JP5741276B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

  Recently, automatic transaction apparatuses represented by ATM (Automated Teller Machine) of financial institutions are installed in various places such as banks, station premises, and convenience stores. The customer can perform transactions such as deposit, withdrawal and balance inquiry by performing various operations on the display screen displayed on the automatic transaction apparatus.

  Such an automatic transaction apparatus generates various noises such as a sound generated from a transport path for transporting banknotes, a rotation sound of a transport motor, and a sound generated from a separation / stacking mechanism for feeding (separating) / stacking banknotes. There was a problem to do.

  In the following Patent Document 1, a banknote processing apparatus that starts rotation of an impeller that stacks banknotes while detecting the trailing edge of the conveyed banknotes in the banknote stacking unit when the passage of banknotes is detected is disclosed. Has been.

JP 2008-225757 A

  However, in the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to provide a sensor for detecting passage of banknotes through the conveyance path, which is expensive.

  In addition, when the automatic transaction apparatus starts counting the banknotes, the rotation of all the conveyance path motors is started in advance, and the banknotes are fed out after the rotation of the motors reaches a certain speed. Noise is generated from the front. In addition, since all the motors are stopped after all the banknotes have been transported, the motor on the transport path that has already transported the banknotes has also been rotated until all the banknotes have been transported.

  As described above, the automatic transaction apparatus also rotates a motor that is not necessary before and after the banknotes are fed out, which causes a problem that noise is increased.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved banknote processing apparatus capable of further reducing noise. .

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a discrimination device that discriminates a banknote, and a control unit that controls rotation of each motor of the transport path of the banknote and the separation and accumulation mechanism are provided, The control unit is provided with a banknote handling apparatus that starts transporting the banknotes before any of the motors downstream from the discrimination apparatus reaches a constant speed.

  In addition, the control unit may be configured such that one of the motors downstream from the discrimination device starts rotating after the motor upstream from the discrimination device reaches a constant speed, and the rotation of the downstream motor is constant. You may start conveyance of the said banknote before reaching speed.

The banknote processing device includes a customer service unit in which banknotes are deposited by a customer during a deposit transaction, and a temporary storage unit in which banknotes identified as normal by the identification device are conveyed, and the control unit At the time of transaction, after the motor of the conveyance path from the customer service unit to the discrimination device and the motor of the conveyance path from the discrimination device to the temporary holding unit reach a constant speed, the temporary holding unit is provided. Alternatively, the rotation of the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism may be started, and the conveyance of banknotes from the customer service unit may be started before the rotation of the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism provided in the temporary storage unit reaches a constant speed.

  Moreover, the said control part may start rotation of the motor of the conveyance path which returns the said banknote from the said discrimination apparatus to the said customer service part, when the said discrimination apparatus discriminate | determines from abnormality at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction.

In addition, the banknote handling apparatus includes a customer service section in which banknotes are deposited by a customer during a deposit transaction , a temporary storage section in which banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination device, and banknote stacking for stacking the banknotes. comprising a part, the said control unit, upon integration process after a deposit transaction, the transport motor of the motor and the differential device of the conveying path from the escrow unit to the discriminating unit to the bill stacking unit is a constant speed even after reaching the start the rotation of the motor of the separating and accumulating mechanism provided in the bill stacking section, before the rotation of the motor of the separating and accumulating mechanism provided in the bill stacking section reaches a predetermined speed, the You may start conveyance of the banknote from a temporary storage part.

In addition, the control unit starts rotation of the motor on the conveyance path of the customer service unit from the discrimination device after the motor from the banknote accumulation unit to the discrimination device has reached a certain speed during a withdrawal transaction. And before the rotation of the motor of the conveyance path of the customer service section reaches a constant speed from the discrimination device, the conveyance of the banknotes from the banknote stacking section may be started.

  The banknote handling apparatus includes a reject banknote stacking unit that stacks banknotes identified as abnormal by the discrimination device, and the control unit rejects the rejection from the discrimination device when the discrimination device discriminates from an abnormality. You may start rotation of the motor of the conveyance path of a banknote accumulation part.

  As described above, according to the present invention, noise can be further reduced.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the automatic transaction system which is embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the internal structure of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 which is embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the rejection cassette 5 which is embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the banknote conveyance range by starting of each motor of the conveyance motor of each conveyance path 6a-6m which is embodiment of this invention, and the integration motor of a separation integration mechanism. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between conveyance of a banknote, and each motor in money_receiving | payment transaction. It is a flowchart which shows the normal motor control process in money_receiving | payment transaction. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship of the conveyance of a banknote, and each motor in the accumulation | storage process of a payment transaction. It is a flowchart which shows the normal motor control process in the accumulation | storage process of a payment transaction. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the payment transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the payment transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the payment transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the motor control in the payment transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the banknote processing mechanism 40 by the modification of this invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

<1. Overview of automatic transaction system>
First, with reference to FIG. 1, the outline | summary of the automatic transaction system by embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an automatic transaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction system includes a plurality of automatic transaction apparatuses 10, a dedicated network 12, and a financial institution host 20.

