JPH056479A - Cash automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To most suitably operate a device in accordance with an operation condition by providing an operation mode setting means which sets the operation mode based on the denomination of payment handling and a denomination-classified box corresponding safe setting means which sets correspondence between denomination-classified storage boxes and denominations and changing the setting of these means. CONSTITUTION:When receiving an operation mode change command from a control part 56, a paper money discharge/reception device control part 80 starts a denomination exchange means 103 and recovers all paper money in denomination-classified storage boxes 10 by a recovery control means 80a. A counting management means 80c stores the amount of recovered paper money in the recovery result storage part of a replenishment/recovery management means 80d. The denomination exchange control means 103 starts a replenishment control means 80b to replenish paper money preliminarily set in a replenishment/recovery storage box 11 to denomination-classified storage boxes 10. After the end of the replenishing work, the counting management part 80c stores the amount of replenished paper money in the replenishment result storage part of the re-plenishment/recovery management means 80d, and the denomination exchange means 103 outputs an operation end report.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated teller machine which is installed in a financial institution such as a bank and which is equipped with a cash-receipt-and-disbursement device having a cash replenishment / collection storage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to handle cash transactions with customers using automated teller machines in financial institutions such as banks, by integrating the deposit function and the withdrawal function, the deposit money Among the cash that is provided inside the device, the money return function that stores the less damaged items in the withdrawal storage and uses it during withdrawal transactions, and the cash that is used for ordinary deposit and withdrawal transactions with customers A cash deposit / withdrawal device having a supplementary collection function is often employed, which collects excess cash from a storage box or reversely supplements cash when there is a shortage of cash. Figure 2 (a)
Is an external perspective view of an automatic teller machine equipped with such a cash depositing / withdrawing device as seen from the front, and FIG. 1B is an external perspective view of the same as seen from the back maintenance side.

In the figure, 51 is an automated teller machine, 5
Reference numeral 0 is a bill depositing / dispensing device, and 50 'is a coin depositing / dispensing device.
These banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50 and coin deposit / withdrawal device 50 '.
Both are cash deposit / withdrawal devices having a return function.
52 is a card reader / writer that identifies the data of the cash card inserted by the customer and prints transaction contents such as payment and payment on a receipt or a journal, and 53 is identification and payment of the magnetic data of the passbook inserted by the customer, A passbook entry machine that prints transaction contents such as payment on a passbook, and 54 is a customer operation that is composed of operation keys for inputting payment amount and PIN, and a display unit for displaying transaction amount, operation guide text and illustrations. Part 55 is an operation key for inputting items and data necessary for the clerk to perform operations such as cash replenishment, collection, scrutiny, and operation transaction type setting, input data and processing results from the operation key, or a clerk. An internal operation unit composed of a display unit that displays operation guide texts and illustrations for guiding the operation, and 56 is the operation of each of the above units A control unit for performing such control, various arithmetic processing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a connection form of each device described above. In the cash deposit / withdrawal device of such an automatic teller machine, a plurality of cash storages of different denominations, which are provided inside the cash deposit / withdrawal device to store cash required for transaction operation, and from these main bodies separately from these storages. It is equipped with a detachable replenishment / recovery storage box, and when excess cash is collected from the cash storage inside the device into the replenishment / recovery storage box, or conversely, a shortage of paid cash is expected, from the replenishment / recovery storage box. It is configured so that cash can be replenished to the cash storage of the cash type inside the apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an example of this type of bill depositing / dispensing device. In the example of FIG. 4, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50.
Has three denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10. Further, a customer service opening 3 for inserting and inserting banknotes is provided at the upper part of the main body, a bill authenticating / decision discriminating section 4 and a banknote depositing / dispensing unit 18 for banknote distribution are provided in the central portion. Further, a detachable replenishment / recovery storage 11 and a reject cassette 7 are provided on the left side of the main body.

[0006] For example, ten thousand yen bills are stored in the money storage boxes 8 and 9.
The denominations to be stored in each of the storages, such as 1,000-yen bills, are predetermined in the denomination-based storage 10, and when the banknotes are replenished from the replenishment / recovery storage 11 to the respective storages, the replenishment / recovery storage is performed. Even if a plurality of denominations are mixed and stored in the storage 11, the bills fed out from the replenishment / recovery storage 11 will be discriminated by the discrimination unit 4
The denomination is determined by, and according to the determination, the 10,000-yen ticket is distributed and stored in the denomination-based storage box 8 or 9, and the 1,000-yen ticket is stored in the denomination-based storage box 10, respectively. Although not shown, the coin depositing / dispensing device is similar.

