JP6554902B2 - Medium information reading apparatus and medium transaction apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium information reading apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automated teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a paper-like medium such as banknotes. It is.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic cash transaction apparatus or the like used in a financial institution or a store, for example, a customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to transaction details with a customer, and cash is withdrawn to a customer. As an automatic teller machine, for example, a depositing / withdrawing unit that exchanges bills with customers, a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the inserted bills and identifies the serial number of the bills, are inserted There is one having a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing a banknote, a transport unit for transporting a banknote, and a banknote storage for storing banknotes for each denomination.

  In such an automatic teller machine, a skimming device that is illegally installed is proposed to prevent skimming, which is an act of illegally obtaining card information from the magnetic stripe of the card when the card is inserted or removed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-103822 A

  In an automatic teller machine, it is desired to further prevent skimming and improve security.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and intends to propose a medium information reading apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can improve security.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium information reading apparatus of the present invention, a medium port for inserting / removing a medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction, and a medium delivery unit for transferring the medium are provided on the insertion direction side of the medium port. A medium information reading unit that reads medium information from the medium, and a medium port opening / closing unit that opens and closes the medium port by moving when the medium is inserted into and removed from the medium port. It was moved in the direction facing and separating from the medium port, and fitted into the opened medium port without any gap .

Further, in the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, the customer service unit for receiving a transaction relating to the medium, a medium port for inserting / removing the medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction, and a medium transfer unit for transferring the medium are provided. a medium information reading unit for reading the medium information from the medium provided in the insertion direction, the medium is provided and a medium opening and closing unit to open and close the media port by moving when it is inserted and removed from the medium inlet, medium delivery section It is movable in the direction facing the medium opening and separating from the medium opening, and is fitted into the opened medium opening without any gap .

  In the present invention, it is possible to prevent the skimming device from being mounted around the medium port.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a skimming device from being mounted around the medium port. Thus, the present invention can realize a media information reading device and a media transaction device that can improve security.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a right view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a right view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by the 1st Embodiment, and the delivery part retraction | saving state. It is a right view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by 1st Embodiment, and a delivery part retraction | saving state. It is a right view which shows the structure (1) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by the 1st Embodiment, and a card delivery state. It is a front view which shows the structure (2) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by the 1st Embodiment, and a card delivery state. It is a right view which shows the structure (1) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 2nd Embodiment. It is a right view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by 2nd Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure (2) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 2nd Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure of the card | curd information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by 3rd Embodiment. It is a right view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 3rd Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit open state by 4th Embodiment. It is a top view which shows the structure of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 4th Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure (1) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 5th Embodiment. It is a top view which shows the structure (2) of the card information reading part of the entrance / exit closed state by 5th Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center. For example, the cash automatic transaction apparatus 1 is installed in a financial institution or the like. Transactions related to cash such as The housing 2 is provided with a front panel 30 having a predetermined thickness at a location where it is easy to insert bills or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side.

  The front panel 30 is provided with a customer reception unit 3. The customer service section 3 is provided with a card entry / exit port 4, a deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7 and a receipt issuance port 8. In addition to directly exchanging cash and bankbooks with customers, Information notification and operation instructions are received. The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card reader 34 for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where a bill to be deposited by a customer is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the customer is discharged. The operation display unit 6 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like. The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used at the time of input operation such as a password or transaction amount. The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing.

  The card CD is formed in a substantially rectangular thin plate shape as shown in FIG. 6 and is issued to a user who is a customer of a financial institution to perform financial transactions such as deposit, withdrawal, transfer and balance inquiry. It is used when The card CD is provided with a magnetic stripe MS for storing information such as the user's name, account number, personal identification number, and customer ID. The magnetic stripe MS is formed along the longitudinal direction with a predetermined width from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction of the card CD near one end side in the lateral direction on the back surface of the card CD.

  In the housing 2, a main control unit 9 that controls and controls the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided.

  In the following, the side facing the user of the automatic teller machine 1 is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, respectively, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.

[1-2. Internal configuration of banknote depositing and dispensing machine]
As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is configured around a box-shaped depositing / dispensing machine housing 11, and the banknote control unit 12 includes each unit (the depositing / dispensing unit 16, the transport unit 24, the discrimination unit 18). , The temporary holding unit 20, the banknote storage 26, the reject storage 28 and the forgotten storage 22).

  The bill control unit 12 is mainly configured by a CPU (not shown), and reads out and executes a predetermined program from the storage unit 14 (FIG. 1) including a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk drive, a flash memory, etc. Control and perform various processes such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions. The storage unit 14 stores the discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit 18 discriminating the banknote and the identification result of the serial number of the banknote together with the transaction information.

  Inside the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, a depositing / dispensing unit 16, a discrimination unit 18 for determining the denomination and authenticity of the banknote, a temporary storage unit 20 for temporarily storing deposited banknotes, and the like are provided on the upper side. .

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 16 separates banknotes input from the customer one by one and feeds them to the transport unit 24. The deposit / withdrawal unit 16 separates and holds the banknotes fed to the transport unit 24 and the banknotes returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 16 as deposit / reject banknotes.

  The transport unit 24 transports rectangular banknotes in the short direction along a transport path indicated by a thick line in the drawing by a roller, a belt, or the like (not shown). The conveyance part 24 conveys a banknote so that the discrimination part 18 may be penetrated in the front-back direction, and has connected the back side of this discrimination part 18, the temporary storage part 20, and the deposit or withdrawal part 16, respectively. Further, the transport unit 24 connects the front side of the discrimination unit 18 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 16, the banknote storage 26, the reject storage 28, and the forgotten storage 22. A selector (not shown) is provided at the branching point of the transport unit 24, and the banknote transport destination is switched by rotating based on the control of the banknote control unit 12.

  The discriminating unit 18 discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes, the degree of damage (loss), etc. (correction) using an optical element, a magnetic detection element, etc. The bill control unit 12 is notified. Moreover, the discrimination part 18 reads and identifies the serial number which is the banknote identification information comprised by the alphanumeric character etc. which were provided for every banknote and were previously printed on the one surface of the banknote from the image data of the imaged banknote. At this time, the discrimination unit 18 notifies the banknote control unit 12 of the identified character as an identification result. In response to this, the banknote control unit 12 determines a banknote transport destination based on the acquired discrimination result and identification result.

  The temporary holding unit 20 temporarily holds banknotes inserted by the customer into the depositing / withdrawing unit 16 at the time of depositing, and temporarily holds the depositable banknotes identified as depositable by the discrimination unit 18 until the deposit is confirmed. On the other hand, the deposit reject banknotes identified as being non-payable are discharged to the deposit / withdrawal unit 16. The temporary storage unit 20 temporarily holds the banknotes that cannot be withdrawn at the time of withdrawal until the banknotes that can be withdrawn are withdrawn. Unusable banknotes are discharged to the reject box 28.

  Further, inside the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, a banknote 26 of each denomination, a banknote discriminated from a banknote (so-called damaged banknote) damaged in the discrimination section 18, a banknote identified as a forged ticket, and 5 There are provided a reject store 28 for storing banknotes of denominations such as thousand and 2,000 tickets, and a forgotten store 22 for collecting and storing banknotes that the customer has forgotten from the deposit / withdrawal unit 16 during the transaction. Yes. The banknote storage 26 takes in and stores the banknotes transported from the transport unit 24 by the storage and feeding mechanism, and discharges the stored banknotes and supplies them to the transport unit 24.

