JP3060139B2 - 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 used in a financial institution such as a bank, and more particularly to an automatic transaction apparatus provided with a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a plurality of denomination cassettes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a side view showing a schematic structure inside a banknote pay-in / pay-out device in a conventional automatic transaction apparatus of this kind.
In the figure, 1 is a deposit / withdrawal section, 2 is a discriminating section, 3 is a temporary stacking section, 4 to 6 are denomination cassettes, 7 is a reject cassette, 8 is a high-speed transport path, and 9 is a low-speed transport path.

Here, a part of the depositing / dispensing section 1 is exposed on the front surface of the apparatus housing, and other components are arranged in the apparatus housing. The high-speed transport path 8 is configured to pinch and transport banknotes (not shown) one by one. The high-speed transport path 8 includes a route from the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 to the temporary stacking unit 3 via the discrimination unit 2. A route from the discriminating unit 2 to the discriminating unit 2 via the reject cassette 7 and the stacking unit and the separating and feeding unit corresponding to the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 is formed.

On the other hand, the low-speed transport path 9 is configured to transport the banknotes from the temporary stacking unit 3 to the depositing / dispensing unit 1 collectively. In this configuration, processing of banknotes at the time of deposit / withdrawal transactions is performed as follows. First, in the case of a deposit transaction, the deposit / withdrawal unit 1 is waiting in a posture for accepting a bill inserted by a customer, and when a shutter (not shown) is opened and a bill is inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 1, the shutter is opened. close.

Thereafter, bills are fed one by one from the depositing / dispensing section 1 to the high-speed transport path 8 one by one by a separate feeding means (not shown), and are sequentially transported to the discriminating section 2 by the high-speed transport path 8. In the discriminating unit 2, discrimination of the conveyed banknotes, such as authenticity and denomination, and detection of conveyance abnormalities such as double feed and skew, are performed. The banknote for which is detected is transported to the temporary stacking unit 3 by the high-speed transport path 8 and is temporarily stacked.

[0006] On the other hand, the banknotes for which the transport abnormality is not detected and which are discriminated from genuine bills and whose denominations are recognized are transferred to the accumulating means corresponding to the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 by the high-speed transport path 8 according to the denominations. It is transported, and the cassettes 4 to
6 are accumulated in a temporary accumulation unit (not shown) set on the upper surface of the printer.
Then, all the bills input by the customer are temporarily stored in the temporary stacking unit 3.
Alternatively, when the banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking units on the denomination cassettes 4 to 6, the depositing and dispensing unit 1 rotates to take the banknotes from the low-speed transport path 9 and the temporary low-speed transport path 9 collectively transfers the banknotes. The conveyed bill is taken into the depositing / dispensing section 1.

After that, the depositing / dispensing section 1 rotates again to assume a discharging position similar to the above-described receiving position, and when the shutter is opened, bills are pushed out of the depositing / dispensing section 1 and returned to the customer. Here, the customer presses a confirmation key or a cancel key in accordance with the guidance screen of the display unit (not shown), or re-inserts the returned bill and performs the same operation as described above, and then performs the confirmation key or the cancellation. Press the key.

When the confirmation key is depressed, the bills accumulated in the temporary accumulating units on the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 are taken in and stored in the denomination cassettes 4 to 6, respectively, and received by a receipt printing unit (not shown). The printed receipt is released from the depositing / dispensing section 1, and the process is completed. On the other hand, when the cancel key is depressed, the bills accumulated in the temporary accumulating units on the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 are fed out one by one by a separate feeding means (not shown) and are conveyed by the high-speed conveyance path 8 to be discriminated. The sheet is passed through the section 2 and is temporarily accumulated in the accumulation section 3.

When all the banknotes fed from the temporary stacking unit on the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 3, the banknotes are collectively conveyed by the low-speed conveying path 9 and taken in advance. It is taken into the deposit / withdrawal unit 1 waiting in a posture, returned to the customer in the same manner as described above, and the processing is completed. Next, in the case of a withdrawal transaction, a denomination cassette 4 based on the denomination and amount input by the customer using a key (not shown).
6 are fed out one by one by a separation feeding means (not shown), and are conveyed to the discriminating unit 2 by the high-speed conveyance path 8,
The discrimination unit 2 discriminates denominations and the like, and detects conveyance abnormalities such as double feeding and skew.

