JPS60118975A - Initializing control system of cash processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent error of cash management by constituting the system that the cash during commencement is recovered at the system initializing after system-down during operation. CONSTITUTION:A window counter consists of four counters A-D, each counter has cash handling windows 10a-10d and teller terminals 11a-11d, and teller incoming equipments 12a, 12b and terminal writers 13a, 13b are used in common for both windows. An account counter consists of an active cash disposing equipment 2a, a spare cash disposing equipment 2a', a cash desposition equipment 2b and an account station, a rail 3b is installed between the window and the window counter, a carrier 3a is moved along the rail 3b between the account counter and the window counter so as to carry the cash. A controller 4 checks the operating mode at system-down at initializing after system-down. When it is discriminated that the cash is loaded to the carrier 3a, the cash of the carrier 3a is accommodated in the cash depositing equipment 2b by the command of the controller 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a cash processing system in a financial institution etc. in which a teller counter and a cash teller machine are connected by a conveyance means.
The present invention relates to an initialization control method for a cash processing system in which cash in process is recovered when the system is initialized after the system goes down during operation.

[Technology background]

Office automation has made remarkable progress in recent years, and various tasks have been automated. In particular, since financial institutions and the like handle cash, there is a high demand for automation in order to further increase the reliability of the transactions. For this reason, automatic cash dispensing machines and automatic teller machines have been developed and are used to automate cash handling operations. On the other hand, these machines are automatic machines installed separately from regular counters, and their use is limited to depositing and withdrawing money from accounts using cash cards.
Automation of normal counter operations is desired.

[Conventional technology and problems]

In order to automate such counter operations, a cash processing system shown in FIG. 1 has been developed. This cash processing system is constructed by connecting a teller counter 1 and a cash teller machine 2 with a conveyance means 3. There is a cash handling port 1 at the counter 1.
0, a teller terminal 11, and a teller deposit machine 12 for processing cash deposits. A rail 3h that connects the cash teller machine 2 and the teller counter 1, and a transport carrier 3 that moves on the rail 3b.
α, and a stator 3C that drives the transport carrier 3α. These are controlled by a control device 4, and the transport means 3 is further controlled by a linear motor controller 5. In this counter system, in the deposit operation, the teller inputs the cash received from the customer from the counter into the cash handling slot 10, directly loads it onto the conveyance carrier 3α, and inputs the deposit amount etc. from the teller terminal 11. Accordingly, the control device 4
drives the conveyance carrier 3α of the teller counter 1 along the rail 3h to the cash teller section 2 via the linear motor controller 5, and stores the cash loaded on the conveyance carrier 3α in the safe of the automatic cash storage machine 2b. This may be done through the teller deposit machine 12; in this case, the teller deposit machine 1
At step 2, the cash is verified and the deposited amount is confirmed, and then the cash is loaded onto the transport carrier 3α. On the other hand, withdrawal operations are 7? When the teller inputs a withdrawal command and withdrawal amount into the control device 4 from the teller terminal 11, the conveyance carrier 3α of the teller counter 1
is driven along the rail 3b to the automatic cash dispensing machine 2a, and cash corresponding to the amount dispensed from the safe of the automatic cash dispensing machine 2α is loaded onto the conveyance carrier 3α, and the conveyance carrier 3α is driven along the rail 3b. The cash is conveyed to the teller counter 1 along the line, and the teller is made to take out the cash from the cash handling slot 10. In this type of cash processing system, cash can be transferred between the safe and the counter without human intervention, so counter operations can be omitted, cash management can be centralized, and it is also excellent in crime prevention. It is extremely effective for use in cash handling operations. However, since this automated system does not require human intervention except for handling cash at the counter, the system may be reset due to a momentary power outage or an erroneous operation during system operation, and in these cases, the system may Go down.

After this downtime, the system must be initialized in order to restart it after power is restored.

Initialization of the system is performed by the control device 4 checking and resetting the devices that make up the system. If a withdrawal operation is being performed when the system is down, it is impossible to keep users waiting during this downtime, so cash must be handed over to the users by manual payment or the like.

For this reason, if the system is restarted immediately after initializing the system, the cash in progress for transactions that were paid manually will be loaded onto a carrier and transported to the window storage station, which is not desirable in terms of cash management. There was a problem that there was no.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide an initialization control method for a cash processing system that recovers cash in process and invalidates the process in progress when the system is restored after the system goes down during a withdrawal process. be.

