JP2774162B2 - Cash deposit and withdrawal processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash depositing / dispensing apparatus installed in a financial institution such as a bank, and more particularly to a cash depositing / dispensing apparatus capable of performing a test operation using simulated cash. It is about.

[Conventional technology]

In financial institutions such as banks, for example, when explaining the functions of cash deposit and withdrawal processing equipment and training in handling as part of staff training, customer-operated automatic transaction equipment installed in stores, that is, ATM or teller operation It is performed by actually operating the cash deposit and withdrawal processing device in the type of bank teller device, but in that case, if genuine cash bills and coins are used, troublesome problems such as responsibility for handling these bills and coins will occur, In actual training and the like, simulated cash, that is, simulated banknotes and simulated coins are used.

Therefore, the conventional cash deposit and withdrawal processing device using the simulated banknotes and the simulated coins has a function of discriminating genuine cash and a function of discriminating the simulated banknotes and the simulated coins, and also has a function of actually performing transactions with customers. By providing a mode switch that switches between a cash mode for handling cash such as real banknotes and a simulation mode for handling simulated banknotes and coins, it is possible to process simulated banknotes and simulated coins in the simulated mode in the same manner as real cash. ing.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the above-described conventional cash depositing / dispensing apparatus has the following problems.

That is, in the conventional cash depositing / dispensing processing device, the mode changeover switch for switching between the cash mode and the simulation mode is provided in the discrimination unit.

On the other hand, when the apparatus is in the simulated mode, the discriminating unit discriminates the simulated bills and the simulated coins as regular ones, and treats the others as rejected objects even if genuine bills and coins are sent.

Therefore, as described above, in order to explain the function of the cash deposit and withdrawal processing device for new employees and training of handling, etc., put the device in the simulation mode, and after the training etc. are completed, forget to switch to the cash mode. When the apparatus is operated for dealings with a customer, a situation occurs in which all real cash input into the apparatus is discharged to the outside of the apparatus as a reject target.

In this case, maintenance personnel or tellers cannot immediately determine whether the cause of the cash discharge is a device failure or a mistake in switching the mode changeover switch. Processing such as switching the changeover switch to the cash mode must be taken, and the operation of the apparatus must be stopped during that time, which causes a problem that the operation efficiency of the apparatus is reduced.

In addition, a display means for displaying whether the apparatus is in the cash mode or the simulation mode and a mode switching means are provided outside the apparatus, and when all the real cash inputted into the apparatus is discharged out of the apparatus, a clerk displays the display. By looking at the means, it is possible to determine whether it is a device failure or a mode switching error, and it is not necessary to pull out the discrimination unit etc. outside the device. In operation, if the above switching mistake is made, all cash inserted by the customer will be rejected and discharged out of the device, and a situation will occur until a clerk goes to switch the mode by notification from the device or the like. In the meantime, since the device cannot perform transactions with customers, there is a problem that the operation efficiency of the device is also reduced.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to realize a cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus capable of preventing a reduction in operation efficiency of the apparatus due to a mode switching switch switching error. Things.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes means for switching between two modes, a cash mode and a simulation mode, wherein the simulation unit discriminates the simulation cash in the simulation mode and the simulation cash in the cash mode based on the discrimination result. In the cash deposit and withdrawal processing device that processes in the same way as real cash deposit and withdrawal processing of
A storage unit for storing a current mode of the device of the two modes; and a case where cash first identified by the identification unit in a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction is genuine cash, is stored in the storage unit. Investigate the mode in which it is, and if it is a simulation mode, switch the mode of the device to cash mode,
And a control means for controlling the rewriting of the mode stored in the storage means to the cash mode so as to continue the payment processing or the payment processing.

(Operation)

In the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the first cash is sent to the discriminating unit in a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, the discriminating unit discriminates whether the cash is genuine cash or simulated cash, The discrimination result is transmitted to the control means. Thereby, the control means reads the current mode stored in the storage means, and if the read mode is the simulation mode and the discrimination result is real cash, the control means changes the mode of the apparatus from the simulation mode to the cash mode. Switching to the mode, the deposit processing or the withdrawal processing is continuously performed.