As a result, the banknotes of a different kind and the banknote in which the conveyance abnormality is detected are conveyed to the reject cassette 7 by the high-speed conveyance path 8 as reject banknotes that cannot be dispensed, and are collected in the reject cassette 7. On the other hand, the banknotes in which the transport abnormality is not detected and the denomination is recognized are transported by the high-speed transport path 8 to the temporary stacking unit 3 and stacked.

When the banknotes corresponding to the denomination and the amount entered by the customer are accumulated in the temporary accumulating section 3, the receipt printed by the receipt printing section is sent onto the accumulated bill.
Further, the bills are transported together with the receipt by the low-speed transport path 9 and are taken into the deposit / withdrawal unit 1 which is waiting in advance in the bill taking posture. Thereafter, the depositing / dispensing unit 1 is rotated to be in a discharging position, and when the shutter is opened, the bill is pushed out together with the receipt from the depositing / dispensing unit 1 and paid to the customer.

In this type of banknote pay-in / pay-out device, the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 and the reject cassette 7 are provided so as to be detachable from the apparatus housing, respectively. It is formed for denominations. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the denomination cassette 4 is formed for banknote banknotes, the denomination cassette 5 is formed for 5,000 banknotes, and the denomination cassette 6 is formed for thousand banknotes.

When the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 are mounted on the apparatus housing, a sensor provided on the apparatus housing detects a denomination of the banknote based on the cassette shape, and based on the detected denomination, a banknote denomination. Control is performed.
At the time of close inspection, the denomination cassettes 4 to 6 and the reject cassette 7 are removed from the apparatus housing, and bills are collected together with these cassettes.

[0014]

However, the conventional automatic transaction apparatus having the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing machine has the following problems. In other words, recently, holiday operations of automatic transaction devices have been performed in financial institutions and the like,
On weekdays (ordinary days), for example, ten thousand tickets
On the other hand, in the case of holidays (special days), the device is operated by loading, for example, only 10,000-yen bills, while bills of 5,000 bills and 1,000 bills are loaded.

Therefore, in the case of holiday operation, only the denomination cassette for ten thousand yen banknotes is mounted instead of the denomination cassette for five thousand yen and one thousand yen banknotes used for weekday operation, that is, the denomination cassette is replaced. It is necessary to prepare a specific day denomination cassette in addition to the normal day denomination cassette, which has a problem that management is troublesome.

Further, in the conventional automatic transaction apparatus, a plurality of denomination cassettes must be mounted or removed at the time of loading, replenishment or collection, and the operation is cumbersome and troublesome. There is also. The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and it is not necessary to replace the denomination cassette when the normal day changes to a specific date, and when the specific day changes to a normal date, and the cassette management is easy. It is an object of the present invention to realize an automatic transaction device that can reduce mounting and dismounting operations and labor.

[0017]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a deposit / withdrawal unit for inserting, returning, and paying bills, a discriminating means for discriminating denominations of bills, and the like. An automatic transaction device that includes a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a plurality of denomination cassettes for storing banknotes and performs banknote deposit / withdrawal processing by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device in accordance with a deposit / withdrawal transaction. A batch cassette that has a structure capable of storing various types of banknotes, is provided detachably with respect to the device housing, and can store banknotes of each denomination at once, and a banknote currently stored in a denomination cassette The first storage means for storing the denomination of each of the denomination cassettes, and the second storage for storing the denominations of the banknotes stored in the denomination cassette for each specific denomination cassette on a specific day. Means and denominations on normal days other than the specified day A third storage unit that stores denominations of the banknotes stored in the cassette for each denomination cassette, a replenishment instruction unit that instructs the replenishment of the banknotes, a collection instruction unit that instructs the collection of the banknotes, Specific day denomination replacement instruction means for instructing the banknotes stored in each denomination cassette to be replaced with banknotes of a specific day denomination, and the banknotes stored in each of the denomination cassettes on a regular day Normal day denomination replacement instruction means for instructing to switch to denomination banknotes, and loading and replenishment of banknotes from the batch cassette to the denomination cassette, from the denomination cassette to the batch cassette based on input instructions from these instruction means Collection of banknotes,
And control means for controlling the exchange of bills in the denomination cassette according to the specific date and the normal date, and updating the contents of the first storage means as required.