  The automatic transaction apparatus (banknote processing apparatus) 10 is a customer operation type terminal that executes a money transaction based on an operation by a customer of a financial institution. The automatic transaction apparatus 10 is installed in various facilities such as a financial institution sales store, a convenience store, a station premises, a hotel, a hospital, an amusement park, a restaurant, and an office building.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 10 also includes a customer operation display unit 14, a passbook insertion slot 16, and a card insertion slot 18. The customer operation display unit 14 includes a function as a display unit that displays a guidance screen for an operation by a customer and a customer operation unit that detects a customer operation. The function as the display unit is realized by, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, or an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device. Moreover, the function as a customer operation part is implement | achieved by the touch panel, for example. 1 shows an example in which the functions of the display unit and the customer operation unit are integrally configured in the automatic transaction apparatus 10, the functions of the display unit and the customer operation unit may be configured separately. .

  The passbook insertion port 16 inserts and discharges the customer's passbook, and the card insertion port 18 inserts and discharges the customer's cash card. The customer service port 19 has a function as a deposit port for banknotes by a customer and a withdrawal port for banknotes to a customer.

  The dedicated network 12 is a network of a financial institution, and is configured by, for example, an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network). The financial institution host 20 can communicate with the automatic transaction apparatus 10 via the dedicated network 12.

  The financial institution host 20 controls various transactions by communicating with the automatic transaction apparatus 10 via the dedicated network 12. For example, the financial institution host 20 authenticates a customer who operates the automatic transaction apparatus 10, or executes a financial transaction (account transaction processing) such as payment or transfer instructed by the customer in the automatic transaction apparatus 10. . The financial institution host 20 also manages customer information (account ledger) such as account number, personal identification number, name, address, age, date of birth, telephone number, occupation, family structure, annual income, and deposit balance.

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to an automatic transaction apparatus 10 included in the above-described automatic transaction system, and more particularly to control for reducing noise generated from a conveyance path motor or the like in the automatic transaction apparatus 10. Hereinafter, after describing the configuration and basic operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 10, each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<2. Configuration and basic operation of automatic transaction apparatus 10>
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic transaction apparatus 10 includes a banknote processing mechanism 13 and a control unit 15. Furthermore, the banknote handling mechanism 13 includes a customer service unit 1 including a service port 19, a discrimination device 2, a temporary storage unit 3, banknote cassettes 4a to 4d, a reject cassette 5, and transport paths 6a to 6m.

  The customer service part 1 has the structure which isolate | separates the banknote withdrawn by the customer at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction, or accumulate | stores the banknote withdrawn to a customer at the time of money_withdrawal transaction. The customer service port 19 provided in the customer service unit 1 is movable and can be tilted toward the transport path 6a and the transport path 6e or tilted toward the take-out port by the customer. Moreover, the banknote (rejected banknote) discriminate | determined by the discrimination apparatus 2 among the received banknotes by the discrimination apparatus 2 as a running abnormal banknotes, such as a stain banknote, a broken banknote, and a skew banknote, is returned to the customer service part 1.

  The identification device 2 performs identification of banknotes deposited by a customer or banknotes withdrawn to a customer. Specifically, the discrimination device 2 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, correctness, running state, and the like of banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 6.

  The temporary holding unit 3 temporarily accumulates the banknotes separated by the customer service unit 1 and identified as normal by the discrimination device 2 at the time of deposit transaction. The banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3 are conveyed to the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d, etc. via the discrimination device 2 when a transaction is established, for example, when accounting of the deposited banknote is confirmed.

  The banknote cassettes 4 a to 4 d are banknote stacking units that stack banknotes deposited by customers, banknotes for withdrawal, banknotes separated from other banknote cassettes 4, and the like. The banknote cassettes 4a to 4d may include a plurality of banknote cassettes for the same denomination. For example, the bill cassettes 4a and 4c may be bill cassettes for 10,000 yen bills, and the bill cassettes 4b and 4d may be bill cassettes for thousand yen bills. Note that the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d are configured to be detachable from the banknote processing mechanism 13, and the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d can be loaded with banknotes by exchanging them individually.

  The reject cassette 5 is a banknote stacking unit for stacking banknotes (reject banknotes) that have been identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 at the time of stacking processing or withdrawal transaction. Here, the banknotes accumulated in the reject cassette 5 are run abnormalities such as 2,000-yen bills, 5,000-yen bills, 10,000-yen bills and thousand-yen bills, broken bills, skew bills, etc. that cannot be handled as withdrawal bills. It is a banknote. The reject cassette 5 has a structure that can be attached to and detached from the banknote handling mechanism 13, and the banknotes in the reject cassette 5 can be collected by exchanging them individually. The configuration of the reject cassette 5 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 in “Reject Cassette 5” described later.

  The conveyance paths 6a-6m are the structures for conveying a banknote. Each of the transport paths 6 a to 6 m can transport bills to a target transport destination by rotating a DC servo motor or a pulse motor according to control by the control unit 15. Further, the transport paths 6a to 6e constitute a deposit path, the transport paths 6b to 6d and 6f to 6l constitute an accumulation path, and the transport paths 6b, 6c, 6e to 6g and 6h to 6k constitute a withdrawal path. . The motor of each of the transport paths 6a to 6m will be described with reference to FIG.

