JP2019164711A - Automatic transaction apparatus and deposit processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To settle money deposit even when there is a paper money entering a cassette during a restoration operation.SOLUTION: A bill discrimination part 41 discriminates the denomination of each bill to be successively conveyed during deposit processing. When the bill after the denomination discrimination is stored in a bill storage part, a deposit confirmation part 42 generates deposit confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of the bill. A restoration part 43 performs a restoration operation when a failure related to a bill transport occurs during the deposit processing. When the bill enters the bill storage part during the restoration operation, a correction part 44 corrects the deposit confirmation information on the basis of the discrimination result of the denomination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus for financial institutions.

  An automatic transaction apparatus for a financial institution such as ATM (automated / automatic teller machine) includes a banknote processing unit for depositing and dispensing banknotes.

FIG. 11 shows a schematic configuration of an existing banknote processing unit.
In the illustrated example, the banknote processing unit 250 includes a slot 251, a discrimination unit 252, a temporary storage unit 253, a storage detection sensor 254, a cassette 255, a transport path 256, a control unit 257, and the like.

A banknote to be deposited is inserted into the insertion slot 251 or banknotes to be withdrawn are accumulated.
The discrimination unit 252 discriminates, for example, the denominations of banknotes to be deposited (banknote discrimination). The denomination is, for example, a 10,000 yen bill, a 5,000 yen bill, a thousand yen bill, or the like. The discrimination unit 252 has a processor (not shown) and the like, and this processor executes banknote discrimination processing.

  The temporary storage unit 253 is a space for temporarily storing the deposited banknote. However, the temporary holding unit 253 may not be used when depositing. The temporary holding unit 253 is also used when temporarily holding banknotes during a recovery process described later.

  The cassette 255 is a storage unit that stores banknotes for each denomination. In the illustrated example, there are two cassettes 255, for example, one for a thousand yen bill and the other for a 10,000 yen bill. The storage detection sensor 254 is provided near the entrance of each cassette 255 and detects that a bill has entered the cassette 255.

  When depositing, the user throws arbitrary one or more (usually a plurality of) banknotes into the slot 251. The banknotes are fed out one by one from the insertion slot 251, and are first transported on the transport path 256 to the discrimination unit 252, where the denomination and the like are discriminated. And after it is discriminated from the case where it is temporarily held until it is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 253 and all the bills inserted into the insertion slot 251 are discriminated and then transferred to the corresponding cassette 255. In some cases, the paper is not held in the temporary holding unit 253 but is transferred to the corresponding cassette 255. The corresponding cassette 255 is, for example, a cassette for a thousand yen bill in the case of a banknote identified by the discrimination unit 252 as a thousand yen bill. When the bill enters the corresponding cassette 255, the storage detection sensor 254 detects the bill.

  The control unit 257 manages and controls the entire banknote processing unit 250, and includes, for example, a CPU. The control unit 257 is not particularly shown by a not-shown communication line / bus or the like, a not-shown host control unit, a not-shown processor of the discrimination unit 252, a storage detection sensor 254, a motor (not shown) for moving the conveyance path 256, etc. And communication with these components, control, data acquisition, and the like are possible. From this, the control part 257 acquires a banknote discrimination result from the discrimination part 252, for example. Moreover, the control part 257 can recognize whether the banknote entered the cassette 255 by acquiring the detection result of the storage detection sensor 254, for example.

  The upper control unit (not shown) is a control device that controls the entire ATM in which the banknote processing unit 250 is mounted, for example.

Moreover, the prior art of patent document 1, 2 is known.
In the prior art of Patent Document 1, when a banknote failure occurs, banknotes whose denomination and number of sheets including the remaining banknotes before feeding and separation are not determined are returned to the customer, and the banknote handling information in the apparatus is returned. To confirm.

  The prior art of Patent Document 2 was obtained by storing the excluded items excluded from the money used for the transaction during the deposit transaction in the reject cassette and subtracting the amount of money stored in the recycle cassette from the deposit count result. The value is the amount of money stored in the reject cassette.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose automatic recovery processing after a jam occurs.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-92308 JP2015-122080A

  The controller 257 causes the banknotes to be transported on the transport path 256 by driving and controlling a motor (not shown) and the like.

FIGS. 12A and 12B show a specific example (part 1) of the bill transport method.
In FIG. 13, the specific example (the 2) of a banknote conveyance method is shown.

First, a specific example (No. 1) shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B will be described.
A specific example (No. 1) is a case in which the deposited banknote described above is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 253 and then transferred to the corresponding cassette 255.

  12 (a) and 12 (b), the flow of banknote conveyance in the case of the specific example (part 1) is indicated by the bold arrows shown in the figure.

  As shown by a thick arrow in FIG. 12A, banknotes are fed out one by one from the insertion slot 251, first conveyed on the conveyance path 256 to the discrimination unit 252, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 252. Is done. And a banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage part 253, and is accumulate | stored.

  As shown in FIG. 12 (b), all the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot 251 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 253 after the denomination unit 252 determines the denomination and the like, as shown above. As described above, the banknotes are fed one by one from the temporary storage unit 253, and each banknote is transported and stored on the transport path 256 to the “corresponding cassette 255”.

