JP2013217158A - Safe-deposit box device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe-deposit box device capable of abandoning a troublesome operation table and substantially improving handleability for a customer.SOLUTION: The safe-deposit box device includes: a vault 10; a booth 20 attached to the vault 10, for making a customer utilize a safe-deposit box; and a transfer case for bi-directionally transferring a designated safe-deposit box B between the vault 10 and the booth 20. The transfer case horizontally conveys the safe-deposit box B back and forth through an opening of a partition wall W between the vault 10 and the booth 20, exposes a lid on an upper surface so as to be opened while hiding four sides of the safe-deposit box B together with the partition wall W at an advance position at which the safe-deposit box B is to be utilized by being projected from the opening to the side of the booth 20, and closes the opening by forming the same plane with the partition wall W at a retreat position to be withdrawn from the booth.

Description

  The present invention relates to a safe deposit box that can maximize the convenience of a customer.

  Safe deposit boxes that can safely store valuables according to customer requirements are installed in financial institutions.

  A conventional safe deposit box is equipped with a rack for storing a number of safe deposit boxes for storing valuables in a safe room, and a designated safe deposit box can be installed via a transport system such as a stacker crane according to customer requirements. Take it out of the rack and bring it to a special booth, where you can use the inside of the safe deposit box. Moreover, the used safe deposit box is automatically returned to the designated position of the rack via the transport system (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). The booth attached to the safe room is equipped with an operation table for using the safe box from the safe room. The safe box is carried out to the opening of the operation table with a slide lid. (For example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2001-20611 A JP 2003-301664 A JP 2009-52219 A

  According to such a conventional technique, an operating table having an opening with a slide lid is arranged in a booth attached to a safe room. Therefore, the inside of the booth tends to be cramped, and the operating table is used for a safe deposit box. Since the arrangement position is regulated so as not to hinder carry-in / out, there is a problem that the degree of freedom in design is lacking.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, in view of the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to carry out a troublesome operation table by carrying a safe deposit box into a booth through a transfer case that protrudes from the opening of the partition wall to the booth in an advanced position. Is to provide a safe deposit box device that can greatly improve the convenience of customers.

  In order to achieve such an object, the structure of the present invention includes a safe room, a booth attached to the safe room and allowing a customer to use the safe box, and a designated safe box between the safe room and the booth. The transfer case transports the safe deposit box in a reciprocating horizontal manner so as to pass through the opening of the partition wall between the safe room and the booth, and protrudes from the opening to the booth side for lending. In the forward position where the safe box is used, the upper cover is exposed so as to be openable while concealing the four corners of the safe box together with the partition wall, and the same plane as the partition wall is formed in the retracted position where the booth is retracted. The gist is to close the opening.

  Each safe deposit box may have a built-in electric lock that stores and stores unique information that does not depend on the customer and is unlocked on condition that the customer identification information from the outside matches the unique information. it can.

  In addition, the booth may be provided with a reader for entering the room that responds to electronic money equipment held by the customer. When the lid is closed using the safe deposit box, the safe deposit box can be returned or reused. May be selectable.

  According to such a configuration of the invention, the transfer case holds the safe box from the safe room and advances to the forward position, and passes through the opening of the partition wall between the safe room and the booth to turn the safe box into the booth. Since it is carried in, customers in the booth can use the inside of the safe deposit box by opening the lid of the safe deposit box in the transfer case. This is because the transfer case in the forward position keeps the safe deposit box unremovable while concealing the four sides of the safe deposit box, and projects the cover on the upper surface of the safe deposit box so that it can be opened and protrudes to the booth side. However, it is guaranteed that the safe deposit box brought into the booth at this time belongs to an authenticated customer who has entered the booth. Further, the transfer case in the forward position is set at a height that is easy for a customer in a standing posture to access the inside of the safe deposit box and use the operation table in the booth. . In addition, it is preferable to consider the height position of the transfer case so that a customer sitting in a chair can use the safe deposit box.

  The transfer case is retracted to the retracted position to carry the safe deposit box out of the booth and block the opening so as to form the same plane as the partition wall, thereby preventing unauthorized access to the safe room from the booth. At the same time, the entire floor area in the booth can be effectively used as a flow line for the customer, and the convenience of the customer can be improved. However, in the booth, for example, an auxiliary table or chair for placing luggage may be placed. In addition, the drive unit for reciprocating the transfer case through the opening of the partition wall is arranged on the safe wall side of the partition wall so as not to reduce the effective floor area in the booth.

