JP2661766B2 - Automatic media issuing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention includes a plurality of terminal devices in one system network, and a medium issuing machine that can be commonly operated from the plurality of terminal devices. To an automatic media issuing system.

(Prior Art) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automatic medium issuing system.

The illustrated system includes a communication control device 21 that controls a network 20, a plurality of terminal devices 23, and media issuers 24 and 25.
And a host computer 26.

The network 20 is connected to a host computer 26 via a communication control device 21 and a communication line 27.

The communication control device 21 includes a plurality of terminal devices 23a,.
Control access to network 20 from 23x, 23y.

The terminal devices 23a,..., 23n, 23x, 23y
And performs operations related to financial transactions and operations for issuing passbooks, certificates, and the like.

The medium issuing machines 24 and 25 are devices that issue passbooks, certificates, and the like. The medium issuing machine 24 is connected to the network 20. On the other hand, the medium issuing machine 25 has a dedicated interface.
It is connected to terminal devices 23x and 23y via 33 and 34.

FIG. 3 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the conventional system shown in FIG.

 Next, the operation of the above-described device will be described.

First, the terminal device 23a performs a medium issuing operation. Data input from the terminal device 23a is transmitted to the host computer 26 via the communication control device 21. ('). The host computer 26 processes the data, and transmits data such as the account number and the amount of money generated in each transaction unit and the support of the type of the medium of the passbook or the certificate to the terminal device 23a ('). Upon receiving the data, the terminal device 23a issues an occupation command to the medium issuing device 24 (').

At this time, if the media issuers 24 and 25 are in the non-occupied state, the occupation attention is returned to the terminal device 23a (′), so that the medium issuers 24 and 25 and the terminal device 23a are connected. State ('). After the connection state is established, the terminal device 23a sends the instruction content of the medium type and the transaction data to the medium issuers 24 and 25. This allows
The medium issuing machines 24 and 25 select the designated medium from the cassette and feed it out.

There are two types of connection methods between the terminal device 23a and the medium issuing machine 24, or between the terminal device 23x and the medium issuing device 25, as in Examples 1 and 2 shown in FIG.

According to the method of Example 1, the media issuing machine 25
20 via dedicated interfaces 33 and 34 independent of
The control from the terminal devices 23x and 23y can be received. The occupancy control of each terminal device 23x, 23y is performed as follows. When the terminal device 23x issues a medium, first, the terminal device 23x issues an occupation command to the medium issuing device 25. Then, when the medium issuer 25 is in the non-occupied state, the medium issuer 25 gives the occupation right to the terminal device 23x. When the operation by the terminal device 23x ends,
The terminal device 23x hands over the occupation right, whereby the medium issuing device 25 is again in the non-occupied state. Thereafter, the terminal device 23y can occupy the medium issuing device 25.

In the method of Example 2, a plurality of terminal devices 23a,..., 23n and each of the terminal devices 23a,.
A media issuing machine 24 that can be shared and used from 3n is directly connected. The occupancy control in this case is performed by logical control of the communication control device 21.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, the above-mentioned conventional technology has the following problems.

That is, in Example 1, while the number of the medium issuing devices 25 is one, there are two terminal devices 23x and 23y, and the two physical interfaces are the interfaces 33 and. This interface needs to be three or more when there are three or more terminal devices. Therefore, there is a problem that the amount of hardware increases as the number of connected terminal devices increases.

In Example 2, the terminal devices 23a,..., 23n and the medium issuing machine 24 are equally connected to the LAN network 20. In this case, a LAN control mechanism is also required for interface control of the medium issuing device 24. For this reason, it is necessary to mount dedicated hardware on the medium issuing machine 24. Such dedicated hardware includes the interfaces 33 and 34 of Example 1 for both the communication control circuit amount and the logical control circuit amount.
Is much larger than the control circuit section.

Further, in a branch office system that requires high-speed communication processing of various terminals, the current LAN is the most suitable. Therefore, it is necessary to first install a network having the same specifications in order to cope with the situation. That is, in order to realize a system as in Example 2 in FIG. 2, it is necessary to construct a high-speed communication network such as a LAN.

Further, in each of Example 1 and Example 2, since the medium issuing device connects a plurality of terminal devices, it is unclear from which terminal device the medium ejected from the medium issuing device is requested. It is had. That is, for example, in the case of Example 2, a plurality of operators respectively
When the medium issuing machine 24 is operated using..., 23n, a plurality of media are issued from the medium issuing machine 24. Therefore, it is difficult to determine which medium belongs to which operator, and there is a problem that operability is low.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to inexpensively realize the construction of a system capable of flexibly responding to the scale of a branch office using an existing network, and to realize excellent operability. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic medium issuing system.

