JPH06119529A - Cah automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cash automatic transaction device capable of improving the issue of a detailed slip in each transaction, determining the length of each detailed slip in accordance with the contents of a customer's transaction and issuing detailed slips for many transactions as compared with a convensional automatic transaction device. CONSTITUTION:Plural different timing marks are formed on each detailed slip having previously determined reference length to form a continued slip 34, prior to printing by a printing head 38, the length of a slip to be issued is determined in accordance with data volume to be printed out, timing marks 43, 44 corresponding to the determined slip length are detected by a timing mark detecting sensor 37, and the slip of the determined length is cut off by a detailed slip cutting part 36 to issue the cut slip.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a lobby of a financial institution,
The present invention relates to an automated teller machine which is installed in a corner and carries out a transaction by a customer's operation, and in particular, relates to issue control of a print medium for printing the content of a transaction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of device, when a transaction such as cash payment or balance inquiry is made by a customer operation, the content (details) of the transaction is printed on a print medium such as a statement slip or a journal sheet (hereinafter It was printed on a statement slip) and issued to the customer. The statement slips used at this time are set in advance in the automated teller machine, and the maintenance personnel check the remaining amount as appropriate, and the necessary amount is replenished before the statement slips that have been set disappear. It was

[0003]

However, according to the conventional method described above, only a certain amount of slips can be set in the automatic cash transaction apparatus, and in order to deal with many transactions, automatic cash transactions can be performed. Whether you can set a lot of bills with sufficient storage space for bills in the device,
Alternatively, the maintenance person had to frequently check the remaining amount of the statement slip. In addition, when a transaction is performed twice at the same time, the transaction operation is performed twice and two statement slips are issued twice.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention sets a standard length on a print medium for printing transaction contents, and the standard length print medium has different timings at a plurality of positions including a tip. A mark is provided, the timing mark is detected according to the transaction content to be printed detected in advance, the print medium length is determined, and the transaction content is printed and then issued. In addition, the timing mark is used to detect whether or not perforations and folds are included in the length of the print medium that needs to be newly issued. The transaction contents are printed from the tip of the print medium and then issued.

The present invention is an excellent automatic cash transaction having a variable function capable of issuing detailed slips such as 1/2 sheet, 1 sheet, and 2 sheets when releasing the statement sheet from the above-described automatic cash transaction apparatus. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

With the above configuration, the statement slip length required for printing is determined before the transaction content is printed, and the decided statement bill length can be cut by detecting the timing mark marked on the statement slip. . Further, by detecting the plurality of different timing marks together with the determination of the print content before printing, it is possible to prevent perforations and folds from entering the length of the print medium to be issued.

[0007]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 2
Is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine to which the invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the automatic teller machine according to FIG. As shown in the figure, the automated teller machine of the present embodiment is a passbook entry machine 1 for printing transaction contents on a passbook inserted by a customer, a group of keys by transparent electrodes on which the customer operates for transactions, and the functions of the keys. A customer operation display unit 2 including a CRT for displaying and guiding operations and displaying input information, a card inserted by a customer, for example,
A CRP unit 3 including a card reader / writer for reading and writing information on a magnetic card or an IC card and a printer unit for printing transaction details on a print medium such as a statement and a journal sheet, designated cash from a predetermined cash cassette A cash processing unit 4 having a function of paying out, counting, and paying to a customer, an operation mode setting switch of the device, an internal operation panel unit 5 including a numeric keypad and a display by an operation of an attendant, and a program for controlling the operation of the device. And a memory 6 as a means for storing transaction history and the like, and a main control unit 7 for controlling each of the units 1 to 5 and connected online with a host device (not shown) at a remote place.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a customer service section is set on the front upper part of the automatic teller machine, and the customer operation display section 2 is provided.
At the same time, the passbook insertion and ejection port 19, the card insertion and ejection port 20,
The bill handling port 21 is provided at a predetermined position. At the back of the passbook insertion / ejection port 19, the passbook entry machine 1 is provided.
However, the CRP part 3 is provided at the back of the card insertion / ejection port 20.
Are provided, and the customer service unit and the cash handling machine of the cash handling unit 4 are located inside the bill handling slot 21.