  The control unit 15 controls basic operations such as depositing, stacking, dispensing, and banknote movement by controlling the transport paths 6a to 6m. Details of each basic operation will be described in the following “basic operation”.

(basic action)
In the deposit transaction, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the customer service section 1, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the identification device 2 via the conveyance paths 6 a and 6 b. And the banknote in which the discrimination result by the discrimination apparatus 2 was normal is integrated | stacked on the temporary storage part 3 through the conveyance paths 6c and 6d. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the discrimination device 2 is normal are accumulated in the customer service section 1 via the transport paths 6c and 6e. Thereafter, when the operation of confirming the deposit amount is performed by the customer, the process proceeds to the accumulation process.

  In the stacking process, first, banknotes are separated from the temporary storage unit 3 one by one, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 via the conveyance paths 6d and 6c. And the banknote with which the discrimination result by the discrimination apparatus 2 was normal is integrated | stacked on banknote cassette 4a-4d corresponding to a money type via the conveyance paths 6b and 6f-6k. On the other hand, bills for which the discrimination result by the discrimination device 2 is abnormal, such as run-off bills such as 10,000 yen bills and thousand yen bills, broken bills, 2000 yen bills, 5000 yen bills, skew bills, etc. Is accumulated in the reject cassette 5 via the transport paths 6g and 6l.

  In the banknote movement, first, banknotes are separated from the banknote cassette of the movement source among the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 via the conveyance paths 6g to 6k and 6b. And the banknote in which the discrimination result by the discrimination apparatus 2 was normal is conveyed by the temporary storage part 3 via the conveyance paths 6c and 6d. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the discrimination device 2 is abnormal are accumulated in the reject cassette 5 via the transport paths 6c and 6m.

  Then, a banknote is conveyed from the temporary storage part 3 to the banknote cassette of the movement destination among banknote cassettes 4a-4d. Specifically, the banknotes are separated one by one from the temporary storage unit 3, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 via the conveyance paths 6 d and 6 c. And the banknote with which the discrimination result by the discrimination apparatus 2 was normal is integrated | stacked on the banknote cassette of a movement destination via the conveyance paths 6b and 6f-6k. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the discrimination device 2 is abnormal are accumulated in the reject cassette 5 via the transport paths 6g and 6l.

  In the withdrawal transaction, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d according to the amount designated by the customer, and the separated banknotes are transported to the discrimination device 2 via the transport paths 6g to 6k and 6b. Is done.

  And the banknote in which the discrimination result by the discrimination apparatus 2 was normal is integrated | stacked on the customer service part 1 through the conveyance path 6c and 6e. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the discrimination device 2 is abnormal, that is, banknotes that cannot be paid to the customer, are accumulated in the reject cassette 5 via the transport paths 6c and 6m.

(Reject cassette 5)
The basic operation by the automatic transaction apparatus 10 has been described above. Next, the separation and accumulation mechanism provided in the banknote accumulation unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 using the accumulation mechanism 51 of the reject cassette 5 as an example.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the reject cassette 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the reject cassette 5 includes an accumulation mechanism 51 that accumulates banknotes, a bill stopper 52, and a stage 53.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the stacking mechanism 51 is provided upstream of the reject cassette 5 in the stacking direction, and is provided at a transport port through which bills are transported from the transport path, and is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 55 and the rotating member 55. And a plurality of tongue pieces 54. The rotation member 55 rotates when the conveyance motor of the conveyance path 6m or 6I (refer FIG. 2) which conveys a banknote to the rejection cassette 5 is rotating. The tongue piece 54 is provided coaxially with the rotating member 55, that is, so as to protrude in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 55. The tongue piece 54 is formed of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber, or a wing member. Such a stacking mechanism 51 rotates when the transport motor of the transport path 6m or 6I rotates, and stacks the rear end of the transported banknotes with the tongue piece 54.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the bill stopper 52 is provided on the upstream side of the reject cassette 5 in the stacking direction and on the side facing the transport port through which the banknote is transported from the transport path, and the front end of the banknote to be transported hits. The stage 53 is a table on which banknotes are stacked, and is lowered by the weight of the banknotes to be stacked.

  In the reject cassette 5 having the above-described configuration, the front end of the banknote transported from the transport port hits the bill stopper, and the rear end of the banknote is hit from above by the tongue piece 54, so that the banknote is stacked on the stage 53. And if a banknote continues being integrated | stacked on the stage 53, the stage 53 will fall according to the weight of the banknote integrated | stacked.

  Further, the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d and the temporary storage unit 3 are also provided with a separation and accumulation mechanism for mounting such tongue pieces. In the separation and accumulation mechanism provided in the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d and the temporary storage unit 3, the tongue pieces are rotated by the activation of the accumulation motor, and the banknotes are accumulated. In addition, an accumulation mechanism for mounting tongue pieces is also provided at the accumulation port of the conveyance path 6e, and the tongue pieces rotate when the conveyance motor that drives the conveyance path 6 rotates.

