JPH07105431A - Paper money receiving and paying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To highly efficiently utilize funds by simultaneously executing the transaction processing of two customers by a paper money receiving and paying device. CONSTITUTION:Paper money receiving/paying ports 2, 2', discrimination parts 3, 3', temporary stackers 4, 4' are respectively arranged in the paper money receiving and paying device 1 and connected to a rejecting box 5, a 1000-YEN paper money storing box 6, a 10000-YEN paper money storing box 7 and a safe 8 through a carrier 9. Sensors 101 to 130 to detecting a presence of paper money and gates 201 to 211 are arranged on the carrier 9 and each paper money can be carried up to an objective position by a control part for controlling respective parts 101 to 130, 201 to 211. Since respective paper money carrying routes are separated from the ports 2, 2' up to the stackers 4, 4', transactions for two customers can be processed in parallel.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash handling apparatus such as an automatic teller machine, and more particularly to a banknote which realizes highly efficient operation of funds by allowing two customers to process transactions at the same time. Regarding deposit and withdrawal devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-35.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 9993, two devices are connected back to back, and when one device runs out of banknotes, both devices are in a discontinued state in order to transfer the banknotes.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, 2
Banknotes are exchanged between two devices, and when one device runs out of banknotes, it is necessary to suspend the transaction for both the two devices in order to convey the banknotes. In addition, there are variations in the transaction contents of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device, devices that increase the banknotes inside the device due to an increase in the deposit transaction ratio, or devices that require supplementary banknotes due to a shortage of banknotes within the device due to an increase in the dispense transaction ratio, etc. , There was a problem that requires a bill for replenishment. An object of the present invention is to improve such problems and eliminate a handling discontinuation state by eliminating the transfer of banknotes between the devices by allowing two customers to deposit and withdraw simultaneously with one device,
An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote input / output device capable of smoothly carrying out transaction business. Another object is to manage the number of bills held, reduce the number of bill replenishments, and operate the device efficiently. Furthermore, it aims at implementing highly accurate banknote discrimination.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a bill depositing / dispensing device of the present invention has two depositing / dispensing ports (2, 2'in FIG. 1) for depositing / dispensing a bill, and a bill money. Two discriminating units (3, 3'in FIG. 1) for discriminating the type and authenticity, and two stackers (4 in FIG. 1 for temporarily holding the deposited banknotes).
4 '), means for managing the increase / decrease in the number of banknotes held in the device (10, 13, 18, etc. in FIG. 2), and deposit / withdraw the deposit / withdrawal port according to the increase / decrease in the number of banknotes held. (10 in FIG. 2), a means for setting one of the deposit / withdrawal ports to be a transaction stop (for example, an operation unit key), and one of the deposit / withdrawal ports for transaction by the setting device. When it is set to stop, it is characterized in that it is provided with means (10, 17, 18 and the like in FIG. 2) for controlling the deposited banknotes so as to pass through the two discrimination units.

[0005]

According to the present invention, even if two customers simultaneously execute deposit / withdrawal transactions, parallel processing is possible, so that the waiting time of customers due to the processing can be shortened. Further, by using the bill depositing / dispensing port as the dispensing dedicated port and the depositing dedicated port, the number of banknotes held in the apparatus can be kept constant, and long-term transactions can be continued without replenishing the banknotes. Furthermore, one banknote deposit / withdrawal port is suspended, and double discrimination is performed by two discriminating sections, whereby highly accurate banknote discrimination is possible. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the device and smoothly carry out the transaction work.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a bill depositing / dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 includes two banknote pay-in / pay-out ports 2, 2 ', a discrimination section 3, 3', and temporary stackers 4, 4 ', each of which has a 1,000-yen banknote storage box 6, a 10,000-yen banknote storage box 7, The safe 8 and the safe 8 are connected by a transport path 9. Further, sensors 101 to 130 for detecting the presence / absence of bills and gates 201 to 211 are arranged on the conveying path so that bills can be conveyed to a target position. Figure 2
FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of a control unit of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device in one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the bill is conveyed, CP
U10 controls the conveyance of banknotes by the first discrimination control unit 14 or the second discrimination control unit 15, the sensor control unit 16, the gate control unit 17, the conveyance control unit 18, and the separation / stack control unit 19, Information is transmitted to the higher-level device 11 via the line control unit 12. Further, the sensor information at the time of transporting bills, the number of bills held in the apparatus, and the like are stored in the memory 13. FIG. 3 is an external side view of an automated teller machine equipped with a bill depositing / dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an automatic teller machine 20 equipped with the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1
In the figure, the customer A22 and the customer B23 simultaneously enter the transaction contents from the customer operation panels 24 and 24 'and perform the transaction. A door 21 is provided on the side surface of the automatic teller machine 20. By using the door 21, the safe 8 set in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 can be taken out without stopping the customer's transaction. It is possible to replenish or withdraw bills.

