JP2568279B2 - Cash deposit / withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cash deposit / withdrawal device installed in a financial institution or the like.

(Prior Art) Among the counter services and automatic transaction services in financial institutions such as banks, in recent years, cash deposit / withdrawal devices have been widely used for handling cash with customers. In addition, the deposit function and the withdrawal function are integrated, and among the deposited money, the reusable currency for withdrawal is again distributed to the withdrawal type-specific storage and used for withdrawal transaction. A series of cash deposit and withdrawal devices have been announced one after another.

In such a device, first, the money required for the withdrawal transaction is first set in one collective storage box, and the collective storage box is attached to the depositing / dispensing apparatus. After that, by operating the switches for instructing the loading operation, it is possible to automatically distribute and load money from the collective storage into each storage for each type of money arranged for withdrawal. Therefore, the loading operation of the coins only needs to be performed by mounting the collective storage.

Further, when the work is completed, the collecting operation opposite to the loading operation can be performed by operating the switches for instructing the collecting operation.

That is, if the coins are sequentially collected from the money-type storages to the collective storage, the only storages to be taken out from the depositing / dispensing device are the collective storage and the reject storages that store the rejected money. Thus, the convenience of the operator is achieved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488).

Further, a memory for storing the number of coins counted by the depositing / dispensing device during the loading operation and the collecting operation is provided, and is displayed on the display provided in the operation unit of the apparatus main body. The operator reads this, records it, and inputs the number of sheets to be loaded from the operating section during the loading operation so that the number of sheets to be loaded and the number of sheets to be collected can be managed and operated (Shokai 57-106057). Issue).

<Structure of Conventional Apparatus> Hereinafter, a conventional depositing / dispensing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional depositing / dispensing device. This device is mounted on the teller terminal device.

The deposit / withdrawal device 105 includes an upper unit 110, an intermediate unit 111,
And the lower unit 112.

The upper unit 110 is provided with a bill insertion slot 113 and a bill ejection slot 114 on the upper front surface. A depositing / separating mechanism 115 for separating the bills that have been thrown in at once and taking in one by one is provided on the bottom side of the input port 113, and one by one behind the input port 113 when viewed from the input port 113. The authenticity, damage, and
On the front and back sides, a discrimination section 116 provided for discriminating and detecting overlapping (overrunning) of two or more sheets and skewing is arranged.
Further, on the rear side thereof, a front / back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided, and in the case of a banknote determined to be the back side by the discrimination result of the discrimination section 116, the sorting gate 122 is operated by driving a magnet (not shown) to travel. Switching the path to the front and back arrangement section
It is configured to be sent to 117 and aligned with the surface.

The traveling path 119 is a conveying path provided for delivering the bills guided and conveyed to be taken into the device by the separation gate 123 to the intermediate unit 111, and the traveling path 118 is a traveling path of the lower unit 112 and the intermediate unit 111. This is a transport path for inheriting the banknotes transported by the path and sending them to the discrimination section 116. When the separating gate 123 is actuated by driving a magnet (not shown), the banknotes conveyed through the discriminating unit 116 are sent to the traveling path 120, and are placed on the inner side of the upper surface of the discharge port by the traveling path 120. It is conveyed to the discharge and accumulation unit 121. The bills conveyed to the discharge accumulation section 121 are accumulated at the discharge port 114, and the teller can collectively extract the bills.

The intermediate unit 111 is mainly a temporary holding section for each denomination and loss, and a stacking section 124,125,126,127 for bills to be taken in and a temporary holding section 128,129,130,131 for each denomination and loss, denomination separating gates 136,137,138,139, and withdrawal reject bill banknotes. It comprises a recess 140 and a runway 141 from the lower unit 112 to the upper unit 110.

At the time of deposit, the banknotes conveyed from the traveling path 119 of the upper unit 110 are received and are conveyed in the direction of the arrow by the traveling path 141.

Here, when the conveyed bill is determined to be a 5,000 yen bill by the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, the magnet (not shown) is driven to operate the 5,000 yen bill separating gate 139. Then, it is sent to the 5000-yen banknote stacking unit 127. The 5,000 yen ticket stacking unit 127 sequentially stacks the sent banknotes in the 5,000 yen ticket temporary storage unit 131. Similarly, when it is determined that the ticket is a 1,000-yen ticket, the 1,000-yen ticket dividing gate 138 is activated to send it to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 126, which temporarily holds the 1,000-yen ticket. The parts are sequentially accumulated in the unit 130. If it is determined that the ticket is a ten thousand yen ticket, the ten thousand yen ticket separation gate 137
And send it to the 10,000-yen ticket stacking unit 125, and then
25 are sequentially accumulated in the 10,000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 129.

Note that, in the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, a bill determined to be an unfit banknote or a non-refundable bill (for example, a 500-yen bill) and a collection process from a storage of a denomination described later to a collective storage Does not operate any of the denomination separating gates 137, 138, 139, activates the batch / payment separating gate 136 and sends it to the batch / paying stacking unit 124,
Accumulates the banknotes in batch / payment temporary holding section 128 sequentially.

The withdrawal reject banknote dropping unit 140, when the banknote taken out from the storage of the denomination to be described later in the withdrawal transaction passes through the discrimination unit 116 and is determined to be a non-withdrawal banknote, the later-described reject banknote. It is a transport unit for sending to a storage. The temporary storage shutters 132, 133, 134, 135 are connected to one magnet (not shown), and by driving the magnets, the temporary storages 128, 129,
With the part connected to the side surface of 130, 131 as the center of rotation,
The central part rotates downward. With this operation, the temporary holding unit 128,
The banknotes accumulated in 129, 130, 131 are dropped and stored in each storage of the lower unit 112.

In the deposit transaction, after the deposit count, when the banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding units 128, 129, 130, 131 and the teller performs the cancel operation, the intermediate unit 111 is unlocked and the intermediate unit 111 is pulled out forward. Thus, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding units 128, 129, 130, 131 can be taken out. Further, by using the inspection key, it is possible for the staff member to take out the banknotes remaining in each part of the intermediate unit by the intention of the staff, so that the banknotes can be taken out even when a jam occurs.

The lower unit 112 includes a batch / payment storage 143, storages 144,145,146 for each type of money, and a separating / separating mechanism 147,14 from the storage.
8, 149, 150, a reject banknote storage 142, and a traveling path 151 for conveying the banknotes taken out one by one from the storage.

The 5000-yen ticket storage 146 has a function of receiving and accumulating the banknotes from the 5000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 131 and a separating mechanism 150 to
It is a storage room for 5,000 yen bills that has the function of feeding out bills one by one.

Similarly, 145 is a storage of 1,000 yen ticket, 149 is a separation mechanism of 1,000 yen ticket, 144 is a storage of 10,000 yen ticket, 148 is a separation mechanism of 10,000 yen ticket, and 143 is a lump sum / receipt return. Storage for possible tickets, 1
Numeral 47 denotes a separation mechanism for collectively stored tickets.

The reject banknote storage 142 is the discrimination unit 1 of the banknotes fed out from the storages 144, 145, 146 for each type of money in the withdrawal transaction.
This storage unit stores banknotes that have been detected as skewing or two or more overlaps (double running) based on the 16 discrimination results and have been determined to be dispensable.

Runway 151 is a lump sum / deposit storage 143 and denomination-based storage 14
The banknotes fed out from 4,145,146 are conveyed to the intermediate unit 111.
It is a conveyance path for feeding to the traveling path 141 of.

