JPH0816883A - Automatic paper money dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic paper money dispenser capable of simply varying the kind of money to be set as necessary. CONSTITUTION:This dispenser is provided with plural housing parts housing paper moneys so as to pay the paper moneys to a customer by paying out them from the paper money housing parts. Then, the dispenser is provided with a recognition part 38 discriminating the payed-out paper money, a dial for inputting the kind of money, which inputs the kind of the paper money to be housed in the paper money housing parts, a switching means switching the judging value of the recognition part 38 to a judging value corresponding to the kind of money inputted by the dial, and control means 31 and 40 which control to read information on the kind of money set by the dial, to instruct the paying out of paper money from the paper money housing parts housing the kind of paper money corresponding to the piece of information at the time of a paying transaction, and to make the recognition part 38 judge the paper money by means of the judging value corresponding to the pertinent kind of money.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote automatic payment device for paying banknotes (cash) at a financial institution such as a bank in response to a customer's request.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, automatic cash payment has been installed in a lobby or outer wall of a financial institution, a department store, an airport, a hospital, etc., so that a customer can directly operate a device to pay out bills (cash). Machines are widespread.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing an example of the general automatic teller machine. In FIG. 4, this automatic teller machine takes in a cash card inserted by a customer, reads information on a magnetic stripe provided on the card, and writes information on the magnetic stripe after the transaction is completed. A light unit section 101, a ten-key unit section 102 for the customer to input a recitation number, a payment amount, etc., a display unit section 103 such as a CRT for instructing and guiding the customer, and a payout transaction have been completed. In this case, the banknote automatic payment device unit 104 and the like which discharges only the amount of banknote requested by the customer.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a schematic overall configuration of the bill automatic payment device section 104 in the conventional automatic cash dispenser. Conventional banknote automatic payment device unit 10 using FIG.
To further explain the configuration of No. 4, a cassette 52 accommodating banknotes for paying to the customer is arranged at the bottom of the apparatus main body 51 so that it can be taken in and out. In the cassette 52, for example, a 10,000-yen bill storage unit 52a in which a 10,000-yen bill 53 is stored.
And a thousand-yen bill storage section 52b for accommodating a thousand-yen bill 54, bills corresponding to the respective storage sections 52a and 52b are stored, and the picker roller 5 is provided by means not shown.
It is pressed against 5a and 55b.

Separation roller portions 56a and 56b composed of a reverse roller and a feed roller are provided above the picker rollers 55a and 55b, respectively. Further, above the separating roller portions 56a and 56b, front bill conveying portions 57a and 57b each including a plurality of rollers for conveying bills upward and a belt are disposed. Further, in each of the front-side banknote transport units 57a and 57b, along the passage through which the banknotes are transported, the skewness of the banknotes and the length in the lateral direction,
An optical double sensor 58 for detecting the interval between bills, stack feeding, and the like, and a width detection sensor 59 for checking the length of bills in the longitudinal direction are provided.

Further, above the front banknote transport sections 57a and 57b, an intermediate banknote transport section 60 composed of a plurality of rollers and a belt is arranged in the front-rear direction of the apparatus main body 51. In addition, the sensor 5
The banknotes determined to be abnormal in 8 and 59 are reject boxes 61 arranged below the intermediate banknote transport unit 60.
A blade 62 for guiding and dropping the inside is provided.

In addition, on the front side of the intermediate bill transport unit 60,
A final bill transport unit 63 including a plurality of rollers and a belt is disposed between the intermediate bill transport unit 60 and the customer service opening 67. A temporary stacking unit 65 for temporarily storing banknotes is formed between the intermediate banknote transfer unit 60 and the final banknote transfer unit 63.

Next, the operation of the bill automatic payment device unit 104 thus configured will be described. First, it is assumed that the customer makes a payment request of, for example, 55,000 yen from the ten-key unit 102. Then, the picker roller 55a is driven by means (not shown), and the picker roller 55a feeds the 10,000-yen bill 53 upward through the separating roller portion 56a to the front bill conveying portion 57a. The 10,000-yen bill 53 delivered to the front-side banknote transport unit 57a is fed by the sensors 58 and 59 provided in the front-side banknote transport unit 57a, the skewness, the length in the lateral direction, the banknote interval, and the overfeeding. The length in the longitudinal direction and the like are respectively checked, and the intermediate bill transport unit 60 further transports the final bill transport unit 63.

