JPH0375895A - Automated teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and quickly restore a fault by discontinuing a distribution and supplement operation, and collecting once all cash on a conveying path to a receiving box in a lump, and performing the distribution and supplement operation again when a conveyance fault having occurred during the distribution and supplement operation of the cash is of a kind capable of being restored automatically. CONSTITUTION:A conveyance fault recognizing means 100 recognizes the kind of the conveyance fault having occurred during the distribution and supplement operation of the cash. Then, the operation of a device is stopped when the fault needs the manual work of a clerk for restoration like the jamming of a bank note, etc., but on the other hand, in the case where such the fault that the conveyance itself of the bank note is possible whereas the number of sheets of the bank notes can not be controlled because of overlapping conveyance, etc., occurs, the distribution and supplement operation is discontinued once, and the cash on the conveying path is automatically collected in a lump to the receiving box 11. Then, the distribution and supplement operation is re-started again by a cash distributing means 80c. Thus, the considerable part of the conveyance fault having been restored by the manual work in the past can be automatically and quickly restored.

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 cash handling operations with customers, such as counter operations and automatic withdrawal 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.
A number of cash deposit and withdrawal devices that recycle money to be used during withdrawal transactions have been announced.

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 the money is sequentially collected from each denomination storage into the bulk storage, the storage to be taken out from the deposit/withdrawal device will be divided into the bulk storage and the reject storage which stores the rejected coins. This is intended to improve the convenience of the operator (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 61289488).

Additionally, a memory is provided to store the number of coins counted by the deposit/withdrawal device during the loading and collecting operations, 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 Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be explained with reference to FIG.

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. It consists of an intermediate unit 1.1+ and a lower unit 1-112.

The upper unit 1110 has a bill slot 113 on the front side.
, 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 one by one that have been inserted all at once.
Seen from 13, behind it are the authenticity of the bills that are sent in one by one, the fitness and loss of 9 fronts and backs, and the overlap of 2 or more (junior running).
A discrimination section 116 provided for discriminating and detecting skew and the like is disposed. Furthermore, at the rear thereof, a front and back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided, and in the case of a bill that is determined to be the back side according to the discrimination result of the discrimination section 116, the separation is activated by driving the gate 122 with a magnet (not shown).
It is configured so that the running path is changed and the paper is sent to the front and back alignment section 117 so as to be aligned on the front surface.

The traveling path 119 is a conveying path provided to deliver the banknotes guided and conveyed to be taken into the device by the cutting gate 123 to the intermediate units 1 to 111.
is the lower unit 1112. The banknotes conveyed by the running path of the intermediate unit Ill are transferred to the discriminating unit 116.
This is the conveyance path for feeding the materials. Also, the cut is gate 1
23 is actuated by driving a magnet (not shown), the banknotes that have passed through the discrimination section 116 and are conveyed are fed into the running path 120, and the running path 120 sends the banknotes to the discharge stack located on the back side of the second side of the discharge port. It is transported to the section 121. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge and accumulation section 121 are discharged through the discharge port 11.
4, and the teller can take out the banknotes all at once.

The intermediate unit 1-111 is mainly a temporary storage section for each denomination and fitness side, and is a storage section 1.24 for the accepted banknotes. ．． 125.1
26127 and denomination, fitness and loss - time reservation section 1.28, 12
9130131 and denomination cut Gzugame 1~136.1
37, 138, 139, the withdrawal reject banknote drop-in section 140, and the upper unit 11 from the lower units 1 to 112.
It consists of a running path to 0+41.

At the time of deposit, the banknotes conveyed from the running path 119 of the upper unit 110 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 operates and sends it to the 5,000 yen bill collection section +27. 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 the banknotes determined to be unfit or banknotes not eligible for recycling (for example, 500 yen notes) as a result of the classification by the classification unit +16, and the banknotes that are determined to be unfit or banknotes that are not subject to recycling (for example, 500 yen banknotes), are to be collectively collected from the denomination storages described below to the pongee storage. At this time, none of the gates 137138 and 139 are activated for the denomination separation, and the gate 136 is activated for the lump sum/individual money separation and sent to the lump sum/deposit accumulation section 124, and the lump/deposit accumulation section 124 is A lump sum of the banknotes/Personal money-time reservation section 1
28 in sequence.

The withdrawal reject banknote amount inserting unit 140 performs a rejieku operation (described later) when a banknote taken out from a storage by denomination (described later) in a withdrawal transaction or passed through the discrimination unit 116 is determined to be an unsuitable banknote for withdrawal. This is a conveyance unit for feeding banknotes into the banknote storage. -Hour holding section shutter 1.32.133.1
．． 34 and 135 are connected to one magnet (not shown), and by driving this magnet, the parts connected to the side surfaces of the holding parts 128, 129, 130, 131 are rotated at the same time. The center part rotates downward. With this operation, the time reservation unit 128.129.130
．． The banknotes accumulated in the banknotes 131 are dropped and stored in each storage compartment of the lower unit 1112.

