JP6467335B2 - Automatic transaction apparatus, ink transfer prevention method and ink transfer prevention program in automatic transaction apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus having a printing function for a passbook.

  A new passbook is issued when a new account is opened or when an existing passbook is printed to the end. In a conventional automated teller machine (ATM), when a new passbook is issued, information such as an account holder is first printed on the cover of the passbook. An example of an ATM having such a passbook printing function is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. When information such as the account holder is printed on the cover of the passbook, the transaction information is printed in the entry field of the passbook. Be transported.

JP 2004-264955 A

  However, since the conveyance roller rotates in contact with the cover of the passbook on which the account holder or the like is printed when conveying the passbook, the ink printed on the cover of the passbook adheres to the conveyance roller, There is a problem in that the adhered ink adheres to other portions of the passbook cover due to rotation of the transport roller for further transport, and the cover of the passbook is soiled.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction apparatus capable of preventing the passbook cover from being soiled by a transport roller to which ink printed on the passbook cover is attached.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an automatic transaction apparatus that transports a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook, and includes a plurality of transport rollers for transporting the passbook, each transport roller A conveyance control unit that controls a conveyance unit that conveys the passbook by contacting the cover with the cover of the passbook, and a printing unit that performs printing on the cover of the passbook conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveyance unit When the conveyance roller comes into contact with a print control unit to be controlled and a print portion printed on the cover of the passbook by the printing unit, the contact portion of the conveyance roller that has come into contact with the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller A determination unit configured to determine whether or not to contact the cover, and when the conveyance control unit determines to contact, the conveyance roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, and the separated conveyance Roller is rotated a predetermined angle amount, the conveying roller after rotation is brought into contact with the cover of the passbook, characterized in that to start the re-feeding of the passbook.

  Moreover, the automatic transaction apparatus of this invention WHEREIN: It is a preferable aspect that the said predetermined angle is an angle which avoids that the said contact part contacts the cover of the said passbook at the time of the re-transfer of the said passbook.

  Moreover, in the automatic transaction apparatus of this invention, it is a preferable aspect that the rotation direction at the time of rotating the said conveyance roller by a predetermined angle is a rotation direction at the time of conveying the said bankbook, or its reverse rotation direction. .

The present invention is also an ink transfer prevention method executed by an automatic transaction apparatus that transports a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook, and includes a plurality of transport rollers for transporting the passbook. A step of printing on a cover of the passbook conveyed to a predetermined position by a transport unit that transports the passbook by rotating a roller in contact with the cover of the passbook; and a printed portion printed on the cover of the passbook When the conveyance roller comes into contact, the step of determining whether or not the contact portion of the conveyance roller that is in contact comes into contact with the cover of the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller, The conveyance roller is separated from the cover of the bankbook, the separated conveyance roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated conveyance roller is brought into contact with the cover of the bankbook before Characterized by a step of initiating the re-transport of the passbook.

  In the ink transfer prevention method of the present invention, it is a preferred aspect that the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting the cover of the passbook when the passbook is re-transported.

  In the ink transfer prevention method of the present invention, it is preferable that the rotation direction when rotating the transport roller by a predetermined angle is the rotation direction when transporting the bankbook or the reverse rotation direction thereof. is there.

  Further, the present invention is an ink transfer prevention program in an automatic transaction apparatus that conveys a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook, comprising a plurality of carry rollers for carrying the passbook, each carrying roller Printing on the cover of the passbook which is conveyed to a predetermined position by a conveyance unit which conveys the passbook by rotating in contact with the cover of the passbook; and on the printed portion printed on the cover of the passbook When the conveyance roller comes into contact, the step of determining whether or not the contact portion of the conveyance roller in contact with the cover roller contacts the cover of the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller; The roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, the separated transport roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated transport roller is brought into contact with the cover of the passbook. Characterized in that and a step of starting the re-feeding of the passbook to the computer.

  In the ink transfer prevention program of the present invention, it is a preferable aspect that the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting the cover of the passbook when the passbook is re-transported.