Therefore, according to this, even if the user forgets to switch from the simulation mode to the cash mode and operates the apparatus to perform a transaction with the customer, the situation in which the real cash is discharged as a rejection object as in the related art may occur. Can be prevented beforehand,
As a result, it is possible to prevent the operation of the apparatus from being stopped due to a mode switching error, thereby preventing a decrease in the operation efficiency of the apparatus.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system showing an embodiment of a cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a staff operating section in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of FIG. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view schematically showing an internal structure.

First, in FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a slot for setting bills to be counted for receipt and bills to be automatically stored, and 2 denotes a bill for accumulating bills discriminated by a discriminating unit to be dispensable or depositable. The stacking and dispensing port 3 is a reject port for collecting rejected banknotes that have been discriminated as unreceivable or unreceivable, and these are arranged in three steps at the upper front of the apparatus.
It is released so that bills can be directly set and extracted by tellers.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a separating / feeding mechanism for separating bills set in the insertion slot 1 one by one and feeding the bills into the apparatus. The separating / feeding mechanism 4 includes, for example, a pickup roller, a feed roller, and a reverse roller.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an accumulating / dispensing mechanism for accumulating bills in the accumulating / dispensing port 2, and 6 denotes a reject accumulating mechanism for accumulating bills in the reject port 3, both of which are provided by predetermined rollers and belts. It is configured.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a discriminating unit disposed near the upper center of the apparatus, for discriminating genuine bills and simulated bills, such as authenticity, denomination, damage, and detecting and detecting double feed and skew. In addition, it has a discriminating, detecting function, a counting function, and the like necessary for the above, and a memory (not shown) stores patterns for discriminating denominations of real banknotes and simulated banknotes.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a 10,000 yen note storage box for storing 10,000 yen banknotes, 9 denotes a 1,000 yen note storage box for storing 1,000 yen banknotes, and 10 denotes a loss for storing unfit notes when storing bills and also storing rejected tickets when dispensing. In the ticket storage, these storages 8 to 10 are arranged side by side on the bottom of the apparatus so that they can be taken out as needed.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote storage mechanism for storing banknotes in the banknote storage 8, reference numeral 12 denotes a banknote delivery mechanism for separating and feeding banknotes one by one from the banknote storage 8, and reference numeral 13 denotes a thousand Thousand-yen note storage mechanism for storing bills in the yen note storage 9, 14 -thousand-yen note payout mechanism for separating and feeding out banknotes one by one from the 1000-yen ticket storage 9, and 15 for damaged note storage This is a reject ticket storage for storing bills in 10, where each storage mechanism 11,13,15 is operated by a predetermined roller and belt, and the feeding mechanism 12,14 is a pickup roller, feed roller, and It is composed of a reverse roller and the like.

Reference numerals 16a to 16h denote conveyance paths including a belt for pinching and conveying the banknotes, rollers for supporting and rotating the belt, and the like, which are arranged as follows.

First, the transport path 16a is provided so as to connect the bill separating and feeding mechanism 4 provided in the insertion slot 1 and the discriminating section 7, and the transport path 16a is provided.
b is provided so as to extend to the rear of the discriminating section 7, and is further connected to transport paths 16c and 16d so as to be connected to the end of the transport path 16b.
The transport path 16c extends to reach the collecting and dispensing mechanism 5 and the rejecting and collecting mechanism 6 provided in the collecting and dispensing port 2 and the reject port 3, respectively. In addition, the transport path 16d extends toward the damaged note storage 10, and from the end of the transport path 16d, the transport paths 16e, 16
f, 16g are linearly connected so as to pass through one end of each of the storage mechanisms 15, 13, 11 and each of the feeding mechanisms 12, 14, and are inverted from the end of the transport path 16g to form the transport path 16a. A transport path 16h is provided so as to be connected on the way.