The 10,000-yen bill 53 sent to the intermediate bill transport unit 60
Out of the 10,000 yen bills 5 that were determined to be abnormal by the sensors 58, 59
The blade 3 is guided to the reject box 61 side by the blade 62 and stored. On the other hand, the 10,000-yen bill 53 that is determined to be normal is directly conveyed to the final bill conveyance unit 63 side by the intermediate bill conveyance unit 60. In addition, the intermediate bill transport unit 6
The 10,000-yen bills 53 conveyed to the end of 0 are accumulated one after another on the temporary accumulation unit 65.

In this way, when five ten-yen bills 53 have been accumulated, the picker roller 55b is subsequently driven, and the picker roller 55b separates the thousand-yen bill 54 into the separating roller section 56b.
The bills are fed upwards through the through to the front bill transport unit 57b. Thousand-yen bill 54 that has been fed to the front bill transport unit 57b
Is checked by the sensors 58 and 59 provided in the front bill transport unit 57b for the skewness, the length in the lateral direction, the bill interval, the overlap feed, the length in the longitudinal direction, etc. The bill transport unit 60 allows the final bill transport unit 6
It is transported to the 3rd side.

Thousand yen bills 54 sent to the intermediate bill transport unit 60
Among them, 1,000 yen bills 5 which were judged to be abnormal by the sensors 58 and 59
4 is guided to the reject box 61 side by the blade 62 and stored. On the other hand, the 1,000-yen bill 54 that is determined to be normal is directly conveyed to the final bill conveyance unit 63 side by the intermediate bill conveyance unit 60. In addition, the intermediate bill transport unit 6
Thousand-yen bills 54 conveyed to the end of 0 are accumulated one after another on the temporary accumulation unit 65 and on the 10,000-yen bills 53 accumulated earlier than this.

Then, when 55,000 yen is accumulated on the temporary accumulation unit 65, the final banknote transport unit 63 is driven, and the speed is higher than the speed at which the front banknote transport unit 57b and the final banknote transport unit 63 transport banknotes. At the slowest speed, the accumulated banknotes of 55,000 yen are conveyed to the customer service opening 67 and paid to the customer.

[0013]

By the way, recently,
In the financial industry, cash dispensers have started operating on holidays. Therefore, a staff member sets a large amount of banknotes in the cassette 52 before the holiday in preparation for a customer who comes to the store on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Cassette 5 during weekday operation
The 10,000 yen bill 53 and the 1,000 yen bill 54 should be set in 2 to prepare for the customer's payment, but since there is a high possibility that the bills will run out during the holiday operation, all the 10,000 yen bills will be stored in the cassette 52. There is a strong desire to set 53. That is, it means that the denomination to be set is changed between the weekday operation and the holiday operation.

However, in the conventional banknote paying device in the automatic teller machine, the judgment values for checking the banknotes by the sensors 58 and 59 are unique to the 10,000-yen bill 53 and the 1,000-yen bill 54, respectively, and Corresponding to each bill storage unit, for example, the judgment value of the 10,000-yen bill 53 for bills paid from the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 52a, and the 1,000-yen bill for bills paid from the 1,000-yen bill storage unit 52b. It is fixed to the judgment value of 54. Therefore, in the conventional bill automatic payment device, it is impossible for the staff to arbitrarily change the denomination set in the cassette 52, and if the denomination set during weekday operation and holiday operation is easily changed. I couldn't meet the request.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill automatic payment device in which a denomination to be set can be easily changed as needed.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a plurality of storage units for storing banknotes are provided, and a banknote automatic payment device for paying out a banknote from the banknote storage unit and paying it to a customer. The discrimination means for discriminating the bill, the denomination input means for inputting the denomination of the bill stored in the storage portion, and the determination value of the discrimination means corresponds to the denomination input to the denomination input portion. Switching means for switching to a judgment value and denomination information set in the denomination input section are read, and a bill payout from the bill storage section storing denominations corresponding to the information at the time of payment transaction is instructed. Then
Further, it is achieved by a configuration including a control means for controlling the discrimination means to make the discrimination of the bill with a judgment value corresponding to the applicable denomination.