  In the ink transfer prevention program of the present invention, it is preferable that the rotation direction when rotating the transport roller by a predetermined angle is the rotation direction when transporting the bankbook or the reverse rotation direction thereof. is there.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the passbook cover from being damaged by the transport roller to which the ink printed on the passbook cover is attached.

It is an external view which shows an example of the external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the passbook issuing machine which performs the passbook issue of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating to an example of the operation | movement at the time of the printing on the passbook cover of the print head of the passbook issuing machine in an embodiment, and a turn part. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows a state when a new passbook is set in the printing position by the print head in embodiment, and it prints on the passbook cover. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the conveyance roller in the embodiment contacts a print portion of a passbook cover by conveyance rotation, and ink adheres to the conveyance roller. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state immediately before ink is transferred onto another passbook cover different from the previously printed location due to the conveyance rotation of the conveyance roller in the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which reversely rotated only the predetermined | prescribed angle with the conveyance rotation while the conveyance roller in embodiment moved upwards. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the conveyance roller in the embodiment is stopped with the end of gripping of the passbook, the conveyance roller is in contact with the print portion of the passbook cover, and continues to rotate. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a case where ink is transferred as an imprint of transfer to an area through which a conveyance roller passes without being transferred to a passbook cover. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing flow of ink transfer prevention of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating inhalation conveyance (theta) 1 in embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating predetermined angle (theta) 2 in embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an example of the appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The automatic transaction apparatus 10 has a function of executing transactions such as deposit, withdrawal, transfer, passbook entry, etc. in response to a request from a customer (user), and applies to a passbook cover when a new passbook is issued as described later. Has a printing function.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 10 includes a display unit 11 for displaying transaction keys for performing transactions, a coin insertion slot 12 for inserting coins, a bill insertion slot 13 for inserting banknotes, an IC card, and the like. It comprises a card insertion slot 14 for insertion and a passbook insertion slot 20 for inserting and discharging a passbook. In addition, although the automatic transaction apparatus 10 has structures other than the said structure, it abbreviate | omits here.

  Next, an example of a passbook issuing machine that issues a passbook in the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The passbook issuing machine is a part of the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 10, and includes a transport path 21, an MS (Magnetic Stripe) unit 22, an optical unit 23, a printing unit 24, a turning unit 25, a retracting unit 26, an issuing unit 27, and a top and bottom. It is comprised from the turn part 28, the taking-in part 29, and the conveyance part not shown. Although not illustrated in FIG. 2, the transport unit transports a passbook (passbook medium) along the transport path 21, and includes, for example, a transport roller described later.

  The conveyance path 21 is for conveying the passbook sucked into the automatic transaction apparatus 10. The MS unit 22 reads information recorded in the MS (magnetic stripe) of the bankbook, for example, reads information related to an account recorded in the MS. The optical unit 23 optically reads passbook page information and printed lines. The printing unit 24 performs printing on a passbook cover and a passbook entry column, and includes a print head 30 described later. The turning section 25 turns over the cover and pages of the passbook when printing on the passbook. The saving unit 26 temporarily saves the existing passbook (passbook printed to the end) when issuing a new passbook by carrying over the passbook. The retracting unit 26 is not limited to this configuration, and may be provided, for example, on the extension of the transport path 21.

  The issuing unit 27 includes a bankbook before issuance, and is configured from a plurality of cassettes in this example. The issuing unit 27 is provided with a plurality of types, for example, a passbook for a general passbook, a passbook for characters, a passbook for character passbooks, etc. in order to meet customer needs. For example, cassettes A to D have a passbook for a general passbook, cassettes E to G have a passbook for a normal passbook, and cassette H has a passbook for a character passbook. The top and bottom turn part 28 is for changing the direction of the bankbook. The taking-in part 29 takes in the bankbook which the customer forgot to take.