The full / payment storage 143 and the denomination-based storages 144, 145, and 146 each have a full bill detector 15 as an optical sensor.
4a, 154b, 154c, 154d and near full detector 155a, 155b, 155c,
155d, near-end detectors 156a, 156b, 156c, 156d, and end detectors 157a, 157b, 157c, 157d are attached and serve as means for managing the amount of bills in the storage. In addition, the reject bill storage 142 has a full bill detector 1
53 is installed, and optically rejects bill storage
142 full banknotes are detected.

A door (not shown) is provided on the front surface of the lower unit 112, and by using an inspection key, the storage rack (not shown) can be pulled out forward by opening the door.

By pulling out the storage racks, the above storages are arranged so as to be removed.

A common lock is attached to each of the storages, and a door can be opened with a key to perform bill loading and withdrawal operations. In the upper unit 110 and the intermediate unit 111, independent motors (not shown) are mounted as power sources for separating, stacking, and conveying banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-mentioned device is a batch storage device immediately after the device is turned on and immediately after starting up, or when there is a shortage of cash stored in one of the denomination-based storages. The cash is taken out of, and the cash is distributed and replenished to each denomination-based storage via the transport path. In this case, the number of denominations of cash taken out from the collective storage is managed and recorded.

However, in the above-described device, when a transport failure occurs during cash distribution or replenishment, the operation of the device is temporarily stopped, the door of the device is opened, and the clerk collects the remaining banknotes on the transport path. Then, the device is set again so that the filling and replenishing operations are executed again, and the restoration is performed.

However, such restoration work is manually performed, and since the collected cash is counted and confirmed, there is a problem that it requires a lot of time and labor.

The present invention has been made with attention to the above points, recognizes the type of transport failure, separates the failure that can be automatically recovered from the failure that cannot be automatically recovered, and for the failure that can be automatically recovered,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash deposit / withdrawal device that can perform a recovery operation without manual labor.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A cash depositing / dispensing apparatus according to the present invention stores a plurality of cashes in a lump, and a separating mechanism that feeds out the cash to a transport path during a cash distribution / replenishing operation, and cash collected from the transport path. A collecting unit for collecting the money, a collective storage in which the cash collected in the collecting unit can be distributed and replenished again by a separating mechanism, and a cash distributing means for distributing and replenishing cash from the collective storage to the denomination-based storage , A temporary holding unit that is connected to the transport path and collects cash to be distributed and replenished in a denomination-based storage, a cash collection unit that collects cash from the denomination-based storage into a batch storage, and cash generated during the distribution and replenishment operation Transport failure recognition means for recognizing the type of transport failure, the cash distribution means interrupts the distribution replenishment operation when the transport failure recognition means recognizes the transport failure, and the cash collecting means operates the transport failure recognition means. Automatically returns When it is determined that there is a trouble in the transportation, all the cash on the transportation path including the temporary holding section is collected in the accumulation section of the collective storage, and the cash distribution means restarts the distribution replenishment operation after the completion of the collection operation. It is characterized by.

(Operation) In the apparatus of the present invention described above, first, the transport obstacle recognition means recognizes the type of the transport obstacle that has occurred during the cash distribution and supplement operation. Then, if the obstacle is a bill jam or the like that requires manual work by a staff member for restoration, the operation of the apparatus is stopped.
On the other hand, even if it becomes impossible to manage the number of bills due to double feeding or the like, the bills themselves can often be conveyed. When such a failure occurs, the distribution replenishment operation is once interrupted, and the cash on the transport path is automatically collected in the batch storage box.
Then, the distribution replenishing operation is restarted again by the cash distributing means. As a result, a considerable part of the transport trouble, which was conventionally manually restored, is automatically restored.

(Examples) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples of the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the cash deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention.

This device includes a customer service entrance 3 for depositing and withdrawing cash from a customer, a discriminating section 4 for discriminating cash, a depositing / dispensing unit 18 for transporting cash, and a collective storage for storing cash for distribution supplement collection. It has a mechanism such as 11 and denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 and a reject cassette 7.

Further, the collective storage 11 is integrated with a storage management memory 99 that stores the number of cash types stored in the collective storage 11. Then, the cash replenishment / recovery is managed by the counting management unit 80a, the cash collection unit 80b, and the cash distribution unit 80c of the control unit separately incorporated in the apparatus main body 50.

Further, this apparatus is provided with a cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 80 for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, in which the transportation obstacle recognizing means 100 for controlling the main operation of the apparatus of the present invention is provided. It is provided.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 is composed of a microprocessor or the like, and the transport failure recognition unit 100 receives various transport failure information notifications from sensors (not shown) provided in each unit of the apparatus and analyzes and recognizes the contents. It is a functional block provided for distinguishing transport obstacles.

<Schematic Operation of Device of the Present Invention> Hereinafter, a schematic operation of the device of the present invention will be described in order.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view for explaining a schematic operation of the device of the present invention at the time of supplementation. In this figure, for simplification of description, detailed illustration of the transport mechanism of each part of the apparatus is omitted.

In the figure, the cash stored in the batch storage box 11 is sent to a route by the cash distribution means 80c when a distribution replenishing operation command is issued. Then, the cash is discriminated for denomination in the discrimination section 4, and accumulated in the temporary holding sections 24, 25, 26 provided at the upper portions of the denomination storage boxes 8, 9, 10. When the banknotes of any of the denominations accumulated in this temporary holding section become a certain amount or more, the sending of the banknotes from the batch storage 11 is stopped, and all the banknotes being conveyed thereafter are temporarily held in the temporary holding sections 24, 25, 26. Accumulated in. Then, the shutters 34, 35, 36 are opened all at once, and the bills of each denomination accumulated in the temporary holding units 24, 25, 26 are
It is dropped in the money storage 8, 9, 10.

During this time, the counting management unit 80a manages the number of denominations of the bills taken out from the collective storage 11, and stores the result in the storage management memory 99. As a result, the amount of banknotes in the collective storage 11 is managed. Then, when the replenishment operation is further executed, the banknotes are conveyed through the routes of and in the same manner as described above.

Here, when a transportation failure occurs, the content thereof is notified to the transportation failure recognition means 100 by the output of the sensor provided in each part of the transportation path. Some of the transport obstacles are obstacles that cannot be restored unless the bills jam on the transport path and are discharged manually.

However, for example, there is an obstacle that the traveling monitoring sensor that monitors the traveling state of the bill during the bill transportation cannot grasp the traveling state of each bill. This obstacle is, for example,
When taken out from the batch storage, the bills that have been double-fed are separated into two while traveling, or conversely, the bills that have been normally conveyed one by one are overlapped and double-fed during traveling, This is the case when it seems that it has become one.
Such a failure is called an out-of-monitoring error, which makes it virtually impossible to manage the counting of bills, so that the dispensing and replenishing operation is stopped. However, in the case of such a conveyance failure, it is possible to only convey the bill as it is without necessarily manually removing the bill.

 FIG. 4 shows an example of a recoverable transportation obstacle.

First, FIG. 7A shows a case where the double-fed banknote 200 is separated into two pieces. Further, FIG. 3B shows a case where two normally conveyed banknotes are overlapped.

When the transport failure recognizing unit 100 recognizes the transport failure that can be automatically recovered as described above, after the transport operation is stopped, the cash collecting unit 80b operates to collect the cash.

 FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a recovery operation after a failure has occurred.