[Structure of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a teller counter for handling cash, a cash teller machine which is provided separately from the teller counter and dispenses cash, and a conveyance path provided between the teller counter and the cash teller machine. a conveyance means for conveying cash by a conveyance carrier that moves cash, and controlling the cash teller machine and the conveyance means in response to a request from the teller counter to transfer cash between the teller counter and the cash teller machine. In a cash processing system having a control device for carrying out the conveyance, when the system is initialized, the control device detects that the dispensing process is in progress and transfers the disbursed cash from the conveyance carrier to the storage section of the cash teller machine. It is characterized by being designed to be collected.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to Examples.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are configuration diagrams of one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a top view thereof. In the figure, the same parts as in Figure 1 are indicated by the same symbols, and 6
α is a cash handling port of the teller station, which is used to manually take out cash from the transport carrier 3α or manually load cash into the transport carrier 3α, and 6A is a teller terminal, which has a display and a keyboard. It is operated by the teller at the time of payment, etc.

7a, 7h, 7c, 7ct, 7g,, 7ft 7!1+
7 and 7i are lift mechanisms (Fig. 5), which move the transport carrier 3α on the rail 3C to the rail 3C, as described later.
Remove it from the
0C, 10i, 6α and the outlet of the teller deposit machine, the outlet of the cash dispensing machine 2α, 2α', and the storage opening of the cash storage machine 2b, and after the processing is completed, move the transport carrier 3α downward to the rail 3C. Those moved and returned to the rail 3C, 10a, 10h, 10C, and 10cL are the cash handling ports of the counters ■, ■, ■, and 0, respectively, and 11α.

11h, 11C, and lid are teller terminals of the teller counter, each having a display and a keyboard 9, for the teller to input data for depositing and withdrawing money; 12α, 12b are teller deposit machines; Respective counters ■, ■, and ◎.

13LL is where the teller at the counter dispenses cash for processing the deposit, and is detailed in Figure 6.

13A is a terminal writer, which reads the transaction data on the magnetic stripe of the passbook by inserting the user's passbook.
The control device 4 records the transaction amount and balance in the bankbook or journal, and returns the bankbook.

In this configuration, the teller counter consists of four counters: , ■, ◎, and ■, and each counter has cash handling ports lOα and 10.
6, IOC, 10d, and Terror Terminal lla, i
lA, 11C9lid, teller deposit machines 12α, 12b and terminal/1<writers 13α, 13
A is shared by both counters. On the other hand, the teller counter consists of a current cash dispenser 2α, a spare cash dispenser 21, a cash storage machine 2b, and a teller station (cash handling port 6α, teller terminal 675), and a rail 3b is laid between the teller counter and the teller counter. Then, the transport carrier 3α moves between the teller counter and the teller counter along the rail 3b to transport cash.

Next, before explaining the operation of the structures shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the structure of each part will be explained.

FIG. 4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the conveying means 3, and FIG.
is a detailed configuration diagram of the transport carrier 4Ja 3α, and in the figure, 30
is a container and has a lid 31, which is supported by a hinge 34 and can be opened. 32 is a banknote storage body;
33 is a coin storage body which stores banknotes and coins respectively, and is provided inside the storage body 3o; 35 is a (-); the upper part supports the storage body 3; It has a corresponding rotor plate 36 and guide plates 37 on both sides of the lower part, and 38 and 39 are rollers provided before and after each guide plate 370. Fig. 4 CB+
is a detailed configuration diagram of the rail 3b, and the rail 3h has a generally U-shaped cross section as a whole, and includes an upper guide 3d and a horizontal guide 3e. 3C is the stator, rail 3
The rotor plate 36 of the conveyance carrier 3α is located between a pair of stators 30, and the conveyance carrier 3α is accelerated (or It is used for driving (starting) or braking (braking). This stator 3C is located on the rail 3b at the positions of each lift mechanism 7α to 7 (that is, stations STα to 5T) in FIG.
, 7g. FIG. 4(C) shows the coupling relationship between the transport carrier 3α and the rail 3h, and when the transport carrier 3α is fitted to the rail 3b, the rotor plate 36 is located between the pair of stators 30 as described above, The guide roller 39 of the guide plate 37 is connected to the horizontal guide t of the rail 3b.
It comes into contact with the inner surface of F3g and acts as a lateral guide 9 for the transport carrier 3α, and also acts as an upper guide 3d of the rail 3b.
A pair of guides 90-ra 38 of the guide 9 plate 37 are sandwiched between the two sides of the carrier 3a to serve as guides in the vertical direction of the conveyance carrier 3α. Therefore, the transport carrier 3α is guided by the rails 3b and moves.

FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the lift mechanisms 7α to 7. The figure shows the lift mechanism 7cL at the cash handling port 10α, but the other lift mechanisms 7b to 7 have the same configuration. . In the figure, 70 is a lift belt, which is provided on both sides of the conveyance carrier 3α, and a bracket 71 is provided, and a pin 71cz of the bracket 71 is inserted into an engagement hole (not shown) of the base 35 of the conveyance carrier 3α. something that engages, 72
．． Reference numeral 73 denotes a pulley, which moves the lift belt 70 by its rotation, and vertically moves the conveyance carrier 3α that engages with the pin 71α of the bracket 71. Reference numeral 75 denotes a motor, which drives the lift belt 70. The IJ-76,' is rotated, and the rotation of the sea leaf 6 is transmitted to the pulley 73 via the belt 74, thereby driving the lift belt 70. 3f is a hinge, which is provided only at the station position where the lift mechanism is provided, and serves as a lateral guide for the rail 3h.

Rotate 3e and place the horizontal guide rag on top of rail 3b.

3e and the guide rollers 38, 39 of the conveyance carrier 3b are released, and the restraint of the conveyance carrier 3α is released. Therefore, when the conveyance carrier 3α travels on the rail 3b and reaches the target station, it is stopped at the target station by the braking force of the stator 3C at the relevant position, and then the lift belt 70 moves slightly upward to pin the bracket 71. 71α on the transport carrier 3α (-s 35
At the same time, the horizontal guide f3g is rotated around the hinge 3f by a release mechanism (not shown), and the rail 3b is engaged with the engagement hole of the rail 3b.
is released, the restraint of the transport carrier 3α is released, and the lifting operation by the lift belt 70 is enabled.

Thereafter, due to the rotation of the motor 75, the lifthard 70
is driven, and the conveyance carrier 3α is driven upward and positioned at the lower part of the cash handling loe Oα. This position is the home position of the transport carrier 3α, and in FIG.
When not in use, the station is located at its home position (corresponding to a siding line). on the other hand,
After the release of the rail 3h, the rail 3h returns to its original state after the lift operation, and is used as a rail for the passage of another transport carrier 3α. When the transport carrier 3α is used, the rail 3b is released and the transport carrier 3α is moved downward by the lift belt 70, descends to the rail 3b, and
is restored, and the guide roller 38.3 of the conveyance carrier 3α
9 and the horizontal guide rad, 3g on the top of the rail 3b. The lift belt 70 further descends, releases the engagement between the pin 71α of the bracket 71 and the engagement hole of the base 35, releases the transport carrier 3α, and moves the rail 3h of the transport carrier 3α.
Allows for high-speed running.

