JP4652146B2 - Important goods storage - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an important item storage machine that accepts a cassette containing important items of a customer and stores the cassette, and discharges the cassette stored in the apparatus in response to a take-out request from a customer. This makes it possible for customers to easily deposit important items without involving a third party such as a staff member of the company, and also to reduce the costs related to the management, allowing more customers to deposit important items. It relates to important goods storage machines.

  Conventionally, in financial institutions such as banks, customers make deposits and withdrawals using their own passbooks and cash cards. For this reason, in principle, important items such as bankbooks, cash cards and seals are managed at the customer's own risk. Recently, however, service operations for depositing such important items at financial institutions are becoming widespread, and each financial institution provides a service in which the person in charge receives important items from customers at the window and manages the received important items. ing.

  For this reason, a conventional technique for improving the efficiency of the custody of such important items is known. For example, Patent Document 1 is an invention made to accurately and promptly perform banking operations for depositing and managing important securities (passbooks, certificates, cash cards, etc.) from customers. The important person such as the cash card that the person in charge has deposited with the customer is managed in the database provided in the management computer using the predetermined registration information (bank account number, transaction date and time) as a key, and the important goods stored are stored. In addition, when a customer requests a return of an important item, a technique is disclosed in which the corresponding important item is searched from the database using the registration information as a key, and the important item that has been collated is retrieved by this search. .

  Patent Document 2 is an invention made to improve the operability (setting of a personal identification number by a customer) of a locker device in which a customer himself deposits an important item in a locker box. Specifically, the user is identified. A locker box set in the identified user information by setting an arbitrary number of locker boxes among the locker boxes for the user information to be identified, identifying the user information of the user by the user's operation In response to this, a technology is disclosed in which a user sets a personal identification number, and the locker box corresponding to the identified user information is unlocked when the entered personal identification number is authenticated. Yes.

JP-A-5-303675 JP 2002-129795 A

  However, since the thing of the said patent document 1 is an invention on the assumption that an important thing is handed over to the window of a financial institution, the complicated window work in a financial institution is not eliminated, and a customer himself / herself is an operation by himself. There was a problem from the viewpoint of convenience because it was not possible to deposit and take out important items easily. In addition, even if the person in charge of the financial institution can be trusted, it is possible for customers to deposit important items themselves because reducing the human intervention for important items as much as possible leads to improved security. Is desirable.

  The thing of patent document 2 has solved the problem of patent document 1 from such a viewpoint, but the possibility that a third party can see the act of putting an important thing inside a locker box, and input of a personal identification number are required. Since there is a possibility of being peeped by a third party, there is a problem that it cannot be said that it is sufficient in terms of security.

  In addition to the related arts related to Patent Documents 1 and 2, there is also a mechanism for depositing important items called so-called safe deposit boxes. However, the use fee for such safe deposit boxes is still high and widely spread to each customer. It is not what you are doing. In addition, since the safe deposit box can be deposited or taken out only after a complicated procedure, there is a problem in its convenience. In other words, this safe deposit box can be used only by some customers from the viewpoint of cost, and there is a problem with its convenience.

  As a result, it is possible for customers to easily deposit important items without involving third parties such as staff of financial institutions, etc. It is an important issue how to realize an important material storage machine that can deposit materials.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and allows customers to easily deposit important items themselves without intervening third parties such as staff of financial institutions. An object of the present invention is to provide an important property deposit machine that enables a greater number of customers to deposit important items while reducing the costs associated with the management.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention accepts a cassette containing important items of a customer and stores the cassette, and stores the cassette in the apparatus in response to a take-out request from the customer. Cassette storage table for storing the correspondence between the cassette identification information of a plurality of cassettes and the cassette storage unit for storing each cassette, the registered biometric information of the customer and the cassette of the cassette Corresponding to the customer information registration table for storing the identification information in association with each other, the cassette identification information receiving means for receiving the cassette identification information of the cassette to be taken out, and the cassette identification information received by the cassette identification information receiving means Registered biometric information acquisition means for acquiring registered biometric information from the customer information registration table; Biometric information acquisition means for acquiring biometric information of a customer who performs an operation of taking out a stored cassette, and input biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the registration when the cassette is taken out by the customer The cassette is retrieved with reference to the cassette storage table when the customer who performs the cassette take-out operation is verified by collating with the registered biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means, and the customer is authenticated as an appropriate customer. It is characterized in that it comprises a cassette storage unit corresponding to the cassette identification information received by the identification information receiving unit, and an extraction control unit for controlling the removal of the cassette stored in the specified cassette storage unit .

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the customer information registration table stores registered biometric information of an agent representing the customer together with registered biometric information of the customer who owns the cassette, and the registered biometric information acquisition means includes: The registered biometric information of the customer who owns the cassette and the registered biometric information of the agent are acquired from the customer information registration table, and the take-out control means includes the input biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the registered biometric information. It is characterized in that the customer who performs the cassette take-out operation is authenticated by collating with the registered biometric information of the customer or the registered biometric information of the agent acquired by the information acquiring means.

According to the present invention, if the registered biometric information of the customer and the cassette identification information of the cassette are stored in the customer information registration table in association with each other and the input of the cassette identification information of the cassette to be taken out is accepted, the cassette The registered biometric information corresponding to the identification information is acquired from the customer information registration table, the biometric information of the customer who performs the operation of taking out the cassette stored inside the apparatus is acquired, and the acquired input biometric information and registered biometric information are obtained. When the customer who performs the cassette take-out operation by collating is authenticated and authenticated as an appropriate customer, the cassette storage unit corresponding to the received cassette identification information is identified with reference to the cassette storage table, Since the cassette stored in the specified cassette storage unit is controlled to be taken out, only the contracted customer can take out the cassette. So I can not bet, it becomes possible to ensure the security of important products have.

  Further, according to the present invention, the customer information registration table stores registered biometric information of an agent representing the customer together with registered biometric information of the customer who owns the cassette, and the customer who owns the cassette from the customer information registration table The registered biometric information and the registered biometric information of the agent are acquired and verified against the input biometric information to authenticate the customer who performs the cassette removal operation. Removal can be performed, and flexibility and flexibility can be increased. For example, even if there is no contracted customer, the family can take out the cassette as an agent, thus improving flexibility and flexibility.