[0007]

By the way, the automatic teller machine described above has recently been operated on holidays to increase the number of holidays of financial institutions and to improve customer service. From such a background, there is a demand for a device capable of accommodating a large amount of cash, especially during holiday operations, but there is also a demand for downsizing the device, and there is a limit to the increase in the amount of cash that can be accommodated. As a solution to that, only holidays,
The number of denominations handled is one denomination with high denominations, the denomination storage that is normally used for low denominations is operated for high denominations, the device is operated, the actual storage amount is increased, and during holidays There is a method to prevent a cash shortage even if the staff does not replenish the cash.

However, in the conventional apparatus, since the denominations to be stored in each denomination-based storage are fixed, the denominations to be stored in the denomination-based storage are changed on weekdays and holidays. I can't do that. Even if it is changed, it is necessary to collect the denominations that are not handled on holidays from the denomination storage in the equipment on the day before the holiday and replace the denominations to be handled on holidays instead. It is necessary to switch to a normal handling denomination, which compels staff to perform troublesome operations. Moreover, since cash replacement work is carried out, in order to prevent loss of cash and miscalculation of the replacement amount due to the work, cash in and out by transactions up to the time of replacement, the amount loaded in the initial device, and the device at that time It is desirable to investigate the cash balance of the inside and confirm that there is no excess or deficiency (cash scrutiny) in order to prevent troubles that occur when cash mismatch occurs. The drawback was that it was very difficult to do.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above points, and it is possible to operate for a long time by eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks, without largely changing the mechanical structure of the conventional apparatus, and by a labor-saving method. The object of the present invention is to provide an automated teller machine with high serviceability.

[0010]

A first aspect of the present invention is to provide a plurality of denomination storing means for storing cash required for transaction operation, and a supplementary collection for the denomination storing means separately from these storing means. Replenishment / recovery storage means for storing cash, replenishment control means for controlling replenishment of cash from the replenishment / recovery storage means to the denomination-type storage means, and surplus from the denomination-type storage means to the replenishment / recovery storage means. In the setting of the collection control means for controlling the collection of cash, the operation mode setting means for setting the operation mode of the automatic teller machine, the operation mode storage means for storing the set operation mode, and the operation mode storage means. Therefore, the setting change of the denominations stored in each denomination storing means is controlled, the cash of the corresponding denomination is stored, and the control means for controlling the payout of the cash from the denomination storing box. It digits on the automatic teller machine.

The second aspect of the present invention is such that when the operation mode set by the operation mode setting means is changed,
The cash stored in the denomination storing means in which the denomination to be stored is collected in the replenishing and collecting storing means, and subsequently, the denomination storing means is emptied by the collecting operation. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, further comprising control means for replenishing cash of a denomination to be newly stored in the replenishment and collection storage means.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the cash stored in the denomination-type storing means is collected in the replenishing / collecting storing means, and then the denomination-type storing means emptied by the collecting operation is put into the operation mode. Control means for replenishing denominations to be newly stored by the change from the replenishment and collection storage means, counting management means for performing collection operation and replenishment operation while counting cash respectively, and replenishment counted by the counting management means An automatic cash transaction characterized in that a replenishment / recovery management means for storing the counting result of the operation and the collection operation and an output means for outputting the counting result of the replenishment operation and the collection operation stored in the replenishment / recovery management means are provided. Regarding the device.

[0013]

In this device, the denomination to be stored in each denomination storing means is set in advance in the operation mode setting means. This setting can be changed freely. The replenishment / recovery storage means stores the replenishment / recovery cash for each money type storage means. Here, when the setting of the operation mode is changed, all cash is temporarily collected from the money type storing means to be changed to the supplementary collecting storing means. After that, cash of the set denomination is replenished in the denomination storing means. The replenishment / recovery results are counted and output as needed. As a result, when operating on a holiday, the denomination to be stored in the denomination storing means can be changed to enable flexible operation. Also, replenishment at that time,
By automating collection and counting, labor saving and safe and reliable operation become possible.

