JPH08339412A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an automatic transaction device which is short in the time when the device is stopped for services. CONSTITUTION: In the automatic transaction device 1, bills which are thrown into a money receiving/dispensing port 4 and passed through a discriminating means 36, and stored in a received money temporary safe 38 and then stored in 1st and 2nd safes 50 and 51 or a 3rd safe 52 according to their denominations are moved from the respective safes to an auxiliary safe 64 when discriminated again. Here, when the quantities of the bills stored in the respective safes 50-52 exceed the capacity of the auxiliary safe 64, the bills stored in the respective safes 50-52 are guided to the received money temporary safe 38. Consequently, the capacity that the auxiliary safe 64 needs to have is reduced.

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 which collects reusable banknotes by type and collects a predetermined number of banknotes in response to a payout request.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatically paying out banknotes and collecting and stacking reusable banknotes in good condition and rejected banknotes that are not suitable for reuse and collecting reusable banknotes in response to a payout request. Transaction equipment has been put to practical use.

This type of automatic transaction apparatus checks the state of the receiving unit that receives the bills to be processed, the state of the bills inserted in the receiving unit, such as the degree or type of stains, one by one, and re-payment for withdrawal. Available banknotes
(Hereinafter referred to as a reuse ticket) and a banknote that is determined not to be suitable for reuse (hereinafter referred to as a reject ticket), a recycle storage section that stores the reuse ticket classified by the inspection section , A reject unit that stores reject tickets sorted by the inspection unit, a loading unit that enables replenishment of banknotes from the outside so that the reuse ticket paid out from the recycle storage unit does not run short for a withdrawal request, For the reuse of banknotes, a scrutinizing section for checking the state of the banknotes stored in the recycle storage section again one by one, and for transporting the banknotes input to the receiving section to the inspection section and depending on the classification result by the inspection section While providing guidance to either the recycle storage unit or the reject unit, it has a transport unit for sending out a predetermined number of banknotes from the recycle storage unit to the receiving unit based on a payout request.

[0004] Today, there is a demand for an automatic transaction apparatus to shorten the downtime, that is, to improve the operating rate. From this, it is possible that the automatic transaction device has a sufficient capacity of banknotes that can be stored, for example, on the premise of long-time unattended processing on holidays, no replenishment of banknotes and reduction of the number of inspections by a serviceman can be performed. It has been demanded. Further, in order to replenish bills, it is required not to stop normal transactions, that is, acceptance or withdrawal of bills.

From this, the loading storage is arranged in the rear direction of the receiving part and further to the back side of the apparatus than the recycling storage part in order to enable the replenishment of banknotes without interrupting the normal transaction. ing.

[0006]

However, the loading box is inevitably space-limited due to the size of the automatic transaction apparatus that can be installed and the capacity of the bills that can be stored in the recycle storage unit. However, there is a problem that the capacity of the loading container itself is limited.

On the other hand, the automatic transaction device, in the scrutiny for reusing the banknotes stored in the recycle storage unit, replaces the banknotes already stored in the recycle storage unit.
In the process of returning the bills, which have been moved to the loading storage and then to the loading storage, from the loading storage to the recycling storage unit, the bills are passed through the inspection unit again and the reject ticket is discriminated. For this reason, at least the same capacity as or more than the capacity of the recycle storage unit is required for the loading storage, which causes space-related conflicting problems.

By the way, the inspection is started either manually by a staff member's patrol or automatically by an inspection command from the management center for a device connected online with the management center, but the capacity of the loading storage is the capacity of the recycle storage unit. If less automated transaction devices are installed in the unmanned store, there is a problem that the automatic operation by the close inspection command cannot be used. This increases the time required for a serviceman to make a tour and also increases the number of personnel required to make a tour of devices at a plurality of locations. An object of the present invention is to provide an automated teller machine in which the device is down for service.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned problems, and includes a receiving unit that receives money, an inspection unit that determines the type of money received by the receiving unit, and the inspection unit. The temporary stacking unit for temporarily stacking the coins discriminated in step S, the storage unit having a plurality of denomination safes for stacking the coins accumulated in the temporary stacking unit, and the vaults of each denomination of this storage unit. When the detailed examination process of counting the number of coins stored and collecting the money into each cash safe of each denomination is performed again, a loading store for temporarily storing the money stored in each cash safe of each of the storage units, and A control unit that switches processing so that money is stored in the temporary stacking unit from the loading storage when the storage is full while storing money from the denomination-based safes in the storage. Automatic transaction equipment characterized by having It is intended to provide.