  In such a configuration, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured such that the main control unit 9 and the banknote control unit 12 control each unit based on the banknote discrimination result and the identification result by the discrimination unit 18, and the banknote depositing and dispensing process. Etc.

[1-3. Configuration of card information reading unit]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the customer reception unit 3 of the automatic teller machine 1 reads the card CD inserted into the customer and reads and overwrites the information stored in the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD. And a card information reading unit 32 for performing erasure and the like.

  The card information reading unit 32 has a card slot 4 in the front panel 30. The card slot 4 is a slot-shaped hole that is formed in the thickness direction of the front panel 30 so as to penetrate the front and rear surfaces of the front panel 30. Also, the card inlet / outlet 4 has a flat inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 4U along the horizontal direction on the upper inner wall surface, and a flat inlet / outlet lower wall that inclines downward toward the rear on the lower inner wall surface. Side inner wall surfaces 4D are respectively formed. The card slot 4 inserts the card CD along the card insertion direction DCi which is one direction of the card insertion / removal direction DCio as the medium insertion / removal direction which is the front / rear direction in a state where the short direction is along the left / right direction. At the same time, the card CD is discharged along the card discharge direction DCo which is the other direction of the card insertion / removal direction DCio. That is, the card entry / exit 4 inserts and ejects the card CD along the card insertion / removal direction DCio in a state where the short side direction is along the left-right direction.

  A card reader 34 is provided on the rear side of the card slot 4, that is, on the card insertion direction DCi side. The card reader 34 has a box-shaped card reader housing 36.

  A card delivery unit 40 as a medium delivery unit is provided on the front side of the card reader housing 36 facing the card slot 4. The card delivery unit 40 includes a delivery base 41 and a delivery tip 42 provided on the front side of the delivery base 41. The front end of the delivery tip 42 opens in the left-right direction by a width slightly longer than the length in the short direction of the card CD, and the front in the vertical direction by a height slightly longer than the thickness of the card CD. By forming the card insertion / removal opening 43 that is a slit-shaped opening that opens, the movement of the card CD is guided when the card CD passes through the card entry / exit 4. In addition, the card delivery unit 40 has an upper surface and a lower surface of the delivery tip end 42 which are in contact with the inner wall surface 4U on the entrance / exit side of the card entrance / exit 4 by a delivery unit drive motor (not shown) controlled by the main control unit 9, respectively. The card delivery state (FIG. 5) in which the card CD is delivered to the user by contacting the exit lower inner wall surface 4D without any gap, and the inside of the card reader housing 36 behind the card entry / exit 4 It reciprocates along the front-rear direction to the delivery part retracted state (FIGS. 3 and 4) which is a state of retracting to the front. That is, the card delivery unit 40 moves in a direction in which the card entry / exit 4 is separated from / in the rear of the card entry / exit 4.

  Inside the card reader housing 36, a pair of upper and lower delivery transport rollers 38 are provided on the front side, and a pair of upper and lower transport rollers 39 are provided on the rear side. The delivery conveyance roller 38 and the conveyance roller 39 are arranged in pairs on the left and right sides in the conveyance width direction (left-right direction) orthogonal to the card insertion / removal direction DCio of the card CD with a gap shorter than the length in the short direction of the card CD. Is provided. Further, in the delivery conveyance roller 38 and the conveyance roller 39, the contact portion between the pair of upper and lower rollers is located on an extension line behind the card insertion / removal port 43. The delivery conveyance roller 38 and the conveyance roller 39 are provided so as to be able to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise in a side view, and the card CD inserted from the card insertion / removal port 43 is turned into a card by rotating in the drawing rotation direction. The magnetic stripe MS is conveyed so as to pass above the magnetic head 44 along the insertion direction DCi, and rotated in the feeding rotation direction, whereby the card CD is conveyed along the card ejection direction DCo and ejected from the card insertion / removal port 43. To do.

  Inside the card reader housing 36, a magnetic head 44 that reads card information from the magnetic stripe MS is fixed so as to face the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD. The card reader 34 conveys the card CD with its longitudinal direction being along the card insertion direction DCi, and passes the upper side of the magnetic head 44 through the magnetic stripe MS, thereby reading the card information of the card CD. I do. The card information reading unit 32 is provided with a card detection sensor (not shown) that detects whether the card CD is inserted from the card delivery unit 40 or whether the card CD is taken out from the card delivery unit 40. The detection result of the card CD is sent to the main control unit 9.

  The card information reading unit 32 is provided with a shutter 46 that is a flat plate-like member extending in the vertical and horizontal directions. The shutter 46 has a flat shutter front surface 46F along the vertical direction on the front surface, a flat shutter upper surface 46U along the horizontal direction parallel to the inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 4U on the upper surface, and an inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 4D on the lower surface. A flat shutter lower surface 46D is formed which inclines downward toward the rear in parallel with the front panel 30. The flat shutter lower surface 46D has substantially the same thickness as the front panel 30 and is large enough to fit into the card slot 4. Is formed. The shutter 46 is fitted into the card slot 4 in the idle state in which no transaction with the user is performed by a shutter drive motor (not shown) controlled by the main controller 9. 4 in the closed state (FIG. 3), which is a state in which the card 4 is closed, and the card entry / exit located below the card entry / exit 4 at the rear of the front panel 30 in the transaction state in which transactions are made with the user. 4 is reciprocated substantially along the front-rear direction to an entrance / exit open state (FIGS. 4, 5 and 6), which is a state of opening 4.

  In the entrance / exit closed state, in the shutter 46, the shutter upper surface 46U abuts the entrance / exit upper inner wall surface 4U, the shutter lower surface 46D abuts the entrance / exit lower inner wall surface 4D without any gap, and the shutter front surface 46F is in contact with the front panel 30 front surface. It is level with no steps.

  In such a configuration, the automatic teller machine 1 shifts from the idle state to the transaction state, and when it is determined that reading of the card information from the card CD is necessary, the card CD with the magnetic stripe MS positioned on the lower surface side of the card CD. Is displayed on the operation display unit 6 to prompt the user to enter the card entry / exit 4. Subsequently, the card information reading unit 32 slides the shutter 46 in the shutter opening direction, which is the lower and rear, and shifts the card entrance / exit 4 from the entrance / exit closed state (FIG. 3) to the entrance / exit open state (FIG. 4). While opening, the card delivery unit 40 is moved forward to shift from the delivery unit retracted state (FIG. 4) to the card delivery state (FIG. 5), and waits for the insertion of the card CD. The user inserts the card CD into the card delivery unit 40 along the card insertion direction DCi.

  When the card information reading unit 32 grips the rear end of the card CD with the delivery / conveying roller 38, the card delivery unit 40 rotates the delivery / conveying roller 38 and the conveying roller 39 in the drawing rotation direction, thereby extending the card delivery unit 40 along the card insertion direction DCi. And the card CD is conveyed. When the entire card CD is positioned behind the card delivery unit 40, the card information reading unit 32 moves the card delivery unit 40 rearward to shift from the card delivery state to the delivery unit retracted state, and raises the shutter 46. The card inlet / outlet 4 is closed by sliding in the shutter closing direction, which is the front, and shifting from the inlet / outlet open state to the inlet / outlet closed state. Subsequently, the card information reading unit 32 conveys the card CD along the card insertion direction DCi and performs a card information reading operation.

