 described later is raised so that the separation operation can be performed immediately. The stage elevating mechanism 36 includes a stage 9, a vertically provided shaft 20, a slider 19 having a hole through which the shaft 20 is inserted, an endless belt 21, and a pulley 21 − on which the endless belt 21 is bridged. 1, 21-2. These are provided on the left and right of the stage 9 with respect to the feeding direction of the banknote P indicated by the arrow E in the figure.

  The slider 19 is provided integrally with the stage 9, and is fixed to a predetermined position of the endless belt 21. Therefore, when the cassette motor driver 34 is driven under the control of the banknote processing control unit 30, the stage elevating motor 37 is driven, and thereby the pulleys 21-1 and 21-2 rotate forward and backward. Then, the slider 19 moves up and down along the shaft 20 via the endless belt 21. As the slider 19 moves up and down, the stage 9 moves up and down. Since the banknotes P stored in the denomination storage cassette 4 are placed on the stage 9, the uppermost banknote P is pressed against the pickup roller 7 as the stage 9 is raised, and the separation operation is immediately performed. It will be in a standby state that can be done.

  On the other hand, the separating mechanism of the storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanism 14 includes a pickup roller 7, a feeding roller 17 and a separating roller 18. The pick-up roller 7 is provided with a picker rubber 7-1 having a frictional force sufficient for feeding and feeding the bill P on a part of the outer periphery thereof, and a shaft (not shown) so as to be pressed against the uppermost position of the bill P. It is fixed to. A feeding roller 17 and a separation roller 18 are provided downstream of the pickup roller 7 in the feeding direction, and are driven in conjunction with the pickup roller 7. Accordingly, the cassette motor driver 34 drives the pickup roller motor 38, the pickup roller 7 rotates counterclockwise in the figure, and the feeding roller 17 and separation roller 18 rotate, whereby the bill P is moved to the arrow E. Each sheet is separated and fed out in the direction, and conveyed to the conveyance path 6.

  FIG. 7 is a side view showing the storage mechanism of the money type storage cassette 4. The stage 9 on which the bills P are placed descends from the standby state shown in FIG. 6 to the position shown in FIG. This position is called an accumulation position. Therefore, the figure shows a state in which it has moved to the stacking position, which is a preparatory operation before storage. The stacking mechanism of the storage cassette separating and stacking mechanism 14 includes a tongue piece roller 28 for stacking banknotes P transported from the transport path 6 and a pair of gate rollers 29-1 and 29-2. The tongue piece roller 28 is provided with a plurality of flexible tongue pieces 8 around it, and rotates in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing to align the banknotes P fed one by one during storage in the direction of arrow F. Store. The gate rollers 29-1 and 29-2 are provided coaxially with the feeding roller 17 and the separation roller 18, and act to stack the banknotes P during stacking.

  When the cassette motor driver 34 is driven by the control of the bill processing control unit 30, the tongue piece / gate roller motor 39 is driven, whereby the tongue piece roller 28 and the pair of gate rollers 29- 1, 29-2 rotate. The tongue roller 28 is supported by a movable arm (not shown), and is retracted as shown in FIG. 6 in the standby state. However, in the preparatory operation before storage, as shown in FIG. It is possible to move to. At this time, the arm (not shown) is driven by the cassette motor driver 34 under the control of the bill processing control unit 30. Further, when the accumulation of the bills P is finished, as shown in FIG. 6, a movement to a separation position, which is a post-operation after the storage, is performed, and a standby state is set so that the separation operation can be performed immediately.

  Next, the operation of ATM 1 relating to the first embodiment will be described. Here, in the description of the first embodiment, the ten thousand-ticket cassette 4x, the two thousand-ticket cassette 4y, and the thousand-ticket cassette 4z are provided as described above. In addition, the 5,000 yen banknote is stored in the reject cassette 5. Furthermore, the standby state of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z is a state in which the stage 9 is raised and the uppermost banknote P is pressed by the pickup roller 7 as described above.

  FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ATM 1 banknote processing apparatus 12 relating to the first embodiment. When the customer operates the customer operation display screen 27 and designates a deposit transaction, the device control unit 10 detects this via the customer operation display unit 42 and notifies the banknote processing control unit 30 of the banknote processing device 12. When the bill processing control unit 30 receives the designation of the deposit transaction (S101), it controls the service port driver 33 to open the shutter 25 of the service port 22 so that the customer can insert the bill P. Here, the customer temporarily inserts one million ticket into the customer service port 22. When the banknote processing control unit 30 detects the insertion of the banknote into the customer service port 22 by the detection signal from the sensor 32, the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the service port driver 33 to close the shutter 25 and drive the roller motor 16-1. P is fed out to the transport path 6 (S102). Further, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the transport roller motor 6-1 in the transport path 6.

  FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing the flow of banknotes when depositing. As shown in FIG. 8, the banknote P is discriminated by the discrimination unit 2 from the service port separation and accumulation mechanism 16 through the conveyance paths 6a and 6b. The banknote processing control unit 30 controls the discrimination unit 2 to recognize that the deposited banknote is one banknote. Furthermore, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the transport roller motor 6-1 of the transport path 6 and transports the banknote P to the temporary storage unit 3 through the transport paths 6c and 6d (S103). And the banknote process control part 30 controls the motor driver 35 for temporary storage, drives the gate roller motor 13-2, and accumulate | stores the banknote P in the temporary storage part 3 (S104).

  Next, the banknote processing control unit 30 informs the apparatus control unit 10 that the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2 is a single banknote, and the discrimination result is stored in the storage unit 31 according to the denomination of money type. 40 (S105).

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the denomination-type deposit count result storage unit 40. The money type deposit count result storage unit 40 is provided in the storage unit 31 and stores the discrimination result in the discrimination unit 2. The money type deposit count result storage unit 40 stores in advance cassette numbers corresponding to denominations (same as the reference numerals in FIG. 4), and the number of discrimination results is as shown in FIG. It is stored that ticket = 1 sheet, five thousand tickets = 0 sheets, two thousand tickets = 0 sheets, and thousand tickets = 0 sheets.

  The device control unit 10 displays the discrimination result from the banknote processing control unit 30 on the customer operation display screen 27 via the customer operation display unit 42. The customer operation display screen 27 displays the input amount 10,000 yen and prompts the customer to input the transaction amount confirmation. When there is no receipt of customer confirmation from the apparatus control unit 10 (S106), the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the transport roller 6-1 to transport the banknote P to the customer service port 22 (S107). To open the shutter 25 and return the banknote P to the customer (S108).

  In step 106, when the customer confirmation is received, the banknote processing control unit 30 calls out the discrimination result from the denomination receipt count result storage unit 40 of the storage unit 31, and stores the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z for storage. Identify. The specified denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z show the stage 9 and the tongue roller 28 on which the banknotes P are placed in order to secure a space for stacking the banknotes P as a preparatory operation before storage. It is necessary to move from the standby state shown in FIG. 6 to the accumulation position shown in FIG. The denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z that are not stored may remain in a standby state. From the deposit type counting result storage unit 40 shown in FIG. 9, it is the ten thousand ticket cassette 4x that needs to be stored (S109).

  The banknote processing control unit 30 controls the cassette motor driver 34x of the 10,000-note cassette 4x only, and moves to the stacking position, which is a preparatory operation before storage. That is, the stage raising / lowering motor 37x is driven to lower the stage 9 and move to the stacking position shown in FIG. 7 to secure a space for stacking the bills P. At the same time, an arm (not shown) that supports the tongue piece roller 28 of only the 10,000-note cassette 4x is driven to move the tongue piece roller 28 to the accumulation position shown in FIG. Further, the tongue piece / gate roller motor 39x is driven to rotate the tongue piece roller 28 and the pair of gate rollers 29-1, 29-2 (S110). In this manner, the preparatory operation before banknote storage in the 10,000 ticket cassette 4x is performed. In addition, about the other money-type storage cassettes 4y and 4z, it is not necessary to perform the preparatory operation before banknote storage, and it is left in the standby state shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the temporary holding motor driver 35 to drive the pickup roller motor 13-1 of the temporary holding unit separating and accumulating mechanism 13. Further, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the transport roller motor 6-1 in the transport path 6.

