JPH01116795A - Automatic transactor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a user from being confused by preventing the inhibition cancel of payment transaction from being frequently repeated every time of reception/payment by performing control to stop the transaction based on the discriminated result of a remaining amount discriminating means and the detected result of a detecting means. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a storage part for storing moneys to be dispensed, a storage means 7 for storing the number of moneys stored in this storage part, a remaining amount discriminating means 6 for discriminating the amount of remaining moneys based on stored contents in this storage means 7, and the detecting means provided inside the storage part so as to detect the presence/absence of moneys. Then, the transaction is controlled to be stopped based on the discriminated result of the remaining amount discriminating means 6 and the detected result of the detecting means. Thus, even when the set number of moneys is a little, the transaction can be performed without stopping the device and operability is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention 1 (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an automatic transaction device such as an automatic deposit machine, a double N machine, etc., which withdraws money based on a user's operation. It is related to the device.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic transaction devices such as automatic deposit machines have been introduced in many financial institutions.

As such an automatic transaction device, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-109974
There is a device as shown in the publication.

In this device, a near-end detector and an end detector are provided in a storage that stores banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn.

When a near-end situation is detected, the number of coins to be withdrawn is limited, and the remote monitor notifies the staff using a buzzer or the like, and continues to do so until the buzzer is stopped. Also, withdrawals are stopped when an end is detected.

In addition, this device uses a position sensor inside the safe to detect the near end and end.
The number of near-end and end-detected bills differs significantly between when old banknotes with a large stacked thickness are stored and when new banknotes with a small stacked thickness are stored.

However, in such a device, it is not clear how many bills are stored in the safe, so it is unclear how many bills can be paid after the near end is detected. For this reason, as a safety measure, the near-end and end detection positions are set with a considerable margin.

Therefore, when new coins and the like are stored, a large amount of banknotes remains, resulting in a problem of deterioration in the efficiency of fund management.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and attempts to solve the problem that the efficiency of fund management deteriorates due to the inability to accurately detect the remaining amount of money. It is something.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for storing coins to be withdrawn in an automatic transaction device that withdraws money based on user operations. a storage section for storing the coins, a storage section for storing the number of coins stored in the storage section, a remaining amount determining section for determining the remaining amount of coins based on the stored contents of the storage section, and a storage section provided in the storage section. and detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of coins.

(Operation) It11 controls the transaction to be stopped based on the determination result of the remaining amount determination means and the detection result of the detection means.

(Embodiment) Inside the ATMI shown in FIG. 1, a recycling deposit/withdrawal device 2 of the present invention is provided. In addition, a passbook handling unit 1101, a cash card handling unit 111, a CRT unit 112, and a control/power supply unit 113 are provided. A passbook is delivered to the passbook handling unit 110 via a passbook exit 110a. A cash card is delivered to the cash card handling unit 111 via a cash card exit 111a. The CRT display unit 112 displays predetermined guidance on the CRT display 112a.

FIG. 2 shows a block circuit of the ATM1 and its peripheral devices, and the main control unit 6 is composed of a computer.
A deposit/withdrawal device 2 is connected to the main control section 6 via a deposit/withdrawal device control section 3 that controls the deposit/withdrawal device. Further, an internal monitor 5 is connected to a main control section 6 via an internal monitor control section 4 . Furthermore, the storage unit 7,
A transmitting/receiving circuit section 8 and a transmission control section 9 are connected to the main control section 6.

The transmission control unit 9 is communicably connected to a host computer 120 installed at a bank's head office or the like.

According to the deposit/withdrawal device 2 shown in FIG.
2 is a motor M1 (not shown) which is provided so as to be openable and closable in the front and back.
It is opened and closed by A deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 is provided at the bottom of the cash withdrawal nozzle 12 for storing banknotes to be thrown in at once. At the lower outlet of the hopper 13, a banknote taking-in roller 14 is provided, which is provided with a rubber chip as a braking member on a part of its periphery in order to take out banknotes one by one. An eccentric rubber roller 15 is provided above the take-in roller 14, and a Gut roller 16 that rotates in the opposite direction to the roller 14 is provided on the side.

The backup 17 is provided so as to press the banknote bundle inserted into the hopper 13 against the take-in roller 14 and feed roller 15 side with a substantially constant pressure by a spring force. That is, the lower part of the backup 17 is rotatably attached by a hinge, and is opened by a magnet to form a bill introduction port when bills are introduced into the deposit/withdrawal slot 13.

Magnetic sensors P4 and P5 for detecting the printed magnetic pattern of waste banknotes are disposed facing each other inside the banknote inspection unit 18, which is provided in the middle of the deposit/withdrawal device housing. A contact type image sensor P6 that optically reads the print pattern on the surface of the banknote via the banknote, and a thickness detector P7 that detects the thickness of the banknote are provided. Thickness detector P
Reference numeral 7 is constituted by a volution meter type thickness detector which detects the thickness by rotational angular displacement of an arm supporting a detection roller.

The banknote inspection section 18 sends a detection signal to a banknote inspection section control unit 20 disposed below the banknote inspection section 18 .

The banknote inspection unit control unit 20 processes the signals output from each sensor of the banknote inspection unit, determines whether the banknote is a gold bar, authenticity, fitness (whether or not it is suitable for reuse), front or back, and determines the results. The signal is transferred to the deposit/withdrawal control unit 3.