Here, the processing when two customers simultaneously perform the deposit processing will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a simultaneous deposit process in one embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, when the customer A22 and the customer B23 simultaneously perform deposit processing, the deposit banknotes of the customer A22 are set in the deposit / withdrawal port 2 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1.
The set banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one (step 4
01), the first discriminating unit 3 discriminates the authenticity / denomination (step 402), and the genuine bills are held in the temporary stacker 4 by the gates 203, 206, 211 (step 403).
Banknotes whose authenticity / denomination cannot be discriminated by the discrimination section 3 are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 by the gates 203, 202, 201 (step 406). The banknote returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is once returned to the customer, and the customer is made to judge the choice of recharging. On the other hand, the deposit process of the customer B23 is also set in the deposit / withdrawal port 2'of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 similarly to the customer A22. The set banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one (step 407), and the second discriminating unit 3'determines the authenticity / denomination (step 40).
8) The genuine bills are held in the temporary stacker 4'by the gates 205, 204 and 207 (step 409). The banknotes whose authenticity or denomination cannot be discriminated by the discrimination section 3'are the gate 20.
It is returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 2'by 5 (step 406).
The bill returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 2'is once returned to the customer, and the customer is made to judge the choice of re-payment. If both the customer A22 and the customer B23 select the confirmation of the number of banknotes without re-payment (steps 404 and 410), the banknotes of the customer who have previously selected the confirmation of the number of banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one from the temporary stacker (step 405, 411), the discriminating unit 3'determines the authenticity / denomination and whether or not it can be used for withdrawal, and the genuine banknotes that can be used for withdrawal are the gates 208, 205, 2
04, 202, 201, 203, 206, 211, 21
0, 209 are stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage box 6 or the 10,000-yen bill storage box 7 (step 412).
In addition, the banknotes whose authenticity and denomination cannot be discriminated by the discriminating unit 3'and the banknotes that are genuine but cannot be used for withdrawal are gate 20.
It is conveyed to the reject box 5 by 8, 205, 204 and 202. Next, the customer's banknotes that have been selected to check the number of banknotes later are separated and conveyed one by one from the temporary stacker,
It is stored in the storage box in the same manner.

Next, the processing when two customers simultaneously perform deposit / withdrawal processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the simultaneous deposit / withdrawal process in one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the customer A22 and the customer B23 perform deposit / withdrawal processing at the same time, the customer A22 inputs the deposit amount from the operation panel 24 and starts the dispensing transaction. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1, which has received the information,
The usage status of the banknote transport path is confirmed by the sensors 101 to 130, and if the transport path is unused, the banknotes are separated and transported one by one from the banknote storage box (steps 501 and 502), and the first discriminating unit 3 performs authenticity / denomination. It is determined whether the bill can be used for withdrawal (step 503), and genuine bills that can be used for withdrawal are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 by the gates 203, 202 and 201 (step 504). . Further, bills whose authenticity / denomination cannot be discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 and bills which are genuine but cannot be used for withdrawal are conveyed to the reject box 5 by the gates 203 and 202 (step 505). On the other hand, since the deposit process of the customer B23 can be performed in parallel with the dispense process of the customer A22, deposit banknotes are set in the deposit / withdrawal port 2 '. The set banknotes are held in the temporary stacker 4'in the same manner as the deposit process shown in FIG. 4 (steps 506 to 509). When the customer B23 selects the bill count confirmation (step 510), the sensor 1
After checking the usage status of the banknote transport path from 01 to 130 (step 511), if the transport path is unused, it is stored in the banknote storage box in the same manner as in FIG. 4 (step 51).
2).