In addition, when the deposited banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 128.129.130.131 after counting the deposits in a deposit transaction, if the teller or cancel operation is performed, the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked and the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked. By pulling 111 forward, the temporary storage section 128° 129, 130
．． The banknotes accumulated in 131 can be taken out. 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, a denomination-specific storage 144, 145, 146, and a removal/separation mechanism 147, 148, 149, 150 for taking out bills one by one from the select banknote storage 142 and storage. It consists of a running path 151 for transporting banknotes.

The 5,000 yen bill storage 146 is the 5,000 yen bill-time storage section! 31
This is a storage for 5,000 yen bills, which has a function of accepting and stacking banknotes from a bank and a function of feeding out banknotes one by one using a separation mechanism 150.

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, 148
is a separation mechanism for 10,000 yen notes, +43 is a repository for bulk/non-refundable banknotes, and 147 is a separation mechanism for bulk banknotes.

The reject banknote storage 142 detects skewed running or overlapping of two or more (double running) among the banknotes fed out from the denomination storage 144, 145, 146 in a withdrawal transaction based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116. This is a storage for storing banknotes determined to be non-withdrawable.

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 denomination storage 144145
, 146 include banknote full detectors 154a, 154b, 154c, 154d as optical sensors, respectively.
and near full detectors 155a, 155b, 155c
, +55d and nearen j detector +56a, 15
6b, 156c, 156d and end detector 157
a, 157b, 157c, and 157d are attached, and serve as 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. The intermediate unit tilN is equipped with independent motors (not shown) as power sources for separating, stacking, and transporting banknotes, and is provided with a power transmission mechanism.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) 0 The above-mentioned device can be used immediately after the device is turned on and started up, or when there is a shortage of cash stored in one of the denomination storages. Cash is taken out from the bulk storage, and the cash is distributed and replenished into storages for each denomination via a conveyance path. In this case, the number of cash taken out from the bulk storage by denomination, etc. is managed and recorded.

However, if a conveyance failure occurs when distributing or replenishing cash in a device like the one described in 2 above, the operation of the device will be temporarily stopped, the door of the device will be opened, and the staff will collect the remaining banknotes on the conveyance path. do. Then, the device was reset to perform the filling or replenishment operation again to recover.

However, such restoration work is carried out manually and requires counting and checking the collected cash.
There was a problem that it required a lot of time and effort.

The present invention has been made by focusing on the following two points.The present invention recognizes the type of transportation failure, distinguishes between automatically recoverable failures and non-automatically recoverable failures, and automatically recoverable failures.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash depositing and dispensing device that can perform restoration work without manual intervention.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention includes a bulk storage that stores multiple denominations of cash at once and is removable from the device main body, and a denomination-specific storage in the device main body. a cash dispensing means for distributing and replenishing the cash from the bulk storage; a cash collecting means for recovering the cash from the denomination-specific storage of the apparatus main body to the bulk storage; and conveyance failure recognition means that recognizes the type of the cash conveyance failure that has occurred, and the cash collection means is configured to perform a distribution and replenishment operation when the conveyance failure recognition means recognizes a conveyance failure that can be automatically recovered. and the cash collection means collects the cash on the conveyance path into the bulk storage after the interruption of the distribution replenishment operation, and the cash collection means resumes the distribution replenishment operation after the collection is completed. It is characterized by:

(Function) ] 1 ] 2 In the apparatus of the present invention as described above, first, the conveyance failure recognition means recognizes the type of conveyance failure that has occurred during the cash distribution and replenishment operation. Then, if the failure is such as a paper jam or the like that requires manual effort by an attendant to recover, the operation of the device is stopped. On the other hand, even if it becomes impossible to manage the number of banknotes due to double feeding or the like, it is often possible to transport the banknotes themselves. If such a failure occurs, the distribution and replenishment operation is temporarily interrupted and the cash on the conveyance path is automatically collected in the bulk storage. Then, the cash distribution means restarts the distribution and replenishment operation again. As a result, a considerable portion of conveyance failures that conventionally had to be repaired manually can be automatically repaired.

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

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

This device includes a customer service opening 3 for depositing and withdrawing cash from customers, a discrimination section 4 for discriminating cash, a deposit and withdrawal unit 18 for transporting cash, and a bulk storage for storing cash for distribution, replenishment, and collection. 11 and denomination storage 8, 9, 1.0,
It has a mechanism such as a reject cassette 7.

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. A counting management section 80a and a cash collection means 8 of a control section separately built in the device main body 50 are provided.
0b, distribution and replenishment and collection of cash are managed by the cash distribution means 80c.

Furthermore, this device is provided with a cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 for controlling the operation of the entire device, and includes a conveyance failure recognition means 100 for controlling the main operations of the device of the present invention. It is provided.

The cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 is composed of a microprocessor, etc., and the conveyance failure recognition means 100 receives various conveyance failure information notifications from sensors (not shown) provided in each part of the device, and analyzes and recognizes the contents. This is a functional block provided to distinguish between transportation obstacles.

<Schematic operation of the device of the present invention> Hereinafter, the general operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained in order.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the general operation of the device of the present invention during dispensing and replenishment. In this figure, in order to simplify the explanation, detailed illustrations of the conveyance mechanism and the like of each part of the apparatus are omitted.