Figure 6 shows teller deposit machine 12d and terminal-like 1
3α is a detailed configuration diagram of 3α, in which 100 is a bill slot into which bills received from the user are inserted through the window slot, and 101 is a bill separation unit into which bills are inserted from the bill slot 100. 102 is a bill discriminating section which discriminates the bills from the bill separating section 101; 103 is a bill returning section; 104 is a banknote discharging unit that returns the banknotes determined to be true and the banknotes in the next pool unit upward; 104 has a primary pool unit above which pools banknotes determined to be true; Banknote storage body 3 of conveyance carrier 3α that holds banknotes in the home position
2. 105 is a coin slot;
106 is a coin feeding unit into which coins received from users by the counter teller are inserted, and coin insertion slot 1
Coins inserted from 05 are sent to the coin identification department, 10
Reference numeral 7 denotes a coin discrimination section, which discriminates the coins sent by the coin sending section 106, and 108 denotes a coin discharge section, which sends the coins determined to be true by the coin discrimination section 107 to the coin storage body 32 of the transport carrier 3α. It is something that is released into the world. Note that coins determined to be fake by the coin discrimination unit 107 are sent to a coin guide 9 (not shown).
The coins are returned to the coin return slot via Reference numeral 110 is a passbook/slip insertion slot into which the teller inserts the passbook or slip received from the user, and the inserted passbook or slip is sent to the internal bookkeeping machine and recorded. It is returned to the rear insertion port 110. FIG. 7 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash dispensing machine 2α, which is composed of a bill dispensing section 20 and a coin dispensing section 21. In the figure, 21α, 21h, and 21C are bill storage boxes (safe boxes), for example, storage boxes for 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen banknotes, and 22 is a banknote retrieval unit 22, and the banknote storage 21α , 21b, 21C, which takes out the instructed number and amount of banknotes; 23 is a primary pooling section, which pools the banknotes taken out by the banknote extracting section 22; 24;
is a banknote sending unit, which sends the banknotes in the -next pool unit 23 all at once to the banknote discharging unit. 251Z is a coin storage (safe) for storing coins, and 25b is a coin dispensing unit, which takes out the designated number and amount of coins from the coin storage 25α and stores them in a primary pool. It is sent to the discharge section. 26α is a banknote discharging unit that discharges banknotes from the banknote sending unit 24 to the banknote storage body 32 of the conveyance carrier 3α lifted by the lift mechanism 7h;
Reference numeral 26b denotes a coin ejecting section, which guides the coins from the coin ejecting section 25h and ejects them into the coin storage body 33 of the transport carrier 3α.

FIG. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash storage machine 2b.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a banknote retrieval robot, which has a node 27α and an arm 27b, grips the banknotes in the banknote storage body 32 of the transport carrier 3α with a hand 27α, rotates the arm 27h, and discriminates the banknote gripped by the hand 27a. 28α is the banknote discrimination unit that leads to the input slot of the robot 2.
Reference numeral 29a is a bill storage box (safe) for discriminating the banknotes inserted by the banknote discriminator 28α. In addition, the banknote discrimination section 28
The banknotes determined to be fake at α are collected in a reject box (not shown). 2875 is a coin receiving section, which receives and guides the coin thrown out when the coin storage body 33 of the conveyance carrier 3a is tilted, 28C is a coin sending section, and the coin receiving section 28.6 receives the coin. 29h is a coin storage (safe) that sends coins to the coin storage, and the coin sending unit 28, ? It stores coins from

Next, the operation of the embodiment configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be explained according to the withdrawal process flow diagram in FIG. 9 and the deposit process flow diagram in FIG. 10. Here, 5ToL.

STb, STC, STd,, STg, and s'rf are called window locations, and it is assumed that carrier 3α is located at the home position in each window location, and S
T, 9, STA as AC station, STi as AD
Let station STj be referred to as the teller station.

The explanation will start from the withdrawal process shown in FIG. - When the counter teller receives the withdrawal request slip and passbook from the user, he inputs a bill/coin dispensing command consisting of a withdrawal command and the withdrawal amount from the teller terminal (for example, 11α) at the relevant counter. This dispensing command is notified to the system control device (SC) 4. The system control device 4 further receives the information of the magnetic stripe of the passbook read by the teller when the teller inserts the passbook into a terminal writer (for example, 13α), and determines whether or not the transaction is possible through communication with the 4-stroke computer. (Command/Data Analysis). If the transaction is possible, the control device 4 takes a withdrawal processing serial number, and thereafter this serial number serves as an identification number for processing.

(2) Next, the control device 4 performs drive communication with the linear motor controller 5 in order to move the transport carrier 3α of the corresponding window location station (for example, STC) to the AC station ST. For example, a drive command is issued in which the window station STα is the departure station and the AC station STh is the arrival station. Along with this, the control device 4
A command to dispense the withdrawal amount is communicated to the cash dispensing machine 2cL.