The first gate G1 installed in the banknote conveyance path provided around the middle between the banknote inspection unit 18 and the banknote validation unit 1I1112Il unit 20 is provided to selectively form a banknote replenishment path and a banknote payout path, Rotary solenoid S2
driven by. The second gate G2 is provided to switch the conveyance path from the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25 and the 1,000 yen bill storage box 26 to the bulk storage box and vice versa, and is driven by a rotary solenoid S3.

Adjacent to the banknote inspection section 18, a front and back matching storage section 23 is provided. The - time storage section 23 guides the banknotes to the left and right by the operation of the gate G6, thereby reversing the front and back sides of the banknotes and aligning all the banknotes face-up. - Beating wheels 28 are provided at both entrances of the time storage section 23, and these beating wheels 28 have a plurality of flexible protrusions to knock off the ends of bills being carried in. This has the function of preventing a collision with the leading edge of the next incoming banknote and preventing a jam. Such jam prevention tapping wheels are provided in all of the stacking sections provided in each section.

- A vertically movable press plate 29 with an idle roller 29a attached is attached to the top of the hour storage section 23, and a vertically movable bottom plate 30 is attached to the bottom surface. The upper press plate 29 and the bottom plate 30 are equipped with one DC geared motor M4
Although the upper press plate 29 is moved up and down by a spring, the upper press plate 29 is suspended by a spring against a vertically parallel link so as to absorb the thickness of the stacked banknotes. The bottom plate 30 is formed in a wJIiII shape, and is in a nested relationship with the conveyor belt so that it passes through the conveyor belt when the bottom plate 30 is lowered.

A reject ticket stacking section 24 is arranged adjacent to the stacking section 23 . This stacking section 24 is formed by an upper belt 24a and a lower belt 24b, and the upper belt 24b is rotated up and down by rollers 32, and the lower belt 24b is rotated up and down by rollers 33, as will be described later.

A 10,000 yen bill storage box 25 and a 1,000 yen bill storage box 26 are arranged below the stacking portions 23 and 24. These storage boxes 25
．． The operation of 26 will be described later.

The bulk storage section 27, which is detachably attached to the rear of the fully loaded RA2, is divided into three parts: a loading/examination-bulk storage box 34, a collection box 35, and a rejected ticket storage box 36.

FIG. 4 shows a mechanical circuit diagram showing a state in which banknotes are conveyed when the depositing and dispensing device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 operates.

The functions of each member shown in this figure are shown in Figure 5 (a).
and (b).

An internal monitor 5 provided at the rear inside the housing of the deposit/withdrawal device 2 is configured to be operated by an attendant.

That is, the internal monitor 5 is provided with a 7-segment display panel including LEDs provided respectively for status display and call contents, a keyboard, a numeric keypad, and the like. The 7-segment display springmel is a 5-digit display, and the code representing the selected transaction type and the machine operation step number are each displayed in 1 digit, and when an error occurs in the machine operation, the error hood changes to a 3-digit number. Display. The keyboard is used to input various data and processing commands, to store and display banknotes, and to input the number of banknotes to be loaded at the time of loading.

FIG. 6 shows the stored contents of the storage section 7 of the ATMI shown in FIG.

The storage unit 7 is roughly divided into a "cumulative memory area", a "current high memory area", a "relevant transaction memory area", a "setting value memory area", and an "other memory area".
The cumulative number of coins withdrawn, such as the number of deposited coins, the number of withdrawn coins, and the number of loaded coins, are stored in the "cumulative memory area". Further, the "current high storage memory area" stores the number of banknotes currently stored in each storage box and the number of banknotes deposited and withdrawn to date. The number of banknotes in the transaction when depositing, withdrawing, loading, replenishing, etc. is performed is temporarily stored in the "transaction memory area" (during the transaction).

Furthermore, the set value "memory area" stores the number of next near-end bills, the second near-end number, and the maximum payout number for each thousand yen bill and ten thousand yen bill.

- The number of next near-end sheets and the number of secondary near-end sheets are set to detect the remaining amount in the storage box. For example, in the case of an ATV with a maximum payment r of 1100 sheets - the number of next near-end sheets is 250 sheets, and the number of secondary near-end sheets is set to 120 sheets. This setting value can be freely set according to the usage situation.

In other words, in the case of ATVs installed in downtown areas such as in front of stations, the payment is high, so the number of next near-end tickets should be set at 350 to 40.
Set to 0. Also, since there are many deposits in residential areas, the primary near-end number is set to 200 coins.

Further, since the maximum number of coins to be paid is 100, the number of secondary near-end coins is always 120.

Specifically, the setting is such that even if there is a payment transaction for 100 coins when the secondary near-end is reached, and a rejected ticket occurs due to a defective takeout (taking out 2 coins) or the like, the transaction can be completed.

These setting values are stored in the storage unit 7 using the numeric keypad (not shown) on the internal monitor.

Written to Z. In the storage unit 7, the written setting values are protected by a battery or the like so that they are not erased even if the ATM 1 is turned off.

Next, the ATMI is connected to a remote monitor device 130 as shown in FIG. The remote monitor device @130 will be explained based on the external views of FIGS. 2 and 7.