In the figure, the cash stored in the bulk storage 11 is transferred to
will be sent along the route. This cash is then transferred to the Identification Department 4.
The denominations are discriminated at the denomination storage 8, 9.10, and the denominations are stored in the temporary storage units 24, 25, 26 provided at the top of the denomination storages 8, 9, 10, respectively. When the number of banknotes of any denomination accumulated in the temporary storage section 24,25. 26. Then, the shutters 34, 35, and 36 are opened all at once, and the - hour holding section 2 is opened.
The banknotes of each denomination accumulated at 4, 25, and 26 are dropped into denomination-specific storages 8, 9, and 1.0.

During this time, the counting management unit 80a manages the number of banknotes taken out by denomination from the bulk storage unit 1, and the storage management memory 9
The result is stored in 9. Thereby, the amount of banknotes in the collective storage ll is managed. When the replenishment operation is to be performed further, the banknotes are conveyed through the route (■) and the route (2) in the same manner as described above.

Here, if a conveyance failure occurs, the conveyance failure recognition means 100 is notified of the content by outputs from sensors provided at various parts of the conveyance path. Conveyance failures include bills jamming on the conveyance path, which cannot be recovered unless removed manually.

However, for example, there is a problem in the running monitoring sensor that monitors the running state of each banknote while the banknote is being conveyed, which makes it impossible to grasp the running state of each banknote. This failure may be caused by, for example, banknotes that were fed in duplicate when they were taken out from the bulk storage, separated into two sheets during travel, or conversely transported normally one by one. This is a case where the sheets overlap each other during travel and are fed in duplicate, resulting in only one sheet on the surface of the appearance i-1. Such a failure is called an unmonitored error, and it becomes virtually impossible to count and manage banknotes, so the dispensing and replenishing operation is stopped. However, in the case of such a transport failure, it is possible to transport the banknotes as they are without necessarily removing them manually.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a reversible conveyance failure.

1. In the same figure (a), the 200 banknotes that were fed in duplicate are now 2.
The case where it is separated into sheets is not shown. In addition, FIG. 6B shows a case where two bills that have been normally conveyed overlap.

When the conveyance failure recognition means 100 recognizes a conveyance failure that can be automatically recovered as described above, after the conveyance operation is stopped, the cash collection means 80b operates to collect cash.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a recovery operation after a failure occurs.

As shown in the figure, each banknote being conveyed at ■, ■, ■ on the conveyance path is sequentially started to be collected under the control of the cash collecting means.

That is, the banknotes that were on the route (■) are collected in the bulk storage 11 through the route (2), the discrimination section 4, and the route (2). In addition, the temporary storage section 24, 25.26 of each denomination storage 8, 9.10
The banknotes accumulated in the banknotes are collected in the same manner through the route (2), the discrimination section 4, and the route (2). Further, the banknotes that were being conveyed on the route (2) are collected through the discrimination section 4 and the route (2).

In this case, since the banknotes being conveyed along each conveyance path are simultaneously conveyed toward the discrimination section 4, there may be cases where the banknotes collide at the confluence of the conveyance paths. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to appropriately select the conveyance interval of banknotes in advance, and to use the motor described in 1-) to drive the conveyance mechanism of all conveyance paths, so that the conveyance can be carried out simultaneously at once. It is preferable to restart.

The purpose of this collection is to collect all the banknotes on the conveyance path including the -hour storage section 2425, 26 into the bulk storage 11. Therefore, even if the banknotes overlap each other or travel diagonally, no problem will occur as long as the banknotes do not become impossible to transport.

Therefore, even if the banknotes collide at the confluence of the conveyance paths, they will overlap without any problem and will remain in the bulk storage 11.
The object of the present invention can be achieved if it is recovered.

After all the banknotes on the conveyance path have been collected in this manner, the distribution and replenishment of banknotes is resumed as shown in FIG. 3.

In addition, when the banknotes are taken out from [bulk storage]■, - time storage section 2
4, 25, and 26, the number of banknotes is managed by the counting management section 80a.

Then, as explained above, shutter 3435.36
After opening the banknotes and dropping banknotes into each denomination storage 89.10, the contents of the storage management memory are updated, and the counter for distribution and replenishment is cleared to zero. Therefore,
If a failure occurs and the banknotes accumulated in the -hour storage units 24, 25, 26 are collected in the bulk storage 11, the contents of the storage management memory are left as they are, and the banknotes for distribution and replenishment are The dispensing and replenishing operation will be restarted from the beginning when the counter is cleared to "O゛°°."

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the main operations of the apparatus of the present invention.

This flowchart shows that after the dispensing replenishment operation is started,
This begins when monitoring for transportation failures begins.

