JP2011070586A - Article management device and article management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently mount or collect an article with respect to a processor. <P>SOLUTION: This article management device is provided with a storage cabinet for storing an article and a memory storage part for storing storage cabinet information associating the storage cabinet or the article stored in the storage cabinet with a prescribe processor, and configure such that an information acquisition part acquires the number of article information related with the number of articles stored in the processor, and that a display control part notifies an operator of information relate with the supplement or collection of the article with respect to the processor on the basis of the number of article information acquired by the information acquisition part and the storage cabinet information stored in the memory storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an article management apparatus and an article management system for storing articles, and in particular, an article management apparatus and an article management system capable of efficiently performing loading and collection of articles on a processing machine such as a money handling machine and a passbook carryover machine. About.

  Traditionally, financial institutions such as banks store money to be loaded into money processing machines such as money changers and ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) or money collected from money processing machines in a safe installed in the store. I manage. In addition, a bankbook for loading into a bankbook carryover machine is also stored in the safe of a financial institution.

  When the remaining number of money or passbook in the money handling machine or passbook carry-over machine decreases, the person in charge takes out the replenishment money or passbook from the safe and removes the removed money or passbook in the corresponding money handling machine or passbook. Perform replenishment work to load the carryover machine. When the amount of money in the money handling machine is likely to exceed the allowable amount, the person in charge performs a collecting operation of collecting money from the money handling machine and storing it in a safe.

  Such replenishment work and collection work are performed under strict management by officers in order to prevent the occurrence of illegal activities, fraud, and mistakes. However, due to the strengthening of internal control and the like, the business burden on officers accompanying such replenishment work and collection work is increasing. Therefore, an increasing number of financial institutions use an article management device that can easily manage retrieval and collection history as a substitute for a safe.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses an article management apparatus that records information from receipt of an article lending request to completion of a series of procedures accompanying the request as lending history information. Specifically, the article management apparatus of Patent Literature 1 records, as the rental history information, the ID (Identification) of the lent article, the rent date / time, the return date / time, etc., in association with the ID of the user who made the rent request. Keep it. And the article management apparatus of patent document 1 will display applicable rental history information on a predetermined | prescribed display part, when the browsing request from a user is received.

JP 2005-146788 A

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is not possible to load or collect money or a passbook to or from a money handling machine or a passbook carryover machine (hereinafter referred to as “processing machine”) at an appropriate timing. . This is because the article management apparatus of Patent Document 1 cannot grasp the inventory status of articles loaded in the processing machine.

  For this reason, the person in charge has to judge the timing of money or passbook replenishment work or collection work based on his / her own experience and intuition, the timing is too late, the processor goes into a dormant state, or the timing is too early There was a risk that it would be a wasteful work.

  For these reasons, how to realize an article management apparatus or an article management system that can efficiently load and collect articles on a processing machine has become a major issue.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and provides an article management apparatus and an article management system capable of efficiently loading and collecting articles from a processing machine. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides storage information that associates a storage for storing an article and the storage or the article stored in the storage with a predetermined processor. Storage means for storing, information acquisition means for acquiring article number information relating to the number of articles stored in the processor, the article number information acquired by the information acquisition means, and stored in the storage means An informing means for informing information relating to replenishment or collection of an article for the processor based on storage information is provided.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the notification means acquires near empty information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine is equal to or less than a predetermined number from the processing machine, When the display unit displays that the article should be replenished to the processing machine, and near-full information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has reached a predetermined number or more is acquired from the processing machine Is characterized in that the display unit displays that the article should be collected from the processing machine.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the near empty information or the near full information is acquired from the processing machine, a specifying unit that specifies a storage box associated with the processing machine using the storage box information. The notification means notifies the position of the storage specified by the specification means.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the locking / unlocking means for locking / unlocking the storage, and when the storage is specified by the specifying means, the unlocking means that the specified storage should be unlocked. And an instruction means for instructing the lock means.

  Further, the present invention, in the above invention, further comprises identification means for identifying a user, wherein the storage means further stores user information in which the user is associated with a storage for which the user has an unlocking authority. And when the user is identified by the identification means, the instruction means unlocks the storage if the storage specified by the specifying means is included in the user information. It is characterized by instructing the locking / unlocking part to do.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the counting means for counting articles stored in the storage, and the number of articles taken out from the storage or based on the counting result by the counting means are stored in the storage. And the article indicated by the article number information when the number of articles loaded into the processor or the number of articles collected from the processor is acquired as the article number information. A comparison means for comparing the number and the number of articles calculated by the calculation means, wherein the notification means is loaded into the processor when the number of articles compared by the comparison means is different. Notifying that the number of articles or the number of articles collected from the processor is different from the number of articles taken out of the storage or the number of articles stored in the storage.

  The present invention is also an article management system having an article management apparatus for storing articles and a processing machine for handling articles stored in the article management apparatus, wherein the article management apparatus is a storage for storing articles. And storage means for storing storage information in which the storage or the articles stored in the storage and a predetermined processing machine are associated with each other, and acquiring the number of articles related to the number of articles stored in the processing machine Information relating to replenishment or collection of articles to the processor is reported based on the information acquisition means to perform, the article number information acquired by the information acquisition means, and the article number information stored in the storage storage means. And a processing unit that counts the remaining number of articles to be processed and the number of articles based on the remaining number of articles counted by the remaining number counting means. The is characterized in that an information notifying means for notifying to the article management apparatus.

  According to the present invention, a storage for storing articles, storage means for storing storage information relating the storage or the articles stored in the storage and predetermined processing machines, and storage units are stored. The information acquisition means for acquiring the article number information related to the number of articles that are present, the article number information acquired by the information acquisition means, and the storage information stored in the storage means, Since the notification means for notifying the information is provided, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently load and collect the article to the processor.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the notification means acquires near-empty information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has become a predetermined number or less from the processing machine, If the display unit displays that the article should be replenished, and near-full information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has reached a predetermined number or more is acquired from the processing machine, Since the display unit displays that the article should be collected, the user can grasp the timing of the article replenishment work or collection work for the processing machine without going to the place where the processing machine is installed. There is an effect.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the near empty information or the near full information is acquired from the processing machine, the information processing apparatus further includes a specifying unit that specifies the storage unit associated with the processing unit using the storage unit information. Since the position of the storage specified by the specifying means is notified, when performing replenishment work, the position of the storage where the article to be replenished to the processing machine is stored can be grasped. In the case of performing the collection operation, there is an effect that it is possible to grasp the position of the storage in which the articles collected from the processing machine are to be stored.