Next, the processing in the case where the bill discrimination of the deposit transaction is performed twice will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the double discrimination process of the deposit transaction in the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment,
In order to carry out a double check of bill discrimination, it is necessary for the operator to operate the operation unit key (not shown) or the like to suspend the transaction at one deposit / withdrawal port. In this case, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2
The transaction is suspended and the transaction is performed through the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2 '.
The banknotes set in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2'are separated and conveyed one by one, and the discrimination section 3'determines the authenticity / denomination (step 6).
01), the unidentified bill is returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 2'by the gate 205 (step 607). Identification section 3 '
Banknotes that are determined to be genuine by the gate are the gates 205, 204, and 20.
2, 201, it is conveyed to the discrimination section 3, and the authenticity / denomination is discriminated again at another check point (step 60).
2). As a result, the banknotes that could not be discriminated were gated 20.
The bills that have been held by the first temporary stacker 4 by 3, 206, 211 (step 608) and that have been discriminated as genuine by the discrimination unit 3 are stored in the second temporary stacker 4'by the gates 203, 206, 207. It is transported (step 603). The banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the discriminating section 3 are separated and conveyed one by one from the temporary stacker 4 (step 609) and returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2'by the gates 207, 208 and 205 (step 607). ). The banknote returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2'is once returned to the customer, and the customer is made to judge the choice of repayment. As a result, when the customer selects the confirmation of the number of banknotes without re-payment, the banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one from the temporary stacker 4 ', and the discrimination section 3'determines whether the banknote can be used for authenticity, denomination and withdrawal. It is determined (step 604) that the banknotes that are genuine and can be used for withdrawal are the gates 208, 205, and 2.
04, 202, 201, 203, 206, 211, 21
0, 209 are stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage box 6 or the 10,000-yen bill storage box 7 (steps 605, 6).
06). In addition, for the banknotes whose authenticity / denomination cannot be discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 ′ and the banknotes that are genuine but cannot be used for withdrawal,
The sheets 208, 205, 204, 202 are conveyed to the reject box.

[0010]

According to the present invention, one banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus can simultaneously perform transaction processing for two customers, highly efficient operation of funds and improvement of services for customers, and compact / low size of the entire system. Cost can be reduced. In addition, by providing two discriminating units, it is possible to more accurately determine the authenticity / denomination when depositing a bill.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a bill depositing / dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a control unit of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external side view of an automated teller machine equipped with a bill depositing / dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a simultaneous deposit process in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a simultaneous deposit / withdrawal process in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a double discriminating process for deposit transactions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2 ′ banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 discrimination section 3 ′ discrimination section 4 temporary stacker 4 ′ temporary stacker 5 reject box 6 thousand yen banknote storage box 70,000 yen banknote storage box 8 safe box 9 transport path 10 CPU 11 Upper device 12 Line control unit 13 Memory 14 Identification control unit 15 Identification control unit 16 Sensor control unit 17 Gate control unit 18 Transfer control unit 19 Separation / stack control unit 20 Automatic teller machine 21 Door 22 Customer A 23 Customer B 24 Customer operation panel 24 'Customer operation panel

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device for depositing / dispensing banknotes, comprising first and second deposit / withdrawal ports for depositing / dispensing banknotes.
First and second discrimination units for discriminating denomination / authenticity of banknotes, first and second stackers for temporarily holding deposited banknotes, and means for managing increase / decrease in the number of banknotes held in the apparatus And means for setting the deposit / withdrawal port as a dedicated deposit / withdrawal trading port according to an increase / decrease in the number of banknotes held, a means for setting one of the deposit / withdrawal ports as a transaction stop, and the setting. And a means for controlling the deposited banknotes so that the deposited banknotes pass through the first and second discriminating units when one of the deposit / withdrawal ports is set to be suspended by the means. Gold device.