Next, a specific example (No. 2) shown in FIG. 13 will be described.
A specific example (No. 2) is a case in which after depositing the above-mentioned deposited banknote, it is not stored in the temporary storage unit 253 but is transported to the “corresponding cassette 255” (direct depositing case).

  In the case of the deposit mode as shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), the deposited banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 253, and during that time, the input amount is displayed to the customer to be confirmed by the customer. And if a customer operates OK, a banknote will be conveyed from the temporary storage part 253 to the applicable cassette 255, and will be accommodated.

  In addition to the deposit mode, there is a direct deposit mode as shown in FIG. 13 in which deposited banknotes are not stored in the temporary storage unit 253, and the banknotes after discrimination are directly conveyed and stored in the cassette 255.

  The direct deposit mode is a deposit mode that gives priority to processing speed and is used in a back office of a financial institution.

In FIG. 13, the flow of conveyance of the banknote of a direct deposit process is shown by the arrow of a thick line illustration.
As shown by thick arrows in FIG. 13, banknotes are fed one by one from the insertion slot 251, first transported on the transport path 256 to the discrimination unit 252, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 252. Thereafter, the banknote is transported and stored on the transport path 256 to the “corresponding cassette 255” as it is. Then, the number of banknotes stored is managed for each denomination based on the discrimination result in the discrimination unit 252.

Here, in FIG. 14, the flow of the conveyance of the banknote at the time of a recovery process is shown by the thick line arrow of illustration.
In the direct deposit mode, automatic recovery may be performed when a failure such as a jam (clogged banknote on the transport path) occurs during deposit. In this automatic recovery, as a recovery operation, banknotes remaining on the transport path 256 are transported and accumulated in the temporary storage unit 253 as indicated by an arrow in FIG. 14, for example.

  Thereafter, the worker removes the remaining banknotes directly from the temporary storage unit 253, or performs a process of transporting and discharging the temporary banknote 253 from the temporary storage unit 253 to the insertion port 251 or performing a process of taking the cassette 255 into the cassette 255 after discrimination.

  During the recovery operation, the banknote near the entrance of the cassette 255 may enter (drop) the cassette 255. Since this banknote has not been managed, the banknote is unknown. As a result, there was a problem that the amount in the cassette could not be determined.

  The subject of this invention is providing the automatic transaction apparatus etc. which can carry out payment confirmation, even when there exists a banknote which enters a cassette during recovery operation.

The present invention has the following configurations in an automatic transaction apparatus.
-A banknote discriminating unit that discriminates the denomination of each banknote that is sequentially conveyed during the deposit process;
-When the banknote after the denomination discrimination is stored in the banknote storage unit, a deposit confirmation unit that updates the deposit confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of each banknote;
A recovery unit that performs a recovery operation when a failure related to banknote conveyance occurs during the deposit process;
A correction unit that corrects the deposit confirmation information when a bill enters the bill storage unit during the restoration operation.

  According to the automatic transaction apparatus or the like of the present invention, even when there is a banknote that enters the cassette during the recovery operation, the deposit can be confirmed.

It is an external view of ATM. It is a hardware block diagram of ATM. It is a functional block diagram of ATM. It is a schematic block diagram of a banknote processing unit. It is an example of a banknote remaining at the time of jam occurrence. It is a flowchart figure (1/2) of the main process of a money_receiving | payment process. It is a flowchart figure (2/2) of the main process of a money_receiving | payment process. (A) is a banknote feeding process thread, (b) is a process flowchart figure of a banknote discrimination process thread. It is a process flowchart figure of a banknote accommodation process thread | sled. It is a figure which shows an example of a banknote information table. It is a schematic block diagram of the existing banknote processing unit. (A) (b) is a figure which shows the specific example (the 1) of a banknote conveyance method. It is a figure which shows the specific example (the 2) of a banknote conveyance method. It is a figure which shows the flow of conveyance of the banknote at the time of a recovery process.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of an ATM 10 which is a kind of automatic transaction apparatus.

  In the illustrated example, the ATM 10 includes a customer operation screen 11, a cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12, a passbook receiving unit 13, a card receiving port 14, a receipt issuing port 15, and the like.

  The customer operation screen 11 is, for example, a display provided with a touch panel, and is used when a user performs various data input including a password input and various instructions.

  The cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12 is used for depositing banknotes and coins to be deposited and discharging banknotes and coins to be dispensed.

The passbook accepting unit 13 is used to insert a passbook and return the inserted passbook.
The card reception port 14 is used for inserting various cards (medium) such as a cash card and a credit card, and returning the inserted card.

The receipt issuing port 15 is used for discharging the issued receipt.
The appearance configuration of the ATM 10 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the ATM 10.
In the example shown in FIG. 2, the ATM 10 includes a main control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an input unit 23, a display unit 24, a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25, a passbook entry processing unit 26, a card reading unit 27, a receipt issuing unit 28, a communication. A processing unit 29 and the like are included, and these are connected to the bus 30.

