JPH06282561A - Currency transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a currency transaction device in which a consistent operation from a power source on to a power source off, and the switching operation of an on-line and an off-line can be automatically attained. CONSTITUTION:The operation of a device is controlled based on operation information corresponding to the present date and hour outputted from a clocking part 2 in the operation information having an operation schedule for each date. Moreover, the transaction is executed based on transaction data transferred from a central processing unit 13 to the transaction device side at the time of off-line transaction by the operation information corresponding to the present data and hour outputted from the clocking part 2 in the operation information having the operation schedule for each date. Thus, the operation of the currency transaction device from the power source on to the power source off can be automatically attained, and the long-term operation can be attained. Moreover, it is possible to deal with the difference of operation configurations by automatically operating the switching of the on-line and the off-line.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a currency transaction device when operating the device without human intervention, and more particularly to automatic payment / deposit using a card. The present invention relates to an apparatus suitable for ATM that can be performed. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a cash automatic payment apparatus is installed in a company and the operation is performed by a company or an outsourcing company instead of being operated by a bank, the power is turned on / off and a central system (central processing) is conventionally used. Operations such as sending transaction data to devices and setting dates are mainly performed manually. In order to simplify this operation, power on / off is controlled by an external clock mechanism, but the date mechanism could not be set because the clock mechanism cannot be controlled by the automatic payment device. In the prior art, the power supply could be turned on and off by the external clock mechanism, but in order to let the contractor operate, the operation is performed at a predetermined time. However, it was not possible to automatically operate the entire device, and it was not possible to let the contractor operate the device, which was a problem. An object of the present invention is to provide a currency transaction apparatus capable of automatically performing a consistent operation from power-on to power-off in order to solve the above problems, and further, an online / offline switching operation. To do. The above object is to control the operation of the apparatus based on the operation information corresponding to the current date and time output by the clock unit in the operation information having the operation schedule for each day. It is achieved by Further, in the operation information having the operation schedule for each day, the operation information corresponding to the current date and time output by the clock unit is used to perform the transaction based on the transaction data transferred from the central processing unit to the transaction device side during the offline transaction. It is achieved by executing a transaction. The operation information set by the transaction device is searched based on the current date and time sent by the clock unit, and the operation corresponding to the date and time is automatically executed. In addition, a schedule can be set and changed over a long period of time, and a finer schedule can be automatically executed. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below by taking a currency payment apparatus as an example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a battery unit,
Power is constantly supplied to a part 6'of the operation information memory 6 that stores the operation schedule information of the clock mechanism 2 and the device that keeps time and date. The clock unit 2 that constantly generates the current year / month / day / time signal can send a power-on control signal to the power source unit 4 via the signal line 3 to turn on the power source. In a normal operation, the control unit 5 controls each unit according to the system program read from the data memory (auxiliary memory, second memory) 7 into the memory 6. Each part is a card reader that reads and writes the contents of the card inserted by the user.
A writer, a keyboard / display 9 for user input and input guidance, a slip issuer 10 for printing slips issued to the user, and a banknote dispenser 11 for discharging banknotes to the user. It is controlled by a program control procedure. The transaction data is sent to the central processing unit 13 via the line control unit 12. During online transactions, transaction data is sent to the central processing unit 13 for each transaction. At the time of off-line transaction, transaction data is temporarily stored in the auxiliary memory 7, the central processing unit 13 is in operation, and the data is collectively sent at a time when transaction data can be accepted. FIG. 2 shows an example of the format of the operation schedule information stored in the portion 6'in which the power is constantly supplied from the battery unit 1 in the memory 6. FIG. 2 is for registering an operation schedule for one day, and is usually 3 on weekdays (pattern 1), Saturday (pattern 2), and holidays (pattern 3).
Although two patterns are prepared, the number of patterns may be any number as long as it is allowed in relation to the memory capacity.