Further, according to the present invention, a receiving unit that receives the money, an inspection unit that determines the type of the money received by the receiving unit, and a temporary accumulation unit that temporarily accumulates the money determined by the inspection unit. And a storage unit having a plurality of denomination safes for accumulating the coins accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit by type,
When performing a detailed examination process of counting the number of coins stored in each denomination-specific safe of this storage unit and collecting the money into each denomination-specific safe again, the coins are stored for each denomination-specific safe of the storage unit. When the storage is full while the storage is temporarily stored in the storage, and the storage is temporarily stored in the storage from each of the money-type safes, the currency is stored in the temporary storage unit from the storage. An automatic transaction device comprising: a control unit that switches processing so that the money is stored; a money storage capacity of the denomination-based safe is P, a money storage capacity of the loader is S, and a money of the temporary accumulation unit. When the storage capacity is I, P
There is provided an automatic transaction device characterized by satisfying a relationship of ≦ S + I.

Further, according to the present invention, a receiving unit that receives the money, an inspection unit that determines the type of the money received by the receiving unit, and a temporary accumulation unit that temporarily accumulates the money determined by the inspection unit. And a storage unit having a first safe and a second safe for storing a specific type of money accumulated in the temporary storage unit, and first and second storage units of the storage unit. When the number of coins stored in the safe is counted and the examination process of collecting the coins in the first and second safes is performed again, the coins are stored in the first safe and the second safe of the storage unit. When a coin is stored in the loading box for storing the coins stored therein and the coins are stored in the loading box from the safes, the coins from the loading box are stored in the temporary stacking unit when the coins are full. The control unit that switches the processing to store the data and the first safe. Te, money storage capacity of the loading box P1, a portion exceeding the money storage capacity of the loading box P2,
In the second safe, the amount of money stored in the storage is P3, and the portion of the storage that exceeds the storage capacity of P4 is P4.
Then, when storing money in the first and second safes, P1 is stored in the first safe and the second safe.
And coins up to P3 are stored preferentially, and the first
When paying out money from the safe and the second safe, a processing unit that preferentially dispenses money from the first safe and the second safe to P2 and P4, There is provided an automatic transaction device comprising:

Furthermore, according to the present invention, a receiving unit for receiving the money, an inspection unit for determining the type of the money received by the receiving unit, and a temporary accumulation for temporarily collecting the money determined by the inspection unit. Section, a storage section having a plurality of denomination-type safes for accumulating the coins accumulated in the temporary accumulation section, and the number of coins stored in each denomination-type safe of the storage section is counted and again When performing a detailed examination process for collecting coins in the denomination-specific safe, a loading store for temporarily storing the coins stored for each denomination-type safe in the storage unit, and a coin from the denomination-specific safe in the storage During storage, when the storage is full, a control unit that switches processing so that money is stored in the temporary storage unit from the loading storage, and a reject that occurs before the inspection process is performed. First to store money And object repository, the reconciliation process is automatic transaction apparatus characterized by comprising a second reject storage for storing a rejected money that occurred after the performed is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the type of money received from the receiving unit is discriminated by the inspection unit, the currency discriminated by the inspection unit is temporarily accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit, and the temporary accumulation is further performed. The stored coins are stored in a plurality of safes according to the type, and when performing a scrutiny process in which the number of coins stored in each safe is counted and the coins are collected again in each safe, each safe is The coins stored in the loading storage are temporarily stored in the loading storage, and while the coins are stored in the loading storage from the safes, when it is detected that the loading storage is full, There is provided a processing method for an automatic transaction device, wherein the processing is switched so that money is stored in the temporary stacking unit.

[0014]

As described above, in the automatic transaction device according to the present invention, it is put into the receiving section, passed through the inspection section, stored in the temporary stacking section, and then stored in each safe of the storing section according to the denomination. The denoised money is temporarily stored in the loading box in the scrutiny in which the number of coins is counted and the money is collected again in each denomination-specific safe. Here, when the amount of money stored in each safe exceeds the capacity of the loading storage, it is subsequently guided to the temporary stacking unit. This reduces the capacity required for the loading cabinet.

According to the automatic transaction apparatus of the present invention,
Since the total of the capacity of the loading storage and the capacity of the temporary storage section is formed to be at least equal to the capacity of each safe, the space of the temporary storage section can be used beneficially.

Further, the automatic transaction device of the present invention is the first
And a second safe, where P1 is the money storage capacity of the first safe and P is the portion exceeding the money storage capacity of the loading box.
2. When P3 is the money storage capacity of the loading compartment of the second safe and P4 is the portion exceeding the currency storage capacity of the loading compartment,
When storing money in the first and second safes, the coins up to P1 and P3 are stored preferentially in the first safe and the second safe, and the moneys are transferred from the first safe and the second safe. To withdraw P2 from the first safe and the second safe
And preferentially withdraw money up to P4. This significantly reduces the capacity required for the loading cabinet.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the appearance of a depositing / withdrawing apparatus as an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

The depositing / dispensing device 1 includes a device body 2 as a housing.
And an operation unit 3 arranged on the front surface of the apparatus main body 2. The horizontal plane 3a of the operation unit 3 is provided with a bill deposit / withdrawal port (reception unit) 4 used for depositing or dispensing the bill P. The banknote pay-in / pay-out port 4 is formed so that a large number of banknotes P can be inserted or taken out at once.

