JP2017045118A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for improving safety of an operator.SOLUTION: An automatic transaction device comprises a plurality of operation units, a door which permits contact with the plurality of operation units in an open state and prohibits contact with the plurality of operation units in closed state and a control unit which stops at least part of a drive unit of the plurality of operation units in the case where predetermined operation for making the door into the open state is detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus.

  In recent years, technologies related to automatic transaction apparatuses such as an automated teller machine (ATM) have become widespread. For example, a technique for stopping a drive unit in an automatic transaction apparatus when an operator contacts the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus is disclosed. More specifically, a technology relating to an automatic transaction apparatus having an interlock mechanism that stops a drive unit in the automatic transaction apparatus when an operator detects that the operator has touched the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus is disclosed (for example, a patent). Reference 1).

JP 2007-94927 A

  However, when the driving unit in the automatic transaction apparatus is stopped after detecting that the operator has touched the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus, the operator contacts the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus before stopping the driving unit. It becomes possible. Therefore, there is a possibility that the safety of the operator who operates the automatic transaction apparatus is not sufficiently ensured.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of improving the safety of the operator.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of operation units and contact with the plurality of operation units in the open state are allowed, and in the closed state, the plurality of operation units are contacted. An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: a door that prohibits contact; and a control unit that stops at least some of the drive units of the plurality of operation units when a predetermined operation for opening the door is detected. Is provided.

  When the predetermined operation is detected, the control unit may stop a drive unit of a predetermined operation unit closest to the door among the plurality of operation units.

  When the predetermined operation is detected, when the medium remains in the conveyance path, and when the operation unit closest to the door is set as a medium conveyance destination unit, The transport destination unit may be updated to another operation unit, the drive unit of the operation unit other than the updated transport destination unit may be stopped, and the medium may be moved from the transport path to the updated transport destination unit.

  The control unit sets an operation unit closest to the door as a medium transport destination unit when the predetermined operation is detected and when a medium remains in each of the transport path and the service unit. The transfer destination unit is updated to another operation unit, the drive units of the operation units other than the updated transfer destination unit and other than the customer service unit are stopped, and remain in each of the transfer path and the customer service unit. The medium may be moved to the updated transport destination unit.

  The control unit is configured such that when the predetermined operation is detected, when a medium remains in the conveyance path, and an operation unit other than the operation unit closest to the door is set as a medium conveyance destination unit. If there is, the drive unit of the operation unit other than the transport destination unit among the plurality of operation units may be stopped, and the medium may be moved from the transport path to the transport destination unit.

  The control unit may stop the driving units of the plurality of operation units and the transport path when the predetermined operation is detected and no medium remains in the transport path.

  The plurality of operation units may include a customer service unit into which a medium is inserted, an escrow unit that temporarily holds the medium, a cassette that stores the medium, and a reject storage that stores the reject medium.

  The updated transport destination unit may be a reject storage for storing reject media.

  The door may be a rear door provided in the automatic transaction apparatus, and the operation unit closest to the door may be an escrow unit.

  The door may be a front panel provided in the automatic transaction apparatus, and the operation unit closest to the door may be a customer service unit.

  The predetermined operation may include at least one of insertion of a key into the keyhole of the door and rotation of the key inserted into the keyhole.

  The predetermined operation includes at least one of an operation input to an electronic key for unlocking the door, a card reading for unlocking the door, and an operation for opening the door. It's okay.

  The predetermined operation may be detected by analyzing an image captured by the imaging device.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the safety of the operator can be improved.

It is the 1st perspective view which looked at the automatic transaction device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention from the back side. It is the 2nd perspective view which looked at the automatic transaction device concerning the embodiment from the back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the automatic transaction apparatus concerning the embodiment from the front side. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structural example of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a 1st example which shows the flow of the banknote in the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. It is a 2nd example which shows the flow of the banknote in the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of the rear door. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of the rear door. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of the rear door. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic processing apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of a front panel. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic processing apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of a front panel. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of operation | movement of the automatic processing apparatus when there was insertion of the key to the keyhole of a front panel. It is the perspective view which looked at the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention from the rear surface side.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In the present specification and drawings, a plurality of components having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by adding different numerals after the same reference numerals. Further, similar constituent elements of different embodiments are distinguished by attaching different alphabets after the same reference numerals. However, when there is no need to particularly distinguish each of a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numerals are given.

