JP2717040B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus for automatically performing transactions such as cash.

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a device that automatically performs a deposit and withdrawal process of bills and coins, when the operation is started, each mechanism for depositing and dispensing and an internal memory are initialized in advance.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 shows an entire configuration of a device for performing cash transactions, and a CIP provided in a DOC 30.
(Card reader / writer Image
(reader Printer) 10-1, PPR
(Passbook PRinter) 10-2, and the BRU 10-3 and the CRU 10-4 are controlled by the control unit 32.

[0004] The control unit 32 includes a customer operation unit 34 (for customer cash transactions) and a management operation unit 36 (for managing staff devices).
Are connected, and the center host computer, terminal controller, and remote monitoring device are also connected via a line.

FIG. 8 illustrates the structure of the control unit 32. The mechanical control unit 12 shown in FIG.
1, PPR10-2, BRU10-3, CRU10-4
Is controlled.

A customer control unit 34 and a management control unit 36 shown in FIG. 7 are connected to the IO main control unit 14, and a center host computer, a terminal controller, and a remote monitoring device are connected to the SC control unit 16 by lines. Connected through.

[0007] The mechanical control unit 12 receives the CIP 10-1, PPR 10-2, and BRU 10 from the IO main control unit 14.
-3, a control command for the CRU 10-4 is given, and a control command is given to the IO main control unit 14 from the SC control unit 16.

Further, in FIG. 7, power is supplied from a power supply unit 38 to the control unit 32, and data necessary for starting the apparatus is held in a nonvolatile internal memory, a hard disk, a floppy disk, or the like of the control unit 32.

The operation of the control unit 32 at the time of starting the apparatus is described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. The IO main control unit 14 requests the SC control unit 16 for data necessary for the start-up processing. (Start request), the SC control unit 16 transmits the same data to the IO main control unit 14 (Start instruction).

When this data is received, the IO main controller 1
4 is a CIP 10-1, PPR10-
2. Request reset processing of BRU 10-3 and CRU 10-4 (mechanical reset instruction).

Then, CIP10-1, PPR10-
2, when the reset processing of the BRU 10-3 and the CRU 10-4 is completed, the mechanical control unit 12 notifies the IO main control unit 14 of the completion (end information).

Further, the IO main control unit 14 controls the SC control unit 1
6 to notify the completion of the start-up process (opening completed)
After confirming this notification, the SC control unit 16 checks the customer operation unit 3
In step 4, "in process" is displayed so that the device can be traded.

[0013]

Conventionally, IOs
S until the processing of the main control unit 14 and the mechanical control unit 12 ends.
Since the process of the C control unit 16 is awaited, it takes time to start up the apparatus, and improvement has been desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of shortening the time required for starting up.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an apparatus according to the present invention is configured as shown in FIG. 1. The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of automatic transaction mechanisms 10-1 and 10-1.
-2... 10-N in accordance with a given control command, and a mechanism control unit 12, and each of the automatic transaction mechanisms 10-1, 10
-2... 10-N to the mechanism control unit 12 and the control command unit 14 and the automatic transaction mechanisms 10-1 and 10-
2... 10-N to the control command unit 14. The control command unit 14 receives a control command for mechanism initialization from the control command unit 16. Means 18, an internal initialization means 20 for starting the initialization in the control command unit 14 when the initialization instruction receiving means 18 receives an instruction for mechanism initialization, and an initialization instruction receiving means 18 for starting the mechanism initialization. .. 10-N when receiving the instruction, the mechanism initialization command means 22 for instructing the mechanism control unit 12 to initialize the mechanism, the control command unit 14 and the automatic transaction mechanism 10 -1, 10-2 ... 10
-N initialization completion notifying unit 24 for notifying the control management unit 16 of the completion of -N initialization.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the control command section 14 is controlled by the control supervision section 16.
, The internal initialization process and the automatic transaction mechanisms 10-1, 10-2,..., 10-
The initialization process of N is started at the same time, and when both processes are completed, the control command unit 14 notifies the control command unit 16 of the completion of the initialization.

As described above, since the internal initialization of the control command unit 14 and the initialization of each of the automatic transaction mechanisms 10-1, 10-2,..., 10-N are performed simultaneously in parallel, they are completed. Time can be reduced, so that the apparatus can be started up more quickly.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, description overlapping with that described above will be omitted.

FIG. 2 illustrates the configuration of the embodiment.
The IO main control unit 14 includes an input / output control unit 200, an IO control unit 202, a mechanical reset control unit 204, and a data storage unit 20.
6, an internal management unit 208 is provided.

Of these, the input / output control unit 200
The control unit 16 receives a control instruction and sends data to the SC control unit 16. The IO control unit 202 sends a control command to the mechanical control unit 12 and receives data from the mechanical control unit 12.

The mechanical reset control unit 204 activates the CIP 10-1, PPR 10-2, BRU1
Only the processes related to the initialization of 0-3 and CRU10-4 are performed, and the data storage unit 206 stores various data.

In the internal management unit 208, processing for managing the input / output control unit 200, the IO control unit 202, the mechanical reset control unit 204, and the data storage unit 206 is performed.

When the power of the apparatus is turned on, the SC control section 16 starts the system initialization processing, and sends the data storage section 206 and the CIPs 10-1 and PP to the IO main control section 14.
R10-2, BRU10-3, and CRU10-4 are requested to be initialized (mechanical reset instruction).
The data necessary for starting up the PR10-2, the BRU10-3, and the CRU10-4 is delivered to the IO main control unit 14 ().