First, in step S1, a conveyance failure is monitored, and when the conveyance failure recognition means 100 recognizes a conveyance failure, the cash distribution means 80c interrupts the distribution replenishment operation (step S1).
2). Then, the conveyance failure recognition means 100 determines whether the previously occurring conveyance failure can be automatically recovered (step S3). If automatic recovery is possible, the cash collection means 80b operates and collects all the cash on the conveyance path in the storage warehouse 1 at once.
] (Step S4). Then, a counter for the number of sheets for replenishment and collection is reset (step S5). Thereafter, the dispensing and replenishing operation is started again, and the process moves to monitoring of transportation failures (step SL).

On the other hand, in step S3, if it is determined that a conveyance failure such as a jam that does not allow automatic recovery]90 has occurred, the staff is notified in step S6, and the staff stops the operation of the machine and removes the jam. Banknotes are removed, etc. This part is similar to conventional recovery processing.

In addition, in the explanation of ``2'', it was explained that during the collection operation, the banknotes on each conveyance path are conveyed simultaneously towards the bulk storage 11. If the conveyance operations of , and ■ can be controlled separately, in order to avoid collisions of banknotes during conveyance, the conveyance paths are started in order from the one closest to the discrimination section 4, and all the banknotes on one conveyance path pass through the discrimination section 4. There is no problem even if the recovery is carried out by activating another conveyance path after that.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of each part of the present invention and specific distribution/collection, deposit, withdrawal operations, etc. will be explained with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

<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 dispenser M50 is a device that accepts banknotes deposited from a customer or performs a process of paying banknotes to a 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 has operation keys that the customer operates to enter the deposit amount, payment amount, PIN number, etc. manually, and a display unit that displays illustrations and characters for the input amount, operation guidance, etc. be.

Also, Figure 7(b) is a rear view of the device, where 1 2 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 manually entered 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 automatic teller machine 51 and arranged to control the operation of each machine.

In addition, in order to attach and detach the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. It can be separated from the main body of 51 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 a control section 56 (FIG. 7) via a host device control section interface 81 and a control signal inputted to the cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80.

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 deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 is connected to the I
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 section 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 motor driver 8 is connected to the interface circuit 82.
5. Magnet driver 86, switch reading circuit 87
, photosensor reading circuit 88, and 34 banknote discrimination control section 89 are connected.

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 1, and is a circuit that drives and controls various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 86 is connected to the magnet group 92 of each part of the device, and is a circuit that turns each magnet on or off depending on the operating mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 reads the switch group 93 of each part of the device.
and the switch group 97 of the bulk storage 11, and the bulk storage 11, denomination-specific storage 8.9. ], O, and the presence or absence of the reject cassette 7, and the status of switches that detect the position of each stage. 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 and the denomination-specific storage 8, 9, . ], 0, or reject cassette 7 This is a circuit that reads information from the two-fourth sensor group.

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 distinguish and detect the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, 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 depositing and dispensing device control section 80. 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 5 6 to and from the cash depositing/dispensing device control unit 80 via the cash depositing/dispensing device control unit 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. In addition, in this storage management memo 1 99, the number of banknotes stored in the bulk storage 11 for each denomination is individually stored.

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. All of these means connect the ■/○ 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 device 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 of the denomination storages, the cash distribution means 80c checks the number of banknotes stored in the storage management memory 99 and distributes the necessary amount to each denomination storage 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 separating mechanism 49 that separates banknotes one by one, and as shown in FIGS. It has a rotating body structure that rotates as

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 configuration described above 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 is opened 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 all at once are separated one by one by the banknote separation mechanism 49 and sent to the customer service opening 3.
It is sent out in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. Thereafter, a deposit process is executed for the banknotes.

FIG. 9(c) shows a receiving position when bills are received all at once from the bill collection 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. This discrimination section 4 determines whether the sent banknotes are genuine or not, whether they are good or bad, one front or back, overlaps of 2'Pi or more (driving),
This is a device that distinguishes and detects skewing, etc. 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 is provided with a gate 6 for q 0 separation. When the banknote determined to be the back side in the discrimination section 4 is fed into the front and back arrangement mechanism 5, the banknotes 1 to 6 are separated by the magnet 1 (not shown).
It is driven by ~, switches the travel path each time, and stacks all the banknotes face up.

<Bulk Storage> At the left corner of the device main body 50, the bulk storage 11 is arranged. This bulk storage 11 has a stage 7 on the top.
0 is provided, and during the bill dispensing operation, the stage 70 is set.
A batch separation mechanism 23 is provided in order to separate the banknotes placed on the banknotes one by one and take them out. The amount of banknotes stacked on the stage 70 is detected by the near full detector 3.
8d, full detector 37d, and 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. Lever 7] is located.

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. Furthermore, several drive motors are built-in for operating the stage 70 and the drive lever 71.

<Denomination-specific storage and cash deposit/withdrawal unit> At the bottom of the device main body 50, denomination-specific storage 89.10 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 storage 10 is a storage for storing 5,000 yen bills.

A deposit/withdrawal unit 18 is arranged in each of these denomination storages 8, 9, and 10.