  Further, according to the present invention, the locking / unlocking means for locking / unlocking the storage, and when the storage is specified by the specifying means, the locking / unlocking means is instructed to unlock the specified storage In addition, it is possible to prevent a situation in which different articles are loaded into the processing machine or an article collected from the processing machine is stored in different storages. There is an effect that can be done.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the information processing apparatus further includes identification means for identifying a user, and the storage means further stores user information in which the user is associated with a storage for which the user has an unlocking authority, and indicates If the user is identified by the identifying means and the storage specified by the specifying means is included in the user information, the means indicates to the key storage that the storage should be unlocked. As a result of limiting the number of users who can unlock the storage, there is an effect that article management can be tightened.

  According to the present invention, the counting means for counting the articles stored in the storage, and the calculation for calculating the number of articles taken out from the storage or the number of articles stored in the storage based on the counting result by the counting means. Means and the number of articles calculated by the calculation means when the number of articles loaded into the processor or the number of articles collected from the processor is acquired as the article number information. And a notifying means for storing the number of articles loaded into the processing machine or the number of articles recovered from the processing machine when the number of articles compared by the comparing means is different. Because it is notified that the number of items taken out from the store or the number of items stored in the storage is different, it is easy to detect illegal acts, frauds, mistakes, etc. during replenishment and collection operations. There is an effect that it is possible.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an article management method according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the article management apparatus according to the present embodiment and a processing machine connected to the article management apparatus. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating configurations of the article management apparatus and the processing machine. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of processor information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of lending information. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of icons. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of an article replenishment operation and a collection operation for the processing machine. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the article management apparatus in the replenishment operation. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the storage location guidance screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the key position guidance screen. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the article management apparatus in the collection work. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining processing performed when the number of articles taken out from the article management apparatus is different from the number of articles replenished to the processing machine.

  Exemplary embodiments of an article management apparatus and an article management system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the case where the article management apparatus according to the present invention is installed in a financial institution such as a bank will be described.

  First, prior to detailed description of the embodiments, an outline of the article management method according to the present invention will be described. In the article management method according to the present invention, the article management apparatus and various processing machines are data-linked, and the article management apparatus replenishes or collects articles to the processing machine according to the number-of-article information notified from the processing machine. The main feature is that the process is executed. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an article management method according to the present invention.

  The processing machine is an apparatus that processes articles stored in the article management apparatus. For example, as shown in the same figure, a currency exchange machine that processes money, a passbook carry-over machine that processes bankbooks, etc. is there. These processors notify the article management apparatus of article number information, which is information related to the number of articles in its own apparatus. Here, as the number-of-items information, in addition to the remaining number information including the remaining number of articles stored in the processing machine, the near-empty information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has become a predetermined number or less. Or near-full information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has reached a predetermined number or more.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the currency exchange machine 01, which is a processing machine, notifies near empty information to the article management apparatus when the remaining number of articles in the apparatus falls below a predetermined number (FIG. 1). (See (1)). Here, it is assumed that the near-empty information shown in the figure includes that the remaining number of thousand yen bills is less than or equal to a predetermined number among the denominations stored in the money changer 01. .

  On the other hand, when the article management apparatus acquires near empty information from the money changer 01, the article management apparatus executes processing related to the replenishment of goods to the money changer 01. For example, the article management device displays on the touch panel LCD that a thousand yen bill should be replenished to the money changer 01 in the near empty state (see (2-1) in FIG. 1). As a result, the user can confirm that the money changer 01 is in the near empty state without having to bother to reach the place where the money changer 01 is installed, thereby reducing the time required for replenishment work. Can do.

  Note that the article management apparatus can display the location of the storage in which the article to be replenished is stored, in addition to the information such as the name of the processing machine at the loading destination and the article to be replenished. Thereby, the user can easily grasp in which storage the articles to be replenished to the processor are stored.

  Further, the article management apparatus unlocks the storage in which articles to be replenished to the processing machine are stored as a process related to replenishment of articles to the processing machine (see (2-2) in FIG. 1). As a result, when the user performs a replenishment operation, the user can easily take out the articles to be replenished to the processing machine from the article management apparatus, and prevents a situation in which a different article is loaded into the processing machine. You can also

  Note that the article management device may unlock the storage only when the user has the authority to unlock the storage. Thereby, since the users who can unlock the storage can be limited, the article management can be made strict.

  Further, when the near full information is acquired from the processing machine, the article management apparatus displays on the touch panel LCD that the article should be collected from the near full processing machine. Thereby, the user can confirm on the side of the article management apparatus that the processing machine is in the near-full state, and the time required for the collection work can be shortened.

  As described above, in the article management method according to the present invention, the article management apparatus executes processing related to replenishment or collection of articles for the processing machine according to the number-of-items information notified from the processing machine. It is possible to efficiently load and collect articles from the processor.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the article management apparatus to which the article management method described with reference to FIG. 1 is applied will be described in detail. In the following, a case will be described in which the article management apparatus performs data linkage with a processing machine such as a change machine, a passbook carryover machine, or an ATM installed in a financial institution such as a bank.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the article management apparatus according to the present embodiment and a processing machine connected to the article management apparatus. As shown in the figure, the article management apparatus 1 is an apparatus for storing and managing a plurality of articles, and includes a plurality of storages B1 to B12 for storing articles. Here, the storage B2 is a key storage that stores a plurality of keys, and has a key holder part that individually locks and unlocks each key. The storages B10 and B11 are passbook storages that store a plurality of passbooks, and have a passbook scrutiny unit that counts the number of stored passbooks. The other storages B1, B3 to B9, B12 are general storages that do not have a key holder part or a passbook scrutiny part.

  The article management apparatus 1 also includes a touch panel LCD 10 that accepts operations from the user and displays various screens, and a card reader 11 that reads information recorded on the user's ID card. After logging in to the article management apparatus 1 using the ID card, the user operates the touch panel LCD 10 to unlock the storage in which the target article is stored.

  As shown in the figure, the article management apparatus 1 is connected to various processing machines 2 such as a passbook carryover machine, ATM, currency exchange machine, and open teller machine via a network such as an in-store LAN (Local Area Network). Has been. Here, the passbook carryover machine is a processing machine that processes the bankbook, and the ATM, the money changer, and the open teller machine are processing machines that process money. These processors have a function of counting the remaining number of articles to be processed.

  Then, the article management apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment displays, on the basis of the article number information notified from these processing machines 2, that the corresponding processing machines should be replenished or recovered, The position of the storage for storing the articles to be collected is displayed, or the storage for storing the articles to be replenished or collected is unlocked.