  FIG. 10 is a side sectional view showing the flow of banknotes in the banknote handling apparatus 12 during storage. As shown in FIG. 10, the banknote P is discriminated by the discrimination unit 2 from the temporary storage unit separation and accumulation mechanism 13 of the temporary storage unit 3 through the conveyance paths 6 e, 6 c and 6 b. The banknote processing control unit 30 controls the discrimination unit 2 to recognize that the deposited banknote is one banknote. Furthermore, the banknote process control part 30 drives the conveyance roller motor 6-1, and conveys the banknote P to the banknote cassette 4x through the conveyance paths 6g and 6h. And it is conveyed by the direction of arrow F by rotation of the gate rollers 29-1, 29-2, and the tongue piece roller 28, and is integrated | stacked on the banknote cassette 4x (S111). In this way, the banknote processing control unit 30 performs the storing operation only on the 10,000-note cassette 4x. Of course, the other denomination storage cassettes 4y and 4z are not stored.

  When the banknotes P are accumulated in the 10,000-note cassette 4x, the banknote processing control unit 30 is moved to a separation position, which is a post-operation after storage, in preparation for the next processing. That is, the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the cassette motor driver 34x and drives the stage elevating motor 37x to bring the storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanism 14x of the 10,000-note cassette 4x into the standby state shown in FIG. 9 is raised, and the uppermost banknote P of the stacked banknotes P is pressed by the pickup roller 7 to be in a standby state. At the same time, an arm (not shown) that supports the tongue piece roller 28 is driven to move the tongue piece roller 28 to the standby position shown in FIG. 6 (S112).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the denomination-type deposit count result storage unit 40 is provided, and the control of the banknote processing control unit 30 stores the number of discrimination results of deposited banknotes, and stores banknotes. The denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z that require the preparatory operation are specified, and the stage 9 of the storage mechanism is lowered and the arm of the tongue roller 28 is moved only for the specified denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z. Pre-storage operations such as storage operations such as rotation of tongue roller 28 and gate roller 29, and post-storage operations such as raising stage 9 and movement of arms of tongue roller 28 were not specified. Since the storage mechanism is placed in the standby state for the denominated storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z, it does not use unnecessary power, contributes to energy saving as a device, and further causes wear of components. By reducing, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction apparatus long life. At the same time, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction apparatus with few failures.

<Second Embodiment>
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the first embodiment is provided with a denomination-type deposit count result storage unit 40 in the storage unit 31 of the banknote processing apparatus 12, and about the deposited banknote. Although the discrimination result by the discrimination part 2 is memorize | stored, in 2nd Embodiment, it is a point which does not provide the money-type receipt count result memory | storage part 40 in the memory | storage part 31. FIG. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ATM 1 banknote processing apparatus 12 according to the second embodiment. In the figure, steps 201 to 204 are the same as steps 101 to 104 in the description of the first embodiment, and steps 210 to 212 are the same as steps 110 to 112.

  In step 205, the banknote processing control unit 30 transmits to the apparatus control unit 10 that the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2 is that the deposited banknote is one banknote. The device control unit 10 stores the discrimination result from the banknote processing control unit 30 in the device storage unit 11. At the same time, the apparatus control unit 10 displays the discrimination result from the banknote processing control unit 30 on the customer operation display screen 27 via the customer operation display unit 42. The customer operation display screen 27 displays the input amount 10,000 yen and prompts the customer to input the transaction amount confirmation. When there is no receipt of customer confirmation from the apparatus control unit 10 (S206), the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the transport roller 6-1 to transport the banknote P to the service port 22 (S207), and the service port driver 33. To open the shutter 25 and return the banknote P to the customer (S208). In step 206, when the customer confirmation is received, the banknote processing control unit 30 further receives from the device control unit 10 that the denomination storage cassette 4 to be stored is the 10000-note cassette 4x (S209). . Thereby, the banknote process control part 30 can pinpoint the banknote cassette 4x which accommodates the banknote P. FIG.

  As described above, as in the second embodiment, the banknote processing control unit 30 specifies the cassette number by receiving the cassette number of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z to be stored from the apparatus control unit 10. Therefore, the present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which the storage unit 31 of the banknote handling apparatus 12 is not provided with the denomination-type deposit count result storage unit 40.