  Here, an example of the printing operation on the passbook cover when issuing the passbook in the passbook issuing machine will be described with reference to FIG. By issuing a new passbook, a new passbook is sent from the issuing unit 27 on the transport path 21, and the passbook is set at a predetermined position on the transport path 21, that is, a print position by the print head 30. When the passbook is set, the print head 30 moves on the passbook in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and an account holder or the like is printed on the passbook cover. When printing on the passbook cover is completed, the passbook is transported by a plurality of paired transport rollers to the scooping section 25 that covers the cover of the passbook in order to print various information in the entry field of the passbook. Note that the line sensor 31 reads the page mark of the passbook and can recognize how many pages are opened by reading. The present invention prevents the other part of the passbook cover from being soiled by ink adhering to the transport roller in the process in which the passbook is transported to the turning section 25 after being printed on the passbook cover by the print head 30. belongs to.

  Next, an example of a functional configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The automatic transaction apparatus 10 includes a conveyance control unit 40, a print control unit 41, a determination unit 42, an issue control unit 43, and a storage unit 44. The transport control unit 40 includes a plurality of transport rollers for transporting the passbook, and controls the transport unit that transports the passbook by rotating each transport roller in contact with the cover of the passbook.

  Further, the conveyance control unit 40 determines that the contact portion of the conveyance roller that has contacted the print portion of the passbook cover comes into contact with the cover page of the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller by the determination unit 42 described later. The separation roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, the separated transfer roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated transfer roller is brought into contact with the cover of the passbook to cause the transfer unit to start retransfer of the passbook. Here, the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting the cover of the passbook during re-transfer of the passbook (for example, θ2 for reverse rotation, which will be described later, 360-θ2 if not reverse rotation). is there. In addition, if it can avoid, it will not be limited to the example of the said angle. At this time, the rotation direction when the conveyance control unit 40 rotates the conveyance roller by a predetermined angle is the rotation direction when conveying the passbook, that is, the rotation direction for conveying the passbook 25 side or vice versa. The direction of rotation.

Printing control unit 41, a predetermined position by the transport unit, that controls the print heads 30 for printing on the cover of the passbook which has been conveyed to the printing position by the printing heads 30.

  When the conveyance roller comes into contact with the printed portion printed on the cover of the passbook by the printing unit 24, the determination unit 42 detects that the contact portion of the contacted conveyance roller is rotated by the conveyance roller for further passbook conveyance. Whether or not to touch. Specifically, as will be described later, the determination unit 42 determines whether or not the distance X from the printing position on the passbook cover to the end of the passbook is greater than a predetermined value (for example, 47.77 mm).

  When issuing the new bankbook, the issuance control unit 43 acquires the new bankbook from the cassette that stores the bankbook in accordance with the customer's request, and sends the bankbook onto the transport path 21. The sent passbook is transported to the predetermined position by the control of the transport roller by the transport control unit 40.

  The storage unit 44 stores information (for example, a predetermined value of 47.77 mm) used when the determination unit 42 performs the above determination. The storage unit 44 stores an application program for performing various processes of the automatic transaction apparatus 10, data necessary for processing of the automatic transaction apparatus 10, and the like.

  Here, an example of the operation of the conveyance roller from the end of printing on the passbook cover to the conveyance to the turning section 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5E. FIG. 5A shows a state when a new passbook (passbook medium) is set at a print position by the print head 30 and printed on the passbook cover. From this state, the passbook conveyance to the turning section 25 side is started. At this time, the conveyance roller 51 rotates so as to convey the bankbook to the scooping portion 25 while in contact with the bankbook, and the conveyance rollers 52 and 53 remain stopped or are in a rotating state.

  FIG. 5B shows a state in which the passbook transport has advanced from the state of FIG. 5A, and the transport roller 51 comes into contact with the print portion of the passbook cover by rotation (transport rotation or normal rotation) for passbook transport, and the ink is transported by the transport roller 51. The state of adhering to is shown. In addition, rotation opposite to the conveyance rotation or normal rotation is referred to as reverse rotation. At this time, the transport roller 51 continues to rotate in a state where ink is attached, and the transport rollers 52 and 53 are stopped or in a rotating state.