<1. First Embodiment>
Next, the first embodiment will be described.

<1.1. Explanation of configuration>
The configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment viewed from the rear side. In FIG. 1, “automatic transaction apparatus 1A” according to the first embodiment and “automatic transaction apparatus 1B” according to the second embodiment are collectively shown as “automatic transaction apparatus 1”. In addition, the front side of 1 A of automatic transaction apparatuses is a side which the customer who performs operation for transaction execution faces in 1 A of automatic transaction apparatuses, and the back side means the opposite side to the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> A has a rear door 21 on the rear side, and the rear door 21 has a keyhole 23. The rear door 21 maintains a closed state (hereinafter also referred to as “closed state”) when the key is locked. Further, the rear door 21 can be in an open state (hereinafter also referred to as “open state”) by inserting a key into the keyhole 23 and rotating in a predetermined direction. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> A has a sensor (not shown) that detects insertion of a key into the keyhole 23. On the other hand, the automatic transaction apparatus 1A has a front panel 22 on the front side.

  FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment viewed from the rear side. Referring to FIG. 2, the rear door 21 is in an open state, and the escrow unit 12 is housed closest to the rear door 21 inside the housing. The customer service unit 11 is housed in the back of the escrow unit 12, the transport path 13 is housed under the escrow unit 12 and the customer service unit 11, and the safe 14 is housed under the transport path 13. Here, the customer service unit 11 is an operation unit into which bills are inserted. The escrow unit 12 is an operation unit that temporarily holds banknotes. The conveyance path 13 conveys banknotes from one operation unit to another operation unit.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment as viewed from the front side. Referring to FIG. 3, the front panel 22 is in an open state, and the customer service unit 11 is placed closest to the front panel 22 inside the housing. An escrow unit 12 is housed in the back of the customer service unit 11, and a conveyance path 13 is housed under the customer service unit 11 and the escrow unit 12. The front panel 22 has a keyhole 24. The front panel 22 is kept closed when it is locked. Further, the front panel 22 can be opened by inserting a key into the keyhole 24 and rotating in a predetermined direction. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> A has a sensor (not shown) that detects insertion of a key into the keyhole 24.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, as already described, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> A has a customer service unit 11, an escrow unit 12, a transport path 13, and a safe 14. Moreover, 1 A of automatic transaction apparatuses have the control part 17 which controls operation | movement of the whole automatic transaction apparatus 1A. Inside the safe 14 are a cassette 15A and a cassette 15B for storing banknotes. Further, inside the safe 14 is a reject box 16 for storing reject banknotes.

  The control unit 17 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that is an arithmetic processing device, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores programs used by the CPU, operation parameters, and the like, a program used in the execution of the CPU, and changes appropriately in the execution thereof. A RAM (Random Access Memory) that temporarily stores parameters and the like and a data storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) device that stores data and the like.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the case where the number of the cassette 15 which accommodates a banknote is two is demonstrated as an example, the number of cassettes 15 is not specifically limited. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject storage 16 will be described as examples of the operation unit. However, the type of the operation unit is not particularly limited, and some operation is performed. Any unit can be used. Further, the number of operation units is not particularly limited.