<Third Embodiment>
In the third embodiment, when any of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z of the first embodiment is full, that is, when there is no space that can be stored, the deposited banknote is inserted into the reject cassette 5. It relates to the case of storing. The configuration of the ATM 1 related to the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the reject cassette 5 and the storage unit 31. The reject cassette 5 stores banknotes P determined to be unpaid or unknown in the discrimination unit 2 at the time of withdrawal, and deposited banknotes when there are full denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z. To do.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ATM 1 banknote handling apparatus 12 according to the third embodiment. In the figure, Steps 301 to 309 are the same as Steps 101 to 109 of the first embodiment. In the description of the third embodiment, it is assumed that the banknote P inserted by the customer is 12,000 yen in total, one for 10,000 and one for 2,000.

  FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the cassette status / counting result storage unit 50. The cassette status / counting result storage unit 50 is provided in the storage unit 31 and stores the discrimination result in the discrimination unit 2. In the cassette status / counting result storage unit 50, a cassette number corresponding to the denomination (same as the code in FIG. 4) is stored in advance, and the number of discrimination results is 10,000 tickets = 1, 5,000 tickets = It is stored that 0 sheets, two thousand tickets = 1, and one thousand tickets = 0. Furthermore, the full status of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z and the reject cassette 5 is stored, and it is stored that the ten thousand ticket cassette 4x is currently full.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the banknote processing control unit 30 specifies that it is the 10,000-note cassette 4x and the 2,000-note cassette 4y that need to be stored from the cassette status / counting result storage unit 50 (S309). . However, since the banknote cassette 4x is full and the reject cassette 5 is used, the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the cassette motor driver 34-5 of the reject cassette 5 to control the tongue piece / gate roller motor 39-5. Is driven (S311). In this way, the preparatory operation before storing the banknote in the reject cassette 5 is performed.

  Further, the banknote processing control unit 30 controls the cassette motor driver 34y of the two thousand-note cassette 4y to move to the stacking position, which is a preparatory operation before storage. That is, the stage elevating motor 37y is driven to lower the stage 9, and a space for collecting the bills P is secured. At the same time, an arm (not shown) that supports the tongue roller 28 is driven to move the tongue roller 28 to the accumulation position shown in FIG. 7, and further, the tongue / gate roller motor 39y is driven, and the tongue roller 28 and The pair of gate rollers 29-1, 29-2 is rotated (S312). In this way, the preparatory operation before storing bills in the two thousand-ticket cassette 4y is performed. At this time, the ten thousand-note cassette 4x and the thousand-note cassette 4z do not need to be prepared before banknote storage, and remain in the standby state shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the temporary holding motor driver 35 to drive the pickup roller motor 13-1 of the temporary holding unit separating and accumulating mechanism 13. Further, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the transport roller motor 6-1 in the transport path 6. FIG. 14 is a side sectional view showing the flow of banknotes in the banknote handling apparatus 12 during storage. As shown in FIG. 14, the banknotes P are discriminated by the discrimination unit 2 from the temporary storage unit separating and accumulating mechanism 13 of the temporary storage unit 3 through the conveyance paths 6 e, 6 c and 6 b. The banknote processing control unit 30 controls the discrimination unit 2 to recognize that it is one 10,000 ticket and one 2,000 ticket.

  Furthermore, the banknote processing control unit 30 drives the transport roller motor 6-1, and stacks all the bills in the reject cassette 5 through the transport paths 6g, 6i, and 6m. The two thousand tickets are accumulated in the two thousand ticket cassette 4y through the transport paths 6g, 6i, and 6j (S313). In this way, the banknote processing control unit 30 performs the storing operation only on the two thousand-ticket cassette 4y and the reject cassette 5. Of course, the other denomination storage cassettes 4x and 4z are not stored.

  When the banknotes P are accumulated in the two-thousand-ticket cassette 4y and the reject cassette 5, the banknote processing control unit 30 moves to a separation position, which is a post-storage post-operation, in preparation for the next processing. That is, the cassette motor driver 34y is controlled to drive the stage elevating motor 37y to raise the stage 9 in order to put the storage cassette separating and accumulating mechanism 14y of the two-thousand-ticket cassette 4y into the standby state shown in FIG. At the same time, an arm (not shown) that supports the tongue piece roller 28 is driven to move the tongue piece roller 28 to the standby position shown in FIG. 6 (S314).