  The main control unit 21 controls the entire ATM 10 in an integrated manner, reads a program for performing various processes of the ATM 10 stored in the storage unit 22 and the like, and reads the read program in an internal memory (not shown). Is temporarily stored, and various processes are performed according to the program, and includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The input unit 23 and the display unit 24 have a configuration related to the customer operation screen 11. The input unit 23 includes the touch panel, and the display unit 24 includes the display. The user performs an operation such as selection input of a desired transaction using the input unit 23 while viewing various screens displayed on the display unit 24.

  The communication processing unit 29 is used when communication necessary for providing the transaction service selected by the user is performed with the host computer 1 via the network, and is, for example, a communication interface.

  The main control unit 21 performs control for realizing a transaction instructed by an operation on the customer operation screen 11 by the user. Specifically, in the main control unit 21, when the user selects and inputs an arbitrary transaction from the transaction menu displayed on the display unit 24 using the input unit 23, insertion of a card or passbook and a predetermined transaction operation are performed. Through the communication processing unit 29, control is performed to realize a transaction with the host computer 1 that manages various information such as user account information, personal identification number, and deposit amount.

  The storage unit 22 is, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like in which application programs for performing various processes of the ATM 10 and data necessary for the processes of the ATM 10 are stored.

  The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25 accepts banknotes inserted into the cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12, identifies / counts / stores banknotes, or deposits / deposits a predetermined number of banknotes according to a withdrawal transaction selected by the user. The banknote processing unit (not shown) is discharged from the section 12. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25 further accepts coins inserted into the cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12 and discriminates / counts / stores the coins or a predetermined number of coins according to the withdrawal transaction selected by the user. It may have a coin processing unit (not shown) which discharges from the cash deposit / withdrawal part 12.

  The passbook entry processing unit 26 receives the passbook inserted by the user from the passbook accepting unit 13, conveys it to a predetermined position, records the contents of the transaction process, and returns the passbook that has been booked from the passbook accepting unit 13.

  The card reading unit 27 receives a card inserted by the user from the card receiving port 14, reads data such as account information from the magnetic stripe unit or IC chip unit of the card, and returns the card from the card receiving port 14.

The receipt issuing unit 28 issues a receipt.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the ATM 10.

  The ATM 10 has the following various processing function units. These various processing function units are realized by, for example, a CPU or the like (for example, the main control unit 21 or a control unit 57 described later) included in the ATM 10 executing a predetermined program stored in advance in the storage device. The In addition, in the ATM 10 of this example, it is assumed that the deposit process operates in the direct deposit mode.

  The ATM 10 has various processing function units such as a banknote discrimination unit 41, a deposit confirmation unit 42, a recovery unit 43, and a correction unit 44. Not only this example but ATM10 may be the composition which further has bill feeding part 45.

  The banknote discrimination part 41 discriminates the denomination of each banknote conveyed sequentially during the deposit process. An example of the banknote discrimination unit 41 is a discrimination unit 52 described later.

  When the banknote after the denomination discrimination is stored in the banknote storage unit, the deposit confirmation unit 42 updates the deposit confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of each banknote. An example of the bill storage unit is a cassette 55 described later. An example of the deposit confirmation information is a bill information table 110 described later. The update by the deposit confirmation unit 42 is, for example, to confirm deposit for the banknote stored in the banknote storage unit in the deposit confirmation information.

  The recovery unit 43 performs a recovery operation when a failure relating to the banknote conveyance occurs during the deposit process.

  When the banknote enters the banknote storage unit during the recovery operation, the correcting unit 44 corrects the deposit confirmation information regarding the banknote based on the discrimination result of the denomination.

  In addition, the denomination discrimination result of each banknote by the banknote discrimination part 41 is memorize | stored in the order identified, for example. In addition, for example, although not particularly illustrated, a detection unit (not illustrated) (such as a storage detection sensor 54 described below) that detects that a banknote has entered the banknote storage unit may be provided.

  Further, as an example, the deposit confirmation information includes, for example, information indicating whether or not the denomination discrimination result of each banknote and the deposit confirmation, and the correction unit 44 includes the bill storage unit during the recovery operation in the deposit confirmation information. A correction is made to confirm the deposit for the entered banknote.

  In addition, although not particularly illustrated, it may further include a deposit confirmation banknote counting unit (not shown) that counts the number of denominations of the banknotes that have been deposited based on the deposit confirmation information.

  Moreover, as an example, the recovery operation is a process of transporting the remaining banknotes on the transport path to a predetermined location (an example is a temporary storage unit 53 described later), and the recovery operation was near the entrance of the banknote storage unit. When the remaining banknote enters the banknote storage unit, the payment confirmation information is corrected by the correction unit 44.

  Also, as an example, for example, bills in the bill insertion slot are fed out one by one from a bill insertion slot (an insertion slot 51, which will be described later) in which one or more arbitrary banknotes are inserted during deposit processing. Moreover, you may further have the banknote delivery part 45 which memorize | stores this delivery time.

  As an example, for example, each banknote fed out by the banknote feeding section 45 is transported on the transport path to the banknote storage section via the banknote identification section 41.