(About transport path motors, etc.)
Next, the conveyance motors of the conveyance paths 6a to 6m and the accumulation motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a bill conveyance range by activation of the conveyance motors of the conveyance paths 6a to 6m and the integration motors of the separation and accumulation mechanism.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote handling mechanism 13 includes transport motors 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28. Hereinafter, the banknote conveyance range by starting of each conveyance motor is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the transport motor 20 is activated, the banknotes can be transported by a part of the transport path 6a and the transport path 6b. Moreover, if the conveyance motor 23 is started, a banknote can be conveyed by the discrimination apparatus 2, a part of conveyance path 6a, the conveyance path 6b, and the conveyance path 6f. When the transport motor 24 is activated, banknotes can be transported through the transport path 6c and a part of the transport path 6d.

  Moreover, if the conveyance motor 25 is started, a banknote can be conveyed by the conveyance path 6e. When the transport motor 26 is activated, banknotes can be transported through the transport path 6m and the transport path 6l. When the transport motor 27 is activated, banknotes can be transported by a part of the transport path 6g, a part of the transport path 6h, and a part of the transport path 6i. When the transport motor 28 is activated, banknotes can be transported by a part of the transport path 6g, a part of the transport path 6j, and a part of the transport path 6k.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote handling mechanism 13 separates the banknotes from the customer service unit 1, separates the banknotes from the banknote stacking units 4 a to 4 d, and separates the banknotes to be stacked on the banknote stacking units 4 a to 4 d. The stacking mechanisms 21 a to 21 d have a separating and stacking mechanism 22 that separates banknotes from the temporary storage unit 3 and stacks banknotes in the temporary storage unit 3. The separation mechanism 20, the separation / stacking mechanisms 21a to 21d, and the separation / stacking mechanism 22 perform separation / stacking by starting a motor (not shown).

  In each basic operation, the controller 15 controls the motors such as the transport motors 20 to 28 and the separation / stacking mechanism 21 to transport bills to a predetermined transport destination.

(Problems in normal motor control during deposit transactions)
Here, motor control in the deposit transaction will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the conveyance of banknotes and each motor in the deposit transaction. As shown in FIG. 5, the banknotes deposited in the customer service port 19 by the activation of the motor of the separation mechanism 20, the transport motors 23, 24, 25, and the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 are transported to the discrimination device 2, and the discrimination results Correspondingly, it is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 3 or the customer service unit 1. The normal motor control in such a deposit transaction will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a normal motor control process in the deposit transaction. As shown in FIG. 6, when a deposited banknote is inserted into the customer service port 19 by the customer (S302), the control unit 15 activates the motors of the transport motors 23, 24, and 25 and the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 (S304). Next, when all these motors reach a constant speed (S306) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for banknote discrimination (S308), the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation mechanism 20 to serve the customer service port. The banknotes from 19 are started to be fed (S310).

  The banknotes drawn one by one from the customer service unit 1 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2, the banknotes identified as abnormal in the discrimination device 2 are accumulated in the customer service unit 1, and the banknotes identified as normal are accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3. (S312). When the bill feeding is finished, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation mechanism 20.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the customer service unit 1 (S314), the control unit 15 stops the motors of the transport motors 23, 24, and 25 and the separation and stacking mechanism 22 (S316).

  When the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer, the control unit 15 performs an accumulation process. Hereinafter, the accumulation process of the deposit transaction will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the conveyance of banknotes and each motor in the stacking process. As shown in FIG. 7, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3 by the activation of the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22, the conveyance motors 23, 24, 26, 27, and 28 and the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21 a to 21 d 2 and stacked in the banknote stacking units 4a to 4d or the reject cassette 5 according to the discrimination result. A normal motor control in such a deposit transaction accumulation process will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a normal motor control process in the deposit transaction accumulation process. As shown in FIG. 8, when the confirmation key for the deposit amount is pressed by the customer (S317), the control unit 15 activates the motors of the transport motors 23, 24, 26 to 28 and the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d ( S318). Next, when all these motors reach a constant speed (S320) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S322), the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 and temporarily The feeding of banknotes from the holding unit 3 is started (S324).

  The banknotes drawn out one by one from the customer service section 1 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2, the banknotes identified as abnormal in the discrimination apparatus 2 are accumulated in the reject cassette 5, and the banknotes identified as normal are banknote accumulation sections 21a to 21d. (S326). When the bill feeding is finished, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 3 (S328), the control unit 15 stops the motors of the transport motors 23, 24, 26 to 28 and the separation and stacking mechanisms 21a to 21d (S330). .

  As explained above, in normal motor control in deposit transactions, before the banknotes are started to be fed, the motors of the respective transport motors and separation / stacking mechanisms are activated, and after these reach a certain speed, the banknotes are fed out. I was going. Therefore, noises such as a sound generated from the conveyance motors 23 to 28 and a sound of the tongue pieces of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 22 and 21 hitting the stage have been generated before the bills are paid out.

