JPH0636214B2 - Banknote replenishment method in a cash-receipt-type automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to replenishment of banknotes in an automated teller machine of a type in which deposited banknotes are returned as withdrawal banknotes.

[Background of the Invention]

Conventionally, in a recycle type banknote handling device that automatically recycles deposited banknotes to a dispensed banknote side, in a banknote recycle box that stores deposited banknotes When replenishing banknotes to each denomination-specific storage box such as a storage box, check the status of each denomination-specific storage box at the end of the withdrawal transaction, and either one of the denomination-specific storage boxes becomes empty, or the amount of stored banknotes This was done when it was detected that the amount had fallen below the specified amount. Further, in this case, a large amount of bills are replenished at one time until the denomination-specific storage box becomes full. Therefore, in the conventional device, it takes a relatively long time to replenish bills, and especially during the time when the customer is queuing, not only the processing efficiency is deteriorated but also the next user feels uneasy. There was a problem such as giving.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to efficiently perform a bill replenishment operation without waiting for a user in an automatic teller machine that recycles deposited bills as withdrawal bills.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is to automatically store replenishment banknotes according to the amount of banknotes in a first banknote storage means for storing withdrawal banknotes in a return-type cash automatic transaction device. The second banknote storing means for replenishing the first banknote storing means with banknotes, during which the transaction processing is executed if requested, and up to a predetermined step of this transaction processing, It is decided to replenish in parallel with this transaction processing.

Example of Invention

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows one configuration example of an online system including a central device and a terminal device, 10 is a central device, 11 is a terminal device,
Reference numeral 12 denotes a communication path connecting the central device and the terminal device. Also,
FIG. 2 shows an example of a reply message output from the central device to the terminal device, 20 is a reply message, and 21 is a message identification code.

3, 4 and 5 are time charts for message transmission / reception between the central device and the terminal device,
3 and 4 correspond to the present invention, and FIG. 5 corresponds to the prior art. In the figure, 30 is the audience operation time, 31 is the inquiry message,
32 is a central device side processing for the inquiry message, 33 is a reply message from the central device for the inquiry message, 34 is a deposit / withdrawal bill counting processing time, 35 is a medium withdrawing operation time, 36 is a bill recirculation / replenishing operation permission time zone, 37 is a bill recirculation / replenishment operation prohibited time zone, 38 is a bill recirculation / replenishment operation time, 39 is a transaction end point, 40 is a withdrawal bill counting operation start time, 41 is a deposit bill counting operation start time, and 42 is conventional The time when the banknote recirculation / replenishment operation in the technology is completed is shown.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a banknote transport path of the automatic cash recycling apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 60 is a deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes with a customer, 61 is a banknote receiving box, and 62 is a receiving box. The banknote separating unit that sends out the banknotes transferred from the box one by one to the transport path, 63 is a temporary stacker for collected banknotes, 64 is a banknote cassette detachably attached to the device, 65 is a temporary stacker for return banknotes, and 66 is output. A banknote recycle box that stores deposited banknotes to be recycled for money, 67 is a banknote discrimination unit that performs authenticity verification and denomination determination of banknotes, 68 is a 10,000-yen ticket storage box that stores only 10,000-yen notes for payment, Reference numeral 69 denotes a 1,000-yen ticket storage box that stores only 1,000-yen tickets for payment, and 70 to 74 denote gates for allocating bills to be conveyed. Although various sensors for detecting the passage or existence of the bill are arranged in the bill transport path and the storage units for the bill, they are omitted in the drawing.

First, with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the banknote recirculation / replenishment operation will be described in parallel with the deposit / withdrawal transaction processing.

In the conventional time chart of the withdrawal transaction, as shown in FIG. 5, after receiving the reply message 33 from the central unit 10, the withdrawal banknote counting process 34 is performed and the withdrawal banknote is delivered to the customer in the transaction. It is determined whether or not the bill replenishment condition is satisfied at the time when the removal operation 35 of all the desired media is completed. If 10,000 yen ticket storage box 68 or 1,000 yen ticket storage box
If the remaining number of bills of 69 is less than a certain specified number,
Banknotes are fed from the lower side of the banknote recycle box 66, the identification unit 67 determines the denomination, the gates 73 and 74 are operated corresponding to the denomination, and the denomination storage boxes 68 and 69 are full. The bill is being replenished. Therefore, once the bill replenishing / refluxing operation is started, until the time 42 when the bill replenishing / replenishing operation is completed, the start of the transaction by the next customer is kept waiting.

