JPS6124752B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a passbook handling device that uses a so-called magnetic passbook, such as a currency transaction device that performs handling operations such as deposits and withdrawals in banking operations on behalf of bank employees.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, for example, in a currency transaction device that automatically performs deposits and withdrawals of banknotes in place of bank employees in banking operations, bank name codes, account numbers, etc. have been magnetically recorded. So-called magnetic cards (personal identification cards) were used, but in recent years magnetic recording parts, such as magnetic stripes, have been affixed to the back cover of bankbooks, and the bank name code, account number, and designated number of lines to be printed are recorded on this. Information was recorded magnetically. So-called magnetic passbooks are becoming popular.

As a result, with this type of currency transaction device, transactions can be made using only a passbook without using a magnetic card, and with bookkeeping terminal devices, various items that were conventionally entered using a keyboard can be automatically entered from the passbook. It is now entered. Using such a passbook, by recording the designated number of lines to be printed on the magnetic stripe and reading this information when printing the passbook, the passbook can be automatically transported to the line to be printed and printed. It became possible.

By using this function, transaction records can be automatically printed on the passbook in the currency transaction device.
Further, in the recording terminal device, there is no need for the bank staff to set the bankbook on the print line, which provides the advantage that the bank staff's labor can be reduced. However, for example, in a currency transaction device, when a user opens a page different from the page containing the last printed line and inserts the page into the device, it is not possible to determine that the page is a different page. There was a problem in that if a page had all lines printed, overlapping printing would be performed, and if all lines were unprinted, skipped printing would be performed.

Therefore, as a means to improve this problem, in addition to the specified number of lines to be printed from the magnetic recording unit (for example, the final number of printed lines of the previous printing), the printing surface is further scanned optically to determine the final printed line number. A possible method is to detect the number of lines and compare this optical line number information with the above-mentioned magnetic line number information, thereby enabling printing only when both line number information match. However, even with this method,
Another problem arises as follows, which makes it impractical. In other words, there are generally various types of passbook handling devices of this type, and since the means for accepting and transporting passbooks is mechanical, there may be slight but unavoidable variations in the printing position on the printing surface. often occurs. For this reason, double printing occurs in which the printed line in the previous printing and the printed line in the current printing overlap, or interline printing occurs in which printing occurs between lines that should originally be printed. Furthermore, depending on the printing device, printing may be performed with extremely low density. In these cases, it is impossible to optically accurately detect the final number of printed lines on the printing surface, and there is often a mismatch between the number of lines and the magnetic line number information. Therefore, if the method allows printing only when the magnetic line number information and the optical line number information match, it is possible to print if the above-mentioned mismatch occurs. However, printing becomes impossible, and transactions become impossible (in the case of a currency transaction device).

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to collect information on the designated number of lines to be printed obtained from storage means (for example, a magnetic recording section provided in bankbooks) associated with accepted bankbooks. , and the number of printed lines information from a separately provided optical number of printed line detection means, and if the difference between the two line number information is within the preset number of lines, the specified line to be printed is selected. By allowing printing to be performed based on number information, it is possible to avoid discrepancies between the two line number information due to double printing or interline printing in the previous printing, or due to extremely low print density. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a passbook handling device that can print if the difference is within a predetermined number of lines, and is effective in correcting the printing position of minute differences caused by variations between various devices.

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

Figure 1 shows a magnetic passbook used in a passbook handling device, such as a currency transaction device, with its predetermined pages open. 3 pages on each of these pages.
A plurality of lines of printing fields 4 are printed on each printing surface. In a predetermined area on the surface of the back cover 2,
A magnetic recording section (for example, a magnetic stripe) 5 is pasted in the width direction as a storage means related to the passbook, and this magnetic recording section 5 contains, for example, bank name code, account number, and designated number of lines to be printed. (For example, the number of last printed lines) is written magnetically. Note that the above specified print line number information is 1
The contents are updated (rewritten) for each transaction.