  Moreover, the normal motor control in payment | withdrawal transaction started the conveyance motors 23-28, before paying out a banknote from the banknote stacking parts 21a-21d. Therefore, noises such as a sound generated from each conveyance motor and a sound of a tongue hitting the stage by rotating the conveyance motor at the accumulation port of the reject cassette 5 or the accumulation port of the conveyance path 6e are generated.

  Then, it came to create the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by each embodiment of this invention focusing on the said situation. The control part 15 of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by each embodiment of this invention can reduce a noise by motor control. Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<3. First Embodiment>
In 1st Embodiment of this invention, the control part 15 performs control which starts conveyance of a banknote before either of the motors downstream from the discrimination apparatus 2 reaches a fixed speed. Specifically, after the motor upstream from the discrimination device 2 reaches a constant speed, the control unit 15 transfers the banknote (delivery) before the rotation of the motor downstream from the discrimination device 2 reaches a constant speed. ) Is started. For example, you may start conveyance of a banknote simultaneously with starting rotation of the motor downstream from the discrimination apparatus 2. FIG. Hereinafter, motor control according to the present embodiment in each transaction will be described.

[3-1. Deposit transaction]
In the deposit transaction, the transport motor 23 corresponds to the motor upstream from the discrimination device 2, and the transport motors 24 and 25 and the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 correspond to the motor downstream from the discrimination device 2.

  In addition, in the accumulation process of the deposit transaction, the conveyance motor 24 and the conveyance motor 23 correspond to the motor upstream from the discrimination device 2, and the conveyance motors 27 and 28 and the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d correspond to the motor downstream from the discrimination device 2, respectively. The motor and the conveyance motor 26 correspond. Hereinafter, motor control in the deposit transaction according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Operation flow in deposit transaction of the first embodiment)
9, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are flowcharts showing motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, when a deposited banknote is inserted into the customer service port 19 by the customer (S102), the control unit 15 activates the conveyance motor 24 (S104) and further activates the conveyance motor 23 (S106).

  Next, when these motors reach a constant speed (S108) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S110), the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation mechanism 20 and the service port 19 From the banknote is started (S112). Further, the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 (S114), and activates the transport motor 25 (S116). The control unit 15 may process S112 to S116 at the same time.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding the banknotes without confirming whether or not the motor of the separating and accumulating mechanism 22 and the transport motor 25 reach a constant speed. Since it is located downstream, it is possible to approach a certain speed while the bill is being conveyed from upstream.

  Next, the banknotes drawn out one by one from the customer service unit 1 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2, the banknotes identified as abnormal in the discrimination device 2 are accumulated in the customer service unit 1, and the banknotes identified as normal are temporarily reserved 3 (S118). When the bill feeding is finished, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation mechanism 20.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the customer service unit 1 (S120), the transport motors 23 and 24, the motor of the separation and stacking mechanism 22, and the transport motor 25 are turned on as shown in FIG. Stop sequentially, that is, sequentially from the upstream of the transport path (S122 to S128).

  Subsequently, when the deposit amount confirmation key is pressed by the customer (S130), the control unit 15 activates the transport motors 24 and 23 (S132, S134). Next, when all of these motors reach a constant speed (S136) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S138), the control unit 15 sets the separation / stacking mechanism 22 as shown in FIG. The motor is activated to start paying out banknotes from the temporary storage unit 3 (S140). Further, the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 26, the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d, the transport motor 28, and the transport motor 27 (S142 to S148). The control unit 15 may process S140 to S148 at the same time.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding out the banknotes without confirming whether or not the transport motor 27, the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d, the transport motor 28, and the transport motor 26 reach a constant speed. However, since these motors are located downstream of the transport path from the discrimination device 2, it is possible to approach a constant speed while the bills are transported from the upstream.

  Next, the banknotes drawn one by one from the temporary storage unit 3 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2, the banknotes identified as abnormal in the discrimination device 2 are accumulated in the reject cassette 5, and the banknotes identified as normal are denominations Accordingly, the bills are stacked in the bill cassettes 4a to 4d (S150). When the bill feeding is finished, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 3 (S152), the transport motors 23, 24, 27, and 28, the motors of the separation and stacking mechanisms 21a to 21d, and the transport motor 26 are turned on. Stop sequentially, that is, in order from the upstream of the transport path (S154 to S164). The motor control in the deposit transaction of this embodiment has been described above. Next, motor control in the withdrawal transaction of this embodiment will be described.

[3-2. Withdrawal transaction]
In the withdrawal transaction, the transport motors 28, 27, and 23 correspond to the motors upstream from the discrimination device 2, and the transport motors 24 to 26 correspond to the motors downstream from the discrimination device 2. Hereinafter, motor control in the withdrawal transaction of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

(Operation flow in withdrawal transaction of the first embodiment)
12 and 13 are flowcharts illustrating motor control in the withdrawal transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, first, when the payment amount is input by the customer from the customer operation display unit 14 (S172), the control unit 15 activates the transport motors 28, 27, 23, and 24 (S174 to S180). .