The user is abruptly caught in the upper part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 while the deposited banknote P is taken into the main body 2 of the apparatus and while the banknote P to be dispensed is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 4. A door 5 is arranged so as to be openable and closable so as to prevent undesired foreign objects from being thrown in.

On the horizontal surface 3a of the operation section 3, a color CRT display section 6 in which a touch sensor (not shown) is integrally incorporated is provided. The CRT display unit 6 displays operation procedures and other information on the CRT screen by illustrations, characters or wording to guide the user, and also has a recitation number, a quantity to be deposited or withdrawn, an account number, and approval of a transaction. The touch sensor (not shown) detects that the display portion has been pressed according to confirmation or cancellation, and outputs a corresponding signal to the main control device (control unit) described later.

A card into which a magnetic card (not shown) (notionally shown in FIG. 2) as a transaction medium in which a personal identification number and an account number are recorded is inserted on the vertical surface 3b of the operation unit 3. An insertion slot 7, a passbook insertion slot 8 into which a passbook (not shown in FIG. 2 is conceptually shown) is inserted, and a metal coin (not shown in FIG. 2) to be inserted are inserted. A coin deposit / withdrawal port 9 is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the connection between each unit in the apparatus main body 2 of the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the corresponding control circuit. As shown in FIG. 2, a main controller (control section) 11 for controlling the whole of the main body 2 of the apparatus, a magnetic card A inserted from the card insertion slot 7 is taken in, and the magnetic card A is arranged at a predetermined position. The magnetic card reader unit 12 that receives the account information such as the account number and the type from the magnetic stripe unit that is read, the magnetic stripe unit of the passbook B inserted from the insertion slot 8 and the transaction contents on the passbook B and a journal sheet (not shown) A passbook printer unit 13 for recording is recorded.

The apparatus main body 2 also takes in and counts the bills P inserted from the outside into the bill receiving / withdrawing port 4, and then conveys them to a safe of the apparatus main body 2 which will be described later according to a predetermined routine and is designated. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 14 for dispensing a quantity of banknotes P to the deposit / withdrawal opening 4, a coin C inserted into the coin insertion / withdrawal opening 9, and a return amount corresponding to the inserted coin and a designated number of coins C
Coin deposit / withdrawal unit 1
5, customer service unit 1 composed of CRT display unit 5
6 and an attendant operation unit 17 having an internal monitor for the attendant
Is provided.

The main body 2 is further provided with a main controller 11
And a host computer (not shown) for controlling data transmission, information about a financial institution required for transfer transaction, for example, a floppy disk (not shown) as a data file in which bank names and branch names are recorded in the order of Japanese syllabary. A floppy disk drive 21 for receiving and reading a disk and a power supply unit 22 are provided.

Further, the main controller 11 is connected to a remote monitor 23 for staff provided outside. Then, by the staff operation unit 17 and the remote monitor 23,
The balance of the banknotes P held in the main body 2 of the apparatus, the exchange (or replenishment) of the loading chamber, and the replenishment of journal sheets, which will be described later, are instructed.

Next, the deposit / withdrawal unit will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the side. According to FIG. 3, the depositing / dispensing unit 30 is arranged at the center of the inside of the apparatus main body 2. In addition, in FIG. 3, the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 4 is positioned in the customer service surface direction of the pay-in / pay-out unit 30 (upper left direction in the drawing).

Below the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 4, a banknote storage chamber (hereinafter referred to as a hopper) 31 for collectively storing the banknotes P put into the pay-in / pay-out port 4 is arranged. Hopper 31
Below the table, the front and back collecting section 32 for aligning the front and back of the banknote P
And the banknotes P put into the hopper 31 and the front and back collecting section 32
A take-out roller 33 and a take-out device 34 for guiding the sheets one by one are provided.

Further, one wall surface of the hopper 31 (left side in the figure)
Are formed as backups 35 that can move in parallel to the facing wall surface (right side in the figure). The backup 35 is moved to a predetermined position so that the hopper 3
Used as a pressing member for pressing the banknote P against the take-out roller 33 side when the banknote P inserted into the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 4 is taken into a storage unit of the apparatus main body 2 described later while the capacity of 1 is changed. To be done.

The hopper 31 uses the bill P when the user inserts the bill P and when the bill P is paid out to the user.
When the bill P is taken into a storage unit (described later) in the apparatus main body 2, the hopper 31
When paying out the banknote P, the banknote P is rotated by 90 degrees so that the banknote P is laid horizontally.

On the back side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 30 (to the right in the drawing), the types of banknotes P, heterogeneous mixing, stacking conveyance, dirt, front and back, and damage are checked one by one, and
Reusable banknotes for withdrawal (withdrawal)
A bill inspection device 36 is provided which distinguishes between a bill that is determined to be a recycle ticket and a bill that is determined not to be suitable for reuse (hereinafter referred to as a reject ticket).