The transport paths 16a to 16h are arranged as described above. Here, the transport path 16a forms a first transport path, and the transport path 16b
16c forms a second transport path, and further transport paths 16d to 16h branch from the second transport path and merge with the first transport path.
Are formed.

Reference numerals 17a to 17e denote rotatable switching gates for switching the transport direction of banknotes. The switching gate 17a is disposed at a branch portion of the transport path 16c and the transport path 16d, and the switching gate 17b
Are disposed at the connection between the banknote stacking / dispensing mechanism 5 and the reject stacking mechanism 6 and the transport path 16c, and the switching gates 17c, 17d, 17e are located at the ends of the transport paths 16e, 16f, 16g, respectively. I have.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a power supply / control unit arranged at a position adjacent to, for example, the damaged bill storage box 10 in the apparatus. The unit 18 includes a circuit for supplying various power supplies necessary for the operation of the entire apparatus, and the above-described respective mechanical units and the like. Is configured by a control system that controls the operation of

As shown in FIG. 1, the control system includes a control unit 31 by a microcomputer, a ROM (not shown) as fixed storage means storing operation programs of the apparatus, control information and transaction history information, and a current mode of the apparatus. RAM 32 as rewritable storage means for storing information, an operation panel 35 including a display unit 33 for displaying a cash mode and a simulation mode of the device and a key operation unit 34 for performing input operations by a staff member, Operation panel control unit controlled by instructions from control unit 31
36, each of the mechanism units 4 to 6, 11 to according to the instruction of the control unit 31
A cash controller 39 is provided for controlling the motor 37 for driving the motor 14 and the like, the solenoid 38 for operating the switching gates 17a to 17e, and the like, and for controlling the discrimination unit 7 to perform processing operations such as depositing / dispensing to be described later.

Then, the control unit 31 calculates the number of sheets for storing and dispensing banknotes based on the operation result of the processing for depositing / dispensing, and the like.
It has a function of storing it in the RAM 32 and communicating with a main control unit to be described later, and a function of switching between a cash mode and a simulation mode, which will be described later. A numeric keypad 34a, a start key 34b for inputting the start of the mode set, and an end key 34c for inputting the end of the mode set are provided.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a compulsory storage, and the teller inserts a banknote that has been discriminated by the discriminating unit 7 as not receivable by the teller at the time of counting the number of deposits, but is judged to be receivable by the teller. The opening is provided at the lower part of the front of the apparatus, and can be taken out integrally with the storages 8 to 10.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus having the above-described internal structure. As shown in FIG.
1, the stacking / dispensing port 2, and the reject port 3 are positioned so as to form a step at the center of the upper part of the front of the apparatus. And an occupation button 21a, 21b necessary for depositing and dispensing processing so that two tellers can operate on the left and right sides of the collecting and dispensing port 2 and the rejecting port 3 for canceling. Buttons 22a and 22b are provided.

In addition, the discriminating unit 7,
The portion consisting of the transport paths 16a to 16d and 16h is pulled out, and the insertion portion 23 of the transport path release key for enabling the removal of jam bills and the like, and the storages 8 to 10 and 19 are pulled out to extract the bills. An insertion section 24 for a storage release key for enabling operation is provided, and an operation panel 35 including the display section 33 and the key operation section 34 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a bank teller apparatus constructed by connecting the above-mentioned cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus to an online terminal apparatus. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 25 denotes a cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus having the above-mentioned constitution.

Reference numeral 26 denotes an online terminal device, which includes an operation keyboard 27, a display unit (CRT) 28, a printing unit 29, and a control unit 30. It is used to call a processing program corresponding to various transactions such as (withdrawal), passbook entry, inquiry, transfer, or transfer, and to input items and information corresponding to each transaction. Is the operation keyboard
The display unit 29 displays guidance words, input information, processing results, and the like for operating the teller 27 on the teller, and prints the results of various transactions, the total amount of transactions, the amount of scrutiny, etc. It works as an output device for printing on votes.