As shown in the figure, the banknotes being transported on the transport path, ... Are sequentially started to be collected by the control of the cash collecting means.

That is, the banknotes on the route are collected in the collective storage 11 through the route and the discrimination unit 4 and the route. Further, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding sections 24, 25, 26 of the respective money type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 are similarly collected through the path, the discrimination section 4 and the path. In addition, the banknotes conveyed on the route are collected through the discrimination unit 4 and the route.

In this case, since the banknotes being conveyed to the respective conveying paths are simultaneously conveyed toward the discriminating unit 4, there may be a case where the banknotes collide at the confluence of the conveying paths. To prevent this,
It is preferable that one motor is used and the transportation is restarted at once in order to appropriately select the transportation interval of the bills in advance and to drive the transportation mechanisms of all the transportation paths.

The purpose of this collection is to collect all the banknotes on the transport path including the temporary holding units 24, 25, and 26 in the collective storage 11. Therefore, at that time, banknotes may overlap each other,
Even if the vehicle is skewed, it will not cause any problems as long as it cannot be transported. Therefore, even if the bills collide with each other at the confluence point of the transport path, they can overlap each other without any trouble and can be collected as they are in the batch storage box 11, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

In this way, after all the banknotes on the transport path have been collected, as shown in FIG. 3, the distribution and replenishment of the banknotes is restarted.

In addition, the banknotes are taken out from the collective storage 11, and the temporary storage 2
When they are accumulated in 4,25,26, the number of the bills is calculated by the counting management unit 8
It is managed at 0a.

Then, after opening the shutters 34, 35, 36 and dropping the banknotes into the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 in the manner described above,
After updating the contents of the storage management memory, the counter for distribution and replenishment is cleared to "0". Therefore, when a failure occurs, when the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding units 24, 25, and 26 are collected in the collective storage 11, the contents of the storage management memory are left as they are for supplementing distribution. The counter of “0”
After clearing, the distribution replenishment operation will be restarted from the beginning.

FIG. 6 shows a main operation flowchart of the apparatus of the present invention.

This flow chart starts from the point where the monitoring of the transport failure is started after the distribution replenishment operation is started.

First, in step S1, the transportation obstacle is monitored, and when the transportation obstacle recognizing means 100 recognizes the transportation obstacle, the cash distributing means 80c interrupts the distribution replenishing operation (step S2).
Then, the transportation obstacle recognizing means 100 determines whether the previously generated transportation obstacle can be automatically recovered (step S
3). If the cash can be automatically restored, the cash collecting means 80b operates to collect all the cash on the transport path in the collective storage 11 (step S4). Then, the number of sheets counter for supplementary collection is reset (step S5). After that, the distribution replenishment operation is started again, and the process moves to the monitoring of the transportation trouble (step
S1).

On the other hand, in step S3, if it is determined that there is a conveyance failure such as a jam that cannot be automatically restored, the attendant is notified in step S6, the attendant stops the operation of the machine, and the jammed bills are removed. And so on. This part is the same as the conventional restoration process.

In the above description, the banknotes on each of the transport paths are simultaneously transported to the collective storage 11 during the collecting operation. However, for example, the transport operation of the paths shown in FIG. If they can be controlled separately, in order to avoid collision of bills during transportation, the bills are started in order from the transportation path near the discrimination unit 4, and after all the bills on one transportation path have passed the discrimination unit 4, another transportation is performed. It does not matter if the collection is done by activating the road.

Hereinafter, detailed configuration of each part of the present invention, specific distribution,
Collection, deposit, withdrawal operations, etc. will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

<Cash automatic transaction device> Before describing the detailed configuration and operation of this device, first,
A configuration of an automatic teller machine using a cash dispenser will be described.

 FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automatic teller machine.

FIG. 7 (a) is a front view of this automatic teller machine.
51 includes a cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 and a card reader / writer unit 52.
A passbook entry machine 53 and a customer operation unit 54 are provided.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 is a device that receives bills deposited by a customer or performs processing for paying bills to the customer. The card reader / writer unit 52 is a device that performs processing such as identification of a cash card inserted by a customer, printing of results of deposit transactions, payment transactions, etc. on paper.
The passbook recorder 53 is a device for identifying the passbook inserted by the customer and for printing the deposit transaction, payment transaction result, and the like. The customer operation unit 54 is an operation key operated by the customer to input a deposit amount, a payment amount, a personal identification number, or the like,
This is a device having a display unit for displaying illustrations and characters for input amount of money, operation guidance, and the like.

Further, FIG. 7 (b) is a rear view of the apparatus, in which an internal operation section 55 is attached.

The internal operation unit 55 displays operation keys for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction, data input by the operation keys, processing results, etc., when a clerk performs processing such as charging, replenishing and collecting of banknotes. Then, it is configured by a display unit or the like for guiding the operation of the staff.

Further, in FIG. 7 (a), the control unit 56 indicated by a broken line is
The automatic teller machine 51 includes a processor and the like provided to control the operation of each device.

Further, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 shown in FIG. 1 has an automatic cash transaction apparatus 51 shown in FIG. 7 in order to attach / detach the collective storage 11 or the like, or to remove a jam on a conveying path for conveying banknotes.
It can be detached from the main body and independently pulled out. Normal,
The rear panel of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 7 is opened to take it out.

<Block Configuration of Apparatus> FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention.

This device has a cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit via a host device control unit interface 81 by a control unit 56 (FIG. 7).
It is controlled by a control signal input to 80.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the entire cash deposit / withdrawal device and its peripheral circuits.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 is connected to the I / O via the bus line.
An O interface circuit 82, a batch storage interface circuit 90, a read only memory (ROM) 83, and a random access memory (RAM) 84 are connected.

The ROM 83 is a memory that stores an operation program for the cash deposit / withdrawal device controller 80. The RAM 84 is a memory for temporarily storing parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80.

The I / O interface circuit 82 includes a motor driver 85,
A magnet driver 86, a switch reading circuit 87, a photo sensor reading circuit 88, and a bill discrimination control unit 89 are connected.

The motor driver 85 is connected to the motor group 91 of each part of the apparatus and the motor group 96 provided in the collective storage 11, and is a circuit for driving and controlling various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 86 is a circuit that is connected to the magnet group 92 of each part of the device and that turns on or off each magnet according to the operation mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 is connected to the switch group 93 of each part of the apparatus and the switch group 97 of the collective storage 11, and whether or not the collective storage 11, the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 and the reject cassette 7 are mounted. And a circuit for reading the states of switches and the like for detecting the position of each stage. The photo sensor reading circuit 88 is connected to the photo sensor group 94 of each part of the apparatus and the photo sensor group 98 provided in the batch storage box 11, and the batch storage box 11 or the storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 by denomination, or reject. It is a circuit that reads information from a photosensor group that is provided in the cassette 7 and that monitors the stacking state of banknotes.

The bill discrimination control unit 89 is connected to the bill discrimination sensor group 95. The banknote discrimination sensor group 95 is composed of various sensors provided inside the discrimination unit 4 shown in FIG. 6, and is used to check the authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, and weight of the banknote sent to the discrimination unit 4. This is a circuit provided for differentially detecting running and skewing.

The batch storage interface circuit 90 reads the storage contents of the storage management memory 99 attached to the batch storage 11 and transfers the storage contents to the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 or an instruction of the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80. It is a circuit that receives and updates the contents of the storage management memory 99.

