JPH10283524A - Automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set the number of bank note that consist of different denominations which are mixable in a bank note storage shed and to prevent paying operation time form increasing. SOLUTION: When bank note of a certain denomination exceed the assumable number of bank notes in temporary holding parts 12 to 14 at the time of transaction of receiving money, the notes which exceed the accumulable number of them are accumulated in a temprary holding part that corresponds to a different denomination. When the number of the bank notes of the different denomination which are accumulated in the temporary holding part that corresponds to the different denomination exceeds the a set value that is preliminarily set, the bank notes in the temporary holding part are returned to a customer's part 2, discriminated again, distributed to the temporary holding parts in each denomination and stored in bill storage sheds 6 to 8. When the number of bank notes of different denomination is below a set value, the band notes of a corresponding temporary holding part is stored in a corresponding bank notes storage shed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus for automatically transacting banknotes by a customer's operation, and more particularly to a banknote depositing operation control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic transaction apparatus, a plurality of banknote storages are provided so that banknotes can be stored by denomination, and when a banknote inserted by a customer is stored in each banknote storage,
Until payment is confirmed, a temporary storage unit is provided corresponding to each banknote storage to distinguish between the customer's banknotes and banknotes in the banknote storage, and the banknotes input by the customer are accumulated in the temporary storage unit corresponding to the denomination. After the payment is confirmed, the money is stored in the bill storage from the temporary holding unit.

[0003]

As described above, the bills inserted by the customer are accumulated in the temporary holding section corresponding to the denomination, so that the number of bills which can be deposited at one time can be accumulated in the temporary holding section. It is limited by the number of bills. Here, if a certain denomination of banknotes is inserted in excess of the number that can be accumulated in the temporary holding unit, if there is room in the temporary holding unit assigned to another denomination, it is accumulated in one temporary holding unit. By stacking the remaining bills exceeding the possible number in the temporary holding unit having a margin, it is possible to take in all bills at once.

[0004] However, since the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage section are stored in the banknote storage, if banknotes of other denominations are stored in the temporary storage section, the denominations of the banknotes in the banknote storage may be mixed. Become. When the denominations of the banknotes in the banknote storage are mixed, when the banknotes of the denomination originally stored in the banknote storage are to be dispensed, the banknotes of a different type must be rejected and dispensed. The operation takes time. In particular, when the number of banknotes of different denominations increases, the time required for rejection also increases, and the time required for the dispensing operation increases.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a customer service section in which bills are inserted and received by a customer, a discriminating section for discriminating bills, and a plurality of bills for storing bills. Banknote storage, and provided corresponding to each banknote storage, it is possible to accumulate bills separately from the banknotes in the banknote storage, and to pay out the stacked banknotes again, and the banknote corresponding to the stacked banknotes A temporary holding unit that can be stored in a storage, a replenishment and collection storage for replenishing or collecting bills from the banknote storage, and a transport path for transporting the banknotes, A function of performing a deposit transaction in which bills inserted into the billing section are discriminated by the discriminating section, temporarily accumulated in the temporary holding section for each denomination, and the banknotes of each temporary holding section are stored in the corresponding banknote storage when the payment is confirmed. Denomination of the money In accordance with the function, the banknotes are discharged from the banknote storage to the customer service section to perform a withdrawal transaction, the function of replenishing the banknotes from the replenishment and collection storage to the banknote storage, and the function of transferring the banknotes from the banknote storage to the collection and recovery storage. In an automatic transaction apparatus with a function of collecting, when a banknote of a certain denomination exceeds the number of sheets that can be accumulated in the temporary holding unit at the time of a deposit transaction, the banknotes exceeding the number of sheets that can be accumulated are temporarily transferred to another denomination Means for accumulating in the holding unit, means for recognizing the number of banknotes of different denominations accumulated in the temporary holding unit corresponding to this different denomination, and a setting value in which the number of banknotes of different denominations is set in advance If the number exceeds the limit, the banknotes in the corresponding temporary holding unit are returned to the customer service unit, re-identified, distributed to the temporary holding unit by denomination, stored in the banknote storage, and the number of banknotes of different denominations reaches the set value. If it is lower, the banknotes in the temporary storage section are stored in the corresponding banknote storage. That is obtained by a means.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic transaction device, which has a built-in bill receiving / dispensing device having the following configuration. Reference numeral 2 denotes a customer service unit located at the upper front of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. The customer service unit 2 includes a stage for stacking banknotes in an upright state, and separating and feeding out banknotes one by one from the stage. And a separating and feeding mechanism for accumulating bills on the paper.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a shutter provided on the customer service unit 2 so as to be openable and closable. When the shutter 3 is open, bills can be inserted into and taken out of the customer service unit 2, and when the shutter 3 is closed, the customer service unit 2 is opened. It is not possible to take out and put in banknotes. Reference numeral 4 denotes a discrimination unit that discriminates the authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, and the like of the banknote, detects a transport abnormality such as double feeding or skew, and counts the banknote whose denomination has been confirmed.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a front / back assortment unit having a function of assembling the front and back of a banknote using two transport paths. 6,
Reference numerals 7 and 8 denote banknote storages for storing the banknotes P. Here, the banknote storage 6 is used for banknote banknotes, the banknote storage 7 is used for banknotes of 5,000 yen, and the banknote storage 8 is used for banknotes 1000. For bills.

