JPH0830690A - Input/output distributed machine system for automatically issuing certificate and distributed - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To lower a machine occupation rate per transaction by dividing control by an input process and an output process and performing them in parallel. CONSTITUTION:The items which are necessary for a certificate are inputted through an input processor A to perform up to the payment of the charge A host computer X edits the certificate and sends the editing result to an output processor B. The output processor B print and discharges the certificate. Plural output processors can be prepared and the host computer X indicates the output processor having the shortest wait time without reference to whether or not there is a free output processor, and puts in a queue. Further, the output processor B is equipped with a discharge stack part 33 and stores a certificate that can be discharged, and also turns ON the light emission part of a discharging ready button 36. The ID card of a dealer is inserted into an ID card processing part 35 and then the dealer is decided, so that the certificate can be discharged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic certificate issuing machine system for automatically issuing various certificates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of automatic certificate issuing machine system, one device from the insertion of an ID card to the discharge of a certificate is carried out at once.

As a prior art related to the present invention, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 57-29174 (hereinafter, referred to as a known art 1) uses a sheet having entry items for selecting a transaction operation, and reads from the sheet. By providing a reading device for outputting the transaction operation data, the "automatic cash transaction device" is disclosed in which the transaction is executed by the output data and the data read from the card to shorten the transaction time. To describe in a little more detail, in the known art 1, an optical character reader (OCR) is provided in parallel with the numeric keypad in an automated teller machine provided with a card reader and a numeric keypad. And
The magnetic card is inserted into the card reader, and the necessary items for selecting the transaction operation are provided, and the paper in which the necessary items are filled in by the customer is inserted into the OCR. This O
The items written on the form are read by CR, and the output is supplied to a secret code comparator for inputting information from a ten-key pad and a secret code from a card reader and a transaction amount memory. Then, under the control of the center control device, the control circuit carries out a transaction by outputting the data from the card reader and the ten-key pad and the OCR to shorten the transaction time per customer.

Further, in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 1-137363 (hereinafter, abbreviated as publicly known technology 2), communication with a higher-level device and predetermined business processing such as printing processing of voting tickets are performed in parallel. , "Business processing method of transaction terminal device" for enabling quick transaction is disclosed. That is, in the publicly known technique 2, when necessary data is input to the terminal device and a command for business processing is given to the terminal device, the terminal device prints data on a document such as a ticket based on the data, and bills are printed. Predetermined business processing related to data such as counting and outputting is performed,
In parallel, communication required for management such as prevention of input of counterfeit data is performed with the host device. When the business processing and the communication with the host device are completed, the result of the business processing is output to the terminal device. As a result, the time from the business processing command from the terminal device to the output of the business processing result is shortened, and the transaction time is shortened.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 107796/1992 (hereinafter, referred to as a known technique 3) discloses that when a customer makes a withdrawal using an automated device, an accounting process and a withdrawal process are performed in parallel. , An "Automatic Withdrawal System" for shortening customer waiting time is disclosed. In the known technique 3, the customer inputs the withdrawal amount and confirms the amount by the withdrawal amount input processing unit, whereby data is transmitted to the host computer through the data transmission processing unit, and at the same time,
The withdrawal preparation processing unit counts banknotes and coins for withdrawal, and prepares for withdrawal. The data processing unit performs debit processing from the customer's account and sends the result to the automation device. Then, the automated equipment returns the card to the customer from the card return processing section, and when the processing of the withdrawal preparation processing section is completed, the statement output processing section issues a statement of the transaction to the customer, and the withdrawal output device issues a bill to the customer. And withdraw coins.
In this way, customer wait times are reduced.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-199363 (hereinafter, referred to as publicly known technology 4) discloses an automatic cash transaction by performing communication processing between a terminal and a host computer in parallel while a customer inputs transaction information. Discloses an "automatic cash transaction system in a financial institution online system" in which the response time is shortened. In a little detail,
In the known technique 4, the account information input means in the terminal reads the account information from the account information storage medium and transmits it to the host computer, and the collation information transmission means refers to the ledger file and transmits the collation information to the terminal. Then, the terminal side transaction processing means performs the transaction processing in the terminal, the transaction record output means writes the transaction record information reflecting the transaction processing in the transaction record file, and transmits the transaction processing request message to the host computer,
The host-side transaction processing means performs transaction processing in the host computer and transmits a transaction processing completion message to the terminal. As a result, the response time from when the customer presses the final key to when cash or details are output is shortened.

[0007]

In the above-described conventional automatic certificate issuing machine system, a lot of time is spent for printing the certificate in one transaction, so that the machine occupancy rate per transaction is high. There was a problem that it would be expensive.