  Subsequently, the card information reading unit 32 opens the card entrance / exit 4 by sliding the shutter 46 in the shutter opening direction to shift from the entrance / exit closed state to the entrance / exit open state, and moves the card delivery unit 40 forward. Thus, the card CD can be ejected by shifting from the delivery unit retracted state to the card delivery state. Subsequently, the card information reading unit 32 conveys the card CD through the card delivery unit 40 along the card ejection direction DCo by rotating the delivery conveyance roller 38 and the conveyance roller 39 in the feeding rotation direction. To do. When almost the entire card CD is drawn forward from the card delivery unit 40 and enters a card removal waiting state, the automatic teller machine 1 displays an operation prompting the user to take out the card CD from the card delivery unit 40. Displayed in part 6. The user picks the front end of the card CD, moves the card CD from the card delivery unit 40 along the card discharge direction DCo, and takes out the card CD.

  When the user removes the card CD, the card information reading unit 32 moves the card delivery unit 40 backward to shift from the card delivery state to the delivery unit retracted state, and slides the shutter 46 in the shutter closing direction. The card entry / exit 4 is closed by shifting from the entry / exit open state to the entry / exit closed state, and the transaction state is shifted to the idle state.

[1-4. Effect]
In the above configuration, the card information reading unit 32 makes the shutter upper surface 46U abut on the inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 4U and the shutter lower surface 46D abut on the inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 4D without any gaps in the entrance / exit closed state. 46F was made flush with the front surface of the front panel 30 without any step. Thus, the card information reading unit 32 can prevent the entrance / exit upper inner wall surface 4U and the entrance / exit lower side inner wall surface 4D from being exposed to the outside in the idle state. It is possible to prevent the skimming device from being attached to the side inner wall surface 4D.

  Further, if the skimming device is attached to the inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 4U or the inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 4D, the card information reading unit 32 does not fit into the card inlet / outlet 4 and the card inlet / outlet 4 It will not be closed. For this reason, the card information reading unit 32 detects the position of the shutter 46 with an optical shutter detection sensor (not shown), and when the card entrance / exit 4 is not closed in a state where the entrance / exit is to be closed, the skimming device is attached. Can be determined.

  The card information reading unit 32 is configured such that the shutter front surface 46F is flush with the front surface of the front panel 30 in the idle state. Therefore, if a skimming device is attached to the front panel 30 around the card entry / exit 4, the card information reading unit 32 finds the skimming device to the user because only the skimming device projects forward from the front panel 30. It can be made easy.

  Further, the card information reading unit 32 is set in the delivery unit retracted state in the idle state, and is in the card delivery state only in the transaction state. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 32 can prevent the card delivery unit from being exposed to the outside in the idle state as compared with the case where the card delivery unit is fixed in front of the front panel 30. It is possible to prevent the skimming device from being attached.

  Furthermore, the card information reading unit 32 has no gap between the upper surface of the delivery tip end portion 42 at the inlet / outlet inner wall surface 4U and the lower surface of the delivery tip portion 42 at the inlet / outlet inner wall surface 4D in the entrance / exit open state and the card delivery state. It was made to contact. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 32 can prevent the entrance / exit upper inner wall surface 4U and the entrance / exit lower side inner wall surface 4D from being exposed to the outside during the card information reading operation. It is possible to prevent the skimming device from being attached to the side inner wall surface 4D.

  Further, the card information reading unit 32 is set in the entrance / exit closed state and the delivery unit retracted state during the card information reading operation. Thereby, the card information reading unit 32 can prevent the skimming device from being mounted inside the card slot 4 and the card delivery unit 40 during the card information reading operation.

  Further, the card information reading unit 32 is configured to position the shutter 46 on the back side (rear side) of the front panel 30 in the entrance / exit open state. Thereby, the card information reading unit 32 can make it difficult for the user to access the shutter 46 compared to the case where the shutter 46 is positioned on the front side (front side) of the front panel 30 in the entrance / exit open state. It is possible to make it difficult to attach a skimming device to the shutter 46.

  In this way, the card information reading unit 32 has a space for mounting the skimming device at any place in the card information reading unit 32 such as the periphery of the card entry / exit 4, the periphery of the card delivery unit 40, the front panel 30 and the shutter 46. It can be eliminated and skimming damage can be prevented.

  In addition, the card information reading unit 32 slides the shutter 46 from the card inlet / outlet 4 to the rear of the front panel 30 and slides it downward to shift from the inlet / outlet closed state to the inlet / outlet open state. As a result, the card information reading unit 32 comes into contact with the user's hand as compared to the case where the shutter 46 is slid downward while moving the shutter 46 forward of the front panel 30 from the card slot 4. Can be prevented.

  According to the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 1 makes the shutter upper surface 46U abut on the inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 4U and the shutter lower surface 46D abut on the inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 4D without gaps in the idle state. 46F is flush with the front surface of the front panel 30, and the card delivery section 40 in a state in which the shutter 46 is moved to open the card entry / exit 4 in the transaction state and the card entry / exit 4 is retracted from the card entry / exit 4 to the rear side. The card CD is inserted into and removed from the card inlet / outlet 4 through the card delivery unit 40 by being moved to the front side so as to fit into the card inlet / outlet 4 without a gap. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 1 can make it hard to attach a skimming device to the card entrance / exit 4, the card delivery part 40, the front panel 30, and the shutter 46. FIG.

[2. Second Embodiment]
[2-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment, the card information reader 132 has a card information reader as compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment. Although it is different from 32, other than that is comprised similarly.

[2-2. Configuration of card information reading unit]
As shown in FIG. 7 corresponding to FIG. 3 and FIG. 8 corresponding to FIG. 5, the card information reading section 132 is formed such that the card entrance / exit 104 has a narrower opening width in the vertical direction than the card entrance / exit 4. ing. The card entry / exit 104 opens along the left-right direction by a width slightly longer than the length of the card CD in the short direction, and opens along the vertical direction by a height slightly longer than the thickness of the card CD. It is a slit-shaped hole.

  A card delivery section 140 is fixed at a location facing the card slot 104 on the front side of the card reader housing 36 of the card reader 134. The card delivery / removal unit 140 has a card insertion / removal port 143 that is a slit-shaped opening having the same size as the card insertion / extraction port 104, so that a card is provided between the card insertion / extraction port 104 and the card reader housing 36. When the CD passes, the movement of the card CD is guided.

  A stage 50 having a trapezoidal shape in side view is fixed below the card slot 104 in the front panel 30. In the stage 50, a stage upper surface 50U which is an upper surface formed in a planar shape along the horizontal direction is flush with the inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 104D. The stage 50 guides the movement of the card CD when the card CD is inserted into the card slot 104 by the stage upper surface 50U. As shown in FIG. 9, on the stage upper surface 50U of the stage 50, when the card CD passes, the portion facing the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD is seen from the flat plane portion 50Uf downward in front view. A concave portion 50Uc cut out in a square shape is formed.