Further, the main control unit 30 includes the operation keyboard 27, the display unit 28,
Each of the printing units 29 is connected, and has a function of communicating information by connecting to the cash depositing and dispensing processing device 25, and has a function of communicating information, and is connected online with a host computer of a center (not shown), By transmitting and receiving information to and from the host computer, it also has a function that enables online processing of various transactions.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the cash depositing / dispensing processing device 25 at the time of a transaction operation. FIG. 6 (a) shows a state at the time of a deposit transaction, and FIG. 6 (b) shows a state at the time of a withdrawal transaction. This sixth
This will be described with reference to the drawings and FIGS. 1 to 5.

First, the payment transaction shown in FIG. 6 (a) will be described.

The teller who is the device operator operates the operation keyboard 27 of the online terminal device 26 and selects a depositing process when it is necessary to deposit banknotes in the ten-yen ticket storage 8 and the thousand-yen ticket storage 9.

In the case of a deposit transaction at a counter, generally, a customer writes necessary information on a deposit slip and submits it to a teller to accept the transaction.

The teller who accepted the transaction operates the keyboard of the online terminal 26 based on the information on the slip received from the customer.
27, selecting a deposit transaction, further inputting information necessary for the transaction and the declared deposit amount with the operation keyboard 27, and performing an operation for activating a deposit process by the cash depositing / dispensing processing device 25. The main control unit 30 communicates with the host computer of the center to inquire whether a transaction is possible.

As a result, when it is confirmed that the transaction is possible, the payment processing is started, and the main control unit 30 issues a payment operation instruction to the control unit 31 of the power supply / control unit 18 provided in the cash payment processing apparatus 25. send.

Thereby, the control unit 31 sets the occupation button 21a on the corresponding teller side.
(Or 21) blinks a lamp (not shown) built in, and prompts the user to set a bill into the insertion slot 1 and to operate a deposit instruction.

The teller sees the blinking of the occupancy button 21a (or 21b) and sets the banknote to be deposited from the customer into the slot 1,
Then, the occupy button 21a (or 21
Press b).

When the storage start instruction is input in this manner, the bills set in the insertion slot 1 are separated one by one by the separation feeding mechanism 4 and fed to the transport path 16a, and the bills are sequentially discriminated by the transport path 16a. It is sent to the unit 7.

The discriminating unit 7 discriminates the authenticity, denomination, damage, etc. of the banknotes sent through the transport path 16a, that is, discriminates where to classify and send the banknotes. And sends the information to the control unit 31,
The control unit 31 stores the sent count information in an internal memory (not shown).

The discriminated banknotes are transported by the transport path 16b, and are sorted and sent to the transport path 16c or 16d by the switching gate 17a. That is, the switching gate 17a sends the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating section 7 as counterfeit bills and the banknotes discriminated as denomination undeterminable to the transport path 16c, and also sends the banknotes discriminated as genuine bills to the transport path 16d. Operate. The operation of the switching gate 17a at this time is controlled by the cash control unit 39 appropriately driving the solenoid 38 in accordance with an instruction of the control unit 31 based on the information from the discrimination unit 7.

By the way, if the banknote sent to the transport path 16d is a 10,000-yen banknote and is a banknote that has been discriminated from a genuine note by the discriminating unit 7, the banknote passes from the transport path 16d to the transport path 16g via the transport paths 16e and 16f. After being sent and passed to the ten-yen note storage mechanism 11 by the guidance of the switching gate 17e, the ten-yen note storage mechanism 11 stores it in the ten-yen note storage box 8 in a predetermined orientation such as horizontal. .

Further, if the bill is a 1,000-yen bill and is a bill discriminated from a genuine bill, the bill is transferred from the transport path 16d via the transport paths 16e and 16f to the 1,000-yen note storage mechanism 13 by the guide of the switching gate 17d.
The 1,000-yen ticket storage mechanism 13
Is housed in a predetermined direction.