A technical problem of the present invention is that the input / output distributed certificate can reduce the machine occupancy rate per transaction by controlling input processing and output processing on separate machines and parallelizing them. To provide an automatic issuing machine system.

It should be noted that the prior art 1 only discloses an automated teller machine which can be entered by a paper on which a transaction amount and a personal identification number are entered by an optical character reading device (OCR) instead of an ordinary numeric keypad. The present invention is based on a technical idea completely different from that of the present invention in which output machines are controlled by different machines. Further, the publicly-known technique 2 only discloses a technical idea of performing communication with a higher-level device and predetermined business processing such as printing processing of voting tickets in parallel, and control of input processing and output processing by separate machines. The invention is based on a technical idea which is completely different from that of the present invention. Further, the publicly known technology 3 only discloses the technical idea of shortening the waiting time of the customer by performing the accounting processing and the withdrawal processing in parallel when the customer makes the withdrawal using the automated device. The present invention is based on a technical idea completely different from the present invention in which processing and output processing are controlled by separate machines. The publicly known technology 4 only discloses the technical idea of shortening the response time in the automatic cash transaction by performing the communication processing between the terminal and the host computer in parallel while the customer inputs the transaction information. The present invention is based on a technical idea completely different from that of the present invention in which output machines are controlled by different machines. In other words, all of the known techniques 2 to 4 only disclose a technique of performing a certain process and another process in parallel by one processing device.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there are provided a first ID card processing section for performing ID card processing, a coin / banknote deposit / withdrawal machine for performing coin / banknote deposit / withdrawal processing, and a receipt printing process. An input processing device including a receipt printing unit, a first ID card processing unit, a coin / banknote depositing / dispensing machine, and a receipt printing unit, and an input control unit for sending input data; required for a certificate A host computer including a disk device for storing various data and a host control unit for accessing the disk device based on input data to obtain and transmit form data; a second ID card for performing ID card processing The processing unit, the output control unit that receives the transmitted form data, and the form image that overlays the received form data on the form overlay are printed and the certificate is issued. A certificate issuing section for input and output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system characterized by an output processing unit that includes a certificate discharging portion for discharging the certificate is obtained.

In the input / output distributed type certificate automatic issuing machine system, the output processing device is further provided between the certificate issuing unit and the certificate discharging unit, and stores a plurality of dischargeable certificates. 1 in stack and discharge stack
It is preferable to provide a dischargeable button for discharging the certificate from the certificate discharging unit.

Further, according to the present invention, a host computer, an input processing device, and an output processing device, which are connected to each other through a transmission line, are provided, and the input processing device performs input processing and sends input data to the transmission line. Then, the distributed processing system is obtained in which the host computer processes the input data and sends the processing result to the transmission path, and the output processing device outputs the processing result.

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The illustrated input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system includes one host computer X, one input processing device A,
It has one output processing device B.

The host computer X is a host controller 11
And a disk device 12. The disk device 12 stores data required for the certificate. The host control unit 11 transmits form data and the like. That is, the host controller 11
Acts as a communication controller.

The input processing device A includes a touch panel 21,
It has an input control unit 22, a receipt printing unit 23, an ID card processing unit 24, and a coin / banknote depositing / dispensing machine 25. I
The D card processing unit 24 processes the ID card. coin·
The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 25 performs coin / banknote deposit / withdrawal processing. The receipt printing unit 23 performs receipt printing processing. The input control unit 22 controls those processes and communication.

The output processing device B includes an output control unit 31, a certificate issuing unit 32, a discharge stack unit 33, a certificate discharge unit 34, an ID card processing unit 35, and a discharge enable button 3.
6 and. The ID card processing unit 35 processes the ID card. The output control unit 31 receives various types of processing and transmitted form data. The certificate issuing unit 32 prints a form image in which form data is overlaid on a form overlay and issues a certificate. The certificate discharging unit 34 discharges the printed certificate. The discharge stack unit 33 stores a plurality of dischargeable certificates. The ejectable button 36 includes a light emitting unit, and ejects one certificate in the eject stack unit 33 from the certificate ejecting unit 34 as described later.

Next, the operation of the input / output distributed type certificate automatic issuing machine system shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

First, in the input processing device A, the trader inserts the invoice identification card (ID card) carried from the ID card processing section 24. Next, the trader uses the touch panel 21 to input the personal identification number and necessary items for the certificate. The coin / banknote depositing / dispensing machine 25 deposits a fee and outputs change. The receipt printing unit 23 outputs a receipt. The input information (input data) is sent to the host computer X by the input control unit 22.

In the host computer X, the host control unit 11 receives the information sent from the input processing device A, extracts the form data from the disk device 12, edits the certificate, and sends the form data to the output processing device B.