[0014]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine of the present invention. The apparatus shown in the figure has a banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 and a coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 5 with respect to a control unit 56 that controls the entire apparatus.
0 ', a customer operation unit 54, an internal operation unit 55, a card reader / writer 52, and a passbook bookkeeping machine 53 are connected, and further, an operation mode setting means (or a denomination setting corresponding to a denomination-based storage) which is a characteristic part of the device of the present invention. (Means) 101 is connected to the internal operation section 55. In addition, an operation mode storage unit (or a denomination-type storage storing the denomination-corresponding denomination set by the denomination-based storage denomination setting unit) that stores the operation mode set by the setting unit. The corresponding denomination memory means) 102 was connected to the control unit 56.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 50 is connected to the controller 56, and has a host device controller interface 81, a banknote pay-in / pay-out device controller 80, a ROM 83, a RAM 84,
It has a collection control means 80a, a replenishment control means 80b, a counting management means 80c, a denomination exchange control means 103, and a storage denomination storage means 104. A replenishment and collection management means 80d is connected to the counting management means 80c. Also,
The mechanism unit 100 is connected to the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 via an I / O interface circuit 82.

The mechanical section 100 is equipped with a large number of motors, magnets, limit switches, photosensors, etc., which operate when bills are conveyed inside the apparatus as shown in FIG. 4, and a circuit for controlling them. ing. In addition, a replenishment / recovery storage 11 and denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 are provided in the mechanism unit 100. In the figure, the customer operation unit 54, the card reader / writer 52, and the passbook entry machine 53 are
Both are the same as those provided in the conventional device described in FIG. 2, and are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the duplicate description thereof will be omitted. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50 and the coin deposit / withdrawal device 5
Since the functions of the denomination changing control means 103 provided in 0'and 0'are the same, in the following description, only the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 will be taken as an example. First, the internal operation unit 55 and the operation mode setting means (or the denomination setting means corresponding to the denomination-based storage) 101 of FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 5 is an external view of the internal operation section 55.
FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the internal operation unit 55. In the figure, 55a is a display device, and a liquid crystal display or the like is used. Reference numeral 55b denotes a transparent touch panel input device arranged so as to overlap the display device 55a.
By displaying symbols such as keys on 5a and touching any one of the displayed symbols from the touch panel, it is recognized that the key at the corresponding position is pressed. Reference numeral 55c is a group of individual input keys, and when pressed, it is detected that the contact inside the key is connected and the key is pressed. In FIG. 6, 55d is an internal operation control unit, which is the control unit 5 of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.
6, the common unit 55f receives a display command from the control unit 56, the command is transmitted to the display control unit 55e, and various characters and sentences are displayed on the display device 55a according to the control of the display control unit 55e. , Designs and tables are displayed. Also,
Input information from the touch panel input device 55b and the individual input key group 55c is detected by the input control unit 55g,
The signal is transmitted to the common unit 55f, and the common unit 55f transfers the control unit 56 to the common unit 55f.
Will be notified to.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are display screens of the internal operation section 55 corresponding to the operation mode setting means (denomination setting unit corresponding to money type storage) 101, and the operation mode setting is made with reference to these figures. Alternatively, a denomination setting method for denomination-based storage will be described. First, the clerk at the end of operation of the automated teller machine on the day before the holiday, the individual input key group 5 of the internal operation unit 55 of FIG.
The setting key 55-1 of 5c is pressed. Then, the display screen of the display device 55a of the internal operation section 55 is switched from the normally displayed device operation information screen as shown in FIG. 5 to the operation mode setting screen shown in FIG. On the screen of FIG. 7, the characters “weekday” and “holiday” are displayed, and the mode selected at that time is indicated by the frame 1 as shown in the “weekday” part of the figure.
It is indicated by a method such as being surrounded by 01-1. To switch the mode setting, select "display" 101-3 at the bottom right of the screen.
When you touch the part of, the frame display for "weekdays" shifts to "holidays". If the user touches the "selection" display 101-3 again, the frame 101-1 moves to "weekdays".

After moving the frame to the desired mode in this way, touching the "execution" display 101-2 completes the setting input of the operation mode, and the set operation mode information is as shown in FIG. The common portion 55f of the internal operating portion 55 is transmitted to the control portion 56, and the display of the internal operating portion 55 returns to the normal screen shown in FIG. When there is a change in the transmitted setting mode, the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine changes the stored content of the operation mode storage unit 102 to the set mode, and at the same time, the bill input / output. Gold device 5
0 and an operation mode change command is sent to the control unit of the coin depositing / dispensing device 50 '.

