JP5033770B2 - Passbook unit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (ATM) installed in a financial institution such as a bank, a bankbook unit applied to a bookkeeping machine or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a passbook unit for writing transaction contents in a passbook is applied to an automated teller machine (ATM), a bookkeeping machine, and the like installed in a financial institution such as a bank. A conventional general passbook unit takes in a passbook inserted by a user into an insertion slot and accepts the passbook. The passbook unit prints the transaction details of the transaction for each transaction for which the transaction details have not been printed at that time, including transactions that have been made in the past for the account corresponding to the passbook accepted this time. In addition, when the transaction details are printed on the bankbook accepted this time, if the entry column of the bankbook (the column for printing transaction details) is full, a new passbook can be issued and printed on the bankbook accepted this time. The details of the transaction that did not exist are printed on the issued new passbook. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a device having a passbook issuing function.

A passbook unit having a passbook issuing function stores unused passbooks in an open state and stores them in the passbook storage unit. When issuing a new passbook, the passbook unit pays out unused passbooks from the passbook storage unit. In addition, a gate is provided to prevent a plurality of bankbooks from being drawn out from the bankbook storage unit. This gate regulates the thickness of the gap through which the passbook drawn out from the passbook storage unit passes. Normally, the gate is adjusted so that the thickness of the gap is not less than the thickness of one passbook and less than the thickness of two passbooks in order to prevent the two passbooks from passing through in an overlapping state. Has been.
JP 63-212635 A

  However, as described in Patent Document 1 and the like, the conventional bankbook unit has a configuration in which the size of the gap through which the bankbook drawn out from the bankbook storage unit passes is adjusted in advance by a gate. The bankbook to be issued (unused bankbook) is stored in the bankbook storage unit in an open state. For this reason, a back mountain is generated in the central part of the passbook stored in the passbook storage unit. Further, the height of the back mountain varies with a certain width (a width of about 1 mm). For this reason, when the gate is adjusted so that the pass through which the passbook drawn out from the passbook storage unit passes is adjusted to the passbook with a relatively low back mountain, when a passbook with a relatively high back mountain is drawn out from the passbook storage unit , The back of this bankbook gets caught at the gate and fails to roll out the bankbook. On the other hand, if the gate is adjusted so that the passbook passed from the passbook storage unit passes through the passbook with a relatively high back mountain, the passbook is drawn out with a plurality of passbooks with a relatively low back mountain overlapped. Sometimes.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a passbook unit that can feed out passbooks stored in an open state one by one without being affected by variations in the height of the back of the passbook.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the passbook unit of the present invention is configured as follows.

  The bankbook is stored in the bankbook storage unit in an open state. The passbook feeding means feeds the passbook stored in the passbook storage unit. Further, the passbook transporting means transports the passbook fed out by the passbook feeding means along the transport path.

  In addition, a print head that prints characters and symbols on the passbook, a magnetic head that reads and records magnetic data on the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook, a bar code reader that reads bar codes printed on the passbook, A page turning roller or the like for turning a page is arranged along the conveyance path as necessary.

  Further, the gate driving means drives the gate that regulates the thickness of the gap through which the passbook fed from the passbook storage unit to the transport path by the passbook feeding means changes in the direction of changing the thickness of the gap. For example, the gate driving unit drives the gate and changes the gap between the first size and the second size (first size <second size). The first size may be about 1.1 to 1.2 times the thickness of one passbook. Further, the second size may be a size obtained by adding a width (about 1 mm) of variation in the back mountain of the passbook to the first size. Further, the detection means detects the presence or absence of a passbook using the position on the side of the conveyance path adjacent to the gate as the detection position. The detection means can detect the front end and the rear end of the passbook fed from the passbook storage unit to the conveyance path at the detection position. Then, after the gate drive control means detects the passbook drawn out from the passbook storage part by the passbook payout means, the gate drive means drives the gate and temporarily determines the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes. (Gap the gap to the second size).

