JP4385260B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a store or the like of a financial institution.

In the conventional automatic transaction device, the data of customer specific data, transaction details, date, time, etc. read from the customer's card or passbook with a card reader / writer or passbook recorder, and the location of the occurrence or failure Fault occurrence data such as date and time is printed as journal data on journal paper by a journal printer.
Such data is synchronized with printing on journal paper by the journal printer, and the same data is written and stored in a hard disk (HD) as a storage medium by a hard disk drive (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .)
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-161130 (page 3, FIGS. 1 and 2)

As described above, the conventional automatic transaction apparatus stores journal data such as customer specific data and transaction contents in the HD. Usually, the automatic transaction apparatus includes two such HDs. By connecting two HDs, the same data can be written to multiple HDs by methods such as mirroring, duplexing, RAID, etc. Even if one HD breaks, it can be replaced with another HD, and operation can be continued without any problems. It is like that.
However, with this method, if one HD is broken and this HD is broken while other HDs are still in operation, or if all HDs are broken at the same time, the journal data will be lost. There was a problem of being lost.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems of the prior art.

Therefore, the present invention provides a plurality of auxiliary storage devices for writing data of the same content, reading means and writing means for the auxiliary storage device, replaceable secondary storage medium, and reading means and writing means for the secondary storage medium And an automatic transaction apparatus comprising a control means for controlling reading or writing of journal data generated by a transaction, wherein the control means stores the journal data in the auxiliary storage device and the unique setting information written in advance. When writing to both of the secondary storage media and when all of the plurality of auxiliary storage devices are replaced due to failure, the unique setting information written to the secondary storage media is restored by writing to the auxiliary storage device Then, control for resuming the operation of writing the journal data is performed.

  As a result, in the automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention, after one HD as an auxiliary storage device is broken, the remaining HD is broken while the operation of ATM is continued on another HD, or all HDs are broken. Even when they are broken at the same time, since important data is written in the secondary storage medium, it is possible to prevent data loss.

  Embodiments of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic transaction apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing how to write journal data.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM) installed in a store or the like of a financial institution, and includes a display unit 2 for an attendant, a storage unit 3, and a control unit 4 for controlling them. ing.

Here, the display unit 2 is provided on the inner surface of the back side of the ATM 1 and is provided with an input unit such as a touch panel on the screen of an LCD or the like. When the back door is opened for maintenance or the like, A screen is displayed on the display unit 2 and an input operation of an attendant from the screen is accepted.
The storage unit 3 includes a writing unit and a reading unit. The storage unit 3 receives journal data such as transaction data and failure occurrence data performed by the automatic transaction apparatus 1 from the control unit 4 and is described as a hard disk (hereinafter referred to as HD) as an auxiliary storage unit. ) 5 and the journal data can be read from the HD 5 by a command from the control unit 4.
The writing means and the reading means are realized by a single magnetic head.
In addition, the storage unit 3 includes a plurality of HD5s, and when the plurality of HD5s are connected, and journal data is written to one HD5 by a method such as mirroring, duplexing, RAID, or the like to protect the data on the HD5 The same data is written to the other at the same time.

  Further, the storage unit 3 is provided with a drive device for reading from and writing to a removable medium as the secondary storage medium 6 in addition to the HD 5 provided conventionally. As shown in FIG. 5, important data having the same journal data as HD5 or content corresponding thereto (for example, journal data excluding emboss data) is written from the control unit 4 by the writing means.

As the secondary storage medium 6, a medium capable of reading and writing data is used in the same manner as a hard disk such as a removable hard disk, USB memory, MO, DVD-RAM, and memory stick.
As the capacity of this medium, it is desirable to have a capacity (for example, about 1 gigabyte) that can hold a certain amount (for example, one year) of journal data.

Further, the secondary storage medium 6 continues to be used by repeatedly overwriting the journal data even when the capacity is full, until it is replaced by an attendant.
In addition to the above, ATM 1 also includes components necessary for normal transactions such as a display unit for users, an input unit, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, but the description thereof is omitted in this embodiment.
Next, a process for writing ATM-ID as identification data to the secondary storage medium 6 will be described.