  The card information reading unit 132 is provided with a shutter 146 that is a curved plate-like member and covers the card entrance / exit 104. The shutter 146 has a portion protruding from the rear to the front of the front panel 30 through a hole formed in the front panel 30 above the card entry / exit 104, and is configured to be rotatable and movable. Has been. Further, the shutter 146 is moved by a shutter drive motor (not shown) controlled by the main control unit 9 so that the shutter lower surface 146D as the lower surface of the opening / closing unit is in contact with the stage upper surface 50U in the idle state. An entrance / exit closed state (FIG. 7), which is a state in which the shutter 104 is closed, and an entrance / exit open state, in which the shutter lower surface 146D is spaced above the stage upper surface 50U to open the card entrance / exit 104 in the idle state ( In FIG. 8), the curved surface reciprocates so as to rotate along the bending direction.

  A plate-like detection unit 52 is provided at the upper end of the shutter 146. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, in the shutter lower surface 146D, when the card CD passes, the portion facing the back surface of the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD, that is, the portion facing the concave portion 50Uc of the stage 50 has the concave portion 50Uc. A convex portion 146Dv is formed that has the same shape as the cutout shape and substantially the same size, and protrudes downward from the flat planar portion 146Df in a square shape when viewed from the front.

  In the entrance / exit closed state (FIGS. 7 and 9), the convex portion 146Dv of the shutter 146 fits into the concave portion 50Uc of the stage 50 without a gap, and the lower end portion of the shutter front surface 146F, which is the front surface of the shutter 146, is It is flush with the upper end of the stage front surface 50F, which is the front surface. The convex portion 146Dv of the shutter 146 and the concave portion 50Uc of the stage 50 form a meshing portion 55 that is not linear along the left-right direction from the left end to the right end on the contact surface between the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U. ing. That is, the meshing portion 55 forms a surface extending in a direction not parallel to the horizontal direction, which is the surface direction in which the passing card CD extends.

  An optical shutter detection sensor 54 for detecting the open / closed state of the shutter 146 is provided on the moving path of the detection unit 52 of the shutter 146, and the detection result of the shutter 146 is sent to the main control unit 9. In the entrance / exit closed state (FIG. 7), since the detection unit 52 of the shutter 146 blocks the optical axis of the shutter detection sensor 54, the shutter detection sensor 54 sends an ON state to the main control unit 9. On the other hand, in the entrance / exit open state (FIG. 8), since the detection unit 52 of the shutter 146 does not block the optical axis of the shutter detection sensor 54, the shutter detection sensor 54 sends the OFF state to the main control unit 9.

  In this configuration, the automatic teller machine 101 is in the entrance / exit closed state in the idle state, and the shutter detection sensor 54 detects the on state. In addition, the automatic teller machine 101 shifts from the idle state to the transaction state, and when it is determined that the card information needs to be read from the card CD, an operation display for prompting the user to insert the card CD into the card entrance / exit 104 is displayed. Displayed in part 6. Subsequently, the card information reading unit 132 opens the card entrance / exit 104 by rotating the shutter 46 in the shutter opening direction, which is the rear side, to shift from the entrance / exit closed state (FIG. 7) to the entrance / exit open state (FIG. 8). And waits for the insertion of the card CD. In this entrance / exit open state, the shutter detection sensor detects an off state. The user inserts the card CD into the card delivery unit 140 along the card insertion direction DCi.

  When the card information reading unit 132 grips the rear end of the card CD with the delivery / conveying roller 38, the card delivery unit 140 rotates the delivery / conveying roller 38 and the conveying roller 39 in the retracting rotation direction, thereby extending the card delivery unit 140 along the card insertion direction DCi. And the card CD is conveyed. When the entire card CD is positioned behind the card delivery unit 140, the card information reading unit 132 rotates the shutter 146 in the shutter closing direction, which is the front, to shift from the entrance / exit open state to the entrance / exit closed state. The entrance / exit 104 is closed. Subsequently, the card information reading unit 132 carries the card CD along the card insertion direction DCi and performs a card information reading operation.

  Subsequently, the card information reading unit 132 can eject the card CD by opening the card inlet / outlet 104 by rotating the shutter 146 in the shutter opening direction to shift from the inlet / outlet closed state to the inlet / outlet open state. And Subsequently, the card information reading unit 132 conveys the card CD by discharging the card CD through the card delivery unit 140 along the card ejection direction DCo by rotating the delivery conveyance roller 38 and the conveyance roller 39 in the feeding rotation direction. To do. When almost the entire card CD is drawn forward from the card delivery unit 140 and enters a card removal waiting state, the automatic teller machine 101 displays an operation prompting the user to take out the card CD from the card delivery unit 140. Displayed in part 6. The user picks up the front end of the card CD and takes out the card CD from the card delivery unit 140.

  When the user removes the card CD, the card information reading unit 132 rotates the shutter 46 in the shutter closing direction to shift from the entrance / exit open state (FIG. 8) to the entrance / exit closed state (FIG. 7). The entrance / exit 104 is closed and the transaction state shifts to the idle state.

[2-3. Effect]
In the above configuration, the card information reading unit 132 makes the shutter lower surface 146D abut on the stage upper surface 50U without any gap in the entrance / exit closed state. As a result, the card information reading unit 132 can prevent the stage upper surface 50U and the card inlet / outlet 104 from being exposed to the outside in the idle state, so that the stage upper surface 50U, the inlet / outlet upper inner wall surface 104U and the inlet / outlet lower inner wall surface 104D are skimmed. You can prevent the device from being attached.

  Further, if a skimming device is mounted around the stage upper surface 50U exposed in the transaction state or around the card inlet / outlet 104, the skimming device may be attached to the shutter 146 even if an attempt is made to shift from the inlet / outlet open state to the inlet / outlet closed state. Due to the interference, the shutter lower surface 146D of the shutter 146 does not contact the stage upper surface 50U of the stage 50. For this reason, if the card information reading unit 132 continues to detect the OFF state by the shutter detection sensor 54 even though the card exiting state is shifted to the entrance / exit closed state, it is determined as an error that the skimming device is attached. Can be found.

  Further, if an unauthorized card insertion / removal guide with a skimming device attached is mounted so as to cover the shutter 146 and the stage 50 in the idle state, even if an attempt is made to shift from the entrance / exit closed state to the entrance / exit open state, Since the card insertion / removal guide interferes with the shutter 146, the shutter 146 cannot rotate in the shutter opening direction. For this reason, if the card information reading unit 132 continues to detect the ON state by the shutter detection sensor 54 even though it has shifted to the entrance / exit open state, an incorrect card insertion / removal guide is detected by determining as an error. You can discover that it is installed.

  Here, if the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U are entirely formed in a planar shape, and a skimming device that is thin in the vertical direction is mounted on the stage upper surface 50U, the manufacturing accuracy of the shutter 146 and the stage 50 will be described. Depending on the situation, the shutter 146 may rotate until the shutter lower surface 146D substantially contacts the stage upper surface 50U. In this case, the card information reading unit 132 detects the ON state by the shutter detection sensor 54 and determines that the state has shifted to the entrance / exit closed state, and cannot detect that the skimming device is attached.