[0017]

According to this structure, the denomination input section is provided in the vicinity of the bill storage section, the denomination is arbitrarily set by a staff member or the like through the denomination input section, and the denomination information is fed out according to the denomination information set here. Since the judgment value of the discriminating means for checking banknotes is switched to a value corresponding to the denomination of the set banknote, the denomination to be set can be easily changed and used. Different operations can be performed for each bank branch or for each date and time.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 2 and 3 show a banknote automatic payment device as one embodiment of the present invention, and show a portion corresponding to the banknote automatic payment device section 104 shown in FIG. When the banknote automatic payment device section of the present invention is applied to a cash automatic payment machine, the other parts except this banknote payment device may have the same configuration as the cash automatic payment machine shown in FIG. It is a thing. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the description will be made as a bill automatic payment machine in the case of having the same configuration as the bill automatic payment machine shown in FIG. 4 except for the bill automatic payment device.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a schematic overall structure of the automatic bill payment device section. In FIGS. 2 and 3, cassettes 2A, 2B, and 2C, each of which stores bills for paying to a customer, are vertically arranged in the apparatus main body 1 so as to be able to be pulled out in three stages respectively. In addition, in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cassettes 2A to 2C as a single body, and shows the lid 15 on the back surface in an open and upright state. The cassettes 2A, 2B and 2C have the same structure, and the cassettes 2A, 2B and 2C have
For example, a 10,000-yen bill storage unit 2a for storing the 10,000-yen bills 3 and a 1,000-yen bill storage unit 2b for storing the 1,000-yen bills 4 are provided.
Corresponding banknotes are stored in the respective storage sections 2a and 2b, and the banknotes are pressed against the picker rollers 6a and 6b by the stage 5 receiving the urging force of a spring (not shown). Further, a dial 16 as a denomination input means and a denomination display section 17 are provided at the portions just beside each of the storage sections 2a and 2b. By operating the dial 16, the denominations of the bills stored in the storages 2a and 2b can be displayed in the denomination display unit 17.

Above the picker rollers 6a and 6b, the reverse roller portions 7a and 7b and the feed rollers 8a and 8b are provided.
And a plurality of rollers and a belt for conveying bills in one direction in which the bill outlet 9 is provided above the separation roller portion. 10a and 10b are provided respectively. In addition, each of the front-side banknote transport units 10a and 10b has an optical double for detecting the skewness of the banknotes, the length in the short-side direction, the banknote interval, the stack feeding, and the like along the path in which the banknotes are transported. A sensor 11 and a width detection sensor 12 for checking the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction are provided.

Further, in front of the front banknote transport units 10a and 10b, the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the sensors 11 and 12 are disposed in the reject space 13 below the front banknote transport units 10a and 10b. A blade 14 is provided for guiding it inside. The above is each cassette 2A
Is the configuration within 2C.

Next, the structure outside the cassettes 2A to 2C will be described. Inside the apparatus main body 1, banknotes discharged from the cassettes 2A to 2C corresponding to the banknote discharge ports 9 of the cassettes 2A to 2C. There are provided final bill transport units 20a, 20b, 20c including a plurality of rollers and a belt for transporting the bills to the temporary stacking unit 19 provided with the stage 18.

The stage 18 is rotatably connected to a bottom plate 22 about a fulcrum 21, and a compression spring 23 is interposed between the stage 18 and the bottom plate 22.
Then, the banknotes conveyed to the temporary stacking unit 19 are sequentially stacked on the stage 18. When the banknotes are stacked one after another, the pressing force of the compression spring 23 is overcome by the weight of the banknotes, and the stage 18 gradually rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. It has a structure that keeps the position constant.

Furthermore, the upper portion of the temporary stacking unit 19 is the receiving port 2
6, the receiving port 26 is normally covered by the shutter 24. When a predetermined number of banknotes have been stacked in the temporary stacking unit 19, the shutter 24 is opened by driving a motor (not shown), so that the customer receives the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 19 through the receiving port 26. You can

In addition, a forgotten box 25, which is closed by a bottom plate 22 in normal times, is provided below the stage 18, and the customer opens the shutter 24 to open the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 19. If you don't pick it up within a certain time
The banknote is stored in the forget-to-take box 25 by being rotated in a hanging state, and the transaction can be stopped.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of a bill automatic payment device according to the present invention. In FIG.
Those corresponding to the banknote automatic payment machine shown in FIG. That is, in the configuration of this control system, a main control unit (CPU) 31 that controls the entire apparatus is mainly configured, and the main control unit 31 includes each cassette 2A.
2C, a transport unit 32 for driving and controlling the final bill transport units 20a to 20c, a ten-key unit unit 102 for a customer to input a password, a payment amount, and the like, and a shutter 24.
Shutter drive means 33 for driving the
The bottom plate driving means 34 for rotating the and storing the banknotes in the box 25 and the power source 35 are connected. The main control unit 31 is also connected to a host computer (not shown), which is a host computer, via an interface unit 36.