  Next, configurations of the article management apparatus 1 and the processing machine 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the article management apparatus 1 and the processor 2. In the figure, only components necessary for explaining the features of the article management apparatus 1 and the processor 2 are shown, and descriptions of general components are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the article management apparatus 1 includes a touch panel LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 10, a card reader 11, a storage box 12, a storage unit 13, and a control unit 14. On the other hand, the processing machine 2 includes an article counting unit 21 and an information notification unit 22.

  Below, each component of the article | item management apparatus 1 is demonstrated first. The touch panel LCD 10 is a display operation unit that displays various screens and transmits information touched with a fingertip or the like to the control unit 14. The user operates the touch panel LCD 10 to select a storage container to be unlocked from the plurality of storage containers B1 to B12. The card reader 11 is a reading device that reads a user ID from an ID card such as a magnetic card.

  The storage 12 includes a general storage 121, a key storage 122, and a passbook storage 123. The general storage 121 is a general storage that does not have a special function such as a function for individually managing a plurality of keys or a passbook scrutiny function. The general storage 121 includes a locking / unlocking part 121a for locking and unlocking the door body. In addition, storage B1, B3-B9, B12 shown in FIG.

  The key storage 122 is a storage for individually managing the taking out and returning of a plurality of keys. In addition to the locking / unlocking portion 122a for locking and unlocking the door body, the key holders to which the plurality of keys are respectively attached are individually provided. A key holder portion 122b for locking and unlocking is provided. Specifically, the key holder part 122b includes twelve key holders A1 to A12 (not shown). Each of the key holders A1 to A12 is inserted into the key holder portion 122b and locked by the key holder portion 122b so that it cannot be removed. And the key holder part 122b locks or unlocks a key holder individually according to the instruction | indication from the control part 14. FIG. Here, the storage B <b> 2 shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to the key storage 122.

  The passbook storage 123 is a storage that stores a plurality of passbooks, and includes a passbook scrutinizing unit 123b that counts the stored passbooks in addition to the locking / unlocking unit 123a that locks and unlocks the door body. The passbook scrutinizing unit 123b counts the passbook using a reflection type sensor (not shown) provided in the passbook storage 123.

  Specifically, the passbooks are arranged in order from the front side to the back side of the passbook storage box 123 in a standing state. On the other hand, the reflective sensor irradiates light to the passbook and receives the reflected light while operating from the direction in which the passbook is arranged, that is, from the front side to the back side of the passbook storage box 123. And the passbook scrutinizing part 123b detects the unevenness | corrugation between passbooks based on the light reception level of the received reflected light, and determines the number of passbooks based on the detected number of unevenness | corrugations. The passbook review unit 123b executes a counting process each time the door of the passbook storage 123 is closed by the user, and stores the counting result in the storage unit 13 as storage information 13b.

  Further, the passbook review unit 123b calculates the number of passbooks taken out from the passbook storage box 123 or the number of passbooks stored in the passbook storage box 123 using the previous and current counting results. For example, when the previous counting result is “300 books” and the current counting result is “200 books”, the passbook review unit 123b calculates the number of taken out passbooks “100 books”. This calculation result is stored in a predetermined area of the storage unit 13.

  The inside of the passbook storage box 123 according to the present embodiment is further divided into four individual storage units, and different types of passbooks can be stored for each individual storage unit. Moreover, the passbook scrutinizing unit 123b individually counts the passbooks stored in the individual storage units. In addition, here, the storage boxes B10 and B11 shown in FIG.

  The storage unit 13 is a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive, and stores processing machine information 13a, storage information 13b, user information 13c, rental information 13d, and the like. The processor information 13a is information in which processor data such as the remaining number of articles is associated with each processor name of each processor. Here, an example of the processor information 13a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the processor information 13a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the processor information 13a is information including a “processor name” item, a “remaining number” item, a “near empty” item, and a “near full” item. Here, the “processor name” item is an item in which the name of the processor 2 is stored. For example, in the case shown in the figure, “passbook carryover machine 01”, “exchange machine 01”, “ATM01” and the like are stored.

  The “remaining number” item is an item in which information on the remaining number of articles in each processor 2 is stored. When money is to be processed, such as a money changer or ATM, the “remaining number” item stores the remaining number information for each denomination. For example, in the “exchange machine 01”, as the “remaining number” item, the remaining number information such as “10,000 yen bills 1,300 sheets”, “5,000 yen bills 700 sheets”, “1000 yen bills 4,800 sheets”, etc. Is associated.

  The “near empty” item is an item in which information indicating whether or not near empty information has been received from the processor 2 is stored. The “near full” item is an item in which information indicating whether near-full information has been received from the processor 2 is stored. For example, “O” is associated with “Near empty” item to “Passbook carryover machine 01”. This indicates that near-empty information has been received from the passbook carryover machine 01. Note that when money is processed, such as a money changer or ATM, information for each denomination is stored in the “near empty” item and the “near full” item.

  The storage information 13b is information in which storage data such as storage items and a loading destination processor is associated with each storage. Here, an example of the storage information 13b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage information.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the storage information 13 b includes a “storage” item, a “storage item” item, a “loading destination processor” item, a “key” item, and a “number of passbooks” item. It is information. Here, the “storage” item is an item in which identification information of each storage B1 to B12 is stored. The “stored article” item is an item in which the name of an article stored in each of the storage units B1 to B12 is stored. The “loading destination processing machine” item is an item in which the processing machine name of the processing machine that is the loading destination of the stored article is stored. The “key” item is an item in which the identification information of the key holder to which the key of the loading destination processing machine is attached is stored.

  For example, in the case shown in the figure, the storage “B9”, the stored item “money”, the loading destination processing machine “exchange machine 01”, and the key “A5” are associated with each other. This indicates that the currency 01 stored in the storage B9 is the currency change machine 01, and the key of the money changer 01 is attached and stored in the key holder A5 of the key holder part 122b.

  The “number of passbooks” item is information for storing the number of passbooks counted by the passbook review unit 123b of the passbook storage 123. For the storage B10 corresponding to the passbook storage 123, for each of the individual storage units B10-1 to B10-4 formed inside, a “stored article” item, a “loading destination processor” item, and a “key” The item and the “number of passbooks” item are associated.

  The storage information 13b is information that is set and registered by the user, and can be changed as needed.

  The user information 13 c is information in which user data such as a user ID is associated with each user of the article management apparatus 1. Here, an example of the user information 13c will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the user information 13 c is information including a “user name” item, a “user ID” item, an “authority storage” item, and an “authority key” item. Here, the “user name” item is an item in which the name of the user is stored. The “user ID” item is an item in which an ID assigned to the user is stored. The “authority storage” item is an item in which identification information of the storage 12 for which the user has the unlocking authority is stored. The “authority key” item is an item in which identification information of a key holder to which the user has an unlocking authority is stored.

