JP2017107351A - Money reception machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money reception machine capable of collecting received currencies, without assignment of a money collection business to other company.SOLUTION: A money reception machine which determines a currency which is put thereinto from a putting port, by a discrimination part 11, and performs reception processing of a permitted currency comprises: a loading part 8 for loading a storage part 42 for storing the received currency, and a storage bag 4 being arranged on a mouth part for receiving the received currency and having a seal part 41 which can be sealed; movement mechanisms 72-74 for moving the storage bag 4 loaded on the loading part 8 to a specific position for storing the currency which is determined so that the currency can be received by the discrimination part 11; a seal function part 71 for sealing the seal part 41 of the storage bag 4 on the specific position when the currencies are collected; a collection part 10 for temporarily holding the sealed storage bag 4; and a control part 3 for controlling the respective parts, in which the storage bag 4 held by the collection part 10 can be taken out to an external part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a depositing machine, and more particularly to a depositing machine that stores, collects and collects money such as banknotes deposited.

  As a handling device for deposit / withdrawal banknotes used in financial institutions such as banks, a plurality of denomination storage sections that store banknotes by denomination and a batch storage section that stores banknotes of multiple denominations in a mixed state A banknote processing machine is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a banknote processing machine that has a plurality of storage units including a collective storage unit that stores a plurality of banknotes in a mixed state, and performs a scrutiny of banknotes fed out from the storage unit in a short time. Has been.

JP-A-2015-95116

  By the way, when operating the depositing machine, the work of taking out banknotes and coins inserted into the depositing machine at one store cannot be done directly by the store manager, but once the security company collects the money, It takes the form of returning to the store manager. This form can be applied to a store where the banking department has been digitized and has a large-scale counting work.

  On the other hand, even in small-scale stores, there is a movement to make the aggregation work more efficient by entrusting the daily aggregation work to an external company. However, in small stores, the robust safe structure of the deposit machine and the security company collecting money every day will increase costs. For this reason, the deposit machine as shown in Patent Document 1 is too large to be operated in a small store.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a depositing machine capable of collecting deposited money without entrusting a collection business to an external company.

In order to achieve the above object, the depositing machine according to the present invention is preferably a depositing machine for determining the money inserted from the insertion slot by the discrimination unit and depositing the allowed money.
A storage section for storing the money to be deposited; a loading section for loading a storage bag having a sealable portion in the mouth portion for receiving the deposited money;
A moving mechanism for moving the storage bag loaded by the loading unit to a specific position for storing money determined to be depositable by the discrimination unit;
A sealing function part for sealing the sealing part of the storage bag at the specific position when collecting money;
A collection unit for temporarily holding the storage bag sealed by the sealing function unit;
A control unit for controlling each unit,
It is comprised as a money_receiving | payment machine which enabled taking out of this storage bag hold | maintained at this collection | recovery part outside.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the money_receiving | payment machine which collect | recovers the money deposited can be implement | achieved, without entrusting collection work to an external company.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the deposit machine in one actual form. It is a control block diagram of a deposit machine. FIG. 4 is a top view of the storage bag loading unit 8 or the collection unit 10. It is a figure which shows the structure of the sealing function part 71 and a storage bag, and the storage operation | movement of money. It is a flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of a deposit machine. It is a flowchart which shows the loading process of a storage bag. It is a flowchart which shows a money_receiving | payment process. It is a flowchart which shows the collection process of a storage bag.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The depositing machine shown in the present embodiment has a function of depositing money such as banknotes and coins inserted by a customer, a loading function of a storage bag for storing the deposited money, a recovery function thereof, and a deposit in the loaded storage bag. It has a sealing function for storing the coins and sealing the storage bag.

With reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the structure of a money_receiving | payment machine is demonstrated. Here, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the depositing machine. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the depositing machine.
The deposit machine 100 has a mechanism and a function that a deposit function of a normal ATM (automatic cash transaction apparatus) has as a deposit function. That is, the depositing function includes an insertion slot 1 into which money such as banknotes is inserted, a return slot 12 for returning the money to be rejected to the user, and a user operation for depositing transactions. Transaction section 5 that accepts a transaction card possessed by the user and reads the information, and the amount of money collected by the collection section 10 A statement slip issuing unit 6 (FIG. 2) for printing on a vote and issuing a transaction statement slip, a discrimination unit 11 (FIG. 2) for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of money to be deposited, and each of the above-described components and later It has the control part 3 which controls the component part to perform. The operation unit 2 includes, for example, a touch panel, and includes a display unit that displays various menu screens and an input unit through which a user performs touch input.

  The control unit 3 is connected to a host device such as a host computer that processes transaction information such as deposit. The transaction information for each user and the collected information collected and collected by the deposit machine 100 are processed by the control unit 3 and temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown), and finally from the control unit 3 to the host computer. Sent. Here, the user includes a customer of a financial institution and a manager of the financial institution. When necessary in the following description, they are distinguished.

  Further, as a storage bag loading function, a storage bag loading section (hereinafter simply referred to as a loading section) 8 having a loading port 81 for loading the storage bag 4 for storing the money to be collected is provided. The loading port 81 is provided with a door that opens and closes according to an instruction from the control unit 3. As a collection function of the storage bag 4, a loading bag collection unit (hereinafter simply referred to as a collection unit) 10 is provided. The collection unit 10 is provided with a door that opens and closes according to an instruction from the control unit 3. The storage bag 4 handled in the present embodiment is configured to have a storage part 41 for storing the deposited money and a sealing part 41 for closing the entrance of the storage bag. Details thereof will be described later.

  In addition, a moving mechanism for moving the storage bag 4 to a position (predetermined position) in which money is stored in the storage bag 4 is provided between the loading unit 8 and the collection unit 10. The predetermined position is preferably, for example, directly below the discrimination unit 11 that discriminates money. The moving mechanism includes a support rod 73 that supports the tracks 76 and 77 (FIG. 4) on which the storage bag 4 is hung, a rotating shaft 72 that supports the supporting rod 72, a motor 74 that rotates the rotating shaft 72, and a predetermined position. Then, a sealing function part 71 that mechanically seals the sealing part 41 of the storage bag 4 is provided. Here, the storage bag 4 is handled by the manager of the store of the financial institution, and in this embodiment, it has a function of a safe and a collection bag for storing the deposited money. The storage portion 41 of the storage bag 4 is a strong cloth bag for storing the deposited money, and preferably a part or the whole of the bag is made of a transparent sheet-like member so that the contents can be confirmed. It is good to be done. The sealing portion 42 preferably has a locking structure that can be unlocked by an administrator. In one example, the sealing portion 42 is a hook mechanism that is closed by fitting a pair of fitting pins. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the structure of the loading part 8, the collection | recovery part 10, and the sealing function part 71 is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a top view showing the storage bag loading unit 8 or the collection unit 10 as seen from above the depositing machine. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the sealing function unit 71 and the storage bag and the storage operation of money.

  In FIG. 3, the moving mechanism of the storage bag 4 that connects the loading unit 8 and the collection unit 1 has rails of an inner track 761 and an outer track 762 at the tip of a support rod 73 fixed to the rotating shaft 72 of the motor 74. The rigid ring 76 is fixed. A leaf spring 404 that holds the base portion of the fitting pin 403 (FIG. 4) constituting the sealing portion 41 of the storage bag 4 is attached to the inner race 761 and the outer race 762 of the ring 76. Although details of the sealing portion 41 will be described later with reference to FIG. 4, when the storage bag 4 is attached to the ring 76, the sealing portion 41 is in an open state.

