JP5271996B2 - Passbook handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a bankbook processing apparatus, which is connected with an upper apparatus and equipped with a containing portion for containing a bankbook to be processed, a communication portion for receiving bankbook indication containing page turning indication information for turning the pages of the bankbook and printed information printed on the pages of the bankbook, a storage portion for storing various universal application programs of the bankbook processing apparatus, i.e., basic software, intrinsic application programs, i.e., intrinsic software according to the types of the bankbook processing apparatus, and marking information for indicating that it is over to print the printed information on the pages of the bankbook, a page turning portion for turning the pages of the bankbook. When the communication portion receives the printed information, the printed information is printed on the pages of the bankbook and marking information is set; when the communication portion receives the page turning indication information, the basic software is executed to determine whether the marking information is set or not; and when the marking information is determined not to be set, a control portion for retrying to turn the pages of the bankbook through the page turning mechanism according to the page turning indication information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a passbook handling apparatus that prints transaction information on a passbook used in a financial institution such as a bank.

  Conventionally, when an automated teller machine (ATM) installed at a bank branch or the like prints on a passbook, printing is generally started after counting the number of printed lines. In this case, when the final print line of the passbook print lines is compared with the number of passbook print lines per page stored in advance in a memory or the like, and it is determined that the passbook has been printed on all lines. The passbook is changed. Then, in order to determine to which page the page has been changed, the page mark provided in advance in a part of the page of the passbook is read and stored in the storage unit in the ATM, and the page is turned. Thereafter, the read page mark and the page mark stored in the ATM in advance are compared to determine the quality of the page after the page change.

  If it is determined that the page after the page change is incorrect (for example, two pages are turned over), a higher-level device such as the center instructs the passbook handling device to change the page in the reverse direction, or the same page as the page before turning. In the case where the page is not drawn, a retry process for page turning is performed, for example, a higher order device such as the center instructs the passbook handling device to turn the page forward. In this retry process, even if the same turning operation is repeated for the passbook, the turning often ends in failure, and the page turning reliability is often ensured by adopting a different turning method. .

  In recent years, in order to simplify ATM control, the number of cases where the page turning quality is determined on the center side without storing the page mark order of the passbook in the ATM is increasing. This method has the advantage that even if the page mark order of the passbook is changed, there is no need to change the ATM, and it can be handled only by setting the host device program. However, control over ATM when page turning fails (for example, retry of page change), the program itself of the bankbook handling device that turns the page of ATM or bankbook becomes complicated, or there are many types of ATMs and bankbook handling devices. However, there is a problem that an application becomes necessary.

  In order to avoid such control complexity, there is an example in which dedicated hardware is added to the ATM side to improve retry reliability. For example, in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4369346, the orientation of the page to be turned over at the time of page change is monitored by a sensor, and when it is determined that the posture is inappropriate, the page change is stopped and the retry is performed. It is carried out.

Japanese Patent No. 4369346

  However, the above-described prior art has a problem that in any case, installation of an application or setting of hardware is required according to the type of ATM, and retry control for page turning is not easy. That is, there is a problem that it is necessary to change software or set hardware according to the type of ATM, and retry control for page turning cannot be easily performed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a passbook handling apparatus that can easily perform retry control for page turning without depending on the type of ATM software or hardware. .

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a passbook handling device according to the present invention is a passbook handling device connected to a host device, an insertion unit that accepts insertion of a passbook, and the host device from the above Basic application that is common to the types of the passbook handling device and the communication unit that receives the passbook instruction information including the page change instruction information for changing the passbook and the print information for printing on the page of the passbook A storage unit that stores software, unique software that is an application specific to the type of the bankbook handling device, flag information indicating that printing of the print information on the page of the bankbook is completed, and a page of the bankbook A page turning mechanism for printing, and when the communication unit receives the print information, it prints the page of the passbook and sets the flag information, and the communication unit receives the page change instruction information. When the basic software is executed, it is determined whether or not the flag information is set. If it is determined that the flag information is not set, the page turning is performed according to the page change instruction information. And a control unit for controlling a page turning retry of the passbook by a mechanism.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bankbook handling apparatus that can easily perform retry control for page turning without depending on the type of ATM software or hardware.