Reference numerals 9, 10, and 11 denote stages provided in each of the bill storages 6 to 8, which are vertically moved by a mechanism (not shown). Reference numerals 12, 13, and 14 denote temporary storage units provided at the upper portions of the banknote storages 6 to 8 in correspondence with the banknote storages 6 to 8, respectively. 15, 16, and 17 are temporary holding units 12 to 14
The temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are provided on each of the bill storages 6 to 8 so as to be openable and closable by a mechanism (not shown). When the temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are closed, the temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are closed. Banknotes can be stacked on the temporary storage plates 15 to 17, and when the temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are opened, the temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are opened.
If bills are stacked on top of this, the bills
, And the bills in the bill storages 6 to 8 can be fed out.

Here, in the present embodiment, the number of bills that can be accumulated on each of the temporary holding plates 15 to 17 in the closed state is set to half the number of bills that can be handled in one transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus. doing. Reference numerals 18, 19, and 20 denote separate feeding and accumulating mechanisms provided corresponding to the bill storages 6 to 8, respectively. The separating and feeding mechanisms 18 to 20 feed and accumulate bills to the closed temporary holding plates 15 to 17. Or
The banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding plates 15 to 17 in the closed state can be separated and fed one by one.

Further, the temporary holding plates 15 to 17 are opened, and the bills are sent to the bill storages 6 to 8 to accumulate the bills on the stages 9 to 11,
The upper bills can be separated and fed one by one. Reference numeral 21 denotes a replenishment and collection storage for replenishing and collecting banknotes in the banknote storages 6 to 8, and has a storage unit 21a for collectively storing 1,000 yen, 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen notes. A bill feeding port is provided at an upper part of the storage part 21a, and a collecting port is provided at a lower part. The storage unit 21a is provided with a mechanism (not shown) that allows the bill collected from the collection port to be fed out from the payout port. In addition, a rejected banknote collection unit 21b that collects rejected banknotes at the time of replenishing banknotes is provided below the storage unit 21a.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a reject storage, which has a reject storage section 22a for storing rejected banknotes at the time of dispensing transactions and a forgotten banknote storage section 22b for storing forgotten banknotes for customers. The above-mentioned replenishment collection storage 21 and reject storage 22 are detachably mounted on the back side in the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and can be removed by opening a rear door (not shown). Further, by extracting the replenishment collection storage 21 and the reject storage 22, the bill storages 6 to 8 can also be extracted.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a transport path composed of belts, rollers, etc., which hold and transport the banknotes.
20, replenishment collection storage 21 and reject storage 22
Are connected to each other, and blades 23a to 23j for switching a bill conveying direction are provided at the branching or merging portion. In the transport path 23, bills can be transported in both directions, and the discriminating unit 4 can discriminate bills regardless of the transport direction.

