JPH02285484A - Cash teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and efficiently perform refilling and collection operations by providing a means to update the content of a receiving box managing memory by counting the number of distribution and that of collection of cash when the cash is distributed from and collected to a batch receiving box. CONSTITUTION:The distribution operation such as the loading and the refilling of the cash, etc., on receiving boxes 8-10 can be always performed by recognizing the number classified by every classification of money of the cash housed in the batch receiving box 11 and recognizing the number of sheets classified by classification of money by a cash distribution means 80c with the receiving box managing memory 99 unified in the integral receiving box 11. Also, a cash collection means 80b collects the cash from the receiving boxes 8-10 classified by every classification of money to the integral receiving box 11, which facilitates the management of the cash using the integral receiving box 11. Furthermore, the content of the receiving box managing memory 99 is updated at every distribution of the cash from the batch receiving box 11 or the collection of the cash to the integral receiving box 11 by a count managing part 80a. Thereby, it is possible to continue appropriate control for the distribution of the cash, etc., based on the number of sheets classified by every classification of money stored in the receiving box managing memory 99.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a cash depositing and dispensing device installed in financial institutions and the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, cash depositing and dispensing devices have been frequently used for operations that handle cash with customers, including counter operations and automated transaction operations at financial institutions such as banks. In addition, we have integrated the deposit and withdrawal functions, and among the deposited coins, the coins that can be reused for withdrawals are redistributed to the denomination-specific storage for withdrawals.
Money recycle type cash deposit and withdrawal devices used during withdrawal transactions have been announced one after another.

In such a device, first, the money required for a withdrawal transaction is set in one bulk storage from the source, and the bulk storage is attached to the deposit/withdrawal device. Thereafter, by operating switches that instruct the loading operation, it is possible to automatically distribute and load coins from the bulk storage into each denomination-specific storage provided for withdrawal. Therefore, loading the coins only requires installing the bulk storage.

Furthermore, when the work is completed, by operating switches that instruct a collection operation, a collection operation that is the opposite of the loading operation can be performed.

In other words, if money is sequentially collected from each denomination storage to the bulk storage, the only storages that can be taken out from the deposit/withdrawal device are the bulk storage and the reject storage which stores rejected coins. In this way, convenience for the operator is achieved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488).

Further, a memory is provided to store the number of coins counted by the deposit/withdrawal device during the loading operation and the collection operation, and is displayed on a display provided in the operating section of the device main body. The operator reads this and records it, and when loading, inputs the number of loaded sheets from the operation section, allowing him to manage and operate the number of loaded sheets and the number of collected sheets (Utility Model No. 57-106057).
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<Configuration of Conventional Apparatus> Hereinafter, the conventional deposit/withdrawal apparatus described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional deposit/withdrawal device. This device is attached to a teller terminal device.

The deposit/withdrawal device 105 is located in the upper unit 110. Intermediate unit I11. and a lower unit 112.

The upper unit 110 has a bill slot 113 on the front upper part,
A discharge port 114 is provided. A deposit separation mechanism 115 is provided on the back side of the bottom of the input slot 113 to separate and take in banknotes that have been input in bulk one by one.
Behind the banknotes as seen from 3 is a discrimination system installed to distinguish and detect whether the banknotes that are fed in one by one are genuine or false, whether they are correct or not, one front or the other, two or more overlapping (travel), skew, etc. Part 11
6 is placed. Furthermore, a front and back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided behind the banknote, and when the bill is determined to be the back side according to the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, it is operated by driving a magnet (not shown) to switch the switching blade 122, and the mechanism 117 is operated to move the switching blade 122 to the running path. The structure is such that the paper is switched and sent to the front and back alignment section 117 to be arranged on the front side.

The traveling path 119 is a conveying path provided for transferring the banknotes guided and conveyed to be taken into the device by the switching gate 123 to the intermediate unit 111, and the traveling path 118 is
Lower unit 112. This is a conveyance path for receiving banknotes conveyed along the travel path of the intermediate unit 111 and sending them to the discrimination section 11B. Further, when the switching gate 123 is activated by driving a magnet (not shown), the banknotes conveyed through the discrimination section 116 are transferred to the running path 12.
0, and is conveyed by a running path 120 to a discharge accumulation section 121 arranged at the rear side of the upper surface of the discharge port. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge/accumulation section 121 are accumulated at the discharge port 114, and the teller can take out the banknotes all at once.

The intermediate unit 111 is mainly a temporary storage section for each denomination and fitness, and includes a storage section 124, 125, 126, 127 for collected banknotes, and a time storage section 128, 129.1 for each denomination and fitness and loss.
30°131 and the denomination cut is gate 136.137.1
38, 139, a dispensing reject bill drop-in section 140, and a running path 141 from the lower unit 112 to the upper unit 110.

At the time of deposit, the banknotes conveyed from the running path 119 of the upper unit 11G are received and conveyed along the running path 141 in the direction of the arrow.

Here, if the conveyed banknote is determined to be a 5,000 yen note as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination section 116, the 5,000 yen note is divided into gates 139 by driving a magnet (not shown). It is activated and sent to the 5,000 yen bill accumulation section 127. The 5,000 yen bill accumulation section 127 sequentially accumulates the fed banknotes in the 5,000 yen bill-time storage section 131. Similarly, if it is determined that it is a 1,000 yen note, the 1,000 yen note operates the gate 138 and is sent to the 1,000 yen note accumulation section 126, and the 1,000 yen note - The time storage unit 130 sequentially accumulates the data.

If it is determined that the ticket is a 10,000 yen note, the gate 137 is activated to send the 10,000 yen note to the 10,000 yen note accumulation unit 125, and the 10,000 yen note is divided into 10,000 yen notes. Holding section 12
9 are accumulated sequentially.

Note that when the banknotes determined to be unfit or non-returnable banknotes (for example, 500 yen banknotes) as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 116 are collected from the storage by denomination described later to the bulk storage. In this case, the gates 137, 138, and 139 are not operated for the denomination, and the gate 136 is operated for the lump sum/deposit segment, and the batch/deposit is sent to the deposit accumulation section 124.
The deposit accumulating unit 124 sequentially accumulates the banknotes in the batch/deposit-time storage unit 128 .

The withdrawal reject banknote amount inserting unit 140 rejects the banknotes, which will be described later, when a banknote taken out from a storage by denomination (described later) in a withdrawal transaction passes through the discrimination unit 116 and is determined to be an unsuitable banknote for withdrawal. This is a conveyance unit for feeding bills into the banknote storage. -Hour holding section shutter 132.133.134
．． 135 is connected to a single magnet (not shown), and by driving the magnet, - time holding parts 128, 129° 130, 131 are rotated at the same time, with the portions connected to the sides of 130 and 131 being the center of rotation. The center part rotates downward. With this operation, - hour reservation section 128.129.130.1
The banknotes accumulated in the banknotes 31 are dropped and stored in each storage compartment of the lower unit 112.

In addition, if the teller performs a cancellation operation when the deposited banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 128.129.130.131 after counting the deposits in the deposit transaction, the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked and the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked. 111, by pulling it forward, the temporary storage section 128°129,1
You can now take out the banknotes that were stacked at 30.131. Furthermore, by using the audit key, the clerk can take out the banknotes remaining in each part of the intermediate unit at his/her will, so that the banknote can be taken out even in the event of a jam.

The lower unit 112 has a bulk/deposit storage 143, denomination-specific storage 144, 145, 146, and removal/separation mechanisms 147, 148, 149, and 150 for extracting bills one by one from the extract banknote storage 142 and storage. It is composed of a running path 151 for conveying banknotes.

The 5,000 yen bill storage 146 is located in the 5,000 yen bill-time storage section 131.
This is a storage for 5,000 yen notes, which has a function of accepting and stacking banknotes from the bank and a function of feeding out banknotes one by one using a separating mechanism 15G.

Similarly, 145 is a storage for 1,000 yen notes, 149 is a separation mechanism for 1,000 yen notes, 144 is a storage for 10,000 yen notes, 14B
is a separation mechanism for ten thousand yen notes, 143 is a storage box for bulk/non-refundable notes, and 147 is a separation mechanism for bulk receipts.

