JP2020119172A - Automated transaction device, control method of automated transaction device, and control program of automated transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an automated transaction device capable of using a plurality of batteries by extension, and prolonging the life of each battery to enable use.SOLUTION: An automated transaction device comprises: one or more load units that receive power supply; a power supply unit that supplies power to the load unit from one of a commercial power supply and a plurality of batteries; a diagnostic unit that measures internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries and determines life diagnosis of each of the plurality of batteries in multiple stages by a plurality of thresholds; and a control unit that can select a plurality of operation modes with different power consumption depending on operation states of the one or more load units, and switches the power supply unit so as to be supplied from a battery for use selected from the plurality of batteries when the power supply unit receives no power from the commercial power supply, and excludes the operation mode diagnosed as the life of the battery to be used from the selectable operation modes, and controls the operation of the one or more load units according to the selected operation mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (ATM) for handling bills and the like, and more particularly to an automatic teller machine equipped with a rechargeable secondary battery (hereinafter simply referred to as a battery).

In recent years, automatic transaction devices have been installed in places other than bank stores, and have been used for purposes other than the conventional cash transactions. In addition, many automatic transaction devices are installed in stores that are open 24 hours a day or in places where there are many people, such as convenience store ATMs. At present, the number of dedicated automatic transaction machines installed for individual banks is decreasing, but the number of shared automatic transaction machines continues to increase.

Examples of techniques related to the present invention include Patent Documents 1 and 2.

In Patent Document 1, various units that handle cash cards and banknotes, a control unit that controls the various units, and a power supply to both units using a battery when power supply from a commercial power supply is stopped during a power failure An automated teller machine with a power supply unit is described. Further, the automatic transaction device shifts to the shutdown process without accepting a new transaction when the remaining battery power drops to a predetermined value after the commercial power supply is stopped or after a predetermined time elapses. That is, attempts have been made to maintain the service environment by utilizing the remaining battery level even after a power failure.

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 describes an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) including a plurality of units, each unit including one or a plurality of batteries. This UPS can be replaced or expanded for each unit. In addition, this UPS charges each unit in a parallel connection state when the commercial power supply is normal, and uses each unit in a serial connection state during a power failure.

JP, 2015-153304, A JP, 2005-110370, A

Like the ATM described in Patent Document 1 described above, an ATM that uses a battery during a power outage shuts down before the electric power stored in the battery is exhausted. On the other hand, by adopting a configuration based on the additional battery in advance like the UPS of Patent Document 2, a plurality of batteries can be used and the operating time at the time of power failure can be increased. On the other hand, if a plurality of batteries are used in parallel, it is also desirable to use a large capacity battery. Further, in the case of a small ATM, one battery often satisfies the assumed usage requirement in the initial state. In addition, from another point of view, it can be pointed out that if two batteries are prepared from this location, the initial cost increases and the cost tends to increase even at the time of replacement.

There are also operational issues. Up to now, the battery life of automatic transaction devices has been set assuming the number of times of charging and discharging and the elapsed time from the start of operation. Therefore, regardless of whether or not the battery is charged/discharged at the expected number of times, a new battery is replaced as a regular replacement after the set period has passed. For this reason, even if the battery is hardly charged and discharged so that the battery is not deteriorated as a result and is still usable, the battery is periodically replaced with a new battery. One reason for this is that the battery deteriorates each time charging and discharging are repeated, but the administrator does not accurately judge the degree of deterioration.

Further, it is known that the threshold value for battery life varies depending on the discharge condition at the time of power failure. Generally, the battery life due to high power discharge is shorter than the battery life due to low power discharge. Therefore, a battery determined to have a battery life due to high output discharge has been replaced with a new battery even if the battery is still usable due to low output discharge. Up to now, even if the discharge output at the time of power failure is low, if the device configuration can provide high output, the battery life threshold value is the high output value.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction device capable of using a plurality of batteries by extension and extending the life of each battery to enable use. ..

An automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or a plurality of load units that receive power, a power supply unit that supplies power to the load units from a commercial power source or a plurality of batteries, and the plurality of load units. A diagnostic unit that measures the internal resistance of each battery and determines the lifespan diagnosis of each of the plurality of batteries in multiple stages by a plurality of thresholds, and a plurality of operating units that consume different power depending on the operating states of the one or more load units. The mode is selectable, and when the power supply from the commercial power supply cannot be received, the power supply unit is switched to the power supply to the battery to be used selected from the plurality of batteries, and the one or more load units are also provided. A control unit that excludes the operating mode diagnosed as the life of the battery to be used from the operating modes that can select the operation of, and controls the operation of the one or more load units according to the selected operating mode; It is characterized by including.