The deposit/withdrawal unit 18 includes a temporary holding section 24 for thousand yen notes,
Temporary holding section 25 for 10,000 yen notes and temporary holding section 26 for 5,000 yen notes
, a 1,000 yen note accumulation unit 27, a 10,000 yen note accumulation unit 28, a 5,000 yen note temporary storage unit 29, a 1,000 yen note separation mechanism 20,
A separating mechanism 21 for 10,000 yen notes and a separating mechanism 22 for 5,000 yen notes are provided. In addition, gates 32, 31, and 57 are provided along the four bill travel paths 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 section 4, the gate 3231.5.7 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 accumulation section 27. sent. The 1,000 yen note accumulation unit 27 stores the 1,000 yen note in the temporary storage 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.

Note that the same structure applies to 10,000 yen notes and 5,000 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.

Storage by denomination 8, 9. ], O have full detectors 37a, 37b, 37c and near full detectors 38a, 3, respectively.
8b, 38c and end detectors 39a, 39b, 39c
The amount of banknotes in each storage is managed.

Reject cassettes, etc. Furthermore, gates 6 and 15 are arranged between the deposit/withdrawal unit 1-18 and the bulk storage 1. When the banknotes conveyed along the conveyance path 60 toward the batch sorting gate 15 are stored in the batch storage 1], the batched bills are guided toward the batch 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 four running paths of the deposit/withdrawal unit 8 described above.

In addition, rejected banknotes will be divided into batches (gate 6).
9, they are sent to a bulk eject unit 62 provided in a bulk storage [9], or to a bulk eject unit 62 provided in a left corner of the apparatus main body 50, or to a eject cassette 7.

If the banknotes fed out from the bulk separation unit 23 of the bulk storage 11 are determined to be seriously ill or skewed by the discrimination unit 4, the bulk ejection unit 62 installed in the bulk storage The reject cassette 7 is provided to store banknotes that are determined to be impossible to withdraw or collect due to various reasons.

Also inside the washerto cassettes 1 to 7, there are stacking parts 66 and 64.
and full detectors 40b and 40c are provided. The reject section 67 accommodates banknotes that have been left behind.
5 and other banknotes are accommodated. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back side of the device main body 50, and by opening this door 41, the bulk storage 11 is pulled out to the outside. The structure is such that when the bulk storage 11 is pulled out, the denomination-specific storage 8, 9, and 10 can also be pulled out.

Incidentally, the rejects 1 to cassettes 1-7 are arranged so that they can be removed separately without opening the door 4].

A common lock is attached to each of the bulk storage 1], and the doors of each storage (not shown) can be opened using keys to load and remove banknotes.

Each part of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is equipped with a large number of motors and the like as power sources for conveying banknotes in batches, 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, when a customer presses a deposit/withdrawal key (not shown) and inserts a cash card into the card reader/writer section 52 shown in FIG. 7 or a passbook into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. Communication takes place between the transaction device 51 and the center. If the identity is verified as a result of this communication, the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine 51, as shown in FIG. 7, sends 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 door 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 opening'' to the sense command, and sends back a response message.

Next, the control unit 56 engraves the banknotes on the cash counter W50, transmits a deposit counting command, and instructs the customer service port 3 to specify the number of bills that have been sold. Here, the customer service port 3 is as shown in FIG. 9(b).
The banknotes are taken into the separation position shown in FIG. 9B, and the banknotes are separated one by one by the side separator 49 at the customer service entrance shown in FIG. 9(b) and taken into the device.

This banknote is sent to the 7C-discrimination section 4 through the routes indicated by the arrows ■1■ and ■. The discrimination section 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination, and running state detection on the conveyed banknotes, and sends them to the rear. Those determined to be counterfeit bills or abnormally conveyed bills in the discrimination section 4 follow the routes indicated by the arrows ■ and ■, and are conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5, where they are stacked one by one. Then, the customer service port 3 is set at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9(C), and the banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are fed into the customer service port 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 that are judged to be good or unfit (banknotes not subject to circulation) in the discrimination section 4 are separated by operating the gate 43 and transported to the transport path 60 as indicated by the arrow (■). Here, a genuine 1,000 yen note is sent to the deposit/withdrawal unit I as shown by the arrow ■.
・The direction is transported to the running path 49 of 18, and the 1,000 yen bill is cut into i-
+Games 1 to 57 are activated and the bills are sent to the 1,000 yen bill accumulation section 27. In this way, the thousand yen bills are accumulated in the -hour storage section 24.

Similarly, the portion of genuine 10,000 yen notes is accumulated in the temporary storage section 25 via the accumulation section 28 by the operation of the gate 31. Further, the 5,000 yen notes and unfit notes are sent into the stacking section 29 by operating the gate 32, and then accumulated in the -hour storage section 26.

Through the above operations, when the deposit counting process of the banknotes set by the customer at the customer service opening 3 is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50
A response indicating completion of deposit counting is sent back to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. This response includes the number of banknotes counted for each denomination, divided into recycled banknotes and non-recycled banknotes.
Add the data displayed with J.

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 depositing and withdrawal device 9050 receives the command. Denomination storage 8.9
The deposited banknotes accumulated in the time storage section 24 and 25 of
- By simultaneously pulling out the shutters 34, 35 of the hour storage section, the coins are stored in the denomination storage 8.9.

