JPH1049724A - Automatic transaction device and inspection ticket used for the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic transaction device and an inspection ticket used for the automatic transaction device for exactly recognizing the presence or absence of bill remaining on a carrying path. SOLUTION: A bill paying/receiving unit is provided with a bill housing chamber and plural safes, and bill is carried through a carrying path provided between the bill housing chamber and the safes by a carrying mechanism. A patrol ticket 82 having width W almost equal to that of bill is provided with a part 82a to be detected, and length L2 along a carrying direction A of this part to be detected is set to be smaller than length L along the carrying direction A of bill P. Plural sensors 71 are provided on the carrying path, and while the patrol ticket 82 is carried through the carrying path, the length along the carrying direction A of the patrol ticket is checked by the sensor as necessary, and when the length detected by the sensor is longer than the length L2 of the part 82a to be detected, the existence of the remaining bill P is recognized.

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 installed in a financial institution or the like for depositing and withdrawing cash from a user, and an inspection ticket used for inspecting a transport path in the automatic transaction apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in financial institutions and the like, automatic transaction apparatuses for automatically depositing and withdrawing cash from users have been widely used. This type of automatic transaction apparatus includes a bill receiving / dispensing unit for handling bills, a coin receiving / dispensing unit for handling coins, a passbook printer, and the like.

For example, in a bill receiving / dispensing unit, when an abnormality such as a jam of a bill occurs during bill transport, a staff member of a financial institution pulls out the bill deposit / withdrawal unit from the main unit of the machine, and removes a transport mechanism, a safe and the like. Open to jam banknotes. Then, after the banknote depositing / dispensing unit is reloaded into the apparatus main body by the attendant, an inspection ticket called a patrol ticket different from a normal banknote is flown through the transport path of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit, so that the jam is cleared. Forget or
Alternatively, it is performed to check for the presence or absence of a banknote that is staying in the transport path because the banknote is torn. Also, when a rejected ticket due to an unfit note or the like frequently occurs during the transport of a bill, a patrol ticket is flown to inspect the transport path.

[0004]

Generally, a patrol ticket is prepared by cutting paper of an appropriate material into the same size and shape as a bill, and printing the surface thereof. However, when the patrol ticket is formed in the same shape and size as the bill, as described above, if the patrol ticket exactly overlaps with the bill remaining in the transport path,
The sensor provided in the transport path erroneously recognizes the remaining bill as a patrol ticket. For this reason, it is difficult to accurately recognize the presence or absence of the remaining bill in the transport path.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic transaction apparatus capable of reliably recognizing the presence or absence of a bill remaining on a transport path and an inspection ticket used in the automatic transaction apparatus.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention according to claim 1 includes a transfer section for transferring a bill to a user, and a bill storage section for storing a bill. And, having a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the delivery unit, a transport unit that transports the bill through the transport path, and has a detected portion whose length in the transport direction is shorter than the bill A plurality of inspection tickets that are transported through the transport path by the transport unit and that are used to check for a jam of banknotes in the transport path, and are provided along the transport path, along a transport direction of the inspection ticket that passes through the transport path. Detecting means for detecting the length, when the inspection ticket is transported through the transport path, if the length detected by the detecting means is longer than the length of the detected part in the transport direction, the transport is performed. Of residual banknotes on the road And determining means for determining presence.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the transfer section transfers a bill to a user;
A plurality of banknote storage units for storing banknotes, a transport unit extending between the banknote storage unit and the delivery unit, a transport unit for transporting the banknotes through the transport path, and a length in the transport direction of the banknote An inspection ticket storage unit that has a detected portion shorter than the inspection ticket storage unit that stores an inspection ticket for inspecting a jam of banknotes that is transported through the transport path by the transport unit and that checks the banknotes in the transport path. A supply unit that supplies an inspection ticket to the transport path, a detection unit that is provided along the transport path, and detects a length of the inspection ticket passing through the transport path along the transport direction of the detected portion; When the inspection ticket is conveyed through the conveyance path, if the length detected by the detection unit is longer than the length of the detected portion in the conveyance direction, the discrimination is performed to determine the presence of the remaining bill in the conveyance path. Means It is characterized in.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a test ticket according to the present invention, wherein a transport path extending between a transfer section for transferring a bill to a user and a bill storage section storing the bill is provided through the transport path. Used in an automatic transaction apparatus that includes a transport unit that transports banknotes and a detecting unit that detects a length of a medium that passes through the transport path in the transport direction, and is transported through the transport path by the transport mechanism, and is transported by the transport mechanism. In the inspection ticket for inspecting the jam of the bills inside, it has a detected part which is detected by the detecting means, and the length of the detected part along the transport direction in the transport path is the transport of the bill. It is characterized in that it is formed shorter than the length in the direction.