  For example, in the case shown in the figure, the user name “Eiko Taro”, the user ID “01234456789”, the authority storage “B1 to B12”, and the authority keys “A1 to A12” are associated with each other. Yes. This means that Taro Eiko assigned the user ID “01234456789” has the authority to unlock the storage bins B1 to B12 and the key holders A1 to A12.

  The lending information 13d is information in which lending data indicating the presence or absence of a rented key or a collected article is associated with each user ID. Here, an example of the lending information 13d will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of lending information.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the lending information is information including a “user ID” item, a “lending key” item, and a “collected article” item. Here, the “user ID” item is the same as the “user ID” item shown in FIG. The “rental key” item is an item in which the identification information of the key holder to which the key taken out by the user is attached is stored. The “collected article” item is an item in which information indicating the presence / absence of an article collected from the processing machine is stored.

  For example, in the case shown in the figure, the user ID “01234456789”, the lending key “A6”, and the collected article “none” are associated with each other. This is in the process of lending the key attached to the key holder A6 to the user (Taro Eiko) who is assigned the user ID “01234456789”, and there is no recovered item from the processing machine (ie, Replenishment work was performed).

  Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the control unit 14 will be described. The control unit 14 obtains information from the processor 2, specifies a storage case or key corresponding to the processing device 2 to be loaded or collected, controls the display on the touch panel LCD 10, instructs to unlock the storage 12, It is a processing unit that performs processing such as authentication. Specifically, the control unit 14 includes an information acquisition unit 14a, a loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b, a display control unit 14c, an execution instruction unit 14d, and an authentication unit 14e.

  The information acquisition unit 14a is a processing unit that acquires the number-of-items information such as remaining number information, near empty information, and near full information from each processing device 2. Here, the remaining number information is information including the remaining number of articles stored in the processor 2. The near empty information is information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine 2 has become a predetermined number or less, and the near full information is the remaining number of articles in the processing machine 2 being a predetermined number or more. It is information including that it became. Moreover, if the information acquisition part 14a acquires the number information of articles | goods from the processor 2, it will memorize | store the acquired article number information in the memory | storage part 13 as processor information 13a.

  In this embodiment, the fact that the processor 2 is in the near empty state or the near full state is explicitly notified by the near empty information or near full information, but the processor 2 is in the near empty state or near full. It may be determined on the article management device 1 side whether it is in a state.

  In such a case, the article management apparatus 1 stores in advance a limit value of the number of articles that can be stored in the processor 2 for each processor 2. And when the information acquisition part 14a acquires the remaining number information from the processing machine 2, if the number of articles | goods shown by the acquired remaining number information is below a predetermined ratio with respect to a limit value, this processing machine 2 Is stored as processor information 13a. On the other hand, if the number of articles indicated by the acquired remaining number information is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio with respect to the limit value, the information acquisition unit 14a stores, as the processing unit information 13a, that the processing unit 2 is in a near full state. To do.

  As described above, the article management apparatus 1 does not have a function of notifying the near empty information or the near full information by determining whether the processing machine 2 is in the near empty state or the near full state on the article management apparatus 1 side. Data linkage can also be performed with a processor.

  Note that the article management apparatus 1 may display only the remaining number information acquired from the processor 2 and allow the user to determine whether the processor 2 is in a near empty state or a near full state. Even in such a case, there is an effect that the user can intensively grasp the status of each processing machine 2 with the article management apparatus 1.

  The loading / recovery destination specifying unit 14b is a processing unit that specifies the processor 2 in the near empty state or the near full state with reference to the processor information 13a. Further, the loading / collecting destination specifying unit 14b refers to the storage information 13b to specify a storage in which articles to be replenished to the near-empty processing machine 2 are stored and a key of the processing machine 2. Similarly, the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b refers to the storage information 13b to specify the storage to store the articles recovered from the near-full processing machine 2 and the key of the processing machine 2.

  Specifically, the loading / recovery destination specifying unit 14b indicates that the article should be replenished to the corresponding processor 2 when the processor 2 is stored in the near empty state as the processor information 13a. The display control unit 14c is instructed to display the replenishment icon shown. Similarly, when the fact that the processing machine 2 is in the near-full state is stored as the processing machine information 13a, the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b displays a collection icon indicating that the article should be collected from the corresponding processing machine 2. The display control unit 14c is instructed to do so.

  Here, an example of icons displayed on the touch panel LCD 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of icons. Note that the screen shown in FIG. 8 is a standby screen displayed when waiting for an operation from the user.

  As shown in the figure, when near empty information or near full information is acquired from the processor 2, replenishment icons 100a and 100b and a collection icon 100c are displayed on the standby screen. Here, as shown in the figure, since the replenishment icons 100a and 100b and the collection icon 100c are displayed in different modes, the user can indicate that the icon displayed on the standby screen should be replenished. Or an icon indicating that it should be collected.

  When near empty information or near full information is acquired from a plurality of processing machines 2, icons corresponding to the corresponding processing machines 2 are displayed in parallel. For example, when near empty information is acquired from two processing machines 2, two replenishment icons 100a and 100b corresponding to the two processing machines 2 are displayed as shown in FIG.

  In addition, when a refill icon is selected by the user, the loading / recovery destination specifying unit 14b stores the article 12 to be refilled with respect to the processor 2 corresponding to the selected refill icon. Is specified using the storage information 13b. For example, when the replenishment icon corresponding to the passbook carryover machine 01 is selected, the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b refers to the storage box information 13b, and the identification information “B10 of the storage box 12 associated with the passbook carryover machine 01 is selected. -1 "and the stored article name" Time Deposit Passbook ".

  Then, the loading / collecting destination specifying unit 14b notifies the display control unit 14c of the identification information and the stored article name of the storage 12 extracted from the storage information 13b. Note that the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b can perform the same processing even when the collection icon is selected by the user.

  In addition, when a collection icon is selected by the user, the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b specifies the key of the processing machine 2 corresponding to the selected collection icon using the storage information 13b. For example, when the collection icon corresponding to the money changer 01 is selected, the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b refers to the storage box information 13b and extracts the key identification information “A5” associated with the money changer 01. Then, the loading / recovery destination specifying unit 14b notifies the display control unit 14c of the key identification information extracted from the storage information 13b.

  Note that the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b, when the unlocking of the arbitrary storage 12 is instructed by the user's operation on the touch panel LCD 10, the key associated with the storage 12 instructed to unlock. Is specified using the storage information 13b.

  The display control unit 14 c is a processing unit that displays various screens on the touch panel LCD 10. For example, the display control unit 14 c displays a standby screen on the touch panel LCD 10. When the display control unit 14c receives notification from the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b that the replenishment icon or the collection icon should be displayed, the display control unit 14c displays the replenishment icon or the collection icon on the touch panel LCD 10 according to the notification. Display.