  Next, when these motors reach a constant speed (S182) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S184), the controller 15 separates and stacks the mechanism 21a according to the denomination to be withdrawn. The motor of ˜21d is activated to start feeding out banknotes from the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d (S186). Further, the control unit 15 activates the conveyance motor 26 (S188) and activates the conveyance motor 25 (S190). Note that the control unit 15 may process S186 to S188 at the same time.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding the banknotes from the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d without confirming whether or not the transport motor 25 and the transport motor 26 reach a constant speed. Since it is located downstream from the discrimination device 2, it is possible to approach a certain speed while the bill is being conveyed from the upstream.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 13, the control unit 15 controls the feeding, transporting and stacking of banknotes (S192). Specifically, the control part 15 conveys the banknote drawn | fed out from banknote cassette 4a-4d to the discrimination apparatus 2, and the banknote discriminated with abnormality in the discrimination apparatus 2 is accumulate | stored in the rejection cassette 5, and is discriminated as normal. Bills are accumulated in the customer service section 1. When the bill feeding is finished, the control unit 15 stops the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes accumulating all the banknotes corresponding to the payment amount in the customer service unit 1 (S194), the control motors 15 are sequentially operated, that is, upstream of the transport path. (S196 to S206). Then, when the payment banknote is received from the customer service port 19 by the customer (S208), the withdrawal transaction is completed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the bills are fed before the rotational speed of any of the motors downstream from the discrimination device 2 reaches a constant speed, so that the bills are transported. The generated noise can be reduced.

  Specifically, normally, when all the motors have reached a certain speed and started feeding bills, in this embodiment, at least one of the motors downstream from the discrimination device 2 is activated for bills. This is done at the same time. Thereby, in this embodiment, it becomes possible to reduce the noise which generate | occur | produces before paying out a banknote. In particular, the sound generated from the stacking mechanism was loud and stood out when it was generated before banknotes were fed out. There is also an effect that the sound of hitting the stage is less noticeable.

<4. Second Embodiment>
In 1st Embodiment mentioned above, although the noise before banknote feeding is reduced by shifting the starting timing of a part of motor, the peak of the noise after banknote feeding does not change. Therefore, in the second embodiment of the present invention, an automatic transaction apparatus 10 that reduces noise during peak hours is proposed.

  Specifically, the automatic transaction apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment controls to start a predetermined motor for conveying and stacking reject banknotes when reject banknotes are generated. Here, the reject banknote is a banknote discriminated as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 and does not always occur. Therefore, in this embodiment, the noise at the peak time can be reduced by controlling the predetermined motor for conveying and stacking rejected banknotes to be activated when necessary. Hereinafter, motor control according to the present embodiment in each transaction will be described.

[4-1. Deposit transaction]
In the deposit transaction, banknotes deposited by the customer and identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 (reject banknotes) are accumulated in the customer service section 1 as banknotes that cannot be deposited.

  Further, in the deposit transaction accumulation process, the banknotes (reject banknotes) that have been drawn out from the temporary storage unit 3 and have been identified as abnormal by the identification device 2 are accumulated in the reject cassette 5 as banknotes that cannot be used for payment. Is done. Hereinafter, motor control in the deposit transaction according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Operation flow in the deposit transaction of the second embodiment)
FIG. 14, FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are flowcharts showing motor control in the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, when a deposited banknote is inserted into the customer service port 19 by the customer (S212), the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 24 (S214), and further activates the transport motor 23 (S216).

  Next, when these motors reach a constant speed (S218) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S220), the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation mechanism 20, and the service port 19 The banknote is started to be fed out (S222). Further, the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 (S224). In addition, the control part 15 may process S222-S224 simultaneously.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding bills without confirming whether or not the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism 22 reaches a constant speed, but the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism 22 is downstream of the discrimination device 2. Therefore, it is possible to approach a constant speed while the bill is being conveyed from upstream.

  Next, the banknotes drawn out one by one from the customer service section 1 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 and discriminated by the discrimination device 2. The control part 15 performs control which conveys a banknote to the conveyance destination according to a discrimination result, and accumulate | stores (S226). When the feeding of banknotes from the customer service unit 1 is completed, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation mechanism 20.

  Next, when there is a banknote transported to the reject cassette 5, that is, a banknote identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 (S228 / Yes), the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 25 (S230), and receives the reject banknote as a customer service part. 1 is transported and accumulated.

  In addition, the banknote discriminated as normal by the discrimination apparatus 2 is conveyed to the temporary storage part 3, and is integrated | stacked. The transport motor 24 for transporting banknotes from the identification device 2 to the temporary storage unit 3 and the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism 22 for stacking banknotes in the temporary storage unit 3 have already been activated in S214 and S224.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the customer service unit 1 (S232), the transport motors 23 and 24, the motors of the separation and stacking mechanism 22, and the transport motor 25 as shown in FIG. Are sequentially stopped, that is, sequentially from the upstream side of the transport path (S234 to S240).

  Subsequently, when the confirmation key for the deposit amount is pressed by the customer (S242), the control unit 15 activates the transport motors 23 and 24 (S244, S246). Next, when all these motors reach a constant speed (S248) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for bill discrimination (S250), the control unit 15 activates the motor of the separation and accumulation mechanism 22 and temporarily holds it. The feeding of banknotes from the unit 3 is started (S252). Further, the control unit 15 activates the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21b, the conveyance motor 27, and the conveyance motor 28 (S254 to S258). The control unit 15 may process S252 to S258 at the same time.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding the banknotes without confirming whether or not the transport motor 27, the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21b, and the transport motor 28 reach a constant speed. Since the motor is located downstream of the transport path from the discrimination device 2, it is possible to approach a constant speed while the bill is transported from the upstream.