Further, if the bill is a bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 7 as an unfit banknote that is not suitable for withdrawal, the bill passes through the transport path 16e from the transport path 16d regardless of the denomination, and is then switched to the switching gate 17.
The information is passed to the damaged-note storage mechanism 15 under the guidance of c, and is stored in the damaged-note storage 10 by the damaged-note storage mechanism 15.

Note that the operation of the switching gates 17c to 17e in the storage processing in the storages 8 to 10 is the same as that of the switching gate 17 described above.
Similarly to a, the cash control unit 39 is controlled by appropriately driving the solenoid 38.

On the other hand, the banknote sent to the transport path 16c, that is, the banknote discriminated as being unreceivable by the discriminating unit 7, is transported by the transport path 16c, and waits at a predetermined angle in advance under the control of the cash control unit 39. It is guided to the reject accumulation mechanism 6 by 17b and is accumulated at the reject port 3.

The above operation is performed until the bills set in the insertion slot 1 are exhausted, and the information accumulated by the control unit 31, that is, the number of sheets for each denomination is automatically stored as the main storage unit 30 of the online terminal device 26. Sent to

When there is a bill to be stored subsequently, the bill is set in the slot 1 and the same operation as described above is performed again.

Although the bills accumulated in the reject opening 3 are extracted and collected by the teller, the bills can be set again in the insertion opening and stored.

In any case, the bill set in the slot 1 is the sixth bill.
Each time the banknotes are stored in the storages 8 to 10 or accumulated in the reject port 3 and the bills in the input port 1 are exhausted, the count value for each denomination is sent to the main control unit 30 by the route shown in FIG. .

Further, among the banknotes accumulated in the reject port 3, the banknote that the teller has determined to be receivable by the teller as described above may also be inserted into the compulsory storage 19 and stored as necessary, In this case, the teller operates the keyboard
The count value for each denomination stored in the compulsory storage 19 is input by the 27 and sent to the main control unit 30 and transferred to the control unit 31.

The main control unit 30 displays the count value on the display unit 28, determines whether or not the target number of bills is stored by the teller by looking at the count value.
To input the information to confirm.

In response to this, the control unit 30 transmits the customer information input by the teller and the count value to the host computer as the deposit transaction information, and sends the confirmation information to the control unit 31 of the cash depositing / dispensing processing device 25. Notify and control unit
31 stores the count value as deposit information in an area for the deposit transaction history in the RAM 32, and further adds the count value to the total value of the number of dispensed transactions of the dispensed transaction, and
The deposit transaction operation is completed by storing the information in the second predetermined address.

Next, the dispensing transaction shown in FIG. 6 (b) will be described.

As in the case of the payment transaction, the customer writes necessary items on the payment slip and submits it to the teller to accept the transaction.

The teller who accepted the transaction inputs the information necessary for the withdrawal transaction and the amount of the claim with the operation keyboard 27 of the online terminal device 26 based on the description of the slip received from the customer, and the cash deposit and withdrawal processing device 25 Is performed, the main control unit 30 communicates with the host computer to inquire whether it is possible to pay the withdrawal amount in the corresponding account.

Then, when it is confirmed that payment is possible, the main control unit 30 sends the denomination and the number of the declared money amount and the withdrawal instruction to the control unit 31 of the cash depositing / dispensing processing device 25. In response, the control unit 31 lights the occupation button 21a (or 21b) on the corresponding teller side to notify the teller that preparations for dispensing have been started, and also stores the number of denomination-specified denominations and a 10,000-yen ticket storage. The number (approximate value) stored in the storage 8 and the 1,000-yen ticket storage 9 is checked.

