JPS6279159A - Automatic cashing depositing and dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer bills without damaging the bills at a gate by providing a means for determining the change-over timing and speed of the gate. CONSTITUTION:Bills 1 dumped into a receiver section 2 are separated from each other one by one therein and transferred to a discriminating section 3 through a transfer path 10. In the discriminating section 3, bills 1 judged to be unavailable are returned to a dispensing port 4 through the transfer path 10 by changing over gates 11, 12, while bills 1 judged to be available are received temporarily in a reservoir 8 by changing over gates 11, 13, 14, 15 according to the interval and transfer speed of bills with a determined change-over timing and speed so that available bills are received in receiver sections 5, 6 by the kinds A, B of bills and unavailable bills are received in an unavailable bill receiver section 7. In the dispensing of bills, the bills 1 judged to be unavailable in the discriminating section 3 are transferred to a reject box 9 and bills 1 judged to be available to the dispensing port 4 with the determined change- over timing and speed by changing over the gates 11, 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine, and in particular, the present invention relates to an automated teller machine, and in particular, the gate switching timing and switching speed are switched in stages according to the bill interval or the bill conveyance speed. The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine that transports banknotes without damaging them.

[Background of the invention]

As described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-190772, in the conventional device, a bill passing detector is installed in front of the gate, and the bill is conveyed. However, with the above method, if the interval between bills is narrow, the bill passing detector may detect the leading edge of the next bill even though the previously conveyed bill is inside the gate. Then, in order to perform gate switching, there is a possibility that the rear end of the banknote that was conveyed first may be damaged by the gate.In other words, it is difficult to make the gate switching timing and switching speed variable depending on the banknote interval. It wasn't taken into consideration.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve these conventional problems and provide an automatic teller machine that allows banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn at the gate without damaging the banknotes. .

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic teller machine of the present invention includes: (1) a deposit slot for accepting banknotes inserted by a customer, a withdrawal port for paying banknotes to the customer; A discriminating means for discriminating counterfeits, denominations, good/defective bills, bill spacing, and bill conveyance speed; a storage box for storing genuine bills by denomination; a storage box for storing unfit bills; and a dispensing method. mouth,
In an automatic teller machine equipped with a conveyance path for conveying banknotes to a storage box and a gate provided in the middle of the conveyance path for switching the destination of banknotes, the interval between banknotes is determined by the discrimination section during deposits and withdrawals. and the standard banknote interval,
means for determining the switching timing and switching speed of the gate based on the comparison result, and by this means, when the bill interval is narrow, the switching timing is slowed and the switching speed is increased, and the leading edge and the trailing edge of the bill are The feature is that the end can be transported to the dispensing port and storage section without being damaged by the gate section.

(2) In the above-mentioned automatic teller machine, if the bill interval is abnormally narrow and the gate switching time is determined to be insufficient, as determined by the discrimination unit during deposits and withdrawals, the bill will be transported without gate switching. There is a characteristic in doing.

(3) In the automatic teller machine set forth in item (1) above, when depositing and withdrawing money, the banknote transport speed and the reference banknote transport speed, which are determined by the discrimination unit, are compared, and the gate switching timing is determined based on the comparison result. and a means for determining the switching speed, and when the banknote conveyance speed is high, the switching timing and switching speed are increased so that the leading edge and the trailing edge of the banknote are not damaged at the gate, and the banknote is withdrawn. It is characterized by its transport to the mouth and storage area.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of an automated teller machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a banknote, 2 is a deposit section, 3 is a discrimination section, 4 is a withdrawal port, 5.
6 is a storing section for normal bills, 7 is a storing section for unfit bills, 8 is a temporary storage section, 9 is a beam ejection box, 10 is a bill conveyance path, and 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 are each in the middle of the conveyance path. It is a gate set up in

This automatic teller machine is capable of processing deposited banknotes,
Then, the banknotes to be withdrawn are processed for withdrawal, and the deposited banknotes are used as banknotes at the time of withdrawal. A deposit unit 2 is provided at the upper front for receiving banknotes 1 inserted by a customer, and a discriminating unit 3 is provided below the input unit 2 to check the authenticity, denomination, fitness, bill spacing, and bill conveyance speed of the input banknotes 1. Placed.

In addition, in the discrimination section 3, there is a withdrawal port 4 for returning banknotes 1 that have been determined to be invalid, a temporary storage section 8 that temporarily stores banknotes 1 that have been determined to be valid, and a temporary storage section 8 that temporarily stores banknotes 1 that have been determined to be valid. A storage section 5,6 for storing bills and banknotes by denomination, and a storage section 7 for storing unfit bills are provided behind the discrimination section 3.

Further, there is provided a waste transfer box 9 for storing banknotes 1 determined to be unfit by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of withdrawal. The destination of the banknote 1 can be determined in the discrimination unit 3 and the banknote 1 can be transported to each unit, and the branching unit has gates 11, 12, .
13.14.15.16 are arranged.