The reject banknote storage 142 detects skew or overlapping of two or more banknotes (serious disease) based on the classification result of the recognition unit 116 among the banknotes fed out from the denomination storage 144, 145, 146 in a withdrawal transaction, and withdraws the banknotes. This is a storage for storing banknotes determined to be invalid.

The traveling path 151 is a conveying path for conveying banknotes fed out from the bulk/deposit storage 143 and the denomination-specific storage 144, 145, and 146, and sending them to the traveling path 141 of the intermediate unit 111.

Bulk/deposit storage 143 and storage by denomination 144゜14
5 and 146 include banknote full detectors 154a, 154b, 154c, and 15 as optical sensors, respectively.
4d, near full detectors 155a, 155b, 15
5c, 155d, and near-end detector 156a, 1
56b, 156c, 156d and end detector 15
7a, 157b, 157c, and 157d are attached as a means for managing the amount of banknotes in the storage. Further, a full bill detector 153 is attached to the reject bill storage 142 and optically detects whether the reject bill storage 142 is full of bills.

There is a door (not shown) on the front side of the lower unit 112, and by using an audit key, the door can be opened and a storage rack (not shown) can be pulled forward.

The storage racks are arranged so that they can be removed by pulling out the storage rack.

Each of the storage boxes has a common lock, and the door can be opened with a key to load and remove banknotes. Note that the upper unit 110. In the intermediate unit 112,
As power sources for separating, stacking, and transporting banknotes, independent motors (not shown) are mounted, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

Next, the operational procedures of deposit transactions, withdrawal transactions, loading and collection processing will be explained using FIGS. 3 to 18.

<Deposit transaction> FIG. 3 is a sectional view during a deposit transaction.

First, the customer takes in bills set in the input slot 113 one by one from the bottom into the device by operating the deposit separation mechanism 115 and feeds them into the discrimination section 116 along the running path.

In the discrimination section 116, the transported banknotes are sequentially inspected one by one for authenticity discrimination, fitness/damage discrimination 2, front/back discrimination, and running state, and are sent to a front/back alignment mechanism 117 located at the rear via a running path.

A banknote determined by the discrimination unit 116 to be a genuine banknote and a front side banknote;
Those determined to be counterfeit tickets head to the switching gate 123 via the route (■).

If a bill is determined to be a counterfeit ticket, the switching gate 12
3 operates, transports it upward, and travels through the traveling path 120.
It is conveyed along the route from the rear toward the front to reach the discharge outlet accumulation section 121. The discharge port stacking section 121 stacks the transported banknotes one by one at the discharge port 114. The banknotes accumulated in the discharge port 114 are so-called deposit-reject banknotes.

When a banknote that is determined to be a genuine banknote and a front side banknote arrives, it heads downward to the intermediate unit 111 through the route (■).

If the banknote is determined to be a genuine banknote and a reverse side by the discrimination unit 116, the switching gate 122 located at the entrance of the front and back arrangement mechanism 117 is operated to send the banknote to the route (■).
By passing through the front and back arrangement mechanism 117, the leading and trailing ends of the banknote being conveyed are reversed, and the banknote is turned into the front side and sent out to the route (■) by the intermediate unit Ill through the running path 119.
send to.

In the intermediate unit 111, the banknotes with their surfaces aligned are conveyed along the travel path 141 in the direction of the arrow.

Here, if a genuine Tenshi dome note that can be reused for withdrawal is conveyed, the 5000 dome paper currency is sent to the 5000 dome stacking section 127 by operating the gate 139. The same volume of 5,000 volumes is accumulated in the time storage section 131. Similarly, if the banknote is a genuine 1,000 yen note and can be reused for withdrawal, the gate 138 is activated to send the 1,000 yen note to the 1,000 yen stacking unit 126.
1,000 yen notes - In the case of banknotes that are accumulated in the time storage section 130 and are genuine notes of the same volume and can be reused for withdrawal, the 10,000 yen notes are separated by gate 1.
37 is activated to send the 10,000 yen bills to the 10,000 yen bill accumulation section 125 and accumulate them in the 10,000 yen bill-time storage section 129.

In the case of damaged notes or notes that cannot be withdrawn (for example, banknotes from the same volume or from before the opera), they will be treated as non-returnable banknotes and will be deposited in a lump sum.
The time storage unit 128 accumulates the data.

By the above-described operation, the deposit counting process for the banknotes set in the input slot 113 is completed.

Withdrawal transactions FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view during a withdrawal transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key and inputs a withdrawal amount of, for example, 11,000, first, the withdrawal separation mechanism 14
Activate B to feed out one ten thousand yen note. Follow the arrows ■, ■, ■ on the drawn banknote diagram, travel path 151.141.1
18 and sent to the discrimination section 116. Identification section 116
Then, the banknotes are discriminated as to whether they are as specified, and if they are as specified, the switching gate 123 is activated and the banknotes are sent to the running path 120.
14.

In addition, if the discrimination unit 116 discriminates that the ticket is not as specified or is a ticket that cannot be withdrawn, it is conveyed downward to the running path 11.
9, the intermediate unit 111 is conveyed as indicated by the arrow ■, and fed into the rejected banknote storage 142 from the dispensing reject banknote drop-in section 140, and then taken out again from the 10,000 yen banknote storage 144 for discrimination and The accumulation process is repeated as many times as necessary, and once the 1,000 yen note has been released, the next step is to release one 1,000 yen note from the 1,000 yen storage 145 in the same manner as for the 1,000 yen note, and perform the withdrawal transaction operation. is completed.

Safe loading> FIG. 5 is a sectional view during a loading operation.

When a safe loading key (not shown) is pressed, it is confirmed that the end detector 157a of the bulk/deposit storage 143 has not detected the end, that is, that the banknotes to be loaded have been set in advance. If the end is detected, this process is aborted.

After confirming that the end is not detected, the safe loading operation begins.

Next, the takeout/separation mechanism 147 is activated to feed out the banknotes set in the bulk/deposit storage 143 one by one from the bottom, and follow the arrows ■, ■, and ■ in the figure to move the banknotes to the running path 15.
1.141.118 and is sent to the discrimination section 116. In the discrimination section 116, the incoming banknotes are sequentially inspected one by one for authenticity discrimination, fitness/damage discrimination 1 front and back discrimination, and running state detection, and are sent to the front and back arrangement mechanism 117 located at the rear via a running path.

The banknote determined to be the front side by the discrimination unit 116 is conveyed downward and transferred to the intermediate unit 111 by a running path 119.
Head to. If the banknote is determined to be a back side by the discrimination section 116, it is sent to a front/back arrangement mechanism 117, turned into a front side, and sent to an intermediate unit lit via a running path 119.

In the intermediate unit 111, the banknotes whose front surface is aligned are conveyed along the travel path in the direction of the arrow (■).

Here, if a banknote that can be loaded for dispensing with a genuine Tenshi same volume is transported, the Tenshi same volume is sold out at the gate 13.
9 is activated to send it to the Tenshi same volume accumulation section 127 and accumulate it in the Tenshi same volume - time storage section 131. Similarly, 1,000 yen bills are accumulated in the 1,000 yen bill-hour storage section 130, and 10,000 yen bills are sent to the 10,000 yen bill accumulation section 125 and accumulated in the 10,000 yen bill-hour preservation section 129.

The above operations are repeated until there are no more banknotes set in the bulk/deposit storage 143. Temporary hold part 1 on the way
If the number of sheets stored in any one of 29, 130, and 131 reaches the storage tolerance value (for example, 100 sheets), the operation of the take-out separation mechanism 147 is interrupted and the - hour storage section shutter 1 is closed.
33, 134, and 135 are opened downward at the same time, and the banknotes held in storage 144, 145, and 146 are stored.

When the storage operation is completed, the storage section shutter 133° 134
, 135 returns to its original state, the take-out and separation mechanism 147 is operated again to repeat the loading operation.