A control method for an automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or a plurality of load units to which power is supplied, a power supply unit that supplies power to the load units from a commercial power source or a plurality of batteries. The power consumption differs depending on the operating states of the one or the plurality of load units, and the diagnostic unit that measures the internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries and determines the lifespan diagnosis of each of the plurality of batteries by a plurality of thresholds. In an automatic transaction device including a control unit capable of selecting a plurality of operation modes, the control unit uses a battery selected from the plurality of batteries when power cannot be supplied from a commercial power source. The operation mode in which the power supply unit is switched to supply power to the power supply unit is executed, and the operation mode in which the life of the battery to be used is diagnosed is excluded from the operation modes in which the operation of the one to the plurality of load units can be selected. It is characterized in that the operation of the plurality of load parts is controlled according to the selected operation mode.

A control program for an automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or a plurality of load units that receive power, a power supply unit that supplies power to the load units from a commercial power source or a plurality of batteries. The power consumption differs depending on the operating states of the one or the plurality of load units, and the diagnostic unit that measures the internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries and determines the lifespan diagnosis of each of the plurality of batteries by a plurality of thresholds. A control unit of an automatic transaction device including a control unit capable of selecting a plurality of operation modes, and a control unit of an automatic transaction device for selecting a battery to be used from among the plurality of batteries when power supply from a commercial power source cannot be received. The operation mode in which the life of the battery to be used is diagnosed is excluded from the means for executing the setting for switching the power supply unit for power supply and the operation mode capable of selecting the operation of the one or the plurality of load units. It is characterized in that it is operated as a means for controlling the operation of the plurality of load parts according to the selected operation mode.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction device that can use a plurality of batteries by extension and can extend the life of each battery and use it.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram showing automatic transaction device 1 of a 1st embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the schematic internal structure of the power supply part 20 of 1st Embodiment. It is a graph which shows the battery life (threshold value) according to two operation modes set to the automatic transaction device 1 of 1st Embodiment.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The description of the same parts as those of the conventional automated teller machine is omitted.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an external appearance example of an automatic transaction device 1 according to an embodiment.

The automatic transaction device 1 allows a user to perform various operations such as transactions such as depositing, withdrawing, and transferring money to a bank account, charging electronic money, and the like. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is installed in a store of a financial institution or a securities company as before, or installed in a convenience store or a station yard, and is used by many users.

The functions of the automatic transaction device 1 regarding normal transactions are the same as those of the conventional automatic transaction device. On the other hand, the automatic transaction device 1 of the present invention takes an operation different from that of the conventional automatic transaction device at the time of power failure.

The automatic transaction device 1 of the present invention mainly operates with a single-phase 100V (commercial power supply). The commercial power source may be operated by another commercial power source such as single-phase 200V, although not particularly limited.

The automated teller machine 1 internally has a power supply unit 20 having a backup function of switching from a commercial power supply to a battery when the 100V commercial power supply is suddenly stopped due to a power failure or the like. A standard battery 21, which is a nickel-hydrogen battery, is already connected to the power supply unit 20, and an additional battery 22, which is a second nickel-hydrogen battery, is already added. The additional battery 22 does not necessarily have to be added at the beginning of the installation of the automatic transaction device 1, and can be added later. Note that the number of additional batteries provided in the power supply unit 20 is not limited to one, and a plurality of additional batteries may be connectable, and the number is not particularly limited.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the automatic transaction device 1 according to the embodiment. The automatic transaction device 1 includes a load unit 10, a power supply unit 20, a diagnosis unit 30, and a control unit 40.

The automatic transaction device 1 is provided with each unit that serves as a load unit 10. Each unit is a card unit, a passbook unit, a bill unit, a coin unit, or the like, and receives power supply from the power supply unit 20. In addition, the load unit 10 includes components that consume electric power, such as an advertising display and lighting provided in the automated teller machine 1. These load units 10 operate appropriately according to the operating mode set by the control unit 40 and the transaction handled. Note that each of the constituent elements serving as the load unit 10 may be configured to switch the required power consumption according to the operation mode set by the control unit 40, for example, by controlling the brightness of the monitor.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of the power supply unit 20.