  Exemplary embodiments of an important property storage machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. There are various types of customer biometric information such as fingerprints, palm prints, face images, etc. In this embodiment, the case where vein information of the customer's hand is used as biometric information is shown.

(Outline of the Important Material Storage Machine 100)
First, an outline of the important property storage machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an outline of the important property storage device 100 according to the present embodiment. The important material deposit machine 100 is a device mainly installed in a financial institution such as a bank or a post office, and can also be installed in a place where an ATM (ATM: Automatic tellers Machine) or the like is installed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the important item storage machine 100 includes a cassette delivery port 120 that receives or discharges a cassette 200 owned by a customer, and a display operation unit that will be described later and that displays guidance for the customer and receives a cassette number. 130 (FIG. 5), a biometric information authenticating unit 140 that performs authentication processing based on the biometric information of the customer, and a cassette carrying device that conveys the cassette 200 inserted into the cassette delivery port 120 to the cassette storing unit 300 corresponding to the cassette number 400 and a plurality of cassette storage units 300 for storing the cassettes 200.

  Here, the positions of the cassette storage units 300 for storing the cassettes 200 are set in advance corresponding to the cassette numbers. Specifically, the address numbers assigned to the respective cassette storage units 300 are assigned to the cassettes 200. And stored in the cassette storage table 352 in the storage unit 350 in association with the cassette number. Therefore, if the cassette number can be acquired, the address information of the cassette storage unit 300 is specified with reference to the cassette storage table 352. The storage unit 350 stores a customer information registration table 351 that stores a cassette number and vein information that is biometric information of the customer in association with the cassette storage table 352.

  When the customer deposits an important item in the important item depositing machine 100, first, the customer selects and selects the “deposit” button displayed on the display operation unit 130, and inserts the cassette 200 into the cassette delivery port 120. Then, the reader / writer 401 reads the cassette number from the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200, specifies the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to the read cassette number with reference to the cassette storage table 352, and specifies the specified cassette storage unit. The cassette 200 is conveyed up to 300. The reader / writer 401 is a device that reads a cassette number or the like from the ID tag 230 or writes data to the ID tag 230 by wireless communication.

  On the other hand, when the customer takes out the important item from the important item storage machine 100, the user first selects and selects the “take out” button displayed on the display operation unit 130, and is displayed on the display operation unit 130. A four-digit cassette number is input according to the guidance, and the hand is held over the biometric information authentication unit 140. Then, the registered biometric information (vein information) corresponding to the 4-digit cassette number is retrieved from the customer information registration table 351 and collated with the customer's input biometric information (vein information) acquired by the biometric information authentication unit 140. Authenticated. As a result, when it is determined that both are biometric information (vein information) of the same person, the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to the cassette number is specified with reference to the cassette storage table 352, and the specified cassette storage unit The cassette 200 stored in 300 is discharged from the cassette delivery port 120.

  As described above, the important item storage device 100 according to the present embodiment stores the cassette number in the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200 and stores the registered biometric information in the customer information registration table 351 inside the apparatus. There is a big feature, and the cassette number in the ID tag 230 is used to specify the storage position of the cassette 200 so that it can be stored efficiently, and the registered biometric information stored in the customer information registration table 351 is used. Thus, the legitimacy of the customer trying to take out the cassette is authenticated.

(Configuration of cassette 200)
Next, the cassette 200 that is a deposit target of the important item depositing machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the cassette 200 shown in FIG. 1 is closed, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the cassette 200 is opened.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cassette 200 is formed in a thin bag shape by joining one side edge of the upper case 210 and one side edge of the lower case 220 so as to be freely opened and closed. For this reason, the goods which a customer deposits with the important thing storage machine 100 can be accommodated in the inside of this cassette 200. FIG.

  Here, the case where the customer's bankbook (○ △ bank) and the seal are stored in the cassette 200 is shown, but in this cassette 200, the customer is an important item in addition to the bank's bankbook and seal. Goods (passbooks of other banks, securities, certificates, passports, cash cards, keys, etc.) can be stored appropriately.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a non-contact RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag 230 (hereinafter simply referred to as “ID tag 230”) is attached to the lower case 220 of the cassette 200. The ID tag 230 is formed by an IC chip and an antenna unit that have a memory 231 for storing data. In the memory 231, as shown in FIG. 4, a cassette number, a bank code, a branch code, and a machine body are formed. Number is stored. The position where the ID tag 230 is disposed is not limited to the illustrated position, and may be disposed in another position of the lower case 220 or the upper case 210.

  Here, the cassette number is a unique number (a four-digit number represented by 0000 to 9999) that can uniquely identify each cassette, and is one-to-one with each cassette storage unit 300 provided in the apparatus. It is associated. Therefore, when the customer newly acquires the cassette 200, the customer selects a desired cassette number from the empty cassettes 200 under the operation of the staff, and the cassette 200 having the cassette number is stored in the cassette inside the apparatus. The part 300 is discharged. The cassette storage table 352 stores a cassette number, an address number of the cassette storage unit 300, and a flag in association with each other. When a new cassette is lent to a customer, a flag corresponding to the corresponding cassette number is not set. The use flag “00” is changed to the registered flag “01”.

  The bank code is a bank code of a bank that the customer contracts, and the branch code is a branch code that identifies a branch of the bank that the customer has purchased or leased the cassette 200. The case where the bank code is “ABSxxx” and the branch code is “H20xxx” is shown. The machine number is the number of each device when a plurality of important material storage devices 100 are arranged, and here, the case number is “1”. Note that the manufacturing number (lot number or the like) of the important item depositing machine 100 can be used instead of the machine number.

