JPH07334730A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate maintenance management including the replacement of a journal and to perform the centralized management of the journals of plural automatic transaction devices by providing a journal printing means as a journal unit separately from an automatic transaction device main body. CONSTITUTION:The journal unit 13 equipped with journal printing parts 16 is separated from the automatic transaction device main body and provided at a different position. Journal print data from each automatic transaction device main body is received by an automation equipment interface part 14 and a journal control part 15 distributes the data to the respective journal printing parts 16 and performs printing control. When a customer inserts a cash card and performs a specific transaction, data corresponding to the transaction are printed on a detailed slip at a CRP part 3 and at the same time, the journal printing part 16 starts printing control over a journal as the transaction record. At this time, the print data are edited on the side of the automatic transaction device main body and sent to the corresponding journal printing part 16, so that the transaction record can be printed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transaction device arranged in a lobby or corner of a financial institution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a transaction such as payment or balance inquiry is made, an automatic transaction device prints the details of the transaction on a statement slip and releases it to the customer. At the same time, in order to record the history of the transaction, the history of the transaction is recorded in a journal and stored internally. That is, the statement slip and the journal paper in the automatic transaction device are recorded by the printing unit, and the journal is stored in the automatic transaction device.

[0003]

However, according to such a conventional technique, since a fixed amount of journals are installed in the automatic transaction device, it is necessary to replace the journals within a fixed period. The management must be performed for each automatic transaction device, and when there are multiple automatic transaction devices, the management is complicated, and it is necessary to stop the device when the replacement work overlaps. There was an occasion.

[0004]

In view of the above, the present invention is characterized in that a journal unit having a journal printing section is provided at a position separate from the main body of the automatic transaction apparatus.

[0005]

With the above structure, the journal unit can be installed at a convenient place for the staff, the maintenance including the exchange of the journal can be facilitated, and the journal can be exchanged without stopping the operation of the automatic transaction device. In addition, it becomes possible to centrally manage the journals of a plurality of automatic transaction devices, and to increase the capacity.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main body of the automatic transaction apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a passbook entry machine for printing transaction contents on a passbook inserted by a customer. Reference numeral 2 denotes a customer operation display unit, which comprises a group of keys operated by the customer for transactions and a CRT for displaying the function of the keys, guiding the operation, and displaying input information.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a CRP section, which comprises a card reader / writer for reading and writing information on a card inserted by a customer and a printer section for printing transaction contents on a statement slip. Reference numeral 4 denotes a cash processing machine, which pays out a designated cash from a predetermined cash cassette, counts it, and pays to the customer.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an internal operation panel portion, which comprises an operation mode setting switch for setting the operation mode of the apparatus by a staff member, a ten key, and a display. A memory 6 stores a program for controlling the operation of the apparatus, a transaction history, and the like. Reference numeral 7 is a main control unit,
It controls each unit 5 and is connected to a host device (not shown) at a remote place online.

A journal interface unit 8 exchanges data with the journal unit 13. The above-mentioned units 1 to 8 constitute the main body of the automatic transaction apparatus. The external appearance of such an automatic transaction apparatus main body is shown in FIG.
A card insertion / ejection port 11 and a banknote handling port 12 are provided at respective predetermined positions, the passbook entry / exiting machine 1 is provided in the back of the passbook insertion / ejection port 10, and the card insertion / ejection port 11
The CRP units 3 are respectively provided in the interior of the banknotes, and the customer service unit and the processing machine of the cash processing machine 4 are located inside the bill handling slot 12.

Next, the journal unit 13 will be described again with reference to FIG. The journal print data from each automatic transaction device main body is received by the automated equipment interface unit 14, and the journal control unit 15 performs data distribution and print control to each journal print unit 16. The basic unit of the journal printing unit 16 is one unit,
It is also possible to control a plurality of connections as shown in the figure. Reference numeral 17 is a status display section, and 18 is a sounding section such as a buzzer.