  The storage bag 4 is manually attached to the ring 76 by a manager of a financial institution at the loading port 81 of the loading unit 8. When a plurality of, for example, eight storage bags 4 are mounted, the storage bags 4 are mounted on the ring 76 at predetermined intervals (angle 45 °). When one storage bag 4 is attached to the ring 76, the ring 76 rotates 45 ° in the direction of the arrow and moves from position A to position B. Then, the next mounting bag 4 is mounted on the ring 76 at the position A. In this way, eight mounting bags 4 are mounted on the ring 76 every 45 °. Of course, the number of storage bags 4 to be mounted is determined according to the operation of the store of the financial institution, and the interval for each storage bag can be adjusted as appropriate.

  The storage bag 4 mounted by the mounting unit 8 is moved to the sealing function unit 71 (position H) provided in the vicinity of the collection unit 10 with the sealing unit 41 opened by the rotation of the ring 76. The position H is preferably near the lower part of the discrimination unit 11 in consideration of the convenience of immediately storing money that is permitted to be deposited. At the position H, the stored bills and coins are mixed and enter the storage portion 42 from the sealing portion 41 of the storage bag 4. At the time of collection, the sealing function part 71 operates to seal the sealing part 41 of the storage bag 4, and then the storage bag 4 falls to the recovery part 10.

With reference to FIG. 4, the structure of the sealing function part 71 and the storage bag 4, and the storage operation | movement of money are demonstrated in detail.
The sealing portion 41 of the storage bag 4 has a structure of a cap opening, and includes a pair of fitting pins 403 and a leaf spring 404 that engages with the base of the fitting pins 403 and keeps the engaging pins 403 open. It has become. The leaf spring 404 is hooked on the inner track 761 and the outer track 762 of the ring 76, and the sealing portion 41 of the storage bag 4 is attached to the ring. The force (PF) generated by the leaf spring 404 exceeds the combined weight (CW) of the money stored in the storage section 42 and the storage bag 4, but the fitting pin 403 in the fitted state is not fitted. Less than the force (DL) to achieve a combined state. That is, a relationship of CW <PF <DL is established.
The sealing function part 71 includes a sealing pressing part 707 that presses one end of the engagement pin 403, a crank part 702 that has the sealing pressing part 707 fixed to the tip, and a spring part 701 that moves the crank part 702. , An eccentric cam 705 provided at the rear end of the crank portion 702, and an eccentric shaft 706 for fixing the eccentric cam 705. Between the sealing pressing portion 707 and the eccentric shaft 706, a heating portion 701 is provided along with the crank portion 702, so that the sealing pressing portion 707 and the eccentric shaft 706 always face each other, and the rotational movement of the eccentric shaft 706 is performed. The sealing pressing portion 707 is linearly moved. The eccentric shaft 706 is activated by power from a sealing motor (not shown). The sealing motor is connected to the control unit 3 and activated by an instruction from the control unit 3.

  The rotation of the sealing motor changes the eccentric shaft 706 from the top dead center state to the bottom dead center state, so that the sealing pressing portion 707 moves from the position shown in FIG. 4 (A) to the position shown in FIG. 4 (B). . As a result, the distal end portion of the engagement pin 403 is pushed by the sealing pressing portion 707, and both the engagement pins 403 are engaged and the sealing portion 41 is closed.

  When the sealing part 41 is closed, the storage bag 4 is in a state where the purse is closed, the leaf spring 404 is detached from the inner track 761 and the outer track 762, and the storage bag 4 falls into the collection unit 10, It is stored there (FIG. 4C). Thereafter, the administrator unlocks the locked door of the collection unit 10 and takes out the storage bag 4 from the storage unit 10.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5 thru | or FIG. 8, a deposit transaction and the loading and collection | recovery operation | movement of the storage bag to a deposit machine are demonstrated. The following operations are executed under the control of the control unit 3.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the depositing machine.
When the depositing machine 100 is turned on and the depositing machine operates (step 501), a menu screen that can be operated by the user is displayed on the screen of the operation unit 2 under the control of the control unit 3. The menu screen includes a menu screen that can be selected by the customer and a menu screen that can be selected by the manager of the financial institution. The former menu screen for the customer includes items such as “deposit”, “balance inquiry”, and “book entry”, for example. The latter menu screen for the administrator includes items such as “loading storage bags”, “collecting storage bags”, and “counting”, for example. Normally, the operation unit 2 has a customer menu screen. However, when the administrator inserts an administrator card into the card handling unit 5 and the operation is permitted, a menu screen for the administrator is displayed. The In that sense, the process of FIG. 5 is a process when a menu screen for the administrator is displayed.