Further, in each of the cassettes 2A to 2C, reverse roller portions 7a and 7b and feed rollers 8a and 8b are provided.
And a separating unit 3 for controlling the drive of the separating roller unit.
7, a recognition unit 38 including sensors 11, 12 and the like, and a denomination input unit 39 through which a staff member inputs the denomination of a bill with the dial 16.
And a control section 40 for controlling the separation section 37, the recognition section 38, and the denomination input section 39, and the like, and a state in which the control section 40 of each of the cassettes 2A to 2C is connected to the main control section 31. It has become. The storage units 2a and 2b for storing the banknotes in the cassettes 2A to 2C can store any of the 10,000-yen bills and the 1,000-yen bills 4, and after setting, the dial 16 is set. When operated, the correction of the denomination displayed on the denomination display unit 17 and the determination value of the recognition unit 38 can be changed to a value suitable for the denomination display unit 17.

Next, the operation of the bill automatic payment device having such a configuration will be described. First, it is assumed that the customer makes a payment request of, for example, 55,000 yen from the ten-key unit 102. Then, one of the cassettes 2A to 2C in which the ten-thousand-yen bill 3 is stored is selected, and the picker roller 6a is driven by a means (not shown), and the ten-thousand-yen bill 3 is reversed by the picker roller 6a. The front side banknote transport section 10 passes upward through the section 7a and the feed roller 8a.
It is extended to a. In addition, the 10,000-yen bill 3 delivered to the front-side banknote transport unit 10a is detected by the sensors 11 and 12 provided in the front-side banknote transport unit 10a, the skewness, the length in the lateral direction, the banknote interval, and the stacking. The feeding, the length in the longitudinal direction and the like are checked, and the bills are conveyed to the final bill conveying units 20a to 20c.

Of the 10,000-yen bills 3 sent to the final bill transporting units 20a to 20c, the 10,000-yen bills 3 judged to be abnormal by the sensors 11 and 12 are rejected by the blade 14 to the reject space 13.
It is guided inside and stored. On the other hand, the 10,000-yen bill 3, which is determined to be normal, is conveyed as it is to the final bill conveying units 20a to 20c by the front bill conveying unit 10a. The final bill transport units 20a to 20c transport the stacks to the temporary stacking unit 19 and stack the stacks on the stage 18 one after another.

In this way, if five 10,000-yen bills 3 are accumulated,
Subsequently, one of the cassettes 2A to 2C in which the 1,000-yen bill 4 is stored is selected, and the picker roller 6b is driven by means (not shown). Then, the picker roller 6b feeds the 1,000-yen bill 4 upward through the reverse roller portion 7b and the feed roller 8b to the front bill conveying portion 10a. In addition, the 1,000-yen bills 4 delivered to the front banknote transport unit 10a are fed by the sensors 11 and 12 provided in the front banknote transport unit 10a, the skewness, the length in the lateral direction, the banknote spacing, and the stacking. The feeding, the length in the longitudinal direction and the like are checked, and the bills are conveyed to the final bill conveying units 20a to 20c.

Among the 1,000-yen bills 4 sent to the final bill transporting units 20a to 20c, the 1,000-yen bills 4 judged to be abnormal by the sensors 11 and 12 are rejected by the blade 14 to the reject space 13.
It is guided inside and stored. On the other hand, the 1,000-yen bill 4, which has been determined to be normal, is directly conveyed to the final bill conveyance units 20a to 20c by the front bill conveyance unit 10a. The final bill transport units 20a to 20c transport the temporary bill stacking unit 19 to the stage 18, and stack the 10,000-yen bills 3 previously stacked.
It is accumulated one after another on top of.

Then, when 55,000 yen is accumulated on the stage 18, the shutter driving means 33 is driven to open the shutter 24 and the customer is paid through the customer service opening 26. If the customer does not pick up the banknotes accumulated on the stage 18 within a certain period of time after the shutter 24 is opened, it is assumed that the banknotes have been forgotten, and both the stage 18 and the bottom plate 22 have forgotten to be dropped into the box 25. The bill is rotated and the bill is forgotten to be stored in the box 25, and the transaction is stopped.