  In this embodiment, the ID tag 230 storing the cassette number and registered biometric information is attached to the cassette 200. However, a barcode can be attached to the cassette 200 instead of the ID tag 230. However, since the amount of information that can be held in a barcode is limited, it is possible to have only a part of the information in the barcode and hold the rest in the apparatus.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of pins 240 are provided at two positions on the side surface of the lower case 220, and these pins 240 are gripping arms of the gripping mechanism portion 440 of the cassette carrying device 400. 422 is configured to be engageable with 422. When the customer deposits the cassette 200, the cassette 200 can be pulled into the main body 110 by the pair of pins 240 and the pair of gripping arms 422 engaging and gripping each other.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a lock claw 211 is provided at a substantially central position of the upper case 210 of the cassette 200. The lock claw 211 is a locking mechanism that locks when the upper case 210 of the cassette 200 is closed. By combining the number of the lock lock 250 (four-digit password), the lock claw 211 can be appropriately locked / unlocked. The lock is done. Accordingly, important items such as a bankbook stored in the cassette 200 are strictly stored by the locking mechanism.

(Details of the overall structure of the important item storage machine 100)
Next, an appearance and an internal configuration of the important property storage device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the important property storage device 100 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the important property storage device 100 shown in FIG. These are sectional drawings which looked at important thing custody 100 shown in Drawing 5 from the Y1 direction. Below, the external appearance and internal structure of the important property custody machine 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the important property storage device 100 has a console-type appearance almost the same as an ATM disposed in a bank or the like, and a main body 110 (casing) constituting the important property storage device 100. ) In front of the cassette delivery port 120 for accepting and ejecting the cassette 200, a touch panel type display operation unit 130 for accepting guidance display to the customer and input of the cassette number, etc., and acquiring customer biometric information And a biometric information authenticating unit 140 that performs authentication processing are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a plurality of cassette storage units 300 for storing the cassettes 200 are provided inside the main body 110. Here, storage groups in which 40 cassette storage units 300 are superimposed in the Z direction are arranged in two rows on the left and right sides in the X direction, and 5 storage groups are arranged in the Y direction, for a total of 400 cassette storage units. The case where 300 is arrange | positioned is shown.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a cassette carrying device 400 for carrying the cassette 200 is provided between the left and right two rows of storage groups separated in the X direction. In the cassette transport apparatus 400, when depositing the cassette 200, the cassette delivery port 120 grips the cassette 200 received and moves in the Y direction to move to the corresponding storage group, and then the Z direction shown in FIG. The cassette 200 is moved to the position of the corresponding cassette storage unit 300, and the cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300 by performing necessary rotation at that position.

  On the other hand, when the cassette 200 is taken out, the cassette number is read by the reader / writer 401 by proceeding to the position of the corresponding cassette storage unit 300 and whether or not the cassette 200 is the relevant one (the cassette 200 has been replaced). The registered biometric information stored in the customer information registration table 351 is compared with the input biometric information to authenticate whether or not the customer is a valid customer. As a result, when the authentication is successful, the cassette 200 is gripped and moved to the cassette delivery port 120, and the cassette 200 is ejected from the cassette delivery port 120. The cassette carrying device 400 is driven by a first drive motor 510 to a fifth drive motor 550 described later.

  The cassette delivery port 120 is a reception / discharge port serving as a window when the customer deposits the cassette 200 and takes out the cassette 200 by the customer. When depositing the cassette 200, the customer inserts the cassette delivery port 120 into the cassette delivery port 120. The cassette 200 is gripped by the cassette carrying device 400. When the cassette 200 is taken out, the cassette carrying device 400 pushes the cassette 200 into the cassette delivery port 120 so that the customer can take out the cassette 200 from the cassette delivery port 120.

  A shutter 121 configured to be openable and closable is provided at the opening position of the cassette delivery port 120. The shutter 121 is normally closed. However, when “deposit” is selected on the display operation unit 130, the shutter 121 can be opened and closed. When the customer pushes the shutter 121 with the cassette 200, the cassette 200. Is taken inside. In addition, even when “Eject” is selected on the display operation unit 130, the cassette can be opened and closed. When the cassette carrying device 400 pushes the cassette 200 into the cassette delivery port 120, the shutter 121 is released, and the customer's The cassette 200 is discharged to a position where it can be taken out. As for the opening / closing of the shutter 121, as a countermeasure against tampering, the customer may input the cassette number, and the shutter 121 may be opened only when the registered cassette number exists.

  The display operation unit 130 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display that accepts various guidance displays and operation button selection operations. The storage unit 350 is a secondary storage medium such as a hard disk device, and associates the customer information registration table 351 in which information related to customers is registered with the address number and cassette number of the cassette storage unit 300 in which the cassette 200 is stored. The stored cassette storage table 352 is stored.

  Here, in the customer information registration table 351, registered biometric information of the customer is stored in association with the cassette number. This registered biometric information is biometric information acquired from the customer when the cassette 200 is registered. Here, a case where vein image data obtained by imaging a vein is used as registered biometric information will be described. However, a feature amount obtained by performing image processing on the vein image data may be used as registered biometric information.

  In addition, the important item storage machine 100 is connected to a management device 160 such as a server device provided in the bank. In this management apparatus 160, (1) when a customer newly purchases a cassette 200, the important item storage device 100 is remotely operated to register the cassette number, the customer's biometric information (vein information), and the customer information. While registering in the table 351, the flag of the cassette storage table 352 that stores the cassette number and the position of the cassette storage unit 300 in association with each other is updated. In addition, (2) the customer information registration table 351 and the cassette storage table 352 stored in the storage unit 350 of the important property storage device 100 are backed up as necessary, and (3) the cassette 200 is deposited from the important property storage device 100. Receives data related to the situation and the retrieval situation (use date / time and number of use) and displays a list thereof.

  Although a detailed description is omitted here for convenience of explanation, the important item storage machine 100 can be provided with a printer or the like that prints a transaction status (deposit history or retrieval history) with a customer. When performing face authentication using biometric information, a photographing camera such as a CCD camera is provided.

(Driving mechanism of important goods storage machine 100)
Next, the drive mechanism of the important property storage device 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The important item storage device 100 includes five drive motors, a first drive motor 510, a second drive motor 520, a third drive motor 530, a fourth drive motor 540, and a fifth drive motor 550. A stepping motor or the like can be used as the first drive motor 510 to the fifth drive motor 550, and the drive is controlled by a conveyance drive control unit 444 shown in FIG.