The storage management memory 99 is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like that is backed up by a battery or the like and is directly accessed by the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80. The storage management memory 99 is integrated with a control means such as a microcomputer in addition to the above, and transmits / receives data to / from the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 via the collective storage interface circuit 90. May be

The memory used for the storage management memory 99 is a semiconductor random access memory with battery backup.
In addition to memory, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
It may be a magnetic storage medium such as an only memory) or a magnetic disk or a magnetic tape. The storage management memory 99 stores the number of banknotes stored in the batch storage 11 for each denomination individually.

In addition to this, in order to control various operations of the cash deposit / withdrawal control unit 80, a counting management unit 80a, a cash collection unit 80b, and a cash distribution unit 80c are provided. All of these means, through the I / O interface circuit 82 in a predetermined procedure,
It is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuit of each part of the device and for executing and controlling the operation described later.

The counting management unit 80a counts the banknotes collected in the batch storage box 11 or distributed from the batch storage box 11, and updates the storage box management memory 99 each time. The cash collecting means 80b controls the operation of taking out and transporting the cash stored in the denomination-based storage, and collecting it in the collective storage 11. The cash distributing means 80c confirms the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory 99 when there is a shortage of banknotes in each denomination-based storage, and within the range, it is necessary for each denomination-based storage. Controls the operation of distributing and replenishing various banknotes.

<Service Port> Hereinafter, the configuration of each part of the apparatus in FIG. 1 will be described step by step.

First, at the upper front portion of the apparatus main body 50 shown in FIG. 1, there is provided a customer service opening 3 through which a customer can insert and withdraw bills.

 FIG. 9 shows a sectional view for explaining the operation of the service port.

As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the service opening 3 is a bill guide.
57 and a bill separating mechanism 59 for separating bills one by one, and as shown in FIGS. 9B and 9C, the bill guide 57 is rotated to rotate about the center thereof. It has a body structure.

The service port 3 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and various sensors are attached to it for confirming the shift to each position.

 The service port 3 having the above-described configuration operates as follows.

First, FIG. 9 (a) illustrates a deposit position waiting for a customer to insert a bill. In this case, the shutter 42
Is opened, and the bill guide 57 is opened upward.

Further, FIG. 9 (b) shows a separating position for separating the inserted banknotes one by one. In this case, the shutter 42
The banknotes that have been inserted all together in the banknote guide 57 are closed,
The bills are separated one by one by the bill separating mechanism 59 and sent out of the customer service port 3 in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. After that, the deposit process is executed for the bill.

FIG. 9 (c) shows a receiving position in the case where the banknotes are collectively received from the front / back arrangement mechanism 5 to the banknote guide 57 as a step before the banknotes are dispensed to the customer.

In the front / back arrangement mechanism 5, the bills to be withdrawn are stacked with their front and back aligned. This is sent out to the right side of the drawing and stored in the bill guide 57.

FIG. 9D shows a dispensing position for dispensing the banknotes stored in the banknote guide 57 to the customer. in this case,
The shutter 42 is opened, and the bills are sent from the bill guide 57 to the customer.

The setting and selection of each position and the operation of shifting to each position are controlled by the control unit of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus described later.

<Discrimination Unit and Front / Back Arrangement Mechanism> Referring back to FIG. The discriminating unit 4 is a device for discriminating and detecting the authenticity, damage, front and back, overlapping (overrunning) of two or more sheets, skew, and the like of the fed bills. This device also determines the denomination and the like.

Further, on the left side of the service opening 3, a front / back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided. The front / back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided with a dividing gate 6. When the bills judged to be the back side by the discriminating section 4 are fed into the front and back side aligning mechanism 5, the separating gate 6 is driven by a magnet (not shown), the traveling path is switched each time, and all the bills face the front side. Stacked.

<Batch Storage> In the left corner of the device main body 50, a batch storage 11 is arranged. The collective storage 11 is provided with a stage 70 on the upper part thereof, and a collective separation mechanism 23 is provided for separating the banknotes placed on the stage 70 one by one and taking them out to the outside during the banknote distribution operation. It is provided. The amount of bills stacked on the stage 70 is determined by the near full detector 38d and the full detector 3d.
It is detected by 7d and the end detector 39d.

Further, below the collective storage 11, a collective stacking unit 30 into which the banknotes are sent during a banknote collection operation, a partition plate 33 that stacks the sent banknotes, and a drive that stacks the banknotes on the partition plate 33. A lever 71 is arranged. The end detector 39d is a detector for detecting that the absolute amount of banknotes stored in the batch storage box 11 has decreased.

Below the partition plate 33, of the banknotes distributed from the batch storage box 11, there is provided a batch reject stacking section 68 into which the banknotes classified as undispensable in the classification section 4 are fed. The amount of bills in the batch reject unit 62 is detected by the full detector 40a.

In this collective storage 11, the stage 70 moves to the lower side of the drive lever 71, the drive lever 71 opens left and right, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage 70 are placed on the stage 70.
Is performed again. Although this operation will be described later with reference to FIG. 17, various position sensors (not shown) detect various positions set during the operation of the stage 70 and the operation of the drive lever 71. It is provided. Further, for the operation of the stage 70 and the drive lever 71, some drive motors are incorporated.

<Deposit-Specific Storage and Deposit / Deposit Unit> Deposit-specific storages 8, 9, and 10 are arranged below the apparatus main body 50.

The money type storage 8 is a storage for storing 1,000-yen tickets.
The money type storage 9 is a storage for storing 10,000 yen tickets. The denomination-based storage 10 is a storage for storing 5,000 yen tickets.

A deposit / withdrawal unit 18 is arranged above these denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 18 includes a temporary holding section 24 for 1,000-yen tickets, a temporary holding section 25 for 10,000-yen tickets, a temporary holding section 26 for 5,000-yen tickets, a 1,000-yen ticket accumulation section 27, and a 10,000-yen ticket accumulation section. Part 28 and 5,000 yen ticket accumulation part 29
The 1,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 20, the 10,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 21, and the 5,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 22 are provided. In addition to this, denomination separating gates 32, 31, 57 are provided along the bill traveling path 49.

The denomination separating gates 32, 31, and 57 are driven by a magnet or the like (not shown).

After the bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4, when the bill is conveyed to the traveling path 49, the denomination separating gates 32, 31, 57 are operated, and for example, in the case of a 1,000-yen bill, it is sent to the 1,000-yen bill accumulating unit 27. Be done. The 1,000-yen ticket accumulating unit 27 accumulates the 1,000-yen tickets in the temporary holding unit 24.
On the other hand, the 1000-yen tickets taken out of the denomination-based storage 8 are separated one by one by the 1,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 20 and sent to the traveling path 49.

The 10,000-yen and 5,000-yen tickets have the same structure.

In addition, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section 24, 25, 26 are
The shutters 34, 35, 36 are driven by a motor (not shown) and are pulled out all at once, so that the shutters 34, 35, 36 drop into the coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10.

There are full detectors 37a, 37 in the gold type storage boxes 8, 9 and 10, respectively.
b, 37c, near full detector 38a, 38b, 38c, end detector
39a, 39b, 39c are provided, and the amount of bills in each storage is managed.

<Reject Cassette and Others> Further, between the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and the collective storage 11, collective separation gates 16 and 15 are arranged. Transport path 60
The banknotes that have been conveyed to the batch cutting gate 15 are stored in the batch storage box 11 when they are stored in the batch cutting gate 15.
It is guided to the collective collecting unit 30 side by the operation of 15. Also,
The banknotes sent to the coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 are sent to the traveling path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 described above by the collective dividing gate 16.

