JPH09231434A - Medium handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the service for custmers by making it possible to press out wrinkles from paper money even when a paying transaction or receiving transaction is not executed. SOLUTION: A wrinkle pressing-out mechanism 7 is built in an automatic teller machine 1 and connected to a money receiving/paying port 3 and recognition part 6. On the other hand, an item for wrinkle pressing processing is provided on a customer operation panel 2 so as to independently execute wrinkle pressing-out processing. Paper money inserted into the port 3 is sent to the mechanism part 7 and its wrinkle is pressed out and the pressed-out paper money is sent to the recognition part 6, counted and sent to the port 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium handling device such as a cash automatic transaction device, and more particularly to a cash automatic transaction device capable of wrinkling a medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automated teller machine that is operated by a customer to make a transaction, when the customer selects a transaction type on an operation panel or the like, the selected transaction is executed. When the customer selects the deposit transaction, the device takes in the deposited banknotes, counts, and performs the deposit process. When the withdrawal transaction is selected and the withdrawal amount is designated, the device performs the withdrawal process by ejecting the specified amount of banknote.

In such an automatic teller machine, recently, an apparatus having a function of expanding wrinkles of a banknote has been proposed. By adding the wrinkle smoothing function to the device, for example, wrinkled smoothed bills can be delivered to the customer, which is useful for improving the service to the customer.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional apparatus having the wrinkle extending function, the banknotes cannot be extended until the withdrawal transaction or the deposit transaction is performed. Therefore, there is a problem that even if there is a request for only the wrinkling of bills, it cannot be fulfilled. In addition, for example, in a dispensing transaction, wrinkles are stretched for all dispensed banknotes, which causes problems such as energy loss, long dispensing processing time, and shortened life of parts of the mechanism that performs wrinkle stretching. There was also.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a medium handling apparatus which has a doorway for loading and unloading a medium and a counting section for counting the number of media, and which processes the medium. A wrinkle-extending mechanism unit for extending wrinkles of a medium conveyed on a conveying path that passes through the entrance and exit and the counting unit,
It is characterized in that the wrinkle extension process is performed independently of the normal process of the apparatus. According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, when the medium is independently wrinkled, when the medium is loaded from the inlet / outlet, the loaded medium for wrinkling is transported to the wrinkling mechanism. The wrinkle extension mechanism section extends the wrinkle of the medium and conveys it to the counting section. After confirming the medium in the counting section, it is transported to the entrance and returned to the customer.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are assigned the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an automatic teller machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a customer operation panel.

Referring to FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention has a customer operation panel 2 for a customer to select a transaction and to input a personal identification number, an amount, a transfer destination, and the like. A customer inserts banknotes, and banknotes delivered to the customer are discharged from the inside of the apparatus 1. A deposit / withdrawal port 3, a shutter 4 for opening / closing the deposit / withdrawal port 3, and a separation for separating the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 3 one by one. A unit 5, a recognition unit 6 for discriminating the authenticity, damage, and denomination of banknotes, a wrinkle expansion mechanism unit 7 for heating the banknotes to spread wrinkles, and stackers 8, 9, 10 for storing the banknotes are provided, respectively. . Further, a transport path 11 for connecting the above-mentioned respective parts to transport the bill is formed, and switching blades 12a, 12 for switching the transport direction of the bill at a predetermined position of the transport path 11.
b and 12c are provided respectively.

The customer operation panel 2 comprises a display section for displaying the transaction type and a touch key for inputting the transaction type. The display section displays the transaction type as shown in FIG. The customer looks at the transaction type display and selects the desired transaction. Withdrawal transactions 13a, deposit transactions 13b,
It has a balance inquiry 13c, a wrinkle extension process 13d, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the wrinkle extension mechanism portion 7. As shown in the figure, the wrinkle extension mechanism section 7 is composed of a heat roller 14 and a pressure contact roller 15, and a heater 16 is arranged in the heat roller 14. Roller 1
4 and 15 are rotatable by a driving means (not shown), and convey the banknote P while sandwiching the banknote P between the rollers 14 and 15. At this time, the banknote P is heated by the heat roller 14 and the banknote P is pressed by the pressure contact roller 15 by the magnet described later to correct wrinkles, creases, and the like of the banknote P.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system of the first embodiment. In the figure, a control unit 21 controls the entire operation of the automatic teller machine 1.
1 includes a customer operation panel 2, a motor drive circuit 22, a recognition unit 6, a magnet drive circuit 23, and a heater control circuit 2.
4 are connected. The motor drive circuit 22 includes a motor 25 for carrying the banknote P on the carrying path 11 shown in FIG.
Is connected. The magnet drive circuit 23 is connected with the shutter magnet 26 and the pressurizing magnet 27, and controls them. The shutter magnet 26 is for opening and closing the shutter 4 above the deposit / withdrawal port 3, and the pressure magnet 27 is for the pressure contact roller 1 of the wrinkle extension mechanism 7.
5 is pressed toward the heat roller 14.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
Here, the operation in the case where the customer selects the bill wrinkle smoothing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