  FIG. 5C shows a state in which the passbook transport has advanced from the state of FIG. 5B, and the ink adhering to the transport roller 51 is transferred onto a passbook cover different from the previously printed location by the transport rotation of the transport roller 51. The previous state is shown. At this time, the conveyance roller 52 starts conveyance rotation so as to be conveyed to the scooping portion 25 side in contact with the passbook, and the conveyance roller 53 is stopped or in a rotating state.

  FIG. 5D shows a state in which the passbook transport has advanced from the state of FIG. 5C, and the transport roller 51 is moved upward to prevent the ink adhering to the transport roller 51 from being transferred to the passbook cover. Rotation indicates a state in which the rotation is reversed by a predetermined angle. Then, the transport roller 51 moves downward in the reversely rotated state, and restarts the transport rotation while in contact with the passbook cover. At this time, the transport roller 52 is rotating in a state of gripping the bankbook, and the transport roller 53 is stopped or in a rotating state. When transfer to the passbook cover is unavoidable, as shown in FIG. 6, it is transferred as a transfer trace to an area (roller passage area) through which the conveyance roller passes.

  FIG. 5E shows a state in which the passbook transport has advanced from the state of FIG. 5D, the transport roller 51 is stopped or rotated as gripping of the passbook ends, and the transport roller 52 contacts the print portion of the passbook cover. In this state, the conveyance rotation is continued after that. The subsequent operation of the transport roller 52 is the same as the operation of the transport roller 51 described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Next, an example of a process flow for preventing ink transfer in the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when it is necessary to issue a new passbook due to opening of a new account or carrying over of an existing passbook, the issuance control unit 43 acquires a new passbook from the cassette and starts a process of issuing a new passbook (step S701). ). The new passbook is set at the print position by the transport control unit 40 for printing on the passbook cover by the print head 30 (step S702). When set, the print head 30 performs cover printing on the passbook cover (step S703). When the printing on the passbook cover is completed, the transfer of the passbook to the turning section 25 side is started.

  The determination unit 42 determines whether or not the distance X from the printing position on the passbook cover to the end of the passbook is greater than a predetermined value (for example, 47.77 mm) (step S704). If it is large (Yes in step S704), there is a possibility that the ink attached to the transport roller may be transferred to the passbook cover by the transport rotation of the transport roller (for example, the transport roller 51). The bankbook is conveyed in the suction direction by θ1 (step S705). The suction direction is a direction on the side of the turning portion 25. The conveyance control unit 40 raises the conveyance roller upward (step S706), reversely rotates the raised conveyance roller by a predetermined angle θ2 (step S707), and brings the rotated conveyance roller into contact with the cover of the passbook. Re-conveyance (conveyance in the suction direction) is started (step S708). The angle θ2 can be changed according to the length of the bankbook.

  Here, the transport roller is raised upward to prevent ink transfer, but the transport path 21 may be lowered downward without raising the transport roller. Further, the conveyance roller may be raised upward and the conveyance path 21 may be lowered downward. Thereby, the transfer of ink can be prevented.

  Here, the suction conveyance θ1 and the predetermined angle θ2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8B. FIG. 8A shows a state where the transport roller is in contact with the passbook cover. The conveyance roller in this case has a diameter φ = 16.17 mm. Therefore, the angle from when the conveyance roller passes through the printing portion of the passbook cover to when the ink attached to the conveyance roller comes into contact with the passbook cover again is θ1, and in this case, θ1 = 338.72 degrees. This angle θ1 is an angle obtained by subtracting an amount corresponding to the size of one print character from one rotation of the conveyance roller.

  FIG. 8B shows a state in which the transport roller is separated (raised) upward from the passbook cover. The angle θ2 shown in FIG. 8B is the maximum rotation angle at which the transport roller can be rotated in the reverse direction, and in this case, θ2 = 317.44 degrees. This angle θ2 is an angle obtained by subtracting an amount corresponding to the size of two printed characters from one rotation of the conveying roller.