The journal unit 13 may have a monitor board 19 connected to the journal controller 15 as shown in FIG. Further, the journal printing section may be any conventional printing means, such as thermal printing, dot printing or any other printing means. For example, as shown in the schematic view of FIG. 4, the journal and the take-up roller 20 for winding the journal may be used. The print head 21 is arranged in between. Reference numeral 22 is a reflection sensor for detecting a mark on the journal.

In such a journal unit 13, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, for example, when the door portion 23 is opened, the automation equipment interface portion 14, the journal control portion 15, the journal printing portion 16 and the power source portion 24 are housed inside the apparatus. Has been done. The connection between each automatic transaction device main unit and the journal unit may be wired or wireless, and according to the wireless, each automatic transaction device main unit is installed in a separate place when connecting with multiple automatic transaction device main units. However, since there is no wiring work, it is advantageous for connection, and since the installation location of the journal unit is not restricted, it can be placed near the seat of the clerk.

Any form of connection between the main body of the automatic transaction device and the journal unit may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of main bodies of the automatic transaction device are intensively connected to one journal unit. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of automatic transaction device bodies may be connected to a plurality of journal units in a loop. According to the above configuration,
When a customer inserts a cash card through the card insertion / ejection port 11 and carries out a predetermined transaction, the CRP section 3 prints a statement sheet in response to the transaction. At the same time, as the transaction record, the journal printing unit 16 starts the journal printing control. At this time, the transaction data can be printed by editing the print data on the main body side of the automatic transaction device and transmitting it to the corresponding journal printing unit 16.

When data is received from a plurality of automatic transaction device main bodies, the terminal numbers of the respective automatic transaction device main bodies are used as key numbers to be distributed to the journal printing section and print control is performed, whereby the journals of the corresponding automatic transaction device main bodies are controlled. Can be continuously printed by the same unit. To further explain this with reference to FIG. 9, when the automatic transaction device body transmits print data to the journal unit, it transmits as the automatic transaction device body number + print data, and the journal control unit 15 causes the automatic transaction device body number to be transmitted. . + Print data will be controlled correspondingly.

Therefore, the memory in the journal control unit 15 is made to store the corresponding automatic transaction apparatus main body number for each journal printing unit 16. When the journal control unit 15 receives the print data from the automatic transaction device main body through the automated device interface unit 14, the automatic transaction device main unit No.
The journal printing unit 16 in which the corresponding automatic transaction apparatus main body number is registered is searched in the memory based on the above. An example of this memory is shown in FIG. In the figure, 00 indicates unregistered.

If there is a corresponding journal printing unit 16, the print data is transmitted to the corresponding journal printing unit 16, and if there is no corresponding journal printing unit 16, the automatic printing apparatus main unit number unregistered journal printing unit. 16 is assigned to transfer print data. If there is no unregistered journal printing unit 16, the journal printing unit 16 stores it in the auxiliary file (HDD).

The journal data is the automatic transaction device N
If o.1 and journal print part No. 1 are associated and the journal print part No. 1 is the end of the paper, the unused journal print part and the automatic transaction device main unit No. 1 are associated and printed. To do. In this case, what the automatic transaction apparatus main body of the data to be printed as an automatic teller machine body No. + print data when printing is possible determines the output contents.

The paper replacement may be performed, for example, in the same way as in the prior art. When the unused printing portion in the journal unit has one remaining roll, it is a near end, and the unused printing portion disappears and the printing area corresponds to 10 transactions. Sometimes it ends. It should be noted that this is not fixed, but variable within the application. Therefore, in order to inform the clerk of the near end and the end, for example, the status display unit 17 is displayed and the sounding unit 18 is sounded, or although not shown, a monitor panel is connected to the journal unit and the status is displayed on the monitor panel. Display and sound the sounding section at the same time. Further, there is a method of transmitting near end and end information together in the response of the control communication between the automatic transaction apparatus main body and the journal unit, and notifying the staff of the near end and end information from the automatic transaction apparatus main body.