From now on, the secondary storage medium 6 attached to the ATM 1 is subjected to ATM-ID writing processing by a personal computer or the like in a management department such as an ATM operation center.
In this case, data initialization is first performed on the secondary storage medium 6, and when the initialization is completed, an ATM-ID for specifying the ATM 1 to which the secondary storage medium 6 is mounted is subsequently written.

This ATM-ID is composed of “financial institution code”, “store number”, “unique machine number (serial number, etc.) given to each ATM”, and “check sum”. Include the following methods (1) to (3).
(1) Create a file in the secondary storage medium 6 and store the ATM-ID in this file name. For example, the file name is “financial institution code. Store number. ATM machine number. Check sum. DAT”. In this case, the data content of the file does not matter.

(2) A file is created on the secondary storage medium 6, and ATM-ID is stored in the file. For example, a file called ID.DAT is created on the secondary storage medium 6 and data “financial institution code. Shop number. ATM machine number. Check sum + E0F” is stored in the file.
(3) The volume label of the secondary storage medium 6 is “financial institution code. Store number. ATM machine number. Check sum”.

In the following description, the ATM-ID given in advance to the ATM 1 is described as ID-a, and the ATM-ID written in the secondary storage medium 6 is described as ID-b.
Next, the effect | action of the structure mentioned above is demonstrated.
The processing described below is controlled based on a control program read from the HD 5 by the storage unit 3 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 4 provided in the ATM 1.

In the following description, the screen displayed on the display unit 2 is displayed based on the screen information read from the HD 5 by the storage unit 3 in response to an instruction from the control unit 4.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of mounting the secondary storage medium 6 in the ATM 1. In the following description, the flowchart will be described with reference to this flowchart.
As described above, the attendant transfers the secondary storage medium 6 that has completed the ATM-ID writing process to ATM 1 and opens the back door of the ATM 1 in order to attach the secondary storage medium 6 to the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1.

(A)-(e) of FIG. 4 is a figure which shows the image of the screen which is displayed on the display part 2 at this time, and guides an operator's operation.
First, as shown to Fig.4 (a), the operation selection screen which displayed several operation content on the display part 2 is displayed, and a staff is prompted to select operation (S1).

An attendant who intends to attach the secondary storage medium 6 to the ATM 1 inputs the attachment of the secondary storage medium 6 by pressing the medium installation button 11 from the screen according to this guidance.
When the medium mounting button 11 is pressed here, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 is mounted in the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1 based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) (S2). If it is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached to the section 3, as shown in FIG. 4B, the fact that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached and that the secondary storage medium 6 is attached and the OK button 12 is pressed. A guidance text prompting the user to press the button and a screen on which the OK button 12 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2 (S3).
As described above, the staff member who has received the instruction to attach the secondary storage medium 6 on the screen shown in FIG. 4B attaches the secondary storage medium 6 transferred from the ATM operation center to the ATM 1 and presses the OK button 12. To input the wearing.
When the OK button 12 is pressed, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 is mounted on the storage unit 3 based on a detection signal of a sensor (not shown) (S4), and determines that it is mounted. If so, the process proceeds to step S7.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the secondary storage medium 6 is attached to the storage unit 3, a guidance message for prompting replacement of the secondary storage medium 6 as shown in FIG. A screen with buttons 13 is displayed.

The staff member who has received an instruction to replace the secondary storage medium 6 on this screen replaces the secondary storage medium 6 transferred from the ATM operation center with the secondary storage medium 6 attached to the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1, and the OK button 13 Press to enter the exchange.
When the OK button 13 is pressed, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 has been replaced based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) (S6). If it is determined that the replacement has been performed, the process proceeds to step S7.
In this way, the control unit 4 that has shifted to the check processing of the secondary storage medium 6 in step S7 reads the ID-b from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading means, and stores the content of the read ID-b in the HD 5 of the ATM1. It is determined whether or not it matches the ID-a that has been set (S7).