FIG. 2 shows the entire currency transaction device (automatic deposit/withdrawal device), in which a substantially L-shaped operating section 12 is formed on the front surface of the housing 11.
The horizontal part is provided with a keyboard 13, a deposit slot 14, an operation guide display part 15, etc., and the vertical part is provided with a passbook insertion slot 16, a withdrawal slot 17, etc.
and a bank note return slot 18 are provided respectively. In the housing 11, a depositing frame, a dispensing machine, and their control devices, which will be described later, are housed. The deposit machine accepts banknotes inserted into the deposit port 14 by the user, and the dispensing machine dispenses banknotes in an amount designated by the user to the withdrawal port 17. Since these are already well-known mechanisms, detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Furthermore, a housing 11 corresponding to the passbook insertion slot 16 is provided.
For example, there is a printing device 2 as shown in FIG.
0 is stored. This printing device 20 accepts a passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 16, transports it to a printing position, prints it, and prints it on the passbook inserted into the passbook insertion slot 16.
It is to be returned from 6 onwards and is structured as follows. That is, the passbook guide frame 21 is the passbook insertion slot 1.
6, and horizontally guides the bankbook P inserted from the bankbook insertion slot 16 in the direction of the arrow shown in the open state. However, the passbook P is placed in the guide frame 21.
is inserted, its tip will be exposed to the optical detector 2
2, the solenoid 23 operates to open the shutter 24, and the pulse motor 25 operates to drive the conveyance path 26, which grips and conveys the passbook P to take it in. The magnetic head 27 reads or writes predetermined information from the magnetic recording section 5 of the bankbook P being transported. Note that the tension roller 28 is a roller for pressing the magnetic recording section 5 against the magnetic head 27.

On the other hand, a printed line detector 29 is provided above the midway portion of the conveyance path 26 . This printed line detector 29 detects the presence or absence of printed lines by, for example, optically scanning the printed surface of the bankbook P being conveyed as it is being conveyed, and detects the presence or absence of printed lines on the printed surface of the bankbook P. It is comprised of a light source 29a that irradiates light and a light receiving element 29b that receives the reflected light. That is, this is done by irradiating light from the light source 29a onto the printed surface of the passbook P, and detecting with the light receiving element 29b the change in the amount of reflected light, which is smaller in printed areas and larger in non-printed areas.

Therefore, the bankbook P being conveyed is moved by the motor 2.
5, the passbook P is held and conveyed by a platen roller 30 and a tension roller 31, which are driven by a platen roller 30 and a tension roller 31, and when the leading end of the passbook P is located at a predetermined position and optically detected by a detector (not shown), the passbook P is temporarily stopped, and as will be described later. The motor 25 is driven by a predetermined number of pulses supplied from the control device and then stopped. This results in
The passbook P is designed so that the line next to the last printed line stops in correspondence with the printing position. Here, 32 is a wire dot type head, and this printing head 3
2 is adapted to print on the passbook P by having its support base 33 slidably driven along a rod 37 by a pulse motor 34, a wire 35 and a pulley 36. Note that 38 is an ink ribbon, and 39 is an ink ribbon cassette.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the control device, in which the detector 31 is provided in the middle of a conveyance path 33 that conveys banknotes taken out from the deposit slot 14 to the safe 32 on the deposit rail. optically detect banknotes. Further, the detector 34 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 36 that conveys banknotes taken out from the safe 35 to the withdrawal port 17 at the dispensing bar, and optically detects the banknotes being conveyed. However,
The output signal of the detector 31 of the deposit rail is supplied to the deposit determining section 37. This discrimination section 37
The output signal of banknote 1 is used to determine the authenticity and denomination of banknotes, and the denomination determination signal is supplied to the deposit totalizer 38, which calculates the deposit amount. ing. Also,
The output signal of the detector 34 of the dispensing machine is supplied to a dispensing determination section 39. This discrimination section 39
The denomination of the bank note is determined based on the output signal of 4, and the determination signal is supplied to the withdrawal totalizer 40.
This totalizer 40 calculates the withdrawal amount. The respective outputs of the summators 38 and 40 are supplied to an arithmetic unit 41, respectively. This calculation unit 41 is connected to a main control unit 42 so as to send and receive signals, and the main control unit 42 is supplied with the authenticity determination signal output from the deposit determination unit 37.

