JPS58221465A - Device for transacting currency - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the corresponding relation between a user and the left paper currency clear, by storing the left paper currency inside the titled device and counting and recording the number of sheets of the stored left paper currency. CONSTITUTION:An entrance carrier 11, a correct paper money carrier 12, a recovery carrier 13, and a repayment carrier 14 are accommodated in a case. A detector 27 to detect the existence of paper currency P is fitted to a payment inlet 5 and a detector 28 to detect the paper currency P and a paper currency discriminating device 29 are fitted to the intermediate part of the entrance carrier 11. When the user lefts the paper currency P returned to the payment inlet 5 at the time of payment, the left paper currency is entered to the device and stored in a recovery room and the total number of sheets of the entered money and the number of sheets in each kind of paper currency are counted up and the counted result is printed out by a journal printer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a currency transaction device such as an automatic teller machine or an automatic teller machine.

[Technical background of the invention]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various currency transaction devices such as automatic teller machines and automatic teller machines have been developed and put into practical use in order to save labor in bank counter operations. In this type of currency transaction device, for example, in the case of a deposit, the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot are sequentially taken in one by one, and the genuine banknotes and other rejected banknotes are determined by determining their authenticity and overlapping. The banknotes are separated, and genuine banknotes are stacked in the stacking section, and rejected banknotes are stacked in the stacking section. Then, the rejected banknotes are transported to the deposit slot and returned, and if the user's approval is obtained, the genuine banknotes are stored in a safe, and if approval is not obtained, the genuine banknotes are transported to the deposit slot and returned. It looks like this.

Incidentally, there is no problem if the user who owns the banknotes returns to the deposit slot in this way and takes them away, but there are cases where the user forgets and leaves the banknotes. If this kind of forgetting occurs, not only will the next user be unable to use the device, but there is a risk that the banknotes left in the deposit slot may be stolen.

Therefore, if the returned banknote is not removed from the deposit slot even after a period of time has passed after returning the banknote, in other words, if it is determined that the banknote has been forgotten, the banknote is collected into the device and stored in a designated storage section. Things are starting to happen.

[Problems with background technology]

However, with the technologies developed so far,
It merely collects forgotten banknotes and stores them in the storage section.
For this reason, when collection is performed more than once, there is a drawback that it becomes impossible to distinguish which user's banknotes are stored in the storage section.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable easy classification of forgotten banknotes by collected amount even if the collected banknotes are collected more than once.
To provide a currency transaction device that can clearly determine the correspondence between a user and a forgotten banknote.

[Summary of the invention]

In the present invention, when a user forgets to take a bill to be received, the forgotten bill is taken into the device and stored in the storage section, and the number of taken-in forgotten bills is counted and recorded. It is composed of

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is, for example, the housing of an automatic deposit machine;
An abbreviated customer service section 2 is formed on the front surface of the housing 1. On the horizontal surface of the customer service department 2, there is a keyboard 3 for entering transaction items and amounts, a CRT display section 4 for displaying various operation guides, and a deposit slot (bill receiving section) that also serves as a return bill receiving slot. ) 5 are provided. Further, on the vertical surface of the customer service section 2, there is a card insertion slot 6 for inserting a magnetic card, a receipt discharge lower for discharging a transaction certificate receipt, a passbook insertion slot 8 for inserting a deposit passbook, and a withdrawal slot 9 for dispensing banknotes. is provided.

The housing 1 includes a deposit mechanism (not shown) that receives banknotes inserted into the deposit slot 5 and performs predetermined deposit processing, and a card reader (not shown) that reads information from a magnetic card inserted into the card insertion slot 6. (not shown), a receipt issuing device (not shown) that issues a transaction proof receipt and discharges it to the receipt discharge lower, a passbook that reads information from the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted into the passbook insertion slot 8 and prints transaction details on the passbook. A printing device (not shown), a dispensing mechanism (not shown) that performs a predetermined dispensing process according to a set amount of money, and dispenses banknotes to the dispensing port 9 are accommodated.