The power supply unit 20 is configured to supply power to at least the load unit 10 from any one of a commercial power supply, a standard battery 21, and an additional battery 22. The power supply unit 20 is provided with an input switching unit 23 that can switch between an input line from the commercial power supply and an input line from the standard battery 21 or the additional battery 22. Further, the battery side line is provided with a battery switching unit 24 capable of switching the supply source from the standard battery 21 or the additional battery 22. Switching between the input switching unit 23 and the battery switching unit 24 is set under the control of the control unit 40.

The diagnostic unit 30 measures the internal resistance of each of the standard battery 21 and the additional battery 22, and determines the life diagnosis of each of the standard batteries 21 and the additional battery 22 in multiple stages based on the life threshold value of each operation mode.

Regarding the setting of the threshold, a plurality of battery life thresholds may be set from the operating mode in which the power consumption consumed during operation is maximum to the operating mode in which the power consumption is minimum. Depending on the result of this determination, the operating mode that can be selected (can be adopted) when the battery is used will be determined.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing battery life (threshold value) according to two operation modes. In the example shown in FIG. 4, there are a high output discharge operation mode (normal operation mode) and a low output discharge operation mode (power saving mode). In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the diagnosis unit 30 determines whether the power consumption of each battery exceeds the first battery life threshold in the operation mode of the maximum high-power discharge. Execute 1 life diagnosis. Further, the diagnosis unit 30 executes the second life diagnosis of each battery in order to diagnose whether or not the power consumption consumed during operation exceeds the second battery life threshold in the operation mode in which the power consumption is minimum. That is, the diagnosis unit 30 executes the life diagnosis four times in total.

The control unit 40 can select a plurality of operating modes in which the operating state of the load unit 10 is different. In the plurality of operation modes, the operation status, speed, brightness, etc. of the load unit 10 are adjusted, and the power consumptions are different. Further, when the power supply from the commercial power supply cannot be received, the control unit 40 switches the power supply unit 20 to the power supply from the battery (standard battery 21 or additional battery 22) using the power supply unit 20. The switching of the power supply from the commercial power supply to the battery to be used may be performed without interruption. At the same time, the operation of the load unit 10 is selected from a plurality of operating modes and controlled according to the selected operating mode. At this time, the control unit 40 excludes, from the previously prepared and selectable operation modes for the selected operation mode, the operation mode diagnosed as the life of the battery to be used.

Further, the control unit 40 may automatically select a battery to be used according to the operating mode to be used, from batteries that satisfy the life requirement.

In addition, the control unit 40 controls the operation of the load unit 10 in accordance with the operation mode in which the power consumption is the minimum when using a battery that does not satisfy the battery life of the operation mode at the time of power failure set in advance, for example. You may do it.

Further, the control unit 40 may select the operation mode to be used according to the battery to be used from the operation modes that satisfy the life requirement. As a result, for example, it is possible to select an operation mode in which the battery used does not reach the end of life and consumes a large amount of power.

The power consumptions of the operation modes may be different depending on the brightness of the display panel included in the load unit 10 and the brightness of the display for advertisement in the standby mode. In addition, the operating modes are different from each other, such as transactions that can be used at the time of transaction, the brightness of the display panel and the brightness of the advertising display, the processing speed of the control unit, the operating speed of each unit, and the operating speed of each unit. The power consumption during the transaction may be differentiated depending on the simultaneous operation timing. Further, various operating modes may be prepared by limiting the use of a function that consumes a large amount of power or by limiting the function that has little significance to be used during a power failure.

Note that the control unit 40 cannot receive the power supply from the commercial power supply, and after switching the power supply unit 20 to the power supply from an arbitrary battery without interruption, the charge amount of the battery in use is necessary for maintaining the operation. It is desirable to implement switching to the next battery when the voltage falls below the lower threshold. At this time, the control unit 40 also selects the operation mode to be used for the battery to be switched next, according to the battery to be used, from the operation modes that satisfy the life requirement.

Further, it is desirable that the control unit 40 be configured to notify all the batteries of an alert urging replacement of the batteries when the life requirement of the operating mode with the minimum power consumption is not satisfied.

Further, the power supply unit 20 is configured in advance so that an arbitrary battery can be arranged in parallel with another battery, and the control unit 40, when the arbitrary battery does not satisfy the life requirement of the operation mode in which the power consumption is minimum, The power supply unit 20 may be controlled to be arranged in parallel with another battery, and the diagnosis unit 30 may be configured to execute the life diagnosis of the parallel arrangement state. In this configuration, at the time of a power failure, the power supply unit 20 is switched to power supply from two batteries (one of which is extremely deteriorated) arranged in parallel, and the operation of the load unit 10 is set to the operation mode of the minimum power consumption. Control together. The switching of the power supply to the battery to be used may be performed without interruption. As a result, even a highly deteriorated battery can be used without wasting it in an emergency.