  Thereby, when the front end of the passbook drawn out from the passbook storage part passes through the gate, the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes can be prevented from passing in a state where the two passbooks are overlapped (first When the back mountain of the passbook passes through the gate, the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes is set so that the back mountain does not get caught on the gate even if the back mountain is relatively high. (Second size). Therefore, it is possible to feed out the passbooks stored in an open state one by one without being affected by variations in the height of the backrest of the passbook.

  In addition, the gap through which the passbook passes may be restored after the back mountain of the passbook passes through the gate position. The positional relationship between the back of the passbook stored in the passbook storage unit and the gate is acquired from, for example, the timing when the detection means detects the leading edge of the passbook supplied from the passbook storage unit and the amount of passbook output by the passbook supply means. it can.

  Note that the length from the tip of the passbook to the back mountain is equal to or greater than the distance between the detection position of the detection means and the gate.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to feed out the passbooks stored in an open state one by one without being affected by variations in the height of the back of the passbook.

  Hereinafter, a bankbook unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the passbook unit. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the passbook unit. As shown in FIG. 1, the passbook unit 1 includes a control unit 2, a transport unit 3, a detection unit 4, a passbook issuing unit 5, a magnetic data processing unit 6, a printing unit 7, and a barcode reading unit. 8, a page turning unit 9, and a communication unit 10. This bankbook unit 1 is applied to an automated teller machine (ATM), a bookkeeping machine, etc. installed in a financial institution such as a bank. This passbook unit 1 accepts the user's passbook, and for each transaction that does not print the transaction details at that time, including transactions that have been made in the past for the account corresponding to the passbook, Print the contents. In addition, when the transaction details are printed on the bankbook accepted this time, if the entry column of the bankbook (the column for printing transaction details) is full, a new passbook can be issued and printed on the bankbook accepted this time. The details of the transaction that did not exist are printed on the issued new passbook.

  The configuration of each unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The control unit 2 controls the operation of each part of the passbook unit 1 main body. The bankbook unit 1 is formed with a transport path for transporting the bankbook. The conveyance path includes a main conveyance path and a branch conveyance path. The main conveyance path is a conveyance path that connects the insertion slot 12 into which the user inserts the bankbook 11 and the bankbook storage unit 50. The branch conveyance path is a conveyance path that connects the main conveyance path and the collection / temporary holding unit 38. The collection / temporary holding unit 38 is used for collecting the passbook 11 that the user has forgotten to take, temporarily holding the passbook 11 being processed, or the like. In the main conveyance path, a pair of conveyance rollers 31 to 36 that convey the bankbook 11 is arranged at an appropriate interval. The branch conveyance path is provided with a pair of conveyance rollers 37 that convey the bankbook 11 therebetween. The transport unit 3 has a drive source such as a motor (not shown), and rotationally drives the transport rollers 31 to 37 with this drive source. The conveyance unit 3 switches the direction in which the conveyance rollers 31 to 37 are rotated, so that the conveyance direction of the passbook 11 (the direction of conveyance from the insertion port 12 side to the passbook storage unit 50 side and the passbook 11 from the passbook storage unit 50 side). The direction of conveyance to the insertion port 12 side is switched. Further, the transport unit 3 drives a flapper 39 provided at a branch point between the main transport path and the branch transport path, and switches the transport destination of the bankbook 11.

  The detection unit 4 includes a sensor 41 that detects the presence or absence of the bankbook 11. In FIG. 2, only the sensor 41 arranged in the vicinity of the bankbook storage unit 50, which will be described later, is shown. However, the sensor is also arranged in the vicinity of the insertion slot 12 or near the branch point between the main conveyance path and the branch conveyance path. Yes. This sensor 41 corresponds to the detection means referred to in the present invention. The sensor 41 is, for example, a transmissive optical sensor, and a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are disposed to face each other with a conveyance path interposed therebetween. The detection unit 4 detects the position of the bankbook 11 on the conveyance path based on the detection result of each sensor 41.