Here, FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams of the check process of the secondary storage medium 6 performed in step S7.
As shown in FIG. 5A, if the contents match as a result of comparing ID-a and ID-b, the control unit 4 determines that the attached secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage corresponding to ATM1. The medium 6 is determined.

As a result, the control unit 4 determines that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage medium 6 as shown in FIG. 4D, starts to write journal data when the end button 14 is pressed, and ends. A screen on which the buttons 14 are arranged is displayed on the display unit 2.
When the attendant who sees this presses the end button 14 and gives an instruction to start writing journal data, the control unit 4 reads the journal data already written in the HD 5 by the reading means and writes it in the secondary storage medium 6. (S8).

  On the other hand, in step S7, as shown in FIG. 5B, if the contents of ID-a and ID-b are different from each other as a result of the comparison of ATM-ID, or FIG. 5C. If it is determined that the ID-b information does not exist, the process proceeds to step S9, and the attached secondary storage medium 6 cannot be used as shown in FIG. A guidance message for prompting the user to press the OK button 15 after replacing the storage medium 6 and a screen on which the OK button 15 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2 (S9).

Thus, when the clerk replaces the secondary storage medium 6 and presses the OK button 15, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 has been replaced based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) (S10). If it is determined that the storage medium has been replaced, the process proceeds to step S7, and the secondary storage medium 6 is checked again.
When it is determined in the check process in step S7 that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage medium 6 corresponding to ATM1, the control unit 4 uses the end button 14 as in FIG. A screen to start writing journal data is displayed when the button is pressed, and writing of journal data is started when the clerk's end button 14 is pressed.
When the clerk who sees this presses the end button 14 and gives an instruction to start writing journal data, the control unit 4 reads the journal data already written in the HD 5 by the reading means, and by the writing means. Writing to the secondary storage medium 6 (S8).
In the ATM 1 in which journal data is written to the secondary storage medium 6 in this way, the control unit 4 writes journal data to a plurality of HDs 5 by a method such as mirroring, duplexing, RAID, etc. for each transaction thereafter, Journal data is also written to the secondary storage medium 6.
The journal data stored in the secondary storage medium 6 is used when it is necessary to restore the journal data because both HD-1 and HD-2 are damaged due to magnetic damage.

FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams showing images of a screen that is displayed on the display unit 2 and guides a restoration operation of a staff member when it is necessary to restore journal data.
First, the clerk takes out the damaged HD 5 from the ATM 1 and replaces it with a new HD 5 and presses the restore button 21 from the operation selection screen on which a plurality of operation contents are displayed as shown in FIG.

The new HD 5 replacement flow is the same as the replacement of the secondary storage medium 6 shown in FIG.
When the clerk inputs the installation of HD5 by pressing the restore button 21 from the screen shown in FIG. 6A , the control unit 4 installs the HD5 in the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1 based on the detection signal of a sensor (not shown). It is judged whether it is done.

If it is determined that the HD 5 is mounted, the control unit 4 writes journal data from the mounted secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5 and writes it as shown in FIG. Is approved, a guidance message prompting the user to press the OK button 22 and a screen on which the OK button 22 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2.
Then, when the attendant presses the OK button 22 and inputs that the writing of journal data is approved from the attached secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5, the control unit 4 next determines that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage. A check process is performed to determine whether or not the medium 6 is used.
If it is determined that the HD 5 is not attached to the storage unit 3, the fact that the HD 5 is not attached and the OK button 12 is attached after the HD 5 is attached, as shown in FIG. A guidance message prompting the user to press the button and a screen on which the OK button 12 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2, and when an attendant who sees the screen attaches the HD 5 to the storage unit 3 and presses the OK button 12, the controller 4 Is determined based on a detection signal of a sensor (not shown).
If it is determined that the HD 5 is mounted, the journal data is written from the mounted secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5 as in FIG. 6B, and if the writing is approved, the OK button 22 is pressed. A guidance text prompting the user to press the button and a screen on which an OK button 22 is arranged are displayed.
When the attendant presses the OK button 22 from this screen and inputs that the writing of journal data to the HD 5 is approved from the mounted secondary storage medium 6, the control unit 4 next determines that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage medium 6. A check process is performed to determine whether the storage medium 6 is used.