  On the other hand, the card information reading unit 132 is configured so that the convex portion 146Dv of the shutter 146 arranged at the position corresponding to the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD fits into the concave portion 50Uc of the stage 50 without a gap in the entrance / exit closed state. did. For this reason, the contact surface between the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U is not linear along the left-right direction. Therefore, when a skimming device that is thin in the vertical direction is mounted on the stage upper surface 50U, the convex portion 146Dv of the shutter 146 comes into contact with the skimming device, and the flat surface portion 146Df on the shutter lower surface 146D has a large gap with respect to the stage upper surface 50U. It will be located with a gap. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 132 can detect the off state by the shutter detection sensor 54, and can reliably detect that the skimming device is mounted on the stage upper surface 50U. Further, when a skimming device is attached to the stage upper surface 50U, the card information reading unit 132 creates a gap between the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U, which gives the user a sense of incongruity. This makes it easier to find skimming devices.

  Further, the card information reading unit 132 is configured such that a large part of the upper surface 50U of the stage is a flat planar part 50Uf and a concave part 50Uc is formed in a part thereof. For this reason, the card information reading unit 132 is configured such that the card CD is placed on the stage by the planar flat portion 50Uf that occupies most of the stage upper surface 50U, as compared with the case where a convex portion is formed on the stage upper surface 50U instead of the concave portion 50Uc. It is possible to prevent the card CD from moving on the upper surface 50U and smoothly guide the movement of the card CD.

  The card information reading unit 132 is configured such that the shutter front surface 146F is flush with the stage front surface 50F in the idle state. As a result, the card information reading unit 132 can prevent the skimming device from being attached to the stage upper surface 50U in the idle state, and if a skimming device is attached around the stage front surface 50F, only the skimming device is attached to the stage front surface 50F. And since it protrudes ahead from shutter front 146F, it can make it easy for a user to discover this skimming device.

  In this way, the card information reading unit 132 eliminates the space for mounting the skimming device at any location in the card information reading unit 132 such as the periphery of the card entry / exit 104, the front panel 30, the periphery of the stage 50, and the shutter 146. Skimming damage can be prevented.

  According to the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 101 makes the shutter lower surface 146D abut on the stage upper surface 50U without any gap in the idle state, and the shutter front surface 146F is flush with the stage front surface 50F without any step, and the shutter in the transaction state. The card entry / exit 104 is opened by rotating 146. Further, the automatic teller machine 101 is configured to form the meshing portion 55 on the contact surface between the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 101 can make it difficult to attach a skimming device to the card entrance / exit 104, the front panel 30, the stage 50, and the shutter 146.

  In addition, the card information reading unit 132 according to the second embodiment has substantially the same effects as the card information reading unit 32 according to the first embodiment.

[3. Third Embodiment]
[3-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, in the automatic teller machine 201 by 3rd Embodiment, the card information reading part 232 compared with the automatic teller machine 101 by 2nd Embodiment. Although it differs from 132, it is comprised similarly except that.

[3-2. Configuration of card information reading unit]
As shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to FIG. 8 and FIG. 11, in the card information reading unit 232, the card entrance / exit 204 is formed to have a wider opening width in the vertical direction than the card entrance / exit 104. The card entrance / exit 204 is opened in a circular shape with an inner diameter longer than the length of the card CD in the short direction.

  The card information reading unit 232 is provided with a shutter 246 that is a disk-like member and covers the card entrance / exit 204. The shutter 246 includes a shutter front side portion 66F, a shutter center portion 66C, and a shutter rear side portion 66B. The shutter front side portion 66 </ b> F has a cylindrical shape having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the card inlet / outlet 204 at the front portion of the shutter 246, and the rear surface has a slight gap from the front surface of the front panel 30. The shutter rear side portion 66 </ b> B has a columnar shape having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the card inlet / outlet 204 at the rear portion of the shutter 246, and the front surface has a slight gap from the rear surface of the front panel 30. The shutter rear side portion 66B is gear-shaped, and tooth portions 66G are formed at a predetermined pitch along the circumferential direction (rotational direction) on the outer peripheral surface (circumferential side surface). The shutter central portion 66C has a columnar shape having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the card inlet / outlet 204 between the shutter front side portion 66F and the shutter rear side portion 66B, and the outer peripheral surface forms a slight gap with the card inlet / outlet 204. It is empty.

  A shutter through hole 66H serving as an opening / closing part through hole, which is a slit-like opening that has the same size as the card insertion / removal port 143 of the card delivery unit 140 of the card reader 134, is provided at the center of the shutter 246 when viewed from the front. A hole is formed so as to penetrate from the shutter front surface 246F which is the front surface of the front side portion 66F to the shutter rear surface 246B which is the rear surface of the shutter rear side portion 66B. Further, since the shutter front surface 246F has a fine uneven surface, it is difficult to attach a skimming device to the shutter front surface 246F. From the peripheral side surface of the shutter rear side portion 66B of the shutter 246, a plate-like detection unit 252 projects radially.

  The shutter 246 has a gear controlled by a motor controlled by the main control unit 9 and a gear fixed to an output shaft of the motor, and a toothed portion 66G. The shutter opening direction is a rotation direction for opening the card insertion / removal port 143, and the shutter closing direction is a rotation direction for closing the card insertion / removal port 143. That is, when the shutter 246 is in an idle state, the longitudinal direction of the front view of the shutter through hole 66H is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the card insertion / removal port 143 and the card insertion / removal port 143 is closed. In FIG. 11, the longitudinal direction of the front view of the shutter through hole 66H is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the front view of the card insertion / removal port 143 and the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened in the transaction state. It rotates 90 degrees to the outlet open state (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 11). In this entrance / exit open state, the shutter through hole 66H is positioned in front of the card insertion / removal port 143, so that the shutter front surface 246F is inserted through the card insertion / removal port 143, and the card CD can be inserted / removed through the shutter through hole 66H. It becomes a state.

  An optical shutter detection sensor 254 that detects the open / close state of the shutter 246 is provided on the movement path of the detection unit 252 of the shutter 246 and below the shutter rear side 66B of the shutter 246. The detection result is sent to the main control unit 9. In the entrance / exit closed state, the detection unit 252 of the shutter 246 blocks the optical axis of the shutter detection sensor 254, so that the shutter detection sensor 254 sends an ON state to the main control unit 9. On the other hand, in the entrance / exit open state, since the detection unit 52 of the shutter 246 does not block the optical axis of the shutter detection sensor 254, the shutter detection sensor 254 sends the OFF state to the main control unit 9.

[3-3. Effect]
In the above configuration, the card information reading unit 232 does not allow the entire shutter through hole 66H and the entire card insertion / removal port 143 to communicate with each other by making the shutter through hole 66H orthogonal to the card insertion / removal port 143 in the entrance / exit closed state. In this manner, the card insertion / removal port 143 is closed by the shutter 246. As a result, the card information reading unit 232 can prevent the card insertion / removal port 143 from being exposed to the outside in the idle state, so that no skimming device can be mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143. On the other hand, the card information reading unit 232 communicates the entire shutter through hole 66H and the entire card insertion / removal port 143 by making the shutter through hole 66H parallel to the card insertion / removal port 143 in the open / closed state. The insertion / removal port 143 was opened. As a result, the card information reading unit 232 can expose the card insertion / removal port 143 to the outside during the transaction state, and thus the card CD can be inserted into and removed from the card reader 134.