  The passbook issuing unit 5 has a passbook storage unit 50 that stores unused passbooks 11 in an open state. The bankbook 11 stored in the bankbook storage unit 50 is pressed by the pickup roller 51. Specifically, the bankbook 11 stored in the bankbook storage unit 50 is pressed against the pickup roller 51 by pushing up the pressing plate 52 with the urging force of the spring 53 shown in FIG. The bankbook issuing unit 5 drives the pickup roller 51 with a motor (not shown) to feed out the bankbook 11 stored in the bankbook storage unit 50. The passbook issuing unit 5 sandwiches the passbook 11 fed from the passbook storage unit 50 between the gate roller 54 and the feed roller 55 and sends it out to the main conveyance path. The gate roller 54 and the feed roller 55 are driven by a motor (not shown).

  The passbook issuing unit 5 also has a sensor that detects whether or not the unused passbook 11 is stored in the passbook storage unit 50 (whether the passbook storage unit 50 is empty).

  Further, a gate 56 is provided between the bankbook storage unit 50 and the gate roller 54 (feed roller 55) to regulate the thickness of the gap through which the passbook 11 fed from the bankbook storage unit 50 passes. The gate 56 is driven by a motor 57 in the vertical direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. By lowering the gate 56, the gap (gap) through which the bankbook 11 passes increases. On the contrary, by raising the gate 56, the gap (gap) through which the bankbook 11 passes becomes smaller.

  The magnetic data processing unit 6 has a magnetic head 61 that abuts against a magnetic stripe attached to the bankbook 11 being conveyed along the main conveyance path and reads and records magnetic data on the magnetic stripe. In the magnetic stripe, the account number of the corresponding account is recorded. The printing unit 7 has a print head 71 that prints transaction contents on the bankbook 11 being conveyed along the main conveyance path. The barcode reader 8 has a barcode reader 81 that reads a barcode (page number or the like) printed on an open page of the passbook 11 being conveyed along the main conveyance path. Further, the page turning unit 9 has a turning roller 91 for turning the page of the bankbook 11 being conveyed along the main conveyance path. The page turning unit 9 turns the page of the bankbook 11 by rotating the turning roller 91. Further, the communication unit 10 performs communication with a main control unit (not shown) of a host device such as an ATM or a book machine to which the passbook unit 1 is applied.

  In this embodiment, the pickup roller 51, the gate roller 54, the feed roller 55, and the like constitute the passbook feeding means referred to in the present invention. The motor 57 constitutes the gate driving means referred to in the present invention.

  Here, the bankbook 11 stored in the bankbook storage unit 50 will be briefly described. FIG. 3 is a side view of the bankbook. The bankbook unit 1 transports the bankbook 11 in the left-right direction in FIG. In FIG. 3, 11a is a cover, 11b is a middle cover, and 11c is a back cover. The bankbook 11 is stored in the bankbook storage unit 50 with the cover 11a shown in FIG. 3 being opened. The bankbook 11 has a length L in the transport direction, and a back mountain is formed at the approximate center in the transport direction. The thickness of the bankbook 11 (thickness by the inner paper 11b and the back cover 11c) is t. The height of the back mountain is s. Regarding the thickness t, the variation between the passbooks 11 is very small, but the height s of the back mountain is relatively large between the passbooks 11 (they vary within a range of about 1 mm).

  Here, a back mountain area is defined for the bankbook 11. The back mountain area defines a certain range including the back mountain in the conveyance direction of the bankbook 11. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a range from a position a distance a1 away from the back mountain to the conveyance direction side to a position a distance a2 away from the back mountain on the opposite side to the conveyance direction is defined as the back mountain region. The distance a1 and the distance a2 may be the same length or may be different.

  The distance between the gate 56 and the detection position of the sensor 41 is longer than the length (L / 2-a1) from the tip of the bankbook 11 to the tip of the back mountain area.