On the other hand, in the present invention, in the case of a withdrawal transaction, as shown in FIG. 3, the withdrawal bill counting operation of the next transaction is started from the time 39 at which one transaction is completed within the bill circulation replenishment operation possible time zone 36. The time is up to 40, and the bill replenishing operation is performed in parallel with the customer input operation time 30 and the central communication time 30 to 33 of the next transaction. In the case of a deposit transaction, as shown in FIG. 4, the bill recirculation replenishment operation possible time zone 36 is set from the time 39 when one transaction is completed to the deposit paper currency counting operation start time 41 in the next transaction, and The bill circulation operation is performed in parallel with the input operation time 30 until the bill insertion is completed. Therefore, according to the time chart of the present invention,
By preferentially accepting customer transactions and performing transaction processing up to a predetermined step and bill recirculation replenishment operation in parallel,
The customer waiting time can be shortened.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a logic diagram of a control system in the above-mentioned automatic handling apparatus, in which 100 is a transmitter / receiver between a central device and a terminal device, 101 is a transmission / reception buffer, and 102 is a signal from the central device. A reply message identification decoder for recognizing the message identification code 21 of the reply message, 103 is an inquiry message creation circuit created according to input data, and 104 is an input operation panel.

Reference numeral 105 is a withdrawal transaction operation completion detection circuit for detecting that the input operation necessary for withdrawal transaction is completed, 106 is a receipt banknote insertion completion detection circuit for detecting that the deposit banknote has been inserted into the receiving box 6, and 107 is After the completion of the insertion of the deposited banknotes into the receiving box 6 is detected, the deposited banknotes in the receiving box are separated into a separating section 62 and a banknote identifying section 67.
A deposit banknote counting command circuit that counts via a banknote and issues a transfer command for storing in the temporary stacker 65 or 63;
Is a fetch command circuit that issues a command to fetch the handling bills other than the 10,000-yen bills and the 1,000-yen bills into the temporary stacker 63 for collection, and the 109-denominated 10,000-yen bills that can be used for payment. A take-in command circuit that issues a command for taking only the yen tickets into the temporary return stacker 65, and 110 is a deposit transaction operation completion detection circuit that detects that the input operation necessary for the deposit transaction is completed. When the identification code 21 in the reply message from the central device to the inquiry is the content that allows the deposit transaction, 111 indicates the deposit banknotes held in the recycle temporary stacker 65 and the collection temporary stacker 63. Deposited banknote take-in command circuit for issuing a command to store in the banknote recirculation box 66 and the banknote cassette 64, 112 is a banknote take-in command for storing the deposited banknotes held in the collection temporary stacker 63 in the banknote cassette 64. A circuit for generating 113, a circuit for generating a banknote take-in command for storing the deposited banknotes held in the recycle temporary stacker 65 in the banknote recycle box 66, and 114, when the banknote recycle box is full, its output signal is A return box full detection circuit that is a true value, and 115 is a banknote loading completion detection circuit that detects that the deposited banknotes are completely stored in the banknote return box 66 and the banknote cassette 64. 116
Is a deposit cancellation operation detection circuit for detecting that the customer has performed a deposit cancellation operation, 117 is a receipt cancellation operation by the customer when the identification code 21 in the reply message from the central device indicates that the deposit transaction is prohibited. Is detected,
Deposited banknote return command circuit that outputs an operation command for returning the deposited banknotes held in the recirculation temporary stacker 65 and the collection temporary stacker 63 to the banknote receiving box 61, 118 is held in the temporary stackers 65 and 63 It is a deposited bill return completion detection circuit that detects that all deposited bills have been completely conveyed to the bill receiving box 61.