  The first drive motor 510 is a drive motor that moves the cassette transport device 400 up and down in the Z direction (up and down direction in FIG. 7), and is installed at the lowest position of the main body 110 (FIG. 7). The second drive motor 520 is a drive motor that moves the cassette carrying device 400 in the Y direction (vertical direction in FIG. 6), and is located at the upper position in the Y direction of the frame portion 113 that supports the cassette carrying device 400 from both sides (see FIG. 6 above). The third drive motor 530 is a drive motor that moves the transfer tray section 420 that forms a part of the cassette transport apparatus 400 in the X direction (the left-right direction in FIGS. 6 and 7), and is provided inside the cassette transport apparatus 400. ing.

  The fourth drive motor 540 is a drive motor that rotates the gripping arm 422 of the gripping mechanism 440 that forms a part of the cassette transport apparatus 400 in order to grip the cassette 200, and the fifth drive motor 550 is a cassette transport apparatus. This is a drive motor that drives a later-described rotation mechanism unit 450 that forms part of 400. When the rotation mechanism unit 450 is operated by the fifth drive motor 550, the rotation tray unit 410 rotates clockwise (N direction in FIG. 10-1 described later) or counterclockwise (N ′ in FIG. 10-1 described later). Therefore, the direction of the rotation tray section 410 can be made to face either the left or right cassette storage section 300 side.

(Details of configuration and function of cassette transport apparatus 400)
Next, the configuration and function of the cassette carrying device 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. As described above, the cassette transport device 400 transports the cassette 200 inserted from the cassette delivery port 120 (FIG. 5) to a preset position of the cassette storage unit 300, and sets the cassette number entered by the customer. The cassette 200 is taken out from the corresponding cassette storage unit 300 and conveyed to the cassette delivery port 120.

  The cassette carrying device 400 is formed so that the cassette 200 can move between the rows of the cassette storage units 300 arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction, and the cassette 200 can be taken in and out of the cassette storage units 300 in each row. ing. Further, the cassette carrying device 400 is provided with a rotating tray portion 410 for holding the cassette 200, and the rotating tray portion 410 is rotated so as to face the cassette storage portions 300 in each row. This is because the cassette 200 can be stored in the cassette storage unit 300 of each column without providing the rotation tray unit 410 for each column. Furthermore, the cassette carrying device 400 is formed so that the cassette 200 can be taken in and out of a cassette storage unit 300 that is stacked in the vertical direction. This is because it is possible to store a large amount of cassette 200 in three dimensions in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  The cassette carrying device 400 is provided with a rotating tray portion 410 that carries the cassette 200 while holding the cassette 200. Among the portions forming the rotating tray portion 410, the gripping mechanism portion 440 shown in FIG. 9A is a portion that holds the cassette 200, and the turning mechanism portion 450 shown in FIGS. This is a part for rotating the gripped cassette 200 in the direction of the cassette storage unit 300.

  Here, a mechanism for rotating the rotation tray unit 410 by the rotation mechanism unit 450 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, a rotation pulley 553 is fixed to the lower portion of the rotation tray unit 410. In addition, the shaft portion provided at substantially the center of the rotating pulley 553 is rotatable with respect to the transfer tray portion 420. A driving belt 554 is stretched between the rotating pulley 553 and the pulley 552, and the rotating mechanism portion 450 is formed by the rotating pulley 553, the pulley 552, and the driving belt 554. For this reason, when the fifth drive motor 550 rotates, the pulley 552 forming a part of the rotation mechanism unit 450 rotates, and this rotational force is transmitted to the rotation pulley 553 via the drive belt 554, so that the rotation finally occurs. The rotating tray 410 fixed to the moving pulley 553 rotates.

  As described above, the cassette transport apparatus 400 rotates the rotating tray section 410 by the rotating mechanism section 450, and the cassette transport apparatus 400 includes the transfer tray section 420 together with the rotating mechanism section 450. Is provided. The transfer tray unit 420 moves the rotating tray unit 410 in the X direction.

  Here, a mechanism for moving the rotating tray unit 410 in the X direction by the transfer tray unit 420 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the fixing plate 452 of the transfer tray unit 420 that forms a part of the cassette carrying device 400 is as follows. The moving belt 532 is connected to the moving belt 532 and moves in response to the driving of the third driving motor 530. Further, a pair of moving rods 451 are inserted through a pair of insertion holes formed in the transfer tray section 420. For this reason, when the third drive motor 530 starts driving, this driving force is transmitted to the fixed plate 452 via the pulley 531 and the moving belt 532, whereby the rotating tray portion 410 of the cassette carrying device 400 is paired with a pair. While being supported by the moving rod 451, the movement is controlled in the X direction shown in FIG.

  As described above, the cassette conveying apparatus 400 is provided with the transfer tray unit 420 in addition to the rotating tray unit 410. The rotating tray unit 410 and the transfer tray unit 420 are arranged in the Z direction (the vertical direction in FIG. 7). ) To move up and down. Note that the up-and-down movement by the up-and-down movement unit 430 is performed by driving the first drive motor 510 as described above.

(Grip mechanism 440)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 9-1 and 9-2, the gripping mechanism portion 440 provided in the rotating tray portion 410 will be described in more detail. 9A shows a state of the gripping mechanism 440 before the cassette 200 is inserted, and FIG. 9-2 shows a state of the gripping mechanism 440 after the cassette 200 is inserted.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, a fourth drive motor 540 is provided on one end side (left side of FIG. 9A) of the rotating tray portion 410, and the gripping mechanism is driven by the drive of the fourth drive motor 540. Part 440 is activated. The gripping mechanism portion 440 includes a pair of intermediate gears 421a and 421b provided at substantially the center position of the rotating tray portion 410, a pair of gripping arms 422 for gripping the cassette 200, and the gripping arms 422. It is comprised by a pair of rotation gear 424a and 424b to which the spindle 423 was fixed. As shown in the figure, the intermediate gear 421a is engaged with the rotating gear 424a, and the intermediate gear 421b is engaged with the rotating gear 424b. A belt 427 is stretched between a pulley 425 fixed to the drive shaft of the fourth drive motor 540 and a pulley 426 fixed to the intermediate gear 421a.

  When the fourth drive motor 540 is driven in the gripping mechanism 440, this driving force is transmitted from the pulley 426 to the intermediate gear 421a via the pulley 425 and the belt 427. As a result, the pair of intermediate gears 421 rotate, and the driving force is also transmitted to the rotating gears 424a and 424b engaged with the intermediate gears 421a and 421b, respectively.