The example in the figure is a weekday pattern. In addition to this, there is a special pause pattern (pattern 0), and the machine is not operated on that day. The configuration of the daily operation schedule is made up of operation time and operation information to be executed at that time. The contents of the operation information are listed in the lower column of the figure. FIG. 3 stores the operation schedule for one year, and the operation patterns 00 to 03 input and set in FIG. 2 are set in the portion corresponding to each month and day as shown in FIG. 3B. There is. A combination of these two operation schedules shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 forms operation information for one year. The above operation information is set by a staff member from the keyboard / display unit 9 or stored and held by collectively reading preset information into the memory 6 '. Keyboard / display 9 depending on staff
It is possible to modify or change the operational information that has already been set from
It is possible to change the setting of the operation schedule according to the circumstances of the area where the currency payment device is installed. Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 with reference to the flow chart of FIG. FIG. 4A is an example of the operation after the power is turned on when an automatic operation is performed using the clock unit. When the set power-on time (alarm time) is reached from the clock unit, a signal is output in the same manner as the wake-up, and the relay of the power supply unit operates to turn on the power. The clock unit 2 has a memory 6'in advance.
The power ON time is set based on the information in. When the power is turned on, first, a system program is loaded from the auxiliary memory 7 by a command from the control unit 5 (100). The loaded program checks the program itself, the control unit and other units (200). At this time, check the most important battery voltage (30
0), if the voltage has dropped, an error is displayed (31
0), the operation is stopped (320). This stop is notified to the staff. When the voltage is normal, the control unit 5 reads the date from the clock unit and compares it with the operation information in the memory 6'to determine whether the current day is a rest day (500). If it is a rest day, the time to rise next is calculated from the operation schedule and set in the clock unit (600), and the power off command is issued from the control unit to turn off the power by operating the relay of the power supply unit. Yes (700). When the current day is not a rest day, clock time monitoring is started (800) and each unit is initialized (900). FIG. 4B is an example of a routine for monitoring the automatic driving information for actually performing the offline automatic driving control. The clock time is monitored, for example, by a timed interrupt by a timer in the control unit (1000), and the operation information is searched by the operation pattern of the day indicated above at the read time (2000). When the time reaches the corresponding operation time (3000), the process branches according to the operation content at that time (4000). When all the operations at the relevant time have been completed, the operation is ended without doing anything (5000). In addition, date processing is added as a particularly important processing when offline. That is, when setting the normal opening, the date indicated by the current clock is set in the date area of the memory 6 and then the processing procedure necessary for opening is set (6000). However, after closing once on the day, (in offline, transaction data is somehow
After operating the bank for the current day)
Subsequent transactions are treated as for the next day, so it is necessary to change the date. Conventionally, the staff has carried out the date changing work through the keyboard display 9 or the like, but in the embodiment, the opening portion for the next business day is provided in the operation pattern, and once the tightening is done, this designation is made. As the date, the next business day, that is, the day that is not the rest day after the next day and is closest to the current day is retrieved from the operation information and stored in the storage unit (7000).
(Refer to 05 in FIG. 2) This is possible only by registering a long-term schedule. The operation schedule of FIG. 2 will be specifically described.
The device opens at 8 o'clock and closes at 12 o'clock to perform a subtotal of morning transactions. Subsequently, the station opens again at 13:00 and closes again at 15:00, and the transaction data up to that point is totaled and transmitted to the central processing unit 13. After that, the next business date is retrieved from FIG. 3 (b) by the command of the code of 05, held in the memory 6 (or 6 '), and the station is opened. Therefore, the transaction by this opening is treated as the next business day. FIG. 6 shows an example of the operation pattern on Saturday, which is operated from 8:00 to 12:00 on the same business day, from 12:00 to
At 14:00, the transaction data is sent to the central processing unit 13, so that it is handled as the next business day. FIG. 7 shows an example of the operation pattern on Sunday. In this example, the transaction data for the transaction from 8:00 to 12:00 is Sunday and is not sent to the central processing unit, and is treated on the next business day. The pattern 0 is defined as a special pattern which does not require the above setting. Next, an embodiment of switching between online and offline will be described. FIG. 7 shows an example of the operation of the currency payment device. From 9:00 to 18:00, the central processing unit 13 is in the operating hours and executes online transactions. From 18:00 to 8:00 the next morning, the central processing unit 13 is not in operation and the offline transaction is executed. At 8 o'clock, the transaction data accumulated in the offline transaction is collectively transmitted to the central processing unit 13. Next, automatic switching from online transaction to offline transaction will be described. In the operation pattern 1 (weekday) of FIG. 8, the online transaction is terminated at 18:00.