[0009] The inspection ticket is formed so that a width orthogonal to the transport direction is substantially equal to a width of the bill.
The inspection ticket is provided at least in part in the width direction. Further, the inspection ticket according to claim 6 is formed in a rectangular shape,
The width orthogonal to the transport direction is substantially equal to the width of the bill, and the length along the transport direction is formed shorter than the length of the bill in the transport direction.

[0010] According to the automatic transaction apparatus configured as described above, during normal operation, the bills inserted into the transfer section are conveyed to the bill accommodating section through the conveying path by the conveying means and stored therein. The banknotes taken out of the storage section are conveyed to the delivery section through the conveyance path, and are dispensed to the user.

For example, when a paper jam occurs in the conveyance path, first, the jammed paper money is removed by the burying person. Subsequently, the inspection ticket is transported through the transport path by the transport means. Then, when the inspection ticket is conveyed through the conveyance path without being jammed, it is confirmed that some of the banknotes for which jam clearance has been forgotten or torn are not staying in the conveyance path and are normal.

Further, when another bill or a part of the bill remains in the transport path, a jam of the inspection ticket occurs at the position where the bill is retained. The stay position can be confirmed, and the jam processing can be performed again.

Further, when the inspection ticket is transported through the transport path, the length of the detected portion of the inspection ticket in the transport direction is checked by the detecting means. Then, since the length of the detected portion in the transport direction is formed shorter than the length of the bill in the transport direction, for example, the remaining bills in the transport path are transported on the transport path together with the inspection ticket in a state of overlapping with the inspection ticket. In this case, the length detected by the detecting means is longer than the length of the detected portion in the transport direction. As a result, the presence of the remaining bills in the transport path is recognized.

According to the inspection ticket of the present invention, since the length of the detected portion in the transport direction is formed shorter than the length of the paper currency in the transport direction, the inspection ticket overlaps with the paper money remaining in the transport path. Even when conveyed in the state, it is possible to reliably recognize the presence or absence of the remaining bill.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as an ATM) according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. This AT
M is installed in a branch of a financial institution, and performs self-service such as cash receipt and payment, recording in a passbook, issuance of a new passbook, and the like.

The ATM 1 has a substantially rectangular box-shaped housing 2 as an apparatus main body, and a substantially L-shaped operation unit 3 facing the user is formed on the front surface of the housing 2. On the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3, there is provided a bill depositing / dispensing port 4 through which a large number of bills P to be deposited, transferred, transferred or dispensed can be inserted or removed at a time. Mouth 4
Is provided with a door 5 which can be freely opened and closed.

On the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3, a display unit 6 composed of a color liquid crystal display device having a touch panel is provided. The display unit 6 displays operation procedures and other information on a color screen by illustrations, characters or words, and guides the user, and displays the identification number, the amount, the account number, the approval, confirmation or cancellation of the transaction, etc. Displays the key corresponding to. Then, when a displayed key is pressed, a touch sensor (not shown) detects this and a so-called key input operation of outputting a corresponding signal to a main control unit 11 described later is performed.

A card slot 7 for inserting a card in which a personal identification number and an account number are recorded, a passbook insertion slot 8 for inserting a passbook,
A coin deposit and withdrawal port 9 for inserting coins is provided.
Note that bills, cards, passbooks, and coins constitute handling media processed by the ATM.

The housing 2 has a main control unit 11 for controlling the operation of the entire ATM, accepts a card inserted from the card insertion slot 7, and stores account information such as a personal identification number and an account number from a magnetic stripe on the card. A magnetic card reader unit 12 for reading and a passbook printer unit 13 for reading information from the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 8 and recording transaction contents on the passbook and journal paper (not shown) are provided.