  When the rotation gears 424a and 424b start to rotate, the pair of gripping arms 422 rotate inward along with this, so that the flange formed at the tip of the gripping arm 422 is a cassette. It engages with two pins 240 provided on 200. Thereby, the cassette 200 can be grasped reliably and the cassette 200 can be moved to a predetermined position as it is.

  More specifically, when the cassette 200 is gripped by the gripping mechanism 440, the fourth drive motor 540 is rotated clockwise (in the direction of the solid arrow in FIG. 9-2). Accordingly, since the pulley 425 and the intermediate gear 421a rotate in the clockwise direction, the rotation gear 424a meshed with the intermediate gear 421a starts to rotate in the counterclockwise direction. As a result, the gripping arm 422 is biased inward, and the collar portion of the gripping arm 422 is engaged with the pin 240, whereby the cassette 200 can be gripped.

  Further, as the intermediate gear 421a rotates, the intermediate gear 421b engaged with the intermediate gear 421a rotates counterclockwise, so that the rotating gear 424b engaged with the intermediate gear 421b rotates clockwise. . Accordingly, the grip arm 422 is also biased inward, and the collar portion of the grip arm 422 can be engaged with the pin 240 in accordance with the bias. On the other hand, when releasing the gripping operation by the gripping mechanism 440, the fourth drive motor 540 is rotated counterclockwise.

  As described above, the cassette 200 inserted from the cassette delivery port 120 can be gripped by the operation of the gripping mechanism unit 440 provided in the cassette transport device 400, and the cassette transport device 400 can be gripped while the cassette 200 is gripped. By moving the cassette 200, the cassette 200 can be moved to a predetermined cassette storage unit 300. In addition, the operation of the gripping mechanism 440 can move the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300 to the position of the cassette delivery port 120.

(Configuration and function of rotating mechanism 450)
Next, the configuration and function of the rotation mechanism unit 450 provided in the rotation tray unit 410 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 10A is a diagram illustrating a state when the cassette 200 is gripped by the rotating tray unit 410 provided in the cassette conveying apparatus 400, and FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating the rotating tray unit 410 illustrated in FIG. Is rotated about 90 degrees clockwise (N direction in FIG. 10-1), and FIG. 10-3 is a diagram illustrating the rotation tray portion 410 shown in FIG. It is the figure rotated in the N 'direction of FIG.

  When the cassette 200 shown in FIG. 10A is a cassette located at the cassette delivery port 120, when the cassette 200 is gripped by the rotation tray unit 410, the rotation tray unit 410 faces the cassette delivery port 120 side. ing. Therefore, in order to store the cassette 200 in any of the cassette storage units 300, it is necessary to rotate the rotating tray unit 410 and the cassette 200 by 90 degrees to the left or right.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10-2, when the rotation tray 410 is rotated 90 degrees clockwise (N direction in FIG. 10-1), the fifth drive motor 550 is driven in the clockwise direction. Use power. In other words, a pulley 552 is fixed to the drive shaft 551 of the fifth drive motor 550, and a rotating pulley 553 is fixed to substantially the center of the bottom plate portion constituting the rotating tray portion 410. A driving belt 554 is stretched between the rotating pulley 553 and the pulley 552. Accordingly, when the fifth drive motor 550 is driven in the clockwise direction, this rotational driving force is transmitted from the pulley 552 to the rotating pulley 553 via the driving belt 554, and thus the rotating pulley 553 rotates in the clockwise direction. . For this reason, the rotation tray part 410 fixed to this rotation pulley 553 also rotates in the same direction (clockwise).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10C, when the rotating tray 410 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise (N ′ direction) by 90 °, the fifth drive motor 550 is driven counterclockwise. Use power. That is, when the fifth drive motor 550 is driven in the counterclockwise direction (N ′ direction), this rotational driving force is transmitted from the pulley 552 to the rotating pulley 553 via the driving belt 554, so that the rotating pulley 553 It rotates counterclockwise. For this reason, the rotation tray part 410 fixed to this rotation pulley 553 also rotates in the same direction (counterclockwise direction). As described above, in this embodiment, the rotation of the cassette transport device 400 is rotated by the operation of the rotation mechanism unit 450, thereby rotating the cassette 200 inserted into the cassette delivery port 120 by 90 degrees to thereby move the cassette storage unit. While being stored in 300, the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300 is rotated 90 degrees and discharged from the cassette delivery port 120.

(Details of the internal structure and functions of the important item storage device 100)
Next, the internal configuration of the important item storage device 100 will be described in more detail. FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing the internal configuration of the important item storage device 100, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the customer information registration table 351. As shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the cassette storage table 352.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the important item storage device 100 includes a door opening / closing detection sensor 111, a customer detection sensor 112, a display operation unit 130, a biometric information authentication unit 140, a storage unit 350, and a transport drive control unit 444. Are connected to the main control unit 600.

  The door opening / closing detection sensor 111 is a sensor that detects opening / closing of a door that forms a part of the main body 110 of the important item storage device 100, and the customer detection sensor 112 detects a customer (human body) that approaches the important item storage device 100. It is a sensor to detect. In the present embodiment, when the customer is detected by the customer detection sensor 112, the display operation unit 130 is turned on, and the depositing operation or the removing operation of the cassette 200 is enabled.

  The display operation unit 130 is a display device and an input device formed by a touch panel type liquid crystal display. The display operation unit 130 displays guidance for a customer when depositing or removing a cassette 200 described later, and a deposit button 131 and an eject button. The selection operation of 132 and the input operation of the cassette number by the numeric keypad 133 are accepted.

  Although the detailed explanation is omitted here, if the clerk performs a predetermined operation on the display operation unit 130 and shifts to the “cassette number search mode”, the operation of the display operation unit 130 allows the customer to operate. If the cassette number of the cassette 200 is forgotten, the cassette number can be searched. The display operation unit 130 is controlled by driver software (not shown) incorporated in the main control unit 600.