Once the station is closed (02), the transaction results are tabulated and printed. By controlling the ledger reception processing program of the memory 6,
From the central processing unit 13, the ledger balance data for the users of the payment device installation company is received and stored in the auxiliary memory 7.
The next day of the date indicated by the clock unit 2 is set in the memory date area, and the offline station is opened. In the off-line transaction, the balance of the account number of the ledger balance data stored in the data memory 7 is searched for from the account number of the inserted card, and the transaction is performed using this balance. The transaction data of the payment transaction is stored in the transaction data area of the auxiliary memory 7 in the transaction order. The off-line transaction is executed according to the schedule for the time zone of the daily operation pattern shown in FIG. Figure 8
In this example, the offline transaction is executed from 18:00 to 8:00 the next morning. Next, automatic switching from offline transactions to online transactions will be described. In the operation pattern 1 of FIG. 8, at 8 o'clock, the offline transaction is terminated and the station is closed. Total printing is performed under the control of the total processing program in the memory 6. To the auxiliary memory device 13, the line control unit 12
To send through. When other transmissions in the transaction are completed normally, the power is turned off. At the power-on time set by the clock unit 2 (9:00 in the example of the pattern 1), the power-on control signal is output from the signal line 3 and the power unit 4 is powered on. Then, it transmits / receives an opening telegram to / from the central processing unit 13 to open an online station. Online trading is now possible. In the above example, the automatic switching from the online to the offline is explained by the operation pattern stored in the clock unit 2 and the memory 6, but the switching from the online to the offline is switched by the instruction from the central processing unit 13. You can also When the central processing unit 13 terminates an online transaction, the central processing unit 13 sends a message to the unit to instruct it to switch to offline. In this message, the date used for offline transaction, the time to stop the offline transaction, the time to transmit the offline transaction data to the central processing unit 13, the power-off time, the power-on time, etc. are added. That is, the same information as the operation pattern shown in FIG. 8 is sent from the central processing unit 13 to the device. By storing the information from the center in the memory 6, the device can automatically switch from online to offline and from offline to online in combination with the clock unit 2. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically operate the currency transaction apparatus from power-on to power-off, and further, it is possible to operate for a long period of time. Furthermore, let me switch between online and offline automatically,
It is also possible to adapt to different operating modes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a currency transaction device showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a weekday operation pattern. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an annual operation schedule. FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation pattern on Saturday. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation pattern on Sunday. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a difference in weekday (24 hours) operation mode according to another embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a weekday operation pattern of another embodiment. [Description of Reference Signs] 2: Clock part, 5: Control part, 6: First memory, 7: Second memory, 13: Central processing unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A clock unit that outputs the current date and time, a first memory that stores operation information that has an operation schedule for each day of the device, a second memory that stores transaction data that is updated when a transaction is executed, and the operations of the above units are controlled. A currency transaction apparatus comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the operation of each unit based on the operation information corresponding to the date and time output from the clock unit in the operation information for each day. . 2. The currency transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation information is one day worth of information including a plurality of basic patterns and a plurality of days worth of long-term information that is a combination of the basic patterns. 3. A clock unit that outputs the current date and time, a first memory that stores operation information that has an operation schedule for each day of the device, a second memory that stores transaction data that is updated when a transaction is executed, and the operations of the above units are controlled. A control unit is provided, and the control unit uses the operation information corresponding to the date and time output from the clock unit in the operation information for each day, and the transaction transferred from the central processing unit to the second memory during the offline transaction. A currency transaction device configured to perform transactions based on data. 4. The currency transaction device according to claim 3, wherein the operation information is one day worth of information consisting of a plurality of basic patterns and a plurality of days worth of long-term information obtained by combining the basic patterns.