Next, the handling denomination setting of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 in the case of FIG. 8 will be described as an example. Similar to the case of FIG. 7, the individual input key group 5 of the internal operation unit 55 of FIG.
The setting key 55-1 of 5c is pressed. Then, the display screen of the display device 55a of the internal operation section 55 is switched from the normally displayed device operation information screen as shown in FIG. 5 to the handling denomination setting screen shown in FIG. When switching to FIG. 8, for example, when the setting up to that time is weekday, "ten thousand tickets" are the denominations handled by the storage case A and the storage case B, and the storage case C.
“Thousand notes” are displayed as denominations to be handled by, and an underlined cursor 101-4 is displayed at the position of “ten thousand tickets” display in the storage A. In this screen state, "Select"
Touch the display 101-5 to move the cursor 101-4.
The denomination display in the box of the storage box A in which is located changes to “5,000 notes”, and when the “select” display 101-5 is touched again, it changes to “thousand tickets”.

When the desired denomination is displayed in this way, when the position of the "execute" display 101-6 is touched, the handling denomination setting input of the storage A is confirmed, and the cursor 101 is entered.
-4 moves to the storage box B. Similarly, when the column of storage C is set and the "execution" display 101-6 is touched, all denomination setting is completed, and the set handling denomination information is common to the internal operation unit 55 of FIG. The information is transmitted from the section 55f to the control section 56, and the display of the internal operation section 55 returns to the normal screen shown in FIG. The control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine changes the stored content of the operation mode storage unit 102 to a new handling denomination corresponding to each storage, when the transmitted handling denomination information has changed. , And sends an operation mode change command to the control unit 80 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 50.
The same applies when changing the handling denomination of the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 '.

Next, the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing device 50 and the coin depositing / dispensing device 50 'that have received the operation mode change command will be described with reference to FIGS. Many parts of the apparatus shown in FIG. 9 have already been disclosed by the applicant of the Japanese Patent Application No. 1-170174. Therefore, in the present specification, the range necessary for the present invention will be described in detail, and other specific mechanism and operation description will be appropriately omitted. FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus, and the configuration thereof will be described first with reference to this figure.

At the upper part of the bill deposit / withdrawal device 50, there is a service port 3
Is provided. The customer service opening 3 is for the customer to take in and out banknotes via the shutter 42. At the lower left of the service opening 3, a discrimination unit 4 for discriminating and detecting the type, authenticity, running state, etc., of bills is arranged. A front and back collecting mechanism 5 is provided on the left side of the service opening 3. In the front and back collecting mechanism 5, all banknotes before being dispensed and stored are stacked so that they face the front. At the left corner of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50, a replenishment / collection storage box 11 is arranged. The replenishment / recovery storage 11 stores bills to be replenished in all types of denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10. Also,
When any one of the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, and 10 is filled with money, the banknotes are collected and stored. further,
The collected banknotes can be used as supplementary banknotes.

Below the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50, coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 are arranged. Money storage 8,
Assuming that the three items 9 and 10 are associated with the description of the handling denomination setting described above, for example, 8 corresponds to the denomination storage A, 9 corresponds to B, and 10 corresponds to C. Therefore, which denomination corresponds to which storage box depends on the setting content of the handling denomination.
However, in weekday operation, denomination-based storage boxes 8 and 9 are associated with 10,000-yen tickets, and 10-thousand yen tickets are used.
You may decide beforehand that both 9 and 10 will be 10,000 yen tickets. In this case, by setting the operation mode described above,
The denomination-by-denomination storage box 10 is used by being switched to a 10,000 yen ticket and a 1,000 yen ticket. A deposit / withdrawal unit 18 is arranged above the coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10. The deposit / withdrawal unit 18 is a storage box 8, 9 or 1 by denomination.
It is composed of a mechanism for storing and delivering bills for 0.