The internal management unit 208 of the IO main control unit 14
The data transferred from the C control unit 16 is stored in the data storage unit 2
06 (), input / output control unit 200 and IO
The control unit 202 is started.

The data written in the data storage unit 206 is read out from the data storage unit 206 and given to the mechanical reset control unit 204 (,), and the mechanical reset control unit 204 starts the CIPs 10-1 and PP to be activated.
R10-2, BRU10-3, and CRU10-4 are determined based on the given data.

For example, in an apparatus to which the CRU 10-4 is not connected, the CIPs 10-1, except the CRU 10-4,
The PPR 10-2 and the BRU 10-3 are specified as activation targets.

Further, the mechanical reset control unit 204 requests the mechanical control unit 12 to perform a mechanical reset process (), and the mechanical control unit 12 transmits the CIP 10-1, PPR10-2, and BR.
U10-3 and CRU10-4 can be controlled in parallel.

The mechanical control unit 12 includes CIP 10-1,
A data communication path is established by transmitting / receiving data to / from the PPR 10-2, the BRU 10-3, and the CRU 10-4, and the CIP 10-1, the PPR 10-2, and the BRU 1
0-3, and issues an initialization control command to the CRU 10-4 ().

The CIP 10-1, PPR 10-2,
If the internal initialization is performed simultaneously in parallel by the BRU 10-3 and CRU 10-4 according to the given command, CRU
IP10-1, PPR10-2, BRU10-3, CR
U10-4 transmits the data indicating the result of the initialization and the internal state data to the mechanical control unit 12 (), and the mechanical control unit 12 notifies the data to the mechanical reset control unit 204 ().

The mechanical reset control unit 204 has a CIP10-
1, PPR10-2, BRU10-3, CRU10-4
Determines whether initialization has been performed normally by using the relevant data indicating the result of initialization, and confirms that initialization was successful. It notifies the unit 208 ().

The internal management unit 208 includes the CIP 10-1, PP
When it is confirmed that all the mechanical reset completed flags of R10-2, BRU10-3, and CRU10-4 are turned on,
Invalidates the mechanical reset instruction and sets the completion of the initialization process to S.
Notify the C control unit 16 (○).

In FIG. 3, the CIP 10-1, PPR 10-2, BRU 10-3, C
The initialization procedure of the RU 10-4 is described, and as can be understood from the figure, the CIP 10-1, PPR 10-2,
The initialization of the BRU 10-3 and the CRU 10-4 is performed simultaneously in parallel, and the mechanical reset completion flag is cleared in advance.

FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate the input / output operations of the input / output control unit 200 and the IO control unit 202 when the apparatus is started. The input / output control unit 200 and the IO control unit 202 operate in parallel. Only when the input / output control unit 200 confirms that the above-described mechanical reset instruction is valid at the time of receiving the message of the station start instruction, the IO control unit 202
P10-1, PPR10-2, BRU10-3, CRU
Initialize all of 10-4.

FIG. 6 illustrates the operation of the present embodiment at the time of startup using a time chart. As shown in FIG. 6, the internal initialization of the IO main control unit 14 and the CIP 10-
1, PPR10-2, BRU10-3, CRU10-4
Is performed in parallel and simultaneously.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the time required for the initialization can be shortened, so that the apparatus can be started up more quickly. Incidentally, it has been confirmed that the time required for the initialization can be reduced by nearly 2 minutes.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the internal initialization of the control command section and the initialization of each automatic transaction mechanism are performed in parallel, the time required for the initialization can be shortened and the apparatus can be shortened. Can be sufficiently increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an initialization procedure according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an input / output operation at the time of startup of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an input / output operation at the time of startup of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a time chart for explaining an operation at the time of startup of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus.

8 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a control unit in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a time chart for explaining an operation at the time of conventional startup.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10-1 CIP 10-2 PPR 10-3 BRU 10-4 CRU 12 Mechanical control unit 14 IO main control unit 16 SC control unit 30 DOC 32 control unit 34 Customer operation unit 36 Management operation unit 38 Power supply unit 200 Input / output control unit 202 IO control unit 204 Mechanical reset control unit 206 Data storage unit 208 Internal management unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of automatic transaction mechanisms (10-1, 10-
2... 10-N) in accordance with a given control command, and each automatic transaction mechanism (10-1, 10-2... 10-N).
Command unit (14) for giving the control command of (1) to the mechanism control unit (12), and each automatic transaction mechanism (10-1, 10-2 ... 10-N)
And a control management unit (16) for giving the control instruction to the control instruction unit (14). The control instruction unit (14) receives the control instruction for mechanism initialization from the control management unit (16). Receiving means (18); internal initialization means (20) for starting initialization in the control command section (14) when the initialization instruction receiving means (18) receives a mechanism initialization instruction; When the instruction receiving means (18) receives the instruction to initialize the mechanism, the automatic transaction mechanism (10-1, 10-2,...)
10-N) to the mechanism control unit (12), a mechanism initialization command means (22), a control command unit (14), and an automatic transaction mechanism (10-1, 10-).
2... 10-N) completion of initialization by the control management unit (16)
And an initialization completion notification means (24) for notifying the automatic transaction device.