Next, when a failure occurs, first, when the paper exchange is not performed, for example, it is mounted in the file (HDD) of the main body of the automatic transaction apparatus or in the journal unit. There is a method such as mounting on an auxiliary file (HDD). Further, when a failure occurs in the journal unit, and when it is a failure in the printing unit, the printing unit is switched to continue the operation. This switching operation rewrites the automatic transaction device main unit number stored in the memory of the journal printing unit in association with the journal printing unit of the main failure to the unusable number “99”. And
It can be dealt with by assigning the automatic transaction device main unit number stored in correspondence with the journal printing section of the main failure to another unused journal printing section.

Next, in the case of a failure of the print control unit,
It can be dealt with by avoiding the failure by duplicating the print control unit and journal unit, or by accumulating in the file (HDD) on the main body side of the automated teller machine and printing after the failure recovery. In the above description, the corresponding automatic transaction device main body number for each journal printing section is stored in the memory, but as shown in FIG. 11, the automatic transaction device main body N is switched by the switch 19 corresponding to each journal unit.
may be set so that the journal unit prints only the print data of the main body of the automatic transaction device set in the switch.

By doing so, even if the main body of the automatic transaction apparatus and the journal printing section are arranged at different positions, there is always a one-to-one correspondence as shown in FIG. It will be. Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, a display panel for displaying the automatic transaction apparatus body No. connected to each journal unit may be mounted in the journal printing section 16. By doing so, it becomes possible to easily search for a journal unit from the main body of the transaction target automatic transaction apparatus when searching for a journal.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, by mounting a display panel for displaying an LED corresponding to each journal unit in the journal printing section, the journal unit to be replaced with paper and an unused journal are mounted. The unit will be able to be monitored from the outside. Also, when the automatic transaction device body number + print data is received, the journal printing part is not sorted by the automatic transaction device body number, and the journals are printed in the order in which they were received, so that the journal will end at the paper end. When it becomes, printing may be performed on an unused journal printing unit.

In this way, the journal paper can be used efficiently. For example, when there are six journal printing units and they are connected to six automatic transaction device bodies, one paper end is used. And the other 5 are printed 1
Even if it is / 2, it is necessary to replace the journal paper at the end of the paper, but by printing it in the order received, the usage amount is 3 and 1/2, and it is necessary to replace the paper. Therefore, the number of exchanges is reduced.

[0024]

According to the present invention described in detail above,
By providing the journal printing unit as a journal unit separately from the main body of the automatic transaction device, it is possible to install the journal unit at a convenient location of the staff or the installation location, and it becomes easy to perform maintenance including replacement of the journal. This has the effect of enabling the exchange of journals without stopping the operation of the transaction device.

Furthermore, it becomes possible to centrally manage the journals of a plurality of automatic transaction devices, and it is also possible to increase the capacity, which also enables reliable exchange of journals without stopping the operation of the automatic transaction devices. Has the effect of becoming. Also, by wirelessly connecting the main unit of the automatic transaction device and the journal unit, it is possible to freely select the location where the journal unit is installed.
Even if the automatic transaction device bodies are individually installed at different places, the connection is advantageous.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an automatic transaction device body.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a journal unit.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a journal printing unit.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a journal unit.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a journal unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection form between an automatic transaction device main body and a journal unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection form between an automatic transaction device main body and a journal unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a corresponding state between a plurality of automatic transaction device main bodies and journal units.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a memory.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a corresponding state of another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an automatic transaction device body, a journal unit, and a switch.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display panel.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a display panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Passbook entry machine 2 Customer operation display section 3 CRP section 4 Cash processing machine 5 Internal operation panel section 7 Main control section 8 Journal interface section 13 Journal unit 14 Automation equipment interface section 15 Journal control section 16 Journal printing section

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. An automatic transaction apparatus capable of printing a statement slip for passing a transaction detail to a customer and printing it in a journal for recording and storing a history of the transaction, in which a journal unit having a journal print section is automatically provided. An automatic transaction device, characterized in that it is provided at a position separate from the transaction device body. 2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the journal unit and the automatic transaction apparatus main body are wirelessly connected to each other.