[0018]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, when a replenishment instruction is input by the replenishment instruction means, the control means confirms whether it is a specific day or a normal day, and stores the first or second storage means in the second or second storage means. The contents of the third storage means are compared, and the bills fed from the batch cassette are discriminated by the discrimination means so that the contents match the denominations of the bills of the respective denomination cassettes in the second or third storage means. When the contents of the first storage means and the contents of the second or third storage means are different, the contents of the first storage means are determined depending on whether the day is a specific day or a normal day. Is updated to match the contents of the second or third storage means.

Further, when a collection instruction is input by the collection instruction means, the control means controls to collect the banknotes of each denomination cassette into a collective cassette. Then, when a denomination replacement instruction is input by the specific day denomination replacement instruction means, the control means checks whether it is a specific day or a normal day, and changes the contents of the first storage means and the second storage means. In comparison, the banknotes of the denomination cassette storing banknotes of a denomination different from the contents of the second storage means are controlled to be collected in the batch cassette, and the contents of the first storage means are stored in the second storage means. The content is updated to match the content of the storage means.

Further, when a denomination exchange instruction is input by the ordinary day denomination exchange instruction means, the control means confirms whether it is a specific day or a normal day, and the first storage means and the third storage means
The contents of the storage means are compared with each other, and the banknotes of the denomination cassette storing the banknotes of the denominations different from the contents of the third storage means are controlled to be collected in the collective cassette,
Is updated so that the contents of the storage means of the third storage means coincide with the contents of the third storage means.

Therefore, according to this, from the normal date to the specific date,
There is no need to replace the denomination cassettes when the day changes from the specific day to the normal day, and there is no need to prepare the denomination cassettes for the specific day in addition to the denomination cassettes for the normal day. . In addition, since a batch cassette is used for loading, refilling, or retrieving each denomination cassette, there is no need to mount or remove a plurality of denomination cassettes at the time of loading, replenishment, or collection. Therefore, mounting and dismounting operations and labor can be reduced.

[0022]

Embodiment An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system showing an embodiment of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention, and shows only main elements. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment.
(I) is a view from the front side, and (II) is a view from the back side.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the inside of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an idle screen of the staff touch panel in the present embodiment, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a denomination information set screen of the staff touch panel in the present embodiment, (I) is for a specific day, and (II) is Usually for daily use. First, referring to FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes an apparatus housing, and 11 denotes a rear door of the apparatus housing 10.

In the upper front part of the apparatus housing 1, a card insertion / ejection slot 12, a passbook insertion / ejection slot 13, a bill insertion / receipt slot 1 are provided.
4. A display unit 15 composed of a CRT display for displaying illustrations and words for guiding the customer's operation, a numeric keypad for the customer to input and operate data for transactions by the guidance of the display unit 15, and predetermined function keys And a card reader / writer (not shown) is arranged behind the card insertion / ejection port 12 and a passbook entry / recording machine (not shown) is arranged behind the passbook insertion / ejection slot 13, respectively. Further, a bill receiving / dispensing machine shown in FIG. 3 is arranged behind the bill receiving / receiving port 14.

On the other hand, the back door 11 is provided with a staff touch panel 17.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a specific day denomination replacement key (specific day denomination replacement instructing means) 17a, a normal day denomination replacement key (normal day denomination replacement instructing means) 17b on the idle screen shown in FIG. A daily denomination information set key 17c, a normal daily denomination information set key 17d, a replenishment key (replenishment instruction means) 17e, and a collection key (collection instruction means) 17f are displayed, and input by each key is enabled. ,
The denomination information setting screens shown in FIGS. 5 (I) and (II) are used to display denomination specification keys for cassettes A, B, and C, which will be described later, and to enable input using each key. ing.

Referring now to FIG. 3, reference numeral 18 denotes a depositing / dispensing unit, 19 denotes a discriminating unit (discriminating means), 20 denotes a temporary stacking unit,
Reference numeral 21 denotes a low-speed transport path, which is a conventional deposit / withdrawal unit 1,
It is the same as the discrimination unit 2, the temporary stacking unit 3, and the low-speed transport path 9, and collectively transports the returned bills and payment bills accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 20 to the depositing / dispensing unit 18 via the low-speed transport path 21. This is the same as before.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 18 is provided in the bill insertion / receipt port 1.
4 is located inside the shutter provided. 22
24, denomination cassettes, denomination cassette 22 is cassette A, denomination cassette 23 is cassette B, and denomination cassette 22 is cassette C. This denomination cassette 22
-24 are made in a common structure so that they can correspond to the banknotes of each denomination by, for example, adjusting the guide for aligning the banknotes provided in each of them to the width of the banknotes of ten thousand yen.