If there is a denomination indicating that the number of payout instructions is larger than the number of stored money, the non-payable information is sent to the main control unit 30.
The cash deposit / withdrawal processing device 25 stops the withdrawal transaction by receiving an instruction to cancel the withdrawal operation from the control unit 30, and the ten-yen ticket storage safe 8 and the 1,000-yen ticket The banknote is stored in the storage safe 9 as a withdrawal reserve. If the number of stored banknotes is equal to the number of instructed withdrawals or the number of stored banknotes is larger, the cash depositing / dispensing processing device 25 performs the withdrawal operation. enter.

At this time, the control unit 30 checks whether or not any banknotes remain in the stacking / dispensing port 2 based on an output from a sensor (not shown).

This is to prevent the danger of accidentally paying a banknote that is not a withdrawal banknote to the customer, and after confirming that no banknote remains, the following operation is performed subsequently.

That is, when there is a 10,000-yen bill in the amount of the declared deposit amount, the control unit 31 drives the motor 17 via the cash control unit 39 to operate the ten-yen ticket delivery mechanism 12, and the ten-yen ticket storage 8, the ten thousand yen banknotes are fed one by one by the designated number.

The fed-out banknotes are fed into the transport path 16g, transported, and guided to the transport path 16h by the switching gate 17e which is waiting at a predetermined angle in advance under the control of the cash control unit 39, and then the transport path 16h and the transport It is sequentially sent to the discriminating section 7 via the path 16a.

Here, the discriminating unit 7 discriminates whether or not the incoming bills are normal, that is, discriminates whether there is a double feed or abnormal approach, and denominations, and counts the bills that are normally discriminated to be dispensable. And transmits the count value to the control unit 31 sequentially.

The discriminated banknotes are conveyed through the conveyance path 16b, and are sorted and sent to the conveyance paths 16c or 16d by the switching gate 17a according to the above-described discrimination result. That is, the banknotes that have been normally discriminated to be dispensable are sent to the transport path 16c, and are accumulated in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 by the accumulation and dispensing mechanism 5 via the transport path 16c. The banknote that has been abnormally determined to be dispensable is sent to the transport path 16d as a rejected ticket, and is stored in the damaged banknote storage 10 by the damaged banknote storage mechanism 15 via the transport path 16d and the transport path 16e.

Therefore, when there is a banknote that has been discriminated as abnormal, the banknote is additionally fed out from the ten-yen-note voucher storage 8, and the specified number of the banknotes are stacked in the stacking cash-out slot 2.

Thereafter, if the denominated denomination has a denomination of 1,000 yen, the control unit 31 drives the motor 17 via the cash control unit 39 to operate the 1,000 yen note payout mechanism 14 to operate the 1,000 yen note storage. 9
, And the bills are accumulated in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 in the same manner as in the case of the 10,000 yen bill.

When the feeding and accumulation of the bills are completed in this way,
The control unit 31 stores the count value as withdrawal information in an area for withdrawal transaction history in the RAM 32, and further adds the count value to the total value of the number of withdrawals of the withdrawal transactions already performed. In addition to storing the information in the predetermined address of the RAM, the controller 30 of the online terminal device 26 is notified of the end of the dispensing operation.

In response to this, the control unit 30 transmits the customer information input by the teller and the count value to the host computer as the withdrawal transaction information, and also collects the teller via the display unit 28 in the collecting port and dispensing port 2. The cash billing / dispensing device 25 terminates the withdrawal transaction operation by prompting the biller to remove the bill, and thereby the teller withdraws the bill, and the controller 31 confirms the bill.

Of course, the bills extracted by Teller are paid to the customer.

In the above-described dispensing operation, the dispensing instruction number is large, and the maximum number of coins that can be accumulated in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 (for example, 100).
In the case where the number of bills has been paid out, the payout operation is stopped at the time when the bills of the limit number have been paid out, and after confirming that the bills have been extracted from the stacking / dispensing port 2, the remaining bills are paid out. You can withdraw money.