In the mode in which the coin-type storages (A) 8 and (B) 9 correspond to 10,000-yen tickets, and (C) 10 corresponds to 1,000-yen notes, the deposited banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 run on the traveling path. When it is transported through 60, the deposit / withdrawal unit 18
It is accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 corresponding to the money type storage (C) 10. On the other hand, the 1,000-yen bills taken out from the denomination-based storage (C) 10 are separated one by one by the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and sent to the traveling path 49. It should be noted that the 10,000-yen ticket has the same structure, for example, a denomination-based storage (A)
8 or (B) 9 is used in accordance with a predetermined priority order, and at the time of withdrawal, the deposit is made until the end of the banknote in the storage container of the denomination used. In case of, the higher priority is used until it is fully detected.

The banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding sections 24, 25, 26 are configured to drop into the coin-type storage boxes 89, 10 when the shutters 34, 35, 36 are pulled out by driving a motor (not shown). Has been done. Full detectors 37a, 3 are provided in the money storage boxes 8, 9, 10 respectively.
7b, 37c and near full detectors 38a, 38b, 38
c and end detectors 39a, 39b, 39c are provided, and the amount of bills in each storage is managed. Further, separation gates 16 and 15 are arranged between the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and the supplement / collection storage 11. Transport path 6
The banknotes conveyed to the separating gate 15 of 0 are guided by the operation of the separating gate 15 when being stored in the replenishment / recovery storage 11. In addition, the banknotes sent to the storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 for each denomination are separated by the gate 1
It is sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 by 6. Also,
The rejected bills are sent to the replenishment / recovery storage 11 or the reject cassette 7 provided at the left corner of the bill depositing / dispensing device 50 by the sorting gate 69.

The replenishment / rejection stacking unit 62 provided in the replenishment / recovery storage 11 corresponds to a case where the bill dispensed from the replenishment / separation mechanism 23 of the replenishment / recovery storage 11 is judged to be abnormal by the discriminating unit 4. It is provided to store banknotes. The reject cassette 7 stores banknotes and other reject banknotes that the customer has forgotten to take. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back surface of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50,
By opening the door 41, the replenishment / recovery storage 11 can be removed, and the reject cassette 7 can be removed independently of the door 41. It should be noted that the respective parts of the apparatus shown in FIG. 9 are equipped with the above-described motor and the like as a power source for separating, transporting and accumulating banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism.

Returning to FIG. 1 again, the block structure of the bill depositing / dispensing device will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 50 is controlled by a control signal or the like input from the control unit 56 to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 80 via the host device control unit interface 81. Banknote deposit / withdrawal device controller 80
To the I / O interface circuit 8 via the bus line.
2, a read only memory (ROM) 83 and a random access memory (RAM) 84 are connected. RO
M83 is a memory that stores a control program for the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 80. The RAM 84 is a memory for temporarily storing parameters and the like required for the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 80.

In addition to this, a bill management unit 80c is provided with a counting management unit 80c for controlling various operations, a collection control unit 80a, a replenishment control unit 80b, and a denomination exchange control unit 103. There is. Each of these means is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuit of each part of the apparatus through the I / O interface circuit 82 in a predetermined procedure and executing and controlling various operations. The counting management unit 80c feeds the bills fed from the replenishment / recovery storage 11 and replenished into the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 and the conversely fed out from the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 to the replenishment / recovery storage 11. Control is performed to count the collected banknotes for each operation and update the replenishment / collection management unit 80d. The collection control means 80a controls the operation of feeding out and transporting the banknotes stored in the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 and collecting them in the supplementary collection storage box 11. The replenishment control means 80b feeds out banknotes from the replenishment / recovery storage 11 and stores the bills according to the denominations 8, 9 ,.
The operation of replenishing to 10 is controlled.

When the operation mode setting is changed or the denomination type corresponding to the money type storage is changed by the staff member by the method described above, and the operation mode change command is received from the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine. The operation of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50 will be described below. Upon receipt of the operation mode change command from the control unit 56, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 80 activates the denomination change control unit 103. Money exchange control means 1
When 03 is activated, it first determines the contents of operation mode change. As an example, the mode change content is a change from weekday to holiday, and the denomination-based storages (A) 8 and (B) 9 are 10,000 tickets,
(C) 10 is from ticket (A) 8, (B) 9, (C) 10
An example will be described in which both of them are switched to ten thousand.