Further, in front of the deposit / withdrawal unit 30, the main controller 11 and the transmission controller 2 already described with reference to FIG.
0 and a floppy disk drive 21 and the like are provided with a control unit 37.

In the center of the deposit / withdrawal unit 30,
A temporary depositing unit 38 for temporarily holding the banknotes P inserted into the hopper 31 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 is provided. It should be noted that the capacity of the deposit temporary stacking unit 38, that is, the number of bills that can be stored is 700, for example. In addition, the temporary depositing unit 38 is also used as an auxiliary safe in cooperation with an auxiliary safe, which will be described later, in the [Scrutinization] described later with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. It is made possible.

Between the depositing temporary stacking section 38 and the hopper 31, rejected tickets rejected by the checking device 36 of the deposited banknotes P are temporarily stacked and returned to the hopper 31 at a predetermined timing. A deposit reject collecting unit 40 is provided. The deposit reject stacking unit 40 has a roller 41 formed to rise when the reject ticket is returned, and will be described later in [Payment].
At the time when all the banknotes P inserted into the hopper 31 in the operation are inspected by the inspection device 36, the reject conveyance path provided by raising the roller 41 returns the deposit reject ticket P to the hopper 31.

Below the depositing / dispensing unit 30 and generally in the center of the apparatus main body 2, a first safe 50, a second safe 51, and a third safe in order from the deposit / withdrawal port 4 (hopper 31) side. 52 are arranged. In addition, normally, the first safe 5
0 and the second safe 51 store bills of large denominations such as 10,000 yen bills, and the remaining third vault 52 stores bills of small denominations such as 1,000 yen bills.

The capacities of the first and second safes 50 and 51, that is, the number of storable sheets are set to 2,700, respectively, and the main controller 11 causes a predetermined amount to be described later, that is, an auxiliary safe to be described later. Separate capacity T
As H, the capacity of the auxiliary safe + (2,700 sheets-the capacity of the auxiliary safe) is formed so that it can be managed as two safes substantially arranged in series. Also, the third safe 5
The capacity of 2 is 2,000 sheets.

Each of the first to third safes 50 to 52 has a bill take-in means 53 and a bill take-out means 54 at the upper end portion thereof, for accommodating the bill P deposited by the user, and for issuing a payout request. Accordingly, a predetermined number of banknotes can be dispensed. That is, the first to third safes 50 to 52 are recycling tickets for collecting and storing the banknotes required at the time of withdrawal from the loading storage, which will be described later, and for reusing the tickets deposited by the user. It is used as a recycle box for storing.

In addition, the customer service side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 30
In the left direction (in the figure), the driving force is transmitted to the motor M as a driving source and the driving force generated by the motor M to the driven elements (not described) such as various conveyor belts or rollers in the apparatus body 2. A system is provided.

At the upper portion on the far side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 30 (rightward in the drawing), two first and second reject storages 60 and 61 are vertically stacked. The reject cassettes 62 and 61 each have a single reject cassette 62 that is substantially the same and is detachably attached to each reject container. The first and second reject storages 60 and 61 have substantially the same structure.

Below the second reject box 61, there is provided a collecting section 63 for holding banknotes that the user has forgotten to take out of the hopper 31. Below the number-of-times section 63, an auxiliary safe 64 is provided, which is used as a loading storage for replenishing bills P for payout from the outside. The auxiliary safe 64 has a loading cassette 65 that is formed so as to be attachable / detachable, and as needed, for the operation of conveying the banknote P to the deposit / withdrawal port 4 for receiving or withdrawing the banknote P from the deposit / withdrawal port 4. The bill P can be replenished from the outside without limitation. The capacity of the auxiliary safe 64, that is, the loading cassette 65, that is, the number of bills that can be stored is 2,000.

Assuming that the capacity of the loading cassette 65, that is, the capacity divided by the delimiter TH in each of the safes 50 to 52 is S, the capacity of the deposit temporary collection unit 38 is I, and the capacity of each safe is R, then "R≤S + I" Is satisfied.

The depositing / dispensing unit 30 is provided with a plurality of banknote transport paths R1 formed by various transport belts and rollers, which are not described in detail, to which a driving force generated by a motor M as a driving source is supplied. Through R9 and R11 through R19 are located.

Next, various processes of the bill P by the depositing / dispensing device 1 and the operation inside the main body 2 will be described. [Deposit] FIGS. 4 and 5 are side perspective views showing a flow of bills when the bills are deposited into the deposit / withdrawal device 1. In addition,
FIG. 5 shows the flow of bills following the flow of bills shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the banknotes P collectively inserted into the hopper 31 as a deposit target from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 by the user are indicated by solid arrows in the conveyance path R1 and the front and back collecting section 31. It is guided to the temporary depositing unit 38 via the front transport path R2 and the transport paths R4 to R8.