(2) As a result, the linear motor controller 4 drives the lift mechanism 7α (FIG. 5) of the window location STα to lower the transport carrier 3α from the home position and engage it with the rail 3b. Next, the stator 3C of the window location STα is driven to start the transport carrier 3α. The linear motor controller 5 detects the position of the transport carrier 3α based on the output of a sensor (not shown) provided at a predetermined interval on the rail 3C, and
The stator 3C at the passing point of h is driven one after another to cause the transport carrier 3α to run along the rail 3h. When the transport carrier 3α arrives at the AC station STA in this manner, this is detected by the output of the sensor, and the stator 3C of the AC station STA is reversely excited to brake the transport carrier 3α and stop it. Furthermore, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7A located at the AC station STA to move the transport carrier 3α to the rail 3b.
Remove from and let rise. Thereby, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end of the process.

■Meanwhile, the cash dispensing machine 2α receives the dispensing command and starts dispensing operation. That is, as explained in FIG. 7, predetermined banknotes are stored in the banknote storages 21α and 21b.

Taken out from 21C by the takeout part 22, -next pool part 2
3, and similarly take out the coin from the coin storage 25α.
b takes it out and pools it. When this extraction counting is completed, the controller 4 is notified of the completion of counting.

- Upon receiving the completion of counting and processing, the control device 4 detects the completion of loading preparation, notifies the teller terminal 11α of this (normal completion), displays it on the display of the teller terminal 1α, and notifies the teller at the counter. .

Next, the control device 4 updates the withdrawal amount counter in the internal memory. At the same time, a termination process for loading cash into the carrier is performed. That is, the control device 4 gives a loading start command to the cash dispensing machine 2α. The transport carrier 3α is a lift mechanism 7
hl thus the discharge section 26a.

26b, the lid 31 is opened by a differential drive mechanism (not shown) as shown in FIG. The body 33 also tilts forward, making it easier to accept coins. The cash dispensing machine 2α drives the banknote feeding unit 24 and the banknote discharging unit 26α based on this loading start command, and -
Next, the banknotes in the pool section 23 are discharged into the banknote storage body 32 of the transport carrier 3a, and cash is loaded therein. Similarly, coin ejecting section 25A
is driven to send the coins in the -next pool section to the coin discharging section 266, discharging them into the coin storage body 33, and loading the coins with cash. Upon completion of this loading, a completion notification is transmitted to the control device 4.

(2) The control device 4 thereby controls the terminal writer 13α, makes entries in the inserted bankbook, and returns the bankbook to the insertion slot 110. At the same time, the control device 4 performs carrier return processing. The control device 4 issues a drive command to the linear motor controller 5 to designate the departure station as the AC station STA and the arrival station as the window location STα. Thereby, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7h of the AC station ST. That is, the lid 31 of the carrier 3α is closed by the aforementioned differential drive mechanism (not shown), the carrier 3α is lowered, and the rails 3Al are held together. Next, the linear motor controller 5 drives the AC station ST's motor 3C and transfers the carrier 3α.
launch.

In the same manner as described above, the linear motor controller 5 sequentially drives the stators 3c at passing points on the rail 3 to cause the transport carrier 3α to travel along the rail 3h. When the transport carrier 3α arrives at the window location STα in this manner, the stator 3C of the window location STα is reversely excited to brake the transport carrier 3α and stop it. Furthermore, the linear motor controller 5 is a window location ST.
The lift mechanism 7α of α is driven to remove the transport carrier 3α from the rail 3b, raise it, and return it to the home position.

Furthermore, the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3α is opened by driving the differential drive mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7α.

Thereby, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the termination notice, and the control device 4 transmits this to the teller terminal 11α, displays it on the display, and notifies the counter teller. As a result, the teller at the counter enters the banknote storage body 32 of the conveyance carrier 3α from the cash handling port 10α as shown in FIG. The loaded banknotes and coins are taken out from the coin storage body 33.

■Furthermore, the counter teller transfers the registered passbook to the terminal writer 13.
The withdrawal service is completed by taking the money out from the insertion slot a and handing it to the user along with the taken out cash.

Next, the deposit processing shown in FIG. 10 will be explained.

■When the counter teller receives deposited cash, deposit request slip, and passbook from the user, the teller terminal at the counter (for example, 1
1α) The deposited amount is input into the control device 4. The control device 4 further receives the contents of the magnetic stripe of the passbook read by the teller when the teller inserts the passbook into a terminal writer (for example, 13α), and determines whether or not the transaction is possible through communication with the host computer. (Command) 4/Data analysis).

If the transaction is possible, the control device 4 takes the deposit processing serial number, and thereafter this serial number becomes the identification number for processing.