The above is the operation during normal handling.
Next, the case of changing the denomination and performing the payment operation will be described. For example, when it is desired to set a large number of 10,000-yen bills 3 instead of the 1,000-yen bills 4 in place of the bills to be stored in the cassettes 2A to 2C after the work on Friday, which is the day before the holiday, in the storage unit 2b where the 1,000-yen bills 4 were stored. Instead of the 1,000-yen bill 4, the 10,000-yen bill 3 is set.
At the same time, the dial 1 of the part where the 10,000 yen bill 3 is set
6 is operated to display “10,000” on the denomination display section 17. As a result, in the cassette in which the 10,000-yen bill 3 is set in the storage section 2b, the 10,000-yen note 3 is set in both the storage sections 2a and 2b. Also, this cassette 2
When A to 2C are set in the apparatus main body 1, the main control unit 31 switches the determination value of the recognition unit 38 from the value corresponding to the thousand-yen bill 4 to the value corresponding to the ten-thousand-yen bill 3. Then, thereafter, until it is reset again, the value corresponding to the ten thousand yen bill 3 is determined, and the ten thousand yen bill 3 is paid.

Therefore, according to the banknote automatic payment apparatus of this embodiment, the dial 16 is provided near the banknote storage sections 2a and 2b.
A recognizing unit (discriminating means) for providing a denomination input unit 39 having a denomination, a staff member or the like arbitrarily setting a denomination from the denomination input unit 39, and checking a bill to be paid out based on the denomination information set here Since the judgment value of 38 is switched to a value corresponding to the denomination of the set banknote, the denomination to be set can be changed from weekday operation to holiday operation. The species can be easily changed and used. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation such as a shortage of bills to be paid, improve the service, reduce the number of bills set in operation, and reduce the burden on workers. Also, not limited to the change between weekday operation and holiday operation, for example, even if the operation is on the same day, a branch that pays a lot of 10,000 yen bills 3 will often set it in the 10,000 yen bill 3 Different operations can be performed for each branch of the same bank by, for example, setting the 1,000-yen bill 4 for the branch with the most payments.

In the above embodiment, the case where the structure is incorporated in the automatic cash dispenser has been described, but a single automatic bill dispenser may be used, and the number of cassettes 2A to 2C is three. Other than that, of course, it does not matter. Further, the automatic bill dispenser for paying Japanese bills has been described, but other than this, it is also possible to handle US dollar bills and the like. By the way, for bills with the same bill size of all denominations such as U.S. dollar bills, it can be loaded in any cassette without being regulated by bill guides that regulate the short and long directions of bills. , Which is more effective.

[0036]

As described above, according to the banknote automatic payment machine of the present invention, the denomination input section is provided near the banknote storing section, and the denomination can be arbitrarily set by the staff member from the denomination input section. However, since the determination value of the determination means for checking the bills fed out according to the denomination information set here is switched to a value corresponding to the denomination of the set bills,
For example, it is possible to change the denomination to be used from weekday operation to holiday operation, and the denomination to be set can be easily changed and used as necessary. As a result, it is possible to prevent situations such as running out of bills to be paid, improve service, reduce the number of bills set in operation, and reduce the burden on workers. Also, not limited to the change between weekday operation and holiday operation, for example, even if the operation is on the same day, a branch with a large payment of 10,000 yen bills often sets it on a 10,000 yen bill, and often pays 1,000 yen bills. Branches are often set on 1,000-yen bills, and different operations can be expected for each branch of the same bank.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a banknote automatic payment device shown as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a schematic overall configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing an example of a cassette applied to the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external view showing an example of a general automatic teller machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a schematic overall configuration of a conventional automatic bill payment apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Device main body 2A-2C Cassette 2a, 2b Banknote storage part 30,000 yen bill (banknote) 4 Thousand yen bill (banknote) 16 Dial (switching means) 17 Money type display part 31 Main control part 38 Recognition part (judgment means) 39 Money type input section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic bill payment apparatus, wherein a plurality of storage units for storing banknotes are provided, and the banknotes are dispensed from the banknote storage unit and paid to a customer. A denomination input means for inputting the denomination of the banknotes to be stored, a switching means for switching the determination value of the determination means to a determination value corresponding to the denomination input to the denomination input section, and the denomination input section. Read the set denomination information, instruct the bill payout from the bill storage unit that stores the denomination corresponding to the information at the time of payment transaction, and the judgment value corresponding to the corresponding denomination 2. A bill automatic payment device, comprising: a control unit for controlling the discriminating unit to discriminate the bill.