At this time, the reject ticket P that cannot be read by the bill inspecting device 36 provided on the transport path R6 is branched on the transport path R12 and guided to the deposit reject stacking section 40 as shown by the broken line arrow. Accumulated. The deposit reject tickets P accumulated in the deposit reject collecting unit 40 are
After all the banknotes P put into the hopper 31 are inspected by the inspection device 36, the rollers 41 are raised at a predetermined timing, and the hopper 3 is conveyed by the conveyance path R13.
It is returned to 1 at once. In this case, the main controller 1
The door 5 is opened by the control 1 and the CPT display unit 6 displays a message prompting the user to re-enter the door.

When all the deposit / withdrawal banknotes P can be read,
The deposit amount is displayed on the CRT display unit 6 under the control of the main controller 11. Subsequently, the user confirms the deposit amount, and if correct, presses the [confirm] display of the touch sensor of the CRT display unit 6, so that the banknotes P temporarily accumulated in the deposit temporary accumulating unit 38 are As indicated by solid line arrows in FIG. 5, the first to third sheets are sequentially transferred one by one via the transport path R9, the transport path R6, the transport path R7, the transport path R8, the transport path R11, and the transport paths R1 to R4. It is conveyed toward the safes 50 to 52.

The banknotes P transported to the first to third safes 50 to 52 are transported in the transport path R5 and the main controller 1.
The first safe 50 or the second safe 51 via the switching gate (not shown) selectively operated under the control of No. 1 and the bill take-in means 53 and the bill take-out means 54 arranged corresponding to the respective safes. , And third
It is stored in the safe 52 of each type of banknote.

As described above, the bills P of the same type are stored in the first and second safes 50 and 51, but the auxiliary safe 64 is controlled by the control of the main controller 11.
Of the capacity of 2,000 sheets is set as the TH
2,000 in safe 50 and 2,000 in second safe 51
One, 700 in the first safe, and 700 in the second safe
The sheets are sorted and stored step by step in the order of the sheets. The first
The fact that the number of sheets P stored in any of the second safes 50 and 51 exceeds 2,000 is stored in a memory (not shown) in main controller 11.

That is, the banknote P deposited in the automatic transaction device 1 of the present invention has the capacity (2,700) of the first safe 50.
Of the banknotes (2,000) corresponding to the partition TH corresponding to the capacity of the auxiliary safe 64 out of the total number of sheets (P1) and the amount of banknotes exceeding the partition TH are P2 and the capacity of the second safe 51.
P of the number of bills (2,000) corresponding to the division TH corresponding to the capacity of the auxiliary safe 64 out of (2,700)
If P4 is the amount exceeding 3 and TH, the main controller 1
By the control of 1, the banknotes to be deposited are P1, P2 and P3.
And P4 are stored in this order. Thus, when the banknotes stored in the first and second safes 50 and 51 for the purpose of detailed examination are transferred to the loading cassette 65 of the auxiliary safe 64 and the temporary deposit stacking unit 38, the transfer operation is in progress. Thus, the frequency of the problem that the loading cassette 65 becomes full and the detailed inspection is stopped is significantly reduced.

Further, a bill having a medium denomination, for example, a 5,000-yen bill and a reject bill (broken bill), as shown by a broken line, is stored in either one of the predetermined first and second reject boxes 60 and 61. It is stored in the reject cassette 62 (here, referred to as the first reject container 60). In this case, the reject box in which the reject tickets are stored can be arbitrarily changed by the setting by the staff using the staff operating unit 17 already described with reference to FIG. 2 or by a command from the host computer (not shown).

When the bill P returned to the hopper 32 as a reject bill by the inspection device 36 is not taken out from the hopper 32 after a predetermined time during the above-described deposit operation, the control of the main controller 11 is performed. Is determined to be “forgotten” and stored in the collection unit 63. In this case, the reject tickets temporarily returned to the hopper 32 are guided one by one to the transport path R1 by the take-out roller 33, and the transport path R2, the transport paths R4 to R7, and the transport path R1.
2. The transport path R14 and the transport path R15 are sequentially transported and guided to the recovery unit 63. [Payment] FIG. 6 is a side perspective view showing the flow of bills when the bills are dispensed.

When a user inserts a magnetic card (not shown) into the card insertion slot 7 of the operation unit 3, the main controller 11 controls the CPT display unit 6 to display a message prompting the user to input a personal identification number and "0". The number keys used for inputting the signal corresponding to the number "9" are displayed. At the time when the personal identification number is input, the personal identification number stored in the host computer (not shown) is collated with the input personal identification number under the control of the transmission control unit 20, and on the condition that the correct personal identification number is input, Under the control of main controller 11, a message for accepting the payout request is displayed on CRT display unit 6.

In this state, the payout request by the user is permitted, and the CRT display unit 6 displays a message prompting the user to enter the payout amount and a predetermined control used to determine the numbers "0" to "9" and the conditions. Numeric keys and control keys used for inputting signals corresponding to the keys are displayed.