The main control unit 42 also includes the keyboard 13.
is connected via the input control section 43, and
The operation guide display section 15 is connected via a display control section 44 . Further, a deposit control unit 45 that controls the deposit machine and a withdrawal control unit 46 that controls the withdrawal machine are connected to the main control unit 42, and these control units 45 and 46 are connected to the main control unit 42. It is designed to operate as necessary based on the signals of The main control unit 42 also includes the printing device 20
is connected via the print control section 47, and
The magnetic head 27 is connected via a read/write control section 48. Further, a printed line number detection unit 49 is connected to the main control unit 42, and this detection unit 4
9 is supplied with the output signal of the printed line detector 29. The printed line number detection section 49 is a circuit that detects printed line number information, for example, the final printed line number, based on the output signal of the printed line detector 29. The main control unit 42 is connected online to a host computer 50 serving as a deposit ledger via a communication control device (not shown), and communicates with the host computer 50 as necessary.

Further, a verification section 51 is connected to the main control section 42 . The collation unit 51 uses the specified print line number information (final printed line number) read by the magnetic head 27 and the printed line number information (final printed line number) detected by the print specified line number detection unit 49. is supplied from the main control unit 42 to collate both pieces of information, and is configured as shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, the two pieces of information are first supplied to the comparator 61, and it is determined whether they match or do not match. The coincidence signal is supplied to the main control unit 42 as it is, but in the case of mismatch, that is, an inverted signal obtained by inverting the coincidence signal by the inverter circuit 62 (hereinafter referred to as a mismatch signal), the following is selected by the changeover switch 63. will be processed. That is, first, when the switch 63 is on the a side, the mismatch signal is directly supplied to the main control section 42 through the switch 63. On the other hand, when the switch 63 is on the b side, the two pieces of information are first supplied to the arithmetic unit 64, the difference between them is detected, and the difference signal is sent to the comparator 65.
is supplied to one input end of the . A setting signal from a setting device 66 is supplied to the other input terminal of the comparator 65. This setting device 66 is used to set the number of lines of difference between the two pieces of information, such as one line or two lines. However, the comparator 6
5 compares the difference signal and the setting signal, and if the difference signal is smaller than the setting signal, the signal is sent to the AND circuit 67.
is supplied to one input end of the The above AND circuit 67
A mismatch signal is supplied to the other input terminal of , so that an AND is established and the output signal is supplied to the main control section 42 through the switch 63. That is, a signal indicating that the two pieces of information do not match and that the difference is within a predetermined number of lines is supplied to the main control unit 42.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained. When a user intending to conduct a transaction first inserts a passbook into the insertion slot 16, the shutter 24 is opened by a signal from the detector 22 that detects the tip of the passbook, and the passbook P is conveyed on the conveyance path 26. Ru. During this transportation, the magnetic head 27 reads the bank name code, account number, registration number, information on the designated number of lines to be printed (for example, the last number of printed lines), etc. from the magnetic recording section 5 of the passbook P, and controls the read information under the main control. 42. When the conveyed bankbook P passes under the detector 29, the detector 29 optically detects the presence or absence of printed lines on the printing surface of the bankbook P, and the detection signal is used to detect the number of printed lines. The information is sent to Department 49. The printed line number detection section 49 detects printed line number information (for example, the final printed line number) from the output signal of the detector 29 and sends the information to the main control section 42 . The main control section 42 then sends the designated print line number information read by the magnetic head 27 and the printed line number information from the printed line number detection section 49 to the collation section 51, respectively. Collation section 5
1 sends a match or mismatch signal to the main control unit 42 by comparing the two pieces of supplied information as described above. At this time, it is assumed that the changeover switch 63 of the matching section 51 is selected to the a side.

For example, if two pieces of information match, a signal to that effect is sent to the main control unit 42.
2 sends a signal for sending the bankbook P to the printing position to the printing control section 47, whereby the bankbook P is set at the specified position. In addition, the main control section 42 sends a display command to the operation guidance display section 15 via the display control section 44, so that the display section 15 displays guidance to the user to proceed to the next step. The currency transaction device is prepared for transaction operation. On the other hand, if the two pieces of information do not match as a result of the comparison in the comparison unit 51, a signal to that effect is sent to the main control unit 42, so the main control unit 42 determines that the inserted page of the passbook P is incorrect. to decide. In addition, the main control unit 42 sends a display command to the operation guide display unit 15, so that the display unit 15 displays a guide for the user to check the insertion page and reinsert the passbook, and A passbook return command is sent to the printing device 20 via the print control unit 47, and the passbook P is sent to the user.
to be returned. When the user opens the insertion page correctly and inserts the passbook, the same operation as described above is performed, and information on the designated number of lines to be printed from the magnetic head 27 and information on the number of printed lines from the number of printed lines detection section 49 is obtained. If they match, the currency transaction device is ready for transaction operation.