  Hereinafter, the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16 may be collectively expressed as “a plurality of operation units”.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1A is provided with a drive unit (not shown) inside each operation unit. Further, in the automatic transaction apparatus 1A, a drive unit (not shown) is also provided in the transport path 13, and a drive unit (not shown) is also provided between the transport path 13 and each operation unit. The drive unit can be activated in accordance with control by the control unit 17. Further, the drive unit can be stopped according to control by the control unit 17. The drive unit may include at least one of a motor, a solenoid, and a belt.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1A is provided with a sensor (not shown) inside each operation unit. A sensor (not shown) is also provided between the transport path 13 and each operation unit. The type of the sensor is not limited as long as it can detect banknotes, but may be an optical sensor as an example. When a bill is detected by the sensor, the detection of the bill is output to the control unit 17 and is used for specifying the bill position by the control unit 17 together with conveyance information (for example, information indicating how many pulses the motor has rotated). Is done.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the rear door 21 allows the operator to contact a plurality of operation units when in the open state. On the other hand, the rear door 21 prohibits the operator from touching the plurality of operation units when in the closed state. Here, when the insertion of the key into the keyhole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, the control unit 17 stops at least some of the drive units of the plurality of operation units. According to such a configuration, the timing of stopping the drive unit is advanced, so that the possibility that the operator contacts the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A before the drive unit is stopped is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to improve the safety of the operator.

  At this time, which drive unit is to be stopped is not particularly limited. However, when the rear door 21 is in the open state, the operator is likely to contact the operation unit closest to the rear door 21. Therefore, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, the control unit 17 stops at least the operation unit closest to the rear door 21 among the plurality of operation units. For example, the drive unit of the escrow unit 12 may be stopped. If it does so, it becomes possible to improve an operator's safety | security more reliably.

  Furthermore, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, there may be a case where banknotes remain in the transport path 13. In such a case, if the banknote is left in the transport path 13, the possibility that the banknote will be lost increases. Therefore, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected and the banknote remains in the transport path 13, the control unit 17 transports the transport path before stopping the driving units of all the operation units. It is preferable to move the banknotes remaining in 13 to any one of the operation units.

  For example, when the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21 is set as the banknote transport destination unit, if the banknote is moved to the escrow unit 12, the operator touches the banknote moved to the escrow unit 12. There is a possibility of being able to do it. Therefore, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, and when the banknote remains in the transport path 13, the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21 is used as the banknote transport destination unit. If it is set, the control unit 17 may operate as follows.

  That is, in such a case, the control unit 17 updates the transfer destination unit to another operation unit, stops the drive unit of the operation unit other than the updated transfer destination unit, and transfers the updated transfer from the transfer path 13. It is good to move a bill to a tip unit. The operation unit to update the transport destination unit is not limited, but it may be updated to an operation unit (mixed inventory, reject storage, etc.) that is allowed to mix multiple types of banknotes. You may update to the operation | movement unit near from a banknote position. Below, the example which updates a conveyance destination unit to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16 is mainly demonstrated.

  A specific example will be described. FIG. 5 is a first example showing the flow of banknotes in the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the case where a banknote is conveyed from the customer service unit 11 to the escrow unit 12 is assumed (conveyance path | route R1). At this time, the control part 17 is good to update a conveyance destination unit to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16, when insertion of the key to the keyhole 23 of the rear surface door 21 is detected, and when a banknote remains in the conveyance path 13. FIG.

  And the control part 17 stops the drive part of operation units (the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B) other than the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16 which is a conveyance destination unit after an update, and after updating from the conveyance path 13 It is good to move a banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16 which is a conveyance destination unit (conveyance path | route R2). And the control part 17 is good to stop the drive part of each of the conveyance path 13 and the rejection store | warehouse 16 in order, after moving a banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16.

  On the other hand, when an operation unit other than the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21 is set as a banknote transport destination unit, even if the banknote is moved to the transport destination unit as it is, the banknote moved to the transport destination unit There is a low possibility that the operator can make contact. Therefore, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, and when the banknote remains in the transport path 13, the operation unit other than the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21 is the banknote. When set as a transport destination unit, the control unit 17 may operate as follows.

  That is, in such a case, the control unit 17 may stop the driving unit of the operation unit other than the transport destination unit among the plurality of operation units, and move the banknote from the transport path 13 to the transport destination unit. A specific example will be described. FIG. 6 is a second example showing the flow of banknotes in the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the case where a banknote is conveyed from the escrow unit 12 to the cassette 15B is assumed.