  Here, the reject cassette 5 is a cassette dedicated for stacking because it stores a deposited banknote when there is no space that can be stored in any of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z. However, it is not limited to this. That is, since the banknotes stored in the reject cassette 5 can be reused, a separation mechanism may be provided in the reject cassette 5 to provide a separation and feeding function. For this purpose, the reject cassette 5 is provided with a pickup roller and a pickup roller motor (not shown), and the bill processing control unit 30 controls the cassette motor driver 34-5 to drive the pickup roller motor. .

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, the cassette status / counting result storage unit 50 for storing the full status of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z and the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2 is provided, and the banknote processing control unit 30 is provided. With this control, when any of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, 4z is full, i.e., there is no space for storage, the deposited banknote is stored in the reject cassette 5. Of the denomination storage cassettes 4x, 4y, and 4z, only the separating and accumulating mechanism of the cassette with the banknote to be stored performs the banknote storage preparation operation, and the banknote storage preparation operation is performed for the cassette without the banknote to be stored or the full cassette. This eliminates the need to use unnecessary power, contributes to energy saving as a device, and reduces the occurrence of component wear. It is thus possible to provide an automated transaction machine long life. At the same time, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction apparatus with few failures.

  In the description of the present embodiment, the stage 9 and the tongue piece roller 28 are shown as the movement target mechanism portion for the movement to the accumulation position, which is a preparatory operation before storage, and the separation position, which is a post-storage operation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mechanical parts necessary for the preparatory operation before the storage, the storage operation, and the post-storage operation are targeted by the configuration of the denomination storage cassette 4.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Discrimination part 3 Temporary reservation part 4 Money storing cassette 5 Reject cassette 6 Carriage path 7 Pickup roller
9 Stage 10 Device control unit 11 Device storage unit 12 Banknote processing device 13 Temporary storage unit separation / stacking mechanism 14 Storage cassette separation / stacking mechanism 15 Reject cassette stacking mechanism 28 Tongue piece roller 30 Banknote processing control unit 31 Storage unit 40 Money type deposit counting result Storage part P

Claims (14)

A discrimination section for discriminating the denominations of deposited banknotes received by customers;
By operating a storage mechanism that stores the deposited banknotes, it has a plurality of denomination storage cassettes that store the deposited banknotes for each denomination,
The automatic transaction further includes a control unit that operates the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette only for the denomination storage cassette corresponding to the denomination of the deposited banknote based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. apparatus. A deposit counting result storage unit for storing a denomination of the discrimination result of the discrimination unit;
2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit operates the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette based on a denomination stored in the deposit counting result storage unit.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the storage mechanism of the money type storage cassette to perform a preparation operation and a storage operation for storing bills.   4. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the preparatory operation for storing banknotes is movement of a stage on which banknotes are placed.   4. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the storing operation is rotation of a tongue roller for accumulating banknotes conveyed from a conveyance path.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit operates the storage mechanism of the money type storage cassette in a standby state after storing the deposited banknote. Has a reject cassette to store when the banknote to be withdrawn is unknown
2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit operates a storage mechanism of the reject cassette when any of the denomination storage cassettes is full. A banknote discrimination process for discriminating denominations of deposited banknotes that a customer deposits,
A storage step of storing the deposited banknotes for each denomination in a denomination storage cassette by operating a storage mechanism for storing the deposited banknotes;
Furthermore, it includes a mechanism control step of operating the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette only for the denomination storage cassette corresponding to the denomination of the deposited banknote based on the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination step. Control method of automatic transaction apparatus. Including a deposit counting result storage step for storing a denomination of the discrimination result of the bill discrimination step,
9. The method of controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the mechanism control step includes an operation of the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette based on the denomination stored in the deposit counting result storage step.   9. The method for controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the mechanism control step includes a preparatory operation and a storing operation for storing bills with respect to the storing mechanism of the denomination storing cassette.   The method for controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the preparatory operation for storing banknotes includes moving a stage on which banknotes are placed.   The method for controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the storing operation includes rotating a tongue piece roller for collecting banknotes conveyed from a conveyance path.   9. The method of controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the mechanism control step includes operating the storage mechanism of the denomination storage cassette in a standby state after storing the deposited banknote. Including a reject storing step of storing in a reject cassette when the banknote to be withdrawn is unknown
9. The method of controlling an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the mechanism control step includes operating a storage mechanism of the reject cassette when the denomination storage cassette is full.

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