It is a structure of a bankbook handling apparatus, and a bankbook structure figure. It is a figure which shows the example of the information printed on the page surface of a passbook. It is a figure which shows the example of the information printed on the cover and the back surface of a passbook. It is a figure which shows the structure of a page change mechanism part. It is a figure which shows a mode that a page change mechanism part changes the page of a bankbook. It is a figure which shows a mode that a page change mechanism part changes the page of a bankbook. It is a figure which shows a mode that a page change mechanism part changes the page of a bankbook. It is a control circuit block diagram of a bankbook handling device. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the software which a control part performs. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a page change process. It is a flowchart which shows the modification of the process sequence of a page change process.

  Embodiments of a bankbook handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, a passbook handling device used in a financial institution, for example, installed in an ATM (Automated teller machine) is described, but if it is a device that performs retry control for page turning of a booklet-like medium, It is not limited to this.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bankbook handling apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a bankbook handling apparatus 1 includes a bankbook insertion port 3 for inserting a bankbook 2, a transport path 4 for transporting the inserted bankbook to a page change mechanism unit 8 described later, and a bankbook in advance. The magnetic head 5 for reading the magnetic stripe printed on 2, the print line reading sensor 6 for reading the print line of the passbook page, and predetermined information such as balance and deposit / withdrawal amount are printed on the page of the book. For this purpose, the printing head 7 includes a page changing mechanism 8 that changes pages of the passbook 2 in response to a page changing instruction from the host device, and a control unit 23. The control unit 23 is composed of a calculation device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of each unit of the bankbook handling device 1.

  When the bankbook 2 is inserted from the user into the bankbook insertion port 3, the bankbook handling apparatus 1 takes the inserted bankbook 2 into the bankbook via the bankbook transport path 4 and passes the bankbook 2 by the magnetic head 5 during the transport. The pre-recorded contents of the magnetic stripe 8 are read, and the pre-printed page barcode 9 and transaction print 10 of the passbook 2 are read by the print line reading sensor 6.

  FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of information printed on the page of the passbook 2. As shown in FIG. 2A, a page barcode 9 indicating the number of pages and transaction print information 10 indicating transaction contents (in the example shown in FIG. 2A, transaction date) are printed on the page surface of the bankbook 2. .

  FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of information printed on the front cover / back side of the passbook 2. As shown in FIG. 2B, a magnetic stripe 11 for identifying the bankbook 2 is printed on the front surface or the back surface of the bankbook 2 (the back surface in the example of FIG. 2B).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the page change mechanism unit 8 described above. As shown in FIG. 3, the page change mechanism unit 8 includes a turning position reference sensor 12, a forward page change roller 13, a reverse page change roller 14, a movable conveyance guide 15, and a conveyance roller 16. .

  The turning position reference sensor 12 detects whether or not the passbook 2 conveyed on the conveying path 4 is at a predetermined page turning position. The forward page changing roller 13 is a roller for turning pages of the passbook 2 in the forward direction. The reverse page changing roller 14 is a roller for turning the pages of the bankbook 2 in the reverse direction. When the turning position reference sensor 12 detects that the bankbook 2 has been conveyed to a predetermined page turning position, the control unit 23 moves the movable conveyance guide 15 from the closed position to the open position. The transport roller 16 is a roller for transporting the bankbook 2 in the traveling direction or the reverse direction.

  4 to 6 are diagrams showing how the page change mechanism unit 8 changes the page of the bankbook 2. As shown in FIG. 4, first, when the bankbook 2 is conveyed to a predetermined page turning position, the control unit 23 moves the forward page changing roller 13 in the direction of the normal page changing roller rotation direction 21 (in the example shown in FIG. 4). Rotate clockwise. When the forward page changing roller 13 rotates in that direction, the normal page changing roller recess 22 comes into contact with the end of the middle paper 20 (a certain page of the passbook 2), and the forward page changing roller 13 remains as it is. Rotate in the rotation direction while holding Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the intermediate paper 20 is rolled up, and finally, as shown in FIG. 6, the intermediate paper 20 is rolled up to the opposite page.