  At this time, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected and the banknote remains in the transport path 13, the control unit 17 operates units other than the cassette 15 </ b> B that is the transport destination unit ( The driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the reject box 16) may be stopped, and the bills may be moved from the transport path 13 to the cassette 15B that is the transport destination unit (transport path R3). And the control part 17 is good to stop each drive part of the conveyance path 13 and the cassette 15B sequentially, after moving a banknote to the cassette 15B.

  Further, since the customer service unit 11 can be contacted relatively easily, it may be assumed that it is not desirable from the viewpoint of security if the banknotes left in the customer service unit 11 are left as they are. Therefore, the banknotes remaining in the customer service unit 11 may be moved to another operation unit.

  For example, when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, and when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 and the customer service unit 11 respectively, and the banknote transport destination unit, When the close escrow unit 12 is set, the control part 17 is good to operate | move as follows.

  That is, in such a case, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit to another operation unit, stops the drive unit of the operation unit other than the updated transport destination unit and other than the customer service unit 11, and the transport path 13. And the banknotes remaining in each of the customer service units 11 may be moved to the updated transport destination unit. And if the control part 17 finishes moving a banknote to the conveyance destination unit after an update, it is good to stop the drive part of each of the conveyance path 13, the customer service unit 11, the conveyance path 13, and the updated conveyance unit sequentially.

  For example, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit to the reject store 16, stops the drive units of the operation units (escrow unit 12, cassette 15A and cassette 15B) other than the reject store 16 and other than the customer service unit 11, and the transport path 13 and the banknotes remaining in the customer service unit 11 may be moved to the reject box 16. And the control part 17 is good to stop each drive part of the customer service unit 11, the conveyance path 13, and the rejection store | warehouse 16 in order, after moving a banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 16.

  In addition, when insertion of the key to the keyhole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected, and when the banknote does not remain in the conveyance path 13, it is not necessary to move a banknote. This is because if there is no banknote remaining in the transport path 13, the possibility that the banknote will be lost is low. Therefore, in such a case, the control unit 17 may immediately stop the driving units of the plurality of operation units (the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, the cassette B, and the reject storage 16) and the transport path 13.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the example in which the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected by the sensor has been mainly described. However, instead of inserting the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21, another operation for opening the rear door 21 may be detected by the sensor. For example, rotation of a key inserted into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 may be detected by a sensor. That is, the detected motion may include at least one of insertion of the key into the keyhole 23 of the rear door 21 and rotation of the key inserted into the keyhole 23.

  Alternatively, the operation for opening the rear door 21 may be an operation input to an electronic key for unlocking the rear door 21 or a card reading for unlocking the rear door 21. It may be an operation of opening the rear door 21. That is, the operation for opening the rear door 21 includes at least an operation input to an electronic key for unlocking the rear door 21, a card reading for unlocking the rear door 21, and a rear surface. Any one of the operations of opening the door 21 may be included.

  In the above, the case where insertion of the key to the keyhole 23 of the rear door 21 was detected was demonstrated. However, the case where the insertion of the key into the keyhole 24 of the front panel 22 is detected can be similarly described. At this time, the operation unit closest to the front panel 22 is the customer service unit 11. Therefore, in the above description, the “escrow unit 12” as the operation unit closest to the rear door 21 is replaced with the “service unit 11” as the operation unit closest to the front panel 22.

  The configuration example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment has been described above.

<1.2. Explanation of operation>
Subsequently, an operation flow of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12, the customer service unit is shown as "customer service", the escrow unit is shown as "escrow", the reject store is shown as "RJ store", and the cassette 15A is shown as "cassette A". ”, The cassette 15B may be indicated as“ cassette B ”, and the cassette 15A and the cassette 15B may be indicated simply as“ cassette ”.

<1.2.1. Rear door>
First, a case where a key is inserted into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 will be described. 7 to 9 are flowcharts showing the flow of operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A when the key is inserted into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21. FIG. First, when a key is inserted into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 by the operator (step S11), the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 is detected by the sensor. The detected signal is sent to the control unit 17 (step S12).