In this example, the administrator selects a menu button of “loading storage bag”, “money deposit”, or “collecting storage bag” (step 502). If the administrator wants to load the storage bag 4, the “load storage bag” button is operated (step 503). Then, the control unit 3 shifts to a storage bag loading process (see FIG. 6) (step 504). When the administrator wants to set the depositing machine 100 for the depositing process by the customer, the “money deposit” button is operated (step 505). Then, the control unit 3 shifts to a deposit operation (see FIG. 7) (step 506). If the administrator wishes to collect the storage bag 4, the “storage bag recovery” button is operated (step 507). Then, the control part 3 transfers to the collection | recovery operation | movement (refer FIG. 8) of a storage bag (step 508).
Hereinafter, each selected processing operation will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the loading process of the storage bag 4.
When the administrator operates the “load storage bag” button from the menu screen displayed on the operation unit 2 (step 601). The control unit 3 sends an instruction to the loading port 13 to open the door of the loading port 81 (step 602). In the loading unit 8 from the loading port 81 with the door open, the administrator can open the plate of the sealing unit 41 with the sealing unit 4 of the storage bag 4 open (that is, with the fitting pin 403 open). The spring 404 is locked to the inner track 761 and the outer track 762 of the ring 76, and the storage bag 4 is loaded (step 603). When loading a plurality of storage bags 4, for example, the menu “End loading” or “Move storage bag” included in the menu screen for the loading process can be selected.

  When “loading end” is not selected from the menu screen and the “storage bag move” button is selected (step 605), the control unit 3 rotates the motor 74 to fix the ring 76 fixed to the support rod 73. Is rotated by 45 °, for example, and stopped. Then, the next loading position moves to the loading unit 8 (step 606). The administrator again locks the storage bag 4 to the ring 76 in the loading unit 8. This operation is the same as described above. By repeating such an operation, a maximum of eight storage bags 4 can be loaded in the ring 76.

  After the administrator has loaded the required number of storage bags 4, when the “loading end” button is selected from the menu screen (step 604), the control unit 3 determines that the loading has been completed, and the screen of the operation unit 2. To close the loading port 81. Then, the manager closes and locks the door of the loading port 81 (step 607), and the series of loading operations is completed. The controller 3 confirms that the door of the loading port 81 is completely closed by detection by an optical sensor.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the deposit process by the customer.
In the case of deposit processing, the menu screen includes selection items necessary for deposit processing. When the customer selects the “deposit” button from the menu screen displayed on the operation unit 2 (step 701), the control unit 3 allows the deposit of money from the insertion slot 1 (step 702). The customer inserts a necessary amount of banknotes or coins from the insertion slot 1.

  Since the storage capacity of the storage bag 4 is limited, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the storage bag 4 is full, that is, whether or not payment is possible, every time a depositing operation is performed (step 703). As an example, this determination can be performed using the result of currency discrimination performed by the discrimination unit 11. That is, the discrimination unit 11 can grasp the types of bills and coins received and their quantities, and therefore can determine how much of the total value the storage bag 4 is full. Of course, it is not necessary to detect that the storage bag 4 is physically completely full. In short, it is only necessary that the storage bag 4 can be smoothly collected by detecting a state that is almost full or a predetermined accumulated amount.