When the customer approaches the device 1, the screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the customer operation panel 2. When the customer selects the wrinkle smoothing process 13d (step 1), a wrinkle smoothing process message is displayed (step 2), and the shutter 4 on the deposit / withdrawal port 3 is opened. An example of the displayed message is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a message display example of the wrinkle extension process. According to this display message, the customer inserts a bill into the deposit / withdrawal port 3,
When the insertion completion button 13e is pressed (step 3), the device 1 closes the shutter 4 and also confirms whether there is a bill in the deposit / withdrawal port 3 (step 4).
Then, the sheets are separated one by one and delivered to the conveying path 11 (step 5).

The banknotes fed to the transport path 11 are sent one by one to the wrinkle extension mechanism section 7, where the wrinkle extension is performed one by one (step 6). In the wrinkle spreading mechanism 7, the heater 16 of the heat roller 14 is already heated to a predetermined temperature before the bill is sent, and the bill passes between the heat roller 14 and the pressure contact roller 15. , The wrinkles and creases of banknotes are extended. At the time when the bill passes through the wrinkle spreading mechanism 7, the switching blade 12a
The banknotes passing through the recognition unit 6 are conveyed in the direction of the deposit / withdrawal port 3 (step 7).

The banknotes that have passed through the wrinkle extension mechanism section 7 are then sent to the recognition section 6 where the denomination and the number of coins are discriminated (step 8). The banknotes that have passed through the recognition unit 6 are guided by the switching blade 12a, sent to the deposit / withdrawal port 3, and temporarily stored therein (step 9). Next, the control unit 21 displays the amount of money counted by the recognition unit 6 on the customer operation panel 2 to prompt the customer for confirmation. For example, if you have counted 5 million yen tickets and 2 thousand yen tickets, "5 million yen tickets, 2 thousand yen tickets, a total of 52,000 yen. Please press the" confirm button "if you like. Is displayed.

Once customer confirmation is obtained (step 1
0), the shutter 4 is opened (step 11), and the banknote having the wrinkle is returned. Further, the control unit 21 drives a journal printer (not shown) to record the content of the wrinkle smoothing process (processing date and time, processing amount, etc.) (step 12). This is the end of the wrinkle smoothing process. Note that step 10
If the customer's confirmation is not obtained at, the employee is notified by means not shown.

As described above, in the first embodiment, since the banknotes can be independently processed for wrinkle extension, for example, only the banknotes with wrinkles among the received banknotes can be used for the withdrawal transaction without the wrinkle extension. Since wrinkles can be thrown in again by recharging, it is possible to shorten the time from the start of the withdrawal transaction to the completion of wrinkle stretching processing. Further, since it is not necessary to extend the wrinkles for all the dispensed bills, it is possible to save energy in the wrinkle extension process and prolong the life of parts such as the heat roller 14. Further, since the wrinkle extension process can be performed independently, it is possible to perform the wrinkle extension of the banknotes on hand, without the need for normal transactions such as withdrawal transactions and deposit transactions, which is useful for improving the service to customers.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the wrinkle smoothing process for bills is performed independently, but it is also possible to perform the wrinkle smoothing process simultaneously with normal transactions such as withdrawal transactions and deposit transactions. In this case, in contrast to the wrinkle smoothing process that is performed at the same time as the withdrawal transaction and the deposit transaction, the wrinkle smoothing process that is performed independently slows down the wrinkle smoothing bill conveyance speed in the wrinkle smoothing mechanism unit 7 or sets the heating temperature high. Alternatively, it is possible to set a large pressing force.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The automatic teller machine according to the second embodiment is similar in structure to the first embodiment, except that the apparatus according to the second embodiment is capable of performing a wrinkle smoothing process depending on the wrinkle state of a bill. The point is that the degree can be selected.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment. In the description, the elements of the first embodiment will be used.

First, when the customer selects the wrinkle stretching process 13d on the selection screen of the customer operation panel 2 shown in FIG. 2 (step 21), the screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the customer operation panel 2 (step 22). . FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a message display example of the second embodiment. As shown here, three-step processing can be selected depending on the degree of wrinkles. In other words, it is possible to select from three levels: "wrinkled", which has the worst wrinkle, "large fold / warp", which has a medium wrinkle level, and "small fold / warp", which has the least wrinkle level. Here, the customer selects any one of the above steps depending on the wrinkle state of the banknote he / she has (step 23).