Next, the operation related to the addition of the battery of the automatic transaction device 1 will be described. The automatic transaction device 1 is equipped with a standard battery 21 as an emergency power supply at the time of installation. The additional battery 22 is added after a certain period of time has passed or when the standard battery 21 deteriorates.

Normally, the automated teller machine 1 supplies power from a commercial power source to each unit in the device itself. On the other hand, when a power failure occurs, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 switches from the commercial power source to the battery side by the input switching section 23 of the power source section 20 and supplies power to each unit in the own apparatus by the standard battery 21.

Note that if the standard battery 21 is continuously discharged during a power failure, the standard battery 21 shuts down before the battery capacity is exhausted. However, if the additional battery 22 is added before the stop, the additional battery 22 is added when the standard battery 21 battery capacity decreases. The operation is switched to the power supply from 22.

As a normal operation, the frequency of power outages is high (the number of times of charging/discharging is high), or after several years have passed since the operation, the standard battery 21 and the additional battery 22 deteriorate. From the standard battery 21 and the additional battery 22, a resistance value with which the progress of deterioration can be determined is acquired, and a life diagnosis is performed appropriately as to whether or not it exceeds a threshold that is the life for the operating mode.

Generally, the life is diagnosed by the threshold of the battery life depending on the condition of the high output discharge so that the operation mode can be covered in both the operation mode with high output discharge and the operation mode with low output discharge. On the other hand, the automated teller machine 1 diagnoses the life of each of a plurality of battery life thresholds corresponding to each operation mode. If the diagnosis determines that the standard battery 21 or the additional battery 22 has a life of a threshold value of some operation modes, the standard battery 21 or the additional battery 22 is a battery used only in the operation mode that is not diagnosed as a life. Become. As a result, it is possible to still use it by limiting the use to the low output discharge operation mode that has not reached the end of its life.

Further, when a new additional battery 22 is added, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 can set whether to use the standard battery 21 at the time of power failure or to use the additional battery 22 as the first power supply source at the time of power failure. It will be possible to make an appropriate backup according to. If the standard battery 21 is preferentially used, at the time of a power failure, the standard battery 21 shifts to a low output discharge operation mode in which the life of the standard battery 21 has not been determined, and after the standard battery 21 is exhausted, backup is performed by the additional battery 22. At this time, the standard battery 21, which has reached the end of its life in the high output operating mode, can be used still by limiting the use of the power supply unit 20 to control only low output discharge. The new extension battery 22 is processed in the same manner, and as a result, the extension battery 22 can be used in all operation modes. However, if the additional battery 22 deteriorates, the operating mode is limited as in the case of the standard battery 21, and life extension measures are taken.

As described above, the automatic transaction apparatus to which the present invention is applied can use a plurality of batteries by extension, and can extend the life of each battery and use it.
Although the present invention describes the automatic transaction device, the present invention is not limited to the automatic transaction device and can be applied to other devices such as ticket vending machines, KIOSK terminals, and multimedia terminals.

The control unit of the automatic transaction device may be realized using a combination of hardware and software of a computer system. This computer system includes one or more processors and memories according to the desired form. Also, in this computer system, each unit has a program for controlling the automatic transaction device loaded in the memory, and causes hardware such as one or a plurality of processors to operate with an execution instruction group or a code group based on the program. It can be realized by At this time, this program may realize each unit in cooperation with a function provided by software such as an operating system, a microprogram, and a driver, if necessary.

The present invention has been described by exemplifying the embodiments. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. For example, changes such as separation and merging of the block configurations of the above-described embodiment, replacement of procedures, and the like are free as long as the gist of the present invention and the functions described are satisfied, and the above description does not limit the present invention.