  As described above, when near empty information or near full information is notified from the processor 2, the replenishment icon or the collection icon is displayed on the touch panel LCD 10. The timing of work can be grasped.

  When the display control unit 14c receives the identification information and the stored article name of the storage 12 from the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b, the display control unit 14c displays the storage location guidance screen on the touch panel LCD 10. For example, in this storage location guide screen, the name of the processing machine 2 that is to perform the replenishment operation or the collection operation, the name of the item to be replenished or the item to be collected, the item to be replenished or the item to be collected are displayed. The position of the storage 12 to be stored is displayed.

  By displaying such a storage guide screen, the user can grasp the position of the storage in which the articles to be replenished are stored in the processing machine when performing the replenishment work. When performing work, it is possible to grasp the position of the storage where the articles collected from the processor 2 should be stored.

  When the display control unit 14c receives the key identification information from the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b, the display control unit 14c causes the touch panel LCD 10 to display a key position guidance screen corresponding to the received key identification information. On this key position guide screen, the name of the processing machine 2 to be collected, the storage position of the key holder 122b of the key holder to which the key of this processing machine 2 is attached, and the like are displayed. By displaying such a key position guidance screen, the user can easily grasp in which position of the key holder portion 122b the key of the processor 2 to be replenished or collected is stored. be able to.

  Further, when receiving the rental key identification information from the authentication unit 14e, the display control unit 14c displays a guidance screen indicating the return position of the rental key on the touch panel LCD 10 according to the received identification information of the rental key. Display. The guidance screen displays the storage position and the like in the key holder portion 122b of the key holder to which the rental key is attached, as in the key position guidance screen. Thus, by displaying the return position of the lending key, the user can easily grasp to which position the key should be returned.

  Note that the display control unit 14c also performs a process of displaying the remaining number information of the processor 2 on the touch panel LCD 10 according to an operation on the touch panel LCD 10 by the user.

  The execution instruction unit 14d performs a door body locking / unlocking instruction to the locking / unlocking parts 121a, 122a, 123a of each storage 12, a key holder locking / unlocking instruction to the key holder part 122b, and a counting process to the passbook reviewing part 123b. A processing unit for instructing.

  Specifically, the execution instructing unit 14d responds to the locking / unlocking unit of the storage 12 instructed to unlock when the unlocking of the storage 12 is instructed by the user's operation on the touch panel LCD 10. To unlock the door. Here, the execution instructing unit 14d determines whether or not the logged-in user has the authority to unlock the storage cabinet 12 in which the unlocking is instructed, and only when the user has the authority to unlock. Give instructions. By limiting the users who can unlock the storage 12 in this way, the article management can be made strict.

  The execution instructing unit 14d indicates that the key holder instructed to unlock is to be unlocked when the key holder is instructed to be unlocked by an operation on the touch panel LCD 10 by the user. To notify. Even in such a case, the execution instructing unit 14d performs the unlocking instruction after confirming whether the logged-in user has the unlocking authority.

  Moreover, the execution instruction | indication part 14d notifies an open teller machine that the money was taken out from this storage 12, when the unlocking instruction | indication was performed with respect to the storage 12 in which money is stored. .

  When the execution instructing unit 14d instructs the key holder unit 122b to unlock the key holder, the execution instructing unit 14d lends the identification information of the key holder instructing the unlocking in association with the user ID of the logged-in user. The information is stored in the storage unit 13 as information 13d.

  Further, when the unlocking instruction of the key holder is based on the near empty information, the execution instruction unit 14d stores the collected item “none” as the lending information 13d in association with the user ID of the logged-in user. Store in the unit 13. Further, when the key holder unlocking instruction is based on near-full information, the execution instructing unit 14d stores the collected item “Yes” as lending information 13d in association with the user ID of the logged-in user. 13 is stored. Whether the key holder unlocking instruction is based on near-empty information or near-full information is specified by referring to the processor information 13a and the storage information 13b.

  The authentication unit 14e is a processing unit that performs user authentication. Specifically, when receiving the ID read from the magnetic card from the card reader 11, the authentication unit 14e determines whether or not the received ID matches the ID stored in the user information 13c. If they match, the user is authenticated. In the present embodiment, a case where only the authentication by the card reader 11 is performed will be described. However, the user may input his / her ID using the touch panel LCD 10.

  Further, when authenticating the user, the authenticating unit 14e refers to the lending information 13d, determines whether or not a lending key is associated with the user ID of the authenticated user, and the lending key is associated. If there is, the identification information of the lending key is notified to the display control unit 14c. For example, when authenticating “Eiko Taro”, the authentication unit 14e determines whether or not a lending key is associated with the user ID “01234456789” of “Eiko Taro”. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the authentication unit 14e notifies the display control unit 14c of the lending key “A6” because the lending key “A6” is associated with the user ID “01234567789”. .

  Similarly, the authentication unit 14e determines whether or not the collected item “Yes” is associated with the user ID of the authenticated user. Key identification information is notified to the loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b.

  Next, each component of the processor 2 will be described. The article counting unit 21 is a processing unit that counts the remaining number of articles to be processed. The information notification unit 22 notifies the article management apparatus 1 of the remaining number information that is the counting result of the article counting unit 21. The information notification unit 22 notifies the near-empty information to the article management device 1 when the counting result by the article counting unit 21 is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and when the counting result is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, The management apparatus 1 is notified. Note that the processor 2 may notify the article management apparatus 1 of the number information of articles in response to a request from the article management apparatus 1 or periodically.

  Next, the procedure of the article replenishment operation and the recovery operation for the processor 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of an article replenishment operation and a collection operation for the processor 2. In the figure, as an example, the procedure of the article replenishment work for the passbook carryover machine 01 and the article collection work from the money changer 01 will be described.

  First, the replenishment procedure will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in (a) of the figure, when the near empty information is acquired from the passbook carryover machine 01 (see (a-1) of FIG. 9), in the article management device 1, the display control unit 14c controls the touch panel LCD 10. The replenishment icon is displayed (see (a-2) in FIG. 9).

  Subsequently, when the refill icon is pressed by the user, the article management apparatus 1 performs a process of taking out the passbook to be refilled and the key of the passbook carryover machine 01 (see (a-3) in FIG. 9).

  Specifically, in the article management apparatus 1, the processing load / collection destination specifying unit 14b specifies the storage B10-1 and the key holder A6 associated with the passbook carryover machine 01 using the storage information 13b, and executes them. The instruction unit 14d instructs the locking / unlocking unit 123a and the key holder unit 122b to unlock the specified storage B10-1 and key holder A6, respectively.