  Next, the operation of the bankbook unit 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this bankbook unit. In the bankbook unit 1, when the bankbook 11 is inserted into the insertion slot 12 (s1), the transport unit 3 drives the transport rollers 31 to 37 to take the inserted bankbook into the main body (s2). At this time, in the bankbook unit 1, the magnetic data processing unit 6 causes the magnetic head 61 to contact the magnetic stripe pasted on the book 11, and reads the magnetic data (account number etc.) recorded on the magnetic stripe. At the same time, this magnetic data is temporarily stored in a memory or the like. Further, the barcode reading unit 8 reads the barcode printed on the opened page of the bankbook 11 inserted this time with the barcode reader 81. Further, the barcode reading unit 8 also detects a printed line of a page that is opened in the bankbook 11. The bankbook unit 1 receives print data to be printed on the bankbook 11 from the host device by the communication unit 10 (s3). In s3, print data relating to the transaction content of the transaction is received for each transaction for which transaction details have not been printed at that time, including transactions that have been made in the past for the account corresponding to the bankbook accepted this time. .

  In the bankbook unit 1, the printing unit 7 controls the print head 71 to start printing transaction contents based on the print data notified from the host device (s4). The passbook unit 1 waits until the book entry column of the currently printed page is full or the printing based on the print data notified from the host device is completed (s5, s6). The bankbook unit 1 suspends the printing of the transaction contents when the book entry field of the currently printed page is full (s7). Then, the passbook unit 1 determines whether or not there is an unprinted page in the passbook 11 (s8). If there is an unprinted page in the passbook 11, the passbook unit 1 turns the page of the passbook 11 in the page turning unit 9 (s9), and restarts printing based on the print data notified from the host device (s10), s5 Return to. On the other hand, if there is no unprinted page in the passbook 11, a passbook issuing process for issuing a new passbook is performed (s11).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the passbook issuing process according to s11. The bankbook unit 1 transports the bankbook 11 (the bankbook 11 inserted this time) with a full entry column to the insertion slot 12 and discharges it (s31). That is, the bankbook 11 inserted this time is returned to the user. At this time, the magnetic data processing unit 6 records data on completion of use or the like in the magnetic stripe of the bankbook 11. Further, the host device is requested to output a message to issue a new passbook by voice or video, and the user is made aware that a new passbook will be issued.

  The bankbook unit 1 drives the pickup roller 51, the gate roller 54, and the feed roller 55 (s32), and feeds the unused bankbook 11 stored in the bankbook storage unit 50. At this time, the bankbook unit 1 has a thickness corresponding to the thickness t of the bankbook 11 (for example, the thickness of the gap through which the bankbook 11 (unused bankbook) fed out from the bankbook storage unit 50 passes through the gate 56 (for example, , T is about 1.1 to 1.2 times larger than t) (first position) (see FIG. 6A). Therefore, the gate 56 can prevent the plurality of bankbooks 11 from being drawn out from the bankbook storage unit 50.

  When the sensor 41 of the detection unit 4 detects the leading end of the passbook 11 fed from the passbook storage unit 50 (s33), the passbook unit 1 stops the pickup roller 51 (s34). In s34, the driving of the gate roller 54 and the feed roller 55 is not stopped.

  When the tip of the back mountain area of the passbook 11 that has been fed from the current passbook storage 50 reaches the gate 56 (s35), the passbook unit 1 drives the motor 57 to move the gate 56 to the second position lowered by a certain amount β. (S36) (see FIG. 6B). In s35, when the sensor 41 detects the leading edge of the bankbook 11 in s33, the leading edge of the back mountain area of the bankbook 11 when the feed amount of the bankbook 54 and the feed roller 55 reaches the first amount α after the sensor 41 detects the leading edge of the bankbook 11. Is determined to have reached the gate 56. This first amount α is a length obtained by subtracting the distance Z between the gate 56 and the detection position of the sensor 41 from the distance (L / 2−a1) from the tip of the bankbook 11 to the tip of the back mountain area. Further, the fixed amount β may be set according to the variation width of the back mountain height of the bankbook 11, and may be set to about 1 mm, for example.