The denomination exchange control means 103 first activates the collection control means 80a so as to collect all the banknotes in the denomination-based storage (C) 10. This recovery control means 80
The state of the collecting operation based on the control of a will be described with reference to FIG. 9 again. The arrows in FIG. 9 indicate the flow direction of the bills during the collecting operation of the bill depositing / dispensing device. When collecting the banknotes from the denomination-based storage (C) 10, the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 feeds out the banknotes stored in the denomination-based storage (C) 10 one by one from the top, and the route indicated by the arrow. Sent to the discrimination section 4 through. The discriminating section 4 sequentially detects the denomination and the running state of the fed bills and sends the bills backward. As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 4, two or more banknotes, which have been detected to be overlapped with each other, pass through the route indicated by the arrow, and the separating gate 1 described above.
6 and 15 are operated to be sent to the reject cassette 7.

As a result of the discrimination, the normal banknotes are sent to the collecting / conveying unit 30 of the replenishing / collecting storage 50 through the route indicated by the arrow while counting. When all the banknotes in the denomination-based storage (C) 10 have been collected as described above, the counting management unit 8
0c stores the amount of bills collected in the collection result storage portion of the supplement collection management unit 80d. On the other hand, in the replenishment operation, the denomination exchange control means 103 causes the replenishment / recovery storage 11
The 10,000-yen banknotes preset in the
The replenishment control means 80b is activated so as to replenish to 0. A state of the replenishment operation based on the control of the replenishment control means 80b will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device during a refilling operation. Before starting the replenishment operation, it is confirmed that the bills in the replenishment / recovery storage 11 have been set in advance.
If it has not been set, the operation ends. On the other hand, in other cases, the replenishment operation is started, and in FIG. 10, the replenishment / separation mechanism 23 located above the replenishment / recovery storage 11 is operated to set the banknotes set on the stage 70 of the replenishment / recovery storage 11. Are sequentially fed from the top one by one. The banknotes are sent to the discriminating section 4 through the routes indicated by arrows ,.

The discriminating section 4 sequentially performs denomination discrimination, genuine / counterfeit discrimination, damage discrimination, and running state check on the fed bills. Then, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4, the bills determined to be non-genuine bills of the replenishment target bills (in this case, all the bills) or unfit bills (damaged bills) are separated from the route indicated by the arrow from the sorting gate 16, 15, 69 are actuated to be sent to the replenishment / recovery storage box 11 and accumulated in the replenishment / rejection accumulating section 62. When a genuine bill (a bill with a slight degree of damage) of a bill to be replenished (in this case, a bill with a slight degree of damage) is conveyed, the gate 16 is separated from the route indicated by the arrow.
Are operated to be sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and accumulated on the stage 47. The above operation is the replenishment / recovery storage 1
This is continued until the banknotes set on the stage 70 of No. 1 run out or the denomination-based storage (C) 10 becomes full, but the stage 47 is gradually operated by a motor (not shown) according to the number of accumulated banknotes. It is lowered downwards.

When the replenishment operation is completed in this manner, the counting management unit 80c stores the amount of replenished bills in the replenishment result storage unit of the replenishment and collection management unit 80d. The denomination exchange control means 10 has been made by the above-described operation, because the denomination exchange has been completed.
3 sends an operation end notification to the cash deposit / withdrawal device controller 80. Upon receipt of this end notification, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 sends an operation mode change end response with the amount of collected bills and the amount of bills replenished stored in the supplement collection management unit 80d. , And returns to the control unit 56 of the automatic teller machine via the host device control unit interface 81, and all operations on the side of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device are completed.

Note that the data of the amount of collected banknotes and the amount of replenished banknotes are not necessarily returned together with the operation mode change end response, and when the control unit 56 needs the data, the control unit 56 It may be returned if requested. Next, the control unit 56, which has received the operation mode change end response, prints the data of the amount of collected banknotes and the amount of supplementary banknotes associated with the operation mode change operation on the printing unit of the card reader / writer 52, The operation mode changing operation, or the denomination-specific storage-corresponding denomination setting changing operation for setting the correspondence between the denomination-specific storage box and the denominations stored therein is completed. Alternatively, the control unit 56, which has received the operation mode change end response, records the data of the amount of collected banknotes and the amount of replenished banknotes in the recording medium such as a floppy disk, which is separately provided, in association with the operation mode change operation. Is also good. In the present invention, these are called output means.