In addition, the rejected banknotes will be collected at the batch separation gate 69.
Collective reject unit 62 provided in the collective storage 11 by
Alternatively, it is fed into a reject cassette provided in the left corner of the apparatus main body 50.

The batch reject unit 62 provided in the batch storage box 11 is configured such that the bills fed from the batch separating mechanism 23 of the batch storage box 11 are
The discriminating unit 4 is provided to store the corresponding bill when it is determined to be overrun or skew. The reject cassette 7 is provided to store banknotes that are determined to be unable to be dispensed or collected due to various reasons.

Inside the reject cassette 7, stacking units 66 and 64 and full detectors 40b and 40c are also provided. Rejection part 67
Accommodates forgotten bills, and the reject unit 65 accommodates other rejected bills. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back surface of the apparatus body 50, and by opening the door 41, the collective storage 11 is pulled out to the outside. When the collective storage box 11 is pulled out to the outside, the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 can be further pulled out.

The reject cassette 7 is arranged so that it can be removed separately without opening the door 41.

A common lock is attached to each of the collective storage 11 and the denomination-based storages 8, 9 and 10, and the door of each storage (not shown) is opened by using the inspection key to perform bill loading and withdrawal operations. be able to.

A large number of motors and the like are mounted as power sources for separating and stacking and transporting banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged in each part of the apparatus shown in FIG.

The operation of the above apparatus will be described in order based on the procedures of deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, supplemental loading process, and recovery process.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a deposit transaction.

First, the customer presses a deposit / withdrawal key (not shown),
When the cash card is inserted into the card reader / writer section 52 shown in FIG. 7 or the passbook is inserted into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. 7, communication is performed between the automatic teller machine 51 and the center. . When the identity is confirmed as a result of this communication, the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG. 7 sends a command to start the deposit process to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50.

In FIG. 10, when the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus main body 50 receives a depositing processing start command, it switches its internal state to the depositing mode and waits for the customer to set banknotes. In this case, the deposit position of FIG. 9 (a) described above is selected as the service port 3. When it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the shutter 42 of the customer service opening 3 is closed.

The control unit 56 shown in FIG. 7 periodically transmits a sense command to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50. The cash depositing / dispensing device 50 adds the information "a bill is set in the service port" to the sense command, and returns a response message (response).

Next, the control unit 56 transmits a deposit count command to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50, and instructs the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 to count the banknotes set in the customer service slot 3. Here, the service opening 3 takes the separating position shown in FIG. 9B, and the banknote separating mechanism 59 of the service opening 3 shown in FIG. Take in. This bill is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the routes indicated by arrows. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs the authenticity discrimination, the damage determination and the traveling state detection of the conveyed banknotes, and sends the bills backward. Those discriminated by the discriminating section 4 as fake bills or abnormal conveyance bills are traced through the routes indicated by arrows and are conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism and accumulated one by one. Then, the customer service opening 3 is set at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9C, and the banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are sent to the customer service opening 3.

In this way, the deposit rejected banknote is shown in FIG. 9 (d).
It will be returned to the customer through the withdrawal position shown in.

On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 as a genuine bill or an unfit bill (non-circulation target bill) is operated to operate the sorting gate 43 and is conveyed to the conveyance path 60 as indicated by an arrow. Here, the genuine 1,000 yen ticket is the deposit / withdrawal unit as shown by the arrow.
It is conveyed to 18 roads 49, and the 1,000 yen ticket separation gate 57
Is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket stacking unit 27. Thus, the 1,000-yen tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 24.

Similarly, the genuine bills of 10,000-yen bills are accumulated in the temporary holding section 25 via the 10,000-yen bill accumulation section 28 by the operation of the division gate 31.
The 5,000-yen bills and the unfit bills are sent to the 5,000-yen bill accumulating unit 29 by operating the dividing gate 32, and accumulated in the temporary holding unit 26.

By the above operation, when the deposit counting process of the bills set by the customer in the service opening 3 is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50
A response indicating the end of the deposit count is returned to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. To this response, the data displayed by dividing the number of counted bills for each denomination into return bills and non-refundable bills is added.

Upon receiving this data, the control unit 56 calculates the amount of money by denomination and the total amount of money, and displays it on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposits.

When the customer confirms the amount of money displayed on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7 and presses the confirmation button of the customer operation unit 54, the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 receives the command, Deposited banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding sections 24, 25 of the denomination storing boxes 8, 9 are stored in the denomination storing boxes 8, 9 by simultaneously pulling out the shutters 34, 35 of the temporary holding sections.

Next, the 5,000-yen bills and the unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 of the denomination-based storage 10 are separated one by one from the 5,000-yen bill separating mechanism 22 and conveyed from the traveling path 49 in the arrow direction. And send it to the discrimination section 4. Then, the dividing gates 43 and 63 are operated to make a deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation unit 64 on the lower side of the reject cassette 7.
And is accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject unit 65.

 This completes the deposit transaction processing.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a payment transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7, the cash card is inserted into the card reader / writer unit 52, and the personal identification number is input, the control unit 56
Sends a command for starting the withdrawal process to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50.

When the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 receives the command to start the dispensing process, it switches the internal state to the dispensing mode and waits for an instruction of the denomination and the number of bills to be discharged.

For example, if the customer inputs the amount of m-million-yen tickets and n-thousand-yen tickets, the end detectors 39a, 39b, and 39c of the deposit boxes 8, 9, and 10 respectively detect the end. It is determined whether it has not been performed. When the end detection is made in any one of the money type storage boxes, the information indicating that the withdrawal is impossible is added to the command and the response is returned. If you have not detected the end, follow the instructions for withdrawal counting, for example,
Activate the million-yen ticket separation mechanism 21 to feed out m-yen tickets.
The fed bill passes through the traveling path of arrows ,,
It is sent to the discrimination unit 4. The discriminating section 4 discriminates the front and back sides and whether or not the bill is as specified, and if so, activates the separation gate 43 and sends the bills to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 along the arrows of. Since the discrimination unit 4 determines the front and back of the banknote, the separation gate 6 is activated based on the determination result, and the front and back are sorted one by one and stacked on the front and back sorting mechanism 5.

Note that the bill discriminated as a conveyance abnormal bill in the discriminating unit 4 is operated by the separation gates 43 and 63, traces the route indicated by the arrow, and is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking unit 64 of the reject cassette 7 for deposit / withdrawal. It is accumulated in the reject unit 65.

The above-described operation is repeated until the previously designated m ten thousand-yen bills are taken out from the denomination-based storage 9 storing the ten-thousand-yen bills, discriminated, and accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5.

When the stacking of the 10,000-yen tickets is completed, next, n 1,000-yen tickets are taken out from the denomination storage 8 storing the 1,000-yen tickets.

As a result of the above operation, when m-million-yen notes and n-thousand-yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front-back arrangement mechanism 5, ninth
The service port 3 is designated at the receiving position shown in FIG. 3C, and the dispensed banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are serviced by the service port 3
Then, the shutter 42 is opened by switching to the dispensing position shown in FIG. 9 (d), the bill is delivered to the customer, and then the shutter 42 is closed.

When the designated number of withdrawal from the control unit 56 is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 returns a response of the processing end to the control unit 56. At that time, the data of the released denomination and its number are added. The control unit 56 receives this, counts it as the number of withdrawals, and stores it.

 This is the end of the withdrawal transaction processing.