When the banknotes in the bulk/deposit storage 143 run out and the end is detected, the takeout/separation mechanism 147 stops, and the last banknote is transferred to the temporary storage section 133, 134, 13 of the intermediate unit 111.
5, the conveyance operation by the travel path also stops. - The banknotes in the time storage section 133, 134, and 135 are stored in the storage 144.
．． 145 and 146, and the safe loading operation ends.

Note that banknotes that are determined to be unfit or unloadable (for example, banknotes of the same volume or before the opera) as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 116 are accumulated in the bulk/deposit-time storage unit 12B or are ejected. The banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 142.

<Safe replenishment> When the safe replenishment key (not shown) is pressed and the denomination and number of replenishment coins are input, for example, when replenishing 5,000 yen bills, the end detector 157a of the bulk/deposit storage 143 detects the end. Once it is confirmed that no detection has been made, the safe replenishment operation begins. The following operations are performed in the same manner as loading.

Safe collection> FIG. 6 shows a sectional view during the recovery operation.

When you press the safe collection key (not shown), each denomination storage 1
Confirm that all of 44, 145, and 146 have not detected the end.

When it is confirmed that the end is not detected in any one of the storage boxes, the safe collection operation is started.

First, the tenzi yen takeout/separation mechanism 150 is activated, and the bills stored in the tenzi yen storage 146 are paid out one by one from the bottom side, and the bills are drawn out one by one from the bottom side, and are moved along the running path 15 as shown by the arrows ■, ■, and ■ in the figure.
1.141.118 and is sent to the discrimination section 116. The discrimination section 116 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination 1 to determine the front and back sides of the incoming banknotes one by one, and detects the running state, and conveys the banknotes downward and directs them to the intermediate unit 111 via a running path 119.

In the intermediate unit 111, the banknotes are conveyed along the running path 141 in the direction of the arrow
6 and sent to the lump sum/deposit accumulation section 124 and accumulated in the lump sum/deposit time storage section 128.

The deposit/withdrawal device 105 repeats the above operations while counting the bills by denomination, and sorts the banknotes in each denomination storage into Tenshi same volume, 1000 yen note, 1000 yen note, etc.
The 10,000 yen notes are counted and accumulated in the bulk/deposit storage 143 in order.

If the full detector 154a of the bulk/deposit storage 143 detects a full state during the collection operation, the collection operation will be interrupted and the staff member will use the audit key to open the front door of the lower unit 112 and open the storage Pull the rack forward, pull out the bulk/deposit storage, use the storage key to open the storage door, and take out all banknotes.

The storage door is closed and the storage is set by the reverse operation as described above. When the lower unit 112 is set, the collection operation is performed again.

Thus, when the end of all the storage boxes is detected and the last banknote arrives at the bulk/deposit-time storage section 128, the conveyance operation by the travel path also stops. Further lump sum/deposit-time reservation part 1
28 banknotes are stored in the storage 143, and the safe collection operation ends.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, conventional deposit and withdrawal devices are capable of depositing and withdrawing funds in multiple denominations. Sometimes 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes are available.

In such devices, replenishment and filling of multiple denominations,
It is preferable to be able to do this freely as needed. To this end, it is preferable to provide separate storage sections for two denominations, eg, 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes, side by side in the bulk storage.

A take-out and separation mechanism for each denomination is provided corresponding to each storage section. Alternatively, only one take-out/separation mechanism may be provided, and the denomination-specific storage section may be made movable, and the denomination-specific storage section may be moved to the position of the take-out/separation mechanism each time.

In addition, in the bulk storage, multiple denominations of banknotes can be stored at once.
The number of coins required for each denomination is predicted in advance for each denomination, stacked, and stored in the bulk storage unit. Then, it performs bill filling and replenishment operations as necessary.

However, the method of providing a plurality of storage sections in a bulk storage has the disadvantage that the device becomes complicated and large.

On the other hand, in the method of stacking and storing a plurality of denominations in a batch cassette, if the withdrawal amount is biased towards a particular denomination, the distribution and replenishment operation of the denomination will be hindered. That is, if a considerable amount of banknotes of other denominations remain in the bulk storage, it cannot be determined that a particular denomination has run out until after all stored banknotes have been appraised.

Further, if the clerk monitors the amount of money withdrawn from the denomination storage and distributes and replenishes banknotes as necessary, the automation achieved by using the bulk storage is ineffective.

The present invention has been made with attention to the above points, and it prevents the bulk storage from increasing in size and automatically performs replenishment and collection operations efficiently without causing an excess or shortage of banknotes in the denomination-specific storage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash depositing and dispensing device that can be easily operated.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The cash deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention includes a bulk storage that stores multiple denominations of cash at once and is detachable from the device body, and is integrated into the bulk storage. , a storage management memory that stores the number of cash by denomination stored in the bulk storage; a cash distribution means for distributing and replenishing the cash to each denomination storage; a cash collection means for collecting the cash from the denomination storage into the bulk storage; and a cash collection means for collecting the cash from the denomination storage into the bulk storage. It is characterized by comprising a counting management means for counting the number of distributed cash and the number of cash collected when cash is distributed and when cash is collected in the bulk storage, and updates the contents of the storage management memory. That is.

(Function) In the above device, the number of denominations of cash stored in the bulk storage is always grasped by the storage management memory integrated in the bulk storage. The cash distributing means grasps the number of coins for each denomination and controls distribution operations such as loading and replenishing cash into each denomination storage. Further, the cash collection means collects cash from each denomination storage into the bulk storage, thereby facilitating cash management using the bulk storage. Furthermore, each time cash is distributed from the bulk storage or cash is collected into the bulk storage, the counting management section updates the contents of the storage storage management memory, so the number of coins by denomination stored in the storage storage management memory is updated. Based on this, appropriate management such as cash distribution can be continued.

(Example) configuration of the device) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

This device includes a customer service counter 3, an appraisal section 4, a deposit/withdrawal unit 18
, a bulk storage 11, a denomination-specific storage 8°9.10, a reject cassette 7, and other mechanisms.

The bulk storage 11 also includes a storage management memory 9 that stores the number of cash stored in the bulk storage 11 by denomination.
9 are integrated. Then, a counting management section 80a of a control section and a cash collection means 80 which are separately built in the device main body 50 are provided.
b. The main operations of the device are controlled by the cash dispensing means 80c.

<Automated teller machine> Before explaining the detailed configuration and operation of this machine, first, the structure of an automated teller machine using a cash depositing and dispensing machine will be explained.

FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automated teller machine.

FIG. 7(a) is a front view of this automatic teller machine 5.
1 is provided with a cash deposit/withdrawal device 50, a card reader/writer section 52, a passbook entry machine 53, and a customer operation section 54.

The cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 is a device that accepts banknotes deposited from a customer or performs a process of paying banknotes to the customer. The card reader/writer unit 52 is a device that performs processing such as identifying a cash card inserted by a customer and printing the results of deposit transactions, payment transactions, etc. on paper. Further, the passbook entry machine 53 is a device that performs identification of a passbook inserted by a customer and prints deposit transactions, payment transaction results, and the like. The customer operation unit 54 is a device that includes operation keys that the customer operates to input deposit amount, payment amount, PIN number, etc., and a display unit that displays illustrations and characters for input amount, operation guidance, etc. be.

Further, FIG. 7(b) is a rear view of the device, in which an internal operation section 55 is attached.

This internal operation unit 55 includes operation keys for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction when an attendant performs processing such as loading, replenishing and collecting banknotes, and displays data input using the operation keys, processing results, etc. It is composed of a display section, etc. that guides the operations of the staff.

In addition, the control unit 56 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 7(a) is
It consists of a processor and the like built into the automated teller machine 51 and provided to control the operations of each device.

In addition, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG. It can be separated from the main body and pulled out independently. Normally, the back panel of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 7 is opened to take out the money.

<Block Configuration of Device> FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

This device is controlled by the control section 56 (FIG. 7) using control signals and the like inputted to the cash depositing and dispensing device control section 80 via the host device control section interface 81.

The cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 is comprised of a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits that control the entire operation of the cash deposit/withdrawal device.

The cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80 is connected to I via a pass line.
10 interface circuit 82, bulk storage interface circuit 90, and read-only memory (ROM) 8
3 and a random access memory (RAM) 84 are connected.

The ROM 83 is a memory that stores a program for operating the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80. The RAM 84 is a memory that temporarily stores parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80.

The I10 interface circuit 82 includes a motor driver 8
5. Magnet driver 86, switch reading circuit 87
, a photosensor reading circuit 88, and a banknote discrimination control section 89 are connected thereto.

The motor driver 85 is connected to a motor group 91 of each part of the device and a motor group 96 provided in the bulk storage 11, and is a circuit that drives and controls various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 86 is a circuit that is connected to the magnet group 92 of each part of the device and turns each magnet on or off depending on the operation mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 reads the switch group 93 of each part of the device.
It is connected to the switch group 97 of the bulk storage 11, and there are switches for detecting whether the bulk storage 11, the denomination-specific storage 8, 9, 10, and the reject cassette 7 are installed, and the position of each stage. This is a circuit that reads the status.

The photosensor reading circuit 88 is connected to a photosensor group 94 of each part of the device and a photosensor group 98 provided in the bulk storage 11, and is connected to the photosensor group 94 of each part of the device and the photosensor group 98 provided in the bulk storage 11, the denomination-specific storage 8, 9, 10, or This is a circuit that reads information from a group of photosensors provided in the eject cassette 7 that monitors the stacking state of banknotes.

The banknote discrimination control section 89 is connected to a banknote discrimination sensor group 95. This banknote discrimination sensor group 95 consists of various sensors provided inside the discrimination section 4 shown in FIG.
This circuit is provided to discriminate and detect the authenticity, denomination, fitness, 9 front/back single running, skew, etc. of the banknote sent to the discrimination unit 4.

The bulk storage interface circuit 90 connects the bulk storage 11
The contents of the storage management memory 99 attached to the storage storage management memory 99 are read and transferred to the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80, or the contents of the storage storage management memory 99 are updated in response to instructions from the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80. This is a circuit that does this.

The storage management memory 99 is backed up by a battery or the like and is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like that is directly accessed by the cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 8o. In addition, this storage management memory 99 is also integrated with a control means such as a microcomputer, and is integrated with a collective storage interface circuit 9.
The configuration may be such that data is transmitted and received to and from the cash depositing/dispensing device control section 80 via the cash depositing/dispensing device control section 80.

The memory used for the storage management memory 99 is a semiconductor random access memory with battery backup.
In addition to memory, it may be an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) whose data is not erased even if power is not supplied, or a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic disk or magnetic tape. The storage management memory 99 individually stores the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in the collective storage 11.

In addition to this, in order to control various operations of the cash deposit/withdrawal control section 80, a counting management section 80a, cash collection means 80b, and cash distribution means 80c are provided. Each of these means connects the I10 interface circuit 8 according to a predetermined procedure.
2, it is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuits of each part of the apparatus and controlling the execution of operations to be described later.

The counting management section 80a performs control to count the banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 or distributed from the collective storage 11, and to update the storage management memory 99 each time. The cash collecting means 80b controls the operation of taking out and transporting cash stored in the denomination storage and collecting it in the bulk storage 11. When there is a shortage of banknotes in any storage by denomination, the cash distribution means 80c checks the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory 99, and distributes the necessary banknotes to each storage by denomination within that range. Controls the operation of distributing and replenishing banknotes.

<Customer Service Port> The configuration of each part of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be explained in order below.

First, a customer service port 3 is provided at the upper front of the main body 50 of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, through which customers can take in and take out banknotes.

FIG. 9 shows a sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service opening.

As shown in FIG. 9(a), the customer service opening 3 has a banknote guide 5.
7 and a banknote separation mechanism 49 that separates banknotes one by one, and as shown in FIGS. 9(b) and 9(c), the banknote guide 57 is rotated approximately around its center. It has a body structure.

The customer service port 3 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown),
Various sensors are installed to confirm the transition to each position.

The customer service port 3 having the above configuration operates as follows.

First, FIG. 9(a) shows a deposit position where a customer waits for a banknote to be inserted. In this case, the shutter 42
is opened, and the banknote guide 57 opens upward.

Further, FIG. 9(b) shows a separation position where the inserted banknotes are separated one by one. In this case, the shutter 42
is closed, and the banknotes inserted into the banknote guide 57 are separated one by one by the banknote separation mechanism 49 and transferred to the customer service opening 3.
It is sent out in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. Deposit processing is then executed for the banknotes.

FIG. 9(C) shows a receiving position when bills are received all at once from the bill sorting mechanism 5 to the bill guide 57 as a step before dispensing bills to a customer.

In the banknote sorting mechanism 5, banknotes to be dispensed are stacked with their front and back sides aligned. This is sent out to the right side of the figure and stored in the bill guide 57.

FIG. 9(d) shows a withdrawal position for dispensing banknotes stored in the banknote guide 57 to a customer. in this case,
The shutter 42 is opened and bills are handed out to the customer from the bill guide 57.

The setting and selection of each position and the operation of shifting to each position are controlled by a control unit of the cash depositing and dispensing device, which will be described later.

<Identification section and front/back arrangement mechanism> Returning to FIG.
is provided. The discrimination unit 4 is a device that discriminates and detects the authenticity of the fed banknotes, whether the banknotes are normal or not, whether one front or the other is correct, whether two or more banknotes overlap (travel), and whether the banknotes are skewed. This device also determines the denomination, etc.

Further, on the left side of the customer service opening 3, a front and back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided. This front and back arrangement mechanism 5 includes a switching blade 6
is provided. When the banknote determined to be the back side in the discrimination section 4 is fed into the front/back side arrangement mechanism 5, the switching blade 6 is driven by a magnet (not shown).
The running path is changed each time, and all the banknotes are stacked face up.

Bulk Storage> At the left corner of the device main body 50, a bulk storage 11 is arranged. This bulk storage 11 has a stage 7 on the top.
A bulk separation mechanism 23 is provided to separate the banknotes placed on the stage 70 one by one and take them out to the outside during the banknote dispensing operation. stage 70
The amount of banknotes stacked on top is detected by the near full detector 38d.
is detected by the full detector 37d and the end detector 39d.

Further, below the bulk storage 11, there is a bulk stacking section 30 into which banknotes are sent during the banknote collection operation, a partition plate 33 which stacks the fed banknotes, and a drive unit which stacks the banknotes on the partition plate 33. A lever 71 is arranged.

The end detector 39d is a detector for detecting that the absolute amount of banknotes stored in the bulk storage 11 has decreased.

Below the partition plate 33 is a bulk eject accumulation section 68 into which, among the bills distributed from the bulk storage 11, bills that are judged as non-dispensable by the discrimination section 4 are sent.
is provided. The amount of banknotes in the batch ejection unit 62 is detected by the full detector 40a.

In this bulk storage 11, the stage 70 moves to the lower side of the drive lever 71, the drive lever 71 opens left and right, the accumulated banknotes are placed on the stage 70, and the stage 70 rises again. An action is taken. This operation will be explained later using FIG. 17, but in order to detect various positions set during the operation of the stage 70 and the drive lever 71, various position sensors (not shown) are used. provided. Additionally, several drive motors are built in to operate the stage 70 and drive lever 71.

<Storage by denomination and deposit/withdrawal unit> At the lower part of the main body 50 of the apparatus, a storage by denomination 8°9.10 is arranged.

The denomination storage 8 is a storage for storing thousand yen bills. The denomination-specific storage 9 is a storage for storing ten thousand yen notes. Further, the denomination specific storage IO is also a storage for storing ten thousand yen notes.

A cash deposit/withdrawal unit 18 is arranged above these denomination storages 8, 9, and 10.