  Further, the card information reading unit 232 rotates the shutter 246 in the vicinity of the front of the card insertion / removal port 143. As a result, if a skimming device is mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143, the card information reading unit 232 interferes with the shutter 246, so that the shutter 246 cannot rotate in the shutter closing direction and the shutter opening direction. Therefore, the card information reading unit 232 can determine that the skimming device is attached when the shutter detection sensor 254 detects that the shutter 246 does not rotate in the shutter closing direction or the shutter opening direction.

  According to the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 201 is provided with the rotatable disc-shaped shutter 246 in front of the card insertion / removal opening 143 and inside the card insertion / exit opening 204, and the shutter through hole 66H of the shutter 246 in the idle state. Is perpendicular to the card insertion / removal port 143, and the card insertion / removal port 143 is closed, and the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened with the shutter through hole 66H of the shutter 246 parallel to the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 201 can make it difficult to attach a skimming device to the front panel 30, the card delivery unit 140, and the shutter 246.

  In addition, the card information reading unit 232 according to the third embodiment has substantially the same operational effects as the card information reading unit 132 according to the second embodiment.

[4. Fourth Embodiment]
[4-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the automatic teller machine 301 according to the fourth embodiment, the card information reading unit 332 includes a card information reading unit as compared with the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment. Although it differs from 132, it is comprised similarly except that.

[4-2. Configuration of card information reading unit]
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the card information reading unit 332 is a flat plate-like member, and is provided with a shutter 346 that covers the entire card insertion / removal port 143 of the card delivery unit 140. The shutter 346 is a so-called double door, and includes a shutter 346R located on the right side and a shutter 346L located on the left side. Hereinafter, the shutters 346R and 346L are collectively referred to as a shutter 346. The shutter 346R has a shutter opening direction, which is a rotation direction toward the labor side to open the card insertion / removal port 143, and a rearward rotation to close the card insertion / removal port 143, with a shutter drive unit 60R provided at the right end as a fulcrum. It is comprised so that rotation to the shutter closing direction which is a direction is possible. The shutter 346L is configured to be rotatable in the shutter opening direction and the shutter closing direction with a shutter drive unit 60L provided at the left end as a fulcrum. Hereinafter, the shutter driving units 60R and 60L are collectively referred to as a shutter driving unit 60.

  A fitting protrusion 58, which is a protrusion whose outer shape is slightly smaller than the size of the opening of the card insertion / removal opening 143, is provided at a position facing the card insertion / removal opening 143 in the shutter 346 toward the card insertion / removal opening 143. It is protruding.

  In addition, the shutter 346 is in an entrance / exit closed state (solid line in FIG. 13) that is parallel to the front panel 30 and closes the card insertion / removal port 143 in the idle state by the shutter drive unit 60 controlled by the main control unit 9. And an entrance / exit open state (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 13) that is orthogonal to the front panel 30 and opens the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state.

  In the entrance / exit closed state, the fitting projection 58 of the shutter 346 fits into the card insertion / removal port 143 without any gap, and the shutter front surface 346F, which is the front surface of the shutter 346, is flush with the front panel 30.

  The card information reading unit 332 is provided with a shutter detection sensor (not shown) that detects the open / closed state of the shutter 346, and sends the detection result of the shutter 346 to the main control unit 9.

[4-3. Effect]
In the above configuration, the card information reading unit 332 closes the card insertion / removal port 143 with the shutter 346 that is a left and right double door in the entrance / exit closed state. As a result, the card information reading unit 332 can prevent the card insertion / removal port 143 from being exposed to the outside in the idle state, so that a skimming device can be prevented from being mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143.

  Further, the card information reading unit 332 is configured to fit the fitting protrusion 58 of the shutter 346 into the card insertion / removal port 143 in the entrance / exit closed state. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 332 does not fit the fitting projection 58 of the shutter 346 into the card insertion / removal port 143 if a skimming device is attached to the card insertion / removal port 143. Therefore, the card information reading unit 332 detects the position of the shutter 346 with a shutter detection sensor (not shown), and determines that the skimming device is attached when the shutter 346 is not closed in a state where the entrance / exit is to be closed. Can do.

  Also, if a skimming device is mounted on the shutter front surface 346F so as to extend over both the shutters 346R and 346L, the skimming device interferes with the shutter 346 even when attempting to shift from the entrance / exit closed state to the entrance / exit open state. The shutter 346 cannot be rotated in the shutter opening direction. For this reason, the card information reading unit 332 determines that the skimming device is mounted when the shutter detection sensor (not shown) detects that the shutter 346 does not move in the shutter opening direction despite the transition to the entrance / exit opening state. can do.

  Also, if a skimming device is attached to one of the shutter front surfaces 346F of either the shutter 346R or 346L, when the entrance / exit closed state is shifted to the entrance / exit open state, the shutter 346 is rotated in the shutter opening direction. The skimming device also moves together with the shutter 346 and deviates from the moving path of the card CD. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 332 can prevent unauthorized acquisition of card information from the card CD even if a skimming device is attached to one of the shutters 346R or 346L.

  According to the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 301 is provided with the shutter 346 that is a left and right double door in front of the card insertion / removal opening 143, and closes the card insertion / removal opening 143 with the shutter 346 parallel to the front panel 30 in the idle state. At the same time, the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened by rotating the shutter 346 toward the front side in the transaction state. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 301 can make it difficult to attach a skimming device to the front panel 30, the card delivery part 140, and the shutter 346.

  In addition, the card information reading unit 332 according to the fourth embodiment has substantially the same effects as the card information reading unit 132 according to the second embodiment.

[5. Fifth embodiment]
[5-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic teller machine 401 according to the fifth embodiment is different from the automatic teller machine 301 according to the fourth embodiment in that the card information reading unit 432 includes a card information reading unit. Although it is different from 332, other than that is comprised similarly.

[5-2. Configuration of card information reading unit]
As shown in FIG. 14 corresponding to FIG. 12 and FIG. 15 corresponding to FIG. 13, the card information reading unit 432 is a flat plate-like member and is a shutter that covers the entire card insertion / removal port 143 of the card delivery unit 140. 446 is provided. The shutter 446 is a so-called slide door, and is configured to reciprocate in a shutter opening direction that is the right direction that opens the card insertion / removal port 143 and a shutter closing direction that is the left direction that closes the card insertion / removal port 143. .

  The shutter 446 is positioned in front of the card insertion / removal port 143 in an idle state by a shutter driving unit 460 provided along the left-right direction behind the upper end of the shutter 446 and controlled by the main control unit 9. An entrance / exit closed state (shown by a solid line in FIGS. 14 and 15), which is a state of closing the insertion / removal port 143, and a card insertion / removal port 143 that is located in front of and right of the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state It reciprocates along the left-right direction to the entrance / exit open state (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIGS. 14 and 15).