The deposit mechanism is configured as shown in FIG. 2, for example. That is, in the housing 1, there are provided a take-in conveyance path 11, a genuine banknote conveyance path 12, a collection conveyance path 13, and a return conveyance path 14, each of which is constituted by an endless conveyance belt or the like. The intake conveyance path 11 has a starting end facing the bottom of the deposit port 5, and the banknotes P inserted into the deposit port 5.
It is designed to take in and transport one sheet at a time. The terminal end of the take-in conveyance path 11 communicates with the start end of the genuine banknote conveyance path 12, and a sorting gate 15 is provided at this communication portion, and a rejected banknote conveyance path 16 extends from the sorting gate 15. It's out. A genuine banknote temporary stacking section 17 is provided near the end of the genuine banknote transport path 12, and an impeller 18 is provided between this temporary stacking section 17 and the terminal end of the genuine banknote transport path 12. . The above-mentioned genuine banknote temporary accumulation section 17
is connected to the deposit box 20 via a guide conveyance path 19, and a midway portion of the guide conveyance path 19 is adjacent to the starting end of the collection conveyance path 13. A switching mechanism (not shown) is provided in the adjacent portion, and the switching mechanism selectively allows the banknotes P led out from the temporary stacking section 17 through the guide conveyance path 19 to be collected from the safe deposit box 20 side. It is configured to be guided to either the conveyance path 13 side. The terminal end of the recovery conveyance path 13 communicates with the start end of the return conveyance path 14,
Further, the terminal end of the return conveyance path 14 faces the bottom of the deposit slot 5.

On the other hand, a rejected banknote temporary stacking section 21 is provided near the terminal end of the rejected banknote transport path 16, and this temporary stacking section 2
An impeller 22 is provided between the banknote transfer path 1 and the terminal end of the rejected banknote conveyance path 16. The rejected banknote temporary accumulation section 21 is connected to the starting end of the return conveyance path 14 via a guide conveyance path 23 . A guide gate 24 is provided in the middle of the recovery conveyance path 13, and a guide conveyance path 25 extends from the guide gate 24. ) 26. The guide gate 24 is connected to the banknote P that is normally conveyed on the collection conveyance path 13.
It operates so as to guide the banknotes to the return conveyance path 14 side, and guide them to the guide conveyance path 25 side when collecting banknotes.

Note that the deposit port 5 is provided with a detector 27 that optically detects the presence or absence of banknotes P. Furthermore, a detector 28 and a banknote discriminating device 29 that optically detect the banknotes P being transported are provided in the middle of the take-in transport path 11 . The banknote discriminating device 29 detects the characteristics of the banknotes P being conveyed, for example, optically and magnetically, thereby determining the authenticity, denomination, stacking, etc. of the banknotes P.

FIG. 3 shows the control system. That is, 31 is the main control section a1 that controls the whole, and this ζ is the moss attachment control section 3.
2 is connected, and the keyboard 3 and CRT display section 4 are controlled by this control section 32. Further, a card reading control section 33 , a passbook control section 34 , and a receipt issuing control section 35 are connected to the main control section 31 .
3, 34, and 35 control the card reading device 36, passbook printing device 37, and receipt issuing device 38. Further, a deposit control section 39 and a withdrawal control section 4o are connected to the main control section 31, and the deposit mechanism 4 and the withdrawal machine 42 are controlled by these control sections J9 and 40. Also,
The detectors 27 and 28 and the banknote discrimination device 29 are connected to the main control section 31 . Furthermore, the main control unit 31 includes:
A storage section 43 and a journal printing control section 44 are connected, and a journal printing device 45 is controlled by this control section 44 .

In addition, when the banknote P is returned due to non-approval, for example, when the banknote P is returned to the deposit slot 5, the detector 27 detects this, and from that point on, for example, the main control unit 3 operates a timer (not shown). By this, the time is counted, and if the detector 27 detects the banknote P even after a preset predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined that the banknote P has been left behind, and the process for retrieving the banknote P that has been left behind is started. It is supposed to be done.