The deposit/withdrawal unit 18 includes a temporary holding section 24 for thousand yen notes,
Temporary storage section 25, 26 for 10,000 yen notes and accumulation section 27 for 1,000 yen notes
, a 10000 yen note accumulation section 28, 29, and a 1000 yen note separation mechanism 2
0 and ten thousand yen note separation mechanisms 21 and 22 are provided. In addition, gates 32, 31, and 57 are provided along the bill travel path 49 to separate denominations.

The above denomination cut is gate 32. ．． 31.57 is driven by a magnet or the like (not shown).

When the bill is conveyed to the running path 49 after being discriminated by the discrimination unit 4, the gate 32° 31.57 operates to separate the denomination, and for example, in the case of a 1,000 yen bill, the bill is transferred to the 1,000 yen bill stacking unit 27. sent. The 1,000 yen note accumulation unit 27 stores the 1,000 yen note in the temporary holding unit 2.
It accumulates in 4.

On the other hand, the 1,000 yen bills taken out from the denomination storage 8 are separated one by one by the 1,000 yen bill separating mechanism 21 and sent out onto the running path 49.

It should be noted that the same structure applies to ten thousand yen notes.

Further, the banknotes accumulated in the - hour storage section 24, 25.26 are pulled out all at once by the shutter 34, 35.36 driven by a motor (not shown), so that the banknotes are stored in the denomination storage 8, 9.10. Constructed to fall.

There are full detectors 3 in each denomination storage 8, 9 and 10.
7a, 37b, 37c and near full detectors 38a, 38
b, 38c and end detectors 39a, 39b, 39c are provided to manage the amount of banknotes in each storage.

<Reject cassettes, etc.> Also, between the deposit/withdrawal unit 18 and the bulk storage 11,
Gates 16 and 15 are arranged for the batch cut. When the banknotes that have been conveyed along the conveyance path 60 toward the gate 15 are stored in the bulk storage 11, the banknotes are guided toward the bulk stacking section 30 by the operation of the gate 15. Further, the banknotes sent into the respective denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are sent in batches through the gate 16 to the traveling path 49 of the deposit/withdrawal unit 18 described above.

In addition, rejected banknotes are separated in bulk at the gate 69.
Accordingly, they are sent to a bulk ejection section 62 provided in the bulk storage 11, provided at the left corner of the device main body 50, or sent to the ejection cassette 7.

The bulk ejection unit 62 provided in the bulk storage 11 is
It is provided to store the banknotes when the banknotes fed out from the bulk separation unit 23 of the bulk storage 11 are determined to be running or skewed in the discrimination unit 4. The reject cassette 7 is provided to store banknotes that have been determined to be impossible to withdraw or collect due to various reasons.

Also provided inside the reject cassette 7 are an accumulation section 66.84 and full detectors 40b and 40c. The reject section 67 stores banknotes left behind, and the reject section 68
accommodates other denomination banknotes. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back side of the device main body 50, and this door 41
By opening, the bulk storage 11 is pulled out. The structure is such that when the bulk storage 11 is pulled out, the denomination-specific storages 8, 9, and 10 can be further pulled out.

Note that the reject cassette 7 is arranged so that it can be removed separately without opening the door 41.

A common lock is attached to each of the bulk storage 11 and denomination-specific storage 8, 9, 10, and an audit key is used to open the door of each storage (not shown) to load and remove banknotes. be able to.

In each part of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a large number of motors and the like are mounted as power sources for separating, collecting and transporting banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

The operation of the above device will be explained in order based on the procedures of deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, replenishment loading process, and collection process.

<Deposit Transaction> FIG. 10 shows a sectional view of the cash deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention during a deposit transaction.

First, the customer presses a deposit/withdrawal key (not shown), and...
When a cash card is inserted into the card reader/writer section 52 shown in FIG. 7 or a passbook is inserted into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. 7, communication is performed between the automatic teller machine 51 and the center. . If the identity has been verified as a result of this communication, the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG. 7 transmits a command to the cash deposit/withdrawal machine 50 to start deposit processing.

In FIG. 10, when the cash deposit/withdrawal device main body 50 receives a command to start deposit processing, it switches its internal state to deposit mode and waits for the customer to set banknotes. In this case, the deposit position shown in FIG. 9(a) described above is selected for the customer service port 3. When it is detected that the customer has set banknotes, the shutter 42 of the customer service port 3 is closed.

The control unit 56 shown in FIG. 7 periodically transmits a sense command to the cash depositing and dispensing device 50. The cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 adds the information “There is a banknote set at the customer service entrance” to the sense command and sends a response message (response).
to be sent back.

Next, the control unit 56 transmits a deposit counting command to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 and instructs it to count the banknotes set in the customer service port 3 . Here, the customer service port 3 assumes the separation position shown in FIG. 9(b), and the customer service port separation mechanism 49 shown in FIG. 9(b) separates the bills one by one and takes them into the device. .

This banknote is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the routes indicated by the arrows ■, ■, ■. The discrimination section 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination, and running state detection on the conveyed banknotes, and sends them to the rear. If the identification unit 4 determines that the ticket is a counterfeit ticket or a ticket with abnormal delivery, it follows the route of the arrows ■ and ■.
The sheets are conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 and stacked one by one. Then, the customer service port 3 is placed at the receiving position shown in Figure 9(c).
is set, and the banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are fed into the customer service opening 3.

In this way, the deposited banknotes are rejected as shown in Figure 9(d).
It is returned to the customer after going through the withdrawal position shown in .

On the other hand, the banknotes determined by the discrimination section 4 to be good or unfit (banknotes not subject to circulation) are conveyed to the conveyance path 60 as indicated by the arrow (■) by operating the switching gate 43. Here, a genuine 1,000 yen note is shown in the deposit/withdrawal unit 1 as shown by the arrow ■.
The 1,000 yen note pieces are conveyed to the running path 49 of No. 8, and the 1,000 yen note pieces are sent into the 1,000 yen note stacking section 27 by operating the gate 57. In this way, the thousand yen bills are accumulated in the -hour storage section 24.

Similarly, the portions of genuine 10,000 yen notes are accumulated in the temporary storage section 25 via the accumulation section 28 by the operation of the gate 31.

Further, the same volume of Tenshi and the unfit bills are sent to the accumulation section 29 by operating the switching gate 32, and are accumulated in the time storage section 26.

Through the above-described operations, when the deposit counting process for the banknotes set by the customer at the customer service port 3 is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 performs the following operations.
A response indicating completion of deposit counting is sent back to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. Added to this response is data that displays the number of banknotes counted for each denomination, divided into recycled banknotes and non-recycled banknotes.

Upon receiving this data, the control section 56 calculates the amounts by denomination and the total amount, and displays them on the display of the customer operation section 54 shown in FIG. Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposited coins.

When the customer confirms the amount displayed on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7 and presses the confirmation button on the customer operation unit 54, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 receives the command and Temporary storage section 24.2 of denomination storage 8.9
The deposited banknotes that had been accumulated in 5 are removed from the shutter 3 of the -hour storage section.
By pulling out 4.35 at the same time, the denomination storage box 8
．． Store in 9.

Next, the same roll of eggs and unfit bills that were accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 of the denomination storage 10 are separated one by one by the separation/takeout mechanism 22, and transported in the direction of the arrow ■ from the conveyance path 49 to the discrimination section. 4
Then, by operating the switching blades 43 and 63, the money is sent to the deposit/withdrawal reject accumulation section 64 on the lower side of the reject cassette 7, and is accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal reject section 65.

This completes the deposit transaction processing.

<Withdrawal Transaction> FIG. 11 shows a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. A command to start the withdrawal process is sent to the device 50.

When the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 receives the command to start the withdrawal process, it switches its internal state to the withdrawal mode and waits for instructions on the denomination and number of banknotes to be dispensed.

For example, when a customer inputs an amount of m ten thousand yen notes and n thousand dome notes, first, the end detectors 39a and 39b of each denomination storage 8, 9, and 10.