  Note that the rotation speed of the normal page changing roller 13 can be selected from two stages, a normal speed and a low speed. When a page turning instruction is received from the host device and the page turning is retried by a process described later, In order to secure a larger amount of frictional force between the intermediate paper 20 and the normal page changing roller 13 and to reliably turn the page, it is rotated at a low speed.

  FIG. 7A is a control circuit block diagram of the bankbook handling apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU (control unit) 23 controls each circuit device in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 24, and stores various control data generated at that time so as to be readable by the RAM 25. The host communication I / F 26 receives a command from the ATM control unit (ATM control unit 28), which is a host device, via the communication line 27, and stores the command in the RAM 25 so as to be readable. In addition, the execution result of the command is read from the RAM 25 and sent to the ATM control unit 28 via the host communication I / F 26 and the communication line 27.

  The host communication I / F 26 receives a command for inhaling the bankbook 2 from the ATM control unit 28 via the communication line 27, and the magnetic head 5 moves the magnetic stripe of the bankbook 2 when the bankbook 2 moves in the conveyance path 4. The magnetic signal recorded in 10 is read. The magnetic signal read by the magnetic head 5 is amplified by the amplifier 29, and the control unit 23 subsequently performs analog-digital conversion by the A / D converter 30 and stores it in the RAM 25. Thereafter, the control unit 23 analyzes the digitally converted magnetic signal and stores the information recorded in the magnetic stripe 10 in the RAM 25. The control unit 23 sends information recorded in the magnetic stripe 10 stored in the RAM 25 to the ATM control unit 28 via the host communication I / F and the communication line 27.

  The drive circuit 31 includes a timing circuit, drives the LED array 32 and the CCD image sensor 33, and reflected light emitted from the LED array 32 when the bankbook 2 is taken into the transport path 4 is converted into the optical filter 34 and the lens 35. Is detected by the CCD image sensor 33. When the signal detected by the CCD image sensor 33 is amplified by the amplifier 36, it is converted from analog to digital by the A / D converter 30 and stored in the RAM 25. Thereafter, the control unit 23 stores the information recorded in the page barcode 9 and the printed line of the transaction print 10 in the RAM 25. The control unit 23 sends the information recorded in the page barcode 9 stored in the RAM 25 and the information indicating the printed line of the transaction print 10 to the ATM control unit 28 via the host communication I / F and the communication line 27. .

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the software executed by the control unit 23 differs depending on the basic software 231 having a program common to various types of bankbook handling devices 1 and the type of model of the bankbook handling device 1. And an application 232 having a program (unique program). Since the following page change process of the passbook 2 is incorporated in the basic software 231, it is not necessary to prepare the application 232 including the page change process for each passbook handling apparatus 1.

  Next, the processing procedure of the page changing process when the page changing mechanism unit 8 changes the page of the bankbook 2 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a page changing process for determining the direction of changing pages and changing pages.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 23 of the bankbook handling apparatus 1 waits until receiving some instruction (command) from the ATM control unit 28 (step S801), and the higher-level communication I / F unit 26 transfers the data to the bankbook 2. It is determined whether or not notification of completion of printing has been received (step S802). If it is determined that notification of that fact has been received (step S802; Yes), the processing is terminated. Whether or not printing is to be completed is determined by a host device such as the ATM control unit 28 or the center from information such as magnetic information of the inserted bankbook 2, information indicated by a page barcode, and printed lines. ing.

  On the other hand, if the control unit 23 determines that the notification to that effect has not been received (step S802; No), an inhalation command indicating that the passbook 2 inserted into the passbook insertion port 3 is inhaled is sent to the ATM control unit. It is determined whether or not it has been received from 28 (step S803).