When the user inputs the quantity to be paid out, the banknotes placed in each of the first safe 50 or the second safe 51 and the third safe 52 are controlled by the main controller 11. The take-out means 54 and the bill take-in means 53 are selectively energized, and the number of bills corresponding to the requested quantity is ejected from each of the safes 50 to 52 and guided to the transport path R5.

At this time, when the type of the banknote P to be paid out is the type of banknote stored in the first and second safes 50 and 51, the capacity of the first safe 50
(2,700 sheets) loading cassette 65 (auxiliary safe 6
4) the capacity, that is, the number of banknotes corresponding to the division TH is P1, the portion exceeding the division TH is P2, and the loading cassette 6 of the capacity (2,700 sheets) of the second safe 51.
The capacity of 5 (auxiliary safe 64), that is, the number of bills corresponding to the break TH is P3, and the amount exceeding the break TH is P4.
Then, under the control of the main controller 11, the withdrawal is made in the order of P4, P3, P2 and P1 which is the opposite of the depositing. As a result, the first and second safes 5 can be used for scrutiny described later.
When transferring the bills stored in 0 and 51 to the loading cassette 65 of the auxiliary safe 64, the frequency of the problem that the loading cassette 65 becomes full during the transfer operation and the scrutiny is stopped is greatly reduced. To be done.

In this way, the predetermined number of banknotes guided to the transport path R5 are transferred to the transport path R6, the transport path R7, and the transport path R.
12 and the transport path R13 are sequentially transported and supplied to the hopper 31. Then, the door 5 of the deposit / withdrawal port 4 is opened, and a message prompting the takeout of the dispensed bill is displayed on the CRT display portion 6.

By the way, when paying out, the apparatus main body 2
The banknotes damaged by the belts or rollers inside are sorted by the inspection device 36 on the way from the transport path R6 to the transport path R7, and as shown by the broken line arrows, the predetermined first and second bills are provided. Either one of the reject storages 60 and 61 (here, the first reject storage 6
0) is stored in the reject cassette 62. In this case, the reject store in which the reject tickets are stored can be arbitrarily changed by the setting by the staff using the staff operating unit 17 already described with reference to FIG. 2 or by a command from the host computer (not shown).

In the payout operation described above,
When the bill P to be paid out, which has been sent to the hopper 32, is not taken out from the hopper 32 even after a lapse of a predetermined time, it is determined to be “forgotten” by the control of the main controller 11 and is stored in the collecting unit 63. . In this case, the reject tickets temporarily returned to the hopper 32 are guided one by one to the transport path R1 by the take-out roller 33, and the transport path R2, the transport paths R4 to R7, the transport path R12, the transport path R14 and the transport path R1. It is sequentially conveyed on the road R15 and guided to the recovery unit 63. [Scrutinization] FIGS. 7 and 8 are side perspective views showing the flow of bills in the examination of bills. It should be noted that FIG. 8 shows the flow of banknotes following the flow of banknotes shown in FIG. 7.

When a detailed inspection command is transmitted from a host computer (not shown), that is, a management center, via the transmission control unit 20, the depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 performs either depositing or dispensing operation under the control of the main controller 11. It is confirmed that there is no operating state, and well-known scrutiny is started.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the banknotes P stored in each of the first to third safes 50 to 52 are the banknote take-out means arranged corresponding to each safe. The paper is taken out to the conveyance path R5 via 54 and the bill take-in means 53, successively conveyed by the conveyance paths R5 to R7, the conveyance path R12 and the conveyance paths R14 to R16, and stored in the loading cassette 65 of the auxiliary safe 64. The capacity of the loading cassette 65 is as described above.
Since the number of banknotes is 2,000, if the number of banknotes moved to the loading cassette 65 for scrutiny exceeds 2,000, the banknotes after the 001th banknote are R7 to R8.
And is stored in the deposit temporary collection unit 38.

At this time, reject bills which are bills stored in the respective safes and which are divided by the inspection device 36 due to breakage or stain are branched at the conveyance path R15.
As shown by the broken line arrow, one of the predetermined first and second reject storages 60 and 61 (herein, referred to as the first reject storage 60) is stored in the reject cassette 62.

Next, the banknotes P stored in the auxiliary safe 64
As shown in FIG. 8, the conveyance path R18 and the conveyance path R1
9, transport paths R6 to R8, transport path R11, and transport path R
It is sequentially returned to the original safe via 1 to R5. During the movement shown in FIG. 7, when there are banknotes stored in the deposit temporary stacking unit 38, prior to the close inspection of the banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe 64, the transfer path R9 and the transfer path R are provided.
6 to R8, the transport path R11, and the transport paths R1 to R5 return the original safe.

At this time, on the way from each safe to the auxiliary safe 64, it is already passed through the inspection device 36 and stored in the auxiliary safe 64, then taken out of the auxiliary safe 64 again and passed through the inspection device 36 again. The bill P that has been torn or damaged in between is classified as a reject ticket by the inspection device 36, and as shown by a broken line, one of the predetermined first and second reject boxes 60 and 61 (here Then, it is stored in the reject cassette 62 of the first reject store 60). In this case, the reject store in which the reject tickets are stored can be arbitrarily changed by the setting by the staff using the staff operating unit 17 already described with reference to FIG. 2 or by a command from the host computer (not shown).