39c determines whether or not each end is detected. If an end is detected in any one denomination storage, information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and a response is sent back. If the end is not detected, the machine operates the 10,000 yen note take-out/separation mechanism 21 in accordance with the instructions for counting the money, for example, to dispense m 10,000 yen notes. The fed banknotes are fed into the discrimination section 4 through the travel paths indicated by arrows ■, ■, ■. The discrimination section 4 discriminates whether the banknote is as specified or not, whether it is front or back, whether it is fit or not, and if it is as specified, operates the switching gate 43 and sends the banknote to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 along the arrows ``■'' and ``■''. In the discrimination section 4, the front and back sides of the banknotes are determined, and the switching gate 6 is operated based on the determination result, and the front and back of each banknote is aligned and stacked in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5.

Note that the banknotes that are identified as abnormally conveyed banknotes by the recognition unit 4 are as follows:
By activating the switching gates 43 and 63, the money is sent to the stacking section 64 of the reject cassette 7, following the routes indicated by the arrows ■ and ■, and is accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal reject section 65.

The previously instructed m ten thousand yen bills are taken out from the denomination storage 9 in which ten thousand yen bills are stored, and the front and back side arrangement mechanism 5
The above operation is repeated until the total number is accumulated.

When the accumulation of 1,000 yen notes is completed, next, n 1,000 yen notes are taken out from the denomination storage 8 that accommodates 1,000 yen notes.

As a result of the above operations, when m ten thousand yen notes and n thousand yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5, the customer service opening 3 is placed at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9(C). is set, the withdrawal banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are taken into the customer service opening 3, and the shutter 42 is opened by switching to the withdrawal position shown in FIG. 9(d), and the banknotes are given to the customer. and then close the shutter 42.

When the withdrawal of the designated number of coins from the control unit 56 is completed, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 returns a response indicating that the process has been completed to the control unit 56. At that time, data on the denomination type and number of denominations to be released is added. The control unit 56 receives this, counts it as the number of coins to be withdrawn, and stores it.

With this, the withdrawal transaction process is completed.

In addition, if the customer forgets to take the banknotes at customer service counter 3,
Re-separate the forgotten banknotes at the customer service opening 3, feed them one by one in the direction of the arrow ■ of the appraiser 4, operate the switching blades 43, 69 and 63, and then transfer them to the left-hand accumulator 66 of the ejection cassette 7. It is sent and accumulated in the forgotten section 67.

(Loading) FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional view of the dispensing operation, that is, the loading and replenishing operation, of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

First, a staff member attaches the bulk storage 11 to the device main body 50 before starting work. In this bulk storage, a predetermined amount of banknotes are collectively set from the source. The staff member is
After installing the bulk storage, the load key is pressed among the operation keys of the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG. The control unit 56 is
Upon receiving this input, a command is sent to the cash depositing/dispensing device 50 to instruct it to start a loading operation.

When receiving the command to start the loading operation, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 switches its internal state to loading mode. Then, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the bulk storage 11 does not detect the end.

This is to confirm that the banknotes to be loaded have been set in the bulk storage 11 in advance. If the end is detected, information indicating that the operation is disabled is added and a response is sent to the control unit 56. In that case, the loading operation is aborted. When it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the loading operation starts.

At this point, the stored contents of the storage management memory 99 provided in the bulk storage do not necessarily match the denomination and number of banknotes actually stored in the bulk cassette.

When the loading operation is started, in FIG. 8, the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80 controls the bulk storage 11 in FIG.
The drive motor of the batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 shown in the figure is operated. As a result, the banknotes set in the bulk storage 11 are fed out one by one from the top, and
.

It is sent to the discrimination section 4 along the routes of ■, ■, and ■.

The discrimination section 4 performs denomination discrimination, authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination, and running state check for each banknote that is sequentially fed in, and the conveyed banknote is further sent to the rear. If the result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is a genuine 1,000 yen note (a bill with no or only minor damage, and which can be used for withdrawal), the bill will be marked with the arrows ■, ■, Following the route (2), the 1,000 yen bill is sent to the 1,000 yen bill accumulating section 27 via the gate 57, via the travel path 49 of the deposit/withdrawal unit 18. In this way, the 1,000 yen bills are directly accumulated on the stage 45 of the 1,000 yen bill storage 8.

In this way, in the loading operation, the shutters 34, 35, 36 of each denomination storage 8, 9, 10 are opened in advance, and the stage 45846, 47 is set to receive the banknotes to be loaded. There is.

Further, if the result of the discrimination is that the bill is a genuine ten thousand yen bill, the ten thousand yen bill switching gate 31 or 32 is operated and the bill is sent to the ten thousand yen bill stacking section 28 or 29. and,
It is integrated directly onto the stage 46,47.

The above operations are for each denomination storage box 8, 9.10.
This process is repeated until a preset appropriate number of sheets is loaded.

During this operation, if the number of sheets accumulated on any of the stages 45, 46, 47 reaches a holding tolerance, for example 100 sheets, the operation of the bulk takeout and separation mechanism 23 of the bulk storage 11 is interrupted. Then, stage 45 when the hold tolerance value has been reached.
．． 46 or 47 is lowered by a thickness equivalent to the holding tolerance by a motor (not shown). When the stage is lowered, the batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 is operated again to repeat the loading operation.

For example, when 10,000 yen bills are first loaded in the denomination storage 9, a predetermined appropriate number of 10,000 yen bills will remain in the denomination storage 9 until the full detection device 37b fully detects them. Loading continues until it is stowed.

Similarly, when storing 1,000 yen notes in the denomination storage 8,
Loading continues until the appropriate number of sheets is reached.

This appropriate number is set, for example, to an appropriate number that leaves a space for storing banknotes to be deposited in a deposit transaction after loading banknotes. This may be uniformly determined empirically, or may be arbitrarily set depending on the installation environment of the automated teller machine and the specificity of the transaction day, such as when the transaction day falls at the end of the month.

The settings may be made, for example, by input by a staff member from the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG.

By the way, even if the loading of banknotes up to the predetermined appropriate number of bills into the denomination storage 8.9 is completed, if the denomination still remains in the bulk storage 11, the switching gate 15
．． 16 is activated to collect the conveyed banknotes into the stacking section 30 of the bulk storage 11 through the route indicated by the arrow (■).

This operation continues until the banknotes on the stage 70 of the bulk storage 11 run out, while appraising the banknotes on the stage 70 of the bulk storage 11 through the route of ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■. When the banknotes run out, the batch takeout and separation mechanism 23 and the conveyance operation of each travel path are stopped.

When the discriminating unit 4 determines that the bill is an unfit bill or a denomination for which a denomination-specific storage is not provided, for example, in this embodiment, it is a tenshi same volume, etc., the switching gates 15, 16, and 69 are activated. Then, the ejects are sent all at once to the eject accumulating section 68 through the route indicated by the arrow ■. Then, the unfit notes and the like are collectively accumulated in the ejection section 62.

When the above series of operations is completed, stages 45, 46.
The banknotes 47 are lowered all at once, and the banknotes accumulated on these stages are stored in the denomination storage 8°9.10, and the loading operation is completed. When the operation is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 5
0 returns a device end response to the control unit 56. At this time, data on the number of sheets for each denomination loaded in each denomination storage section 8, 9, 10 is transmitted.

Furthermore, the counting management unit 80a stores storage boxes 8.9.1 for each denomination.
While the scheduled number of banknotes is being loaded into the banknote 0, the data on the number of banknotes for each denomination of banknotes collected in the bulk storage 11 is counted again. and,
The data is stored in the storage management memory 99 via the bulk storage interface circuit 90 shown in FIG. As a result, accurate number data for each denomination stored in the batch cassette 11 is stored in the storage management memory 99 at the end of loading.

<Storage Management Memory> The data format of the storage management memory 99 is shown in FIGS. 14 to 16.

As shown in FIG. 14, for example, the storage management memory 99
It is assumed that 4 words of data can be stored in . Here, data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is stored in addresses m and m+1. Also, addresses m+2 and m+3
stores data on the number of 1,000 yen notes.