Next, the control device 4 issues a deposit notification response to the teller terminal 11α and causes the terminal writer 13α to record the money in the bankbook inserted.

On the other hand, the teller at the counter is in the slot 100°10 of the deposit machine 12α.
Insert the cash you received in step 5. As a result, the deposit machine 12
As explained in FIG. 6, bills and coins are discriminated and counted in the discriminating sections 102 and 107, and then stored in the -next pool section. Through this discrimination operation, the amount of cash inserted is notified to the teller terminal 11α, and the teller at the counter confirms the amount of cash inserted.

If the teller agrees with the deposit amount, he inputs an approval signal from the teller terminal 11α, and as a result, the cash in the next pool is transferred to the transfer carrier 3α by the discharging unit 104 by opening the lid 31. The cash is discharged to the banknote storage 32 and the coin storage 33, and loading of cash is completed. The control device 4 is notified of the completion of this loading.

■The control device 4 receives this completion of loading, and the corresponding counter (CC)
In order to move the transport carrier 3α of the station STA to the AD station STY', drive communication is performed with the linear motor controller 5. That is, the departure station is CC
Station STb issues a drive command to designate the arrival station as AD station STi.

(2) As a result, the linear motor controller 4 closes the lid 31 by the lid driving mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7α of the CC station STb, lowers the transport carrier 3α from the home position, and engages the rail 3b. Next, the stator 3C of the SC station STb is driven to start the transport carrier 3α. The linear motor controller 5 detects the position of the transport carrier 3α based on the output of a sensor (not shown) provided at a predetermined interval on the rail 3C, and drives the stator 3C at the passing point of the rail 36 one after another to move the transport carrier 3α. It is made to travel along the rail 3b. When the transport carrier 3α arrives at the AD station STz in this manner, this is detected by the output of the sensor, and the stator 3C of the AD station STi is reversely excited to brake the transport carrier 3α and stop it. Furthermore, the linear motor controller 5 is connected to the AD station S.
The lift maxi located at Ti is driven to remove the transport carrier 3α from the rail 3b and raise it. Thereby, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end of the process.

(2) Upon receiving the completion of this process, the control device 4 starts the storage process. That is, the control device 4 gives a retrieval command to the cash storage machine (AD) 2b. When the transport carrier 3α is lifted to the lower part of the robot 27 by the lift mechanism 7, the lid 31 is opened by a lid driving mechanism (not shown) as shown in FIG. 8, and the banknote storage body 32 is rotated accordingly. The coin storage body 33 also tilts forward, making it easier to accept coins. As explained in FIG. 8, the cash storage machine 2b operates the robot 27 to take out the loaded banknotes from the banknote storage body 32 and take them into the slot of the banknote validator 28α. Similarly, the coin storage body 33 is tilted by a coin take-in mechanism (not shown), and the coin receiver ejects the loaded coins into the portion 28b. After completing this retrieval, the cash storage machine 2b notifies the control device 4 of the end of retrieval.

(2) The control device 4 performs carrier return processing upon completion of this import. The control device 4 sends a drive command to the linear motor controller 5 to set the departure station as the AD station STt and the arrival station as the CC station ETh.
emanates from. Accordingly, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7L of the AD station STi.

That is, the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3α is closed by the aforementioned lid drive mechanism (not shown), and the transport carrier 3α is lowered to engage with the rail 3b. Next, the linear motor controller 5 controls the stator 3C of the AD station STi.
is driven to start the transport carrier 3α. Similarly to the above, the linear motor controller 5 sequentially drives the stators 3C at passing points on the rail 3 to cause the transport carrier 3α to travel along the rail 3b. In this way, when the transport carrier 3α arrives at the CC stage ST, 6,
By reverse exciting the stator 3C of CC station STA,
The conveyance carrier 3a is braked and stopped. Furthermore, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7b of the CC station STA to remove the transport carrier 3α from the rail 3b, raise it, and return it to the home position.

Furthermore, the lid driving mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7b is driven to open the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3α. As a result, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the termination notice, and the control device 4 notifies the teller terminal 11α.

(2) On the other hand, following the above-described loading process, the cash storage machine 2h operates the banknote discriminating section 28α to discriminate the banknotes in the slot and store them in the storage 29α.