A bill receiving / dispensing unit 1 for receiving a paper defect P inserted into the bill receiving / dispensing port 4 and dispensing a designated amount of paper defect P to the person dispensing port 4 is provided in the housing 2.
4. A coin receiving / dispensing unit 15 configured to receive the coin C thrown into the coin receiving / dispensing port 9 and paying out a designated amount of coin C to the coin receiving / dispensing port 9, and a customer service unit 16 constituted by a display unit 6. , An internal monitor 18 is provided as a staff operation unit.

Further, in the housing 2, there is a disk drive 19 for driving a floppy disk 19a as a data file in which information on financial institutions necessary for the transfer transaction, for example, bank branch names are recorded in the order of the Japanese syllabary. Control unit 11
A transmission control unit 20 for controlling data transmission between the host computer and a not-shown host computer, and a power supply unit 21 are provided.

The main controller 11 is connected to a staff remote monitor 22 provided outside the ATM 1. The internal monitor 18 and the remote monitor 22 are instructed to detect the presence or absence of the ATM 1, exchange a safe, and replenish the journal.

Next, the configuration of the bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 is roughly divided into an upper unit 30 and a lower unit 31.

First, the configuration of the upper unit 30 will be described. Customer service surface direction of upper unit 30 (left direction in the figure)
At the upper part, a bill receiving / dispensing port 4 is provided. Further, below the bill receiving / dispensing port 4, a bill accommodating chamber 32 capable of accommodating a large number of bills P collectively is formed. Bill storage room 3
Reference numeral 2 denotes a delivery unit in the present invention. A bill P in the bill storage chamber 32 is provided below the front part of the bill storage chamber 32.
A take-out device 34 for taking out one by one by a take-out roller 33 is provided. One wall surface of the bill storage room 3 is constituted by a backup body 35 that can move in a direction of coming into contact with and separating from the other wall surface, so that the capacity of the bill storage room 32 can be changed. In addition, the backup body 35 urges the banknote P thrown into the banknote accommodation chamber 32 toward the takeout roller 33 when the banknote is taken in.

Behind the bill storage chamber 32, the inspection ticket storage section 8 is provided.
The inspection ticket accommodation unit 80 accommodates a plurality of patrol tickets 82 as inspection tickets to be described later in a stacked state. In the vicinity of the inspection ticket storage unit 80, the patrol ticket 8 is removed from the inspection ticket storage unit 80 by the take-out roller 84.
A take-out device 85 for taking out 2 is provided. The take-out device 85 functions as supply means in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the patrol ticket 82 is formed of a suitable paper into a rectangular shape with a portion cut away. That is, as described later, when the transport direction when passing through the transport path of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 is A, the width W of the patrol ticket 82 in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction A is a banknote, for example, 10,000 yen. The length L1 along the transport direction A is formed the same as the width W of the banknote, and is the same as the length L in the transport direction of the 10,000-yen banknote, except for the cut-out portion. The length L2 of the cut-out portion in the transport direction is 1
The length is smaller than the length L in the transport direction of the banknote, and this portion functions as the detected portion 82a.

As shown in FIG. 3, at the lower part of the upper unit 30 in the customer service surface direction (left direction in the figure), discrimination such as bill type, true / false, stacked conveyance, fitness, front / back, breakage, etc. of the banknote P is performed. A banknote inspection device 36 as an inspection unit is provided, and a unit control unit 37 is provided on the rear side of the banknote inspection device, that is, at the center of the upper unit 30 in the front-rear direction.

Above the unit control section 37, there is provided a depositing temporary collecting device 39 for temporarily collecting the deposited banknotes P into the depositing temporary accumulating section 38 with the front and back sides thereof sorted. Further, the deposit temporary accumulation section 38 and the bill storage chamber 32
A temporary dispensing device 41 for temporarily accumulating the banknotes P to be paid to the customer at the time of dispensing in the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40 and then discharging the banknotes P to the banknote accommodating chamber 32 is provided.

On the other hand, a first safe 50, a second safe 51, and a third safe 52 are arranged in the front-rear central portion of the lower unit 31 in order from the customer service surface direction (left direction in the figure). . Among these safes, the first safe 50 and the second safe 51 are used as a ten thousand yen storage for storing ten thousand yen bills,
The remaining third safe 52 is used as a thousand yen storage for storing 1,000 yen bills.