  Each safe deposit box must register and store unique information that does not depend on the customer, and incorporate an electric lock that is unlocked according to customer identification information from the outside, so that the customer must have a key for unlocking. There is no problem and the convenience of customers can be further improved. However, the customer identification information from the outside is the information equivalent to the specific information registered in advance in the safe deposit box where the authenticated customer who has entered the booth is contracting, and is used for external management. Information sent from the computer to the customer's safe deposit box that is brought into the booth. Such discriminating information may be accompanied by unlocking instruction information for instructing unlocking. Therefore, the electric lock is necessary and sufficient by unlocking the safe deposit box so that the lid of the safe deposit box can be opened on condition that the identification information of the customer from the outside matches the unique information stored in advance in the safe deposit box. Security can be realized. Moreover, even if the contractor of each safe deposit box is changed, it is not necessary to rewrite the unique information in the safe deposit box, and high security can be realized by using the unique information that cannot be rewritten.

  When entering the booth, the customer can be authenticated by using an entrance reader that responds to the electronic money equipment owned by the customer. However, the electronic money equipment here refers to, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, etc. having “Osaifu-Keitai (registered trademark)” function, as well as “Suica (registered trademark)” and “Edy (registered trademark)”. "Contactless IC cards having an electronic money function", etc., and the noncontact IC chips incorporated in these are manufactured by chip manufacturers such as Sony FeliCa and Netherlands NXP Semiconductors Mifare. It is only necessary that the ID number unique to the chip to be managed can be read from the outside by a reader.

  That is, when a customer signs a safe deposit box, the customer specifies what electronic money equipment he / she currently wants to use for his / her authentication, and specifies the ID number of the non-contact IC chip incorporated therein. It can be registered in the computer for managing the apparatus and used as identification information for entering the booth when using the safe deposit box at a later date. There is no need to carry a dedicated authentication device in the safe deposit box, which improves customer convenience. A customer who desires a contract for a plurality of safe deposit boxes can specify and register different electronic money equipment for each safe deposit box for his / her authentication.

  When you close the lid using the safe deposit box, the reception panel in the booth displays a recycle instruction button in addition to an instruction button for returning the safe deposit box. You can choose to return or reuse the safe box. The latter is extremely convenient for the customer because it allows reuse of the safe deposit box even when the lid of the safe deposit box is inadvertently closed. For example, the convenience can be further improved.

Overall schematic plan view Perspective view of main part Main part enlarged perspective view Side view of main components Main part configuration plan view XX in FIG. Control block diagram Database configuration diagram Operation flowchart Guide message illustration

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The safe deposit box is provided with a booth 20 via a partition wall W in the safe room 10 (FIG. 1).

  The vault 10 is constructed so as to have necessary and sufficient fire resistance and anti-theft performance. In the safe room 10, a large number of box-shaped safe boxes B, B,... In addition, a transport system (not shown) is provided in the safe room 10, and the transport system carries the designated safe box B into the booth 20 for use by the customer, and the used safe box B is stored in the safe. The chamber 10 can be returned to a predetermined storage position in the rack. However, the safe box B passes through the opening W1 of the partition wall W and is reciprocated horizontally between the safe room 10 and the booth 20, and FIG. 1 shows the safe box 10 side of the opening W1. The safe deposit box B located on the booth 20 side is shown by a solid line and a two-dot chain line, respectively.

  The booth 20 is closed on all four sides including the partition wall W on the safe room 10 side. One side of the booth 20 is equipped with an automatic door 21 for entering the room, and an entrance reader 21a for authenticating the customer entering the room and the indoor side near the automatic door 21, respectively, because the customer leaves the room. The exit sensor 21b is provided. In addition, a touch panel type reception panel 22, a customer face authentication camera 23, and a customer biometric authentication device 24 are arranged on the partition wall W. In the booth 20, a round table 25 and a rotary chair 25a are placed. The automatic door 21 is preferably translucent, for example, so that an external sign can be confirmed from the inside.

  The safe box B is housed in a dedicated transfer case 30 and transferred in both directions between the safe 10 and the booth 20 through the opening W1 of the partition wall W (FIGS. 2 and 3). The transfer case 30 reciprocates and horizontally transports the safe deposit box B through the opening W1 while holding and holding the safe deposit box B from three directions via the front plate 31 and the left and right side plates 32, 32. . Upper edges of the front plate 31 and the side plates 32 and 32 are formed in a rectangular frame portion 33 that fits the outer shape of the safe deposit box B. The transfer case 30 keeps the safe deposit box B unremovable while concealing the four sides of the safe deposit box B together with the partition wall W at the forward position protruding from the opening W1 to the booth 20 side. The lid B1 is exposed to the outside so as to be opened (FIG. 3). Therefore, the customer in the booth 20 can use the inside of the safe deposit box B by opening the lid B1 upward (FIG. 2).

