JPS63157297A - Shutter controller for banking terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a shutter 1ill IO device for financial terminal equipment used, for example, in automatic deposit machines, automatic cash withdrawal machines, and the like.

(Prior Art) A commonly used financial terminal device, such as an automatic teller machine, is provided with an operation room for inserting or taking out a transaction object such as a banknote into the financial terminal device. Many operating chambers are equipped with a shutter that opens and closes in a sliding manner at the entrance. The above operation on such a terminal srs! The shutter of
It is opened for a predetermined time to insert or remove banknotes, etc., which are transaction objects, when depositing or withdrawing banknotes. After one predetermined period of time has elapsed and during the trading period, the shutter is closed.

Here, some customers carelessly insert their fingers into the operation room when the shutter of the operation room is about to close.
There are cases where a finger is inserted while the shutter is open, and the finger remains inserted until the predetermined time has elapsed. In such a case, the shutter of the operation chamber moves in the direction of closing the shutter due to its closing operation, but if the shutter comes in contact with the finger that is an obstacle and is prevented from closing, a certain pressing force is applied to the finger for a certain period of time. After that, it returns to the open state and is ready for transactions, for example.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, it is impossible to have a shutter that opens and closes like this! ! ! In shutter loading of terminal equipment, when the load applied to the shutter reaches a predetermined value, a slip mechanism provided on the rotating shaft of the motor moves so that the motor that drives the shutter does not directly receive the load. It looks like this. Then, even if a load is applied to the shutter, the motor slips so as not to directly receive this load.

Since the shutter returns to the open state after a certain period of time has elapsed, the finger remains caught in the shutter with a certain pressing force, creating a safety problem for the user.

In addition, in many conventional financial terminal devices, the shutter was opened and closed via a belt, so if this belt loosened, the shutter stop position could deviate from the position set by a detector, etc. there were. That is, mechanical operational errors may occur, and the belt needs to be adjusted every time this error occurs.

Furthermore, when adjusting the opening/closing position of the shirt flap during assembly adjustment,
Assembly and adjustment, such as minimizing the force of contact with obstacles, are not easy and take time.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and even if an obstruction such as a finger is inserted into the operation chamber during the closing operation of the shutter, the invention will not come into contact with the obstruction such as a finger. It is possible to interrupt the closing operation of the shutter and move on to the opening operation, and also to interrupt the closing operation of the shutter without causing any mechanical operational errors. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shutter control device for financial terminal equipment that facilitates assembly and adjustment and does not require unnecessary time even when adjusting the shutter opening/closing position during adjustment.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the present invention has an operation room through which transaction objects are entered and taken out, and a shutter opening/closing mechanism automatically opens and closes the opening of the operation room. In a financial terminal weapon equipped with a flexible shutter, a detector (〇) for optically detecting obstacles in the operating room is provided at a predetermined distance from the tip of the shutter, and an output signal from this detection means is used to detect an obstacle. The above shutter,
After the control means has stopped the closing operation of the shutter via the opening/closing mechanism, the shutter is opened.

(Function) To explain the function of the present invention, for example, a pair of photodetectors is provided at a position a predetermined distance 1111i1ff from the tip of a sliding shutter provided at the entrance of an operation room of a financial terminal device. When an obstacle such as a finger blocks the optical axis, it is detected that an obstacle is inserted into the operation chamber. When the obstacle is detected by the photodetector, a detection signal is output from the photodetector to the shutter opening/closing mechanism to stop the shutter that was in the closing operation. Accordingly, the rotation of the shutter opening/closing motor is temporarily stopped and then reversed to return the shutter to the open position again.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a shutter control W device for financial terminal equipment according to the present invention, in which a detection means 11 that detects infrared light or the like detects a signal at a level corresponding to this infrared light or the like and controls the device. A signal is output to means 12. The control means 12 drives and controls the shutter opening/closing mechanism 13, thereby opening and closing the shutter 14.

20 is a schematic configuration diagram of a shutter control device for financial terminal equipment having the configuration shown in FIG. An L&F ¥v16 is formed on the operation surface of the deposit/withdrawal device 15, which is a terminal device, for inserting or removing banknotes, etc. to be traded, and the banknotes, etc. are placed in this operation chamber 16. ing. A shutter 14 is provided at the opening of the operation chamber 16 and is slidably moved by a shutter driving mechanism, which will be described later.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the shutter 14 and the shutter drive mechanism. On both sides of the tip of the shutter 14, a light emitter 17a and a light receiver are placed at a predetermined distance N (for example, 5 m) from the tip. A photodetector 11 consisting of a detector 17b is attached. The optical axis of this photodetector 17 is connected at a position a predetermined distance from the tip of the shutter 14, and is parallel to the side of the tip of the shutter 14. In addition, a rack is installed at the bottom of the side surface on one or both sides of the shutter 14
Gear 18 is fixed. A shutter position detection plate 19 is formed in the lower part of the rack gear 18, for example, in the center, and is used to detect the shutter position together with shutter position detectors 20a and 20b attached to the side if section of the operation chamber 16. constitutes a means. Further, on the deposit/withdrawal device 15 side, there is formed an opening/closing motor 23 having a binion gear 21 that meshes with the rack gear 18 and an opening/closing gear 22 formed on the upper part.
Together with the shutter Kl a m 474.