  As an example, for example, the recovery unit 43 is configured such that the time (including the case where the banknote does not reach) from when the banknotes reach the banknote storage unit from the feeding time is not a predetermined time set in advance. When it is not within a predetermined time range set in advance, it is considered that a failure (jam) related to the banknote conveyance has occurred.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the banknote processing unit of the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25.
In the illustrated example, the banknote processing unit 50 includes an insertion port 51, a discrimination unit 52, a temporary storage unit 53, a storage detection sensor 54, a cassette 55, a conveyance path 56, a control unit 57, and the like. Among these configurations, the configuration other than the processing of the control unit 57 may be the same as the configuration shown in FIG. That is, the insertion port 51, the discrimination unit 52, the temporary storage unit 53, the storage detection sensor 54, the cassette 55, and the conveyance path 56 are the input port 251, the discrimination unit 252, the temporary storage unit 253, the storage detection sensor 254, the cassette 255, Since it may be the same as the transport path 256, the description thereof will be omitted or simplified. Details of the processing of the control unit 57 will be described later.

  When the banknote handling unit 50 of FIG. 4 performs the direct depositing operation, the flow of banknote conveyance during the direct depositing operation is the same as that indicated by the thick arrow in FIG. That is. If it demonstrates simply, a banknote will be drawn | fed out one by one from the insertion port 51, will be first conveyed on the conveyance path 56 to the discrimination part 52, and the denomination etc. will be discriminated by the discrimination part 52. FIG. Thereafter, the banknotes are transported and stored on the transport path 56 to the corresponding cassettes 55 as they are. For example, if the bill is determined to be a thousand yen bill, it is stored in the cassette 55 for a thousand yen bill.

  When an obstacle (jam or the like) related to banknote conveyance occurs during the direct depositing operation, the banknote remains as shown in FIG.

  “A”, “b”, and “c” shown in the figure indicate banknotes remaining on the conveyance path at the time of jam among the banknotes deposited this time. D of illustration shows the banknote already accommodated in the cassette 55 at the time of jam generation among the banknotes received this time. Since the banknote a remains in the position in front of the discrimination part 52 and is therefore in a state before denomination determination, the denomination of the banknote a is unknown. The banknotes b and c remain at a position after the discrimination unit 52, and thus the denomination has been determined.

  For example, the recovery operation described above is executed in such a state. Although the recovery operation is not particularly illustrated, it is first attempted to transport the banknotes a, b, and c remaining on the transport path to the temporary storage unit 53 by substantially the same operation as in FIG. 14 described above.

  Here, the bill c remains in the vicinity of the entrance of the cassette 55. For this reason, there is a possibility that the banknote c enters (falls) in the cassette 55 by the recovery operation. In terms of data management, this means that a banknote of unknown denomination (unknown ticket) has entered the cassette 55. In the deposit processing, for example, the bill information table 110 described later is generated, and the number of deposited bills for each denomination is counted based on the bill information table 110 to obtain the deposit confirmation information. This is a process of conveying to the holding unit 53. For this reason, conventionally, the banknote entered in the cassette 55 during the recovery process is not reflected in the deposit confirmation information (the banknote information table 110 or the like), and the deposit has not been confirmed.

  However, since the banknote is actually contained in the cassette 55, this banknote should be treated as having been confirmed to be deposited. Further, the money amount is recognized (for each denomination of the deposited banknote). Should be reflected in the management of the number of sheets.

  On the other hand, in this method, it is possible to confirm the deposit of the unknown ticket that has entered the cassette 55 during the recovery operation after such a jam, and more accurately manage the denomination / number information of the banknotes in the cassette. It becomes like this.

  When the storage detection sensor 54 detects any object, it is considered that a bill has been detected. In addition, since the storage detection sensor 54 is provided for each cassette 55, it is possible to recognize which denomination cassette 55 the banknote has entered by detecting that the storage detection sensor 54 has entered the banknote. become. From this, you may make it perform further the process which confirms whether this recognition and the money type of the unknown ticket determined by this method correspond.

  In this method, only one unknown ticket is generated even if it is generated. This can be realized, for example, by adjusting the interval between bills during conveyance. The interval between bills during conveyance is determined by the time interval of bill feeding from the insertion port 51 onto the conveyance path 56. For example, in the case where the banknotes are fed out every 0.5 seconds and the case where the banknotes are fed out every 0.6 seconds, the latter (0.6 second interval) has a larger interval between the bills during conveyance. Hereinafter, specific examples will be described with reference to FIGS.

  6 and 7 are flowcharts (1/2) and (2/2) of the main process of the deposit process. FIGS. 6 and 7 show one flowchart divided into two parts, and hereinafter, FIG.

  FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 9 show process flowcharts of the threads related to the deposit process shown in FIG. FIG. 8A is a bill feeding processing thread, FIG. 8B is a bill identification processing thread, and FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of a bill storage processing thread.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a bill information table 110 that is a table generated / referenced during the deposit process.

  In the case of this example, a restoration process is included in the deposit process shown in FIG. 6 and the like (step S79 and the like).

  The deposit process shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is started when the customer inserts one or more banknotes into the slot 51 in the “deposit transaction” of the automatic transaction apparatus (ATM). The deposit process shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is executed by, for example, the control unit 57 and / or the main control unit 21, but is not limited to this example.