The control unit 4 that has shifted to the check process of the secondary storage medium 6 reads ID-b from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading means, as in step S7 shown in FIG. 3, and the content of the read ID-b is ATM1. It is determined whether or not it matches the ID-a stored in HD5.
Then, the ID-a stored in HD5, result of comparison of ID-b of the secondary storage medium 6, if the contents match, secondary storage medium 6 in which the control unit 4 is mounted corresponding to the ATM1 Is determined to be the correct secondary storage medium 6, the journal data is read from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading means, and written to the HD 5 by the writing means.
On the other hand, if at least one of the contents of ID-a and ID-b is different as a result of comparing the ATM-ID of HD5 and secondary storage medium 6, or if the information of ID-b does not exist, it corresponds to ATM1. It is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is not correct, and the attached secondary storage medium 6 cannot be used as shown in FIG. 4E, and the OK button 15 is pressed after replacing with the correct secondary storage medium 6. A guidance text for prompting the user to do so and a screen on which the OK button 15 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2.

If the clerk who saw this inputs replacement by pressing the OK button 15 after replacing the secondary storage medium 6, the control unit 4 determines whether the secondary storage medium 6 has been replaced based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown). If it is determined that it has been replaced, the secondary storage medium 6 is checked again.
If it is determined in the checking process that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage medium 6 corresponding to ATM1, the control unit 4 reads the journal data from the secondary storage medium 6 with the reading means, and the writing means with the HD5. Write to.

Thereafter, when the writing of the journal data is finished, a guidance message indicating that the writing of the journal data is finished and a screen with an end button 23 shown in FIG. 6C are displayed, and the end button 23 is pressed by the staff. This completes the restoration process.
Thereafter, journal data is written to the new HD 5 and the secondary storage medium 6.
As described above, since the secondary storage medium for writing journal data is provided in the ATM storage unit, after one HD is broken, the remaining HD is being used while the other HD is continuing the ATM operation. Even if it is broken or all HDs are broken at the same time, since the journal data is written on the secondary storage medium, the journal data stored in the secondary storage medium is copied to the new HD to prevent data loss. Restoration can be achieved.

In addition, the sub-storage medium can have an ATM-ID and compared with the ATM-ID on the ATM side to check the correctness of the sub-storage medium. Even if it has been, it is possible to alert the staff and ensure that the correct secondary storage medium is installed.
Furthermore, by giving the secondary storage medium an ATM-ID and checking the validity of the secondary storage medium as described above, data can be prevented from being written on an unauthorized medium for the purpose of data theft. .

Since the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.
It is assumed that an ID is written in the secondary storage medium 6 used in the present embodiment as in the first embodiment.
Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

Note that the processing described below is controlled based on a control program read from the HD 5 by the storage unit 3 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 4 provided in the ATM 1 as in the first embodiment.
In the first embodiment, it is mentioned that journal data is written as important data in the secondary storage medium 6 in case the HD 5 is damaged. In the second embodiment, unique setting information unique to each ATM is important. A method for storing data in the secondary storage medium 6 as simple data will be described.

Here, the unique setting information is ATM-ID, that is, unique information set for each ATM such as ID-a and an address for network connection.
Normally, such unique setting information is set when the ATM 1 is installed in a store or the like of a financial institution, and is stored in the HD 5 as a file or a registry.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an image of a screen that is displayed on the display unit 2 and guides an operator's operation when writing the unique setting information stored in the HD 5 to the secondary storage medium 6.