In the output processing device B, the output control unit 31
Receives the information (form data) sent from the host computer X and passes the form data to the certificate issuing unit 32. The certificate issuing unit 32 superimposes the passed form data on the form overlay to obtain a form image, prints it, and issues a certificate. The certificate discharging unit 34 discharges the issued certificate.

Further, the output processing device B has a discharge stack section 3
3 and when a transaction that can be discharged is generated, the light emitting portion of the corresponding dischargeable button 36 is turned on. Since the corresponding dischargeable button number is described in the receipt in advance, the trader can check if the light emitting part of the dischargeable button 36 with the described dischargeable button number is lit. Press 36. The trader inserts the bill identification card carried by him from the ID card processing unit 35. The output control unit 31 sends the card information to the host computer X, the host computer X determines the party, and when it is determined that the party is the party, sends an ejection permission signal to the output control unit 31. The output control unit 31 sends a discharge permission signal to the discharge stack unit 33. In response to this discharge permission signal, the discharge stack unit 33 causes the certificate discharge unit 34 to discharge one certificate.

The input / output distributed type certificate automatic issuing machine system shown in FIG. 1 is provided with only one output processing device B, but there may be a plurality of output processing devices B.

FIG. 2 shows a concrete transaction flow in the embodiment shown in FIG. However, the input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system shown in FIG. 2 includes one host computer X, one input processing device A, and two output processing devices B1 and B2. . In this example, the operation when the first transaction 1, the second transaction 2 and the third transaction 3 occur will be described.

For the first transaction 1, after the input processing is completed by the input processing apparatus A, the host computer X searches for an empty output processing apparatus, and according to the instruction, the first path S1 is passed and the first output is processed. Output processing is performed by the output processing device B1.

Similarly, with respect to the second transaction 2, the output processing is performed by the second output processing device B2 through the second route S2.

For the third transaction 3, even if there is no empty output processing device, the output processing device with the shortest waiting time is designated by the host computer X, and the third route S
Pass 3 and enter the queue of the second output processor B2.

As described above, since the output processing device B has the stack function (discharging stack section 33), it is possible to store a plurality of dischargeable certificates. Therefore, even if the previous certificate has not been discharged, the certificate issuing unit 32
Also, printing and stack storage processing can be performed by the discharge stack unit 33. The certificates may be discharged in any order.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the conventional certificate issuing machine system, it takes a lot of time to print the certificate and the issuer occupancy rate per transaction is high. By distributing input and output and performing parallel processing, it becomes possible to handle another transaction even while the certificate for one transaction is being printed, and efficient operation can be performed. Further, since the input processing device and the output processing device can be installed at separate places, a drive-through type that can be operated even while riding in a car is also possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a specific transaction flow in the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 X host computer 11 host control unit 12 disk device A input processing device 21 touch panel 22 input control unit 23 receipt printing unit 24 ID card processing unit 25 coin / banknote depositing / dispensing machine B, B1, B2 output processing unit 31 output control unit 32 proof Book issue section 33 Ejection stack section 34 Certificate ejection section 35 ID card processing section 36 Ejection possible button

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI Technical display location G07B 1/00 E G07F 7/08

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A first ID card processing unit (26) for performing ID card processing and a coin / coin / banknote deposit / withdrawal processing.
A banknote deposit / withdrawal machine (25), a receipt printing section (23) for performing receipt printing processing, the first ID card processing section (26), the coin / banknote deposit / withdrawal machine (25), and the receipt printing section. An input processing device (A) having an input control section (22) for controlling (23) and sending input data, and a disk device (12) for storing data required for a certificate.
And the disk device (1
2) A host computer (X) having a host control unit (11) for accessing and transmitting form data and a second ID card processing unit (35) for performing ID card processing.
An output control unit (31) for receiving the transmitted form data, and a certificate issuing unit (32) for issuing a certificate by printing a form image in which the received form data is overlaid on a form overlay. And an output processing device (B) having a certificate discharging unit (34) for discharging the certificate.
An input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system characterized by comprising: 2. The output processing device (B) is further provided between the certificate issuing unit (32) and the certificate discharging unit (34), and stores a plurality of dischargeable certificates. The insert according to claim 1, further comprising an eject stack section (33) and an eject possible button (36) for ejecting one certificate in the eject stack section (33) from the certificate eject section (34). Output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system. 3. The input / output distributed certificate automatic issuing machine system according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the output processing devices (B). 4. A host computer (X), an input processing device (A), and an output processing device (B), which are connected to each other through a transmission line, the input processing device (A) performing input processing. Sending input data to the transmission line, the host computer (X) processing the input data, sending a processing result to the transmission line, and the output processing device (B) outputting the processing result. A distributed processing system characterized by.