Similarly, the coin feed section 28C is driven to store the input coins in the coin receiver section 28h into the coin storage 29h.

In this way, the deposit operation is completed. In the above-mentioned deposit operation, a roteller using a deposit machine may load deposited cash into a conveyance carrier from a cash handling slot.

During such deposit/withdrawal operations, a momentary power outage may occur and the system goes down, and in such a case, all operations stop, making it impossible to perform deposit/withdrawal operations using the system. For this reason, since we cannot keep users waiting, we have no choice but to temporarily perform manual deposit and withdrawal operations until the system is restored. However, especially in the case of withdrawal operations, when the interrupted withdrawal process is resumed after the system is restored, cash for manually paid transactions will arrive at the counter teller station, and the counter teller will be unable to process this transaction. Since the transaction has been completed, this cash becomes surplus and causes problems in cash management. Therefore, in the present invention, such cash in progress is collected without being passed to the window location.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of initialization processing according to the present invention, which is performed after normal initialization processing (checking and resetting of a single device).

The control device 4 has a state memory 4α in its internal memory, and stores the operating states of each device in sequence.

This is saved in non-volatile memory along with other transaction data when the power is turned off, and read out when the system is restored. state memory 4
α can store the processing mode (whether the deposit is being processed or the withdrawal is being processed) and the operation mode (whether the carrier is moving, loading, returning, taking in, or counting). The control device 4 includes the linear controller 4, the cash dispensing machine 2α, and the cash storage machine 2 explained in FIG. 9 and FIG.
This is detected through communication with h.

I will store it.

The control device 4 determines whether a deposit is being processed from the processing mode 9 of the state memory 4α, and if the deposit is being processed, checks the operation mode and performs the deposit operation after the interrupted operation in the same manner as the deposit operation in the normal state described above. and run it.

If the deposit processing is not in progress, the control device 4 determines whether the payment processing is in progress based on the processing mode. If withdrawal processing is not in progress, no processing is being performed, and the process ends. If the withdrawal process is in progress, the control device 4 checks the operation mode 9 of the state memory 4α. As mentioned above, if the cash dispensing machine 2I2 does not have a scraping mechanism as shown in FIG. 7, if the cash dispensing machine 2I2 goes down at the stage where cash counting has started, it will be necessary to collect the cash separately.

For this reason, the control device 4 checks the operating mode 9, and if the cash has been counted, it further checks the operating mode to see if the cash has been loaded into the carrier. If it is not loaded into the carrier, carrier 3
Since α has not yet arrived at AC station STh and is located between the window station and AC station STA, the control device 4 instructs the linear motor controller 5 to move the carrier 3a to the AC station STA. Upon arrival, the counted cash from the cash dispensing machine 2α is loaded onto the transport carrier 3α.

After the loading is completed or when it is determined that loading has been completed in the above-mentioned determination, the III control device 4 transports the transport carrier 3α from the AC station STA to the AD station STi, or transports the transport carrier 3 (Z after loading AD from that position during the return movement.
A command is given to the linear motor controller 5 to send the data to station STi.

\ Then, with the command from the control device 4, the cash in the carrier 3α is transferred to the cash storage machine 2 in the same manner as explained in section ① of the above-mentioned deposit processing.
The waste is stored (recovered) in the reject box at °b. At this time, the output of the discrimination unit 28 (Z is forced to be stored (recovered) in the reject box as a counterfeit bill detection signal. In this case, the cash storage machine 2b +) is stored (recovered) in the storage if there is no Q accept box. Alternatively, they may be stored (recovered) in a reject box without going through the discrimination section.

After this collection operation, the carrier 3α is returned to the window location using the same method as explained for the above-mentioned deposit processing. Similarly, if it is before the start of counting, the carrier 3a is returned to the window location and these processes are invalidated.

In the above example, the cash storage machine 2b has a discrimination machine, but it can also be implemented without a discrimination machine. Fig. 12 is a detailed configuration diagram of a cash storage machine without a discrimination machine, and the same parts as in Fig. 8 are indicated by the same symbols.
9C, 29g is a glue extract box exclusively for collection.

In this example, during the collection operation, all collected banknotes and coins are transferred to the collection-only IJ by the switching parts 28d and 28g.
Collected in the Ecto Box. Therefore, it can be distinguished from normal deposited cash, which is convenient for cash management.