  The deposit process shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 is a process of storing the bills discriminated from the discrimination of the inserted bills in a cassette, and the response (notification of the processing result) of the deposit process is “end information” ( Normal or abnormal), “cassette storage information”, and the like. The “cassette storage information” is, for example, the number of banknotes for which the deposit is confirmed for each denomination (the number of thousand yen bills deposited, the number of 10,000 yen bills, etc.). In this example, two types of denominations are 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and there may be 5,000 yen.

  In the main process of the deposit process shown in FIG. 6 and the like, first, the banknote information table 110 is initialized (step S71).

Here, an example of the banknote information table 110 shown in FIG. 10 will be described.
The banknote information table 110 in the illustrated example includes a number 111, a feeding time 112, a denomination 113, and a cassette storage 114.

  The number 111 is a serial number (1, 2, 3,...) Assigned to each record, and means the banknote payout order corresponding to the record. For example, information relating to the banknote that is secondly fed out from the insertion slot 51 is stored in the second record from the top of the banknote information table 110 (the record with the number 111 = '2'). In other words, the second record corresponds to the second fed banknote.

  In each record corresponding to each fed banknote, the time when the banknote is fed from the insertion slot 51 is stored at the feeding time 112, and the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination unit 52 is stored in the denomination 113, and the cassette. When the banknote is stored in the cassette 55 (when detected by the storage detection sensor 54), “1” is stored in the storage 114 (the flag is turned ON).

FIG. 10 also shows a specific example of data stored in the banknote information table 110.
In the illustrated example, four banknotes are fed out from the insertion slot 51, and the time when each banknote is fed out is recorded as the feeding time 112. Of the four bills, the first to third bills have already been identified by the discrimination unit 52. In the illustrated example, the first and third bills are a thousand yen bill, The first is a 10,000 yen bill. Furthermore, among the three bills that have been identified, the first and second bills have already been stored in the cassette 55. The third and fourth sheets are still on the conveyance path 56, but the third sheet has been identified, while the fourth sheet has not yet been identified. The fifth banknote has not yet been paid out or does not exist (when four banknotes are inserted).
The banknote information table 110 in FIG. 10 has been described above.

Returning to the description of the main process of the deposit process shown in FIG.
In the initialization process in step S71, for example, all stored data in the banknote information table 110 is erased.

  Subsequently, whether or not there is a bill in the bill slot 51 is determined by detection of a sensor (not shown) installed in the slot 51 (step S72). When there is no banknote in the insertion slot 51 (step S72, NO), “0” is set in the “end information” (step S83), and the process proceeds to step S84. In the “end information”, “0” means normal end and “1” means abnormal end (jamming).

  On the other hand, when the sensor detects that there is a bill at the bill slot 51 (step S72, YES), each variable is initialized (step S73). The variables used in this process are variables C1, C2, C3 and variables S1, S2. In the initialization of the variables, the variables C1, C2, and C3 are all set to “1”, and the variables S1 and S2 are all set to “0”.

  Here, these variables will be described. In addition, it demonstrates using the banknote information table 110 of the example shown in the said FIG. 10 here.

  The variable C <b> 1 is an array number related to the feeding time 112 in the banknote information table 110.

The variable C2 is an array number related to the denomination 113 in the banknote information table 110.
The variable C3 is an array number related to the cassette storage 114 in the banknote information table 110.

  The variable S1 is thread status information (0; initial value, 1; all banknotes in the banknote slot have been fed out, 2; processing of all threads is completed).

The variable S2 is jam information (0; no jam, 1; jam occurrence).
The sequence number corresponds to number 111. That is, for example, C2 = '3' indicates the denomination 113 in the record with the number 111 = '3', and C3 = '2' indicates the cassette storage 114 in the record with the number 111 = '2'.

  After executing the variable initialization process in step S73, three threads (tasks) are activated. That is, the banknote feeding process thread is activated (step S74), the banknote identification process thread is activated (step S75), and the banknote storage process thread is activated (step S76).

  With the above activation, the banknote feeding process thread starts executing the process of FIG. 8A, the banknote discrimination process thread starts executing the process of FIG. 8B, and the banknote storage process thread executes the process of FIG. Start.

Hereinafter, the processes of FIGS. 8A and 8B and FIG. 9 will be described.
The process of FIG. 8A is a process of feeding the banknotes in the insertion slot 51 one by one onto the transport path 56 as a whole.

  In the process of FIG. 8A, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes still remain in the insertion slot 51 (whether or not they are detected by the sensor) (step S101). As long as banknotes remain, step S101 is performed. The process of S104 is repeated. When there are no more bills in the insertion slot 51 (step S101, NO), the process goes out of the loop, and the variable S1 is set to '1' (all banknotes in the banknote insertion slot have been paid out) (step S105), and this process is terminated. .

  When banknotes still remain in the insertion slot 51 (step S101, YES), one banknote in the insertion slot 51 is fed out onto the conveyance path 56 (step S102), and the current time is stored in the feeding time (C1). (Step S103). Here, the delivery time (C1) is a column of the delivery time 112 of the C1th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C1) in the banknote information table 110. Then, the value of the variable C1 is incremented by +1 (C1 = C1 + 1) (step S104), and the process returns to step S101. Note that C1 = 1 is initially set by the initialization process.

