JPH0334093A - Automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate control by releasing the locking mechanism of a required part corresponding to a detected state when the state such as the occurrence of a fault or the shortage/fullness, etc., of cash, etc., is detected by a detecting means, and releasing surely only the limited required part. CONSTITUTION:A bank note unit and a bank note cassette, etc., are built-in in addition to a coin cassette 25, a coin unit 26, and a slip unit 27, and each required part including these built-in parts is provided with a locking mechanism 12 to 16 consisting of an electromagnetic lock and the detecting means 28 to detect the state such as the occurrence of the fault of each required part or the shortage/fullness of the cash, etc. When the occurrence of the fault, etc., is detected by this detecting means 28, the locking mechanism of the required part corresponding to that detecting means 28 is released, and surely only the limited required part is released. Thus, the control of a security key, etc., becomes unnecessary, and the simple controlability can be attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an automatic transaction device such as an automatic teller machine (ATV).

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic transaction devices such as ATMs have become widespread in financial institutions and the like, and are now in operation on holidays and after business hours. With this widespread use, automatic transaction devices such as ATMs,
Due to the sophistication of its functions, the device structure has become more complex, and the keys to manage and protect it are, for example, front door keys, rear door keys, protection shafts for currency units or cassettes, protection shafts for slip handling units, etc., and for ease of operation. The number of keys for key switches, etc. is steadily increasing. In particular, because ATVs and the like have built-in cash, etc., it is necessary to perform non-cash operations such as day-to-day cash-related failure recovery, exchange of cash cassettes, or exchange of slips, etc. for - ATMs. There are multiple staff members responsible for disaster recovery, etc., and each of these staff members is permitted to access only limited areas according to their duties. This restriction of the parts that can be accessed by each staff member is handled by entrusting each staff member with a key to the part they are in charge of.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) In the past, various types of protection shafts were stored in a distributed manner by each staff member according to their job, and some staff members were required to store multiple protection shafts, which made it difficult to manage keys. It was very troublesome. Furthermore, depending on the storage status of the protection line, there is a possibility that a limited area may become accessible by someone other than the person in charge of the area. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction device that is easy to manage and can reliably open only a limited number of required parts when necessary.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an automatic transaction device that stores cash or the like and executes automatic transactions with users. a locking mechanism for locking a plurality of required parts including built-in parts thereof from the outside, a detection means for detecting a failure of each of the required parts or a situation such as a shortage/fullness of the cash, etc.; The present invention further comprises a control section for opening a locking mechanism of a required section to which a detection signal is output from the detection means among the respective locking mechanisms in the section.

(Function) For example, when the detection means detects a failure such as jammed banknotes or a situation such as shortage/fullness of cash, etc., the corresponding locking mechanism of the required part is released to ensure that the required part is restricted. only will be released. Therefore, it is impossible for each staff member to access any part other than the required part according to his/her own duties, and there is no need to manage the protection line, resulting in easy management.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 5. This embodiment is applied to ATM.

First, to explain the configuration of an ATM as an automatic transaction device, as shown in FIGS. There are 4 vote slots in place. A double-opening rear door 5 is attached to the rear surface, and a rear door electromagnetic lock 6 is provided at the center of the rear door 5. The rear door electromagnetic lock 6 is automatically locked when the rear door 5 is closed, and is unlocked by the force of an electromagnet in response to an electric signal from the control section when the rear door 5 is opened.

On one side of the rear door 5, there is a main body monitor 7 for the staff to operate the ATV and check the status, a card reader 8 as an input means for manually inputting information for opening the rear door electromagnetic lock 6, etc., and a numeric keypad. 9 is provided. Further, on the other side, a coin cassette protection H11 consisting of a small door is provided.

The coin cassette protection door 11 is also provided with a coin cassette protection electromagnetic lock 12 serving as a locking mechanism. When the coin cassette protection electromagnetic lock 12 is unlocked and the coin cassette protection door 11 is opened, the coin cassette 25 shown in FIG. 4 can be attached or removed. In FIG. 4, 26 is a coin unit, and 27 is a slip unit, and each of these cassettes and units is equipped with a detection means for detecting the occurrence of a failure or a situation such as shortage/fullness of cash, etc.

To explain this detection means, taking as an example the one installed in the coin cassette 25, the detection means is composed of an optical detection means 28, which optically detects the height of the inserted amount of coins and keeps the height constant. When the height is below, a coin shortage signal is output, and when it is above a certain height, a full coin detection signal is output.