FIG. 2 is a schematic control block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus. Reference numeral 31 denotes a group of motors, which drives the rollers and belts constituting the transport path 23, the respective separating and feeding mechanisms, and the like. 32 is a group of magnets,
To 23j. Reference numeral 33 denotes a sensor group,
And a sensor (not shown) provided at a plurality of locations on the transport path 23 to detect the transport state of the banknote. Reference numeral 34 denotes a control unit that controls the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

An operation unit 35 is provided on the front upper part of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 so as to be aligned with the customer service unit 2. The operation unit 35 includes a display, a touch panel, and the like, so that the customer can input a transaction type, a transaction amount, confirmation of the amount, a password, and the like. Although the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is provided with a passbook processing apparatus, a statement slip printing apparatus, a card processing apparatus, and the like, description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a main control unit which controls the entire automatic transaction apparatus. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is connected to a host computer (not shown), a terminal device, and the like. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the present embodiment. Here, the banknote storage 6 is used for deposit and withdrawal safes of 10,000 yen notes, the banknote storage 7 is used for depositing and withdrawal safes of 5,000 yen notes, and the banknote storage 8 is used for 1,000 yen notes. An example of using a deposit and withdrawal safe is described below.

First, when the customer selects a deposit transaction from the operation unit 35, the control unit 34 closes the temporary holding plates 15 to 17, and
A state in which the deposited bills can be accumulated in the temporary holding units 12 to 14 (S1). Then, the shutter 3 is opened, and the customer inserts the deposited bill into the customer service section 2 (S2). When bills are inserted into the customer service section 2, the shutter 3 is closed, the motor group 31 is controlled to start feeding and transporting, and the inserted bills are sent to the discriminating section 4 and discriminated from the output of the sensor group 33. Is performed and distributed to the temporary holding units 12 to 14 according to the discrimination result (S3, S4).

That is, when the bill is discriminated by the discriminating section 4 from the ten-yen note, the magnet group 32 is controlled to control the blade 23e.
Is operated to temporarily store the bills discriminated from the ten thousand-yen ticket.
2 and discriminated from the 5,000 yen ticket, the blade 23f
Is operated to accumulate the banknotes discriminated from the 5,000-yen note in the temporary holding unit 13, and when discriminated from the 1,000-yen note, the blade 23g
Is operated to accumulate the bills discriminated from the 1,000-yen bill in the temporary holding unit 14.

Here, from the output result of the discrimination section 4, the control section 34 also counts the discriminated bills.
If the number of bills that can be accumulated is greater than the number that can be accumulated in 2 to 14, the bills that exceed the number that can be accumulated are accumulated in another temporary holding unit. For example, each temporary storage unit 12-14
Assuming that the number of sheets that can be accumulated in a book is 100, if 150 million yen tickets, 10 5,000 yen tickets, and 10 1,000 yen tickets are inserted, the 100th 100,000 yen ticket Until the bill is discriminated, the bill sent to the discriminating section 4 is discriminated from the ten-yen note. By operating the switching blade 23e, the bills discriminated from the ten-yen note are accumulated in the temporary holding part 12, and the ten-yen note is collected. When the number of bills discriminated from the number exceeds 100, the switching blade 23f is operated to accumulate the bills discriminated from the ten thousand yen bill in the temporary holding unit 13.

As a result, 100 ten thousand yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding part 12, 50 ten thousand yen notes and ten 5,000 yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding part 13, and ten thousand yen notes are accumulated. Is the temporary holding section 1
4 will be integrated. After all bills inserted into the customer service section 2 are distributed according to the result of the discrimination, the amount inserted by the customer is confirmed, and if the amount is correct, the confirmation key of the operation section 35 is pressed (S5).

When the confirmation key is pressed, the temporary holding unit 12-
The banknotes in all the temporary holding units in which different kinds of banknotes are not mixed in the banknotes 14 are stored in the banknote storage. In the above example, since the temporary holding unit 12 and the temporary holding unit 14 do not contain different kinds of banknotes, the temporary holding plate 15 is opened to store 100,000 yen notes in the banknote storage 6 and temporarily store the same. The plate 17 is opened, and ten thousand yen notes are stored in the bill storage 8 (S6).