In addition, when the customer forgets to pick up the banknotes at the service port 3, the banknotes left at the service port 3 are re-separated and fed one by one in the direction of the arrow of the discrimination section 4, and the separation gates 43, 69 and 63 are set. This is activated, and this time it is sent to the stacking unit 66 of the reject cassette 7 where the uncollected banknotes are stacked, and the reject unit
Collect at 67.

<Loading> FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a dispensing operation of the cash depositing and dispensing apparatus of the present invention, that is, a loading and replenishing operation.

First, the staff member attaches the collective storage 11 to the apparatus main body 50 before starting the work. A predetermined amount of banknotes are collectively set from the original in this collective storage. After mounting the collective storage, the clerk presses the loading key among the operation keys of the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG. In response to this input, the control unit 56 sends a command to start the loading operation to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50.

Upon receipt of the loading operation start command, the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 switches the internal state to the loading mode. Then, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the collective storage 11 has not detected the end. Banknotes to be loaded are stored in advance in batch storage 11
This is to confirm that it is set to. If the end has been detected, the control unit 56
Send a response to. In that case, the loading operation is stopped. When it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the loading operation is started.

At this point, the stored content of the storage management memory 99 provided in the batch storage does not always match the denomination and the number of banknotes actually stored in the batch storage.

When the loading operation is started, in FIG. 8, the cash depositing / dispensing device control unit 80, via the I / O interface circuit 82 and the motor driver 85, performs the batch separation shown in the batch storage box 11 in FIG. The drive motor of the mechanism 23 is operated. As a result, the banknotes set in the batch storage 11 are fed out one by one in order from the upper side and sent to the discriminating section 4 along the route indicated by arrows.

The discriminating unit 4 performs denomination discrimination, genuine / counterfeit discrimination, damage determination, and running state check for each of the sequentially fed bills, and the conveyed bills are further forwarded. If the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4 is a genuine one-thousand-yen note (a bill that has no damage or is a small bill that can be used for withdrawal), the bill is routed by arrows, and Follow the path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18
It is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 27 via 57. Thus
Thousand-yen ticket is the stage of the money type storage (thousand-yen ticket storage) 8
Directly integrated into 45.

Incidentally, in this way, in the loading operation, the shutters 34, 35, 36 of the denomination storing boxes 8, 9, 10 are opened in advance, and the stages 45, 46, 47 are set in a system for receiving the bills to be loaded. ing.

Further, when the discrimination result is a genuine 10,000-yen note, the bill is sent to the 10,000-yen stacking unit 28 or 29 by operating the 10,000-yen ticket separating gate 31 or 32. Then, they are directly integrated on the stages 46 and 47.

The above operation is repeated for each of the money-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 until the preset appropriate number of loaded sheets is reached.

During this operation, if the number of stacked sheets on any of the stages 45, 46, 47 reaches the hold allowable value, for example, 100, the operation of the batch separation mechanism 23 of the batch storage 11 is interrupted. Then, the stage 45, 46 or 47 that has reached the hold allowance,
The motor is lowered by a thickness equivalent to the hold allowance value by a motor (not shown). When the stage moves down, the batch separation mechanism 23
And the loading operation is repeated.

For example, when a denomination-based storage 9 is loaded with 10,000-yen bills for the first time, a predetermined appropriate number of 10,000-yen tickets are stored in the denomination-based storage 9 until the full detector 37b fully detects it. Loading continues until it is stored.

Similarly, when the 1000-yen bills are stored in the denomination-based storage 8, loading is continued until the appropriate number is reached.

The appropriate number of sheets is set to, for example, an appropriate number of sheets after the banknote is loaded and in a deposit transaction, leaving a space for storing the banknotes to be deposited. This may be set empirically uniformly, or may be arbitrarily set according to the peculiarity of the installation environment of the automatic teller machine or when the transaction date is at the end of the month. The setting may be made, for example, by a staff member inputting and setting from the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG.

By the way, even if the banknotes have been loaded into the denomination-based storages 8 and 9 up to the predetermined proper number of bills to be loaded, if the denominations still remain in the batch storage 11, the batch separation gate
15, 16 are operated to collect the conveyed bills in the collective stacking unit 30 of the collective storage 11 through the route indicated by the arrow.

This operation is for the banknotes on the stage 70 of the batch storage 11,
,,,,,, while appraising through the route, it continues until there are no banknotes on the stage 70.
When the banknotes are exhausted, the batch separating mechanism 23 and the transport operation of each traveling path are stopped.

If the discriminating unit 4 determines that the bill is an unfit bill or a denomination that does not have a denomination-based storage, for example, a 5,000 yen bill in this embodiment, the bills are collectively divided into gates 15, 16, 69. Is operated to be sent to the collective reject accumulation unit 68 through the route indicated by the arrow. Then, the unfit bills and the like are accumulated in the collective reject unit 62.

When the above series of operations is completed, the stages 45, 46, 47 are lowered all at once, and the banknotes accumulated on these stages are stored in the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 and the loading operation is completed. To do. When the operation is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50 returns a device end response to the control unit 56. At this time, the number data of the denominations loaded in the denomination storage units 8, 9, and 10 is transmitted.

Further, the counting management unit 80a counts the number data of the banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 again for each denomination while the planned number of storages is loaded into the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10. Then, the data is stored in the batch storage interface circuit 90 shown in FIG.
It is stored in the storage management memory 99 via. As a result,
The storage management memory 99 has a collective storage at the end of loading.
Accurate number data for each denomination stored in 11 is stored.

<Storage Management Memory> FIGS. 14 to 16 show the data format of the storage management memory 99. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 14, for example, it is assumed that the storage management memory 99 can store 4-word data. Here, the data of the number of 10,000 yen tickets is stored in the addresses m and m + 1. In addition, at the addresses m + 2 and m + 3,
Stores data on the number of 1,000-yen tickets.

As shown in FIG. 15, each number data is 1 word 8
Since it has a bit configuration, it can be converted into a binary number and up to 2 ¹⁶ −
One, that is, up to 65,535 can be expressed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of data actually stored. That is, the data of the number of ten thousand yen tickets is "01000101" at the address m,
The value "11011100" is stored in the address m + 1. That is, it displays 1,500 sheets in decimal.

On the other hand, the number data of the 1,000 yen ticket is “10” in the address m + 2.
The value "11110100" is stored at 000001 "and the address m + 3. This indicates that the number is 500 in decimal.

That is, after the end of the loading operation, if the data stored in the storage management memory 99 has the content shown in FIG. 16, the storage cannot be distributed to the storages 8, 9 and 10 for each denomination, and the data is stored again. The total number of banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 is 1,500,000 yen
It shows that 500 tickets and 1,000 yen tickets were sold.

<Operation of Collective Storage> During the above loading operation, the collective storage operates as follows.

 FIG. 17 is an operation explanatory view of the collective storage.

Collective storage 11 to storage 8, 9 and 10 for each denomination (Fig. 12)
At the start of the operation of loading banknotes into the banknote, as shown in FIG. 17A, the banknotes on the stage 70 are taken out and delivered by the batch separating mechanism 23.

On the other hand, the banknotes that are collected without being stored in the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 are sent to the collective stacking unit 30 and stacked on the partition plate 33. Here, when the banknotes reach the stacking allowable value, for example, 100, the operation of the batch separating mechanism 23 is temporarily stopped.