Next, the 5,000 yen bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 of the denomination storage [O] are separated one by one by the separation/takeout mechanism 22 and conveyed through the conveyance path 49 in the direction of the arrow ■. Identification part 4
send to. Then, the gates 43 and 63 are operated to send the cut to the deposit/withdrawal reject accumulation section 64 below the rejects 1 to cassettes 7, and to be accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal reject section 65.

In step 2, the deposit transaction process is completed.

Withdrawal Transaction> Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction button on the customer operation section 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 manually enters the amount of m ten thousand yen notes and n thousand yen notes, first, the end detectors 39a, 39b and 39c of each denomination storage 8.9.10 detect the end. Determine whether or not there is. 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 drawn out banknotes are indicated by the arrows■,■
, ■, and then sent to the discrimination section 4. The discrimination section 4 distinguishes 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, the cut will operate gate 43 and ■,
Feed the banknotes into the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 along the arrow (2).

Note 2: In the printing unit 4, the front and back sides of the banknotes are determined. Based on the determination result, the dividing gate 6 is operated to align the front and back sides of each banknote and stack them 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:
To make the cut, operate the gates 43 and 63, follow the routes indicated by arrows
and is accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal reject section 65.

The previously instructed n ten thousand yen bills are taken out from the denomination storage 9 that stores ten thousand yen bills, 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 n 10,000 yen notes and n 1,000 yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front/back sorting machine 4'M5,
The customer service port 3 is set at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9(C), and the withdrawal banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are taken into the customer service port 3, and then the exit banknotes shown in FIG. 9(d) are taken in. By switching to the gold position, the shutter 42 is opened, the bill is handed over to the customer, and then the shutter 42 is closed.

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 and stores it as the number of coins to be withdrawn.

This completes the withdrawal transaction process.

In addition, if the customer forgets to take the banknotes at customer service counter 3,
The banknotes left behind at the customer service port 3 are re-separated and sent one by one in the direction of the arrow ■ to the appraiser 4. The gates 43, 69 and 63 are operated to separate the banknotes, and the left banknotes are transferred to the left-hand banknote accumulation section of the ejection cassette 7. 66 and is 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.

3 4 First, the staff 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, press the load key of the operation keys 55 of the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG. The control unit 56 is
Upon receipt of this human power i-1, a command is sent to the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 to instruct the start of the 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 is not detecting the end.

This is to confirm that the banknotes to be loaded have been set in advance in the bulk storage 1]. 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.

Once it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the loading operation will begin.

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

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 that the bill is a genuine thousand yen bill (a bill with no or no damage, or even a slight amount of damage, and can be used for withdrawals), the bill will be marked with the arrow ■2■, 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 thousand yen bills are directly accumulated on the stage 45 of the denomination storage (thousand 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 4546, 47 is set to receive the banknotes to be loaded. .

Further, if the verification result is that the banknote is a genuine 10,000 yen note, the banknote is removed by operating the 10,000 yen note separating gate 31 or 32.
The notes are sent to the 10,000 yen bill accumulating unit 28 or 29. It is then directly integrated onto stages 46 and 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 4546, 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, which has reached the hold tolerance value,
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 manually by a staff member using the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG. 7, for example.

7 8 By the way, even if the predetermined appropriate number of banknotes has been loaded into the denomination storages 8 and 9, if the banknotes of that denomination still remain in the bulk storage 11, the portion will not be calculated. gate 1
5, 16, and move the banknotes being conveyed in the direction of the arrow ■
are collected in the accumulation section 30 of the bulk storage 11 through the loops 1 to 1.

This operation is performed until the banknotes on the stage 70 of the bulk storage 11 are passed through the rules 1 to 1 of ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■ until the banknotes on stage 70'' run out. Continuation 6
spelled out. When the banknotes run out, the bulk takeout/separation mechanism 23 and the conveyance operation of each travel path are stopped.

If the discriminating unit 4 determines that the banknote is a damaged note or a denomination for which a denomination storage box is not provided, for example, a 5,000 yen note in this embodiment, the portion of the banknote is divided into gates 15, 16, and 69.
is activated, and the ejects are fed all at once to the eject accumulating section 68 through the route indicated by the arrow ■. Then, the unfit notes and the like are accumulated in the shedding section 62 all at once.

When the second series of operations is completed, stage 45.46
．． The banknotes 47 and 47 descend all at once, and the banknotes stacked on these stages 2 are stored in the denomination storage 89.10, and the loading operation is completed. When the operation is completed, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 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, the accurate number of coins for each denomination stored in the bulk storage 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, it is assumed that the storage management memory 99 can store four words of data. Here, data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is stored in addresses m and m+1. Further, data on the number of 1,000 yen bills is stored in addresses m+2 and m+3.

As shown in Figure 15, each piece count data is 1 word 8.
Since it has a bit configuration, the maximum number of binary numbers is 2+6.
1, that is, the number of sheets up to 65.535 sheets can be expressed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of actually stored data. In other words, the data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is "010001" at address m.
01” Address m+1 “11011+00°
’ is stored. In other words, this displays 500 sheets in decimal notation.