  When it is determined that the inhalation command has been received from the ATM control unit 28 (step S803; Yes), the control unit 23 clears the normal page change flag (step S804), returns to step S801, and waits. The normal page change flag is used to determine whether or not all the printing information such as the deposit / withdrawal amount is printed on the page of the inhaled passbook 23 and the page should be changed at a normal speed. For example, it is stored in a memory area inside the control unit 23.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the inhalation command has not been received from the ATM control unit 28 (step S803; No), the control unit 23 further determines whether a print command has been received (step S805). If it is determined that the print command has been received (step S805; Yes), the control unit 23 sets the above-described normal page change flag (step S806), and prints print information in accordance with the print command (step S807). The process returns to S801 and waits.

  If it is determined that the print command has not been received (step S805; No), the control unit 23 further determines whether or not a command for changing pages in the forward direction (forward page change command) has been received (step S808). If it is determined that the forward page change command has been received (step S808; Yes), the control unit 23 further sets the normal page change flag, that is, in a state where printing of the print information on the page is completed. It is determined whether or not there is (step S809), and if it is determined that the normal page change flag is set (step S809; Yes), the transaction printing is performed on the correct page and the page is to be changed. The rotation speed of the forward page changing roller 13 is set to the normal speed (step S810), and the page changing operation is performed at the set normal speed (step S812).

  On the other hand, if the control unit 23 determines that the normal page change flag is not set (step S809; No), for example, the page has not been turned (page empty) and the current page is the page to be printed. For some reason, it is determined that the page should not be changed at a normal speed, the rotational speed of the forward page change roller 13 is set to an abnormal speed (step S811), and the set abnormal speed is set. A page change operation is performed (step S812).

  Then, when step S812 ends, the control unit 23 clears the normal page replacement flag (step S813), assuming that the page has been turned, and returns to step S801 to wait. Here, the reason for clearing the normal page change flag is to determine whether or not the page change performed in step S810 or S811 has been performed correctly. That is, when the page is changed in a state where the normal page change flag is cleared in step S813, the control unit 23 determines that the page turning is abnormal in the determination in step S809.

  If it is determined in step S808 that the forward page change command has not been received (step S808; No), the control unit 23 further determines whether a reverse page change command has been received (step S814). If it is determined that the command has been received (step S814; Yes), for example, it is determined that the number of pages has been turned, for example, the rotation speed of the reverse page change roller 14 is set to an abnormal speed (step S815), The page changing operation is performed at a speed of (step S816). Thereafter, the control unit 23 clears the normal page change flag (step S817), returns to step S801, and waits. The reason why the rotation speed of the reverse page changing roller 14 is set to an abnormal speed in step S815 is that the normal case of receiving the reverse page change command is, for example, that a plurality of sheets are not used when the previous page change is expected. This is because it is issued when the pages are turned at the same time and the page turning is not normal.

  On the other hand, when it determines with the control part 23 not receiving the reverse page change command (step S814; No), it returns to step S801, without performing a process, and waits as it is. In step S802, upon receiving notification from the ATM control unit 28 that printing is to be completed, all the processes shown in FIG. 8 are completed.

  In this way, an appropriate turning method is automatically set on the book transaction apparatus side from a host device such as the ATM control unit 28 or a bank calculation center without a page turning retry instruction, and page turning is performed according to the set contents. Can be executed. Therefore, as in the past, the upper-level program changes the passbook without receiving instructions for individual instructions for page change of the passbook (normal page turning or page turning by retry), so complicated software changes In addition, retry control for page turning is possible without the need to set up hardware or hardware. In addition, a passbook handling device with high page change reliability can be provided at low cost, and convenience for customers is improved.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the page turning is not performed correctly, the operation speed of the rotation driving unit of the page changing roller is changed to a low speed, so that the frictional force between the page changing roller and the passbook can be improved. It is possible to perform the page changing process reliably.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 23 in the passbook transaction apparatus 1 executes the basic software 231 to perform the page changing process. However, the center side program (basic software) is shown in FIG. The process for determining the page change command and the normal page change flag shown in the above (the process other than the actual page change process) is executed, and only the result is sent to the bankbook transaction apparatus 1 and the bankbook transaction apparatus 1 side. Then, it is possible to simply change the page according to the received command. Also in this case, as described above, processing other than the actual page changing process is incorporated into the basic software on the center side, so that the passbook page changing process of the center side program becomes easy and the maintainability of the software is improved. I can do it.