In this embodiment, the interval between bills 1 during conveyance is discriminated, and if the interval between bills 1 is narrower than the standard interval between bills, gates 11 to 1
5 is slowed down and the switching speed is increased to prevent the leading and trailing ends of banknotes 1 from being damaged by gates 11 to 15.Also, when depositing, gate 16 is always open to prevent banknote spacing from being abnormal. If it is determined that the switching time of the gates 11 to 15 is insufficient, the switching of the gates 11 to 15 is stopped and the banknote 1 is transported to the temporary storage section 8 to prevent the banknote 1 from being damaged by the gates 11 to 15. Prevent/Figure 2 is the 1st
1 is a switching state diagram of the gate 11. 1 is a bill, 10 is a conveyance path, and 11 is a gate. When the banknotes 1 are conveyed at standard banknote intervals, when the rear end of the banknote 1 that was conveyed first is pulled out from the gate 11 by a distance g, the leading edge of the banknote 1 after the banknote 1 is a distance l from the gate 11. At this time, the gate 11 is switched.

If the gate 11 is switched at such a timing, the previous banknote 1 and the subsequent banknote 1 can be transported without being damaged by the gate 11.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the switching state of the gate 11 when the banknote spacing is narrow in FIG. The rear end of the banknote 1 is the gate 11
, the tip of the next bill 1 is at a distance l from the gate 11, and at this time, the tip of the next bill 1 is at a distance l from the gate 11.
If the banknotes 1 are switched, the rear end of the banknote 1 will be damaged by the gate 11.

Therefore, the switching timing of the gate 11 is slowed down until the rear end of the previous banknote 1 is pulled out from the gate 11 by a distance g, that is, until the front end of the next banknote 1 is a distance l' from the gate 11, and the switching speed is (operation time of gate 11) is increased,
The gate 11 is switched and the banknotes 1 are transported without being damaged by the gate 11. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a gate switching determination circuit of an automated teller machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, 19 is a reference level setting section in the discrimination section shown in FIG.
7 and a section 18 for setting a reference conveyance speed. 20
is a level comparator which compares the reference bill interval or the reference transport speed with the output value of the discriminator 3 and outputs the result.

Further, reference numeral 21 determines the comparison result of the comparator 20, and the switching timing and switching speed of the gates 11 to 15 are determined based on the result.

The bill spacing or bill conveyance speed discriminated by the discrimination section 6 is given to one input of the level comparator 20 (7).The reference level setting section 19 sets the bill spacing 17 or the bill conveyance speed 1 as the reference level setting section 19.
8, and the set output is given as the other input of the level comparator 20.

The level comparator 20 compares the output of the discrimination section 3 with the reference bill interval 17.
Alternatively, by comparing the reference level of the reference conveyance speed 18 2 and inputting the result to the determination unit 21, the determination unit 21
determines the switching timing and switching speed of the gates 11-15.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, the overall operation will be explained. It is transported to the identification section 3. In the discrimination section 5, the authenticity,
After identifying the denomination, fitness, bill spacing, and bill conveyance speed, the bill 1 determined to be invalid is switched to the gate 11.127ji at the switching timing and switching speed determined according to the bill spacing and bill conveyance speed. It is returned to the withdrawal port 4 through the conveyance path 10, and is determined to be valid (.

The banknotes 1 are transferred to the gate 11.13 at a predetermined switching timing and switching speed according to the banknote interval and banknote transport speed.
．． 14.15 are switched and stored in the temporary storage section 8, and after the transaction with the customer is completed, the good notes are stored in the storage sections 5-6 according to denominations A and H, and the unfit notes are stored in the unfit note storage section 7. is stored in.

Next, when dispensing money, the banknote 1 is paid out from one of the storage sections 5 to 6 of the ASB, and is conveyed to the discrimination section 3 through the conveyance path 10. Banknotes 1 determined to be invalid by the discrimination unit 3 are placed in the reject box 9, and banknotes 1 determined to be valid are placed in the withdrawal port 4 at the switching timing and switching speed determined according to the banknote spacing and banknote conveyance speed. At gate 11.12
are switched and transported.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the switching timing and switching time of the gate can be made variable (1. The switching timing and switching speed are changed in stages according to the bill interval and the bill conveyance speed, so that the bill can be transferred to the gate. In addition, the present invention can be realized by simply making the switching timing and switching speed variable, so it can be constructed with a simple mechanism and at low cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an automated teller machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a switching state diagram of the gate 11 when the banknote interval in FIG. 1 is the standard, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a switching state diagram of the gate 11 when the bill interval is narrow in .
1 is a block diagram of a gate switching determination circuit showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1...Banknotes 2...Deposit section 3...
...Identification Department 4...Withdrawal Ports 5-6...
...Good bill storage section 7 by denomination...Unfit note storage section 9
... Reject box 10 ... Conveyance path 1
1 to 16... Gate 19... Reference level setting section 20... Level comparator 21... Judgment section 8... Temporary storage section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A deposit slot that accepts banknotes inserted by customers, a withdrawal port for paying banknotes to customers, and an identification system that distinguishes the authenticity, denomination, fitness, bill spacing, and bill conveyance speed of banknotes during deposits and withdrawals. means, a storage box for storing genuine notes by denomination as a result of discrimination, a storage box for storing unfit notes, and the above-mentioned withdrawal port;
In an automatic teller machine equipped with a conveyance path for conveying banknotes to a storage box and a gate provided in the middle of the conveyance path for switching the destination of banknotes, the interval between banknotes is determined by the discrimination section during deposits and withdrawals. and the standard banknote interval,
It has means for determining the switching timing and switching speed of the gate based on the comparison result, and by this means, when the bill interval is narrow, the switching timing is slowed and the switching speed is increased, and the leading edge and the trailing edge of the bill are An automated teller machine characterized in that the end of the machine is transported to a dispensing port and a storage part without being damaged at the gate part.