Also, in the configuration shown in FIG. 8, a collection-only reject box can be used. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the cash storage machine for this purpose, and the same parts as in FIGS. 8 and 12 are indicated by the same symbols, and in the figure, 29d
is a rejection box for normal deposits. In this example, at the time of collection, the switching units 28 (L, 28t) send all collected banknotes and coins to the collection-only reject boxes 29c, 21.
will be collected. On the other hand, during normal deposit, the inserted banknotes are sent to the discrimination unit 28d through the switching unit 28α, the banknotes determined to be true are stored in the storage 29α, and the banknotes determined to be fake are stored in the deposit reject box 29d. Ru. The inserted coins are stored in the storage 29b via the switching section 28g.

In the above embodiment, an example was explained in which the cash dispensing machine 2α does not have a reject mechanism, but in the case where a reject mechanism is provided, cash can be collected in the self-glue reject box before loading the cash into the carrier at the initial stage. Alternatively, the above-mentioned collection operation to the storage machine 2h may be performed only after loading is completed.

In other words, after loading cash in the flow diagram of Figure 11, "N
O,'', the carrier is returned after being collected by the reject mechanism of the cash dispensing machine 2α.

Similarly, cash is collected by the storage machine 2b used for depositing money, but a separate collection machine for cash collection may be provided.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, a linear motor car is used as the transport means, but the transport means is not limited to this, and any known transport means can be used, and the number of counters and the number of carriers can be increased or decreased as necessary.

Although the present invention has been described above using one embodiment, the present invention can be modified in various ways according to the gist of the present invention, and these are not excluded from the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a teller counter for handling cash, a cash teller section for dispensing and dispensing cash, a conveyance means for transporting cash by a carrier between the teller counter and the cash teller section; A cash processing system comprising: a control device that controls the cash teller machine and the transport means in response to a request from the teller counter to transport cash between the teller counter and the cash teller section; When the system is initialized, the control device collects the disbursed cash from the transport carrier into the storage machine of the cash teller section, so a momentary power outage may occur during the dispensing process, resulting in Even if cash is generated, it can be recovered when the system is restored, so that excess cash is not sent to the counter, and the reliability of cash management is improved. Furthermore, since these processes are carried out automatically, - recovery is possible without the need for stamps, and the system has an excellent practical effect of being extremely convenient in terms of operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a cash processing system, Figure 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a top view of the configuration shown in Figure 2, and Figure 4 is a conveyance carrier in the configuration shown in Figure 2. 3α detailed configuration diagram, Figure 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the lift mechanism in the configuration shown in Figure 2 A II, Figure 6 is a detailed configuration diagram of the teller deposit machine in the configuration shown in Figure 2, and Figure 7 is the detailed configuration diagram of the teller deposit machine in the configuration shown in Figure 2. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash storage machine in the configuration shown in Figure 2, Figure 9 is a flowchart of the withdrawal business process in the configuration shown in Figure 2, and Figure 10 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash dispensing machine in the configuration shown in Figure 2. FIG. 11 is a processing flow diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 12 and 13 are detailed configuration diagrams of other embodiments of the cash storage machine having the configuration shown in FIG. In the figure, 1... teller counter, 2... cash teller department, 2
α... Current cash dispenser, 2α'... Reserve cash dispenser, 2b... Cash storage machine, 3... Transport means, 3
α...Transportation carrier, 3b...Rail, 4...Control device, 5...Linear motor controller. Patent applicant Fujitsu Ltd. agent Patent attorney Akira Yamatani Eiritsu 7th year 8 Figure 1 Mutual 12 Robako 13th year

Claims (1)

[Claims] A teller counter that handles cash, a cash teller machine that is provided separately from the teller counter and that dispenses cash, and a conveyance path that is provided between the teller counter and the cash teller machine. A conveying means for conveying cash by a conveying carrier, and controlling the cash teller machine and the conveying means in response to a request from the teller counter to convey cash between the teller counter and the cash teller machine. In the cash processing system t, the control device detects that the dispensing process is in progress at the time of initializing the system, and transfers the dispensing cash from the transport carrier to the storage section of the cash teller machine. An initialization control method for a cash processing system characterized by making collection possible.