Further, when taking in a forgotten banknote P, the main control unit 3 counts the number of banknotes based on the output signal of the detector 28, stores the counting result in the storage unit 43, and at the same time, the banknote discriminating device 29 The contents of the determination results are also counted, and the counting results are stored in the storage section 43.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned transaction will be explained by taking a deposit transaction as an example and referring to the flowchart of FIG. 4. First, by pressing the deposit key on the keyboard 3, the user enters the passbook acceptance state. Here, when the user inserts the passbook into the insertion slot 8, the passbook is taken into the passbook printing device 37, the information on the magnetic stripe is read, and account numbers and other information are checked. When this inquiry is completed, the system enters a deposit acceptance state and the lid of the deposit slot 5 is opened. Here, after the user inserts the banknotes P into the deposit slot 5 all at once, the user closes the lid to start the retrieval operation.

That is, by the operation of the taking-in conveyance path 11, the banknotes P in the deposit slot 5 are taken in ++mth sheet one by one and conveyed to the terminal end thereof. When the transported banknotes P pass through the banknote discrimination device 29, characteristics such as pattern, thickness, width, length, and magnetism are detected, allowing for stacking, authenticity, denomination, etc. The determination result is sent to the main control unit 31.
supplied to The main control section 31 supplies a sorting signal according to the above-mentioned discrimination result to the deposit control section 39 and controls the switching of the sorting gate 15 to remove rejected bills P such as stacked bills or fraudulent bills from the rejected bill conveyance path. Guided by
Genuine banknotes P are guided to a genuine banknote transport path 12. Then, the genuine banknotes P conveyed through the genuine banknote transport path 12 are sent into the impeller 18 at the terminal end thereof. The genuine banknotes P fed into the impeller 18 are sequentially discharged to the temporary banknote stacking section 17 by the rotation of the impeller 18, and are accumulated in the temporary stacking section 17. On the other hand, the rejected banknotes P conveyed in the rejected banknote conveyance path 16 are sent into the impeller 22 at the terminal end thereof. The rejected banknotes P that have been fed into the impeller 22 are sequentially discharged to the rejected banknote temporary accumulation section 21 by rotation of the impeller 22, and are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 21.

In this way, when all the banknotes P in the deposit slot 5 are taken in, the detector 27 no longer detects the banknotes P, so the main control unit 31
determines that the import is complete and ends the import process. At this time,
If the rejected banknotes P exist in the rejected banknote temporary stacking section 21, the main control section 3 gives the deposit control section 39 an ejection □ "return command for the banknotes. As a result, the guide conveyance path 23 operates to remove the rejected banknotes. The rejected banknotes P accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 2 are sent in a batch to the return conveyance path 1&I4, and the return conveyance path 14
After that, it is returned to the deposit slot 5.

When the rejected banknotes P are returned to the deposit slot 5, the detector 27 detects this, and the main control unit 31 again performs the same loading process as described above. As a result of repeating the above process, for example, two to three times, if the rejected banknote P still exists, the rejected banknote P is returned to the deposit slot 5 in the same manner as described above;
The lid is opened. At this time, the CR1 display unit 4 (thereby displays, for example, ``We will return banknotes that cannot be read by machines, so please contact the counter.'') to allow the user to remove the rejected banknotes P from the deposit slot 5. I will receive it.

Therefore, if the detector 27 detects that the user has removed the banknotes P from the deposit slot 5, or if there is no rejected banknote P at the end of the receiving process, the C
The received amount is displayed on the R1 display section 4 and approval thereof is requested. Here, if the user can approve the displayed amount, he or she presses the approval key in the keyboard 3, and if the user cannot approve the displayed amount, he or she presses the non-approval key. When the approval key is pressed, the main control section 3) gives a genuine banknote storage command to the deposit control section 39. As a result, the guide conveyance path 19 operates, and the genuine banknotes P accumulated in the temporary banknote stacking section 17 are fed all at once into the deposit box 20 and stored therein. On the other hand, when the non-approval key is pressed, the main control section 31 gives a genuine bill return command to the deposit control section 39. As a result, the guide conveyance path 19 and a switching mechanism (not shown) provided in the middle thereof operate.
The genuine banknotes P accumulated in the genuine banknote temporary stacking section 17 are fed into the collection conveyance path 13 in a batch, and are returned to the deposit slot 5 through the collection conveyance path 13 and the return conveyance path 14 sequentially. At this time, the lid of the deposit slot 5 is opened and the user is asked to remove the returned banknotes P from the deposit slot 5.