  As a result of the determination in step 703, if it is determined that the capacity is full, the control unit 3 notifies the host computer (step 707) and returns the money that could not be deposited to the return port 16 (step 708). ). In this case, the control unit 3 displays a screen indicating the return of money on the operation unit 2, issues a statement slip printed with the amount of money deposited from the statement slip issue unit 6, and receives a customer's request from the card handling unit 5. Perform processing for the end of the deposit transaction, such as returning the transaction card.

  As a result of the determination in step 703, if it is determined that the capacity is not full, the discrimination unit 3 performs denomination determination and authenticity determination of the inserted money (step 704). Money determined to be normal by the discrimination unit 3 is stored in the storage unit 42 of the storage bag in which the sealing unit 4 is opened (step 705). In this way, the process returns to step 702 and repeats the above steps until all the money deposited by the customer is stored in the storage bag 4 (step 706). If it is determined in step 706 that all the moneys have been deposited, a statement slip printed with the total amount deposited by the statement slip issuing unit 6 is issued, and a series of deposit transactions is completed (step 709).

  Through steps 701 to 709, the money deposited by the customer is stored in the storage bag 4. In the above embodiment, the storage bag 4 serves as a safe for storing deposited money. In addition to this, as a special function, it is also possible to realize a function like a night safe. That is, when the customer selects the night safe from the menu screen, the control unit 3 performs control so as to execute an operation mode (no discrimination mode) in which the denomination is not determined from the discrimination function of the discrimination unit 11. According to this operation mode, it is possible to accept a banknote that cannot be determined as a banknote and is normally returned to a customer, and store it in the storage bag 4 instead of a safe.

  In addition, as another example of the above step 703, in order to detect the position of the side portion and the lower portion of the storage bag 4 without determining whether the capacity is full using the total amount of money deposited by the discrimination unit 11 as described above. A plurality of optical sensors are installed, and the control unit 11 uses the detection signals from these optical sensors to determine whether the storage bag 4 has a predetermined reference capacity (that is, the storage bag 4 is stored as money is stored). It can also be determined that the full capacity has been reached.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the storage bag collection process.
The collection of the storage bag is performed by the administrator when a notification that the storage bag is full or the collection time is reached is sent from a host computer (not shown) to an administrator terminal (not shown). The time when the collection time comes is a case where the administrator terminal is instructed to collect the storage bag once a day, for example, at a predetermined time, even if it is not full.

  When the administrator selects the “collect” button from the menu screen displayed on the operation unit 2 (step 801), the control unit 3 closes the mouth of the sealing unit 41 of the storage bag 4 to the sealing function unit 7. (Step 802). That is, the control unit 3 activates a sealing motor (not shown), thereby rotating the eccentric cam 705 by a predetermined amount to move the crank portion 702, and pushes the sealing pressing portion 707 to move the fitting pin 403. Move. By the movement of the fitting pin 403, the mouth of the sealing portion 41 is sealed so that the purse opening is closed (step 802) (see FIG. 4B).

  And if the opening | mouth of the sealing part 41 of the storage bag 4 is closed, the storage bag 4 will fall to the collection | recovery part 10 (step 803) (refer FIG.4 (C)). Thereafter, the door of the collection unit 10 is opened in order to take out the storage bag 4 according to an instruction from the control unit 3 (step 804). The administrator takes out the storage bag 4 from the collection unit 10 with the door open (step 805). When the administrator takes out the storage bag 4 from the collection unit 10, the control unit 3 instructs the statement slip issuing unit 6 to issue a transaction statement slip accompanying the collection of the storage bag 4. In response to this instruction, the statement slip issuing unit 6 prints and issues a predetermined matter on the collection transaction statement slip (step 806). The transaction statement slip is printed with the total amount of money collected and the date and time of collection.