Further, in the above-described example, the device for performing the depositing / dispensing process of two kinds of banknotes of 10,000 yen bill and 1,000 yen banknote has been described. However, by adding a storage, etc., 5,000 yen is added to the two kinds of banknotes. It goes without saying that it is possible to carry out deposit / withdrawal processing of a total of three types of bills by adding bills.

Next, the operation of the cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus of the present embodiment which performs the depositing / dispensing operation as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 7 together with FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation. FIG. 7A shows the mode setting, and FIG. 7B shows the mode automatic switching process, which will be described below in the order of steps indicated by S in the figure.

First, the mode set in FIG. 7A will be described.

<S1a> When the start key 34b provided on the key operation unit 34 of the operation panel 35 is pressed by a teller or a person in charge of maintenance, the next S
2a, and if the start key 34b is not pressed,
1 monitors press.

<S2a> The numeric keypad 34 provided on the key operation unit 34 by the staff
When “a” is pressed and a test number is input, the control unit 31 starts a test process.

<S3a> The control unit 31 determines whether or not the input test number matches the mode switching test number among the various numbers set in the program in advance. Check with another test No. and shift to the test process of the matching No.

<S4a> The control unit 31 is a display unit of the operation panel 35 via the operation panel control unit 36.
33 shows the current mode.

<S5a> The control unit 31 determines whether or not the end key 34c provided in the key operation unit 34 has been pressed. If the end key 34c has been pressed, the process ends, and if not, the process proceeds to the next S6a.

That is, here, the attendant looks at the current mode displayed on the display unit 33, and presses the end key 34c of the key operation unit 34 if there is no need to switch the mode. Will be moved to.

<S6a> The control unit 31 is a display unit of the operation panel 35 via the operation panel control unit 36.
A display prompting the user to enter a mode is displayed on 33, and upon seeing this, the attendant presses the numeric keypad 34a of the key operation unit 34 to enter one of the cash mode and the simulation mode.

<S7a> The control unit 31 determines the input mode, and shifts to S8a in the cash mode and to S9a in the simulation mode.

<S8a> The control unit 31 switches the mode of the device from the simulation mode to the cash mode, and stores the cash mode in the mode information area of the RAM 32.

<S9a> The control unit 31 switches the mode of the device from the cash mode to the simulation mode, and stores the simulation mode in the mode information area of the RAM 32.

Then, when the process of S8a or S9a ends, the process returns to S4a, and the control unit 31 again displays the current mode on the display unit 33,
Thereby, the attendant looks at the current mode displayed on the display unit 33, and if the mode is acceptable, the end key 34 of the key operation unit 34
Press c to end the process. For example, if the mode is input by mistake in S6a, the steps S6a to S9a are repeated again.

The cash mode or the simulation mode of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 is set as described above, but the simulation mode is set when performing the maintenance operation and the operator training as described above.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a simulated banknote used for performing the maintenance operation and operator training, etc., where 40a is a simulated 1,000 yen note, 40b is a simulated 5,000 yen note, and 40c is a simulated 10,000 yen note. Denominations are distinguished by the number of stripes printed as banknote patterns.

Therefore, when operating the cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus 1 using these simulated banknotes, the discriminator 7 discriminates the denomination by reading the stripe pattern, and based on the discrimination, FIG. The same processing operation as described in (b) is performed.

Next, the automatic mode switching shown in FIG. 7B will be described.

<S1b> When the first bill is sent to the discriminating unit 7 in a deposit transaction or a dispensing transaction, the discriminating unit 7 reads the pattern of the bill.

<S2b> The discriminating unit 7 compares the read pattern with a real banknote pattern and a simulated banknote pattern of each denomination stored in a memory (not shown), and determines whether or not the rejected banknote does not correspond to any of them. Judgment is made, and if it is a reject bill, the process proceeds to S7b, and if not, the process proceeds to S36b.

<S3b> The discriminating unit 7 determines whether the read pattern is a real banknote pattern, that is, cash, and sends the information to the control unit 31 if it is cash, and to S4b if it is not cash, that is, a simulated banknote. If so, the information is sent to the control unit 31, and the process proceeds to S6b.