119 is the identification code 21 in the reply message from the central unit
Is indicating the permission of the withdrawal transaction, the withdrawal banknote counting command circuit for issuing a command for taking out a predetermined number of banknotes from the banknote type money storage box 68 or 69 and conveying the banknotes to the banknote receiving box 61, 120 Is a dispensed bill counting completion detection circuit that detects that all the predetermined dispensed bills have been completely conveyed to the bill receiving box. Further, 121 is a banknote removal completion detection circuit for detecting that the banknotes in the banknote receiving box have been removed, 122 is a deposit / withdrawal port open command circuit, 123 is a transaction end detection circuit, 124 is an all medium removal completion detection circuit, and 125 is A banknote return box 66 sends out a banknote one by one and returns the banknotes for withdrawal, and a banknote return order to replenish the banknotes reduced by the withdrawal transaction to the banknote storage boxes for each denomination. A replenishment command circuit, 126 is a 10,000-yen ticket full detection circuit, 127 is a 1,000-yen ticket full detection circuit, 128 is a circuit for detecting that there are no bills in the bill recirculation box 66, and 129 is a bill recirculation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit. , 200-208
Is an AND circuit, 300 to 307 are OR circuits, 400 to 404 are inverter circuits, and 500 to 503 are signal paths.

Next, the operation of the device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

When the circuit message 20 is received from the central unit, the message identification code 21 is decoded by the decoder 102, and one of the output signals 500, 501, 502, 503 becomes a true value, and the deposit transaction permission, the deposit transaction prohibition, and the withdrawal, respectively. It is a signal to instruct trading permission and prohibition of withdrawal transactions. First, the case of withdrawal transaction will be described.

When the withdrawal transaction operation completion detection circuit 105 detects the completion of the customer's input operation, the inquiry message created by the inquiry message creation circuit 103 is set in the transmission / reception buffer 101 via the AND circuit 200, and the inquiry message is sent to the central unit. Sent as. The reply message from the central unit for the inquiry message is received by the transmission / reception buffer 101, and the message identification code is decoded by the reply message identification decoder 102. As a result of the decoding, when the withdrawal transaction is permitted, the output of the signal line 502 becomes a true value, and the withdrawal bill counting command circuit 119 is activated. As a result, the 10,000-yen ticket storage box 68 and the 1,000-yen ticket storage box 69
The bills are fed out, and the number of bills corresponding to the amount desired by the customer is conveyed to the receiving box 61. When the end of the bill counting operation is detected by the payout bill counting completion detection circuit 120, the deposit / withdrawal port open command circuit 122 is activated, a shutter (not shown) is operated, the deposit / withdrawal port 60 is opened, and the dispensing bill is taken out. Is possible. When the discharged banknote is taken out by the customer, the output signal of the banknote removal completion detection circuit 121 becomes a true value, the output of the AND circuit 205 becomes a false value, and the deposit / withdrawal port is closed. Further, when all the media used in the withdrawal transaction are withdrawn, the output of the all-media withdrawal completion detection circuit 124 becomes a true value, whereby the transaction end detection circuit 123 recognizes that the withdrawal transaction has been completed. On the other hand, when the message identification code indicates that the withdrawal transaction is prohibited, the signal 503 becomes a true value. In this case, the withdrawal operation of the dispensed banknotes is not performed, and when the extraction of all the media used in the transaction is completed, the output of the detection circuit 124 becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123 indicates when the withdrawal transaction is completed. To confirm.