  As a result, the storage B10-1 in which the passbook to be replenished in the passbook carryover machine 01 and the key holder A6 to which the key of the passbook carryover machine 01 is attached are unlocked. The passbook to be replenished and the key of the passbook carryover machine 01 can be easily taken out.

  Subsequently, the user unlocks the passbook carryover machine 01 using the key taken out from the article management apparatus 1 and loads the passbook taken out from the article management apparatus 1 into the passbook carryover machine 01. At this point, the user has only the key.

  Subsequently, the user performs a login operation to the article management apparatus 1 in order to return the passbook carryover machine 01 key to the article management apparatus 1. At this time, the article management apparatus 1 performs a key storing process for the passbook carryover machine 01 (see (a-4) in FIG. 9). Specifically, in the article management apparatus 1, when the authentication unit 14e authenticates the user, the key holder A6 of the lending key associated with the user ID of the authenticated user is specified using the lending information 13d. The display control unit 14c causes the touch panel LCD 10 to display a key position guide screen indicating the position of the specified key holder A6. Thereby, the user can grasp the key return position of the passbook carryover machine 01. Then, when the key of the passbook carryover machine 01 is returned, the replenishment work is completed.

  Next, the procedure of the collection work will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9B, when near-full information is acquired from the money changer 01 (see FIG. 9B-1), in the article management apparatus 1, the display control unit 14c collects the information from the touch panel LCD 10. An icon is displayed (see (b-2) in FIG. 9).

  Subsequently, when the collection icon is pressed by the user, the article management apparatus 1 performs a key extraction process for the money changer 01 (see (b-3) in FIG. 9). Specifically, in the article management apparatus 1, the process loading / collection destination specifying unit 14b specifies the key holder A5 associated with the money changer 01 using the storage information 13b, and the execution instruction unit 14d is specified. The key holder A5 is instructed to unlock the key holder A5.

  Subsequently, the user unlocks the money changer 01 using the key taken out from the article management apparatus 1 and collects money from the money changer 01. At this time, the user is in a state of possessing the key of the money changer 01 and the money collected from the money changer 01.

  Subsequently, the user performs a login operation to the article management apparatus 1 in order to store the money collected from the money changer 01 and return the key of the money changer 01. At this time, the article management apparatus 1 performs storage processing of the money collected from the money changer 01 and the key of the money changer 01 (see (b-4) in FIG. 9).

  Specifically, in the article management apparatus 1, when the authentication unit 14e authenticates the user, the key holder A5 of the lending key associated with the user ID of the authenticated user is taken out from the lending information 13d, and display control is performed. The unit 14c causes the touch panel LCD 10 to display a key position guidance screen indicating the position of the key holder A5.

  Further, in the article management apparatus 1, when the authentication unit 14e determines that the collected article “Yes” is associated with the user ID of the authenticated user using the lending information 13d, the loading / collection destination The specifying unit 14b specifies the storage B9 associated with the key holder A5 using the storage information 13b. In the article management device 1, the execution instruction unit 14d instructs the locking / unlocking unit 121a of the specified storage B9 to unlock the storage B9. Thereby, the user can easily perform the work of storing the money collected from the money changer 01 and the work of returning the key of the money changer 01.

  Next, the processing procedure of the article management apparatus 1 in the replenishment work and the collection work shown in FIG. 9 will be described. First, the processing procedure of the article management apparatus 1 in the replenishment work shown in FIG. 9A will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the article management apparatus 1 in the replenishment operation. In the figure, a processing procedure from when the user presses the supplement icon until the return position of the rented key is displayed is shown.

  As shown in the figure, when the refill icon is pressed by the user, the display control unit 14c displays a storage location guidance screen on the touch panel LCD 10 (step S101). Here, an example of the storage location guidance screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the storage location guidance screen.

  As shown in FIG. 11, on the storage location guidance screen, the processing machine name of the processing machine 2 (here, “passbook carryover machine 01”) that is the loading destination of the article, and the article name (here, the article to be replenished). , "Time Deposit Passbook"). Furthermore, on the storage location guidance screen, an appearance image 100d of the article management apparatus 1, a storage image 100e indicating the position of the storage 12 (here, “storage B10”) in which the articles to be replenished are stored, An image 100f of an article to be replenished, a determination button 100g, and the like are displayed. The storage image 100e also shows the position of the individual storage unit in which the articles to be replenished are stored among the four individual storage units formed in the storage B10.

  Since such a storage location guidance screen is displayed, the user can easily grasp which of the four individual storage units in the storage unit B10 stores the intended passbook. be able to. Moreover, since the image 100f of the article to be taken out from the article management apparatus 1 is displayed, the user can confirm that there is no mistake in the taken out passbook.

  Subsequently, when the determination button 100g displayed on the storage location guidance screen is pressed, in the article management apparatus 1, the display control unit 14c causes the user's login screen to be displayed on the touch panel LCD 10 and is displayed by the user. If the ID card is inserted into the card reader 11, the authentication unit 14e authenticates the user (step S102).

  Subsequently, the execution instructing unit 14d determines whether or not the user authenticated by the authenticating unit 14e has the authority to unlock the storage 12 that stores articles to be replenished to the processing machine 2 ( Step S103). In such processing, when the user does not have the authority to unlock the storage 12 for storing the articles to be replenished to the processing machine 2 (No in step S103), the display control unit 14c has the unlocking authority. After notifying the touch panel LCD 10 that it has not been performed (step S104), the processing from steps S101 to S103 is repeated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the user has the authority to unlock the storage 12 that stores the articles to be replenished to the processing machine 2 (Yes in step S103), the execution instruction unit 14d corresponds to the article management apparatus 1. The locking / unlocking unit that locks / unlocks the storage 12 is instructed to unlock the storage 12, and the locking / unlocking unit that receives this instruction unlocks the corresponding storage 12 (step S105). . Note that the article management apparatus 1 displays the appearance image of the article management apparatus 1 on the touch panel LCD 10 and unlocks the image of the corresponding storage box 12 before unlocking the corresponding storage box 12, and the flashing storage room. When the user selects 12 images, the corresponding storage 12 may be unlocked.

  Subsequently, the display control unit 14c displays a key position guide screen on the touch panel LCD 10 (step S106). Here, an example of the key position guidance screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the key position guidance screen.

  As shown in the figure, on the key position guide screen, the processor name of the processor 2 to be replenished (here, “passbook carryover machine 01”), the image 100h of the key holder part 122b, and the key extraction button 100i. Etc. are displayed. Here, the image 100h of the key holder part 122b displays images corresponding to the key holders A1 to A12 provided in the key holder part 122b in the same arrangement as the key holders. And the image 100h of the key holder part 122b differs from the other key holder images in the key holder image corresponding to the key holder (here, the key holder “A6”) that the user should take out among the key holder images. Is displayed.