On the other hand, the data on the number of 1,000 yen notes is “”1 at address m+2.
0000001” at address m+3” 11110
The value ``100'' is stored. This indicates that there are 500 pieces in decimal notation.

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 1 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.

At the start of the operation of loading banknotes from the bulk storage 11 into each denomination storage 8, 91.0 (Fig. 12), as shown in Fig. 17 (Fig.
As shown in a), 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, 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. , the banknotes accumulated on the bulk partition plate 33 are placed and lamped. Then, a motor (not shown) is driven, and the drive lever 71 is raised from the position 71■ in the figure 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 bill is rotated to position 1 and the bill lifted by the drive lever 7 is dropped onto the bill stacked on the partition plate 33. Then, by a motor (not shown) again, 7
Lower the drive lever 7■ in position 1■, and
Move to position 1■. After that, 71■ again
Rotate the drive lever 71 to the position 71 and lift the banknote to the position 71.

This kind of operation can be detected by the end detector, 39d or stage 7.
Repeat until the banknotes above 0 are detected to run out. 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 0■ position to the 70■ position, and further descends to the 70■ position. And 7
It is rotationally driven to the position 0■, and is placed below the drive lever 7]■. Thereafter, the drive lever rotates to the position 71■, and the banknote that was previously clamped and lifted is placed on the second stage 70■. Thereafter, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown) and rises to a position 70■ in the figure.

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 the banknotes are once sent out from the bulk storage, and all 3 4 banknotes that could not be distributed are collected in the bulk storage and the The type and number of sheets data was stored as is in the storage management memory. However, even in cases other than distribution operations, the storage management memory 99
If it is determined that the contents are 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 scale is attached to a bulk storage or a cash deposit/withdrawal device, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are questionable, the scale is powered on to the cash deposit/withdrawal device, and the scale is attached to a cash deposit/withdrawal device. If the contents of the management memory 99 are not reliable, the bulk storage end detector 39d or 1゛ even though the end has not been detected, the storage management memory 9
If the sum of the number of coins data by denomination 9 is O'' or the number data that exceeds the number of coins that can be stored in the bulk storage is not stored in the storage management memory 99, the storage management memory 99
There may be a case where a condition such as a parity error is detected at the access address No.9.

In the above case, in the same manner as the distribution operation, the banknotes are sent out from the bulk storage, conveyed, discriminated, and 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 controls the cash depositing and dispensing device 5° (FIG. 7). and sends a command to start replenishment operation. When the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command to start replenishment operation from the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), it sets the operation mode to replenishment mode. The replenishment mode includes a forced replenishment mode in which replenishment of a specified number of coins for a specified denomination is instructed in advance, and a denomination-specific storage 8.
9. There is an automatic replenishment mode that is automatically executed when it is detected that the remaining amount of banknotes 5 6 of any one of 5 6 and 0 has become below a predetermined number.

Before starting the replenishment operation, it is confirmed that the end detection 139d of the bulk storage 11 has not detected an end, that is, that banknotes have been set in advance. Furthermore, it is checked whether replenishment banknotes are stored in the collective storage 11 by referring to the data stored in the storage management memory 99.

In the forced replenishment mode, if the end is not 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, all the numbers of coins by denomination in the storage management memory 99 are cleared and the process is stopped. 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 Gj゛, 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 banknote passes through the route of the arrows ■, ■, ■, ■,
It 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 banknotes to be replenished are of one denomination, either 10,000 yen notes or 1,000 yen notes, the banknotes that are determined to be other than the correct banknotes of the banknotes to be replenished as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 are ■、■、
Following the route (2), the gate 5.16 is activated and the material is sent to the accumulation section 3o of the bulk storage 1].

And, as explained earlier in the loading example, bulk storage] 1
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.

As for the banknotes that are determined to be eject banknotes based on the discrimination result, the banknotes 1-1-15, 16 and 69 are actuated, and the banknotes are fed into the stacking section 68 along the route (2). These banknotes are collectively stacked in the pick section 62.

Now, if a genuine bill of the banknote to be replenished is delivered,
As explained in the section of loading, if it is a thousand yen bill, the gate 57 is activated to feed the thousand yen bill into the thousand yen bill stacking section 27, and the thousand yen bill is directly stacked on the thousand yen bill stage 45. If there is a 10,000 yen note, the 10,000 yen note separating gate i-1 31 or 32 is operated and the note is sent to the 10,000 yen note stacking section 28 or 29. Then, they are directly accumulated on the ten thousand yen bill stage 46 or 47.

Can the above operation continue until the target number is reached or replenished?
If the number of sheets accumulated in any of the stages 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. Then, by a motor (not shown), the amount is lowered by 6 equivalent to the holding allowable value, and the batch extraction/separation mechanism 23 is operated again to repeat the replenishment operation.