On the other hand, when the changeover switch 63 of the collation unit 51 is selected to the b side, the operation in this case is that the user inserts the bankbook, and the magnetic head 27 detects the specified number of lines to be printed and the number of printed lines. The control is the same as that described above until the information on the number of printed lines from the unit 49 is compared with the information on the number of printed lines and the two pieces of information match. However, if the two pieces of information do not match as a result of matching, the matching unit 51 outputs a signal indicating whether there is a match and the difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of lines. It is determined whether the difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of lines, for example, one line. As a result of this determination, if the difference is within a predetermined number of lines, the main control unit 42 determines that the two pieces of information are inconsistent due to, for example, overprinting on the passbook in transactions prior to this transaction. In this case, the main control unit 42 sends a signal to the print control unit 47 to send the bankbook P to the printing position in accordance with the specified print line number information from the magnetic head 27, and thereby the bankbook P is set at the specified position. be done. On the other hand, if the result of the above judgment is that there is a difference of more than the predetermined number of lines, the aforementioned changeover switch 63 is selected to the side a, and the
As in the case where the two pieces of information do not match, the operation guide display section 15 displays a guide to the user to check the inserted page and reinsert the passbook.

In addition, in the above embodiment, when the two pieces of line count information do not match or the number of lines does not match or exceeds a predetermined number, control is performed to return the passbook to the user, check the insertion page, and instruct reinsertion. However, the present invention is not limited to these controls; for example, in the above-mentioned state, the passbook may not be returned to the user but may be controlled to call a staff member, or Instead of returning the passbook to the user and instructing the user to reinsert it, control may be provided to display a guide to the user to come to a counter where a bank employee is present. In this case, the clerk examines the returned passbook and, if it is determined that printing is possible, may control the reinsertion of the passbook by operating a switch or the like to print based on any of the information.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the difference in the number of lines between the two line number information is set to one line, but it is not necessarily necessary to do so, and theoretically it is sufficient as long as it is less than the maximum number of lines on the printing surface, but in practice From the point of view of practical use, one or two lines is optimal.

As detailed above, according to the present invention, information on the designated number of lines to be printed obtained from the storage means associated with the accepted passbook, for example, the magnetic recording section provided in the accepted passbook, and Compare the number of printed lines information from the provided optical number of printed lines detection means, and if the difference between the two line number information is within the preset number of lines, print based on the specified number of lines to be printed information. By allowing this to occur, double printing or interline printing may have occurred in the previous printing, printing may have been done at a thin density that cannot be detected by optical detection, or even optical detection means. Even if there is a discrepancy between the above two line count information due to a malfunction, etc., printing can be performed as long as the difference is within the specified number of lines. It is possible to provide a passbook handling device that is effective in correcting the difference in printing position.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 shows the magnetic passbook in an open state, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire currency transaction device, and Fig. 3 shows the configuration of the printing device. The perspective view shown in FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the control device,
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the collation section. P... Passbook, 5... Magnetic recording section, 16... Passbook insertion slot, 20... Printing device, 26... Conveyance path, 2
7...Magnetic head, 29...Printed line detector, 3
2...Print head, 47...Print control section, 48...
...read/write control section, 49...printed line number detection section, 51...verification section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 means for accepting passbooks having a plurality of lines of printing fields on the printing surface; means for transporting the received passbooks to a printing position and printing; means for obtaining information on the number of printed lines by optically detecting the printed lines on the printed surface of the accepted passbook, and obtaining the information on the number of printed lines and the printing designation from the storage means associated with the above. a means for comparing the line number information with the line number information; a means for detecting that the difference between the two line number information as a result of the comparison by the matching means is within a preset number; A passbook handling device comprising: control means for printing based on the specified print line number information only when a difference is detected.