First, as shown in FIG. 7A, an operation selection screen displaying a plurality of operation contents is displayed on the display unit 2 to prompt the staff to select an operation.
A staff member who wants to write the unique setting information to the secondary storage medium 6 inputs an instruction for mounting the secondary storage medium 6 by pressing the unique setting write button 31 on this screen.
Here, when the unique setting write button 31 is pressed by the clerk, the control unit 4 detects whether or not the sub storage medium 6 is attached to the ATM 1 by a sensor (not shown) as in step S2 of the first embodiment. Judgment based on the signal.
If the control unit 4 determines that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached to the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1, the fact that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached and the secondary storage medium are the same as in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 2 and a staff member is prompted to wear the guidance message that prompts the user to press the OK button 12 and the OK button 12.
When the clerk who sees this screen attaches the secondary storage medium 6 and presses the OK button 12 to input the attachment, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 is attached to the storage unit 3. If it is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is attached, the process proceeds to a check process for the secondary storage medium 6.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is attached to the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1, a guidance message for prompting replacement of the secondary storage medium 6 and an OK button, similar to FIG. 13 is displayed on the display unit 2 to prompt the clerk to exchange, and when the OK button 13 is pressed by the clerk who sees this screen, the control unit 4 has been exchanged based on a detection signal of a sensor (not shown). If it is determined that it has been replaced, the process proceeds to a check process for the secondary storage medium 6.

Then, the control unit 4 that has shifted to the check process of the secondary storage medium 6 reads the ID-b from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading unit as in step S7 of the first embodiment, and the content of the read ID-b is Judgment is made as to whether or not it matches ID-a stored in HD5 of ATM1.
If it is determined that the contents of ID-a and ID-b match and are the correct secondary storage medium 6 corresponding to ATM1, the secondary storage medium 6 is correct as shown in FIG. 7B. When the OK button 32 is pressed, a guidance message for writing the unique setting information and a screen on which the OK button 32 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2 to guide the staff.
When an attendant who has seen the screen of FIG. 7B presses the OK button 32 to instruct writing of unique setting information, the control unit 4 reads the unique setting information from the HD 5 and writes it to the secondary storage medium 6.

When the writing of the unique setting information is completed, as shown in FIG. 7C, the control unit 4 displays on the display unit 2 a screen with a guidance message indicating the completion of writing of the unique setting information and an end button 32. When the end button 32 is pressed by the staff member who has displayed and viewed this, the writing operation of the unique setting information is ended.
On the other hand, in the check processing of the secondary storage medium 6, it is determined that even if the contents of ID-a and ID-b are different, the attached secondary storage medium 6 is not the correct secondary storage medium 6 corresponding to ATM1. In this case, the control unit 4 displays a guidance sentence for prompting the user to press the OK button 15 after replacing with the correct secondary storage medium 6 and the screen on which the OK button 15 is arranged, as in FIG. Part 2 is displayed.
When the clerk viewing this screen replaces the secondary storage medium 6 and presses the OK button 15, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the secondary storage medium 6 has been replaced based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown). If it is determined that the sub storage medium 6 has been replaced, the process again checks whether the sub storage medium 6 is correct. If it is determined that the sub storage medium 6 is correct, the OK button 32 is the same as in FIG. When the button is pressed, a guidance text for writing the unique setting information and a screen on which the OK button 32 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2.
Then, when the attendant who sees the screen of FIG. 7B presses the OK button 32 to instruct writing of the unique setting information, the control unit 4 reads the unique setting information from the HD 5 by the reading means, and the writing means When the writing to the secondary storage medium 6 is completed and the writing of the unique setting information is finished, the control unit 4, as shown in FIG. A screen on which the end button 32 is arranged is displayed on the display unit 2, and when the end button 32 is pressed by an attendant who sees the screen, the writing operation of the unique setting information is ended.

In the ATM 1 in which the unique setting information is written to the secondary storage medium 6 in this way, when the HD 5 is damaged due to magnetic damage or the like, it is necessary to restore the unique setting information from the secondary storage medium 6. Use.
FIGS. 8A to 8C are diagrams showing images of a screen that is displayed on the display unit 2 and guides an operator's operation when it is necessary to restore the unique setting information.