  The processes in steps S101 to S104 are repeated until the bills in the insertion slot 51 run out as described above. Note that the processing in step S105 may be executed after a predetermined time has elapsed since the determination in step S101 was NO. This “certain time” may be the same as the “predetermined time” in step S123, which will be described later, but is not limited to this example.

Next, the banknote discrimination process of FIG.8 (b) is demonstrated.
The process of FIG. 8B is a discrimination process (a process for determining authenticity / denomination etc.) of each banknote conveyed to the discrimination unit 52 as a whole.

  In the example of FIG. 8B, when a banknote entering the discrimination section 52 is detected by a sensor near the entrance of the discrimination section 52 (step S111, YES), the banknote is discriminated by the discrimination section 52 (step S112). Then, the discrimination result (denomination) is stored in the denomination (C2) (step S113). Here, the denomination (C2) is a column of the denomination 113 of the C2th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C2) in the banknote information table 110. Then, it is checked whether or not the variable S1 is “1” (step S114). If the variable S1 is still “0” (step S114, NO), the value of the variable C2 is incremented by +1 (C2 = C2 + 1) (step S115), the process returns to step S111. On the other hand, if the variable S1 is ‘1’ (step S114, YES), all the banknotes in the banknote insertion slot have been paid out, and thus this process is terminated.

  Note that C2 = 1 is initially set by the initialization process. In addition, the determination process in step S114 is a process for checking whether or not the last fed banknote has been identified. As described with reference to FIG. 8A, when the last banknote is paid out from the insertion slot 51 (and after a certain time has elapsed from that point), the variable S1 = '1', and the variable S1 = '1'. If it becomes, it can be considered that the banknote drawn last is already distinguished.

Next, the bill storage process of FIG. 9 will be described.
The process of FIG. 9 is generally a process of storing the banknotes that have been conveyed to the entrance of the cassette 55 in the cassette 55, and also performs a process of determining whether or not a banknote jam has occurred.

  In the process of FIG. 9, first, it is determined whether or not the storage detection sensor 54 has detected that a banknote has been conveyed to the entrance of the cassette 55 (step S121), and each time a banknote is detected (step S121, YES) The process proceeds to step S122. Basically (if a jam or the like does not occur in the middle), the banknotes fed out from the insertion slot 51 are conveyed to the entrance of the corresponding cassette 55 after the denomination is discriminated by the discrimination section 52. Thus, it is detected by the storage detection sensor 54.

When a banknote is detected (step S121, YES), first, a payout time (C3) corresponding to the banknote is obtained from the banknote information table 110, and an elapsed time is calculated by the following equation (step S122). The elapsed time is the time taken for each banknote to reach the entrance of the corresponding cassette 55 after being fed out.
Elapsed time = Current time-Feeding time (C3)

  Here, the feeding time (C3) is stored data in the column of the feeding time 112 of the C3th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C3) in the banknote information table 110. As described above, since the initial value of C3 is “1”, the feeding time 112 of the first record of the banknote information table 110, that is, the feeding time 112 of the first fed banknote is first acquired.

  Then, according to the determination / branch processing in steps S123 and S124, when the elapsed time = predetermined time, it is regarded as normal, and the process proceeds to step S125. In other cases, it is regarded as abnormal (such as jam occurrence). Then, the process proceeds to step S135. That is, when the elapsed time is smaller than the predetermined time (fast) (step S123, YES), or when the elapsed time is longer than the predetermined time (slow) (step S124, YES), the process proceeds to step S135. When elapsed time = predetermined time, the determinations in steps S123 and S124 are both NO, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  Note that the “predetermined time” is a normal value of the elapsed time set in advance, and if there is no abnormality, the bill arrives at the cassette inlet just after the “predetermined time” after being fed out. Thus, in this example, as described above, if the elapsed time = predetermined time, it is determined to be normal, and if the elapsed time ≠ predetermined time, it is determined to be abnormal (such as occurrence of a jam). If it is within the range of “predetermined time ± α” (α; a margin that is arbitrarily set), it may be determined as normal.

  When it is assumed that a jam has occurred as described above (when step S123 or S124 is YES), the deposit process is interrupted and the recovery process is executed, so that the banknote feeding process thread and banknote discrimination process thread are forcibly terminated. (Step S135), “1” is substituted into the variable S2 (Step S136), and “2” is substituted into the variable S1 (Step S137), and this process is terminated. Thus, in the main process, a process described later is executed in accordance with changes in the values of these variables.

  On the other hand, when the elapsed time = predetermined time and the process proceeds to step S125, first, the banknote detected in step S121 is stored in the cassette 55 (step S125). Subsequently, '1' is stored in the cassette storage (C3) (flag ON) (step S126). As a result, the deposit of the banknote is confirmed for management. Here, the cassette storage (C3) is a column of the cassette storage 114 of the C3th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C3) in the banknote information table 110.