First, second, and third safes 50, 51, 52
Are provided with a bill taking-in mechanism 53 and a bill taking-out mechanism 54 at the upper end respectively, and function as a recycle store for taking out bills and paying the bills to the customer at the time of dispensing, while storing the paper money P received by the customer.

At the lower part of the lower unit 31 in the rear direction (right direction in the figure), three storage-type safes 60, 61 and 62 are arranged in a vertically stacked state. These storage-type safes 60, 61, and 62 are formed into a cassette to form a safe cassette 63, which can be integrally taken out of the housing 2.

The safe 60 at the top of the safe cassette 63 is a 5,000 yen storage / damage box for storing 5,000 yen bills and damaged tickets at the time of deposit, and the middle safe 61 is for storing banknotes that customers have left behind. The storage and the safe 62 constitute a reject storage for storing rejected banknotes (excluded banknotes) at the time of withdrawal and payment.

An auxiliary safe 65 is provided above the safe cassette 63 so as to extend to the upper unit 32. Auxiliary safe 65 is provided with a storage for storing banknotes used for replenishment of recycled banknotes, and a first and a second at the time of the allocation process.
It is used as a transfer storage for temporarily collecting and storing the banknotes P in the second and third safes 50, 51, 52.

The first to third safes 50, 51, 52,
The safe cassette 63 and the auxiliary safe 65 function as a bill storage unit in the present invention. A bill storage unit 32,
A plurality of bill transport paths R1 to R19 are formed between the first to third safes 50, 51, 52, the safe cassette 63, and the auxiliary safe 65, and bill transport is provided in the apparatus main body. A transport mechanism for transporting bills through the road is provided. The transport mechanism includes a number of transport belts, transport rollers, and the like arranged along the bill transport paths R1 to R19. Further, the transport mechanism includes a motor M as a drive source provided in the direction of the customer service surface (leftward in the figure) in the lower unit 31 and a driven portion such as a transport belt, a transport roller, or the like that transfers a driving force of the motor M. And a driving force transmission system 86 for transmitting the driving force to the driving force transmission system.

The banknote transport paths R1 to R19 are provided with a number of gates 70 for sorting the transport direction of the banknote P. Banknote storage unit 32, deposit accumulation unit 38, dispensing accumulation unit 4
A number of optical sensors 71 as detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a bill, passage of a bill, and jam are provided in each part of the bill transport paths R1 to R19.

As shown in FIG. 5, two sets of sensors 71 are provided at each installation position of the transport path. That is, each sensor 71 includes a light emitting unit 71a and a light receiving unit 71b.
, And arranged to detect both widthwise ends of a bill passing through the transport path.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 14 includes the above-mentioned unit control section 37 for controlling the operation of the entire unit.
It is connected to the main control unit 11 that controls the operation of M1 all holidays. The banknote inspection device 36 and the unit sub-control unit 90 are connected to the unit main control unit 37.

A drive motor 91 for selectively driving the unloading devices 34 and 85 and a transport motor M for the transport mechanism are connected to the unit sub-control unit 90 via motor drivers 92 and 93, respectively. , Gade 7
Solenoid 94 for switching 0 is a solenoid driver 95
Connected through.

Further, the unit sub-control unit 90 is connected to a ROM 96 storing an operation program for controlling the operation of the sensor 71 and the banknote dispensing unit 14 and the like. Then, the unit sub-control unit 90 controls the operations of the motor drivers 92 and 93 and the solenoid driver 95 according to the operation program stored in the ROM 96 in accordance with a command from the unit main control unit 37.

Next, various processing operations of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 having the above-described configuration will be described. 7 and 8 show the flow of banknotes during a deposit transaction. First, as shown in FIG. 7, when the banknotes P are inserted into the banknote storage chamber 32 from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 and the insertion of the banknotes is detected by the sensor 71, these banknotes P are transferred by the backup body 35 of the takeout device 34. It is pressed against the take-out roller 33. In this state, the unit sub-control unit 90 controls the motor driver 9 based on a command from the unit main control unit 37.
The drive motor 91 is operated via the
3 is driven to rotate clockwise in FIG. By the rotation of the take-out roller 33, the bills P in the bill accommodating chamber 4 are taken out one by one and sent to the bill transport path R1.