  In addition, when carrying over the bankbook, it is necessary to page the first page of the second bankbook. Therefore, when the pages of the bankbook 2 being processed are combined, two pages can be paged even in normal processing. Thus, in the page changing process shown in FIG. 8, the page is always turned at the abnormal page changing speed in step S808 or step S814. Therefore, as shown in steps S901 to S903 in FIG. 9, when a passbook carry-over command is received from the ATM control unit 28, the page turning is performed after confirming whether the number of pages to be turned is two or more. It may be done. By performing such confirmation, it is possible to prevent the page turning from being set to the abnormal page change speed without fail when the bankbook is carried over, and to delay processing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, it is possible to appropriately combine a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Passbook handling apparatus 2 ... Passbook 3 ... Passbook insertion slot 4 ... Conveyance path 5 ... Magnetic head 6 ... Print line reading sensor 7 ... Print head 8 ... Page change mechanism part 9 ... Page barcode 10 ... Transaction printing 11 ... Magnetic stripe 12 ... Turning position reference sensor 13 ... Forward page changing roller 14 ... Reverse page changing roller 15 ... Movable conveyance guide (closed position)
16 ... Movable conveyance guide (open position)
17 ... Conveying roller 1
18 ... Conveying roller 2
19 ... Page change conveyance distance 20 ... Medium paper 21 in the passbook ... Page change roller rotation direction 22 ... Page change roller recess 23 ... CPU (control unit)
231 ... Basic software 232 ... Application 24 ... ROM
25 ... RAM
26 ... Upper communication I / F
27 ... Communication line 28 ... ATM control unit 29 ... Amplifier (for magnetic head)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 ... AD converter 31 ... Drive circuit 32 ... LED array 33 ... CCD image sensor 34 ... Optical filter 35 ... Lens 36 ... Amplifier (for CCD image sensor)

Claims (7)

A passbook handling device connected to the host device,
An insertion section for accepting insertion of a bankbook;
A communication unit for receiving passbook instruction information including page change instruction information for changing pages of the passbook from the host device, and print information for printing on a page of the passbook;
Basic software that is an application common to the type of bankbook handling device, unique software that is an application specific to the type of bankbook handling device, and a flag indicating that printing of the print information on the page of the bankbook has been completed A storage unit for storing information;
A page turning mechanism for turning pages of the bankbook;
When the communication unit receives the print information, it prints on the page of the passbook and sets the flag information, and when the communication unit receives the page change instruction information, by executing the basic software Determining whether the flag information is set, and controlling the page turning retry of the passbook by the page turning mechanism according to the page change instruction information when it is determined that the flag information is not set. A control unit,
A passbook handling device characterized by comprising: The control unit determines whether or not the page change instruction information is a page change in the forward direction, and determines the page turning direction of the passbook according to the determined result.
The passbook handling apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit determines that the page change instruction information is a page change in the forward direction, and determines that the page turning is abnormal when the flag information is not set. Controlling the page turning mechanism so that the pages of the passbook are turned in the forward direction at a low speed;
The passbook handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein When the control unit determines that the page change instruction information is not a page change in the forward direction, the control unit determines that the page is turned abnormally and turns the page of the passbook in a reverse direction at a low speed. Control the mechanism,
The passbook handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein The control unit determines whether the passbook instruction information includes carry-over information of the passbook, and determines that the passbook instruction information includes the passbook carry-over information, the page of the passbook Even if the page turning is abnormal, the page turning mechanism is controlled to turn the page of the passbook at a normal speed.
The bankbook handling apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the banknote handling apparatus is provided. The bankbook handling device is connected to the automatic teller machine, which is the host device,
The control unit controls the page turning of the passbook by the page turning mechanism when the communication unit receives the passbook instruction information from the automatic teller machine.
The bankbook handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The passbook handling device is connected to a center that manages the automatic teller machine via the automatic teller machine and a network, and when the communication unit receives the passbook instruction information from the center, the page turning Controlling page turning of the passbook by the mechanism,
The passbook handling device according to claim 6.

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