The remote monitor 130 has a remote monitor control section 131, and the remote monitor control section 131 includes a transmitting/receiving circuit section 1.
32 is connected, and data regarding the operating status transmitted from ATMI are input, and the remote monitor 13
Data regarding the status of the remote monitor side is transmitted from 0 to the ATMI side. Furthermore, the remote monitor control section 13
A display unit 133 and a buzzer 134 are connected to 1, and an ATM
Based on the data sent from ATM 1, the operating status of ATM 1 is displayed and a buzzer 134 issues an alarm.

The display unit 133 is provided with a plurality of display lamps 135 that display individual lamps corresponding to the operating status, and a numeric display 136 that displays details of the operating status as an error code using numbers. .

Furthermore, a buzzer stop switch 137 is provided, so that when the attendant hears the alarm from the buzzer 134 and checks the status of the ATV, he/she can stop the alarm from the buzzer 134 by operating the buzzer stop switch 137. There is.

FIG. 8 shows the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit, and this deposit operation will be explained according to the flow of FIG. 9.

When the button corresponding to the deposit display is pressed in accordance with the guidance on the CRT display 112a, the motor M1 is rotated in the normal direction so as to open the withdrawal eye 12. When the withdrawal eye 12 is completely opened, the septa M1 stops. In this state,
The depositor puts banknotes ¥ into the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 through the deposit/withdrawal port, and then manually closes the deposit/withdrawal door 12. Then, the motor M2 that drives the backup 17 of the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 rotates normally, and the spring force continues to press the banknotes toward the feeding roller. At this time, when the main motor M12 that drives the main transport path is rotated, the main transport path starts to move. Then, as the motor M3 starts to take in banknotes, the take-in roller 14, rubber roller 15, and gate row 516 rotate, and the banknotes are fed into the main conveyance path one by one.

When each banknote ¥ enters the banknote inspection section 18, the banknote inspection section 18 determines the remaining volume, authenticity, front and back, etc. of the banknote ¥ by a well-known method. The banknotes ¥ passed through the banknote inspection section 18 are guided downward by the first gate G1, and further passed through the gates G2. It reaches gate G5 via G3 and G4. If the bill is determined to be genuine as a result of inspection by the bill inspection section 18, the amount of the bill is sequentially added to the transaction deposit memory, and the gate G5 is switched to the primary image tube section 23 side.

If the banknote ¥ guided to the primary image tube section 23 is determined to be front or back, the gate G6 is tilted to the right and the banknote ¥ is guided to the left conveyance path. If the judgment is tails, gate G6 will be pushed to the left,
Banknotes ¥ are guided to the conveyance path on the right side. The banknotes - ¥ that have passed through the gate G6 are stored in the primary image tube section 23.

As a result of the inspection by the bill inspection section 18, if the bill is determined to be not a genuine bill, the gate G5 is switched to the reject side. The banknotes guided to the reject side are accumulated in the deposit reject accumulation section 24.

As described above, banknotes ¥ are distributed to the -next processing section 23 or the deposit reject accumulation section 24, and the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13
When the last banknote ¥ is sent out, the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13
The motor M2 is reversed so that the backup angle 17 is increased. When the backup 17 reaches the upper stop position, the motor M2 stops.

In addition, in order to further stop the main conveyance path, the main motor M
12 is stopped.

After this, it is checked whether there is a rejected ticket, and if there is no rejected ticket, the transaction deposit memory a is checked.

The number of coins for each denomination is stored in b and c. The CRT display 112a displays "The deposited amount is 00 yen. If it is correct, press rOJ. If it is incorrect, press rXJ." is displayed. When the rOJ button is pressed, banknotes ¥ are sent out from the deposit/next processing section 23 to the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 in a batch.

From this state, the upper press plate 29 is lowered, and when the upper press plate 29 presses the bundle of banknotes against the bottom plate 30, the bottom plate 30
0 goes down. This bottom plate 30 can handle the conveyor belt and moves to a position below the conveyor belt. At this time, the bottom plate 3
The front side plate 31 of 0 rotates and falls forward to form a carry-in path.

Here, the gate G10 is opened, and then the upper belt of the deposit reject accumulation section 24 is lowered. A return conveyance path to the deposit/withdrawal port is formed by the upper and lower belts.

Then, the backup 17 of the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 is rotated, and the backup 17 is opened so that an entrance conveyance path for the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 is formed. At this time, since the main conveyance path is driven at a low speed, the conveyance speed is reduced to 1710, which is the speed at which bills are conveyed one by one. The banknote bundle is then conveyed to the deposit/withdrawal port.

When the remaining banknotes in the deposit-next processing section 23 are exhausted, the main motor M12 is stopped.

After the main motor M12 stops, the tip of the deposit/withdrawal robot 17 is returned to its original position. Also, gate G1
0 is occluded. Further, the motor M5 is reversed so that the upper belt of the deposit reject IJ81 section 24 returns to its original position, and a reject ticket accumulation space is formed between the upper and lower belts.

On the other hand, the upper press plate 29 and the bottom plate 30 of the -next pipe forming section 23
Motor M4 is reversed to raise the motor to the initial position.

In addition, in the flow of FIG. 9(C), if there is a rejected ticket, it is determined whether the limited number of times is three or less. If a reject ticket is present, the inspection of the rejected ticket is repeated, and the limit is three times. If the number of times is less than the limit of 3 times, the message ``Please reinsert the banknotes correctly'' will be displayed.