Further, in the present embodiment, these denomination cassettes 22 to 24 do not need to be attached or detached when loading, replenishing, or collecting bills, and may be fixed in the apparatus housing 10. It is desirable to be detachable from the viewpoint of maintenance and the like. 25 is a reject cassette for collecting bills discriminated to be rejected by the discriminating section 19 at the time of payment transaction or bill collection, and 26 is a batch cassette for collectively storing bills of each denomination. , 26 are detachably provided in the apparatus housing 10, and the attachment / detachment work is performed by opening the rear door 11.

Reference numerals 27a to 27g denote high-speed transport paths which are configured to pinch and transport banknotes one by one.
The route from the discriminating section 19 to the temporary accumulating section 20 is formed by 27a.
b, the route from the discrimination unit 19 to the 27a via the stacking means and the separation / feeding means corresponding to the denomination cassettes 22 to 24 is 27c;
The route to 5 is 27d, and the route extending from the feeding port of the batch cassette 27 and joining the 27a is 27d.
e, a route from the discriminating section 19 to the collecting port of the collective cassette 17 is formed by 27g, and a route from the discriminating section 19 to the reject collecting port of the collective cassette is formed by 27f.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 27 denotes an accumulating means, and 28 denotes a separating / feeding means. The accumulating means 27 and the separating / feeding means 28 correspond to each denomination cassette. The stacking means 27 is constituted by an impeller (not shown), rollers and belts, and the like, and the separating / feeding means 28 is constituted by a suction drum or a pickup roller, a feed roller, and a reverse roller (not shown). ing.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a separating / feeding unit constituted by a pickup roller, a feed roller, a reverse roller and the like (not shown), and 30 denotes a stacking unit constituted by a roller and a belt (not shown). It is provided at the payout opening at the upper part in the cassette 25,
The collecting means 30 is provided at a collecting port at the lower part in the batch cassette 17.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine control unit for controlling the operation of the bill receiving / dispensing machine. A ROM 32 stores a control program and the like for the apparatus. The ROM 32 displays an idle screen shown in FIG.
Screen information for displaying the denomination information set screen shown in (II) is also stored. Reference numeral 33 denotes a RAM for temporarily storing transaction data and the like.
The current denomination information storage unit (first storage unit) 33a, the specific day denomination information storage unit (second storage unit) 33b, and the normal day denomination information storage unit (third storage) Storage means) 33c.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a timer for confirming the date. 35
Is the main control unit (control means) that controls the operation of the entire device
The main control unit 35 controls the denomination cassettes 22 to 2 input on the denomination information set screens of FIGS. 5 (I) and (II).
The denomination information No. 4 is stored in a specific day denomination information storage unit 33a and a normal daily denomination information storage unit 33b set in a specific area of the RAM 32, and is input on this information and the idle screen of FIG. The received information is decoded and the depositing and dispensing machine control unit 3 is decoded.
In FIG. 1, instructions for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, loading, replenishment, and collection are issued.

The RAM 32 is designed so that the contents of the specific day denomination information storage unit 33a, the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b, and the normal day denomination information storage unit 33c are not erased when the power is turned off. It is good to use the battery backed up. Next, the operation will be described.
First, the denomination information of each of the denomination cassettes 22 to 24 is stored in the current denomination information storage unit (first storage means) 33a of the RAM 32.

This is achieved, for example, by denomination cassettes 22 to 24.
, And the bills are separated and fed into
, And is conveyed to the discriminating unit 19 by the high-speed conveyance paths 27c and 27a, and the discriminating unit 19 discriminates the denomination. The notification is sent to the main control unit 35 via the machine control unit 31 so that the current denomination information storage unit (first storage unit) 33a stores the current denomination information.

The specific day denomination information storage unit 33b and the ordinary day denomination information storage unit 33c store denomination information as follows. That is, in the power-on state, the information of the idle screen is extracted from the ROM 32 by the main control unit 35, and the idle screen is displayed on the attendant's touch panel 17 as shown in FIG. When the staff member presses the specific day denomination information set key 17c or the normal day denomination information set key 17d,
In response to this, the information of the denomination information set screen is extracted from the ROM 32 by the main control unit 35, and the denomination information set screen is displayed on the attendant's touch panel 17 as shown in FIG. Specifies the denominations to be stored in the cassettes A (the denomination cassette 22), B (the denomination cassette 23), and C (the denomination cassette 23), and the information is stored in the RAM 33 by the main control unit 35. It is stored in the storage unit 33b and the normal daily denomination information storage unit 33c.