Furthermore, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the shutter opening/closing mechanism, and shows a state in which a finger 24 is inserted into the opening.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Now, when a banknote transaction is to be carried out in this cash deposit/withdrawal machine 15, the opening/closing motor 23 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG.・Transmit rotation to gear 21. When the binion gear 21 meshes with the rack gear 18, the rotational motion of the opening/closing motor 23 is converted into a linear motion, and the shutter 14 is slid in the direction of arrow C in the figure. At this time, the shutter 14 is connected to the rack gear 18.
A shutter position detection plate 19 formed at the bottom of the
Until the shutter position detector 20b detects the arrow C
move in the direction of In other words, shutter position detector 2
When the shutter position detection plate 19 reaches the position set as 0b, the shutter 14 becomes fully open and stops.

In this way, when normal transaction operations such as inserting or taking out banknotes etc. into the operation chamber 16 are performed, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed,
The operation moves on to closing the shutter 14.

In the normal opening operation, the opening/closing motor 23 is rotated in the direction of arrow B after the shutter 14 is fully opened for the predetermined period of time. Then, this rotational movement causes the opening/closing gear 22
It is transmitted to the rack gear 18 via the pinion gear 21 and changes into linear motion. At this time, the shutter 14 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, which is opposite to the opening operation described above, and moves until the shutter position detection plate 19 is detected by the shutter position detector 20a. When the shutter position detection plate 19 is detected by the shutter position detector 20a, the shutter 14 stops with the operation chamber 16 closed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. Assume that the finger 24 is inserted during operation.

If the photodetector 17 were not installed at the same opening, the finger 24 would come into contact with and be caught by the shutter 14 moving in the direction of the arrow. Here, a photodetector 17 consisting of a light emitter 17a and a light receiver 17b installed in a protruding form on both sides of the tip of the shutter 14.
Suppose that the optical axis of is blocked by the finger 24 or the like of a user who is performing a transaction operation. When the optical axis is interrupted, the photodetector 17 reacts to detect the obstacle, outputs a detection signal to the shutter drive mechanism, and instantly stops the drive of the opening/closing motor 23. The opening/closing motor 23 starts to reverse, that is, rotate in the direction of the arrow, and accordingly the shutter 14 moves in the direction of the arrow C, enters the open state, fully opens again, and stops.

In this way, when an obstruction such as a finger 24 is detected by the photodetector 17 in the operation chamber 16 during the closing operation of the shutter 14, the above-mentioned opening and closing operations are performed until the obstruction is removed from the operation chamber 16. Repeat. And on top! When the obstacle is removed, the shirt flap 14 is closed by the normal r11 operation.

In this way, the opening/closing motor 23 in the shutter drive mechanism
Since the drive of the motor 2 is transmitted to the shutter 14 not by a belt but by gears such as the rack gear 19 and the pinion gear 21, an obstacle is detected by the photodetector 17 and the motor 2
When stopping the drive of No. 3, it can be stopped instantaneously. Furthermore, since a belt is not used in the shutter drive tq mechanism, there is no loosening of the belt when the device is in use, and it is possible to improve the adjustment work and shorten the time required for maintenance.

Furthermore, during assembly and adjustment, the stop position of the shutter 14 can be determined by adjusting the set positions of the shutter position detectors 20a and 20b, and accordingly, the open state and the stop position of the shutter 14 can be adjusted. , it is possible to stop accurately without exceeding each stop position.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, even if an obstruction such as a finger is inserted into the operation chamber during the closing operation of the shutter or after a predetermined period of time has elapsed during the shutter closing operation, the obstruction of the finger etc. is prevented. Since the closing operation of the shutter is interrupted and the closing operation is started without contacting an object, safety is improved. In addition, since assembly and adjustment are made easy without causing any mechanical operational errors, and when adjusting the opening/closing position of the shirt shirt during assembly and adjustment, it is possible to reduce the number of assembly and adjustment man-hours. Additionally, as security improves, transaction processing times can be shortened by increasing the shutter opening/closing speed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows gold@! according to an embodiment of this invention. A block configuration diagram of the shutter control m+ device of the terminal device, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the device in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the shutter drive mechanism of the device in FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a schematic diagram explaining the shutter opening and closing mechanism in the figure. 11... Detection means, 12... Control means, 13...
Shutter opening/closing mechanism, 14...Shutter, 16...Operation room, 17...Photodetector, 18...Rack gear,
19...Shutter position detection plate, 20a, 20b
...Shutter position detector, 21... Binion gear. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In financial terminal equipment that has an operation room through which transaction objects are entered and taken out, and a shutter that can be automatically opened and closed by a shutter opening/closing mechanism is provided at the opening of this operation room, from the tip of the shutter. a detection means provided at a predetermined distance for optically detecting an obstacle in the operation chamber; and an output signal from the detection means to stop the closing operation of the shutter and then open the shutter. 1. A shutter control device for financial terminal equipment, comprising: control means for performing an operation. (2) The shutter control device for a financial terminal according to claim 1, wherein the shutter opening/closing mechanism comprises an opening/closing motor and a plurality of gears.