  The shutter 446 and the shutter driving unit 460 are provided with an optical shutter detection sensor 454 that detects the open / closed state of the shutter 446, and sends the detection result of the shutter 446 to the main control unit 9. The shutter detection sensor 454 includes a light emitting element 62 and a light receiving element 63. The light emitting element 62 is provided on the rear surface of the shutter 446 and periodically irradiates detection light toward the light receiving element 63. The light receiving element 63 is provided on the front surface of the shutter driving unit 460 at a location facing the light emitting element 62 in the entrance / exit closed state, and receives the detection light emitted by the light emitting element 62. The light emitting element 62 and the light receiving element 63 are connected to the main controller 9 by a cable (not shown).

  In the entrance / exit closed state, since the light receiving element 63 receives the detection light emitted by the light emitting element 62, the shutter detection sensor 454 sends the on state to the main control unit 9. On the other hand, since the light receiving element 63 does not receive the detection light emitted by the light emitting element 62 in the entrance / exit open state, the shutter detection sensor 454 sends the OFF state to the main control unit 9.

[5-3. Effect]
In the above configuration, the card information reading unit 432 is configured to close the card insertion / removal port 143 with the shutter 446 that is a left / right sliding door in the entrance / exit closed state. As a result, the card information reading unit 432 can prevent the card insertion / removal port 143 from being exposed to the outside in the idle state, so that no skimming device can be mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143.

  Further, the card information reading unit 432 slides the shutter 446 in the vicinity of the front of the card insertion / removal port 143. Accordingly, the card information reading unit 432 shifts from the entrance / exit open state to the entrance / exit closed state when the shutter 446 is held in the entrance / exit open state and a skimming device is mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state. Even if an attempt is made, the skimming device interferes with the shutter 446, so that the shutter 446 cannot move in the shutter closing direction. For this reason, the card information reading unit 432 determines that the skimming device is mounted when the shutter detection sensor 454 detects that the shutter 446 does not move in the shutter closing direction even though it is going to enter the entrance / exit closed state. be able to.

  The card information reading unit 432 is provided with a shutter detection sensor 454 that detects the open / close state of the shutter 446. For this reason, the card information reading unit 432 is turned off by the shutter detection sensor 454 in the transaction state if the shutter 446 is held in the open / closed state and a skimming device is to be mounted around the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state. When the state is continuously detected for a predetermined time or more, it is possible to prevent the skimming device from being attached by determining that the state is an error.

  According to the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 401 is provided with the shutter 446 that is a left and right sliding door in front of the card insertion / removal port 143, and the shutter 446 is positioned in front of the card insertion / removal port 143 in the idle state. The card insertion / removal port 143 is opened by sliding the shutter 446 to the right side of the card insertion / removal port 143 in the transaction state. Thereby, the automatic teller machine 401 can make it hard to attach a skimming device to the front panel 30, the card delivery part 140, and the shutter 446. FIG.

  In addition, the card information reading unit 432 according to the fifth embodiment has substantially the same effects as the card information reading unit 332 according to the fourth embodiment.

[6. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the case where the entrance / exit closed state and the delivery portion retracted state are set during the card information reading operation has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the card information reading operation may be in an entrance / exit open state and a card delivery state.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the shutter 46 is reciprocally moved so as to slide between the card slot 4 and the lower side of the card slot 4 at the rear of the front panel 30 along the vertical direction. As described above, the transition between the entrance / exit open state and the entrance / exit closed state is described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the shutter is reciprocated so as to slide in the left-right direction, or the shutter is slid between the card slot 4 and below the card slot 4 in front of the front panel 30. The entrance / exit open state and the entrance / exit closed state may be changed by various moving methods, such as reciprocating and rotating the shutter.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the shutter front surface 46F is flush with the front surface of the front panel 30 in the entrance / exit closed state has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the shutter front surface 46 </ b> F may be positioned forward or rearward of the front surface of the front panel 30 in the entrance / exit closed state.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the shutter 46 is stationary in the idle state has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the shutter 46 may be slightly moved periodically in the idle state, or the shutter 46 is slightly moved only when a person approaches the automatic teller machine 1 in the idle state. May be. In this case, it is possible to make it difficult to attach the skimming device to the shutter 46. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the optical shutter detection sensor for detecting the open / close state of the shutter 46 is provided has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the open / closed state of the shutter 46 may be detected by a sensor of various types such as a magnetic type. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, the case where the entrance / exit closed state is set during the card information reading operation has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the card information reading operation may be in an entrance / exit open state. The same applies to the third to fifth embodiments.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, the case where the meshing portion 55 is formed by the convex portion 146Dv of the shutter 146 and the concave portion 50Uc of the stage 50 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the engagement portion may be formed by a recess formed on the shutter lower surface 146D and a projection formed on the stage upper surface 50U.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, the case where the engaging portion 55 is formed at the location where the magnetic stripe MS of the card CD is arranged has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and a meshing portion may be formed at an arbitrary location on the shutter lower surface 146D and the stage upper surface 50U.

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the case where the meshing portion 55 is formed by the quadrangular convex portion 146Dv and the concave portion 50Uc in the front view has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the engagement portion may be formed by convex portions and concave portions having various shapes such as a semicircular shape and a triangular shape when viewed from the front. In short, when the skimming device is mounted on the stage upper surface 50U, a gap may be formed between the flat portion 146Df of the shutter 146 and the stage upper surface 50U.

  Further, in the above-described third embodiment, the case where the shutter 246 is rotated 90 degrees between the entrance / exit open state and the entrance / exit closed state has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be rotated by various rotation angles such as 30 degrees. In short, the entire card insertion / removal port 143 may not be exposed to the outside when the longitudinal direction of the shutter through-hole 66H is not parallel to the longitudinal direction of the card insertion / removal port 143 in the closed state.

  Further, in the above-described third embodiment, the case where the shutter 246 is rotated between the entrance / exit open state and the entrance / exit closed state has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the shutter 246 may be slid in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, or the like. In short, it is sufficient that the vertical position, the horizontal position, the rotational position, etc. of the shutter through hole 66H of the shutter 246 are different between the entrance / exit open state and the entrance / exit closed state.

  Further, in the above-described fourth embodiment, the case where the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened / closed with respect to the outside by the shutter 346 which is a door that opens both left and right has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the card insertion / removal port 143 may be opened / closed with respect to the outside by a shutter that is a door that opens both up and down.

  Furthermore, in the above-described fifth embodiment, the case where the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened / closed to the outside by the shutter 446 that slides to the left and right has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the card insertion / removal port 143 may be opened and closed with respect to the outside by a shutter that slides up and down.

  Further, in the above-described fifth embodiment, the case where the entire card insertion / extraction opening 143 is covered by the shutter 446 in the entrance / exit closed state has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and only a part of the card insertion / removal port 143 may be covered by the shutter 446 in the entrance / exit closed state. In short, it is only necessary that the skimming device is hardly attached to the card insertion / removal port 143.

  Further, in the fifth embodiment described above, the light emission pattern (flashing pattern) of the irradiation light irradiated by the light emitting element 62 is controlled, and the light emission pattern of the irradiation light received by the light receiving element 63 is set in advance. It may be determined whether or not. In that case, even if a fake light emitting element is attached, if the emission pattern of the irradiation light is not set in advance, it can be found that the fake light emitting element is attached. In spite of being, it can prevent judging that it is an entrance-exit closed state.