As shown in Figure 15, each piece count data is 1 word 8.
Since it has a bit structure, the maximum binary number is 21a.
-1, that is, the number of sheets up to 65.535 sheets can be expressed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of actually stored data, that is, data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is stored at address m as "010001".
01'', and the numerical value 11011100'' is stored at address m+1. In other words, this is converted into a decimal number: 1
．． 500 sheets are displayed.

On the other hand, the data on the number of 1,000 yen notes is 100 at address m+2.
000 old'' and the value 11110100'' is stored at address m+3. This is 500 in decimal
It shows that it is a sheet.

That is, if the data stored in the storage management memory 99 after the loading operation is of the content shown in FIG.
The total number of banknotes collected again in the bulk storage 11 is 1,500 1,500 yen notes and 500 1,000 yen notes.

<Operation of bulk storage> During the above loading operation, the bulk storage operates as follows.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the bulk storage.

From bulk storage 11 to each denomination storage 8.910 (first
17(a) at the start of the operation of loading banknotes into
), the banknotes on the stage 70 are taken out and sent out by the batch takeout and separation mechanism 23.

On the other hand, banknotes collected without being stored in the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are sent to the bulk stacking section 30 and stacked on the bulk partition plate 33. Here, when the number of banknotes reaches a stacking tolerance, for example 100 sheets, the operation of the bulk takeout/separation mechanism 23 is temporarily stopped.

The drive lever 71 is set in advance to the position 71■ in FIG. 17(b), and when it receives an instruction that the accumulation tolerance has been reached, it rotates to the position 71■ in the figure, and all at once. The banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 33 are clamped. Then, a motor (not shown) is driven, and 71 in the figure is
Lift the drive lever 71 from the position ■ to the position 71■. Next, the previously stopped batch takeout/separation mechanism 23 is operated to continue stacking banknotes on the batch partition plate 33 again up to the stacking tolerance.

When the accumulation tolerance is reached again, the bulk take-out separation mechanism 23 is stopped and the drive lever 71 is moved from the 71■ position to 7.
The banknotes are rotated to the position 1 and the banknotes lifted by the drive lever 71 are dropped onto the banknotes accumulated on the bulk partition plate 33. Then, by the motor (not shown) again,
Lower the drive lever 71 in position 71■,
Move to position 71■. Then again 71
Rotate the drive lever 71 to the position ■,
Lift the bill to the 71■ position.

The end detector 39d detects this kind of operation on the stage 70.
Repeat until it detects that the banknote on top is gone. When the end is detected, the operation of the batch extraction separation mechanism 23 is stopped, and the drive lever 71 is moved by a motor (not shown).
Lift the banknote to position ■.

On the other hand, the stage 70 is moved by a motor (not shown).
It is rotated from the o■ position to the 70■ position, and further lowered to the 70■ position. And 7
It is rotationally driven to the 0■ position and placed below the drive lever 71■. Thereafter, the drive lever is rotated to the position 71■, and the bill that was previously clamped and lifted is placed on the stage 70■. Thereafter, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown), and the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown).
It rises to the position of 0■.

Through the above operations, the collected banknotes can be distributed from the bulk storage 11 again.

<Updating the storage management memory> In the above distribution operation, all banknotes are sent out from the bulk storage, all the banknotes that could not be distributed are collected in the bulk storage, and the number of banknotes by denomination is updated. It was stored as is in the storage management memory. However, even in cases other than distribution operations, if the contents of the storage management memory 99 are determined to be abnormal, the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80
(FIG. 8) detects this and automatically updates the contents of the storage management memory 99.

In such a case, for example, if the bulk storage 11 is attached to a cash deposit/withdrawal device and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are questionable, the power has just been turned on to the cash deposit/withdrawal device, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are doubtful. If the contents of 99 are not reliable, even though the bulk storage end detector 39d has not detected the end, the storage management memory 99
If the sum of the number of coins data by denomination is 0" or if the number data exceeding the number of coins that can be stored in the bulk storage is stored in the storage management memory 99, a parity error will occur in the access address of the storage management memory 99. There are cases where a condition like this is detected.

In the above case, in the same manner as the distribution operation, the banknotes are sent out from the bulk storage, conveyed, discriminated, counted for each denomination, and then circulated again to the bulk storage for collection. Then, the data on the number of coins by denomination obtained by counting is stored in the storage management memory, and the process is terminated.

Replenishment Operation> Since the replenishment operation is similar to the loading operation in the drawing, the replenishment operation will be explained using FIG. 12 again.

When the clerk presses the replenishment key using the operation keys of the internal operation section 55 (FIG. 7), the control section 56 (FIG. 7) receives this input and sends an instruction to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 (FIG. 7). Sends a command to start replenishment operation. When the cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command to start replenishment operation from the control section 56 (FIG. 7), it sets the operation mode to the replenishment mode. The replenishment mode includes a forced replenishment mode in which you are instructed in advance to replenish a specified number of coins for a specified denomination, and a forced replenishment mode in which you are instructed in advance to replenish a specified number of coins for a specified denomination, and a denomination-specific storage 8,
There is an automatic replenishment mode that is automatically executed when it is detected that the remaining amount of any of the banknotes in 9.10 becomes less than or equal to a predetermined number.

Before starting the replenishment operation, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the bulk storage 11 has not detected an end, that is, that banknotes have been set in advance. Furthermore, by referring to the data stored in the storage management memory 99, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes to be replenished are stored in the bulk storage 11.

In the forced replenishment mode, if the end is detected, a response with information indicating that it is not in an operable state is sent back to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). In this case, since the contents of the storage management memory 99 may not be reliable, clear all the numbers of coins by denomination in the storage management memory 99,
Cancel processing. Of course, similar processing is performed even in automatic replenishment mode.

On the other hand, the end is not detected, and the storage management memory 99
If it is determined that replenishment can be performed within the range of the number of coins for each denomination stored in , the replenishment operation is started. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the batch takeout/separation mechanism 23 at the top of the bulk storage 11 is activated to feed out the banknotes set in the bulk storage 11 one by one from the top.

This bill passes through the routes indicated by the arrows ■, ■, ■, ■ and is sent to the discrimination section 4.

The discrimination section 4 sequentially discriminates the denomination, authenticity, fitness, and running condition of the incoming banknotes. For example, if the banknote to be refilled is one denomination of either a 10,000 yen note or a 1,000 yen note, the banknote determined to be other than the genuine banknote to be refilled as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is , ■,
Following the route (2), the gates 15 and 16 are operated, and the cut portions are sent to the accumulation section 3o of the bulk storage 11.

As explained earlier in the example of loading, the bulk storage 11
It is collected again into the bulk storage by the internal operation of.

- In this case, it goes without saying that the contents of the storage management memory 99 are managed by the counting management section 80a so that they do not change.

For banknotes determined to be rejected banknotes, the switching gates 15, 16 and 69 are operated, and the banknotes follow the route (2) and are sent to the stacking section 68. These banknotes are collectively stacked in the ejection section 62.

Now, if a genuine bill of the banknote to be replenished is delivered,
As explained in the section on loading, if it is a thousand yen note, the gate 57 is activated to send the thousand yen note to the thousand yen note stacking section 27, where it is directly stacked on the thousand yen note stage 45. If it is a 10,000 yen note, the 10,000 yen note is sent to the 10,000 yen note accumulation section 28 or 29 by operating the gate 31 or 32. Then, they are directly accumulated on the ten thousand yen bill stage 46 or 47.

The above operations will continue until the target number is replenished, but
During the process, if the number of stacked cassettes on either stage 45, 46, or 47 reaches the holding tolerance value, for example 100 sheets, the operation of the batch extraction separation mechanism 23 is interrupted and the stage of the cassette that has reached the holding tolerance value is removed. , a motor (not shown) lowers the amount by an amount equivalent to the holding allowance, and again activates the batch extraction/separation mechanism 23 to repeat the replenishment operation.

Even if the replenishment number reaches the target value or is before the target value, if all the banknotes to be replenished in the collective storage 11 are replenished by referring to the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory 99, the replenishment is performed at once. The take-out separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last bill arrives at stage 45, 46, 47, the conveyance operation is stopped. Of the stages 45, 46, 47, the stage that has performed the replenishment operation is lowered, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in either of the corresponding denomination storages 8, 9, 10, and the replenishment operation is completed. .