  Then, it is checked whether or not the variable S1 is “1” (step S127). As described above, since “1” is set in the variable S1 after a predetermined time has elapsed since the last bill out of the bills inserted into the insertion slot 51 is drawn, if the variable S1 is “1”. For example, the banknote detected in step S121 may be regarded as the banknote that has been last drawn, and thus the last banknote is stored in the cassette 55. Therefore, when the variable S1 is “1” (step S127, YES), it is assumed that the present process is ended, and the process proceeds to the process of step S137, and the process is performed after the variable S1 is set to “2”. finish.

  On the other hand, if the variable S1 is not yet “1” (NO in step S127), the variable C3 is incremented by +1 (C3 = C3 + 1) (step S128), and the process returns to step S121. Then, while waiting for the next banknote to be detected by the storage detection sensor 54, when a jam occurs, time elapses without the next banknote being detected. Thus, in order to determine whether or not a jam has occurred in a state in which no banknote is detected, the determination in step S121 is periodically performed. When no banknote is detected (step S121, NO), first, the variable p is set to the current value. The value of the variable C3 is substituted (step S129). Subsequently, it is confirmed whether or not the feeding time (p) is blank (no feeding time is recorded yet) (step S130). If the feeding time (p) is blank (step S130, YES). The process returns to step S121.

  The delivery time (p) is stored data in the delivery time 112 column of the p-th record in the banknote information table 110 (the record whose number 111 is the current value of p).

On the other hand, when an arbitrary feeding time is recorded at the feeding time (p) (step S130, NO), this data (feeding time (p)) is acquired and the elapsed time is calculated by the following equation. (Step S131).
Elapsed time = Current time-Feeding time (p)

  If the calculated elapsed time is longer than the predetermined time (step S133, YES), the next banknote has not reached the cassette 55 even after the predetermined time has elapsed, so it is considered that a jam has occurred. Then, the processes of steps S135 and S136 are executed, the process of step S137 is further executed, and this process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the calculated elapsed time is equal to or shorter than the predetermined time (step S133, NO), in this example, p is incremented by +1 (p = p + 1) (step S134), and the process returns to step S130. You may make it return to step S121, without transfering to step S134.

Returning to the description of the main process shown in FIG.
In the main process, after the three threads are activated in steps S74, S75, and S76, the process waits until the variable S1 becomes '2' (processing of all threads) (step S77). As shown in FIG. 9, '2' is set in the variable S1 when the banknote storage processing thread ends. From the above, since the other two threads are also terminated when the banknote storage processing thread is terminated, it is considered that the processing of all the threads is terminated when the variable S1 becomes “2”. Make it.

  As described with reference to FIG. 9, the banknote storage processing thread interrupts the process by determining that a jam has occurred, in some cases when it ends by storing all the fed banknotes in the cassette 55 (normal end). In some cases, it ends (abnormal end). In the case of this abnormal end, the other two threads are also ended, and '1' is set to the variable S2 by the process of step S136.

  From this, it is checked whether or not the variable S2 is “1” (step S78). If the variable S2 is “1” (step S78, YES), first, the existing restoration operation, that is, the conveyance path 56 is first performed. A process of collecting the upper banknote in the temporary storage unit 53 is performed (step S79). As described above, an unknown ticket may enter the cassette 55 during this recovery operation, and is detected by the storage detection sensor 54 when it enters. From this, when a bill enters the cassette 55 during the recovery operation (step S80, YES), '1' is stored in the cassette storage (C3) (step S81), and '1' is stored in the "end information". Is set (step S82).

  Here, the cassette storage (C3) is a column of the cassette storage 114 of the C3th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C3) in the banknote information table 110. Further, the value of C3 at this time should be the feeding order of the banknotes fed out next to the banknotes finally stored in the cassette 55 from the processing of FIG. For example, in the banknote information table 110 of FIG. 10, if a jam occurs with the second banknote already stored in the cassette 55, C3 should be '3' and the third record “1” is set (flag ON) in the cassette storage 114 of the record relating to the third bill. In this example, the third banknote is an unknown banknote that has entered the cassette 55 during the recovery operation. That is, the cassette storage (C3) in step S81 means the column of the cassette storage 114 in the record related to the unknown bill in the banknote information table 110. Note that the cassette storage 114 indicates whether or not the deposit is confirmed. If “1” is stored, it means that the deposit is confirmed.

  From the above, the process of step S81 is performed by storing “1” in the cassette storage 114 field in the record relating to the unknown ticket in the banknote information table 110, thereby confirming the deposit of the unknown ticket (or confirming that the unknown ticket is deposited). It can be regarded as a process of correcting the payment confirmation information so as to be reflected in the information. In addition, this can be considered that the unknown ticket disappears in terms of data management.

  Further, the denomination 113 of the cassette storage (C3) record should be the denomination of the unknown ticket.

  From the above, the process of step S81 can be a process of specifying the denomination of the unknown ticket and correcting the data so that the denomination specifying result of the unknown ticket is reflected in the deposit confirmation information. For example, the payment confirmation information may be regarded as corresponding to all records in which “1” is stored in the cassette storage 114 in the bill information table 110.

  If no banknote is in the cassette 55 during the recovery operation (step S80, NO), the process of step S82 is executed as it is. If the variable S2 is not “1” (step S78, NO), “0” is set in the “end information” (step S83).

