JPH0476770A - Automating device provided with image copying function for receipt - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain rapid processing as compared with a system for mechanically cutting and returning a receipt by reading out the image of at least a receipt part of a bill/receipt. CONSTITUTION:A card type public rate automating device is constituted of a card reading/writing part 1, a bill/receipt receiving processing part 2, a copied receipt output processing part 3, and a controller 4 and connected to a host through a host communication part 5. A mail transfer accountable receipt 12 is a receipt part and the image of the receipt part is read out by a receipt reading image sensor part 2b in the processing part 2 and stored in a bill/receipt storing part 2c. Simultaneously, the image is printed out by an image printer receipt copying part 3a in the processing part 3, a receiving stamp is affixed to the copy by a receiving stamp part 3b and the stamped receipt is outputted from a customer automatic output part 3c and received by a customer. Consequently, this procedure can improve a processing speed as compared with the system for mechanically cutting off a receipt at the time of its returning.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to automatic teller machines/cash dispensers (Auto Te11er) which are widely used in financial institutions, etc.
Machine/Ca5h Dispenser
The present invention relates to an automated device such as an ATM/CD (hereinafter abbreviated as ATM/CD), and particularly relates to an automated device that accepts and processes bills/receipts of utility charges such as telephone charges.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, ATMs/CDs, especially automatic telephone bill payment machines, etc.
Automatic reception processing devices for public utility charges are beginning to be installed. Traditionally, this type of automated equipment either mechanically cuts off the receipt portion of the invoice/receipt and receives it from the customer, or prints the transaction details on a separate piece of paper that is then received by the customer. [Problem to be solved by the invention] As mentioned above, the conventional method of returning receipts, which involves mechanically cutting them, does not allow for the return of multiple types of utility bills/receipts. When processing books, there is a drawback that the mechanism is complicated because the media formats and the like are different and the cutting locations are also different. Furthermore, this has drawbacks such as increased mechanical cost and slow processing speed.

Furthermore, in the method of returning the receipt as a separate piece of paper, only the transaction information such as the received amount is output to the printer, so detailed guidance documents and receipt requirements that are pre-printed on the real receipt are not output. Therefore, there is a drawback that operational needs are not fully satisfied.

Furthermore, with the introduction of consumption tax, there are cases in which it is difficult to present the consumption tax amount to customers depending on invoice/receipt requirements, and there are also disadvantages in that it cannot be processed mechanically.

[Means to solve the problem]

The automated device of the present invention has a reception mechanism for inserting a medium in which a payment invoice and its receipt are an integrated piece of paper, and an optical system for inserting a receipt part of the integrated medium of a payment invoice and a receipt. A solid-state image sensor reading mechanism and a solid-state image sensor (Charge Coupler De
vice (hereinafter abbreviated as CCD sensor) has a printer mechanism that outputs a copy of the image data read by the reading mechanism, and an output mechanism that affixes a receipt stamp to the receipt copied and output by the printer mechanism and outputs it.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type utility bill automation device that processes utility charges from a bank account according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, this card-type utility bill automation device is composed of a card reading/writing section 1, a bill/receipt reception processing section 2, a copy receipt output processing section 3, a control device 4, and a host communication section. 5 to the host.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format of a certain utility bill/receipt.

In FIG. 2, an optical character reader (Optical Character Reader) of the payment notification slip 11
The customer number printed by OCR (hereinafter abbreviated as OCR) and the billed amount are written in the print reading field 11a. Recognized. Further, the billed amount is automatically debited from the bank card inserted into the card reading/writing section 1 and processed.

The postal transfer remittance receipt 12 is the receipt part, and the invoice/remittance receipt 12 is the receipt part.
Receipt reading image sensor section 2b of receipt reception processing section 2
The image is read and stored in the bill/receipt storage section 2C. At the same time, the image printer receipt copy section 3a of the copy receipt output section 3 prints the receipt, and the receipt stamp section 3b affixes a receipt stamp, which is output from the customer automatic output section 3C and received by the customer.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention enables high-speed processing by reading an image of at least the receipt portion of a bill/receipt, compared to a method of mechanically cutting and returning the bill/receipt.

Furthermore, since there is no mechanical cutting, the processing unit can be mechanically simplified, making it suitable for automatic utility bill collection machines at banks, post offices, etc. that handle many types of bills/receipts. The effect is that it can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type utility bill automation device that processes utility charges from a bank account according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows an example of the format of a certain utility bill/receipt. It is a diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Card reading/writing section, 2...Bill/receipt reception processing section, 2a...OCR reading section, 2b...Receipt reading image sensor section, 2c...Bill/ Receipt storage section, 3... Copy receipt output processing section, 3a... Image printer receipt copying section, 3b... Receipt stamp section, 3C... Customer automatic output section, 4... Control device ,5・
...Host Communications Department, 11...Payment Notification Slip, 11a...
・OCR print reading column, 12... Postal transfer payment receipt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A receiving mechanism for inserting a medium in which a payment bill and its receipt are an integrated piece of paper; a solid-state image sensor reading mechanism for reading; a printer mechanism for copying and outputting the image data read from the solid-state image sensor reading mechanism; and an output for stamping a receipt stamp on the receipt copied and output by the printer mechanism. An automated device with a receipt image copying function, characterized in that it has a mechanism.