More specifically, when the specific day denomination information set key 17a is pressed on the idle screen of FIG. 4, the specific day denomination information set screen of FIG. 5I is displayed. Then, when the attendant presses, for example, each of the cassettes A, B, and C with a hatched designation key indicated by diagonal lines, the designated bills are assigned to the cassettes A, B, and C on a specific day such as a holiday. It is stored in the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b as denomination information.

On the other hand, when the normal daily denomination information set key 17d is depressed on the idle screen, a normal daily denomination information set screen shown in FIG. 5 (II) is displayed on the display unit. When the user presses the diagonal note specification key indicated by hatching for A, the 5,000-note specification key indicated by hatching for cassette B, and the thousand-note specification key indicated by hatching for cassette C, The designated denominations are stored in the ordinary daily denomination information storage unit 33c as denomination information of the cassettes A, B, and C on the ordinary day.

The loading of bills is performed as follows. When the rear door 11 of the device housing 10 is opened and the batch cassette 26 loaded with bills in advance is mounted in the device housing 10, the rear door 11 is closed and the replenishment key 17e shown in FIG. In response, the main control unit 35 uses the timer 34 to check whether the day is a normal day or a specific day.

In the case of a specific day, the main control unit 35 includes a current denomination information storage unit 33a and a specific day denomination information storage unit 33b.
In the case of a normal day, the contents of the current denomination information storage unit 33a and the contents of the normal day denomination information storage unit 33c are respectively extracted and compared. As a result, if the contents of the current denomination information storage unit 33a and the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b or the ordinary daily denomination information storage unit 33c are the same, the main control unit 35 sends the current denomination information storage unit 3
The content of 3a is notified to the cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine control part 31. For example, in the case of a specific day, if the contents of the current denomination information storage part 33a and the specific day denomination information storage part 33b are different,
The content of the current denomination information storage unit 33a is updated so as to be the same as the content of the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b, and the updated content, that is, the specific day denomination information is stored in the main control unit 3.
5 to the depositing / dispensing machine control unit 31.

Of course, if the contents of the current denomination information storage unit 33a and the ordinary day denomination information storage unit 33c are different in the case of a normal day, the contents of the current denomination information storage unit 33a are changed to the ordinary day. The content is updated to be the same as the content of the denomination information storage unit 33c, and the updated content is notified from the main control unit 35 to the depositing and dispensing machine control unit 31. Cashier control unit 31
When receiving notification of denomination information and a loading instruction from the main control unit 35, the controller controls the next loading operation based on the notification.

That is, the bills are fed one by one from the feeding port of the batch cassette 26 into the high-speed transport path 27e by the separating / feeding means 30, and are sequentially transported from the high-speed transport path 27e to the discriminating section 19 via the high-speed transport path 27a. You. The discriminating unit 19 discriminates the conveyed banknotes for authenticity and denomination, and detects a conveyance error such as double feed or skew, and as a result, the banknotes discriminated from the counterfeit note and the conveyance error. Is detected by the high-speed transport paths 27a and 27f, and sent to the reject collection unit of the batch cassette 26.

On the other hand, the banknotes for which the transport abnormality is not detected and which are discriminated from genuine bills and whose denominations are recognized are fed to the cassettes A, B and C, ie, the denomination cassettes 22 by the high-speed transport path 27c according to the denomination. To the stacking means 27 corresponding to the denomination cassettes 22 to 24.
It is accumulated in a temporary accumulation unit (not shown) set above. Then, when a certain amount of bills is accumulated in the temporary accumulating portion, the bills are taken in and stored in the denomination cassettes 22 to 24, and by repeating such processing a plurality of times, the denomination cassettes 22 to A predetermined amount of banknotes of a designated denomination is loaded in 24.