1 Automatic Transaction Device 10 Load Unit 20 Power Supply Unit 21 Standard Battery 22 Extension Battery 23 Input Switching Unit 24 Battery Switching Unit 30 Diagnostic Unit 40 Control Unit

Claims (10)

One or more load parts that receive power supply;
A power supply unit for supplying power to the load unit from a commercial power supply or a plurality of batteries,
A diagnostic unit that measures the internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries and determines the life diagnosis of each of the plurality of batteries in multiple stages by a plurality of thresholds,
It is possible to select a plurality of operating modes with different power consumption depending on the operating states of the one to a plurality of load parts,
When the power supply from the commercial power supply cannot be received, the power supply unit is switched to the power supply to the battery to be used selected from the plurality of batteries,
The operation mode in which the life of the battery to be used is diagnosed is excluded from the operation modes in which the operation of the one or more load parts can be selected, and the operation of the one or more load parts is adjusted to the selected operation mode. Control unit that controls
An automatic transaction device comprising: At least one of the one to the plurality of load units is configured to switch required power consumption from the control unit according to an operation mode.
When the power supply from the commercial power source cannot be received, the control unit switches to power supply from a battery using the power supply unit and controls according to an operation mode for selecting the operation of the one or more load units. The automatic transaction device according to claim 1, wherein: The diagnostic unit is
Set a plurality of battery life thresholds for each operating mode in which the power consumption consumed during operation is from maximum to minimum, and perform a battery life diagnosis for each operating mode at each of the plurality of battery life thresholds. ,
The automatic transaction device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit selects a battery to be used from batteries satisfying a life requirement in accordance with an operating mode to be used. The diagnostic unit is
In the operating mode, which consumes the maximum amount of power during operation, the first life diagnosis of each battery is executed,
In the operating mode that consumes the least amount of power during operation, execute the second life diagnosis of each battery,
The controller consumes a minimum amount of power when operating a battery that does not satisfy the first battery life due to the first battery life that has been subjected to the first life diagnosis. The automatic transaction device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the automatic transaction device is controlled according to the operation mode of. The diagnostic unit is
Set a plurality of battery life thresholds for each operating mode that consumes the most power during operation, and check the battery life for each operating mode by checking if the battery life thresholds are exceeded. Run
The automatic control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects an operation mode to be used from operation modes satisfying a life requirement in accordance with a battery to be used. When the control unit cannot receive power supply from a commercial power supply, and after switching the power supply unit to power supply from an arbitrary battery, the charge amount of the battery in use falls below a lower limit threshold necessary for maintaining operation. 6. The operation mode to be used is selected from among the operation modes satisfying the life requirement according to the next battery, while switching to the next battery. Automatic transaction equipment. The power supply unit, any battery can be arranged in parallel with other batteries,
The control unit controls the power supply unit to be arranged in parallel with another battery when any battery does not satisfy the life requirement of the operation mode in which the power consumption is minimum, and the parallel arrangement is performed by the diagnosis unit. Run the life diagnosis of the
When the power supply from the commercial power supply cannot be received, the power supply is switched from the batteries arranged in parallel and the operation of the one or more load units is controlled according to the operation mode of the minimum power consumption. The automatic transaction device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The control unit notifies an alert that prompts replacement of the batteries when all the batteries do not satisfy the life requirement of the operation mode with the minimum power consumption. 7. The automatic transaction device according to any one of 7. One or a plurality of load parts that receive power supply, a power supply part that supplies power to the load parts from a commercial power source or a plurality of batteries, and the internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries is measured to determine the plurality of load parts. A diagnostic unit that determines the life diagnosis of each battery in multiple stages by a plurality of thresholds,
An automatic transaction device comprising: a control unit capable of selecting a plurality of operation modes having different power consumptions depending on the operating states of the one or more load units;
The control unit is
When the power supply from the commercial power supply cannot be received, the setting for switching the power supply unit to the power supply to the battery to be used selected from the plurality of batteries is executed,
The operation mode in which the life of the battery to be used is diagnosed is excluded from the operation modes in which the operation of the one or more load parts can be selected, and the operation of the one or more load parts is adjusted to the selected operation mode. A method for controlling an automatic transaction device, which is characterized in that it is controlled by means of: One or a plurality of load parts that receive power supply, a power supply part that supplies power to the load parts from a commercial power source or a plurality of batteries, and the internal resistance of each of the plurality of batteries is measured to determine the plurality of load parts. A diagnostic unit that determines the life diagnosis of each battery in multiple stages by a plurality of thresholds,
A control unit capable of selecting a plurality of operation modes having different power consumptions depending on the operating states of the one or a plurality of load units;
A means for executing a setting for switching the power supply unit to supply power to a battery to be used selected from among the plurality of batteries when power cannot be supplied from a commercial power supply;
The operation mode in which the life of the battery to be used is diagnosed is excluded from the operation modes in which the operation of the one or more load parts can be selected, and the operation of the one or more load parts is adjusted to the selected operation mode. Means to control
A control program for an automatic transaction device, characterized by being operated as.

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