The ATM of this embodiment has a built-in banknote unit, banknote cassette, etc. in addition to the above-mentioned coin cassette 25, coin unit 26, and slip unit 27, and electromagnetic locks are provided for each required part including these built-in parts. A locking mechanism and a detection means are provided.

FIG. 2 shows a control system for these lock mechanisms, in which the card reader 8, numeric keypad 9, and detection means 28 are connected to a control section 10, and the above-mentioned rear door electromagnetic lock 6 and coin cassette are connected to the control section 10. Protection electromagnetic lock 12, bill unit drawer electromagnetic lock 13, slip unit drawer electromagnetic lock 14, coin unit drawer electromagnetic lock 15
, various locking mechanisms of the banknote cassette protection electromagnetic lock 16 are connected.

The detailed structure of the locking mechanism will be explained using FIG. 3, taking the coin unit drawer electromagnetic lock 15 as an example.
A lock fitting 18 is rotatably attached to an Idl 17 attached to the main body side, and a hook-shaped projection at the tip thereof is latched to a coin unit 26 by the force of a coil spring 19, and the coin unit 26 is moved in the direction of the arrow. It is designed to prevent the drawer from being pulled out. At the other end of the lock fitting 18,
An electromagnetic solenoid 22 is attached via a link 21. When a current flows through the electromagnetic solenoid 22 in response to a flilJ control signal from the control unit 10, the lock is released, and the coin unit 16 can be guided by the rail 23 and pulled out. Other locking mechanisms also have almost the same structure.

FIG. 5 shows an example of control logic for the ATV configured as described above, in which the control unit 10
Corresponding error codes are generated in each case, and lock mechanisms to be opened in response to these error codes are defined programmatically.

In addition, for the rear door electromagnetic lock 6, regardless of the occurrence of an error code, when the card 20 is inserted into the card reader 8, the recorded contents are read, and the numerical information entered from the numeric keypad 9 and the control section are read. The password will be unlocked when the password matches the password recorded in advance.

FIG. 4 (A) shows that when a situation such as a lack of coins or full coins occurs in the coin cassette 25, the coin cut protection electromagnetic lock 12 is unlocked and the coin cassette protection door 11 is opened according to the above logic. The case is shown below. At this time, operations such as attachment or detachment can be selectively performed only on the coin cassette 25, and operations on other parts cannot be performed.

On the other hand, FIG. 14(B) shows a case where a failure such as a unit jam occurs in the coin unit 26, the coin unit drawer electromagnetic lock 15 is unlocked, and the coin unit 26 is pulled out along the rail 23. . At this time,
Since the coin cassette protection door 11 remains locked, it cannot be operated, and only trouble recovery work such as removing coins stuck inside the coin unit 26 is possible.

Note that if the control system becomes inoperable for some reason or there is a power outage, the locking mechanism will not be able to be opened, but this can be countered by installing a separate mechanical emergency key. Is possible.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a locking mechanism that locks each of a plurality of required parts including the built-in part of cash, etc. from the outside, and a locking mechanism that locks each of the required parts including the built-in part of cash, etc. Since it is equipped with a detection means that detects situations such as insufficient/full, and @legs that open the locking mechanism of the required part where a detection signal is generated from this detection means, when the occurrence of a failure etc. is detected by the detection means. , the lock mechanism of the required part corresponding to the detection means is released, and only the required part which is reliably limited is opened. Therefore, it is impossible for each person in charge of the device to open any part other than the required part corresponding to his or her own job, and there is no need to manage the protection shaft, etc., so that easy management is realized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the automatic transaction device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is an external view, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control system of each lock mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a lock diagram. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an enlarged example of the mechanism, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing the internal structure of the device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the control logic of each lock mechanism. 12.13.14.15.16: Coin cassette protection electromagnetic lock as a locking mechanism, banknote unit drawer electromagnetic lock, slip unit drawer electromagnetic lock, coin unit drawer electromagnetic lock and banknote cassette protection electromagnetic lock,
10: Control unit, 25: Coin cassette, 26: Coin unit, 27: Slip unit, 28: Detection means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In an automatic transaction device that contains cash, etc. and executes automatic transactions with a user, a locking mechanism that locks a plurality of required parts, including a built-in part for the cash, etc., from the outside, respectively. and a detection means for detecting the occurrence of a failure in each of the required parts or a situation such as a shortage/fullness of the cash, etc., and a required part to which a detection signal is output from the detection means among the lock mechanisms in the plurality of required parts. An automatic transaction device comprising: a control section for opening a locking mechanism of the automatic transaction device.