Even if the number of bills to be replenished reaches the target value or is before the target value, if all the bills to be replenished in the collective storage part 1 are replenished by referring to the number of bills by denomination stored in the storage management memory 99, The batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last banknote reaches the stage 45 46.47, the conveyance operation stops. 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, the storage state of the banknotes 90 in the bulk storage 11 before the replenishment operation and the contents of the storage management memory 99, as shown in FIG.
Assume that the situation is as shown in a). That is, before the replenishment operation,
Ten thousand yen ticket 1. ．． 500 pieces, and 500 pieces of 1,000 yen notes. Here, if 300 1,000 yen bills and 300,000 yen bills are replenished into each denomination storage, the result after the replenishment operation is as shown in Figure (b).
As shown in , there are 1,200 1,200 yen notes and 200 1,000 yen notes.

<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 a collection operation from the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), it determines whether this is a forced collection or an automatic collection. (strong)
All banknotes are collected into the collective storage 11. Also,
Automatic collection is executed when the number of banknotes stored in any of the denomination storages 8, 9, or 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 1↓ is not detecting a near-full.

Furthermore, by referring to the storage contents of the storage management memory 99, it is confirmed that there is still space in the collective storage 11 that can be collected 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 during the forced recovery mode, a response including status information indicating that the operation is disabled is transmitted to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), and this 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 ten thousand yen notes, the ten thousand yen note removal and separation mechanism 1 2 22 is activated and the banknotes are transferred to the denomination storage (thousand yen note storage) 10. Pay out the stored banknotes one by one from the top,
It is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the routes ■, ■, and ■. The discrimination section 4 sequentially discriminates the authenticity and detects the running state of the incoming banknotes and sends them to the rear.

As a result of the discrimination performed by the discrimination unit 4, the banknotes for which two or more overlapping (travelling), skewed, etc. are detected pass through the route ■ and ■ and are separated into 6″.
J Goo 1-16.15 is activated and sent to the reject cassette 7 through routes ① and ②.

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. Four operations are performed to fill the warehouse 11. 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 bulk storage is full and discharges the banknotes stored in the bulk storage 11.

In this case, the clerk opens the door 41 on the rear surface of the main body 50 of the cash deposit/withdrawal device, pulls out the bulk storage 11, opens the door using the audit key, and takes out all the banknotes. after that,
By performing the reverse operation, open the bulk storage 11] - Close the door 41 and erase all contents of the storage management memory 99.
o ” After clearing, the collection operation will be resumed. After that,
End detector 39c for all denomination storage 8.9.10
, 39b, 38a detect the end, each take-out mechanism 20, 21, 22 stops, and after the last banknote arrives at the bulk storage 1], the conveyance 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 number of collected coins for each denomination is added to the response.

The control section 56 receives this and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collection operation is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit SO (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 device of the example> The device of the above embodiment has the following effects.

(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 compartment.

(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) Storage management memory is integrated in the bulk storage.
The number of banknotes for each denomination is stored here. Therefore, the cash depositing and dispensing 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) If the number of coins stored in any one of the denomination storages becomes too large due to a deposit transaction, etc., a collection operation can be performed automatically. 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 is possible with simple tasks.

(Effects of the Invention) The cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention as described above interrupts the dispensing and replenishing operation when the conveyance failure that occurs during the cash distributing and replenishing operation is automatically recoverable. Since all the cash on the conveyance path is collectively collected in the storage and the distribution and replenishment operation is performed again, the problem of the staff not having to deal with all conveyance failures as in the past can be solved. Since failure recovery is automatically and quickly performed, the downtime of the device can be shortened, and the operating rate of the device can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional view of a conventional device, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the device of the present invention during dispensing and replenishment, FIG. 4 is a diagram of the device of the present invention on the side of a conveyance failure that can be recovered, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of the device of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the main operations of the device of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an overall diagram of the automated teller machine, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the cash deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention. Figure, No. 9
10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a deposit transaction, FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction, and FIG. The figure is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during loading (replenishment) operation, No. 13.
Figure 14 is an explanatory diagram of the collection operation of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.
7, 8, and 16 are explanatory diagrams of the data format of the storage management memory of the device of the present invention, FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the batch storage operation, and FIG. It is a content explanatory diagram. 8.9.10... Storage by denomination, 7... Reject cassette j., 11... Bulk storage, 50... Device main body, 80... Cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit, 80a. ...Count management unit, 80b...Cash collection means, 80c...Cash distribution means, 99...Storage management memory, ]00...Transportation failure recognition means. Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 3 75895 (21)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A bulk storage that stores cash of a plurality of denominations at once and is removable from the device main body; and a distribution and replenishment of the cash from the bulk storage into denomination-specific storage of the device main body. a cash dispensing means for collecting the cash from the denomination-specific storages of the device main body to the bulk storage; and a cash collection means for recognizing the type of the cash transport failure that occurs during the distribution replenishment operation. and conveyance failure recognition means, wherein the cash collection means interrupts the distribution replenishment operation when the conveyance failure recognition means recognizes a conveyance failure that can be automatically recovered, and the cash collection means interrupts the distribution replenishment operation. The cash depositing and dispensing device is characterized in that after the operation is interrupted, the cash on the conveyance path is collected into the bulk storage, and the cash collecting means restarts the distribution and replenishment operation after the collection is completed.