  Subsequently, when the banknote is not being conveyed (“No” in Step S13), the control unit 17 moves the operation to Step S46. On the other hand, when the banknote is being conveyed (“Yes” in step S13), the control unit 17 grasps the banknote position based on the signal from the sensor and the conveyance information (step S14), and the conveyance path 13 Alternatively, it is determined whether or not banknotes remain in the customer service unit 11 and the transport path 13 (step S15).

  When it is determined that no banknote remains in the transport path 13 or the customer service unit 11 and the transport path 13 (“No” in step S15), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S46. On the other hand, when it determines with the banknote remaining in the customer service unit 11 and the conveyance path 13 (in step S15 "Yes"), the control part 17 determines a banknote remaining location and a conveyance path | route (step S16).

  First, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the customer service unit 11 to the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since the operator can easily touch the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit from the escrow unit 12 to the reject box 16 from the viewpoint of improving security.

  Subsequently, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S21), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the reject box 16 (step S22). ). Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13 (“Yes” in step S23), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S22, but when no banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13. ("No" in step S23), the operation is shifted to step S46.

  Second, the “residual location” is the “service unit 11 and the transport path 13”, and the “transport path” is the path “from the service unit 11 to the escrow unit 12 via the transport path 13”. Is assumed. At this time, since the operator can easily touch the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit from the escrow unit 12 to the reject box 16 from the viewpoint of improving security. Since the operator can easily touch the customer service unit 11, the banknotes remaining in the customer service unit 11 may be moved to the updated transport destination unit.

  Therefore, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S27), and moves the banknotes remaining in the customer service unit 11 and the transport path 13 to the reject box 16 (step S28). . Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the customer service unit 11 or the conveyance path 13 (“Yes” in step S29), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S28, but the service unit 11 or the conveyance path 13 If no banknote remains ("No" in step S29), the operation proceeds to step S46.

  Thirdly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13 to the cassette 15A”. At this time, since the cassette 15A is present inside the safe 14 and the operator is difficult to touch the cassette 15A, it is considered that the transport destination unit may remain as the cassette 15A even in consideration of security.

  Therefore, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16 (step S31), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the cassette 15A (step S32). . Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 (“Yes” in step S33), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S32, but when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 ("No" in step S33), the operation is shifted to step S46.

  Fourthly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a route “from the escrow unit 12 to the customer service unit 11 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since the operator can easily touch the customer service unit 11, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit from the customer service unit 11 to the reject box 16 from the viewpoint of improving security.

  Subsequently, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S37), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the reject box 16 (step S38). ). Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13 (“Yes” in step S39), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S38, but when no banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13. (“No” in step S39), the operation is shifted to step S46.

  Fifthly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the cassette 15A to the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since the operator can easily touch the escrow unit 12 closest to the rear door 21, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit from the escrow unit 12 to the reject box 16 from the viewpoint of improving security.

  Subsequently, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S41), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the reject box 16 (step S42). ). Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 (“Yes” in step S43), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S42, but when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 ("No" in step S43), the operation is shifted to step S46.

  If operation | movement transfers to step S46, the control part 17 will stop the remaining drive part (step S46). The remaining drive units may include drive units of operation units that have not yet been stopped among the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the transport path 13, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16. Subsequently, when the rear door 21 is not closed (“No” in step S47), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S47, but the sensor detects that the rear door 21 is closed. In such a case (“Yes” in step S47), all the drive units are activated (step S48).

<1.2.2. Front panel>
Next, a case where a key is inserted into the key hole 24 of the front panel 22 will be described. 10 to 12 are flowcharts showing the flow of operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A when the key is inserted into the key hole 24 of the front panel 22. FIG. First, when a key is inserted into the keyhole 24 of the front panel 22 by the operator (step S61), the insertion of the key into the keyhole 24 is detected by the sensor. The detected signal is sent to the control unit 17 (step S62).