First, the clerk takes out the damaged HD5 from the ATM 1 and replaces it with a new HD5, and presses the unique setting restoration button 41 from the operation selection screen on which a plurality of operation contents are displayed as shown in FIG. To do.
Note that replacement of the flow of new HD5 because line power sale in Example 3 of 1, the same flow and exchange of the auxiliary storage medium 6, and a description thereof will be omitted.
Attendant, in Rukoto to pressing the specific setting restoration button 41 from the screen shown in FIG. 8 (a), when entering the mounting of the secondary storage medium 6, the control unit 4 based on the detection signal of the sensor (not shown) the secondary storage medium Whether or not 6 is attached to the storage unit 3 of the ATM 1 is confirmed.
Here, when the control unit 4 determines that the storage medium 6 is attached to the ATM 1, the controller 4 writes the unique setting information from the attached secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5, as shown in FIG. 8B. When the writing is approved, a guidance message prompting the user to press the OK button 42 and a screen on which the OK button 42 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2.
Then, when the clerk inputs that the writing to the HD 5 from the attached secondary storage medium 6 is approved by pressing the OK button 42 on the screen, the control unit 4 next checks the secondary storage medium 6. I do.
Further, when it is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached to the storage unit 3, the fact that the secondary storage medium 6 is not attached is the same as that shown in FIG. A guidance message for prompting the user to press the OK button 12 with the auxiliary storage medium 6 attached and a screen on which the OK button 12 is arranged are displayed on the display unit 2. When mounting is input by pressing the OK button 12 after mounting on the unit 3, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the mounting is performed based on a detection signal of a sensor (not shown).

If it is determined that the secondary storage medium 6 is attached, the unique setting information is written from the attached secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5 and the writing is approved, similar to the screen shown in FIG. 8B. If so, a guidance message prompting the user to press the OK button 42 and a screen on which the OK button 42 is arranged are displayed.
When the attendant presses the OK button 42 from this screen to instruct that the writing of the unique setting information from the attached secondary storage medium 6 to the HD 5 is approved, the control unit 4 next determines that the secondary storage medium 6 is correct. A check process is performed to determine whether the storage medium 6 is in use.

Here, it is assumed that the ATM-ID is set in advance in the replacement HD, or is set by an attendant at the time of replacement.
Control unit 4 proceeds to check the processing of the secondary storage medium 6, similarly to the step S7 shown in FIG. 3 of Example 1, reads the ID-b from the secondary storage medium 6 in the reading means, contents among the read is ATM1 It is determined whether or not the ID-a matches the ID-a stored in the HD5. Since the contents of ID-a and ID-b match, the control unit 4 determines that the attached sub-storage medium 6 is the correct sub-memory corresponding to ATM1. If it is determined that the storage medium 6 is used, the unique setting information is read from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading means and written to the HD 5 by the writing means.
On the other hand, if the contents of ID-a and ID-b are different from each other as a result of comparing the IDs of HD5 and secondary storage medium 6, or if ID-b information does not exist, the correct information corresponding to ATM1 is used. It is determined that it is not the secondary storage medium 6, and the attached secondary storage medium 6 cannot be used as shown in FIG. On the display unit 2 is displayed with a guidance sentence prompting the user to press and an OK button 15.
If the clerk who saw this inputs replacement by pressing the OK button 15 after replacing the secondary storage medium 6, the control unit 4 determines whether the secondary storage medium 6 has been replaced based on a detection signal from a sensor (not shown). If it is determined that it has been replaced, the secondary storage medium 6 is checked again.

If it is determined in this check process that the secondary storage medium 6 is the correct secondary storage medium 6 corresponding to ATM1, the control unit 4 reads the unique setting information from the secondary storage medium 6 by the reading means, and the HD5 by the writing means. Write to.
Thereafter, when the writing of the specific configuration information ends, as shown in FIG. 8 (c), and a guide sentence to the effect that the writing of specific configuration information has been completed, it is displayed on the display unit 2 a screen arranged end button 43, The restoration process is terminated when the end button 43 is pressed by the attendant who has seen this.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, setting information unique to each ATM is stored in the secondary storage medium, and even when all the HD of the ATM is damaged, it is possible to restore from the secondary storage medium. If an attendant newly performs a setting operation, an error is prevented, and if only the ATM-ID is set in the HD, the unique setting information can be restored more easily and quickly.
In the first embodiment, it is mentioned that journal data is written in the secondary storage medium in the second embodiment, but both the journal data and the unique setting information can be stored.