If there is a temporary holding section in which different kinds of money are mixed (S7), it is determined whether or not the number of bills of different kinds of money mixed is larger than a preset number (S8).
When the number of banknotes in the temporary holding section in which different kinds of banknotes are mixed is larger than the preset number, all the banknotes in the temporary holding section are transported to the customer service section 2. For example, assuming that the set number is 30 in the above example, there are fifty thousand yen notes that are different kinds of banknotes in the temporary holding part 13, so that fifty thousand yen notes in the temporary holding part 13 are The 5,000 yen ticket is transported to the customer service section 2 (S9).

When all of the banknotes in the temporary storage section have been conveyed to the customer service section 2, the temporary storage plates 15 to 17 are closed, the payout operation is started again, and the banknotes returned to the customer service section 2 are sent to the discrimination section 4 for discrimination. It is distributed to the temporary holding units 12 to 14 according to the result (S10). That is, when the bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 from the ten-thousand-yen note, the blade 23e is operated, and the bills discriminated from the ten-thousand-yen note are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 12, and are discriminated from the 5,000-yen note. By operating the blade 23f, the bills discriminated from the 5,000-yen note are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 13. In the above example, fifty thousand yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 12 and 1
Zero 5,000 yen tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 13. In addition,
If there is a bill discriminated from the 1,000-yen note at the time of this re-discrimination, the blade 23g is operated to accumulate the bills discriminated from the 1,000-yen note in the temporary holding unit 14.

When all the banknotes returned to the customer service section 2 are distributed to the temporary holding sections corresponding to the denominations, the temporary holding plate is opened and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage. In the above example, the temporary holding plate 1
By opening 5, the five hundred yen notes are stored in the bill storage 6, and by opening the temporary holding plate 16, ten 5,000 yen notes are stored in the bill storage 7 (S11). Said S
In the judgment of 8, if the number of banknotes in the temporary holding unit in which different kinds of banknotes are mixed is smaller than the preset number, the temporary holding plate of the corresponding temporary holding unit is opened, and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage in a mixed state. It is stored (S12).

Then, the banknotes in all the temporary holding units are stored in the respective banknote storages, thereby completing the deposit transaction. As described above, if there is a temporary holding unit in which different denominations are mixed, if the number of mixed banknotes of different denominations is larger than a preset number, this banknote is returned to the customer service unit 2, If the number of bills of different denominations mixed is smaller than the number set in advance, the banknotes are stored in the corresponding banknote storage with the denominations mixed. It was decided to.

[0026] Thus, the bill storage box does not store more bills of a different denomination than the preset number, and the subsequent dispensing operation time can be shortened. For example, if the number of sheets that can be accumulated in the temporary holding unit is 100, and 150 million yen tickets, 10 5,000 yen tickets, and 10 1,000 yen tickets are received, 50 sheets of paper that cannot be accumulated in the temporary holding unit When storing a 10,000-yen ticket together with a 5,000-yen ticket in a banknote storage for a 5,000-yen ticket, if you make a transaction to dispense ten 5,000-yen tickets after the above-mentioned deposit, a maximum of fifty thousand yen-yen tickets will be issued. Rejection was required, and a dispensing operation time of about 20 seconds was required.
On the other hand, if the number of different kinds of banknotes that can be mixed is set to, for example, 30 sheets, in the case of the above example, 50
A single 10,000 yen note is not stored in a banknote storage for a 5,000 yen note. Therefore, if a transaction for dispensing ten 5,000 yen notes after the deposit is made, a dispensing operation time of about 15 seconds is sufficient, and a reduction of about 5 seconds is possible.