  As described above, since the key position guide screen is displayed on the touch panel LCD 10, the user can easily find the target key from the plurality of keys stored in the key storage 122.

  Subsequently, when the key extraction button 100i displayed on the key position guidance screen shown in FIG. 12 is pressed, in the article management apparatus 1, the key holder unit 122b corresponds to the corresponding key holder according to the instruction from the execution instruction unit 14d. Is unlocked (step S107).

  Subsequently, upon receiving from the key holder part 122b that the corresponding key holder has been unlocked, the execution instructing part 14d receives the unlocked key holder identification information (that is, the rental key identification information) and the recovered article information “ “None” is stored in the storage unit 13 as the lending information 13d in association with the user ID (step S108).

  When the user performs a logout operation using the touch panel LCD 10, the article management apparatus 1 displays a standby screen on the touch panel LCD 10 after performing a logout process for the user (step S109).

  Subsequently, when the user who has finished loading the article into the processing machine 2 performs a login operation to return the key of the processing machine 2, the authentication unit 14e authenticates the user (step S110).

  Subsequently, the authentication unit 14e refers to the lending information 13d and determines whether or not a key is being lent to the authenticated user and there is no recovered article from the processing machine 2 (step S111). ). Specifically, the authentication unit 14e determines whether or not the rental key and the collected article “none” are associated with the user ID of the authenticated user.

  In this process, when it is determined that the key is being lent to the authenticated user and there is no recovered item from the processor 2 (Yes in step S111), the display control unit 14c uses this usage. The return position of the key that is being lent to the user is displayed on the touch panel LCD 10 (step S112). As in the key guidance screen shown in FIG. 12, the guidance screen displays the storage position of the corresponding key holder in the key holder portion 122b.

  When the processing of step S112 is completed, or when it is determined in step S111 that a key is being rented to the authenticated user and there is no recovered article from the processing machine 2 (No in step S111) ), The article management apparatus 1 ends the processing procedure during the replenishment operation.

  Next, the processing procedure of the article management apparatus 1 in the collection operation shown in FIG. 9B will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the article management apparatus 1 in the collection work. In the figure, the processing procedure from when the user presses the collection icon to when the return position of the lent key is displayed is shown.

  As shown in the figure, when the collection icon is pressed by the user, the display control unit 14c displays a key position guidance screen on the touch panel LCD 10 (step S201). On the key position guidance screen displayed here, the name of the processing machine 2 to be collected, the image of the key holder part 122b, the key removal button, and the like are displayed. Similarly to the image 100h of the key holder unit 122b shown in FIG. 12, the image of the key holder unit 122b is a key holder that should be taken out by the user, that is, the processing machine 2 that is to perform the collection operation. The key holder image corresponding to the key is displayed in a different manner from the other key holder images.

  Subsequently, when the key extraction button displayed on the key position guidance screen is pressed, in the article management apparatus 1, the display control unit 14c causes the user's login screen to be displayed on the touch panel LCD 10, and the card is displayed by the user. If the ID card is inserted into the reader 11, the authentication unit 14e authenticates the user (step S202).

  Subsequently, the execution instructing unit 14d determines whether or not the user authenticated by the authenticating unit 14e has the authority to unlock the key holder of the key of the processing machine 2 that is the target of the collection work ( Step S203). If the user does not have the authority to unlock the key holder (step S203, No), the display control unit 14c displays on the touch panel LCD 10 that the user does not have the authority to unlock. (Step S204), the processing from Step S201 to S203 is repeated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the user has the authority to unlock the key holder of the key of the processing machine 2 to be collected (step S203, Yes), in the article management apparatus 1, the key holder unit 122b is executed. The corresponding key holder is unlocked according to the instruction from the instruction unit 14d (step S205).

  Subsequently, when the execution instructing unit 14d receives from the key holder unit 122b that the corresponding key holder has been unlocked, the identification information of the unlocked key holder (that is, the identification information of the lending key) and the collected article information “ “Yes” is associated with the user ID and stored in the storage unit 13 as the lending information 13d (step S206).

  When the user performs a logout operation using the touch panel LCD 10, the article management apparatus 1 displays a standby screen on the touch panel LCD 10 after performing a logout process for the user (step S207).

  Subsequently, when the user inserts the ID card into the card reader 11 in order to store the articles collected from the collection processor 2 and return the key of the collection processor 2, the authentication unit 14e User authentication is performed (step S208).

  Subsequently, the authentication unit 14e refers to the lending information 13d and determines whether or not a key is being lent to the authenticated user and there is an article collected from the processing machine 2 (step S209). ). Specifically, the authentication unit 14e determines whether or not the rental key and the collected item “Yes” are associated with the user ID of the authenticated user.

  In this process, when it is determined that the key is being lent to the authenticated user and there is an article collected from the processor 2 (Yes in step S209), the display control unit 14c displays the storage location information. A screen is displayed (step S210). On this storage location guidance screen, the name and appearance image of the collected item, the appearance image of the item management apparatus 1, the storage image indicating the location of the storage 12 in which the recovered item is to be stored, a decision button, and the like are displayed. .

  Subsequently, when the determination button displayed on the storage location guidance screen is pressed by the user, the locking / unlocking unit unlocks the corresponding storage 12 according to the instruction from the execution instruction unit 14d (step S211). .

  When this processing is completed, or when it is determined in step S209 that a key is being lent to the authenticated user and there is no item recovered from the processing machine 2 (No in step S209). The display control unit 14c causes the touch panel LCD 10 to display the return position of the key being lent out to the user (step S212). As in the key guidance screen shown in FIG. 12, the guidance screen displays the storage position of the corresponding key holder in the key holder portion 122b. Then, when the process of step S212 is completed, the article management apparatus 1 ends the processing procedure in the collection work.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the storage 12 for storing the article, and storage information 13b in which the storage 12 or the article stored in the storage 12 and the predetermined processor 2 are associated with each other are stored. And the storage unit 13, the information acquisition unit 14 a acquires the number of items related to the number of items stored in the processor 2, and the display control unit 14 c includes the number of items acquired by the information acquisition unit 14 a Since information related to replenishment or collection of articles to the processing machine 2 is notified based on the storage information 13b stored in the storage unit 13, the loading and collection of articles to the processing machine 2 can be efficiently performed. Can do.

  In the embodiment described above, the remaining number information, the near empty information, and the near full information are acquired as the number-of-items information from the processing machine 2, but the number-of-items information is not limited thereto. For example, the article management apparatus 1 can also acquire replenishment number information including the number of articles replenished to the processing machine 2 and collection number information including the number of articles collected from the processing machine 2.