  The conveyance drive control unit 444 is a control unit that controls conveyance of the cassette conveyance device 400, and is connected to a first drive motor 510 to a fifth drive motor 550 that form a drive mechanism. The transport drive control unit 444 controls the moving direction of the cassette transport device 400 by controlling the driving of the first drive motor 510 to the fifth drive motor 550.

  The biometric information authenticating unit 140 acquires input biometric information (vein information) from the customer when the cassette 200 is taken out, and the registered input biometric information (registered biometric information) stored in the customer information registration table 351 is acquired. ) To authenticate whether or not the customer is the rightful owner of the cassette 200.

  The biometric information authentication unit 140 includes a biometric information acquisition unit 141, a biometric information registration unit 142, and a biometric information determination unit 143. The biometric information acquisition unit 141 is a processing unit that acquires customer vein information as biometric information when registering a new cassette 200 or taking out the cassette 200. Specifically, the biometric information acquisition unit 141 is an image related to the palm or finger vein of a customer. This image is used as vein information, that is, biological information.

  The biometric information registration unit 142 performs a registration process of storing registered biometric information of a customer who possesses the cassette 200 in the customer information registration table 351 when a new cassette 200 is registered. Specifically, when a predetermined operation is performed on the display operation unit 130, the process proceeds to the “biological information registration mode”, and when a predetermined operation is performed in this biometric information registration mode, the biometric information acquisition unit 141 performs the customer operation. Vein information is acquired, and this vein information is stored in the customer information registration table 351 as registered biometric information. However, the vein information of the customer can be obtained similarly by remote control of the management apparatus 160, and this vein information can be stored in the customer information registration table 351 as registered biometric information. Further, not only the vein information image itself is registered biometric information, but also a feature amount extracted from this image can be registered biometric information.

  The biometric information determination unit 143 collates the input biometric information acquired from the customer who performs the cassette 200 take-out operation with the registered biometric information stored in the customer information registration table 351, and the customer is the rightful owner of the cassette 200. It is a processing unit for determining whether or not there is. Any verification technique may be employed for the verification process. In the present embodiment, vein information is used as biometric information. However, facial, fingerprint, palmprint, voiceprint, iris and other physical and behavioral features can be used as biometric information. In some cases, it is necessary to use a biological information acquisition unit 141 for acquiring such biological information.

  Next, the main controller 600 will be described. The main control unit 600 is a control unit that controls the important property storage device 100 as a whole, and includes a customer information registration unit 610, an extraction permission determination unit 620, and a scrutinization determination unit 630.

  The customer information registration unit 610 is a processing unit that registers the personal information of a customer who uses the important item storage device 100 at the time of the use contract. As shown in FIG. 12, the cassette number and registration of the cassette 200 purchased or rented by the customer are registered. The biometric information, the bank code of the customer's bank, the branch code of the contract partner, and the usage log are registered in the customer information registration table 351 as personal information in association with the customer's name.

  The usage log column stores the date and number of times of use of the important item storage device 100. The customer information registration table 351 basically stores the registered biometric information of the contracted customer, but can also store the registered biometric information about the agent. This is because it is possible that not only the customer himself / herself but also his / her family member takes out important items.

  The take-out permission determination unit 620 is a processing unit that determines whether or not the cassette 200 can be taken out based on the determination result by the biometric information determination unit 143. If it belongs to a person, the customer who has performed the take-out operation is regarded as a legitimate customer, and the cassette 200 is allowed to be taken out.

  The scrutinization judging unit 630 includes the cassette identification information (cassette number) stored in association with the position information specifying the position of each cassette storage unit 300 and the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 stored in each cassette storage unit 300. Is a processing unit that collates the identification information (cassette number) stored in the table and determines whether the two identification information (cassette number) matches.

  For example, when a third party opens the door of the important item storage machine 100 and replaces the position of the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300, when the cassette 200 is taken out, the cassette 200 becomes an authorized customer. It will be handed over to other customers who are not, and the function as the important item storage device 100 cannot be exhibited. For this reason, in this embodiment, when the door opening / closing detection sensor 111 shown in FIG. 11 detects that the door has been opened / closed, the scrutinization determining unit 630 performs the above determination.

  Referring to the cassette storage table 352 of FIG. 12, for example, although the cassette number of the cassette 200 stored in the address number (“000X001”) indicating the position information of the cassette storage unit 300 is “0123”. First, when the cassette 200 having the cassette number “0124” is stored in the cassette storage unit 300 due to replacement of the cassette 200 or the like, the determination processing by the scrutinization determination unit 630 performs the determination process of the cassette 200. The fact of replacement is revealed. Specifically, “the cassette 200 stored in the address number“ 000X001 ”and the cassette 200 stored in the address number“ 000X002 ”should not be stored in the original cassette storage unit 300”, “both It is found that the cassette 200 has been exchanged between ".

  The position of the cassette storage unit 300 storing the cassette 200 with the cassette number “0123” and the cassette storage storing the cassette 200 with the cassette number “0124” from among the plurality of cassette storage units 300. The position of the unit 300 is searched, and the two cassettes 200 found by this search are stored in the correct storage positions (address numbers “000X001” and “000X002”).

  As described above, the storage position of the cassette 200 stored in each of the plurality of cassette storage units 300 is performed by performing the determination process by the scrutinization determination unit 630 when the door of the important material storage device 100 is opened and closed. Therefore, for example, even when a third party performs a replacement operation of the cassette 200, the position of the cassette 200 corresponding to the cassette number can be accurately determined. For this reason, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized customer from taking out the cassette 200 by mistake.

  Next, an example of the cassette storage table 352 will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, in this cassette storage table 352, a cassette number and an address number of the cassette storage unit 300 are associated one-to-one. For this reason, when the cassette number is known, the address of the cassette storage unit 300 is determined.

  When depositing the cassette 200, the cassette number is stored in the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200. Therefore, when the cassette number is read by the reader / writer 401 and the cassette storage table 352 is referenced, the cassette storing the cassette 200 is stored. The position of the storage unit 300 is determined. When the cassette 200 is taken out, the customer inputs the cassette number. Therefore, referring to the cassette storage table 352 based on the input cassette number, the position of the cassette storage unit 300 that stores the cassette 200 is determined. Will be revealed.