  Further, in the fifth embodiment described above, a fitting projection that fits into the card insertion / removal port 143 without a gap like the shutter 346 of the card information reading unit 332 may be provided on the shutter 446. In that case, when shifting from the entrance / exit closed state to the entrance / exit open state, the shutter may be moved forward to remove the fitting protrusion from the card insertion / removal port 143 and then move in the shutter opening direction.

  Furthermore, in the above-described fifth embodiment, the case where the card insertion / removal port 143 is opened and closed by the single shutter 446 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the card insertion / removal port 143 may be opened / closed by two shutters, a right shutter positioned on the right side and sliding in the left / right direction, and a left shutter positioned on the left side and slid in the left / right direction. .

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. It is.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 which performs the transaction processing regarding the banknote as a medium between customers was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to various apparatuses that handle various paper-like media such as various kinds of money vouchers and securities, or admission tickets and boarding tickets.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the card information reading device as the medium information reading device is provided by the card slot 4 as the medium port, the card reader 34 as the medium information reading unit, and the shutter 46 as the medium port opening / closing unit. The case where the unit 32 is configured has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and a medium information reading device may be configured by a medium port, a medium information reading unit, and a medium port opening / closing unit having various other configurations.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the customer service unit 3 as a customer service unit, the card slot 4 as a medium port, the card reader 34 as a medium information reading unit, and the shutter 46 as a medium port opening / closing unit. By the above, the case where the automatic teller machine 1 as a medium transaction apparatus was comprised was described. The present invention is not limited to this, and a medium transaction apparatus may be configured by a customer reception unit, a medium port, a medium information reading unit, and a medium port opening / closing unit having various other configurations.

  The present invention can also be used in an automatic cash transaction apparatus or the like that performs transaction processing relating to deposit and withdrawal of banknotes with a customer.

  1, 101, 201, 301, 401 ... Automatic teller machine, 2 ... Housing, 3 ... Customer service section, 4, 104, 204 ... Card entry / exit, 4U, 104U ... Inside wall at the entrance / exit 4D, 104D ...... Inner / outlet lower inner wall surface, 5 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 6 ... Operation display unit, 7 ... Numeric keypad, 8 ... Receipt issuing port, 9 ... Main control unit, 10 ... Bill Deposit / withdrawal machine, 11 ... Deposit / withdrawal machine housing, 12 ... Banknote control unit, 14 ... Storage unit, 16 ... Deposit / withdrawal unit, 18 ... Discrimination unit, 20 ... Temporary holding unit, 22 ... Take Forgotten storage, 24 ... conveyance unit, 26 ... banknote storage, 28 ... reject storage, 30 ... front panel, 32, 132, 232, 332, 432 ... card information reading unit, 34,134 ... card Reader, 36 ... Card reader housing, 38 ... Delivery transport roller, 39 ... Transport 40, 140 ... card delivery part, 41 ... delivery base part, 42 ... delivery tip part, 43, 143 ... card insertion / removal port, 44 ... magnetic head, 46, 146, 246, 346, 446 ... ... Shutter, 46F, 146F, 246F, 346F ... Shutter front, 46U ... Shutter upper surface, 46D, 146D ... Shutter lower surface, 246B ... Shutter rear surface, 146Df ... Plane, 146Dv ... Protrusion, 50 ... Stage, 50U: Stage upper surface, 50F: Stage front, 50Uc: Recess, 50Uf ... Planar part, 52, 252 ... Detection part, 54, 254, 454 ... Shutter detection sensor, 55 ... Meshing part, 58... Fitting protrusion, 60, 260, 460... Shutter driving unit, 62... Light emitting element, 63 .. light receiving element, 66 F. C …… Shutter center portion, 66B …… Shutter rear side portion, 66H …… Shutter through hole, 66G …… Tooth portion, CD …… Card, MS …… Magnetic stripe, DCio …… Card insertion / removal direction, DCi …… Card insertion direction, DCo: Card ejection direction.

Claims (14)

A medium port for inserting and removing the medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction;
A medium information reading unit that has a medium transfer unit for transferring the medium and is provided on the insertion direction side of the medium port, and reads medium information from the medium;
Possess a medium opening and closing section for opening and closing the medium port by moving in the medium is inserted and removed from the medium outlet,
The medium information reading device , wherein the medium delivery unit is movable in a direction facing and separating from the medium port, and is fitted into the opened medium port without a gap . The medium information reading device according to claim 1, wherein the medium port opening / closing unit closes the medium port by fitting into the medium port. The medium port opening / closing portion is fitted into the medium port so that a surface on the discharge direction side in the housing in which the medium port is formed and a surface on the discharge direction side in the medium port opening / closing portion are flush with each other. The medium information reading device according to claim 2. The medium information reading device according to claim 2, wherein the medium port opening / closing unit is fitted into the medium port without a gap. The medium information reading device according to claim 2, wherein the medium port opening / closing unit opens the medium port only when the medium is delivered to a user. The medium information reading device according to claim 5 , wherein the medium delivery unit is fitted into the opened medium port without a gap only when the medium is delivered with a user. The medium information reading device according to claim 2, wherein the medium port opening / closing unit opens the medium port by moving rearward of the medium port. A medium port for inserting and removing the medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction;
A medium information reading unit provided on the insertion direction side of the medium port for reading medium information from the medium;
A medium port opening / closing unit that opens and closes the medium port by moving when the medium is inserted into and removed from the medium port;
A stage provided on a lower side of the medium outlet in the discharge direction and having a stage upper surface for guiding the medium;
Have
The medium port opening / closing unit closes the medium port by the lower surface of the opening / closing unit contacting the upper surface of the stage,
The contact surface between the upper surface of the stage and the lower surface of the opening / closing portion is a meshing portion that is not linear from the end in one direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, the discharge direction, and the vertical direction to the end in the other direction. A medium information reader. The medium information reading according to claim 8 , wherein the meshing portion includes a concave portion that is recessed in a direction away from the lower surface of the opening / closing portion at a part of the upper surface of the stage, and a convex portion that is fitted into the concave portion at a portion of the lower surface of the opening / closing portion. apparatus. The medium is a card on which a magnetic stripe is formed,
The medium information reading device according to claim 8 , wherein the meshing portion is formed at a location facing the magnetic stripe in the card. A medium port for inserting and removing the medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction;
A medium information reading unit provided on the insertion direction side of the medium port for reading medium information from the medium;
A medium port opening / closing unit that opens and closes the medium port by moving when the medium is inserted into and removed from the medium port;
Have
The medium port opening / closing section is a double-open shutter that opens the medium port by rotating in the discharge direction side. The medium opening and closing unit is at a position facing the medium port, read medium information according to claim 1 1, projections to fit the medium port is formed device. The medium opening and closing portion, the insertion direction and the discharge direction and the medium information reading device according to one direction side and the fulcrum provided on the other direction orthogonal to the vertical direction in claim 1 1 for opening and closing an axis . A customer service department that accepts media-related transactions;
A medium port for inserting and removing the medium along the insertion direction and the discharge direction;
A medium information reading unit that has a medium transfer unit for transferring the medium and is provided on the insertion direction side of the medium port, and reads medium information from the medium;
Possess a medium opening and closing section for opening and closing the medium port by moving in the medium is inserted and removed from the medium outlet,
The medium delivery device is a medium transaction apparatus which moves in a direction facing and separating from the medium port, and fits into the opened medium port without a gap .

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