When the customer selects "wrinkled", which has the most wrinkles, the controller 21 controls the heater control circuit 24 to set the temperature of the heater 16 to 250 degrees C (step 24). When the setting is completed (Step 2
5) Go to the next step. When the customer selects "large fold / warp" in which the degree of wrinkle is medium, the control unit 21 controls the heater control circuit 24 to change the temperature of the heater 16 to 200.
The degree C is set (step 26). When the setting is completed (step 27), the process proceeds to the next step. In addition, if the customer selects "small fold / warp" with less wrinkles,
The control unit 21 controls the heater control circuit 24 to control the heater 1
The temperature of 6 is set to 150 degrees C (step 28). When the setting is completed (step 29), the process proceeds to the next step.

Next, the control unit 21 displays a message for the wrinkle smoothing process shown in FIG. 6 (step 30) and instructs the shutter 4 on the deposit / withdrawal port 3 to be opened. When the customer inserts a bill into the deposit / withdrawal port 3 according to the display message shown in FIG. 6 and presses the deposit completion button 13e (step 3
1) The device 1 closes the shutter 4 and confirms whether or not there are banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 3 (step 32). . The subsequent operation up to step 40 is the same as the operation of the first embodiment.

As described above, according to the second embodiment,
Since the temperature of the heater 16 in the wrinkle extension mechanism 7 is changed according to the degree of wrinkle extension of the bill, the amount of energy required to extend the wrinkle can be accurately applied to the bill. This allows energy savings. Further, since the bill having a small wrinkle degree is not excessively heated, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of warpage due to excessive heating.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the heating temperature is changed according to the degree of wrinkling of the bill, but the wrinkle extension mechanism 7
You may make it change the conveyance speed of the banknote in. That is, a banknote having a severe degree of wrinkle is conveyed late in the wrinkle extension mechanism section 7, and a bill having a light degree of wrinkle is conveyed early. When the transportation speed is slow, the amount of heat applied to the banknotes increases, and conversely, when the transportation speed is high, the amount of heat applied to the banknotes decreases. The control of the transport speed is performed by the control unit 21 via the motor drive circuit 22.

It is also possible to change the pressure applied to the bill depending on the degree of wrinkling of the bill. In this case, the pressing force is increased for a banknote with a severe wrinkle to enhance the wrinkle spreading effect, and the pressing force is reduced for a banknote with a light wrinkle to prevent warping due to excessive pressing force. Try not to occur. Further, it is possible to combine the heating amount, the conveying speed and the pressing force to set the optimum setting according to the degree of wrinkling of the bill.

[0026]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since it is possible to independently perform the wrinkle smoothing processing on the banknote, it becomes possible for the customer to wrinkle only the banknote to be wrinkled. Service to customers can be improved. Further, there are effects of saving energy, shortening transaction processing time other than wrinkle extension processing, and prolonging the service life of parts of the wrinkle extension mechanism.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an automated teller machine 1 according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a customer operation panel.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a wrinkle extension mechanism section.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a message display example.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a message display example according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automated teller machine 2 Customer operation panel 3 Deposit / withdrawal port 6 Recognition part 7 Wrinkle extension mechanism part 14 Heat roller 16 Heater 21 Control part P Banknote

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A medium handling apparatus that has a doorway for loading and unloading a medium and a counting section for counting the number of media, and is transported through a transport path passing through the doorway and the counting section. A medium handling device, which is provided with a wrinkle extension mechanism section for performing the wrinkle extension process independently of the normal process of the device. 2. The medium is a banknote, the counting section is a recognition section for recognizing the number of banknotes, and the selection section is arranged in a customer operation section operated by a customer and independently executes wrinkle extension processing. The medium handling device according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The medium handling device according to claim 2, wherein after the banknotes thrown in from the doorway are subjected to wrinkle extension processing by the wrinkle extension mechanism section, the recognition section confirms the denomination and the number of sheets. 4. The medium handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the wrinkle smoothing process has a plurality of levels according to the degree of wrinkling. 5. The medium handling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the level is set at a bill conveyance speed in the wrinkle extension mechanism section. 6. The medium handling device according to claim 4, wherein the wrinkle extension mechanism unit has a heating unit for heating the bill, and the level is set by the temperature of the heating unit. 7. The medium handling device according to claim 4, wherein the wrinkle extension mechanism unit has a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the bill, and the level is set by the pressure of the pressurizing unit.