The unit sub-control unit 90 operates the transport motor M via a motor driver 93 to drive the transport rollers and the transport belt of the transport mechanism, and also controls each of the components via a solenoid driver 95 and a solenoid 94. The gate 70 is switched at a predetermined timing.

As a result, the banknotes P are sequentially transported along the banknote transport paths R1 to R4 as indicated by solid arrows in FIG. At this time, each banknote P is denominated by the banknote inspection device 36 provided in the banknote transport path R2,
Front / back, true / false, overlapped conveyance, damage, damage, etc. are determined. Thereafter, the banknotes in the depositing temporary accumulating device 39 are transferred to the banknote transport path R5.
Alternatively, it is selectively sorted to R6 and temporarily accumulated in the depositing temporary accumulation unit 38 in a state where the front and back are arranged.

The rejected banknotes P, which could not be read by the banknote inspection device 36, are moved to the banknote transport path R as shown by the broken arrows.
After being guided from 6 to the withdrawal temporary accumulating unit 40 and accumulated, it is collectively returned to the bill accommodating chamber 32 via the bill transport path R7, and the door 5 is opened to be refunded to the customer and the re-investor is remunerated. Prompt.

When all the deposited bills P have been read, the deposited amount is displayed on the display unit 6. The customer checks the deposit amount,
If it is correct, the user presses a confirmation button on the display unit 6 with a built-in touch panel. When the confirmation button is pressed, the bills P in the deposit temporary accumulation section 38 are taken out one by one and sequentially conveyed through the bill conveyance paths R8, R1, R2, R9, as indicated by solid arrows in FIG. You.

Then, the 10,000-yen banknote P and the 1,000-yen banknote P are guided to the banknote transport path R10 side, and the banknote take-in mechanism 53 causes the first safe (million-yen bank) 50 or the second safe (million-yen bank). 51 and a third safe (thousand yen storehouse) 52.

The 5,000-yen bill P and the damaged ticket are stored in the safe (5,000 yen / unfitted bill storage) 60 in the upper section of the safe cassette 63 through the bill transport path R12, as indicated by the dashed arrow. Further, the rejected banknote P is stored in a safe (reject storage) 62 at the lower stage of the safe cassette 63 through the banknote transport path R14, as indicated by a dashed arrow.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, at the time of the withdrawal transaction, the banknote corresponding to the amount requested by the customer is placed in the first safe (10,000 yen store) 50 or the second safe (10,000 yen store) 51, And it is taken out from the third safe (thousand yen storehouse) 52. The extracted banknotes are stored in the banknote transport paths R10, R15, R2, R
It is conveyed sequentially through R3, R4, and R6, guided to the dispensing temporary accumulating device 41, and is temporarily accumulated in the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40.
Then, after stacking, the bill storage room 3 via the bill transport path R7.
2, and the door 5 is opened and paid to the customer.

At this time, the rejected banknote P determined by the banknote inspection device 36 is sent to and stored in the safe (reject storage) 62 at the lower stage of the safe cassette 63 through the banknote transport path R14, as indicated by the dashed arrow. Is done.

At the time of the dispensing transaction, if the bill P which has been paid out remains in the bill accommodating chamber 32 even after the elapse of a predetermined time, it is determined that "forgot". After the door 5 is closed, the banknotes P in the banknote storage chamber 32 are taken in one by one by the take-out roller 33, and the banknote transport paths R1, R2, R9,
Through R11 and R13, it is collected in the middle safe (forgot storage) 61 of the safe cassette 63.

On the other hand, when a bill conveyance failure such as a bill jam occurs in the bill depositing / dispensing unit 14, first, a bank clerk pulls out the bill depositing / dispensing unit 14 from the ATM body, opens the bill conveying path and the safe, and jams. Remove the banknotes. Subsequently, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 14 is
Is reloaded into the ATM main body, the patrol ticket 82 is flown through the bill transport path, and it is confirmed whether or not some of the bills or torn bills remain in the bill transport path.