  The cassette storage table 352 is provided with a flag for each cassette number. This flag is “00” when an unused cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300, and “01” when the registered cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300. “02” when the cassette 200 is being taken out, “FF” when the unregistered cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300, and when the registered cassette 200 is missing. Becomes "FE". In addition, although illustration was abbreviate | omitted here for convenience of explanation, a customer's name, registration date, the last use date, the frequency | count of use, etc. can also be memorize | stored besides the above.

(Cassette deposit processing)
Next, a procedure for depositing the cassette 200 will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a depositing process procedure of the cassette 200, and FIGS. 15-1 to 15-4 are diagrams showing an example of a guidance display displayed on the display operation unit 130 during the depositing operation.

  As shown in FIG. 14, first, it is determined whether or not the presence of a customer is detected by the customer detection sensor 112 (step S101). If a customer is detected (Yes in step S101), the display operation unit 130 displays the figure. The deposit / removal selection screen 135 (including the deposit button 131 and the eject button 132) shown in 15-1 is displayed (step S102). If the presence of the customer is not detected (No at Step S101), the customer detection sensor 112 is in a state of waiting for detection as it is.

  If the customer depresses the take-out button 132 (Yes at step S103), the process proceeds to the cassette 200 take-out process described later, and if the customer depresses the deposit button 131 (Yes at step S104). The process proceeds to the depositing process of the cassette 200 shown in step S105 and subsequent steps. If the push-out operation of the eject button 132 and the deposit button 131 is not performed (No at Step S103 and No at S104), the process proceeds to Step S102 and enters an input waiting state.

  When the customer presses the deposit button 131 (Yes at Step S104), the display operation unit 130 displays the set screen shown in FIG. 15-2 that requests the customer to set the cassette 200 in the cassette delivery port 120. Displayed above (step S105). Here, the character string “Please set cassette” and an image are displayed on the set screen.

  When the cassette 200 is set in the cassette delivery port 120 by the customer, the cassette 200 is accepted (step S106), and the reader / writer 401 reads the cassette number from the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200 (step S107). ).

  Thereafter, referring to the cassette storage table 352, the position of the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to this cassette number is identified (step S108), and the transport drive control unit is configured to transport the cassette 200 to the specified cassette storage unit 300 position. 444 is instructed (step S109), and the cassette carrying device 400 starts carrying the cassette 200.

  When the cassette 200 is transported, a storage screen shown in FIG. 15C is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (step S110). Here, a character string “It is being stored. Please wait for a while” and an image showing the storage stage at the present time are displayed. Then, if the cassette 200 is completely stored by the cassette transport apparatus 400 being transported (Yes at Step S111), the storage completion screen shown in FIG. 15-4 is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (Step S112). . Here, a case is shown in which characters such as “Check the screen and press confirmation” and a character string indicating the customer name, storage date and time, and the like are displayed.

(Cassette removal processing)
Next, a procedure for taking out the cassette 200 will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a procedure for taking out the cassette 200, and FIGS. 17-1 to 17-4 are diagrams showing an example of guidance display displayed on the display operation unit 130.

  As already described, when pressing of the eject button 132 is detected in step S103 of FIG. 14 (Yes in step S103), the process proceeds to the cassette 200 ejection process.

  As shown in FIG. 16, first, the cassette number input request screen shown in FIG. 17A is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (step S201). Here, an example is shown in which a four-digit cassette number (for example, “0123”) is input using the numeric keypad 133 displayed on the display operation unit 130. On this screen, a re-input button 134 is also provided in consideration of an input error by the customer.

  Then, while waiting for the input of the cassette number by the numeric keypad 133 (No at Step S202), if the input of the cassette number is accepted (Yes at Step S202), it is determined whether or not the input cassette number is appropriate. Determination is made (step S203). Specifically, when the input cassette number is not registered in the cassette storage table 352, the corresponding cassette 200 is not stored. As a result, if the cassette number is not appropriate (No at Step S203), a re-input instruction screen (not shown) that prompts the customer to re-input the cassette number is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (Step S204). Transition.

  On the other hand, when the cassette number is appropriate (Yes at Step S203), the biometric information input screen shown in FIG. 17-2 is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (Step S205), and the biometric information is displayed to the customer. Prompt for information. In this embodiment, since the palm vein information is used as biometric information, an image corresponding to the character string “please place your hand” is displayed.

  Until biometric information is accepted (No at step S206), the process proceeds to step S205 and waits. When biometric information is accepted (Yes at step S206), the registered biometric information corresponding to the cassette number is stored in the customer information registration table. It reads from 351 (step S207), collates the read registered biometric information with the input biometric information acquired from the customer, and performs biometric information authentication processing (step S208).

  When it is determined that the customer is not appropriate as a result of the biometric information authentication process (No at Step S209), an error is displayed (Step S215), and the process is terminated. When it is determined that the customer is appropriate. (Yes in step S209), the cassette storage table 352 is referenced to identify the position of the cassette storage unit 300 from the cassette number (step S210), and the cassette 200 located in the specified cassette storage unit 300 is transported to the cassette delivery port 120. The conveyance drive control unit 444 is instructed to do so (step S211).

  Then, until the cassette 200 removal process is completed (until the conveyance is completed), an extraction screen shown in FIG. 17C is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (steps S212 to S213). Here, the character string “Extracting. Please wait for a while” and its image are displayed.

  On the other hand, if the removal of the cassette 200 is completed (Yes at Step S213), the reception instruction screen shown in FIG. 17-4 is displayed on the display operation unit 130 (Step S214), and the process is terminated. Here, the character string “Please receive the cassette” and its image are displayed.

(User management settings)
Next, a registration procedure for registering a new customer will be described. When registering a new customer, the clerk first performs a predetermined operation to shift the important property storage device 100 to the user management setting mode, and on the clerk operation screen displayed on the display operation unit 130, a new registration button ( (Not shown) is selected, and the cassette number to be newly registered and the biometric information of the customer and the agent are registered in the customer information registration table 351. Note that an unused cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300 is used as the newly registered cassette 200.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the customer selects the deposit of the cassette 200 on the display operation unit 130 and then inserts the cassette 200 containing the important material into the cassette delivery port 120, the reader / writer 401 moves the cassette 200. The cassette number is read from the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette, and the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to the cassette number is specified with reference to the cassette storage table 352, and the cassette 200 is moved to the specified cassette storage unit 300. Since it is configured so as to be transported and stored, the customer can deposit the cassette 200 containing the important items very easily without involving the bank staff.