Next, the case of deposit transaction will be described. When the customer inserts the deposited banknotes into the banknote receiving box 61 and closes the shutter, the deposited banknote insertion completion detection circuit 106 detects the completion of the banknote insertion. As a result, the deposit banknote counting command circuit 107 is activated, and the deposited banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving box are transferred to the banknote separating unit 62. Then, the bills are fed out one by one in the separating unit 62 and pass through the gate 73, the gate 74, the bill discriminating unit 67, and the gate 70. When the bill return box 66 is full, the output signal of the return box full detection circuit 114 activates the take-in command circuit 108 to the collection temporary stacker via the AND circuit 201, and the sorting gates 71 and 72 collect the bills. Store in a temporary stacker. When the banknote circulation box 66 is not full, the AND circuit 20
Gated by 2 to activate the take-back instruction circuit 109 for the temporary return stacker, and the sorting gate 71 causes the bills to be stored in the temporary return stacker 65. When the deposit transaction operation completion detection circuit 110 detects the completion of the input operation, the inquiry message created by the inquiry message creation circuit 103 is set in the transmission / reception buffer 101 via the AND circuit 200 and sent to the central unit as an inquiry message. To be done.
The reply message from the central unit for the inquiry message is received by the transmission / reception buffer 101, and the identification code is decoded by the reply message identification decoder 102.
When the decoding result indicates permission of the deposit transaction, the output of the signal line 500 becomes a true value, and the deposit banknote take-in command circuit 111
Is started. If the bill return box 66 is full, that is, if the output signal of the return box full detection circuit 114 is a true value, the AND circuit 2
The output of 03 activates the bill take-in command circuit 112 to the bill cassette, and the deposited bills held in the temporary stacker for collection are stored in the bill cassette. When the banknote circulation box 66 is not full, the output of the AND circuit 204 is the banknote take-in command circuit 1
13 is activated, and the deposited banknotes temporarily held in the temporary stacker 65 for the return box are stored in the banknote return box 66. Further, when the extraction of all the media used for the deposit transaction is completed, the output of the all-medium removal completion detection circuit 124 becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123 recognizes the end of the deposit transaction. On the other hand, when the message identification code indicates the prohibition of the deposit transaction, or when the deposit cancellation detection circuit 116 detects a deposit cancellation operation, the deposit banknote return command circuit 117 is activated and the temporary stacker for the return box. The deposited banknotes temporarily held in the 65 and the temporary stacker 63 for collection are sent to the banknote receiving box 61. When all the deposited banknotes in the temporary stacker have been sent out, the deposited banknote return completion detection circuit
The output signal of 118 becomes a true value, the deposit / withdrawal port open command circuit 122 is activated, the deposit / withdrawal port 60 is opened, and the deposit banknote can be taken out. Further, when the removal of all the media is completed, the output of the all media removal completion detection circuit 121 becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123 recognizes the end of the deposit transaction.

When one deposit / withdrawal transaction is completed as described above, the output signal of the transaction end detection circuit 123 becomes a true value. In the present invention, this signal sets the bill recirculation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit 129, and the output signal thereof becomes the true value. This output signal is gated by the output signal of the AND circuit 208 which becomes a true value when the banknote circulation box 66 is not empty and either the 10,000 yen ticket storage box 68 or the 1,000 yen ticket storage box 69 is not full,
The bill circulation / replenishment command circuit 125 is activated. On the other hand, the bill counting start time in the output transaction is
It is recognized that the output signal of 119 becomes a true value, and that the deposit banknote counting start time in the deposit transaction becomes a true value of the output signal of the deposit banknote counting command circuit 107, and these signals are output to the OR circuit 307. The bill recirculation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit 129 is reset via the above, and the bill recirculation / replenishment command circuit 126 is stopped. As a result, Figs. 3 and 4
During the specific period shown in the figure, the bill replenishing operation is performed in parallel with the customer operation.

〔The invention's effect〕

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the automatic teller machine which recirculates the deposited banknote as a banknote for withdrawal, the banknote replenishment operation can be efficiently performed without waiting the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows one configuration example of an online system consisting of a central device and a terminal device, FIG. 2 shows an example of a reply message format, and FIGS. 3 and 4 show the payment and deposit operations of the transaction device according to the present invention, respectively. A time chart, FIG. 5 is a time chart at the time of payment operation in the conventional apparatus, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main part of the cash handling apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a logical diagram of a control system in the apparatus according to the present invention. . 61 ... Banknote receiving box, 63 ... Collection temporary stacker, 64 ... Banknote cassette, 65 ... Returning stacker, 66 ... Banknote returning box, 129 ... Banknote return / replenishment permission signal generation circuit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first banknote storage means for storing banknotes and dispensing banknotes stored in response to a withdrawal command, and a second banknote storage means for storing replenishment banknotes. In a cash-receipt-type automatic teller machine that returns the deposited banknotes to the first banknote storing means as banknotes for withdrawal, the second banknotes are automatically transferred according to the banknote amount in the first banknote storing means. Replenish bills from the bill storing means, while executing the transaction processing in response to the request for the transaction processing, and replenishing the transaction in parallel with the transaction processing up to a predetermined step of the transaction processing. A bill replenishment method characterized in that 2. The predetermined step is the start of a bill counting operation in the transaction processing.
The bill replenishment method according to item.