After this, return to the flow of <a) in Figure 9,
12 is opened, the depositor inserts the returned banknotes again, and the banknotes are inspected again according to the same procedure. If this re-inspection of banknotes exceeds the 19th limit of 3 times, Figure 9 (C,
) We will return the unreadable ticket as shown in the flow below.

' is displayed, and the disbursed banknote discrimination process described above is executed.

Next, a dispensing banknote discrimination process is performed. First, it is determined whether the rOJ button has been pressed. If the determination is YES, the main motor is driven to drive the main transport path. At this time, push down the backup 17 of the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13,
The banknote is pressed against the take-in roller 15 by the backup 17. By driving the take-in roller 15 in normal rotation, banknotes are sent out one by one to the main conveyance path. This banknote is conveyed to the inspection section 18, where the denomination and fitness are determined. This banknote inspection determines whether the banknote is suitable for withdrawal, and in this determination, banknotes that have been repaired with adhesive tape, as well as stained or damaged banknotes, are treated as unsuitable for withdrawal.

When thousand yen bills suitable for withdrawal are sequentially fed in according to this determination, the number of thousand yen bills is sequentially added to the storage amount memory O corresponding to the thousand yen storage box 26. Then, the gate G1 is rotated to the right so that the banknotes are transported to the storage box 26. Therefore, the thousand yen bills are sequentially stored in the thousand yen bill storage box 26.

If the transported bill is a 10,000 yen bill instead of a 1,000 yen bill, the number of 10,000 yen bills is sequentially added to the storage amount memory P corresponding to the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25. And again, the banknotes are in storage box 25.
The gate G1 is rotated to the left so that the paper is transported to the next position. Therefore, the 10,000 yen bills are sequentially stored in the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25.

If the withdrawal is inappropriate or there is a winning ticket, the transaction deposit memory a
The value obtained by subtracting the total number of stored 1,000 yen bills and the number of stored - 10,000 yen bills from the total number of banknotes stored in , b, and c is added to Q. Furthermore, by rotating the gate G1 to the left and rotating the gate G2 to the left, banknotes that are inappropriate for withdrawal are guided to the reject storage box 36 by the gates G1 and G2 and stored there.

As described above, all banknotes in the deposit/withdrawal Rohotsuba 13 are sorted into the storage boxes 25, 26, and 36, and the main transport path motor M
12 is stopped. At the time of re-importing, it is determined whether or not there is a rejected bill. If the answer is No, it will be reflected in the storage operation, and if the answer is YES, the total number of bills stored in the transaction deposit memories a, b, and c will be changed to 1,000,000. Add the value obtained by subtracting the total number of stored yen bills and - number of stored 10,000 yen bills to Q,
Then it is reflected in the storage operation. When the storage operation is completed, the values in the transaction memories a, b, and c are added to the values in the current high memories R, S, and T of the deposit/withdrawal I device and stored. In addition, the values of the deposit cumulative memories A, B, and C are changed to the corresponding transaction memories a, b, and c.
Add the values of A.

Store in B and C. Memories a, b, and c are cleared, and the depositing and dispensing banknote discrimination processing ends.

Next, I will explain the storage operation.Thousand yen bill storage box 2
6 and 10,000-yen hole storage box 25 have exactly the same structure as the bulk storage box 34 of the bulk storage section 27 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, so the configuration of the storage box is based on FIGS. 10 and 11. Explain.

At the top of the storage box 34, a take-in roller 15a and a feed roller 16a are provided. These rollers 14a and 15a are connected by an intermediate gear, rotate as one unit, and take in or feed one bill per rotation. The rollers 14a and 15a are detachably coupled to a motor M1 and driven by this motor M10. An elastic belt 41 and an idle roller 54 are installed coaxially with the take-in roller 14a, and these can freely rotate independently of the take-in roller 14a.

The inlet side idle roller 40 is the intake shaft idle roller 5
4 via an elastic belt 41, and both are rotated by the movement of the elastic belt 41 receiving power from the main conveyance path belt. Three rows of beating wheels 28a are provided facing the idle roller 40 on the entrance side. These tapping wheels 28a have the same function as the tapping wheel 28 of the primary picture tube section 23.

A horizontally provided back-up plate 38 is supported by a guide rod 48 via a linear ball bearing so as to be vertically movable. Also, the back up plate 38 has a spring 4
6, it is always urged upward. Further, the back-up plate 38 is connected to a drive belt 49, and is connected to a DC motor M11 with a gear reducer by a detachable coupling to a pulley 55 with a one-way clutch. When the motor M11 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 10, the one-way clutch is locked and the pulley 5
5 and a belt 49, the back-up plate 38 is lowered against the spring 46.

When the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the one-way clutch slips, and the back-up plate 38 is urged upward by the tensile force of the spring 46, but when the motor M11 is stopped, the self-locking mechanism of the gear reducer forces the one-way clutch upward. The tensile force of the spring 46 causes the back-up plate 3 to
8 is unable to rise and has stopped.

The back-up plate 38 has a micro switch 5 for empty detection.
W21 is attached, and the push plate 39 has an escape hole that corresponds in position to the actuator of the microswitch 5W21. Therefore, if there are no banknotes when the back-up plate 38 is raised to the uppermost position, the actuator in the relief hole can detect the crowd and the absence of banknotes.