The drive lever 71 is preset to the position 71 in FIG. 17 (b), and when receiving the instruction that the stacking allowable value is reached, the drive lever 71 rotates to the position 71 in the drawing and the partition plate 33 Clamp the banknotes accumulated on top. Then, a motor (not shown) is driven to lift the drive lever 71 from position 71 to position 71 in the figure.
Next, the batch separating mechanism 23 stopped earlier is operated, and the banknotes are continuously stacked on the partition plate 33 up to the stacking allowable value.

When the stacking allowable value is reached again, the batch separating mechanism 23 is stopped, the drive lever 71 is rotated from the position 71 to the position 71, and the bills lifted by the drive lever 71 are stacked on the batch cutting gate. Drop it on the banknote.
Then, the motor (not shown) again lowers the drive lever 71 at the position 71 to move it to the position 71. After that, the drive lever 71 is rotated again to the position 71, and the bill is lifted to the position 71.

Such an operation is repeated until the end detector 39d detects that the banknotes on the stage 70 are exhausted. When the end is detected, the operation of the batch separating mechanism 23 is stopped, and the drive lever 71 lifts the banknote to the position of 71 by a motor (not shown).

On the other hand, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown)
It is rotationally driven from the position of 70 to the position of
Further down to the 70 position. Then, it is rotationally driven to the position 70 and is arranged below the drive lever 71. Then, the drive lever rotates to the position of 71, and the bill clamped and lifted first is placed on the stage 70. Thereafter, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown) and moves up to the position 70 in the figure.

By the above operation, the collected banknotes can be distributed from the collective storage 11 again.

<Update of storage management memory> In the above dispensing operation, all the banknotes are temporarily sent out from the collective storage, all the banknotes that cannot be distributed are collected in the collective storage, and the denomination number data is stored in the collective storage. It was stored in the storage management memory as it was. However, even when it is determined that the contents of the storage management memory 99 are abnormal even in cases other than the distribution operation, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80
(Fig. 8) detects this and automatically stores it in the storage management memory.
Update the contents of 99.

As such a case, for example, when the collective storage 11 is attached to the cash deposit / withdrawal device and the contents of the deposit management memory 99 are doubtful, the power has just been turned on to the cash deposit / withdrawal device, and the deposit management memory is still available. If the content of 99 is unreliable, the sum of the data of the number of denominations in the storage management memory 99 is "0" or the batch storage is performed even though the end detector 39d of the batch storage does not detect the end. There are cases where a number of sheets of data exceeding the number of sheets that can be stored in the storage is stored in the storage management memory 99, or a state such as a parity error is detected in the access address of the storage management memory 99.

In the above-mentioned case, similarly to the distribution operation, the banknotes are sent out from the batch storage box, conveyed, discriminated and counted for each denomination, and the banknotes are again circulated to the batch storage box and collected. Then, the calculated number-of-money data is stored in the storage management memory, and the process ends.

<Replenishment Operation> Since the replenishment operation is the same as the loading operation in the drawing, the replenishment operation will be described again with reference to FIG.

When the clerk presses the replenishment key with the operation key of the internal operation unit 55 (Fig. 7), the control unit 56 (Fig. 7) receives this input and instructs the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 (Fig. 7). Send the command to start the refill operation. Cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit
80 (FIG. 8) sends a command to start the replenishment operation to the control unit 56.
When receiving from (FIG. 7), the operation mode is set to the supplement mode. The replenishment mode is a forced replenishment mode in which it is instructed in advance to replenish the designated number of coins for the designated denomination, and the remaining amount of bills in any of the denomination storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 during the trading operation. However, there is an automatic replenishment mode in which it is automatically executed when it is detected that the number of sheets has dropped below a predetermined number.

At the start of the replenishing operation, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the batch storage 11 has not detected the end, that is, the bill has been set in advance. Furthermore, referring to the data stored in the storage management memory 99, the collective storage
Check whether the bills to be refilled are stored in 11 or not.

In the case of the end detection in the forced replenishment mode, the response with the information indicating that it is not in the operable state is returned to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). In this case, since the contents of the storage management memory 99 may not be reliable,
Clear all the number of denominations in the storage management memory 99 and stop the processing. Of course, the same processing is performed even in the automatic replenishment mode.

On the other hand, the end is not detected, and the storage management memory 99
When it is determined that the replenishment can be executed within the range of the number of coins stored in (4), the replenishment operation is started. In this case, in FIG. 12, the batch separating mechanism 23 on the upper part of the collective storage 11 is operated to take out the banknotes set in the collective storage 11 one by one from the upper side. This banknote is
It is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the route indicated by arrows.

The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs a denomination determination, a true / false determination, a fitness determination, and a running state check on the fed bills. For example, when the replenishment target bill is one denomination of any of the 10,000-yen bill and the 1,000-yen bill, the bill determined to be a non-genuine bill of the replenishment target bill as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is:
, And the batch dividing gates 15 and 16 are operated to be fed to the batch accumulating unit 30 of the batch storage 11.

Then, as described in the loading example, the bulk storage 11
It is recovered again in the collective storage by the operation inside.
In this case, it goes without saying that the counting management unit 80a manages the contents of the storage management memory 99 so that they do not change.

The banknotes whose discrimination result is judged to be reject banknotes are sent to the batch reject stacking unit 66 by operating the batch cutting gates 15, 16 and 69, following the route of. The banknotes are accumulated in the collective reject unit 62.

When a genuine bill of the replenishment target bill is conveyed, as described in the section of loading, if the bill is a 1,000-yen bill, the 1,000-yen bill separating gate 7 is operated to activate the 1,000-yen bill stacking unit 27. It is sent to and is collected directly on the thousand yen ticket stage 45. If it is a 10,000-yen ticket, activate the 10,000-yen ticket dividing gate 31 or 32 to collect the 10,000-yen ticket.
Sent to 28 or 29. Then, they are directly accumulated on the 10,000 yen ticket stage 46 or 47.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished, but if the number of stacked sheets in any of the stages 45, 46, 47 reaches the holding allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the batch separation mechanism 2
The operation of (3) is interrupted, the stage of the cassette that has reached the hold allowable value is lowered by the motor (not shown) by the amount corresponding to the hold allowable value, and the batch separating mechanism 23 is operated again to repeat the replenishing operation.

Even if the replenishment number reaches the target value or before the target value, if all of the replenishment target banknotes in the collective storage 11 are replenished with reference to the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory 99, The separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last bill reaches the stages 45, 46, 47, the carrying operation is stopped. Of the stages 45, 46, 47, the stage that has performed the refill operation moves down, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 and the refill operation ends. .

When the replenishment operation is completed, the number of replenishment sheets is counted, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are updated based on the result. In this case, the number obtained by subtracting the counting result of all the denominations collected in the collective storage 11 again from the counting result of all the denominations extracted from the collective storage 11 is based on the original data in the storage management memory 99. Is subtracted.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the storage management memory before and after the replenishing operation.

For example, if the bill storage state in the batch storage 11 before the replenishment operation and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are as shown in FIG. 18 (a), that is, before the replenishment operation, the 10,000-yen bill 1, 50
It is assumed that there are 0 tickets and 500 thousand yen tickets. Here, when replenishing each of the 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen tickets to each denomination-type storage container by 300, as shown in FIG.
There are 0 tickets and 200 tickets for 1,000 yen.

<Collecting Operation> FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a collecting operation.

When the operator pushes the internal operation unit 55 (the operation key in FIG. 7) and the recovery key is pressed, the control unit 56 (FIG. 7).
Receiving this input, sends a command instructing the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus 50 (FIG. 7) to start the collecting operation.