FIGS. 10, 11, and 12 show a patrol ticket 82.
It shows the flow. First, as shown in FIG. 10, the unit sub-control unit 90 sends a drive motor 91 via a motor driver 92 based on a command from the unit main control unit 37.
To drive the take-out roller 84 of the take-out device 85 to rotate. By the rotation of the take-out roller 84, the uppermost patrol ticket among the patrol tickets 82 in the inspection ticket storage unit 80 is taken out. Further, the transport motor M is driven via the motor driver 93, and the patrol ticket 8 taken out is taken out.
2 is sent to the cash-out temporary accumulation unit 40 through the bill transfer path R6 by the transfer mechanism, and further sent to the bill storage chamber 32. Subsequently, the patrol ticket 82 is conveyed through the banknote inspection device 36 and the banknote conveyance paths R2 to R4 in the same manner as in the payment transaction.

As shown in FIG. 11, the patrol ticket 82 conveyed to the banknote transport path R4 includes the banknote transport paths R5 and R8.
After passing through the banknote transport path R1, the banknote inspection device 36, and the banknote transport path R2 again, it is sorted to the lower unit 31 by the gate 70, passes through the banknote transport path R10, and is sent to the upper unit 30 again.

As shown in FIG. 12, the patrol ticket 82 sent to the upper unit 30 passes through the banknote inspection device 36 and the banknote transport path R2 once again, as in the case of the withdrawal transaction, and then passes through the banknote transport path R9. Safe cassette 6 through R11
3 is transported and stored in the reject storage 62.

When the patrol ticket 82 is conveyed through the banknote transport path as described above, if any of the remaining banknotes and torn banknotes are not retained in the banknote transport path, the patrol ticket 82 is transferred to the reject storage 62. The unit main control unit 37 recognizes that the paper money has been normally conveyed and no paper money remains in the paper money conveyance path.

Conversely, if bills remain in the bill transport path, the patrol ticket 82 becomes jammed at the position where the bills remain during transport and jams. Therefore, in this case, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 14 is withdrawn from the ATM body by the attendant, the banknote transport path is opened, and the jammed patrol ticket 82 and the remaining banknotes are removed.

On the other hand, while the patrol ticket 82 is being transported through the transport path, the unit main controller 37 moves along the transport direction A of the patrol ticket 82 based on a detection signal from each sensor 71 provided on the transport path. The patrol ticket is transported while detecting the length. That is, when the patrol ticket 82 passes, the detection light is blocked by the patrol ticket 82 so that each sensor 71 is in a dark state.
Detects the lengths L1 and L2 of the patrol ticket 82 along the transport direction A based on the time when the sensor 71 is in the dark state. Therefore, the unit control section 37 can accurately recognize whether or not the medium passing through each sensor 71 is a patrol ticket 82.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, when the patrol ticket 82 is flown in a state where the banknote P remains in the transport path,
There is a case where the patrol ticket 82 overlaps with the remaining banknotes P and is conveyed along with the remaining banknotes in the overlapping state. Even in such a case, when the overlapped patrol ticket 82 and the remaining bill P pass through the sensor 71, the length of the patrol ticket 82 is checked based on the detection signal from the sensor 71.

Here, since the patrol ticket 82 has the detected portion 82a whose length along the transport direction A is shorter than the bill P, the patrol ticket 82 and the remaining bill P overlap each other. When passing through the sensor 71, the detected length in the transport direction A changes. That is, the detection length is
The length is always longer than the length L2 of the detected portion 82a. Therefore, even when the patrol ticket 82 is conveyed in a state where it is completely overlapped with the remaining bills P, it is possible to reliably recognize the presence of the remaining bills P based on the detection signal from the sensor 71.

As described above, by checking the presence or absence of the remaining bill P in the bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 with high accuracy, the subsequent processing can be performed reliably and accurately. According to the automatic transaction device configured as described above, when a paper jam occurs in the paper money transport path, first,
By transporting the patrol ticket 82 through the banknote transport path after the jam has been cleared by the attendant, it is possible to confirm whether or not the banknotes are staying in the banknote transport path. At this time, the patrol ticket 82 has a length of the detected portion 82a along the transport direction A shorter than the length of the banknote P in the transport direction.
Therefore, even when the patrol ticket is conveyed while overlapping with the remaining banknote P, the presence or absence of the remaining banknote can be reliably recognized, and the subsequent processing can be performed accurately.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the patrol ticket 82 has a configuration in which the detected portion 82a is provided in a part thereof, but as shown in FIG. It may be formed to be shorter than the length in the transport direction, and the whole may be configured as the detected portion 82a.