(Means for Solving the Problems) An automatic medium issuing system according to the present invention is an automatic medium issuing system including a plurality of terminal devices connected to a network and a medium issuing device commonly controlled by the plurality of terminal devices. In the medium issuing system, the plurality of terminal devices and the medium issuing device are connected by an interface separate from the network, and the medium issuing device sends a polling signal to the terminal device when not being used. And the terminal devices in the occupation waiting state that have received the polling signal are controlled so as to occupy the medium issuing machine.Also, a plurality of terminal devices connected to the network and the plurality of In an automatic medium issuing system including a medium issuing machine commonly controlled by a terminal device,
The plurality of terminal devices and the medium issuing device are connected by an interface separate from the network, and the medium issuing device sequentially outputs a polling signal to the terminal device when not in use. The terminal device in the occupation waiting state that has received the polling signal occupies the medium issuing device, and recognizes from which of the plurality of terminal devices the medium information has been sent, and according to the recognition result, It is characterized in that control is performed such that the medium is distributed to a plurality of medium outlets corresponding to any of the plurality of terminal devices.

(Operation) In the automatic medium issuing system of the present invention, a polling signal is sent from the medium issuing machine to each terminal device via a separately provided interface independent of the existing network specifications, and the polling signal is received first. Terminal device occupies the medium issuing machine. Then, this terminal device issues a medium using a medium issuing machine. After the issuance of the medium, the occupation state of the medium issuing machine is released, and again,
A polling signal is transmitted to each terminal device. Thus, another terminal device can issue another medium using the medium issuing machine. Therefore, a plurality of terminal devices can be connected to one medium issuing machine by connecting each terminal device in a daisy chain using separately provided interfaces. For this reason, it is not necessary to change the network control device or the like, and it is possible to construct a low-cost and flexible system.

Also, in the automatic medium issuing system of the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices are connected to the medium issuing machine, but the medium instructed to be issued from each terminal device is discharged to a predetermined outlet of the medium issuing machine. You. Therefore, the operability of the system can be improved.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic medium issuing system according to the present invention.

The illustrated system includes a plurality of terminal devices 1, 2,.
, A network 10, a communication control device 11, interfaces 30, 31, a medium issuing device 40, and the like.

Each of the plurality of terminal devices 1, 2, ..., n is connected to the network 10, and is used by an operator to perform operations related to financial transactions and operations for issuing passbooks, certificates, and the like.

The network 10 includes a plurality of terminal devices 1, 2,.
And the communication control device 11.

The communication control device 11 includes a plurality of terminal devices 1, 2,.
To control access to the network 10. The communication control device 11 is connected to a host computer via a communication line 12.
Connected to 13.

The interfaces 30 and 31 are provided separately from the network 10.

The medium issuing machine 40 is connected to one of the plurality of terminal devices 1, 2, ..., n via the interface 30. Adjacent ones of the plurality of terminal devices 1, 2, ..., n are connected in a daisy chain by an interface 31 or the like. Such a connection is called a concatenation connection.

The medium issuing machine 40 includes a main control unit 41, an issuing unit 42, a printer unit 43, a sorter unit 44, and sorter ports 50a, 50b,.
Consisting of

The main control unit 41 includes a processor, a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the automatic medium issuing machine 40.

The issuing unit 42 issues a corresponding medium out of media such as a passbook and a certificate.

The printer unit 43 prints predetermined data on the medium issued by the issuing unit 42.

The sorter unit 44 is for sorting the medium printed by the printer unit 43 to one of the sorter ports 50a, 50b,..., 50n. The sorter ports 50a, 50b,..., 50n correspond to the terminal devices 1, 2,. That is, the medium issued and operated by the terminal device 1 is discharged to the sorter port 50a, and the medium issued and operated by the terminal device 2 is output to the sorter port 50a.
is discharged to b. The details of this control will be described later with reference to FIG.

 Next, the operation of the above-described system will be described.

FIG. 4 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. The numbers in the figure correspond to the numbers in the following description.

As an example, a case in which the terminal device 1 performs a medium issuing operation will be described. Data input from the terminal device 1 by the operator is transmitted to the host computer 13 via the communication control device 11 and the communication line 12 (). The host computer 13 processes the data, and transmits to the terminal device 1 data such as an account number and an amount generated for each transaction and an instruction on the type of medium such as a passbook and a certificate (). Thereafter, the terminal device 1 issues a medium by the medium issuing machine 40. Therefore, the terminal device 1 waits to occupy the medium issuing machine 40 ().