  Further, after the customer selects to take out the cassette 200 on the display / operation unit 130, when the cassette number is input and the hand is held over the biometric information authentication unit 140, the input biometric information (vein information) is acquired from the customer's hand. In addition, when the registered biometric information corresponding to the cassette number is read from the customer information registration table 351 and the read biometric information is compared with the input biometric information and the customer is determined to be valid, the cassette storage table 352 is stored. The position of the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to the cassette number is referred to, and the cassette 200 located in the specified cassette storage unit 300 is transported to the cassette delivery port 120 and discharged. The cassette 200 containing important objects can be taken out easily and quickly.

  In the present embodiment, when the cassette 200 is deposited, the customer is not allowed to input the cassette number or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the customer is allowed to input the cassette number. The cassette 200 can be received only when the cassette number that is set matches the cassette number in the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the deposit of the cassette 200 by a third party who does not know the cassette number, and therefore it is possible to reduce the situation in which the cassette 200 is deposited against the original intention of the customer. In addition, when depositing the cassette 200, it is possible to obtain not only the cassette number but also the biometric information, and by adopting such a configuration, only a registered customer can deposit the cassette 200. .

  In the present embodiment, the case where the shutter 121 attached to the cassette delivery port 120 can be opened and closed when the deposit is selected on the display operation unit 130 is shown, but the present invention is limited to this. Instead, a new reader / writer is provided at the cassette delivery port 120. When the cassette 200 is brought close to the cassette delivery port 120, the reader / writer reads the cassette number from the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200, The shutter 121 may be opened only when the cassette number is used. When such a configuration is adopted, only the appropriate cassette 200 can be smoothly received inside the apparatus.

  As described above, the important property deposit machine according to the present invention enables customers to easily deposit important items without involving a third party such as a staff member of a financial institution, and has a cost associated with the management. It is suitable for a case where more customers can deposit important items.

It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the outline | summary of the important property custody machine concerning a present Example. It is a perspective view which shows the state which closed the cover of the cassette shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the cover of the cassette shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in the memory in an ID tag. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the important thing deposit machine which concerns on a present Example. It is sectional drawing which looked at the important thing storage machine shown in FIG. 5 from Z1 direction. It is sectional drawing which looked at the important thing deposit machine shown in FIG. 5 from the Y1 direction. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the moving mechanism of the important thing storage machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state before operation | movement of the holding | grip mechanism by a holding | grip mechanism part. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of operation | movement of the holding | grip mechanism by a holding | grip mechanism part. It is a figure which shows the state before the operation | movement by a rotation mechanism part. It is a figure which shows the state rotated by 90 degrees clockwise. It is a figure which shows the state rotated by 90 degrees counterclockwise. It is a functional block diagram which shows the whole structure of an important thing custody machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the customer information registration table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the cassette storage table shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of cassette deposit. It is a figure which shows an example of a deposit / removal selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the set screen of a cassette. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage screen of a cassette. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage completion screen of a cassette. It is a flowchart which shows the removal processing procedure of a cassette. It is a figure which shows an example of the input request screen of a cassette number. It is a figure which shows an example of a biometric information input screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen during taking out of a cassette. It is a figure which shows an example of the receipt instruction | indication screen of a cassette.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Important property custody 110 Main body part 111 Door open / close detection sensor 112 Customer detection sensor 113 Frame 120 Cassette delivery port 121 Shutter 130 Display operation part 131 Deposit button 132 Eject button 133 Numeric keypad 140 Biometric information authentication part 141 Biometric information acquisition part 142 Biometric information Registration unit 143 Biometric information determination unit 160 Management device 200 Cassette 210 Upper case 220 Lower case 230 ID tag 240 Pin 250 Locking lock 300 Cassette storage unit 350 Storage device 351 Customer information registration table 352 Cassette storage table 400 Cassette transport device 401 Reader / writer 410 Rotating tray unit 420 Transfer tray unit 422 Grip arm 430 Elevating and moving unit 440 Grip mechanism unit 444 Conveyance drive control unit 450 Rotation mechanism unit 5 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 1st drive motor 520 2nd drive motor 530 3rd drive motor 540 4th drive motor 550 5th drive motor 600 Main control part 610 Customer information registration part 620 Take-out permission determination part

Claims (2)

An important material storage machine that accepts a cassette containing customer's important material and stores the cassette, and discharges the cassette stored in the apparatus in response to a take-out request from the customer,
A cassette storage table for storing a correspondence relationship between cassette identification information of a plurality of cassettes and a cassette storage unit storing each cassette;
A customer information registration table for storing the registered biometric information of the customer and the cassette identification information of the cassette in association with each other;
Cassette identification information receiving means for receiving input of cassette identification information of a cassette to be taken out;
Registered biometric information acquisition means for acquiring registered biometric information corresponding to the cassette identification information received by the cassette identification information receiving means from the customer information registration table;
Biometric information acquisition means for acquiring biometric information of a customer who performs an operation of taking out a cassette stored inside the apparatus;
When the cassette is taken out by the customer, the cassette is taken out by collating the input biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit with the registered biometric information acquired by the registered biometric information acquisition unit. When the customer to be authenticated is authenticated and the customer is authenticated as a proper customer, the cassette storage unit corresponding to the cassette identification information received by the cassette identification information receiving unit is identified with reference to the cassette storage table, An important item storage machine comprising: an extraction control means for controlling an extraction of a cassette stored in a specified cassette storage unit . The customer information registration table stores registered biometric information of an agent representing the customer together with registered biometric information of the customer who owns the cassette, and the registered biometric information acquisition means owns the cassette from the customer information registration table. The registered biometric information of the customer and the registered biometric information of the agent are acquired, and the take-out control means is the input biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the customer biometric information acquired by the registered biometric information acquisition means. 2. The important item storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the customer who performs the operation of taking out the cassette is authenticated by checking the registered biometric information or the registered biometric information of the agent.

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