If the number of different kinds of banknotes is within the number set to be allowed to be mixed, the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage as it is, so that the time until the deposit operation is completed can be shortened. Even if bills of different denominations are mixed, if the number of bills is small, the time of the dispensing operation does not increase. Here, the setting of the number of sheets in which different kinds of banknotes can be mixed in the banknote storage can be arbitrarily changed according to the operation of the apparatus. For example, it is possible to change the setting of the number of sheets for each device by operating a staff operation unit of each automatic transaction device. Also, it is possible to connect a plurality of automatic transaction devices to a terminal device and change the setting of the number of sheets from the terminal device to the plurality of automatic transaction devices simultaneously. Furthermore, it is also possible to change the setting of the number of sheets from the terminal device to an arbitrary automatic transaction device.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3, when bills are accumulated in the temporary holding unit in a state in which different kinds of banknotes are mixed, if the number of mixed different kinds of banknotes is larger than a preset number, the corresponding temporary holding unit is used. Is returned to the customer service unit 2 and distributed according to denomination by re-discrimination. However, the banknotes in the temporary holding unit may be stored in the replenishment and collection storage 21.

That is, in a case where bills are accumulated in the temporary holding unit in a state where different kinds of banknotes are mixed, if the number of mixed different kinds of banknotes is larger than a preset number, the bills of the corresponding temporary holding unit are deleted. The bill is fed, and the blades 23c and 23h are operated to store bills into the storage section 21a from the collection port. The bills stored in the storage section 21a from the collection port can be fed out from the payout port by a mechanism (not shown). ~ 8
Will be used at the time of replenishment operation.

In this embodiment, if the number of mixed denomination banknotes is larger than a predetermined number, the banknotes in the corresponding temporary holding section are stored in the replenishment and collection storage box. Distribution is not required,
It is possible to shorten the deposit operation time.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a banknote of a certain denomination exceeds the number that can be accumulated in the temporary holding unit at the time of a deposit transaction, the banknotes exceeding the number that can be accumulated are transferred to another denomination. If the number of banknotes of different denominations accumulated in the temporary storage unit corresponding to this other denomination exceeds the preset value set in advance, the corresponding temporary storage unit Return the bills to the customer service section, re-discriminate them, distribute them to the temporary holding section by denomination, store them in the bill storage box, and if the number of bills of a different denomination is below the set value, the bills in the corresponding temporary holding section Is stored in the corresponding banknote storage box, so that the banknote storage box does not store a larger number of different denomination banknotes than the preset number, thereby preventing the subsequent dispensing operation time from increasing. It is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic control block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation according to the exemplary embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Customer service part 4 Identification part 6-8 Banknote storage 12-14 Temporary holding part 21 Replenishment collection storage

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshimitsu Matsui 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Horiuchi East 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. In-company (72) Inventor Kozo Yoshida 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A customer service unit in which a customer inserts and receives bills, a discriminating unit that discriminates bills, a plurality of bill storages that store bills, and a plurality of bill storages that are provided corresponding to each bill storage, It is possible to accumulate the bills separately from the bills in the bill storage, and to feed out the accumulated bills again, and a temporary holding unit capable of storing the accumulated bills in the corresponding bill storage, It has a replenishment and collection storage for replenishing bills or collecting bills from the bill storage, and a transport path for transporting bills. A function to perform a deposit transaction that temporarily accumulates in the temporary storage unit and stores the banknotes in each temporary storage unit in the corresponding banknote storage when payment is confirmed, and accepts bills from the banknote storage according to the denomination amount specified by the customer And withdrawal In an automatic transaction device having a function of performing a transaction, a function of replenishing bills from the replenishment collection storage to the bill storage, and a function of collecting bills from the bill storage to the replenishment collection storage, a certain amount of money is received at the time of deposit transaction. When the number of banknotes exceeds the number that can be accumulated in the temporary holding unit, the banknotes in excess of the number that can be accumulated are accumulated in the temporary holding unit corresponding to another denomination. A means for recognizing the number of banknotes of different denominations accumulated in the holding unit, and when the number of banknotes of different denominations exceeds a preset value, the banknotes of the corresponding temporary holding unit are returned to the customer service unit. ,
Re-discriminate, distribute to the temporary storage unit for each denomination, store it in the banknote storage, and if the number of banknotes of a different type is below the set value, the banknotes of the relevant temporary storage unit are stored in the corresponding banknote storage. An automatic transaction device comprising: a storage unit. 2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the number of banknotes of different kinds exceeds a set value, the banknotes in the corresponding temporary holding section are collected in a replenishment collection box. apparatus.