JPS61253598A - Automatic cash transactor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automated teller machine, and particularly to an automated teller machine that can be selectively operated from either the front side or the rear side using an attendant operation panel. It is related to.

[Background of the invention]

Banks and other financial institutions are working to improve services such as making transactions more sophisticated and faster by moving deposit and withdrawal operations online and using automated machines.In such cases, devices for conducting transactions directly with customers There is also an automated teller machine. The automatic teller machine has a journal section, a printer section that prints on the passbook, a keyboard section that inputs amounts, etc., and a banknote depositing section.

It consists of a dispensing section, etc. (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 1983
47480)).

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the automatic teller machine described in the specification of the prior application. A slip issuing section 49, a bill depositing section 5, and a bill dispensing section 6 are provided, and a customer operation panel 1 and an attendant operation panel 2 are provided at the front and rear surfaces of the device.

5 is a layout diagram showing an example of the customer operation panel surface in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a layout diagram showing an example of the staff operation panel surface in FIG. 4.

The customer operation panel 1 shown in FIG. 5 is equipped with a display panel 11 for operation guidance, which displays alphanumeric characters, kana characters, etc. to provide operation guidance to the customer. A plurality of button keys 12 are arranged, and a password and amount of money are entered using these buttons. Push button key 1
3 is used when inputting the amount; 3 of 1,000, 1 yen
Consists of types. The pushbutton key 14 is used when starting transmission and canceling it midway.

The staff operation panel 2 in FIG. 6 includes push buttons and keys 21 for inputting numbers for setting the date, etc. Operation status setting pushbutton/key 22 for setting transaction type, etc. Operation status setting pushbuttons for setting station opening, station opening, etc.
Key 23. A numeric display 24 is also provided for monitoring the numeric input pushbutton keys 21 and displaying internal operating conditions.

In this way, automatic teller machines are usually equipped with an attendant operation panel for maintaining the machine, but since it is fixedly installed, it is difficult for the attendant to perform operations from the front side of the customer operation panel. However, it was still necessary to make a fixed decision at the time of design whether to do it from the rear. Therefore, in a type that assumes rear panel operation, a special program must be provided to enable the customer panel to be used as an employee operation panel in order to allow the staff to operate the system while interacting with the customer as necessary. However, the number of holding operations from the front customer panel was limited due to key entry restrictions.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such problems and to provide an automated teller machine that can be easily maintained by an attendant from either the front or the rear.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic teller machine of the present invention incorporates a control means for controlling transaction processing.

In an automated teller machine equipped with an external operation panel for a customer and an operation panel for an attendant, coupling means for sending and receiving signals with the operation panel for the attendant is provided on both the front and rear surfaces of the device, and the coupling means The device is characterized in that commands can be given to the control means from either the front or rear of the device using a removable operator operation panel.

[Embodiments of the invention]

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a basic structural diagram of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 100 is an automated teller machine, 110 is a control unit that controls the entire automated teller machine, 120,
130 is a photoelectric conversion unit that converts an optical signal into an electric signal;
40 is an attendant operation panel.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. The automatic teller machine 100 includes photoelectric converters 120 and 130 that convert into electrical signals for transmission.
An operator operation panel 140 is selectively disposed on the front or rear surface, which is removable and can be remotely operated, and can send and receive signals using optical signals. He is trying to connect to the control unit 110 of the automatic teller machine 100 via the controller. This results in
To realize an attendant operation panel that can be operated by an attendant from the front side operated by a customer in the same way as from the rear side.

FIG. 2 shows the automatic teller machine in FIG. 1.

and a configuration diagram of an attendant operation panel.

The control unit 110 of the automated teller machine includes a processor 111 that performs overall control, a memory 112, and a card reader control unit 1.
131 Passbook printer control unit 114, deposit/withdrawal control unit 115
, a panel control section 116, and a power supply 117. Photoelectric conversion sections 120 and 130 are provided on the front and rear surfaces of the automated teller machine 100, respectively.
Both conversion units 120 and 130 are connected to the panel control unit 116 of the control unit 110. These photoelectric conversion units 120
130 is composed of, for example, an infrared light emitting diode, an infrared phototransistor, etc. Also.

The attendant operation panel 140, which is removable and can be operated remotely, has a photoelectric conversion section 141. for communicating with the main body, that is, the automated teller machine W11oo. It incorporates a processor 142, a display section 143, an operation switch 144°, and a battery 145.