In the case of a specific day, banknotes of a denomination corresponding to the contents of the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b are previously loaded in the batch cassette 26, and in the case of a normal day, the normal day denomination information is stored. A bill of a denomination corresponding to the contents of the storage unit 33c is loaded. For example, if the contents of the specific-day denomination information storage unit 33b specify all the cassettes for the cassettes A to C as described above, if the contents are stored in the batch cassette 26 to be mounted on the apparatus housing 10 on the specific day. Is loaded with only the banknote bill, and the contents of the normal daily denomination information storage unit 33c are, as described above, a banknote for the cassette A, a 5,000 ticket for the cassette B, If 1,000 tickets are specified for cassette C,
Three kinds of banknotes of 10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 bills are loaded in the batch cassette 26 mounted on the apparatus housing 10 on a normal day.

In this manner, the banknotes of the designated denomination are loaded into the denomination cassettes 22 to 2 in accordance with the specific day and the normal day.
4 can be loaded. In this state, the apparatus is operated, and a deposit / withdrawal transaction is performed. At this time, the denomination of the banknotes in the respective denomination cassettes 22 to 24 is the current denomination information storage unit 3.
Although other operations are performed in the same manner as in the related art, the description is omitted here.

A card or passbook is inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 12 or the passbook insertion / ejection port 13 shown in FIG. 2 in accordance with the deposit / withdrawal transaction. The processing for the card or passbook is directly related to the present invention. Since there is no description, the description is omitted.
On the other hand, when withdrawal transactions are performed frequently in the operation of the device,
Although the number of banknotes in each denomination cassette 22 to 24 decreases,
This decrease in bills is detected by a sensor or the like (not shown),
At this time, if banknotes are present in the batch cassette 26, the controller 33
Causes the banknotes in the batch cassette 26 to be paid out, and replenishment to the denomination cassettes 22 to 24 is performed by the same operation as described above.

When the number of bills in the denomination cassettes 22 to 24 is reduced, or when there is no bill in the batch cassette 26 or when the number of bills is insufficient, a request for replenishment is made to a staff member by a not-shown notification means. . Thus, when the staff presses the refill key 17e after exchanging the batch cassette 26, replenishment is performed in the same procedure as described above.

Collection of bills at the time of close inspection or the like is performed by pressing the collection key 17 on the idle screen shown in FIG. That is, when the clerk presses the collection key 17, the main control unit 33 receives the key.
Instructs the cashier controller to collect bills. Based on this, each denomination cassette 22 to 2 is
4 are fed out one by one and conveyed to the discriminating section 19 through the high-speed conveying paths 27c and 27a.
In this way, discrimination of a denomination and the like and detection of a transport abnormality such as double feed or skew are performed.

As a result, the banknote of unknown denomination and the banknote in which the conveyance abnormality is detected are conveyed to the reject cassette 25 by the high-speed conveyance path 27d as the banknote to be rejected, and collected in the reject cassette 25. On the other hand, the banknote for which the transport abnormality is not detected and the denomination is recognized is transferred to the high-speed transport path 2.
The paper is conveyed to the collecting port of the collective cassette 26 by 7a and 27g, and is collected by the collecting means 30 in the collecting section in the collective cassette 26.

In this manner, each of the denomination cassettes 22 to 2
After all the banknotes in 4 are collected in the collective cassette 26 and the reject cassette 25, an attendant opens the rear door 11 and removes the collective cassette 26 and the reject cassette 25 from the apparatus housing 10 to complete the collection. by the way,
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a specific day denomination replacement key 17a and a normal denomination replacement key 17b are provided, and these keys 17a and 17b are used as follows.

For example, the device is operated with denominations on a normal day,
When the denomination is switched on a specific day such as a holiday while the batch cassette 26 on the ordinary day is mounted, when the staff presses the specific day denomination replacement key 17a, the main control unit 35 receives the request and switches the timer 34. Check if the current day is a normal day or a specific day. This is a measure for preventing the key from being erroneously pressed. For example, when the normal denomination change key 17b is pressed on a specific day, the fact can be displayed on the clerk touch panel 17 and the clerk can correct the key press. .

When the specific date is confirmed, the main control unit 35 stores the current denomination information storage unit 33a and the specific day denomination information storage unit 3
The contents of 3b are respectively taken out and compared, and a denomination cassette in which bills of different denominations are stored is designated and notified to the deposit / withdrawal machine control unit 31, and the bills in the denomination cassette are collected. To instruct. That is, the contents of the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b are stored in the denomination cassettes 22 to 24.
In other words, all of the cassettes A to C have been designated with ten thousand tickets, and the contents of the denomination information storage unit 33a currently indicate that ten thousand tickets are assigned to cassette A and five thousand tickets are assigned to cassette B as described above. If a thousand bills are designated for the cassette C and a bill is designated for the cassette C, collection of banknotes in the denomination cassettes 23 and 24 is instructed.