It should be noted that, after the balance of the recycling ticket secured for the withdrawal request is confirmed by the above [scrutiny], it is stored in a reject ticket, that is, in each safe box, generated for some reason in the subsequent withdrawal after the balance is secured. If a recycling ticket is issued, please refer to the above
The recycling ticket rejected by the inspection device 36 for the same reason as the [withdrawal] is the unused reject container (here, the second reject container 61 is not used) in the first and second reject containers 60 and 61. (Corresponding) is stored in the reject cassette 62. Accordingly, the balance in each safe after [Scrutinization] can be accurately managed by the number of banknotes paid out in response to the payout request and the number of reject tickets stored in the second reject storage 61. .

As described above, when closely examining the banknotes stored in the safe inside the apparatus, it is used for replenishment of the banknotes, that is, the auxiliary safe and the temporary storage at the time of depositing the banknotes. By interlocking with the temporary depositing unit for deposit, which is used as the destination, it is possible to set the space that must be secured as the destination used for the movement of the banknotes for scrutiny to a minimum. This reduces the size of the device.

Further, even when a safe having a capacity larger than the capacity of the destination to which the banknotes are temporarily moved for the purpose of close examination is arranged, the amount of banknotes stored in the safe, that is, the number of banknotes, is controlled by the controller. According to the capacity of the transfer destination, the number of bills corresponding to the capacity of the transfer destination in the capacity of the first safe is P1 and the amount exceeding the capacity of the second safe is P2. When the number of banknotes corresponding to the capacity of the destination in the inside is P3 and the excess amount is P4, P
1, P2, P3, and P4 are stored in that order, and when withdrawing, withdrawing in the order of P4, P3, P2, and P1, the destination is full during the transfer operation and the close inspection is stopped. The frequency with which the problems described above occur is greatly reduced.

[0066]

As described above, in the automatic transaction device according to the present invention, the first and the second types are stored in the deposit / withdrawal port, passed through the inspection device, stored in the deposit / receipt temporary deposit box, and then stored in the deposit / receipt safe. The banknotes stored in the second safe or the third safe are moved from each safe to an auxiliary safe (loading box) when the banknote is identified again. Here, if the number of banknotes stored in each safe exceeds the capacity of the auxiliary safe,
The banknotes stored in each safe are guided to the temporary deposit safe. This reduces the capacity required for the auxiliary safe.

According to the automatic transaction device of the present invention,
The transfer of bills from the auxiliary safe to the temporary deposit safe is switched by the control device at the time when a predetermined number is counted by the counting device. Therefore, it is possible to beneficially use the space of the deposit temporary safe that is not normally used except when it is received in the deposit / withdrawal port.

Further, according to the automatic transaction device of the present invention, it has the first and second safes, the money storage capacity of the first safe is P1, and the portion exceeding the money storage capacity of the loading box is P2, P3 for the amount of money stored in the loading box of the second safe
And when the portion exceeding the currency storage capacity of the loading storage is designated as P4, when storing money in the first and second safes,
When the coins up to P1 and P3 are preferentially stored in the first safe and the second safe, and the money is dispensed from the first safe and the second safe, the first safe and the second safe are used. Preferentially withdraw money from the safe to P2 and P4. Therefore, when the number of banknotes stored in the safe exceeds the capacity of the auxiliary safe, the banknotes stored in the safe are guided to the deposit temporary safe and the number of banknotes stored in the safe is supplemented. It is controlled so that the frequency of exceeding the total capacity of the safe capacity and the temporary deposit money capacity is reduced. Therefore, the capacity required for the auxiliary safe is greatly reduced, including the capacity of the spare portion.

As a result, it is possible to perform an automatic detailed inspection in an unmanned store which is arranged online so that it can be operated remotely, and, for example, because the time required for the staff to visit is shortened, the efficiency of the staff to visit is improved. Will be increased. In addition, the capacity of the payout bills that can be accommodated in the automatic transaction device is increased by the amount of reduction in the capacity of the auxiliary safe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an appearance of an automatic transaction device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a control block of the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

3 is a side perspective view of the automated teller machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes at the time of deposit in the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

5 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes following the flow of banknotes in the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes at the time of withdrawal in the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes at the time of close examination in the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