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of a card reader / printer unit which constitutes a main part of the present invention. In the figure, when a cash card (not shown), for example, a magnetic card is inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 30, the magnetic head 32 of the card reader unit 31 reads the magnetic data on the card. Reference numeral 33 is a card take-in box for taking in a cash card forgotten by the customer. Statement 3
No. 4 is folded by perforations and set in a continuous state, and the continuous statement slip 34 includes a statement slip cutting section 36, a timing mark detection sensor 37 of the statement slip, and a print head 38 via a conveyance path 35a. As described above, the card is conveyed to the statement slip discharge port 30a which is also the card insertion discharge port 30.
The card insertion slot 30 and the transport path merge into the statement slip discharge port 30a, and the card and statement slip are handed to the customer together.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of a statement slip used in the present invention. A statement sheet 40 with a standard length determined in advance (hereinafter referred to as a standard length statement sheet) 41, a statement sheet 40 cut to half the length, and a double length not cut by perforations 45 The bill 42 of the above is shown. Before being cut, these statement slips are all connected by perforations like the statement slip 34 shown in FIG. 1 described above, and these examples are cut by the statement slip cutting unit 36 shown in FIG. 1 described above. It is the result. Further, reference numerals 43 and 44 are timing marks for detecting the position of the statement slip, but the timing mark 43 is marked behind the perforation 45 to detect the perforation position and to detect the leading end of the standard length statement. . Further, the timing mark 44 is a mark located slightly behind the center of the statement slip and is a mark for detecting the center of the statement slip.

The present invention will be described below with reference to operation examples with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. First, a customer inserts a cash card from the card insertion / ejecting port 30 and performs a predetermined operation to confirm that he / she is the person. When a transaction is carried out, the statement slip 34 corresponds to the transaction in advance, and the statement slip cutting unit 36 Since the sheet is on standby in the conveyance path 35a with the point of the above as the tip, the print head 38 prints a predetermined content on the statement sheet according to the transaction content while conveying the statement sheet 34. At this time, when it is determined that the amount of data to be printed is small and the printing is completed with half the length of the standard length statement 41, the timing mark detecting sensor 37 causes the timing mark 44 to be printed at the center of the standard length statement. To detect. After printing, the statement slip cutting unit 36 cuts the standard length statement 41 into 1/2, conveys it as the statement slip 40 to the statement slip discharge port 30a, and issues it.

The amount of data to be printed depends on the print head 38.
Since it is known before printing, the main controller 7 (see FIG. 2) compares the previously registered parameters with the statement slip length required for printing, which is 1/2, standard, or doubled. In addition to determining whether or not the statement slip is sufficient, the timing mark detection sensor 37, the print head 38, and the statement cut unit 36 are controlled to issue the statement issuance control.

Further, when the amount of data to be printed is half the length of the statement slip, it is sufficient to continuously control the printing as it is, but when it is insufficient, the customer may feel unpleasant. There is. In other words, a new transaction occurs in the state where the previous transaction has been completed with 1/2 statement length, and the amount of data to be printed in the new transaction is not enough for the standard statement length. If you need to, it will be perforated as it is and printed on one sheet length, and it will be discharged.
The customer will receive an invoice that is difficult to see. Therefore, in the present invention, when it is determined that the standard length specification slip is required for the print content in the above state, it is detected whether the timing mark marked on the specification slip is 43 or 44. Then, when the timing mark 44 indicating the center of the statement slip is detected, the sheet is fed by 1/2 length of the statement slip, cut, and the cut statement sheet is once conveyed to near the statement sheet discharge port 30a, and thereafter. It is taken into the statement slip taking box 39 via the conveyance path 35b. After that, as described above, the transaction content is printed on the standard length statement 41, cut, conveyed, and conveyed to the statement discharge port 30a.

Further, when the printed contents are insufficient in the standard length statement sheet due to the reason that the transaction is carried out twice or more at the same time, even if the timing mark 43 is detected, the statement sheet is not fed or cut. Alternatively, continuous printing may be performed. As described above, the control at the end of printing is performed by cutting the statement slip 34 and transporting it to the statement slip discharge port 30a.

[0015]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the required amount of printing medium can be used according to the printing contents according to the transaction contents. Or it can correspond to the number of transactions close to that. In addition, even if there is a lot of printing content and one standard length statement sheet cannot be printed, two statement sheets can be printed and delivered to the customer. The control necessary for delivering the product to the customer, that is, the control of printing, cutting, and conveying again after the customer receives one sheet becomes unnecessary, and the transaction time can be greatly shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of a card reader printer that constitutes a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of an automated teller machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a statement slip used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 34 statement sheet heads 35a, 35b transport path 36 statement sheet cutting section 37 timing mark detection sensor 38 print head 43, 44 timing mark

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A customer reads a cash card inserted by a customer, starts a transaction after confirming that he is the customer himself, and after the transaction is completed, prints the transaction content on a print medium such as a statement slip or a journal sheet. However, in an automated teller machine that completes a transaction by issuing a printed print medium and returning the cash card, the standard length print medium is provided with different timing marks at multiple locations including the tip, and detection is performed before printing. Determine the print medium length by detecting the timing mark according to the data amount of the transaction content to be printed,
An automated teller machine that prints the transaction details and issues them. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein whether or not a perforation or a fold line is newly included in the length of the print medium that needs to be issued is detected by detecting a timing mark. Then, after cutting perforations and folds, the transaction contents are printed from the tip of the print medium and issued, and then issued.