A magnet (not shown) is attached to the back-up plate 38, so that the proximity switch 22 is activated when the storage box is full.

Push-in plate 3 installed horizontally to correspond to the back-up plate
9 is supported by a guide roller 48 via another linear ball bearing independently of the back-up plate 38 so as to be vertically movable. In addition, the push-in plate 39 is the back-up plate 3.
8 is constantly urged upward by a separate spring 47, and furthermore, a drive belt 50 is connected to a pulley 56 with a one-way clutch and a DC motor M11 with a gear reducer via a IIIR flexible coupling.
is combined with

The operation of the push-in plate 39 is exactly the same as that of the back-up plate 38, and when the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the one-way clutch slips, and when the motor M11 rotates counterclockwise, the one-way clutch is locked. Therefore, DC motor M1
1 rotates counterclockwise, the push-in plate 39 and the back-up plate 38 keep the same distance and descend at the same speed. On the other hand, when the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the back-up plate 3
8 and the push-in plate 39 are unlocked so as to rise. At this time, depending on the load conditions, the back-up plate 38 and the push-in plate 39 can stop, slowly rise, or perform different operations.

Hold claws 4.2.43 are magnets 816 and 817
and return springs 44 and 45, respectively. In FIG. 10, the arm tip of the left holding claw 42 is in contact with the rotating shaft of the beating wheel 28a. Therefore, when the solenoid 816 attracts the holding claw 42, the striking wheel 28a simultaneously rotates to the left and escapes. In this escape position, the beating wheel 28a does not receive rotational driving force from the external conveyance path, so the beating wheel 28a does not rotate.

Even when the intake pulse motor M10 is stopped, if the main conveyance path is driven, the telescopic belt 41, the entrance side idle roller 40. Take-in shaft idle roller 54
, the striking*28a1 reversing roller 16a, and the feed row 557 rotate, so that the banknotes can be conveyed. If the rubber chip of the take-in roller 14a is on the conveyance path during banknote conveyance at this time, there is a risk that it will become an obstacle. Therefore, in order to take in the first bill without skipping when taking out a bill, the rubber chip of the take-in roller 14a is necessary. It is necessary to always correctly stop the stop position between the conveyance path and the intake surface. For this purpose, a switch 5W20 is provided, which detects the stop position from the notch position of the notch disk attached to the intake shaft, and detects the stop position of the motor M.
Stop 10.

Next, withdrawal will be explained with reference to the flows shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. When the button corresponding to the deposit is pressed according to the guidance on the CRT display 112a and the withdrawal amount is keyed in, the main motor M12 that drives the main conveyance path is rotated in the normal direction. If the withdrawal is specified as a 10,000 yen bill or a 1,000 yen bill, the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25 is selected first,
- The withdrawal operation of the 1,000 yen hole starts, and then the 1,000 yen bill storage box 26
is selected, and the operation of dispensing 1,000 yen bills is started. If the withdrawal is specified as 1,000 yen bills, the 1,000 yen bill storage box 26 is selected from the beginning, and the operation of dispensing 1,000 yen bills is started.

The withdrawal operation operates according to the flow shown in Figure 14.
As shown in Figure 4(a), motor M7 (M9) is used to lower the back-up plate 38 and push-in plate 39 slightly.
is rotated forward. This is because the stored banknotes can easily be released from the pressure contact of the holding claws by the pushing up force of the back-up plate 38. In this state, the motor M7 (M9) is reversely rotated, and the back-up plate 38 and push-in plate 39 are raised. When the banknotes rise to a predetermined position, a timer is activated and the banknotes begin to be taken in and removed. At this time, photosensor P11 (
P12> detects the passage of bills, and the number of bills passed is counted based on the detection signal. The banknotes dispensed from the storage box 2526 are conveyed to the banknote inspection section 18 by the main conveyance path.

The transported banknotes are inspected by the banknote inspection section 18 for denomination, authenticity, and stacking.

If it is determined by these inspections that the bill to be dispensed is a valid bill, the gate G2 is tilted to the right and the solenoid S3 is turned OFF in order to form a passage to the primary image tube section 23. If the ticket is not a valid ticket, the ticket will be rejected as a reject ticket.Storage box 3
Solenoid S3 is energized so that gate G2 moves to the left to lead to 6. When a valid bill is detected by the seventh sensor P9, the gate G5 is switched to the primary storage section side.

Furthermore, the gate G6 is switched to the right by spring force and the left passage (
form a bus). In this state, banknotes are sequentially stored in the picture tube section 23. When the number of banknotes sent out from the storage box reaches the specified number, it is checked whether a pick ticket exists. If there is a rejected ticket, the number of rejected tickets is added to the designated number, and the process returns to the number-of-dispense count 70- in FIG. 14(a). If there is no rejected ticket, the take-in motor is stopped. In this state, the specified number of banknotes have been completely dispensed from the storage box. Next, the back-up plate 38 and the push-in plate 39 are lowered, and when they reach the push-in position, the lowering of the back-up plate 38 and the push-in plate 39 is stopped. At this time, the hold claw is returned to the storage box. Once again, the motor M7 (M9) is reversed, and the back-up plate 38 and push-in plate 39 are raised. When the stored banknotes collide with the holding pawl, the back-up plate 38 stops. Push plate 39
When the machine moves up to the guide position, the motor M7 (M9) that drives the back-up plate 38 and the push-in plate 39 to move up stops, and the dispensing operation is completed. Thereafter, the bundle of banknotes in the primary image tube section 23 is conveyed all at once in the same way as when depositing money, and enters the deposit/withdrawal hopper 13 via the deposit reject accumulation section 24 . Then, the withdrawer becomes able to take out banknotes from the deposit/withdrawal bank 13 and returns to the initial state. Next is the deposit operation described above.