8 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes following the flow of banknotes in the automatic transaction device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Deposit / withdrawal device, 2 ... Device main body, 3 ... Operation part, 4 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal port (reception part), 5 ... Door,
6 ... Color CRT display section, 7 ... Card insertion slot, 8 ... Passbook insertion slot, 9 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal slot, 11 ... Main controller (control section)
, 12 ... magnetic card reader section, 13 ... passbook printer section, 14 ... banknote deposit / withdrawal unit,
15 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal unit, 16 ... Customer reception unit, 17 ... Staff operation section, 20 ... Transmission control section, 21 ... Floppy disk drive, 22 ... Power supply section, 23
… Remote monitor, 30… Deposit / withdrawal unit,
31 ... Hopper (banknote storage room), 32 ... Front and back collecting section, 33 ... Take-out roller, 34
… Take-out device, 35… Backup (wall surface), 36… Banknote inspection device, 3
7 ... Control unit, 38 ... Temporary depositing unit,
40 ... Deposit reject collection unit, 41 ... Roller,
50 ... First safe, 51 ... Second safe, 52 ... Third safe, 53 ...
Banknote take-in means, 54 ... Banknote take-out means, 60 ... First reject box, 61 ... Second reject box, 62 ... Reject cassette,
63 ... Collection part, 64 ... Auxiliary safe,
65 ... Loading cassette.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A receiving unit that receives money, an inspection unit that determines the type of money received by the receiving unit, a temporary collection unit that temporarily collects the money determined by the inspection unit, and a temporary collection unit. A storage unit having a plurality of denomination-based safes for accumulating the coins accumulated in each type, and the number of coins stored in each denomination-based safe in this storage unit is counted, and the coins are collected again in each denomination-based safe. When carrying out a detailed examination process, a loading store for temporarily storing the money stored in each of the money-type safes of the storage unit, and when storing money from the money-type safes in the storage, An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: a control unit that switches processing so that money is stored in the temporary stacking unit from the loading store when the storage is full. 2. A receiving unit that receives money, an inspection unit that determines the type of money received by the receiving unit, a temporary collection unit that temporarily collects the money determined by the inspection unit, and a temporary collection unit. A storage unit having a plurality of denomination-specific safes for accumulating the coins accumulated in each type and the number of coins stored in each denomination-specific safe in this storage unit, and collecting the coins in each denomination-specific safe again When performing a close inspection process, when the money is stored in the storage box for temporarily storing the money stored for each denomination-specific safe of the storage section, and when storing the money from the denomination-specific safe in the storage box, An automatic transaction device, comprising: a control unit that switches processing so that money is stored in the temporary stacking unit from the loading store when the storage unit is full. Storage capacity is P, currency of the loading warehouse An automatic transaction device satisfying a relationship of P ≦ S + I, where S is a storage capacity and I is a money storage capacity of the temporary stacking unit. 3. A receiving unit that receives money, an inspection unit that determines the type of money received by this receiving unit, a temporary collection unit that temporarily collects the money determined by this inspection unit, and a temporary collection unit. A storage unit having a first safe and a second safe for storing a specific type of coins stored in the storage unit, and stored in the first and second safes of the storage unit. When the number of coins is counted and the scrutinizing process for collecting the coins in the first and second safes is performed again, the coins stored in the first safe and the second safe of the storage unit are temporarily stored. When loading money into the loading store from each of the safes,
A control unit for switching the processing so that the money from the loading storage is stored in the temporary stacking unit when the loading storage is full; and, in the first safe, the money storage capacity of the loading storage is P1, P that exceeds the money storage capacity of the loading warehouse
2. In the second safe, when storing money in the first and second safes, where P3 is the money storage capacity of the loading storage and P4 is a portion exceeding the money storage capacity of the loading storage. In the case of preferentially storing coins up to P1 and P3 in the first safe and the second safe, and withdrawing money from the first safe and the second safe, An automatic transaction device, comprising: a processing unit that performs a process of preferentially dispensing money from the first safe and the second safe to P2 and P4. 4. A receiving unit that receives money, an inspection unit that determines the type of money received by this receiving unit, a temporary collection unit that temporarily collects the money determined by this inspection unit, and a temporary collection unit. A storage unit having a plurality of denomination-based safes for accumulating the coins accumulated in each type, and the number of coins stored in each denomination-based safe in this storage unit is counted, and the coins are collected again in each denomination-based safe. When carrying out a detailed examination process, a loading store for temporarily storing the money stored in each of the money-type safes of the storage unit, and when storing money from the money-type safes in the storage, When the storage is full, a control unit that switches processing to store money from the loading storage into the temporary stacking unit, and a first storage unit that stores reject currency generated before the inspection processing is performed. Reject storage and the above An automatic transaction device, comprising: a second reject storage for storing reject coins generated after the inspection process is performed. 5. The type of money received from the receiving unit is discriminated by the inspection unit, the currency discriminated by the inspection unit is temporarily accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit, and the temporarily accumulated money is classified into plural types. It is to be stored in each safe, when the number of coins stored in each safe is counted and the scrutiny process for collecting the coins in each safe again is performed,
When the money stored in each of the safes is temporarily stored in the loading store, and when the money is stored in the loading store from the safes,
A processing method of an automatic transaction apparatus, which switches processing so that money from the loading storage is stored in the temporary stacking unit when it is detected that the loading storage is full.