  Subsequently, when the banknote is not being conveyed (“No” in step S63), the control unit 17 moves the operation to step S96. On the other hand, when the banknote is being conveyed (“Yes” in step S63), the control unit 17 grasps the banknote position based on the signal from the sensor and the conveyance information (step S64), and the conveyance path 13 Alternatively, it is determined whether or not banknotes remain in the customer service unit 11 and the transport path 13 (step S65).

  When it is determined that no banknote remains in the transport path 13 or the customer service unit 11 and the transport path 13 (“No” in step S65), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S96. On the other hand, when it determines with the banknote remaining in the customer service unit 11 and the conveyance path 13 (in step S65 "Yes"), the control part 17 determines a banknote remaining location and a conveyance path | route (step S66).

  First, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the customer service unit 11 to the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since it is difficult for the operator to touch the escrow unit 12 far from the front panel 22, it is considered that the escrow unit 12 may be left as the transport destination unit even in consideration of security.

  Therefore, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16 (Step S71), and moves the banknote remaining in the transport path 13 to the escrow unit 12 (Step S72). . Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13 (“Yes” in step S73), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S72, but when no banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13. (“No” in step S73), the operation proceeds to step S96.

  Second, the “residual location” is the “service unit 11 and the transport path 13”, and the “transport path” is the path “from the service unit 11 to the escrow unit 12 via the transport path 13”. Is assumed. At this time, since it is difficult for the operator to touch the escrow unit 12 far from the front panel 22, it is considered that the escrow unit 12 may be left as the transport destination unit even in consideration of security. Furthermore, since the customer service unit 11 is closest to the front panel 22, it is desirable to stop immediately in consideration of security.

  Therefore, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16 (Step S77), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the escrow unit 12 (Step S78). . Subsequently, when the banknote remains in the transport path 13 (“Yes” in step S79), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S78, but the banknote remains in the customer service unit 11 or the transport path 13. If not (“No” in step S79), the operation proceeds to step S96.

  Thirdly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13 to the cassette 15A”. At this time, since the cassette 15A is present inside the safe 14 and the operator is difficult to touch the cassette 15A, it is considered that the transport destination unit may remain as the cassette 15A even in consideration of security.

  Therefore, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16 (step S81), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the cassette 15A (step S82). . Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 (“Yes” in step S83), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S82, but when banknotes remain in the transport path 13 (“No” in step S83), the operation proceeds to step S96.

  Fourthly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a route “from the escrow unit 12 to the customer service unit 11 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since the operator can easily touch the customer service unit 11 closest to the front panel 22, the control unit 17 updates the transport destination unit from the customer service unit 11 to the reject box 16 from the viewpoint of improving security.

  Subsequently, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S87), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the reject box 16 (step S88). ). Subsequently, when banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13 (“Yes” in step S89), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S88, but when no banknotes remain in the conveyance path 13. (“No” in step S89), the operation is shifted to step S96.

  Fifthly, it is assumed that the “remaining place” is a “conveyance path 13” and the “conveyance path” is a path “from the cassette 15A to the escrow unit 12 via the conveyance path 13”. At this time, since it is difficult for the controller 17 to touch the escrow unit 12 far from the front panel 22, it is considered that the transport destination unit may remain the escrow unit 12 even in consideration of security. Furthermore, since the customer service unit 11 is closest to the front panel 22, it is desirable to stop immediately in consideration of security.

  Subsequently, the control unit 17 stops the driving units of the customer service unit 11, the cassette 15A, and the cassette 15B (step S91), and moves the banknotes remaining on the transport path 13 to the escrow unit 12 (step S92). Subsequently, when the banknote remains in the transport path 13 (“Yes” in step S93), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S92, but when the banknote does not remain in the transport path 13. (“No” in step S93), the operation proceeds to step S96.