Near-end detection during a withdrawal operation will be explained using the flow shown in FIG. 15. First, the number of primary near-end bills is set to 250, the number of secondary near-end bills is set to 120, and the number of banknotes (1,000 yen notes and 10,000 yen notes) is 400 each.
It is loaded. Immediately after loading, 400 sheets, which is the loaded number inputted from the keyboard of the internal monitor, is stored in the current high memory number P of sheets stored in the ten thousand yen storage box. Every time a transaction is made thereafter, as described above, the number P of coins stored in the ten thousand yen storage box is added or subtracted to become the current number of coins stored.

That is, if there is a deposit transaction of, for example, 10 million yen notes after loading the fat, 10 are added to 400 notes and 410 notes are stored in the storage area P as the number of ten thousand yen notes stored in the ten thousand yen storage box.

Next, for example, if there is a payment transaction for 50 million yen notes, 50 notes will be subtracted from 41°0 notes, and 360 notes will be stored in the storage area P. In this way, the number of sheets stored in the 1,000 yen storage box, 10,000 yen storage box, and reject storage is stored for each transaction.
The contents of storage areas P and Q are updated. For the reject warehouse, the number of deposited whip yen banknotes, thousand yen, and ten thousand yen that are soiled, torn, etc. and unsuitable for payment are added.

Furthermore, each time a transaction is made, the number of coins stored in the storage section is zero. P
, Q are updated. Furthermore, each time a transaction is completed, the number of stored coins is compared with the numbers u, v, w, x stored in the set value memory of the storage unit 7, which are set as the primary near-end number and the secondary near-end number. When the number P of stored coins in the ten thousand yen storage box is added or subtracted from the loaded number of 400 coins for each transaction and becomes less than 250 coins, which is stored in the setting value memory as the primary near-end number, the ATM , instructs the remote monitor 130 to issue the first notification. When the remote monitor 130 receives this first reporting command, the remote monitor 130 turns on the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 indicating that the remaining amount of the ten thousand yen banknote is low. At this time, the buzzer 134 does not sound. That is, when the remaining amount of 10,000 yen is less than 250 sheets, caution is required, but there is no need to immediately prompt the staff to replenish the amount, so there is no need for the buzzer 208 to sound.

When the remaining amount becomes smaller and becomes less than 120 sheets stored in the setting value memory X as the number of secondary near-end sheets, the ATM1 instructs the remote monitor 130 to issue a second notification.

When the remote monitor 130 receives this second notification command, the remote monitor 130 switches the lamp 203 of the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 from the lighting display to the flashing display to indicate that the remaining amount of ten thousand yen banknotes is low. Furthermore, buzzer 134
sounds to guide staff to quickly replenish. The staff member is guided by the alarm sound from the buzzer 134 and confirms that among the display lamps 135 displayed on the display unit 133 of the remote monitor 130, the lamp indicating that the remaining amount of 10,000 yen bills is low is blinking. . When the user recognizes that replenishment of 10,000 yen banknotes is necessary, the user presses the buzzer stop switch 137 to stop the buzzer. At this time, the lamp 135 of the display section 133 that was blinking continues to blink.

On the other hand, at this time, the ATV determines that the maximum number of bills to be paid in the normal state where the maximum number of bills to be paid is changed is 100, which is stored in the maximum number of 10,000 yen bills to be paid 2 in the setting value memory of the storage unit 7; In this case, the maximum number of coins to be paid is reduced according to the number of coins stored in the 10,000 yen storage box. In other words, 10,000 yen storage box storage pieces r! When the IP becomes less than 120 sheets, which is the number of secondary near-end sheets X of 10,000 yen, a value subtracted by the reduced number of sheets is set and stored. For example, if the number P stored in the 10,000 yen storage box is 110 pieces, which is 100 pieces heavier than the secondary near-end number of 10000 yen notes and stored in storage area Z. Therefore, the maximum number of coins to be paid out the next time the user performs a payment transaction will be 90 coins. Then, when the user selects a payment transaction and enters the payment amount, the CRT display unit 112
The RT display 112a informs the user that the maximum number of coins to be paid out is 90 coins, ``You can only pay up to 90 coins for the 10,000-yen hole.'' According to this, the user pays out within 90 coins. If the next 20 coins are paid out, the next maximum payout number Z will be 70 coins. In this way, the maximum payout number 2 is subtracted each time the payout is performed one after another.

On the other hand, when there is a deposit transaction, the tickets that have been deposited and determined to be genuine are stored in the 10,000 yen storage box because they can be reused for payouts. In this case, the maximum payable number of 20,000 yen banknotes is added to the number of deposited banknotes sequentially, but is not added after the number of deposited banknotes reaches 100. In such a secondary near-end state, the maximum number of coins to be paid is added or subtracted according to withdrawal and deposit transactions. This enables efficient payout transactions according to the amount remaining in the storage box.