When the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 (Fig. 8) receives the command to start the collection operation from the control unit 56 (Fig. 7), it determines whether this is forcible collection or automatic collection. In the case of forced collection, all banknotes are unconditionally collected from the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 to the batch storage box 11. Further, the automatic collection is executed when the number of bills stored in any of the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, it is confirmed that the operation mode is set to the collection mode and the near full detector 38d of the batch storage 11 does not detect near full.

Further, the stored contents of the storage management memory 99 are referred to, and it is confirmed that there is still a recoverable space in the collective storage 11 and the number of actually recoverable sheets. Here, when it is detected in the forced collection mode that no space that can be collected in the collective storage 11 is left, a response including state information indicating that operation is disabled is transmitted to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). Processing is aborted. The same applies to automatic collection.

On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the collectable space remains in the collective storage 11, the collecting operation is started.

First, in the case of collecting banknotes from the denomination-based storage box 10 storing 10,000-yen tickets, the 10,000-yen ticket separation mechanism 22 is operated to store the banknotes in the denomination-based storage box (10,000-yen ticket storage box) 10. The bills are fed one by one from the top and fed into the discrimination section 4 through the route of. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially detects the authenticity and the traveling state of the sent bills and sends the bills backward.

As a result of discrimination by the discrimination section 4, two or more sheets overlap (overrun),
The banknote for which skewing or the like is detected passes through the route of, and activates the batch cutting gates 16 and 15 to be sent to the reject cassette 7 through the route of.

As a result of discrimination, normal banknotes are counted and collectively collected.
Sent to 30. The banknotes sent to the collective stacking unit 30 are sequentially stacked on the partition plate 33. This operation is repeated until the collection target number is reached, or there are no banknotes set in the denomination-based storage box 10 that stores 10,000-yen tickets.

Incidentally, on the way, the number of stacked sheets on the partition plate 33 is a stacking allowable value,
For example, when the number of coins reaches 100, the operation of the 10,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 22 is interrupted, and the operation in the collective storage 11 described above at the time of the replenishing operation is executed. The recovery operation for the other money type storage boxes 9 and 8 is similar.

During the collection operation, the full detector 37
When d fully detects, the collection operation is interrupted and the information is returned to the control unit 56 (Fig. 7). The control unit 56 displays this on a display unit (not shown).

The clerk, looking at the display indicating that the batch storage box is full, discharges the banknotes stored in the batch storage box 11.
In this case, the clerk opens the door 41 on the rear surface of the device main body 50 of the cash depositing / dispensing device, removes the collective storage 11, and uses the inspection key to open the door and take out all the banknotes. After that, by a reverse operation to the above, the collective storage 11 is set, the door 41 is closed, all the contents of the storage management memory 99 are cleared to “0”, and then the collecting operation is restarted. After that, when the end detectors 39c, 39b, 38a of all denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 detect the end, each separating mechanism 20, 21, 22 is stopped, and the last banknote arrives at the batch storage box 11. After that, the transport operation is stopped.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device that has completed the above processing is controlled by the control unit 56.
In response to (Fig. 7), a response indicating the end of collection is returned, and the number of collected coins for each denomination is added to the response.
The control unit 56 receives this and counts and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collecting operation is completed, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) displays the number of collected coins of each coin type collected from each coin storage 8, 9, 10 and the storage management memory 99. The number of stored coins of the denomination stored in is added to update the contents of the storage management memory 99.

<Effect of Device of Embodiment> The device of the above embodiment has the following effects.

(1) The banknotes of two or more denominations used in the device are stored in the collective storage, distributed to the denomination storage at any time after the cash deposit / withdrawal device is attached, and collected as needed. ,
Banknotes can be managed by attaching and detaching only the bulk storage.

(2) The collective storage has a structure in which a collection port and a withdrawal port are separately provided so that banknotes can be circulated, and deposited banknotes are sequentially stored and reused for withdrawal and the like. Therefore, the banknotes can be efficiently used. Further, even with a small and simple mechanism, there is no excess or deficiency of bills.

(3) A storage management memory is integrally provided in the collective storage, and the number of banknotes of each denomination is stored therein. Therefore, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus can smoothly and surely perform its operation at the time of cash distribution or cash collection.

(4) When the shortage of banknotes remaining in the denomination storage is detected, the apparatus refers to the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory and automatically performs a replenishment operation from the lump storage within the range at any time. Can do it. Therefore, the number of stored banknotes in each denomination storage could be properly maintained. In addition, the maintenance and management of the staff becomes easy.

(5) When any one of the denomination-based storages has an excessively large number of storages due to a deposit transaction or the like, the collecting operation can be automatically performed. In this case, the contents of the storage management memory are updated in accordance with the number of collections, so that the operation of the attendant is not required unless the batch storage is full, so that the power saving effect is extremely high.

(6) The same operation can be performed using not only banknotes but also coins and the like.

(7) Also, when operating a plurality of cash deposit / withdrawal devices,
By referring to the storage management memory of the collective storage mounted on each device, the collective storage can be exchanged as necessary, and appropriate accommodation can be achieved. Therefore, the funds can be efficiently managed with a simple operation.

(Effects of the Invention) In the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above, when the transport failure that occurs during the cash dispensing / replenishing operation can be automatically recovered, the dispensing / refilling operation is interrupted and the cash is temporarily transported. Since all the cash on the road is collected in the collective storage and the distribution and replenishing operation is performed again, the problem that the staff member is troubled with respect to all the transportation troubles as in the conventional case is solved. Since the failure is automatically and promptly recovered, the down time of the device is shortened and the operating rate of the device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the cash deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention, FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional device, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a schematic operation of the device of the present invention when dispensing and replenishing, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the main operation of the device of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automatic teller machine of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a block of the cash deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service port, Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention during depositing transaction, and Fig. 11 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention during dispensing transaction. FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention during a loading (replenishing) operation, FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of the present invention during a collecting operation, and FIGS.
Fig. 16 is an explanatory view of the data format of the storage management memory of the device of the present invention, Fig. 17 is a collective storage operation explanatory diagram,
FIG. 18 is an explanatory view of the contents of the storage management memory of the apparatus before and after the refilling operation. 8 ... … Cash collection means, 80c …… Cash distribution means, 99 …… Storage management memory, 100 …… Transport failure recognition means.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A separating mechanism for accommodating a plurality of cash in a lump and delivering the cash to a transport path during the cash replenishment operation, a stacking section for collecting the cash collected from the transport path, and a stacking section for collecting the cash. A collective storage that is configured to allow the collected cash to be distributed and replenished again by the separating mechanism, a cash distribution unit that distributes and replenishes the cash from the collective storage to a denomination-based storage, and is connected to the transport path, A temporary holding unit for accumulating cash to be distributed and replenished in the denomination-based storage, a cash collecting means for collecting the cash from the denomination-based storage into the batch storage, and a cash collection unit for collecting the cash generated during the distribution and replenishment operation. A transport failure recognition unit for recognizing a type of transport failure, wherein the cash distribution unit interrupts the distribution and replenishment operation when the transport failure recognition unit recognizes a transport failure, and the cash collection unit, When the sending failure recognition means recognizes a transfer failure that can be automatically restored, all the cash on the temporary holding section and the transfer path is collected in the stacking section of the collective storage, and the cash distribution means completes the collecting operation. After that, the cash deposit / withdrawal device is characterized in that the distribution replenishing operation is restarted.