  On the partition wall W, the reception panel 22, the camera 23, and the biometric authentication device 24 are installed above the safe deposit box B carried into the booth 20, and the safe deposit box B in the transfer case 30 is It is set at a height position from the floor where customers in standing posture can easily access the inside. Further, the used safe box B is closed from the booth 20 via the transfer case 30 to the safe room 10 after closing the lid B1, and automatically returned to a predetermined position in the safe room 10. However, in the transfer case 30, the front plate 31 coincides with the surface on the booth 20 side of the partition wall W at the retracted position where the transfer case 30 exits from the booth 20 toward the safe room 10, and therefore forms the same plane as the partition wall W. Then, the opening W1 is closed.

  The transfer case 30 is mounted on the front half of a horizontal plate 41 that passes through the opening W1 of the partition wall W so as to be horizontally movable back and forth (FIGS. 4 and 5). The second half of the horizontal plate 41 remains on the safe room 10 side even at the forward position of the transfer case 30, and is formed narrower than the first half. The safe deposit box B is housed in the transfer case 30 via the spacer member 42 on the horizontal plate 41. The safe deposit box B in the transfer case 30 is supplied with necessary power via an upward connector 43 on the horizontal plate 41 and can perform data communication with an external management computer. However, although the illustrated connector 43 is a four-pole automatic contact type, a non-contact type connector such as an electromagnetic induction type or an infrared communication type may be used for power supply and data communication instead. Good.

  On the lower surface of the horizontal plate 41, slide rails 44, 44 and a rack 45 are fixed in the front-rear direction. Each slide rail 44 is combined with a pair of front and rear sliders 44a, 44a, and the sliders 44a, 44a are mounted on a fixed plate 46 via a common spacer 44b. On the other hand, the pinion 45a meshing with the rack 45 is fixed to the upper end of a shaft 45b that vertically passes through the fixed plate 46 via a bearing 45c, and the lower end of the shaft 45b is for driving via large and small gears 45e and 45f. It is connected to the output shaft of the geared motor 45g. A torque limiter 45d is interposed between the large-diameter gear 45e and the shaft 45b, and the geared motor 45g is mounted on the lower surface of the fixed plate 46 via a bracket 45h. The fixed plate 46 is fixed on a fixed frame (not shown) installed on the safe wall 10 side of the partition wall W.

  Therefore, a series of members from the geared motor 45g to the pinion 45a and the rack 45 are arranged such that the transfer case 30 and the safe deposit box B are moved through the horizontal plate 41 to the advance position on the booth 20 side (solid line in FIG. 4, FIG. 5). This is a driving unit that reciprocates horizontally between the retracted position on the chamber 10 side (the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4).

  Long tape switches 34 are attached to the left and right at the upper and lower folded portions of the upper and lower ends of the front plate 31 of the transfer case 30 (FIG. 4). When the transfer case 30 and the safe deposit box B are withdrawn from the booth 20, the exit operation can be stopped by detecting an unexpected accident where the customer's finger is caught between the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening W1. Further, a cushion material 33a that is continuous in four rounds is mounted on the frame portion 33 at the upper end of the transfer case 30 so as to face the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the safe deposit box B. Note that the rear end of the transfer case 30 is opened, and the safe deposit box B is moved through a transfer system (not shown) in the safe room 10 with the transfer case 30 retracted to the retracted position on the safe room 10 side. It can be accommodated from behind on the spacer member 42 in the transfer case 30 and taken out from the transfer case 30 (in the direction of arrow K in FIG. 4).

  A control board 51, a solenoid 52 as an electric lock, and a limit switch 53 for detecting the opening / closing of the lid B1 are arranged at one end of the safe box B on the side of the handle B2 via a vertical partition plate B3. (FIG. 6), the connector 54 corresponding to the connector 43 on the transfer case 30 side is provided at the bottom. The partition plate B3 is erected via the left and right brackets B3a and B3a, and the upper end of the partition plate B3 is closed via the plate material B3b (FIGS. 2 and 5).