Incidentally, although the maximum payable number Z of ten thousand yen bills is 100, the secondary near-end number X of ten thousand yen bills is 120, which is 20 more. This is because when dispensing paper or banknotes, for example, if two banknotes are taken out while stacked, accurate counting of the banknotes becomes impossible and the banknotes are rejected. This rejected bill cannot be used for payout. In this way, it may not be possible to pay out all the banknotes in the storage box. Therefore, the secondary near-end number of 10,000 yen banknotes X is set to 120 in consideration of the occurrence of banknotes that cannot be used for these payouts. Furthermore, if the number of rejected cards is too large and reaches 20 or more, the actual number of cards in the storage box becomes 0 during the payout operation. Whether the number of coins in the storage box has become 0 or not is detected by the micro switch 5W21 for empty detection, and if the 10,000 yen storage box is detected to be empty during the payout operation, the payout operation will be automatically stopped. do. That is, the 10,000 yen banknotes accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal port during payout are collected and stored in the 10,000 yen storage box again. Then, the CRT display 112a displays a message that the user has run out of 10,000 yen banknotes, and also displays a guide on the CRT display 112a to guide the user to return the card, passbook, etc. and make a transaction using another machine. Do this.

Furthermore, the maximum number of 10,000 yen banknotes to be paid is Z if payment transactions are made consecutively.
When the number becomes 0, payment transactions are prohibited.

As a result, only deposit transactions were possible, and at the same time the number of payments became 0, the ATM
0 to issue the third notification. When the remote monitor 130 receives this third notification command, the remote monitor 130 changes the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 from the previous blinking display to an even faster blinking display to indicate that the remaining amount of ten thousand yen bills is low. Switch.Also buzzer 13
4 to JIa#ill to warn the staff that the number of 10,000 yen bills to be paid has become O. The staff member is guided by the alarm sound from the buzzer 134 and notices that among the display lamps 135 displayed on the display unit 133 of the remote monitor 130, the lamp indicating that the remaining amount of 10,000 yen bills is running low is flashing rapidly. confirm. When the user recognizes that there are no more ten thousand yen bills left, he presses the buzzer stop switch 137 to stop the buzzer. At this time, the lamp 135 of the display lamps 133 that was blinking continues to blink.

By the way, when the maximum number of 1,000 yen bills to be paid Z reaches 0, if there are enough 1,000 yen bills remaining, payment transactions using 1,000 yen bills are prohibited, but payment transactions using only 1,000 yen bills can be continued. good. If payment transactions are prohibited due to the maximum payment number of 20,000 yen bills being 0, only deposit transactions will be made.
Every time 10,000 yen is deposited, the deposited 10,000 yen is stored in the 10,000 yen storage box, and at the same time, it is added to the number P of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen storage box and stored. At this time, it is possible to pay for the number of coins deposited, but the prohibition on payments and transactions will not be lifted. It is released when a deposit of roughly 10,000 yen is made and the number of coins stored in the 10,000 yen storage box P exceeds the number of secondary near-end coins of 120 yen. As a result, once payment is prohibited, it is possible to prevent the prohibition from being canceled until enough banknotes are accumulated. Therefore, it is possible to enable payment every time a small amount of money is deposited, and the prohibition of payment transactions is not repeatedly canceled every time a deposit or payment is made, thereby preventing confusion among users.

Now, the control of the buzzer 134 of the remote monitor 130 will be explained in detail. The buzzer 134 is provided to issue an alarm to the staff and guide them to take action, but if the buzzer 134 issues an alarm many times unnecessarily, it not only confuses the staff but also causes a nuisance to the surrounding area.

For example, as described above, when the number P of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen storage box becomes the number X of secondary near-end sheets of 10,000 yen, the buzzer 134 of the remote monitor 130 issues an alarm and lights up the lamp 135. When the staff member presses the buzzer stop switch 137, the buzzer 134 stops issuing an alarm. By the way, if deposit transactions and payment transactions are repeated alternately thereafter, the number P of stored coins in the ten thousand yen storage box may increase or decrease around the number X of secondary near-end coins of ten thousand yen. In such a case, the number of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen storage box P is the number of 10,000 yen secondary near-end sheets X
The lamp 135 will blink and the buzzer 134 will sound each time the value decreases beyond this value. In order to prevent this, once the secondary near end is reached and the buzzer 134 is sounded, -
After the number of stored ten thousand yen notes has increased to the first near end, a buzzer is sounded only when the second near end is reached again.

However, the lighting of the display lamp 135 (-next near end/lighting, secondary near end/decrease) is switched in response to an increase or decrease in the number of stored sheets P. That is, when the second near-end is reached for the first time, the memory unit 7 stores that the buzzer was sounded at the second near-end. The state of remembering that the buzzer sounded at the second near-end of 10,000 yen is not reset until the number of banknotes increases and the first near-end is canceled. When the number of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen storage box P decreases by exceeding the number of 10,000 yen secondary near-end sheets The remote monitor 130 is instructed to emit a fourth notification without turning on the light and sounding the buzzer. When the remote monitor 130 receives this fourth notification, the remote monitor 130 causes the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 to flash to indicate that the remaining amount of ten thousand yen banknotes is low. At this time, the buzzer 134 does not sound.

Further, even if the power of the ATM is cut off, for example, the buzzer sounding at the secondary near-end is stored in a non-volatile memory that is protected from disassembly so that the memorized state is not released.