<S4b> The control unit 31 reads the current mode of the device stored in the RAM 32 and determines whether or not the mode is the cash mode. If the mode is the cash mode, the control unit 31 stores the banknote in the deposit or withdrawal transaction. Normal processing such as storage in 8 to 10 or accumulation in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 is continued, and if the mode is not the cash mode, that is, if the simulation mode, the process proceeds to S5b.

<S5b> The control unit 31 switches the mode of the device to the cash mode, and
After the mode stored in the M32 is rewritten from the simulation mode to the cash mode and stored, the banknotes are stored in the storages 8 to 10 in the deposit or withdrawal transaction, or are accumulated in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 or the like. Continue normal processing of.

<S6b> The control unit 31 reads the current device mode stored in the RAM 32 and determines whether or not the mode is the simulation mode. If the simulation mode is the simulation mode, the control unit 31 stores the banknote in the deposit or withdrawal transaction. Normal processing such as storage in 8 to 10 or accumulation in the accumulation and dispensing port 2 is continued, and if not in the simulation mode, that is, in the cash mode, the flow shifts to S7b.

<S7b> The control unit 31 conveys the banknotes from the discrimination unit 7 to the reject port 3 via the conveyance paths 16b and 16c and accumulates them.

Then, the bills are withdrawn by the operator or the like from the reject port 3, and at this time, the bills are converted from S2b to S3b and
If the bills are accumulated in the reject port 3 via S6b,
The control unit 31 displays on the display unit 33 via the operation panel control unit 36 a message prompting the user to set the mode, and switches the mode to the simulation mode by the mode setting process by manual operation described with reference to FIG.

This is a necessary measure to prevent a simulated bill from being accepted during operation of the apparatus for conducting a transaction with a customer.

Although the above-described embodiment has been described with respect to a cash deposit / withdrawal processing device for a teller, it is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to a cash deposit / withdrawal processing device with an ATM for a customer. Nor.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention provides a storage unit that stores the current mode of the apparatus in two modes, a cash mode and a simulation mode, and a cash unit first identified by the identification unit in a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction. When is real cash, examine the mode stored in the storage means, and if the simulation mode, switch the mode of the device to the cash mode,
A control means is provided for rewriting the mode stored in the storage means to the cash mode and controlling to continue the deposit processing or the withdrawal processing.

Therefore, according to this, even if the user forgets to switch from the simulation mode to the cash mode and operates the apparatus to perform a transaction with the customer, the situation in which the real cash is discharged as a rejection object as in the related art may occur. Can be prevented beforehand,
Thus, the operation stop of the apparatus due to the mode switching error can be eliminated, and the effect that the reduction in the operation efficiency of the apparatus can be prevented can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system showing an embodiment of a cash depositing / dispensing processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a staff operating section in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the same embodiment, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a bank teller apparatus including the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a transaction operation of the embodiment. Explanatory diagram of the time, seventh
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a simulated banknote. 7: Identification unit, 31: Control unit 32: RAM, 33: Display unit 34: Key operation unit, 35: Operation panel 40a: Simulated 1,000 yen ticket, 40b: Simulated 5,000 yen ticket 40c: Simulated 10,000 yen ticket

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for switching between two modes, a cash mode and a simulation mode, wherein a discrimination unit discriminates the simulation cash in the simulation mode, and the real cash in the cash mode based on the discrimination result. In a cash depositing and dispensing processing apparatus that performs processing in the same manner as a cash processing, etc., a storage unit that stores a current mode of the two modes, and a discriminating unit that is first discriminated in a depositing transaction or a dispensing transaction. When cash is genuine cash, the mode stored in the storage means is checked, and if the mode is the simulation mode, the mode of the apparatus is switched to the cash mode, and the mode stored in the storage means is rewritten to the cash mode. And a control means for controlling the payment processing or the payment processing to be continuously performed.