At the same time, the main controller 35 updates the contents of the current denomination information storage 33a so as to be the same as the contents of the specific day denomination information storage 33b. Then, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device, the banknotes in the denomination cassettes 23 and 24 are fed out one by one by the separation / feeding unit 27 based on the instruction of the main control unit 35, and the batch cassettes are fed by the high-speed transport paths 27c, 27a and 27g. The sheet is conveyed to the collection port 26 and collected by the collection means 30 in the collection section in the batch cassette 26.

When all the banknotes in the denomination cassettes 23 and 24 are collected and collected in the collection unit in the batch cassette 26, the main control unit 35 instructs the depositing and dispensing machine control unit 31 to transfer the denomination cassettes 23 and 24. Instructs the loading of 10,000 yen bills. On the basis of this, bills are fed one by one into the high-speed transport path 27e from the feed-out opening of the batch cassette 26 by the separating / feeding means 30, and are sequentially transported from the high-speed transport path 27e to the discriminating section 19 via the high-speed transport path 27a. .

In the discriminating section 19, discrimination of the denomination and the like of the conveyed banknote and detection of conveyance abnormality such as double feeding and skew are performed, and as a result, the banknote is discriminated from 5,000 bills or 1,000 bills. The bills are conveyed to the collection port of the collective cassette 26 by the banknote high-speed conveyance paths 27a and 27g, and are accumulated by the accumulating means 30 in the collection section in the collective cassette 26. In addition, the banknote in which the conveyance abnormality is detected is conveyed by the high-speed conveyance paths 27a and 27f and sent to the reject collection unit of the batch cassette 26.

On the other hand, the banknotes which have not been detected as having a conveyance abnormality and have been discriminated from the banknotes are conveyed to the stacking means 27 corresponding to the denomination cassettes 23 and 24 by the high-speed conveyance path 27c. It is accumulated in a temporary accumulation unit (not shown) set on 23 and 24. Then, when a certain amount of bills is accumulated in the temporary accumulating portion, the bills are taken in and stored in the denomination cassettes 22 to 24, and by repeating such processing a plurality of times, each denomination cassette 23, A predetermined amount of banknotes of a designated denomination is loaded in 24.

In this way, the denominations are exchanged. When the device is operated with the denomination of the specific day and the denomination is switched on the normal day while the batch cassette 26 of the specific day is mounted, the same operation is performed by pressing the normal denomination change key 17b. Can be. In the above-described embodiment, the specific day is not limited to a holiday, but may be an arbitrary day such as the end of a month or a payday of a company. The specific day information may be stored by providing a specific day information storage unit in the specific area of the RAM 33, or by providing another storage unit.

Of course, the current denomination information storage unit 33a, the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b, and the normal day denomination information storage unit 3
3c can also be provided in a storage unit different from the RAM 33. Further, in the above-described embodiment, it goes without saying that the contents of the specific day denomination information storage unit 33b and the ordinary day denomination information storage unit 33c can be arbitrarily changed on the screens of FIGS. .

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the denomination cassette has a structure capable of storing bills of any denominations, and when a replenishment instruction is input by the replenishment instruction means, a specific day or a normal day is determined. And the contents of the first storage means and the contents of the second or third storage means are compared, and the contents match the denominations of the bills of the respective denomination cassettes in the second or third storage means. In this way, the banknotes fed from the batch cassette are discriminated by the discriminating means and controlled to be stored in each denomination cassette, and when the contents of the first storage means and the second or third storage means are different, identification is performed. First depending on whether it is a day or a regular day
Is updated so that the contents of the storage means coincide with the contents of the second or third storage means, and when a collection instruction is input by the collection instruction means, the banknotes of each denomination cassette are collected into a batch cassette. When the denomination replacement instruction is input by the specific day denomination replacement instruction means, it is confirmed whether the date is a specific day or a normal day, and the contents of the first storage means and the second storage means are changed. In comparison, the banknotes of the denomination cassette storing banknotes of a denomination different from the contents of the second storage means are controlled to be collected in the batch cassette, and the contents of the first storage means are stored in the second storage means. It is updated so as to match the contents of the storage means, and when a denomination replacement instruction is input by the normal daily denomination replacement instruction means, it is confirmed whether it is a specific day or a normal day. Third
Comparing the contents of the storage means of the third storage means, and controlling the banknotes of the denomination cassette storing the banknotes of denominations different from the contents of the third storage means into the collective cassette,
The content of the first storage means is updated so as to match the content of the third storage means.