When the replenishment operation is completed, the number of sheets to be replenished is counted, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are updated based on the result. In this case, the number obtained by subtracting the counting results of all the denominations retrieved into the bulk storage 11 from the counting results of all the denominations taken out from the bulk storage 11 is calculated from the original data in the storage management memory 99. Subtracted.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the storage management memory before and after the replenishment operation.

For example, assume that the banknote storage state in the bulk storage 11 and the contents of the storage management memory 99 before the replenishment operation are as shown in FIG. 18(a). In other words, before the replenishment operation, 1 million yen note
．． 500 pieces, and 500 pieces of 1,000 yen notes. here,
When 300 1,000 yen bills and 300,000 yen bills are replenished into each denomination storage, after the replenishment operation, there will be 1,200 1,200 yen bills and 200 1,000 yen bills as shown in Figure (b). Become.

Collection Operation> FIG. 13 shows a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during the collection operation.

When the staff member presses the internal operation section 55 (operation key in FIG. 7) and presses the collection key, the control section 56 (see FIG. 7) is pressed.
In response to this input, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 (Fig. 7)
A command instructing the start of collection operation is sent to.

When the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command to start collection operation from the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), it determines whether this is a forced collection or an automatic collection. All banknotes are unconditionally collected from the denomination storages 8, 9, 10 to the collective storage 11. Further, automatic collection is executed when the number of banknotes stored in any of the denomination storages 8, 9, 10 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, the operation mode is set to collection mode, and it is confirmed that the near-full detector 38d of the bulk storage 11 does not detect a near-full.

Furthermore, by referring to the storage contents of the storage management memory 99, it is confirmed that there is still space that can be collected in the bulk storage 11 and the number of sheets that can actually be collected. Here, if it is detected that there is no recoverable space left in the bulk storage 11 in the forced recovery mode, a response including status information indicating that the operation is disabled is sent to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), and the Processing is aborted. The same applies to automatic collection.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that there is a recoverable space remaining in the bulk storage 11, the recovery operation is started.

First, when collecting banknotes from the denomination storage 10 that stores 10,000 yen bills, the 10,000 yen bill removal and separation mechanism 22 is activated to remove the banknotes stored in the 10,000 yen bill storage 10 from above. Pay out one by one in order, ■.

It is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the routes ① and ②. Identification part 4
Then, the incoming banknotes are sequentially checked for authenticity and running status, and then sent to the rear.

As a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4, if two or more overlapping (penetration), skewed, etc. bills are detected, the bills pass through the route of ■, ■, operate the switching gate 16.15, and are transferred to the route of ■, ■. is fed into the reject cassette 7.

As a result of the verification, normal banknotes are placed in the bulk stacking section 3 while being counted.
sent to 0. The banknotes fed into the batch stacking section 30 are stacked one after another on the batch partition plate 33. This operation is repeated until the target number of bills to be collected is reached or until there are no more bills set in the denomination storage 10 that stores ten thousand yen bills.

If the number of bills stacked on the bulk partition plate 33 reaches the stacking tolerance value, for example 100 bills, the operation of the ten thousand yen bill takeout/separation mechanism 22 is interrupted and the batch storage is performed as described earlier in the replenishment operation. Operations in the warehouse 11 are performed. The collection operations for the other denomination storages 9.8 are similar.

In addition, during the collection operation, the full detector 3 of the bulk storage 11
7d performs full detection, the collection operation is interrupted and the information is sent back to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). The control unit 56 is
This is displayed on a display section (not shown).

The clerk sees the display indicating that the batch cassette is full and discharges the banknotes stored in the batch cassette 11. In this case, the staff member will
Open the door 41 on the rear of the , pull out the bulk storage 11,
Use the audit key to open the door and take out all the banknotes. Thereafter, the bulk storage 11 is set, the door 41 is closed, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are all cleared to "O" by the reverse operation, and then the collection operation is restarted.

After that, when the end detectors 39c, 39b, 38a of all denomination storages 8, 9.10 detect the end, each takeout mechanism 20, 21.22 stops, and the last bill arrives at the bulk storage 11. After that, the transport operation stops.

After completing the above processing, the cash depositing and dispensing device controls the control unit 56 (
7), a response indicating completion of collection is sent back, and the counted number of coins collected for each denomination is added to the response. Upon receiving this, the control unit 56 counts and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collection operation is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) records the number of collected coins for each denomination collected from each denomination storage 8.9.10 and the storage storage management memory 9.
The contents of the storage management memory 99 are updated by adding the number of coins stored in storage storage management memory 99 for each denomination.

(Effects of the Invention) The apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention described above has the following advantages.

(1) Banknotes of two or more denominations used in the device are stored in the bulk storage, and after the cash withdrawal device is installed, they are distributed to the denomination-specific storage and collected as needed. So,
Banknotes can be managed by simply attaching and detaching the bulk storage.

(2) The bulk storage has a structure in which banknotes can be circulated by separately providing a collection port and a withdrawal port, and deposited banknotes are sequentially stored and reused for withdrawal, etc.

Therefore, banknotes can be used efficiently. Moreover, even if the mechanism is small and simple, there will be no excess or shortage of banknotes.

(3) A storage management memory is integrally provided in the bulk storage, and the number of banknotes for each denomination is stored here. Therefore, the cash deposit/withdrawal device can operate smoothly and reliably when distributing cash or collecting cash.

(4) When a shortage of remaining banknotes in the denomination storage is detected, the device refers to the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory and automatically replenishes the banknotes from the bulk storage at any time within that range. can be done.

Therefore, it was possible to maintain an appropriate number of banknotes stored in each denomination storage. In addition, maintenance management by staff becomes easier.

(5) When the number of coins stored in one of the denomination storages becomes too large due to deposit transactions, etc., a collection operation can be automatically performed. In this case, the contents of the storage management memory are updated according to the number of collected sheets, so unless the bulk storage is full, no operation by the staff is required, resulting in an extremely high labor-saving effect.

(6) Similar operations can be performed using not only banknotes but also coins and the like.

(7) In addition, when operating multiple cash deposit and withdrawal devices,
By referring to the storage management memory of the bulk storage installed in each device, the bulk storage can be exchanged as needed to achieve appropriate flexibility. Therefore, efficient management of funds becomes possible with simple tasks.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 6 are sectional views of the conventional cash depositing and dispensing device in various operating states, and FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automatic teller machine. Fig. 8 is a block diagram of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, Fig. 9 is a sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service counter, Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a deposit transaction, and Fig. 11 is 12 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction; FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during loading (replenishment) operation; FIG. 13 is a collecting operation of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention. Time sectional view, Figures 14 to 1
6 to 6 are explanatory diagrams of the data format of the storage management memory of the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating the collective storage operation.
FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the storage management memory of the device before and after the replenishment operation. 8.9.10... Storage by denomination, 7... Reject cassette, 11... Bulk storage,
50... Device main body, 80a... Counting management section, 80b
...Cash collection means, 80c...Cash distribution means, 99
...Storage management memory. Patent Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Front view (a) Back dO view Overall view of cash 00 transaction device Figure 7 Between blocks of the cash deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention Figure 8 Data format of storage management memory No. 14
Figure 16 Data format of storage management memory
Figure Contents of storage storage management memory Figure 18 (a) (b) Explanation diagram of bulk storage operation Figure 17

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A bulk storage that stores multiple denominations of cash in bulk and is removable from the main body of the device; a storage management memory that stores the number of coins of each type; and a storage management memory that is provided in the device main body and distributes the cash to each denomination storage of the device main body at any time within the range of the number of coins of each denomination stored in the storage management memory. a cash distribution means for replenishing cash; a cash collection means for collecting the cash from the respective denomination storages into the bulk storage at any time; A cash depositing and dispensing device comprising: a counting management means for counting the number of distributed cash and the number of collected cash when cash is collected, and updating the contents of the storage management memory.