In the first and second embodiments, information such as journal data and terminal-specific setting information is written as plain text that is not encrypted in the secondary storage medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The identification data of the secondary storage medium uses ATM-ID. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other information may be used as long as the validity of the medium can be confirmed.

Also, the configuration of the ATM-ID is not limited to the data configuration described above, and any other data configuration can be adopted as long as ATM can be distinguished.
If the information is encrypted and written according to a certain rule and the data in the secondary storage medium cannot be read without knowing the rule, the data leakage can be protected more firmly.

Block diagram showing automatic transaction equipment Diagram showing how to write journal data A flowchart showing processing for mounting the secondary storage medium 6 on the ATM 1. The figure which shows the image of the screen which guides the operation of the staff Explanatory drawing of the check process of the secondary storage medium 6 The figure which shows the image of the screen which guides the restoration operation of the staff The figure which shows the image of the screen which guides the operation of the staff The figure which shows the image of the screen which guides the operation of the staff

Explanation of symbols

1 ATM
2 Display unit 3 Storage unit 4 Control unit 5 HD
6 Secondary storage media

Claims (10)

A plurality of auxiliary storage devices for writing data of the same content, reading means and writing means for the auxiliary storage device, replaceable secondary storage medium, reading means and writing means for the secondary storage medium, and journals generated by transactions An automatic transaction apparatus having a control means for controlling reading or writing of data,
The control means writes the journal data to both the auxiliary storage device and the secondary storage medium in which the unique setting information has been previously written, and when all of the plurality of auxiliary storage devices are replaced due to a failure. The automatic transaction apparatus performs control for restoring the unique setting information written in the secondary storage medium by writing it in the auxiliary storage device and restarting the operation of writing the journal data. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1,
When the plurality of auxiliary storage devices are replaced due to failure, the journal data written to the secondary storage medium is restored by writing to the auxiliary storage device, and the operation of writing the journal data is resumed. An automatic transaction apparatus characterized by that. In the automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
An automatic transaction apparatus, wherein when a part of the plurality of auxiliary storage devices becomes a failure, the operation of writing the journal data using the remaining auxiliary storage devices and the secondary storage medium is continued. In the automatic transaction apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
An automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the journal data is written to the secondary storage medium for each transaction. The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The automatic transaction apparatus reads identification data for identifying an automatic transaction apparatus to which a secondary storage medium should be attached from the secondary storage medium by the reading means and matches the identification data stored in the auxiliary storage apparatus. The automatic transaction apparatus is characterized in that the journal data is written to the secondary storage medium by the writing means only when they match. The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
When the auxiliary storage device is replaced and an input to approve the writing of the journal data from the secondary storage medium to a new auxiliary storage device is input, the automatic transaction apparatus to which the secondary storage medium is mounted is specified. The identification data is read from the secondary storage medium by the reading means to determine whether or not the identification data matches the identification data stored in the auxiliary storage device. An automatic transaction apparatus characterized in that, when it is determined that the corresponding secondary storage medium is correct, the journal data written in the secondary storage medium is written and restored in the exchanged auxiliary storage device by the writing means. The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
After the secondary storage medium is mounted, whether the identification data for specifying the automatic transaction apparatus to be mounted is read from the secondary storage medium by the reading means and matches the identification data stored in the auxiliary storage device An automatic transaction apparatus characterized by determining whether or not it matches, and writing the unique setting information stored in the auxiliary storage device into the secondary storage medium if they match. The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
After the auxiliary storage device is attached, the identification data for specifying the automatic transaction device to be attached is read from the secondary storage medium, and whether or not it matches the identification data stored in the auxiliary storage device. An automatic transaction apparatus characterized in that, when it is judged and matched, the unique setting information stored in the secondary storage medium is written into the auxiliary storage device by the writing means. The automatic transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the journal data written to the secondary storage medium is obtained by removing a part of information from the journal data written to the auxiliary storage device. In the automatic transaction device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the auxiliary storage device is a hard disk and the secondary storage medium is a removable medium.