  When the operation is shifted to step S96, the control unit 17 stops the remaining drive units (step S96). The remaining drive units may include drive units of operation units that have not yet been stopped among the customer service unit 11, the escrow unit 12, the transport path 13, the cassette 15A, the cassette 15B, and the reject box 16. Subsequently, when the front panel 22 is not closed (“No” in step S97), the control unit 17 shifts the operation to step S97, but the sensor detects that the front panel 22 is closed. In such a case (“Yes” in step S97), all the drive units are activated (step S98).

  The operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment has been described above.

<1.3. Summary of First Embodiment>
According to the first embodiment, the control unit 17 stops at least some of the drive units of the plurality of operation units when the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected. According to such a configuration, the timing of stopping the drive unit is advanced, so that the possibility that the operator contacts the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus 1A before the drive unit is stopped is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to improve the safety of the operator. Moreover, according to 1st Embodiment, since it is possible to move the banknote which remained in the conveyance path 13 to an operation | movement unit, it becomes possible to reduce possibility that a banknote will be lost.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1A according to the first embodiment has been described above.

<2. Second Embodiment>
Next, the second embodiment will be described.

<2.1. Explanation of configuration>
In the first embodiment, the example in which the insertion of the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is detected by the sensor has been mainly described. However, instead of inserting the key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21, another operation for opening the rear door 21 may be detected. In the second embodiment, an example will be described in which an operation for opening the rear door 21 is detected by image analysis. Since other configurations according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus 1B according to the second embodiment as viewed from the rear side. Referring to FIG. 13, an imaging device 30 is installed at a position where the periphery of the automatic transaction apparatus 1B can be imaged. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the imaging device 30 is attached to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> B, but may not be particularly attached to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 </ b> B. An image captured by the imaging device 30 is sent to the control unit 17.

  The control unit 17 analyzes the image sent from the imaging device 30 and detects whether or not an operation for opening the rear door 21 is performed. For example, the control unit 17 detects that an operation for opening the rear door 21 has been performed when the operator's line of sight is applied to the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 as an analysis result. May be. Note that a known technique (for example, the technique of gaze detection disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-286995) can be used as the technique of gaze detection.

  Alternatively, the control unit 17 performs an operation for opening the rear door 21 when the analysis result indicates that the key is approaching, contacting, or inserted into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21. May be detected. Alternatively, when it is obtained as an analysis result that the part (for example, a hand, an arm, etc.) of the operator's body is in proximity to or in contact with the keyhole 23 of the rear door 21, the control unit 17 determines the rear door 21. It may be detected that an operation for opening the is performed.

  As the object detection technique, a known technique (for example, the object detection technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-221548) can be used. Alternatively, the control unit 17 performs an operation for opening the rear door 21 when it is obtained as an analysis result that a gesture of approaching, contacting, or inserting a key into the key hole 23 of the rear door 21 is made. May be detected.

  In the above, the case where the operation | movement for making the rear door 21 into an open state was detected was demonstrated. However, the case where an operation for opening the front panel 22 is detected can be similarly described. At this time, the service unit closest to the front panel 22 is the customer service unit 11 as in the first embodiment. Therefore, as in the first embodiment, the “escrow unit 12” as the operation unit closest to the rear door 21 is replaced with the “service unit 11” as the operation unit closest to the front panel 22.

<2.2. Summary of Second Embodiment>
According to the second embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the timing of stopping the drive unit is advanced, so that the possibility that the operator contacts the inside of the automatic transaction apparatus 1B before the drive unit is stopped is reduced. Is done. Therefore, it is possible to improve the safety of the operator. Since it is possible to detect an operation for opening the door before the key is inserted into the keyhole, it is possible to further advance the timing of stopping the drive unit. Further, according to the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to move the banknote remaining in the transport path 13 to the operation unit, and thus the banknote may be lost. Can be reduced.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1B according to the second embodiment has been described above.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, regardless of the position of the banknote transport destination unit, the banknote remaining in the transport path may be transported to an operation unit far away from the opened door. In that case, it is good to set beforehand the operation unit which conveys a remaining bill according to the door of the front, and the door of the back.