As another example, the data of the amount of the collected bills and the amount of the replenished bills are not automatically printed in this way, but only when the staff member performs an operation for outputting the data. Alternatively, a method of outputting to a display unit, or reading from a floppy disk and outputting by printing or the like may be used. The above description is about the case where the mode change content is a change from weekdays to holidays, and the denomination-based storages A8 and B9 are switched to 10,000 tickets, and C10 is switched from 1,000 tickets to A8, B9, and C10. However, in the opposite case, the operation is almost the same, that is, only 10,000 tickets are collected from the denomination-based storage C10, and only 1,000 tickets are replenished, and other operations are the same. . Further, in the present embodiment, the replenishment / recovery storage is described as a configuration in which the replenishment banknote storage part and the recovery banknote storage part are integrated, but the replenishment banknote storage part and the recovery banknote storage part are separately configured. However, the effect of the present invention is not hindered.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the operation mode setting means for setting the operation mode according to the payment handling denomination of the automatic teller machine, or the denomination storing box and the denomination storing box. A denomination-type storage-compatible denomination setting means for setting correspondence with denominations, and a setting change input of the operation mode setting by this setting means or a correspondence change between the denomination-type storage and the denominations stored therein. By doing
Since the denomination of the handling of the device can be easily changed, it is possible to take the optimal operating method according to the difference in the operating conditions such as on special holidays and during normal operation on weekdays. it can.

Further, when changing the setting of the operation mode or the setting of the correspondence between the denomination storing box and the denominations stored therein, the denomination storing means for changing the denomination to be stored,
Change the denomination handled by the device by collecting the denominations that had been stored until then into the cash collection means, and then replenishing the empty denomination storage means with a new denomination from the supplementary cash storage means. Because cash can be automatically replaced with
Further, it is possible to realize an automatic teller machine that is labor-saving, safe, and can be effectively operated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an automatic teller machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the automatic teller machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a bill depositing / dispensing device.

FIG. 5 is an external view of an internal operation unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an internal operation unit.

FIG. 7 is an example (1) of an internal operation unit display screen.

FIG. 8 is an example (2) of an internal operation unit display screen.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device during a collecting operation.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device during a refilling operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

8, 9, 10 Gold type storage 11 Replenishment collection storage 50 banknote deposit / withdrawal device 50 'coin deposit / withdrawal device 52 card reader / writer 53 Passbook entry machine 54 Customer Control Section 55 Internal control section 56 control 80 Banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80a Recovery control means 80b Replenishment control means 80c Count management means 80d Replenishment collection management means 81 Upper device control unit interface 82 I / O interface circuit 83 ROM 84 RAM 100 mechanical section 101 Operation mode setting means 102 operation mode storage means 103 Money exchange control means 104 storage denomination storage means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of denomination storing means for storing cash required for transaction operation, and a replenishment / recovery storing means for storing cash for replenishment / recovery with respect to the denomination storing means, separately from these storing means. A replenishment control means for controlling the replenishment and collection storage means to replenish cash to the denomination-type storage means; and a collection control means for controlling the replenishment and collection storage means to collect surplus cash from the denomination-type storage means, The operation mode setting means for setting the operation mode of the automatic teller machine, the operation mode storage means for storing the set operation mode, and the operation mode storage means for storing the operation mode in accordance with the setting of the operation mode storage means. An automatic teller machine which controls change of setting of denomination, stores cash of a corresponding denomination, and controls means for controlling withdrawal of cash from a denomination-based storage. 2. When the operation mode set by the operation mode setting means is changed, the cash stored in the denomination storing means in which the denomination to be stored is changed is collected in the replenishing and collecting storage means, and subsequently, And a control means for replenishing cash of a denomination to be newly stored in the denomination-type storing means to the denomination-type storing means emptied by the collecting operation. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1. 3. The cash stored in the denomination-type storing means is collected in the replenishing / collecting storing means, and is subsequently newly stored in the denomination-type storing means emptied by the collecting operation by changing the operation mode. Control means for replenishing the following denominations from the replenishment / recovery storage means, a counting management means for performing a collection operation and a replenishment operation while counting cash respectively, and a counting result of the replenishment operation and the collection operation counted by the counting management means. An automatic teller machine comprising: a supplementary collection management means to be stored, and an output means for outputting a counting result of the supplementary operation and the collection operation stored in the supplementary collection management means.