  When the administrator closes the door of the collection unit 10 (step 807), a sensor installed in the vicinity detects the door closing and notifies the control unit 3 of the detection. When the control unit 3 recognizes that the door of the recovery unit 10 is closed, the motor 74 is rotated to rotate the support rod 15 by a predetermined angle (for example, 45 °) to store the money to be deposited thereafter. The storage bag 4 is moved to a predetermined position (that is, the position of the collection unit 10) (step 808).

  With the series of operations described above, the collection of the storage bag 4 is completed, and a subsequent deposit transaction is possible.

  According to the present embodiment, in a small-scale financial institution where the computerization process of the deposit is not so advanced, collecting the collected money without entrusting the day-to-day aggregation operation to an external company, Collect and collect data easily at low cost.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications and alternatives. For example, in the above-described embodiment (see FIG. 4), the sealing mechanism of the sealing portion 41 of the storage bag 4 and the configuration of the sealing function portion 71 are examples and are not limited to the above-described examples. For example, without using the fitting pin 403 in the sealing portion 41, it may be a fastener structure. In this case, one end of the fastener is supported and loaded on the inner track 76 in FIG. 4, and a fastener fitting is loaded on the outer track 77. In this case, the loading direction of the storage bag 4 is 90 ° different from the above example. By rotating the motor for the crank portion 702 attached to the outer track 77 side in accordance with a collection instruction from the control portion 3, the fastener pulling bracket is moved from the left side to the right in FIG. The stop 41 can be closed.

  Further, as another configuration example of the sealing portion 41 and the sealing function portion 71 of the storage bag 4, the inner side of the sealing portion 41 has an adhesive tape structure without using the fitting pin 403 in the sealing portion 41. Sometimes, the sealing portion 41 can be adhered by pressing the sealing pressing portion 707 against the sealing portion 41.

1: Input port 12: Return port 2: Operation unit 3: Control unit 4: Storage bag 41: Sealing unit 42: Leaf storage unit 403: Fitting pin 404: Leaf spring 71: Sealing function unit 72: Rotating shaft 73 : Support rod 74: motor 10: storage bag collection unit 11: discrimination unit 12: bill return port 8: storage bag loading unit 81: loading port 73: support rod 76: ring

Claims (5)

A depositing machine that determines the money inserted from the insertion slot in the discrimination unit and deposits the allowed money,
A storage section for storing the money to be deposited; a loading section for loading a storage bag having a sealable portion in the mouth portion for receiving the deposited money;
A moving mechanism for moving the storage bag loaded by the loading unit to a specific position for storing money determined to be depositable by the discrimination unit;
A sealing function part for sealing the sealing part of the storage bag at the specific position when collecting money;
A collection unit for temporarily holding the storage bag sealed by the sealing function unit;
A control unit for controlling each unit,
A depositing machine characterized in that the storage bag held in the collecting section can be taken out to the outside. A plurality of the storage bags can be attached to the moving mechanism,
The control unit controls the moving mechanism to move the next storage bag to the specific position when the storage bag held in the collecting unit is taken out. The deposit machine according to claim 1. The storage part of the storage bag is composed of a sheet-like member that is partially or entirely transparent,
The depositing machine according to claim 1, wherein the sealing unit includes a mechanism that is sealed when a pair of fitting pins are engaged. The deposit machine has a display unit that displays a menu screen for transactions, and an operation unit that has an input unit that is input by a user.
The control unit allows the loading of the storage bag from the loading unit when loading is selected by operating the operation unit from the menu screen displayed on the display unit,
Further, when the movement of the storage bag is selected from the menu screen by operating the operation unit, the movement mechanism is controlled to move the loaded storage bag and allow the next storage bag to be loaded. The depositing machine according to claim 2. The deposit machine has a display unit that displays a menu screen for transactions, and an operation unit that has an input unit that is input by a user.
When the collection of the storage bag is selected by operating the operation unit from the menu screen displayed on the display unit, the control unit controls the sealing function unit to seal the storage bag. Seal the part,
The depositing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: opening a door of the collecting unit to allow the storage bag held in the collecting unit to be taken out.

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