By the way, when a genuine banknote P is returned to the deposit slot 5, the detector 27 detects it, so the main control unit 31 counts the time from that point, and even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the detector 27 detects the banknote P. If this is detected, it is determined that the money has been left behind, the lid of the deposit slot 5 is closed, and the same deposit process as described above is performed again. In this case, the main control unit 31 counts the number of forgotten banknotes P taken in based on the output signal of the detector 28, and the content of the determination result output from the banknote discriminator 29 (for example, the number of bills distinguished by denomination, It also counts the number of stacked bills and the number of bills other than stacked bills, such as fraudulent banknotes. And deposit port 5
When all the forgotten banknotes P have been taken in, the main control section 31 ends the taking-in process, stores the above-mentioned counting results in the storage section 43, and gives a collection command to the deposit control section 39. As a result, the guide conveyance path 19 and the switching mechanism are operated, and the guide gate 24 is also operated, and the genuine banknote temporary stacking section 17 is operated.
The forgotten banknotes P accumulated at It will be stored. The main control unit 31 is
By reading the contents of the storage section 43 and sending them together with the user's account number to the journal printing control section 44, they are printed by the journal printing device 45 and the transaction is completed.

Here, an example of the printing is shown in FIG. 5. Fifth
In the figure, 5 is the collection serial number, 52 is the bank branch number,
53 is the user's account number, 54 is the number of collected bills, 55 is the number of 10,000 yen bills, 56 is the number of 5,000 yen bills, 57 is the number of 1,000 yen bills, and 58 is the number of rejected bills other than stacking. , 59 is the number of sheets to be overlapped.

In this way, the banknotes P returned to the deposit slot 5 during the deposit transaction
If the user forgets to take out the banknotes, the device takes the forgotten banknotes into the device and stores them in the collection warehouse 26, counts the number of the banknotes P taken in, the number of each denomination, etc., and records the counting results. It is printed by a journal printing device 45.

Therefore, even if forgotten banknotes are collected more than once, data such as the number of collected banknotes and the number of denominations will remain on the journal paper each time, so there is no need to separate the collected banknotes each time. , later, it can be easily sorted by collected amount, and the correspondence relationship between the user and the forgotten banknote can be clearly determined.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the number of coins by denomination is counted and recorded in addition to the number of collected coins, but it is not necessary to do so, and at least the number of collected coins can be counted and recorded. do it. Although the description has been given of the case where the method is applied to a deposit transaction, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly implemented to a withdrawal transaction, for example. In this case, it detects that the banknotes that have been dispensed to the withdrawal port have been left behind, takes the leftover banknotes into the device, stores them in the storage section, and counts the number of the leftover banknotes that have been taken in. It will be recorded.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, even if forgotten banknotes are collected twice or more, it is possible to easily classify them by collected amount, and to check the correspondence between the user and the forgotten banknotes. A currency transaction device that can be clearly identified can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is an external perspective view, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of the deposit mechanism, Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the control system, and Fig. 4 is for explaining the operation. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of printing by the journal printing device. P...Banknotes, 2...Customer service department, 3...Keyboard,
4... CRT display section, 5... Deposit slot (banknote receiving section)
, 11... Take-in conveyance path, 12... Genuine banknote conveyance path, 1
3...Recovery conveyance path, 14...Return conveyance path, 15...
- Sorting gate, 16... Exclusion banknote conveyance path, 17...
Genuine banknote temporary accumulation section, 20... Deposit box, 21... Rejected banknote temporary accumulation section, 24... Guide gate, 26... Collection box (storage section), 27.28... Detector, 29...
Banknote discriminating device, 3 No. Main control unit, 39 Deposit control unit, 41 Deposit mechanism, 43 Storage unit, 44.
... Journal printing control unit, 45... Journal printing device. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A currency transaction device that automatically performs currency transactions according to a user's operation includes a bill receiving section from which a bill to be received by the user is delivered, and a detection means for detecting if the bill delivered to the bill receiving section is forgotten. , a taking-in means that operates according to the detection result of the detecting means and takes in the forgotten banknotes in the bill receiving section into the apparatus; a storage section that stores the left-hand banknotes taken in by the taking-in means; A currency transaction device comprising: a counting means for counting the number of forgotten banknotes taken in by the taking means; and a recording means for recording the counting results of the counting means.