  On the back surface of the lid B1 on the handle B2 side, a rod 55 penetrating from the top to the bottom through the plate material B3b is provided via a reinforcing bracket 55a (FIGS. 2 and 6). When the solenoid 52 is not energized, the tip of the plunger energized via the spring 52a is engaged laterally with a recess in the middle of the rod 55 to lock the lid B1 so that it cannot be opened (solid line in FIG. 6). At this time, the plunger is retracted against the spring 52a to disengage the rod 55, and the lid B1 is unlocked so that it can be opened (two-dot chain line in the figure). Further, the limit switch 53 operates when the tip of the rod 55 contacts the actuator when the lid B1 is closed. The connector 54 has four contacts corresponding to the electrodes of the connector 43 on the transfer case 30 side (the chain line in FIG. 6), and is screwed to the bottom of the safety deposit box B through appropriate insulating plates 54a and 54b. ing.

  Each member around the booth 20 is connected to a common management computer C (FIG. 7). That is, the outputs of the entrance reader 21a, the exit sensor 21b, the camera 23, and the biometric authentication device 24 are connected to the computer C, and the output of the computer C is individually connected to the automatic door 21 and the geared motor 45g. 22. The safe deposit box B in the transfer case 30 is bidirectionally connected to the computer C, respectively.

  The operation of such a safe deposit box is, for example, as follows.

  First, at the time of installation of the safe deposit box, all the safe deposit boxes B, B... Included in the safe deposit box are displayed with their own safe deposit numbers, and the boards 51 of each safe deposit box B are displayed. The unique information that does not overlap is registered and stored in the internal flash memory. However, the unique information here is, for example, 16- to 32-digit numerical information that is automatically generated by combining a random number and a date by a dedicated registration device, and is automatically stored in each safe deposit box B. It is preferable. Such unique information does not depend on the customer who uses the safe deposit box B. Thereafter, the storage position for the rack in the safe room 10 is determined for each safe deposit box B, and these pieces of information are collectively stored in the computer C as a database (for example, lines 1 to 3 in FIG. 8). The safe deposit box number and the storage position of each safe deposit box B can be made common.

  Subsequently, when the customer's safe deposit box contract is established, the information indicating that the safe deposit box B has been contracted, the customer's address, name, and contact, corresponding to the safe deposit box number of the safe deposit box B desired by the customer. In addition to the customer information such as the destination, customer identification information, face authentication information, and biometric information are collectively stored in the database (for example, lines 4 to 8 in FIG. 8). Here, the identification information is the ID number of the non-contact IC chip in the electronic money equipment that the customer desires to use for his / her authentication, and can be read by the reader 21a for entering the booth 20. The face authentication information is customer's own face photo information, and is used for comparison with photographing information by the camera 23 of the booth 20. The biometric authentication information is the biometric information of the customer himself and is used for comparison with the biometric information acquired by the biometric authentication device 24 of the booth 20. As biometric authentication information, fingerprints, palm prints, retinal patterns, iris patterns, palm vein patterns, etc. can be used, but the burden on the customer at the time of authentication is not excessive and the acceptance rate of others is sufficiently small. And the palm vein pattern is excellent.

  The use procedure of the safe box B by each customer is, for example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the customer first authenticates the electronic money equipment registered for his / her authentication for use of the safe deposit box B by approaching the entrance reader 21a (step (1) in FIG. 9). (Write as (1)). That is, since the entrance reader 21a reads the ID number of the non-contact IC chip in the electronic money equipment and sends it to the computer C, the computer C searches the database by the ID number from the entrance reader 21a, and the ID number Are identified, and the safe deposit box number of the safe deposit box B with which the customer has contracted and the storage location of the safe deposit box B in the vault 10 are identified.

  On the other hand, when the customer is authenticated and specified in this way, the computer C opens the automatic door 21 to allow the customer to enter the booth 20 (2), and the customer C via the transfer system in the safe 10 The carrying operation for carrying the safe deposit box B into the booth 20 is started. Further, the computer C displays an identity confirmation guide message (FIG. 10A) on the reception panel 22. When the customer enters the booth 20, the automatic door 21 is automatically closed.

  The customer who entered the booth 20 stands in front of the reception panel 22 according to the guide message. Therefore, the computer C uses the camera 23 to take a photograph of the customer's face, performs face authentication by comparing it with the face authentication information stored in the database (3), and stores the face photo data in the safe deposit box. Save as B usage history information.

  Subsequently, since the computer C displays a biometric authentication guide message (FIG. 10B) on the reception panel 22, the customer performs biometric authentication by the biometric authentication device 24 according to the guide message (4). . At this time, the computer C collates the biometric information from the biometric authentication device 24 with the biometric information in the database. Thereafter, the computer C is conditioned on the fact that the biometric authentication of the customer is established and that the customer's safe deposit box B reaches the safe room 10 side of the partition wall W and is stored in the transfer case 30 in the retracted position. Then, an “extract” button is displayed on the reception panel 22.