  Next, the banknotes drawn one by one from the temporary storage unit 3 are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 and are discriminated by the discrimination device 2. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the control unit 15 performs control to transport and stack banknotes to a transport destination according to the discrimination result (S260). When the feeding of the banknote from the temporary storage unit 3 is completed, the control unit 15 stops the motor of the separation mechanism 22.

  Next, when there is a banknote transported to the reject cassette 5, that is, a banknote identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 (S262 / Yes), the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 26 (S264) and rejects the reject banknote. 5 and collect.

  In addition, the banknote discriminated as normal by the discrimination apparatus 2 is conveyed to the banknote collection parts 4a-4d, and is integrated | stacked. The transport motors 27 and 28 for transporting banknotes from the identification device 2 to the banknote stacking units 4a to 4d and the motors of the separation and stacking mechanisms 21a to 21d for stacking banknotes on the banknote stacking units 4a to 4d are performed according to S254 to S258. It has already started.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes stacking all the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 3 (S266), the transport motors 24, 23, 27, 28, the motors of the separation and stacking mechanisms 21a to 21d, and the transport motor 26 are turned on. Stop sequentially, that is, in order from the upstream of the transport path (S268 to S278). The motor control in the deposit transaction of this embodiment has been described above. Next, motor control in the withdrawal transaction of this embodiment will be described.

[4-2. Withdrawal transaction]
In the withdrawal transaction, banknotes (reject banknotes) that have been fed out from the banknote stacking units 4a to 4d and have been identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 are accumulated in the reject cassette 5 as banknotes that cannot be paid. Hereinafter, motor control in the withdrawal transaction of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18.

(Operation flow in withdrawal transaction of the second embodiment)
17 and 18 are flowcharts showing motor control in the withdrawal transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 17, first, when a payment amount is input by the customer from the customer operation display unit 14 (S282), the control unit 15 activates the transport motors 28, 27, 23, and 24 (S284 to S290). ).

  Next, when these motors reach a constant speed (S292) and the discrimination device 2 prepares for banknote discrimination (S294), the control unit 15 separates and stacks the mechanism 21a according to the denomination to withdraw. The motor of ˜21d is activated to start feeding out banknotes from the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d (S296). Further, the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 25 (S298). The control unit 15 may process S296 and S298 simultaneously.

  As described above, the control unit 15 starts feeding out banknotes from the banknote cassettes 4 a to 4 d without confirming whether or not the transport motor 25 reaches a constant speed. Since it is located downstream, it is possible to approach a certain speed while the bill is being conveyed from upstream.

  Next, the banknotes drawn out one by one from the banknote cassettes 4 a to 4 d are conveyed to the discrimination device 2 and discriminated by the discrimination device 2. As illustrated in FIG. 18, the control unit 15 performs control to transport and stack banknotes to a transport destination corresponding to the discrimination result (S230). When the feeding of banknotes from the banknote cassettes 4a to 4d is completed, the control unit 15 stops the motors of the separation and accumulation mechanisms 21a to 21d.

  Next, when there is a banknote transported to the reject cassette 5, that is, a banknote identified as abnormal by the discrimination device 2 (S232 / Yes), the control unit 15 activates the transport motor 26 (S234), and rejects the reject banknote. 5 and collect.

  In addition, the banknote discriminated as normal by the discrimination device 2 is conveyed to the customer service unit 1 and accumulated. The transport motors 24 and 25 for transporting banknotes from the discrimination device 2 to the customer service unit 1 have already been activated by S290 and S298.

  Next, when the control unit 15 finishes accumulating all the banknotes corresponding to the payment amount in the customer service unit 1 (S236), the control motors 15, 27, 23, 24, 25, and 26 are sequentially operated, that is, upstream of the transport path. (S238 to S248). And when a bill is received by the customer from the customer service port 19 (S250), the withdrawal transaction is completed.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the noise at the peak time by not rotating the unnecessary motor.

  Specifically, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when no reject banknote is generated, the tongue in the customer service unit 1 or the reject cassette 5 is not rotated by rotating a predetermined motor for conveying and stacking the reject banknote. It is possible to prevent the sound of a piece from hitting the stage or banknote.

  In the automatic transaction 10, a monitoring sensor (for example, an optical type) may be mounted on the conveyance path 6 for monitoring the travel of banknotes. Here, in this embodiment, since rotation of a predetermined motor is started when rejected banknotes are generated, the banknotes may be conveyed before these motors reach a constant speed. Therefore, the control unit 15 can perform optimum traveling monitoring by determining the timing of traveling monitoring by the monitoring sensor based on the speed of the motor.