  According to the above-described automatic transaction apparatus, compared to an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a mechanism for preventing the transfer of ink to the passbook cover, the transfer roller to which the ink printed on the passbook cover is attached is very inexpensive. It is possible to prevent the passbook cover from being damaged.

  The main processing of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the above-described embodiment may be executed by software processing by a CPU (not shown), or all or part of the processing may be realized by hardware.

  Further, the above-described embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Automatic transaction apparatus 11 Display part 12 Coin insertion slot 13 Bill insertion slot 14 Card insertion slot 20 Passbook insertion slot 21 Transport path 22 MS part 23 Optical part 24 Printing part 25 Turning part 26 Retraction part 27 Issuing part 28 Top and bottom turn part 29 Insertion section 30 Print head 31 Line sensor 40 Conveyance control section 41 Print control section 42 Judgment section 43 Issuance control section 44 Storage sections 51, 52, 53 Conveyance rollers

Claims (9)

An automatic transaction apparatus that conveys a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook,
A plurality of conveyance rollers for conveying the bankbook, a conveyance control unit for controlling a conveyance unit that conveys the bankbook by rotating each conveyance roller in contact with the cover of the bankbook; and
A print control unit that controls a printing unit that performs printing on a cover of the passbook conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveyance unit;
Whether or not the contact portion of the transport roller in contact with the print portion printed on the cover of the passbook by the printing unit contacts the cover of the passbook by further rotation of the transport roller. And a determination unit for determining whether
When it is determined that the conveyance control unit is in contact, the conveyance roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, the separated conveyance roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated conveyance roller is applied to the cover of the passbook. An automatic transaction apparatus, wherein contact is started and re-conveyance of the bankbook is started.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting a cover of the passbook when the passbook is re-transported.   The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a rotation direction when the transport roller is rotated by a predetermined angle is a rotation direction when the passbook is transported or a reverse rotation direction thereof. An ink transfer prevention method executed by an automatic transaction apparatus that conveys a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook,
A plurality of transport rollers for transporting the passbook are provided on the cover of the passbook that is transported to a predetermined position by a transport unit that transports the passbook by rotating each transport roller in contact with the cover of the passbook. A step of printing,
When the conveyance roller comes into contact with a printed part printed on the cover of the passbook, it is determined whether or not the contacted portion of the conveyance roller contacts the cover of the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller. Steps,
When it is determined that the sheet is in contact, the conveyance roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, the separated conveyance roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated conveyance roller is brought into contact with the cover of the passbook. Starting re-conveying,
An ink transfer preventing method comprising:   The ink transfer prevention method according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting a cover of the passbook when the passbook is re-transported.   The ink transfer prevention method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a rotation direction when rotating the transport roller by a predetermined angle is a rotation direction when transporting the passbook or vice versa. . An ink transfer prevention program in an automatic transaction apparatus that conveys a passbook and prints on the cover of the passbook,
A plurality of transport rollers for transporting the passbook are provided on the cover of the passbook that is transported to a predetermined position by a transport unit that transports the passbook by rotating each transport roller in contact with the cover of the passbook. A step of printing,
When the conveyance roller comes into contact with a printed part printed on the cover of the passbook, it is determined whether or not the contacted portion of the conveyance roller contacts the cover of the passbook by further rotation of the conveyance roller. Steps,
When it is determined that the sheet is in contact, the conveyance roller is separated from the cover of the passbook, the separated conveyance roller is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the rotated conveyance roller is brought into contact with the cover of the passbook. Starting re-conveying,
An ink transfer prevention program that is executed by a computer.   8. The ink transfer prevention program according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined angle is an angle that prevents the contact portion from contacting a cover of the passbook when the passbook is re-transported.   The ink transfer prevention program according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a rotation direction when the transport roller is rotated by a predetermined angle is a rotation direction when the passbook is transported or a reverse rotation direction thereof. .