  Therefore, the customer presses the “take out” button (5), and brings the safe deposit box B into the booth 20 through the transfer case 30. When the transfer case 30 and the safe deposit box B protrude to the advanced position in the booth 20, the computer C supplies power to the safe deposit box B via the connectors 43 and 54, and the unique property of the safe deposit box B in the database. The information is sent to the safe deposit box B as customer discrimination information. However, it is assumed that the computer C at this time executes cryptographic data communication with the safe deposit box B, and executes necessary mutual authentication as a premise of data communication. Further, unlock instruction information may be added to the customer discrimination information from the computer C.

  On the other hand, the board 51 of the safe deposit box B compares the unique information as the customer discrimination information from the computer C with the unique information stored in advance in the flash memory of the board 51, and the two are matched. Then, the electric lock by the solenoid 52 is operated to unlock the lid B1 of the safe deposit box B so that it can be opened. Therefore, the customer can use the inside by opening the lid B1 of the safe deposit box B (6). When the electric lock of the safe deposit box B is unlocked in this way and the safe deposit box B can be used normally, the computer C displays a large and easily understandable message on the reception panel 22. It is preferable.

  When the use of the safe deposit box B ends, the customer closes the lid B1 of the safe deposit box B, and the safe deposit box B is automatically locked. Therefore, the computer C displays a guide message including “open” and “return” buttons on the reception panel 22 to allow the customer to select (FIG. 10C). That is, when the “open” button is pressed, the electric lock of the safe box B is unlocked again, the lid B1 can be opened, and the safe box B can be reused. On the other hand, when the “return” button is pressed, a return instruction is issued (7), and the transfer case 30 and the safe deposit box B are withdrawn from the booth 20 to the retracted position on the safe room 10 side. It is automatically returned to a predetermined storage position in the chamber 10. Therefore, the customer may open the automatic door 21 via the computer C by approaching the exit sensor 21b of the booth 20 and leave the booth 20 as it is (8). The automatic door 21 is automatically closed thereafter.

  In the above description, the unique information registered in the safety deposit box B cannot be rewritten from the outside of the safety deposit box B and cannot be read, so that high security can be realized. Similarly, for the database in the computer C, it is preferable to realize as high security as possible by setting a sufficiently high level of access authority.

  The illustrated configuration of the transfer case 30 that houses the safe deposit box B and horizontally conveys it, the horizontal plate 41 including the drive unit, and the like is merely an example, and is not limited thereto. When a plurality of types of safe deposit boxes B having different depths are mixed, the spacer member 42 is selected in accordance with the depth Hb of the safe deposit box B, and the height H1 of the spacer member 42 in the transfer case 30 is selected. The total dimension H = H1 + Hb with the depth Hb of the safe deposit box B is adapted to the effective depth D of the transfer case 30 (FIG. 4). The safe deposit box B having the depth Hb = D can be directly stored in the transfer case 30 without using the spacer member 42.

  The safe deposit apparatus according to the present invention can be suitably installed not only in a store of a financial institution such as a bank or a post office, but also in a large store such as a supermarket or a department store.

B ... Safe deposit box B1 ... Lid W ... Partition wall W1 ... Opening 10 ... Safe room 20 ... Booth 21a ... Entrance reader 30 ... Transfer case

Patent Applicant Fuji Seiko Head Office

Claims (4)

  A safe room, a booth attached to the safe room and allowing a customer to use the safe box, and a transfer case for transferring a designated safe box in a bidirectional manner between the safe room and the booth. The transfer case transports the safe deposit box in a reciprocating horizontal manner so as to pass through the opening of the partition wall between the safe room and the booth, and projects forward from the opening toward the booth so that the safe deposit box can be used. In the position, the upper cover is exposed so as to be openable while concealing the four sides of the safe deposit box together with the partition wall, and the opening is formed so as to form the same plane as the partition wall in the retracted position where the cover is retracted. A safe deposit box, which is characterized by closing the door.   Each safe deposit box stores and stores unique information that does not depend on the customer, and has a built-in electric lock that unlocks on condition that the customer identification information from the outside matches the unique information The safe deposit box device according to claim 1.   3. The safe deposit box device according to claim 1, wherein the booth is provided with a room reader for responding to electronic money equipment possessed by a customer.   4. The lending device according to claim 1, wherein when the lid of the booth is closed using a safe deposit box, either the return or reuse of the safe deposit box can be selected. Safe device.

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