Therefore, according to this, from the normal date to the specific date,
There is no need to replace the denomination cassettes when the day changes from the specific day to the normal day, and there is no need to prepare a denomination cassette for the specific day in addition to the denomination cassette for the normal day. Is obtained. Also,
Since a batch cassette is used for loading, refilling, or retrieving each denomination cassette, it is not necessary to mount or remove multiple denomination cassettes at the time of loading, reloading, or retrieving, and therefore, Wearing,
The effect that the removal operation and labor can be reduced can also be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system showing one embodiment of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a schematic configuration inside a banknote pay-in / pay-out device in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an idle screen of the attendant touch panel in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a denomination information setting screen of a clerk touch panel in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the inside of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device in a conventional automatic transaction apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 Device housing 17 Staff touch panel 17a Specific day denomination replacement key (specific day denomination replacement instructing means) 17b Normal day denomination replacement key (normal daily denomination replacement instructing means) 17c Specific day denomination information Set key 17d Normal daily denomination information set key 17e Replenishment key (replenishment instructing means) 17f Collection key (recovery instructing means) 18 Deposit / withdrawal unit 19 Discriminating unit (discriminating means) 22 Denomination cassette (cassette A) 23 Denomination cassette (Cassette B) 24 Denomination cassette (Cassette C) 25 Reject cassette 26 Batch cassette 27a to 27g High-speed transport path 27 Stacking means 28 Separate feeding means 31 Deposit / dispense machine control unit 33 RAM 33a Current denomination information storage unit (first 33b Specific daily denomination information storage unit (second storage means) 33c Normal daily denomination information Storage unit (third storage means) 34 timer 35 main control section (control means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill receiving and dispensing unit for inserting, returning and paying bills, a discriminating means for discriminating denominations of bills, and a bill receiving and dispensing machine having a plurality of denomination cassettes for storing bills by denomination. In an automatic transaction device that performs a deposit and withdrawal process of bills by the bill depositing and dispensing machine in accordance with deposit and withdrawal transactions, the denomination cassette has a structure capable of storing bills of any denominations, A batch cassette that is provided detachably and can store banknotes of each denomination at once, and a denomination of banknotes that are currently stored in the denomination cassette,
First storage means for storing each denomination cassette; second storage means for storing denominations of banknotes stored in the denomination cassette for each specific day; Third day storage means for storing the denominations of the banknotes stored in the denomination cassette for each denomination cassette, replenishment instruction means for instructing replenishment of the banknotes, and instructing the collection of the banknotes Collection instruction means for performing, specific day denomination replacement instruction means for instructing to exchange the banknotes stored in the respective denomination cassettes with banknotes of a specific day denomination, and stored in the denomination cassettes A normal day denomination replacement instruction means for instructing to replace the banknote with a normal day denomination banknote, when a replenishment instruction is input by the replenishment instruction means,
Checking whether the date is a specific day or a normal day, and using the first storage means and the second
Alternatively, the contents of the third storage means are compared, and the bills fed from the batch cassette are discriminated by the discrimination means so that the contents match the denominations of the bills of the respective denomination cassettes in the second or third storage means. When the contents of the first storage means and the contents of the second or third storage means are different, the first storage means is controlled according to whether it is a specific day or a normal day. The contents are updated so as to match the contents of the second or third storage means, and when the collection instruction is input by the collection instruction means, the banknotes of each denomination cassette are controlled to be collected in the collective cassette, and specified. When a denomination exchange instruction is input by the daily denomination exchange instruction means, it is determined whether the date is a specific date or a normal day, and the contents of the first storage means and the second storage means are compared. A banknote of a denomination different from the contents of the storage means Control is performed so that the banknotes in the denomination cassette that has been stored are collected in the batch cassette, and the contents of the first storage unit are updated so as to match the contents of the second storage unit. When a denomination change instruction is input by the instruction means, it is confirmed whether the date is a specific day or a normal day, and the contents of the first storage means and the third storage means are compared. Control to collect banknotes of denomination cassettes storing banknotes of different denominations in a batch cassette, and to update the contents of the first storage means so as to match the contents of the third storage means. An automatic transaction device comprising means.