In such a configuration, when communicating between the automated teller machine 100 and an attendant, the content stored in the memory 112 or the content read from the card reader control unit 113 is controlled by the processor 111. The contents are transmitted to the photoelectric conversion units 120 and 130 as electrical signals via the bus 105 and the panel control unit 116. The electrical signals from the photoelectric conversion units 120 and 130 are sent to the panel control unit 116.
After being stored in the memory 112 via the bus 105,
Printer control unit 114. It is sent to the deposit/withdrawal control unit 115. When an electrical signal is sent from the control unit 110, the photoelectric conversion units 120 and 130 transmit this as an optical signal to the photoelectric conversion unit 141 of the staff operation panel 140, thereby controlling the processor 142 of the staff operation panel 140. , the contents are displayed on the display unit 143 via the internal bus, and when the operator presses the operation switch 144 of the attendant operation panel 140 in the same way, the command is transferred by the processor 142 to the photoelectric conversion unit 141 via the bus, The electrical signal is converted into an optical signal by the photoelectric conversion unit 141 and transmitted to the automatic teller machine 100.

The spatial distance over which optical signals can be communicated varies depending on the light emitting diode, but is at most several meters.

In the automatic teller machine 100, the photoelectric conversion unit 120°13
Since the command photoelectrically converted at 0 is transmitted to the panel control unit 116, the processor 111 detects this and performs an operation corresponding to the command from the staff member. The commands given by the staff include a card reader activation command, a printer activation command, an input/output device activation command, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a detailed circuit diagram of the panel control section and photoelectric conversion section in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the panel control unit 116 has a communication L
S1116-1, driver 116-2゜OR gate 1
16-3, and photoelectric conversion units 120 and 130.
is the light emitting diode 121゜131 and the light receiving transistor 1
22,132, automated teller machine 10
The transmission signal from the bus 1°5 within 0 is sent to the panel control unit 11
The communication LS 1116-1 in 6 sends exactly the same signal as a serial signal to each light emitting diode 121 and 131 in the photoelectric conversion units 120 and 130 via the driver 116-2.
When an electric signal is applied to the 0 light emitting diodes 121 and 131, light corresponding to the signal is emitted from the diodes 121 and 131, and is sent to the photoelectric conversion section of the staff operation panel 140. Note that the diodes 121, 13
1, the light emitted from the adjacent light receiving transistor 12
It is shielded from light so that it does not reach 2,132. Also.

When an optical signal is sent from the staff operation panel 140, the light receiving transistors 122, 1 in the optical converters 120, 130
After being detected by 32 and converted into a series electrical signal,
The signals are sent to the control unit and are logically summed by the logical sum gate 116-3 in the panel control unit 116. Further, this serial signal is converted into a parallel signal by 5I116-1 for one communication, and is transmitted to the bus 105.

In this embodiment, the detachable and remote-controllable clerk operation panel can be connected not only from the back of the automatic transaction bag W1100 but also from the front in exactly the same way. Maintenance operations can be performed without using the system, the program is simple even when a customer panel is used, and one device can have the advantages of both front-operated and rear-operated systems. Also.

Conventionally, when connecting or disconnecting the operation panel and the device, the power supply was conventionally reduced, but in this embodiment, an optical signal such as infrared rays is sent to the connection between the device body and the staff operation panel. Because it uses a power supply, there is no need to turn off the power, and holding operations can be performed remotely.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the attendant operation panel can be selectively connected to the front and rear sides of the automated teller machine, so maintenance personnel can use the same operation panel to connect the front and rear sides of the automatic teller machine. Maintenance work can be carried out arbitrarily from any direction, making maintenance easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of an automated teller machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a detailed block diagram of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the photoelectric conversion section and panel control section of Fig. 2. Diagram,
Figure 4 is a conceptual structural diagram of a conventional automated teller machine;
6 are layout diagrams of a customer operation panel and an attendant operation panel of the automated teller machine shown in FIG. 4, respectively. 100:l! Fully automatic transaction device, 110: Control unit. 120, 130, 141: photoelectric conversion unit, 140: staff operation panel, 111, 142: processor, 116: panel control unit, 112: memory, 113: card reader control unit, 114: printer control unit. 115: Deposit/withdrawal control section, 117, 145: Power supply section, 1
43: Display section, 144: Switch. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In an automated teller machine that has a built-in control means for controlling transaction processing and is equipped with an external operation panel for the customer and an operation panel for the staff, the above-mentioned operation panel for the staff and a signal are provided on both the front and rear sides of the device. The apparatus is characterized in that a coupling means for sending and receiving the information is provided, and a removable operator operation panel is used for the coupling means, so that commands can be given to the control means from either the front or the rear of the device. Automatic cash transaction device.