  In such a case, the article management apparatus 1 compares the acquired replenishment number information and the collected number information with the number of articles taken out from the storage 12 and the number of articles stored in the storage 12, thereby performing the replenishment operation and the recovery. It is possible to detect the loss of articles or the occurrence of fraud at the time of work.

  Here, a process performed when the number of articles taken out from the article management apparatus 1 is different from the number of articles replenished to the processor will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining processing performed when the number of articles taken out from the article management apparatus is different from the number of articles replenished to the processing machine. In the figure, as an example, a case where the number of passbooks taken out from the article management apparatus 1 is different from the number of passbooks replenished to the passbook carryover machine 01 will be described.

  As shown in the figure, when a key and a passbook are taken out from the storage box 12 (see (1) in FIG. 14), the passbook review section 123b of the passbook storage box 123 counts the passbook in the passbook storage box 123. The number of passbooks taken out from the passbook storage box 123 is calculated using the current and previous count results. Here, it is assumed that 100 passbooks are taken out from the passbook storage 123.

  Subsequently, when a passbook is loaded into the passbook carry-over machine 01, the article counting unit 21 of the passbook carry-over machine 01 calculates the number of replenished passbooks, and uses the calculated result as replenishment number information to the article management apparatus 1. (See (2) in FIG. 14). Here, it is assumed that 99 passbooks are loaded into the passbook carryover machine 01.

  Subsequently, when the information acquisition unit 14a acquires the replenishment number information from the passbook carryover machine 01, the number of passbooks (99 books) indicated by the acquired replenishment number information and the number of passbooks calculated by the passbook review unit 123b (100 books). ). If they are different (see (3) in FIG. 14), the display control unit 14c indicates that the number of passbooks loaded in the passbook carryover machine 01 is different from the number of passbooks taken out from the passbook storage 123. Is displayed on the touch panel LCD 10 (see (4) of FIG. 14).

  As a result, the user who performed the replenishment work can grasp that there was a lack of replenishment of the passbook for the passbook carryover machine 01, and the officers grasped that there was fraud etc. during the replenishment work. can do. Note that the article management apparatus 1 may compare the collection number information acquired from the passbook carryover machine 01 with the number of articles stored in the storage 12 in the case of a collection operation.

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the processing machine 2 and the storage 12 correspond one-to-one has been described, but a plurality of storages 12 are associated with one processing machine 2. May be. When a plurality of storage boxes 12 are associated with one processing machine 2 as described above, it is possible to allow the user to select a storage destination for the collected articles from the processing machine 2.

  In the embodiment described above, the display control unit 14c and the touch panel LCD 10 are described as an example of the notification unit. However, the notification unit is not limited to this. For example, the article management apparatus 1 informs the processor 2 that the article should be replenished, that the article should be collected from the processor 2, or the position of the storage or key holder using a speaker (not shown). May be.

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the counting means is provided only in the bankbook storage 123 among the plurality of storages 12 has been described. However, such counting means is also provided in the storage 12 that stores money. Can do. For example, the storage 12 can count the amount of money stored by identifying the denomination of the money received (stored) using an optical sensor, a scale or the like.

  As described above, the article management apparatus according to the present invention is useful when it is desired to efficiently load and collect articles on a processing machine, and in particular, a passbook carryover machine or currency exchange installed in a financial institution such as a bank. It is suitable for the case where it is desired to efficiently load and collect articles on a processing machine such as a machine or ATM.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods management apparatus 2 Processing machine 10 Touch panel LCD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Card reader 13 Memory | storage part 13a Processor information 13b Storage information 13c User information 13d Rental information 14 Control part 14a Information acquisition part 14b Loading / collection destination specification part 14c Display control part 14d Execution instruction part 14e Authentication part 121 General storage 121a Locking / unlocking part 122 Key storage 122a Locking / unlocking part 122b Key holder part 123 Passbook storage 123a Locking / unlocking part 123b Passbook inspection part

Claims (7)

A storage for storing articles;
Storage means for storing storage information in which the storage or an article stored in the storage is associated with a predetermined processor;
Information acquisition means for acquiring article number information relating to the number of articles stored in the processor;
Informing means for informing information on replenishment or collection of articles for the processor based on the number information of articles acquired by the information acquisition means and storage information stored in the storage means. An article management apparatus. The notification means includes
When the near empty information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processing machine has become the predetermined number or less is acquired from the processing machine, the display unit indicates that the article should be replenished to the processing machine. The display unit displays that the article should be collected from the processor when the near-full information including the fact that the remaining number of articles in the processor has reached a predetermined number or more is acquired from the processor. The article management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article management apparatus is displayed. When the near empty information or the near full information is acquired from the processing machine, the storage device associated with the processing machine is further specified using the storage information, and a specifying unit is further provided.
The notification means includes
The article management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the position of the storage specified by the specifying unit is notified. Locking and unlocking means for locking and unlocking the storage;
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: an instruction unit that instructs the locking / unlocking unit that the specified storage is to be unlocked when the storage unit is specified by the specifying unit. The article management apparatus according to the description. An identification means for identifying the user,
The storage means
Further storing user information associating the user with the storage for which the user has the unlocking authority,
The instruction means includes
When the user is identified by the identifying means, and the storage specified by the specifying means is included in the user information, the locking / unlocking unit indicates that the storage should be unlocked. 5. The article management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an instruction is given to the article management apparatus. Counting means for counting articles stored in the storage;
Calculation means for calculating the number of articles taken out of the storage or the number of articles stored in the storage based on the counting result by the counting means;
When the number of articles loaded into the processor or the number of articles collected from the processor is acquired as the article number information, the number of articles indicated by the article number information and the article calculated by the calculation means A comparison means for comparing the number,
The notification means includes
When the number of articles compared by the comparison means is different, the number of articles loaded in the processing machine or the number of articles collected from the processing machine is stored in the number of articles taken out of the storage or the storage. The article management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the fact that the number of stored articles is different is notified. An article management system having an article management apparatus for storing articles and a processing machine for handling articles stored in the article management apparatus,
The article management apparatus includes:
A storage for storing articles;
Storage means for storing storage information in which the storage or an article stored in the storage is associated with a predetermined processor;
Information acquisition means for acquiring article number information relating to the number of articles stored in the processor;
Informing means for informing information related to replenishment or collection of articles to the processor based on the article number information acquired by the information acquisition means and the article number information stored in the storage storage means,
The processor is
A remaining number counting means for counting the remaining number of articles to be processed;
An article management system comprising: information notifying means for notifying the article management apparatus of the article number information based on the remaining number of articles counted by the remaining number counting means.

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