The medium issuing machine 40 sends, to each of the terminal devices 1, 2,.
Transmit polling signals sequentially. When the terminal device 1 receives this polling signal (), the media issuing machine 40
Send an attention request (). As a result, the medium issuing machine 40 is occupied by the terminal device 1 (). Thereafter, the terminal device 1 performs the medium issuing process of the medium issuing machine 40. In this case, the other terminal device 2,
.., N are in an occupancy waiting state until the issuance processing by occupation is completed. Then, a medium issuing machine by the terminal device 1
When the issuance of the medium using 40 has been completed, the medium issuing machine 40
Sends a polling signal. With this polling signal, the terminal device in the occupation waiting state and the medium issuing device 40 are connected.

The medium issuing machine 40 transmits the medium requested from each of the terminal devices 1, 2, ..., n to the corresponding sorter ports 50a, 50b, ...
Output to 50n.

FIG. 5 is a data flow diagram in the control of the sorter mechanism of the medium issuing machine. The reference numerals in the figure correspond to the reference numerals in the description.

In this figure, an example in which an issuance instruction is issued from the terminal device 1 will be described.

After occupying the medium issuing device 40, the terminal device 1 assigns its own terminal device number “1” together with print data such as the amount of money, and issuing medium information such as a passbook or a certificate as an issuing medium.
Send to ().

The medium issuing machine 40 performs data processing by the main control unit 41 (), determines the type of the medium, and determines the print content.
First, a corresponding medium is issued by the issuing unit 42 (). Next, data is printed on the corresponding medium by the printer unit 43 (). Finally, the sorter section 44 sorts the sorter port 50a corresponding to the terminal device number "1".
Are sorted and stacked, and the automatic issuance of the medium ends ().

Similarly, the media issued from the terminal devices 2,..., N are stacked in the sorter ports 50b,. As a result, even when the plurality of terminal devices 1, 2,..., N share the medium issuing device 40, for example, the terminal device 1
The operator who has operated can quickly find his / her medium by taking out the medium stacked in the sorter port 50a.

Note that a plurality of terminal devices 1, 2,...
Needless to say, the correspondence with a, 50b,..., 50n can be arbitrarily changed.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the automatic medium issuing system of the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices and a medium issuing device commonly controlled by the terminal devices are connected by an interface separate from a network. Since the medium is distributed to a plurality of medium outlets corresponding to one of the terminal devices, the following effects are obtained.

First, the issuance from multiple terminals can be processed by a commonly controlled media issuer without being directly dependent on the use of the existing network. Can be constructed.

Further, since the medium is distributed to the plurality of medium outlets in the medium issuing machine, a plurality of operators can easily take out the medium corresponding to the medium, and the operability of the system can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic medium issuing system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automatic medium issuing system, FIG. 3 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the conventional system, FIG. 4 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the system of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a data flow diagram in the control of the sorter mechanism of the medium issuing machine according to the present invention. 1, 2, n ... terminal device, 10 ... network, 11 ... communication control device, 12 ... communication line, 13 ... host computer, 30, 31 ... interface, 40 ... medium issuing machine, 41 ... ... Main control unit, 42 ... Issuing unit, 43 ... Printer unit, 44 ... Sorter unit, 50a, 50b, 50n ... Sorter port.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic medium issuing system comprising: a plurality of terminal devices connected to a network; and a medium issuing machine commonly controlled by the plurality of terminal devices. A medium issuing device is connected to the network by a separate interface from the network, and the medium issuing device sequentially outputs a polling signal to the terminal device when not in use, and receives the polling signal. An automatic medium issuing system wherein a terminal device in a waiting state controls the medium issuing machine to occupy the medium issuing device. 2. An automatic medium issuing system comprising: a plurality of terminal devices connected to a network; and a medium issuing device commonly controlled by the plurality of terminal devices. A medium issuing device is connected to the network by a separate interface from the network, and the medium issuing device sequentially outputs a polling signal to the terminal device when not in use, and receives the polling signal. While the terminal device in the waiting state occupies the medium issuing machine, it recognizes from which of the plurality of terminal devices the medium information has been sent, and according to the recognition result, any of the plurality of terminal devices An automatic medium issuance system wherein the medium is controlled to be distributed to a plurality of medium outlets corresponding to the media.