<5. Modification>
The first and second embodiments of the present invention have been described above. In addition, the banknote processing mechanism of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 by embodiment of this invention is not limited to the example mentioned above. For example, a banknote handling mechanism 40 having a stacking mechanism 42 in the customer service unit 1 and further having a stacking mechanism 44 in the reject cassette 5 as shown in FIG.

  The stacking mechanism 42 stacks bills by rotating the tongue pieces when the motor of the stacking mechanism 42 is activated. Further, the stacking mechanism 44 stacks the bills by rotating the tongue pieces by the activation of the motor of the stacking mechanism 44.

  The motor control at the time of deposit / withdrawal transaction in this modified example having such a configuration is different from the flow described in the first and second embodiments in the following points.

  In this modification, the transport motor 25 and the motors of the stacking mechanism 42 are started at the step (S116, S118, S230, S298) where the transport motor 25 described in the above flow is started. In this modification, the transport motor 25 and the motor of the stacking mechanism 42 are stopped at the step (S128, S204, S240, S246) in which the transport motor 25 is stopped.

  In this modification, the transport motor 26 and the motor of the stacking mechanism 44 are started in the step (S146, S190, S264, S234) in which the transport motor 26 is started. In this modification, the transport motor 26 and the motor of the stacking mechanism 44 are stopped at the step (S164, S206, S278, S248) in which the transport motor 26 is stopped.

  In the embodiment and the modification of the present invention, the order of starting or stopping the motor is specified, but the order is not limited to this order. For example, depending on the position of the transport motor as in S104 and S106 in FIG. 9, the motors may be activated in the order of S106 and S104. Similarly, depending on the position of the transport motor as in S154 to S164 in FIG. 11, it can be arbitrarily set from which transport motor to stop.

<6. Summary>
As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, banknotes are fed by feeding out banknotes before the rotational speed of any of the motors downstream from the discrimination device 2 reaches a constant speed. It becomes possible to reduce the noise generated before.

  Further, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the noise at the peak time by not rotating the unnecessary motor.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  Further, it is possible to create a computer program for causing hardware such as CPU, ROM and RAM incorporated in the automatic transaction apparatus 10 to perform the same function as the control unit 15 of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 described above. A storage medium storing the computer program is also provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Customer service part 2 Discrimination apparatus 3 Temporary holding | maintenance part 4a-4m Banknote cassette 5 Reject cassette 6a-6m Conveyance path 10 Automatic transaction apparatus 12 Dedicated network 13 Banknote processing mechanism 14 Customer operation display part 15 Control part 16 Passbook insertion slot 18 Card insertion slot 19 Customer service 20 Financial institution host

Claims (7)

A discrimination device for differentiating banknotes;
A control unit for controlling the rotation of each motor of the bill conveyance path and the separation and accumulation mechanism;
With
The said control part is a banknote processing apparatus which starts conveyance of the said banknote before either of the motors downstream from the said discrimination apparatus reaches a fixed speed.   After the motor upstream from the discrimination device has reached a constant speed, the control unit starts rotation of one of the motors downstream from the discrimination device, and the rotation of the downstream motor reaches a constant speed. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote handling is started before reaching the banknote. The banknote handling apparatus
A customer service department in which banknotes are deposited by a customer during a deposit transaction;
A temporary storage unit for transporting banknotes identified as normal by the identification device;
With
The control unit, after depositing transaction, after the motor of the conveyance path from the customer service unit to the identification device, and the motor of the conveyance path from the identification device to the temporary holding unit has reached a constant speed, The rotation of the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism provided in the temporary storage unit is started, and before the rotation of the motor of the separation / stacking mechanism provided in the temporary storage unit reaches a constant speed, the banknotes are conveyed from the customer service unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, which is started.   4. The banknote according to claim 3, wherein the control unit starts rotation of a motor of a conveyance path that returns the banknote from the discrimination device to the customer service unit when the discrimination device discriminates an abnormality during a deposit transaction. Processing equipment. The banknote handling apparatus
A customer service department in which banknotes are deposited by a customer during a deposit transaction;
A temporary storage unit for transporting banknotes identified as normal by the identification device;
And a bill accumulating portion for accumulating the bills,
Wherein, when the integrated treatment after the deposit transaction, even after the transport motor from the motor and the differential device of the transport path of the from escrow unit to the discriminating unit to the bill stacking unit reaches a predetermined speed the start rotating the motor of separating and accumulating mechanism provided in the bill stacking section, before the rotation of the motor of the separating and accumulating mechanism provided in the bill stacking section reaches a predetermined speed, banknotes from the escrow unit The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the conveyance of the banknote is started. The control unit starts rotation of the motor on the conveyance path of the customer service unit from the discrimination device after the motor from the banknote accumulation unit to the discrimination device has reached a constant speed during a withdrawal transaction. The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 5 which starts conveyance of the banknote from the said banknote stacking part, before rotation of the motor of the conveyance path of the said service part reaches the fixed speed from the said discrimination apparatus. The banknote handling apparatus
A reject banknote stacking unit that stacks banknotes identified as abnormal by the discrimination device;
The banknote processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control unit starts rotation of a motor of a conveyance path of the reject banknote stacking unit from the discrimination device when the discrimination device discriminates from an abnormality. .

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