This content will not be canceled even if the reset process occurs when an error occurs.

Now, a case where the banknote storage box becomes full will be explained. If there are many deposit transactions, the banknote storage box becomes full when banknotes are stored repeatedly. For example, a case will be explained in which the banknotes are full of 10,000 yen bills. Every time a 10,000 yen bill is deposited, it is stored in the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25 and added to the number P of 10,000 yen bills stored in the 10,000 yen storage box in the current high memory of the storage section.

At the same time, the full detector 5W22 of the 10,000 yen storage box checks whether the 10,000 yen storage box is full. Full detector 5W
22, when it is determined that the bank is full, the 10,000 yen banknotes will be stored in the transfer ticket storage box 36 for subsequent deposit transactions. At the same time, the number of sheets stored is also added to the number of sheets stored in the reject storage.

This allows deposit transactions to continue even if the 10,000 yen storage box is full. Of course, when a payment transaction is performed, ten thousand yen bills are paid out from the ten thousand yen bill storage box 25. Even after a payment transaction, the fullness detector 5W22 of the 10,000 yen banknote storage box 25 checks whether the fullness has been released. If the full state is removed, the ten thousand yen bill will be stored in the ten thousand yen bill storage box 25 again in the next deposit transaction. Here, in order to determine whether the box is full, the fullness detector 5W provided in the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25 is not used to judge based on the number of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen banknote storage box 25.
The reason for using 22 is that banknotes are like official seals.
For new banknotes and old banknotes with many folds and wrinkles, the accumulated thickness of ≠ is about twice that of official notes. For this reason, if we try to determine whether the bank is full based on the number of stored banknotes P, banknotes in any state are stored, so if there are many old banknotes, further storage operations will be performed even if the storage capacity of the storage box is exceeded.

Therefore, the operation of taking out the money from the storage box at the time of payment becomes unstable. Furthermore, if there are many new banknotes, the storage section a will be determined to be full even though there is still space left in the 10,000 yen storage box. For this reason, the ten thousand yen storage box cannot be used efficiently, and banknotes that could be used as payment notes if stored in the ten thousand yen storage box 25 are stored in the rejected ticket storage 136, resulting in poor fund efficiency.

Ru. Therefore, by providing 5W12 to detect when the storage box is full, it becomes possible to store the storage box until it is actually full. This enables efficient fund management. On the other hand, at this time, end detection is performed based on the number P of stored sheets. This makes it possible to serve the user with the minimum remaining amount without being affected by the thickness of new/old banknotes. That is, as already explained, when the number of banknotes m is running low, it is necessary to set the secondary near-end in anticipation of the occurrence of a transfer ticket during the payout operation.

However, if we install a switch to detect the secondary near-end and try to judge this based on the stacked thickness of stored banknotes, even if some stacked bills occur in the case of old stacked banknotes, the banknotes will not be processed while being dispensed. It is necessary to set a detection position that can prevent the problem from disappearing. However, in this case, if the stored banknotes are new banknotes with a small stacked thickness, when the number of bills to be paid reaches zero, the remaining amount of banknotes in the banknote storage box will be large, resulting in very poor fund efficiency.

As explained above, by providing a switch that detects the end of the card based on the number of sheets stored, and detects the full size based on the thickness of the storage, it is possible to manage funds efficiently and provide an ATV that is convenient for users. It becomes possible.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, only the near-end and end detection for 10,000 yen banknotes has been described, but the same detection is also performed for 1,000 yen banknotes.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction device with good operability, which allows transactions to be made without stopping the device even when the number of coins set is small.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic transaction device using a circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the automatic transaction device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a deposit/withdrawal device. A diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the device, FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagram of the deposit/withdrawal device, FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining the functions and operations of various parts shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a memory 7 is a perspective view of the remote monitor, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the deposit/withdrawal device showing the flow of banknotes during deposit operation, and FIG. 9 <a> ~(4) is a flowchart diagram explaining the deposit operation, FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of the side surface of the bulk storage section, FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of the planar surface of the bulk storage section, and FIG. 12 is a banknote in the withdrawal mode. A schematic structural diagram of the deposit/withdrawal device showing the flow, 13th m<a>~(f) is a flowchart diagram of the withdrawal mode, and FIGS. 14(a)~(C) are the withdrawal operation subroutine in the withdrawal mode. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing operations based on near-end and end detection. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...ATM12...Deposit/withdrawal device, 7...Storage part, 12...Deposit/withdrawal port surface, 18...Banknote inspection part, 23
...-Next picture tube section, 24... Deposit reject accumulation section,
25... Thousand yen hole storage box, 26... Thousand yen bill storage box, 2
7...-Block storage section, 34...-Block storage box, 35...
・Collection storage box, 36...Reject ticket storage box, 01~
G9...Gate, 5W12.22...Detection switch, 130...Remote monitor

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an automatic transaction device that withdraws money based on a user's operation, there is provided a storage unit that stores the money to be withdrawn, a storage unit that stores the number of coins stored in the storage unit, and this storage unit. a remaining amount determining means for determining the remaining amount of coins based on the memory content of the storage unit; a detecting means provided in the storage unit for detecting the presence or absence of coins; and a determination result of the remaining amount determining means and a detection result of the detecting means. An automatic transaction device characterized in that the automatic transaction device is controlled to stop transactions based on the following.