Even when such a patrol ticket 82 is used, the presence or absence of a bill in the transport path of the bill receiving / dispensing unit can be reliably recognized, as in the above-described embodiment.

[0062]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the use of the inspection ticket having the detected portion whose length along the transport direction is shorter than that of the banknote allows the banknote remaining on the transport path to be used. It is possible to provide an automatic transaction apparatus and an inspection ticket capable of reliably recognizing the presence / absence of a transaction and performing appropriate processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the entire automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a bill receiving / dispensing unit of the automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a patrol ticket, FIG.
(B) is a perspective view of a banknote.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing a transport path and a sensor of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing an oval of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow of banknotes when the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit performs deposit processing.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow of banknotes when the banknote depositing / dispensing unit performs deposit processing.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a flow of bills when the bill depositing / dispensing unit dispenses.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing the flow of a patrol ticket in the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing a flow of a patrol ticket in the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view showing a flow of a patrol ticket in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view schematically showing a state in which a patrol ticket and a remaining bill are conveyed in a conveyance path of the bill receiving / dispensing unit.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view schematically showing a state in which a patrol ticket and a remaining banknote according to another embodiment are conveyed in the conveyance path of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic transaction apparatus 11 ... Main control part 14 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 15 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal unit 32 ... Banknote accommodating part 34, 85 ... Take-out apparatus 36 ... Banknote inspection apparatus 37 ... Unit control part 50, 51, 52 ... Safe 71 sensor 80 inspection ticket storage unit 82 patrol ticket 82a detected unit 90 unit sub-control unit R1 to R19 transport path

Claims (6)

[Claims] A transfer unit configured to transfer a bill to a user; a bill storage unit configured to store bills; a transport path extending between the bill storage unit and the transfer unit; A transporting means for transporting the bill through, and a detected portion having a length in the transport direction shorter than the bill,
A plurality of inspection tickets that are transported through the transport path by the transport unit and that are used to inspect for jams in the transport path, and that are provided along the transport path and that are long along the transport direction of the inspection tickets that pass through the transport path. Detecting means for detecting the length of the inspection ticket, when the inspection ticket is conveyed through the conveyance path, if the length detected by the detection means is longer than the length of the detected part in the conveyance direction, the conveyance path An automatic transaction device, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine the presence of a residual bill in. 2. A delivery section for delivering bills to a user, a plurality of bill storage sections for storing bills, and a transport path extending between the bill storage sections and the delivery section, A transport unit for transporting the banknote through the transport path, and a detected portion having a length in the transport direction shorter than the banknote,
An examination ticket storage unit that is conveyed by the conveyance unit through the conveyance path and stores an inspection ticket for inspecting a paper jam in the conveyance path, and a supply unit that supplies an inspection ticket from the inspection ticket storage unit to the conveyance path. Detecting means for detecting the length of the inspection ticket passing along the transport path along the transport direction of the detected portion; and detecting the transport of the inspection ticket through the transport path. When the length detected by the detection means is longer than the length of the detected portion in the conveyance direction, a determination means for determining the presence of residual banknotes in the transport path, Automatic transaction equipment. 3. Each of the detecting means is provided at a position facing the detected portion of the test ticket passing through the transport path, and has a sensor for optically detecting a passage time of the detected portion. 3. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 4. A transport path extending between a transfer section for delivering and receiving bills to a user and a bill storage section storing bills, transport means for transporting bills through the transport path, and A detection means for detecting the length of the medium passing in the conveyance direction, which is used for an automatic transaction apparatus, which is conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance mechanism, and for inspecting a jam of banknotes in the conveyance path. In the above, it is characterized by having a detected portion detected by the detecting means, the detected portion is formed such that the length along the transport direction in the transport path is shorter than the length of the bill in the transport direction. Inspection ticket. 5. The inspection ticket is formed so that a width orthogonal to the transport direction is substantially equal to a width of the bill.
The inspection ticket according to claim 4, wherein the inspection ticket is provided on at least a part of the width of the inspection ticket in the width direction. 6. The inspection ticket is formed in a rectangular shape, the width orthogonal to the transport direction is substantially equal to the width of the bill, and the length along the transport direction is shorter than the length of the bill in the transport direction. The inspection ticket according to claim 4, wherein the inspection ticket is provided.