  For example, in the above description, a bill is taken as an example of the medium handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 1. However, the medium handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is not limited to bills. For example, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 can handle other media (for example, coins) instead of or together with banknotes.

  Moreover, in the above, it demonstrated, assuming the automatic teller machine (ATM) as an example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. FIG. However, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is not limited to an automatic teller machine (ATM). For example, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 should just be an apparatus which has a drive part inside and operates an inside by an operator opening a door. As an example, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 may be a cash processing machine or a card reader.

  Moreover, in the above, although the example which uses the information obtained from a sensor in order to detect a banknote position was demonstrated, it is possible to discriminate | determine a banknote position, without utilizing the information obtained from a sensor. For example, since the banknote transport path is set by the automatic transaction apparatus 1A, the control unit 17 can determine the banknote position from the banknote transport path.

  Moreover, in the above, the example which detects the operation | movement for making the rear door 21 in the rear surface side in the automatic transaction apparatus 1 into an open state, and the front panel 22 in the front side of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 are made into an open state. The example which detects the operation | movement for this was demonstrated. However, the present embodiment can also be applied when detecting an operation for opening a door other than the door provided in the housing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. For example, the present embodiment can also be applied when detecting an operation for opening the door of the safe 14.

  For example, the control unit 17 for controlling the entire operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a program stored in the ROM by the CPU built in the automatic transaction apparatus 1 may be used. It may be realized by developing in a RAM and executing it. In addition to providing such a program, a storage medium storing such a program may also be provided.

1 (1A, 1B) Automatic transaction device 11 Customer service unit 12 Escrow unit 13 Transport path 14 Safe 15 (15A, 15B) Cassette 16 Reject box 17 Control unit 21 Rear door 22 Front panel 23 Key hole 24 Key hole 30 Imaging device R1-R3 Transport Route

Claims (13)

Multiple operating units;
A door that allows contact with the plurality of operation units when open, and prohibits contact with the plurality of operation units when closed;
A control unit that stops at least some of the drive units of the plurality of operation units when a predetermined operation for opening the door is detected;
An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: When the predetermined operation is detected, the control unit stops a drive unit of the predetermined operation unit closest to the door among the plurality of operation units.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. When the predetermined operation is detected, when the medium remains in the conveyance path, and when the operation unit closest to the door is set as a medium conveyance destination unit, Update the transport destination unit to another operation unit, stop the drive unit of the operation unit other than the updated transport destination unit, and move the medium from the transport path to the updated transport destination unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit sets an operation unit closest to the door as a medium transport destination unit when the predetermined operation is detected and when a medium remains in each of the transport path and the service unit. The transfer destination unit is updated to another operation unit, the drive units of the operation units other than the updated transfer destination unit and other than the customer service unit are stopped, and remain in each of the transfer path and the customer service unit. Moving the transferred medium to the updated transport destination unit,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3. The control unit is configured such that when the predetermined operation is detected, when a medium remains in the conveyance path, and an operation unit other than the operation unit closest to the door is set as a medium conveyance destination unit. If there is, the drive unit of the operation unit other than the transport destination unit among the plurality of operation units is stopped, and the medium is moved from the transport path to the transport destination unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit stops the driving units of the plurality of operation units and the transport path when the predetermined operation is detected and when no medium remains in the transport path,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The plurality of operation units include a customer service unit into which a medium is inserted, an escrow unit that temporarily holds the medium, a cassette that stores the medium, and a reject storage that stores the reject medium.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The updated transport destination unit is a reject storage for storing reject media.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3. The door is a rear door provided in the automatic transaction apparatus,
The operation unit closest to the door is an escrow unit,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2. The door is a front panel provided in the automatic transaction apparatus,
The operation unit closest to the door is a service unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2. The predetermined operation includes at least one of insertion of a key into the keyhole of the door and rotation of the key inserted into the keyhole.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The predetermined operation includes at least one of an operation input to an electronic key for unlocking the door, a card reading for unlocking the door, and an operation for opening the door. ,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1. The predetermined operation is detected by analysis of an image captured by the imaging device.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.

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