  Thereafter, when the rear end of the back mountain area of the bankbook 11 reaches the gate 56 (s37), the bankbook unit 1 drives the motor 57 to raise the gate 56 by a certain amount β and return it to the first position (s38) (FIG. 6 (C)). Thereafter, when the sensor 41 of the detection unit 4 detects the passage of the rear end of the bankbook 11 that has been fed out this time (s39), the gate roller 54 and the feed roller 55 are stopped (s40). The bankbook unit 1 transports the bankbook 11 fed from the current bankbook storage unit 50 to the printing position by the transport unit 3 (s41), and performs the processing after s10.

  In this way, the bankbook unit 1 moves to the second position where the gate 56 is lowered by a certain amount β while the back mountain region of the bankbook 11 fed out from the bankbook storage unit 50 passes through the gate 56. Can be prevented from being caught by the gate 56.

  If the passbook unit 1 determines that the printing notified from the host device is completed in s6, it records the magnetic data read from the magnetic stripe of the passbook 11 in s2 (s12), and transports the passbook 11 to the insertion slot 12. Are released (s13). In s13, the passbook 11 inserted this time or the newly issued passbook 11 is released.

  Thus, when the passbook unit 1 pays out the unused passbook 11 from the passbook storage unit 50, the gate 56 is temporarily lowered at the timing when the back mountain of the passbook 11 passes through. It is possible to suppress the failure of feeding. Moreover, since the gate 56 is temporarily lowered according to the timing at which the back mountain passes, it is possible to prevent the plurality of bankbooks 11 from being rolled out.

  The timing for raising and lowering the gate 56 may be other than the above timing.

  Further, when issuing the new passbook 11, the passbook 11 inserted this time is conveyed to the collection / temporary holding unit 38, and after the printing on the new passbook is completed, these passbooks 11 are sequentially conveyed to the insertion slot 12. It is good also as a structure to discharge | release.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of a bankbook unit. It is the schematic which shows the internal structure of a bankbook unit. It is a side view of a bankbook. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a bankbook unit. It is a flowchart which shows a passbook issuing process. It is a figure which shows control of the gate when paying out a bankbook from a bankbook storage part.

Explanation of symbols

1-passbook unit 2-control unit 3-conveying unit 4-detection unit 5-passbook issuing unit 11-passbook 50-passbook storage unit 51-pickup roller 54-gate roller 55-feed roller 56-gate 57-motor

Claims (4)

A passbook feeding means for feeding out a passbook stored in an open state in the passbook storage unit;
A passbook transporting means for transporting the passbook fed out by the passbook feeding means along a transport path;
A gate driving means for driving a gate for regulating a thickness of a gap through which a passbook fed from the passbook storage unit to the transport path by the passbook feeding means is changed in a direction in which the thickness of the gap is changed;
A detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a passbook, with the position on the transport path side adjacent to the gate as a detection position;
After the detecting means detects the passbook drawn out from the passbook storage part by the passbook payout means, the gate drive means drives the gate to temporarily increase the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes. A passbook unit comprising means. Pass determination means for determining whether or not the back of the passbook that the passbook payout means has drawn out from the passbook storage section has passed through the gate;
The gate drive control means causes the gate drive means to drive the gate after the pass determination means determines that the back mountain of the passbook fed from the passbook storage section by the passbook feed means passes the gate, and passes the passbook. The passbook unit according to claim 1, which is means for returning the thickness of the gap through which the water passes. The passage determination means is a means for determining whether or not the gate has been reached for each of the front end and the rear end of the back mountain area including the back mountain of the pass book, which is determined in the feeding direction with respect to the pass book,
The gate drive control means causes the gate drive means to drive the gate when the passage determination means determines that the tip of the back mountain area has reached the gate, and temporarily determines the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes. Then, when the passage determining means determines that the rear end of the back mountain area has reached the gate, the gate driving means drives the gate to obtain the thickness of the gap through which the passbook passes. The passbook unit according to claim 2, which is means for returning to a banknote.   The pass determination means is based on the timing at which the detection means detects the leading edge of the passbook fed out from the passbook storage unit by the passbook delivery means, and the amount of the passbook by the passbook delivery means. The bankbook unit according to claim 2 or 3, which is means for acquiring a positional relationship with the gate.

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