When step S82 or S83 is executed, the process proceeds to step S84.
In step S84, “0” is set in “denomination (thousand)” and “denomination (ten thousand)” and 1 is substituted (initialized) in variable p. Then, it is determined whether or not the cassette storage (p) is “1” (step S85). Here, the cassette storage (p) is stored data in the column of the cassette storage 114 of the p-th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of p) in the banknote information table 110.

  If the cassette storage (p) is '1' (step S85, YES), the denomination 113 of the p-th record is referred to, and if the denomination 113 is 1000 yen (step S86, YES), the above "Denomination (thousand)" is incremented by +1 (denomination (thousand) = denomination (thousand) +1) (step S87). On the other hand, if the denomination 113 of the p-th record is 10,000 yen (step S86, NO), the above “denomination (ten thousand)” is incremented by +1 (denomination (ten thousand) = denomination (ten thousand) +1). (Step S88).

  After executing step S87 or S88, the variable p is incremented by +1 (p = p + 1) (step S89), and the process returns to step S85. Then, when the cassette storage 114 of the next record (new p-th record) is not “1” (blank) (step S85, NO), this processing is terminated, and finally the processing result (“end information” "" Denomination (thousands) "" denominations (thousands) ") (step S90), and the process ends. The notification destination is a predetermined notification destination that is determined in advance. For example, the notification destination is a predetermined application, but the present invention is not limited to this example.

  The processes in steps S84 to S88 are processes for counting the number of banknotes whose cassette storage 114 is “1” with reference to the banknote information table 110, that is, the number of banknotes whose deposit has been confirmed, by denomination. Although this process itself may be regarded as an existing process, in this method, the contents of the banknote information table 110 are corrected by the processes in steps S80 and S81. Thus, even if there is an unknown ticket that has fallen in the cassette 55 during the recovery process, the denomination of this unknown ticket is also counted and the deposit information is managed.

  According to this method, it is possible to confirm the deposit of banknotes of unknown denomination that have entered the cassette during the recovery operation after jamming, so that the banknote denomination information in the cassette that was previously ambiguous can be managed more accurately. Become.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Customer operation screen 12 Cash deposit / withdrawal part 13 Passbook receiving part 14 Card receiving port 15 Receipt issuing port 21 Main control part 22 Storage part 23 Input part 24 Display part 25 Deposit / withdrawal processing part 26 Passbook entry processing part 27 Card reading part 28 Receipt Issuing unit 29 Communication processing unit 30 Bus 41 Banknote discrimination unit 42 Deposit confirmation unit 43 Restoration unit 44 Correction unit 45 Banknote delivery unit 50 Banknote processing unit 51 slot 52 Identification unit 53 Temporary holding unit 54 Storage detection sensor 55 Cassette 56 Transport path 57 Control unit 110 Banknote information table 111 Number 112 Feed time 113 Denomination 114 Cassette storage

Claims (6)

A deposit processing method executed by a computer in an automatic transaction apparatus,
Differentiate and memorize the denomination of each banknote that is sequentially conveyed during the deposit process,
When the banknote after the denomination discrimination is stored in the banknote storage unit, the deposit confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of each banknote is updated,
When a failure related to the banknote transport occurs during the deposit process,
When the banknote enters the banknote storage unit during the restoration operation, the deposit confirmation information is corrected. In automatic transaction equipment,
A banknote discriminating section for discriminating the denomination of each banknote sequentially conveyed during the deposit process;
When the banknotes after the denomination discrimination are stored in the banknote storage unit, a deposit confirmation unit that updates the deposit confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of each banknote;
A recovery unit that performs a recovery operation when a failure related to banknote transport occurs during the deposit process;
A correction unit for correcting the deposit confirmation information when a banknote enters the banknote storage unit during the recovery operation;
An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: The deposit confirmation information includes information indicating whether the denomination discrimination result and deposit confirmation of each banknote,
The deposit confirmation unit performs the update to determine the deposit for the bills stored in the bill storage unit in the deposit confirmation information,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the correction unit performs the correction to determine the deposit with respect to a bill that has entered the bill storage unit during the restoration operation in the deposit confirmation information.   4. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a deposit confirmation banknote counting unit that counts the number of denominations of the banknote determined to be deposit based on the deposit confirmation information. The restoration operation is a process of conveying the remaining banknotes on the conveyance path to a predetermined location,
The correction of the deposit confirmation information by the correction unit is performed when a remaining banknote that has been near the entrance of the banknote storage unit enters the banknote storage unit by the restoration operation. The automatic transaction apparatus in any one. From the banknote slot into which one or more arbitrary banknotes are inserted during the depositing process, the banknote feeding slot is further fed one by one, and the banknote feeding section for storing the feeding time is further provided.
Each banknote fed out by the banknote feeding section is transported on the transport path to the banknote storage section via the banknote discrimination section,
When the time taken for each banknote to reach the banknote storage unit from the payout time is not a predetermined time set in advance or is not within a predetermined time range set in advance, The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein it is considered that a trouble relating to bill conveyance has occurred.

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