WO2017033505A1

WO2017033505A1 - Automatic transaction device

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Publication number: WO2017033505A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/064135
Authority: WO
Inventors: 高士佐野
Original assignee: 沖電気工業株式会社
Priority date: 2015-08-27
Filing date: 2016-05-12
Publication date: 2017-03-02
Also published as: JP2017045310A

Abstract

[Problem] Technology capable of gathering media-related data reflecting various irregularities is in demand. [Solution] Provided is an automatic transaction device 10 provided with: a banknote discrimination unit 140 which acquires banknote-related data; and a main control unit 110 which stores, in a storage unit 155, the banknote-related data corresponding to preset conditions. The main control unit 110 is provided with a condition setting means capable of setting the conditions.

Description

Automatic transaction equipment

The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus.

Usually, the media (for example, banknotes) handled in the automatic transaction apparatus are not all uniform, and the degree of contamination is different. Therefore, a technique for automatically adjusting a threshold value indicating a boundary between a genuine note and a stain ticket is disclosed. In addition, a technique for automatically adjusting the threshold value among a plurality of apparatuses is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1). According to such a technique, it is possible to make the degree of contamination of media automatically excluded between a plurality of apparatuses constant.

In addition, the automatic transaction apparatus has a discrimination section for discriminating media. The discriminating unit discriminates whether the medium is authentic or not, and discriminates the medium based on the discrimination result. However, since there are various variations such as variations in feature points of media, contamination of media, variations in sensor characteristics, variations in operating environment, etc., a discrimination algorithm that can handle these variations should be designed. . If a discrimination algorithm designed in this way is used, it becomes possible to perform media discrimination in countries and regions having different variations.

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However, it is difficult to design a discrimination algorithm that can handle all of these variations. Therefore, if it is necessary for the discrimination algorithm to cope with variations exceeding the applicable variations, it may lead to a decrease in the recognition rate of genuine bills, a decrease in the rejection rate of false bills, etc., and the desired discrimination performance may not be obtained. There is sex.

Therefore, a technique capable of accumulating data relating to a medium in which such various variations are reflected is desired in order for the discrimination unit to exhibit desired discrimination performance. With this technique, for example, if the discrimination algorithm of the discrimination unit is upgraded based on the data related to the medium, a desired discrimination performance is exhibited by the discrimination unit.

In order to solve the above problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a medium discrimination unit that obtains data related to a medium, and a control unit that stores data related to the medium according to a preset condition in a storage unit, And an automatic transaction apparatus having a condition setting means capable of setting the condition.

The automatic transaction apparatus includes a display unit, and the control unit displays a setting screen for setting the condition as the condition setting unit on the display unit, and the condition can be set from the setting screen. Good.

The data related to the medium may include sensor data detected from the medium by the medium discrimination unit.

The data related to the medium may include a recognition result recognized by the medium discrimination unit from sensor data detected from the medium by the medium discrimination unit.

The condition relates to authenticity, and the control unit, when the authenticity recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition, among the recognition results recognized from the sensor data and sensor data, At least one of them may be stored in the storage unit.

The condition is related to fitness, and the control unit, when the fitness recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition, includes the sensor data and the recognition result recognized from the sensor data. , At least one of them may be stored in the storage unit.

The condition relates to a denomination, and when the denomination recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition, at least one of the recognition results recognized from the sensor data and the sensor data. Either one may be stored in the storage unit.

The condition relates to a type of sensor, and the control unit stores at least one of sensor data detected by a sensor of a type satisfying the condition and a recognition result recognized from the sensor data in the storage unit. You may let them.

The condition relates to a feature point of the medium, and the control unit may cause the storage unit to store a feature point corresponding to the condition among sensor data detected from the medium.

When the data related to the medium stored in the storage unit includes the serial number of the medium, the control unit can select a medium to be excluded or accepted by the serial number, and the control unit can select the medium based on the selected serial number. The determination condition of the medium to be excluded or the reception target may be changed.

The control unit is capable of selecting a medium to be excluded or accepted by the medium discriminating or authenticating determined by the medium discriminating unit, and the exclusion target or the receiving target is selected by the selected harm or true or false. The determination condition of the medium may be changed.

The automatic transaction apparatus may include a communication unit that transmits information regarding the medium to an external server.

The medium discrimination unit may transmit data related to the medium according to the condition to the control unit, and the control unit may receive data related to the medium and store the data related to the medium in the storage unit. .

The medium discrimination unit may transmit data regarding the medium to the control unit, and the control unit may receive data regarding the medium and store data regarding the medium according to the condition in the storage unit. .

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to accumulate data relating to a medium in which various variations are reflected.

It is a figure which shows the internal structural example of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a maintenance menu screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a data collection setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a denomination setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a sensor kind setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of an image area | region setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the feature point setting screen of a banknote. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (first half) of the whole operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (first half) of operation | movement of data collection setting. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (2nd half) of operation | movement of data collection setting. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (the second half) of the whole operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a discrimination setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting screen from acquisition data. It is a figure which shows the example of a data list screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a level setting screen. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (first half) of the operation | movement of discrimination setting. It is a figure which shows the detailed flow of a level setting. It is a flowchart which shows the flow (second half) of the operation | movement of discrimination setting. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal structural example of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal structural example of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement of the server apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

In the present specification and drawings, a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration are distinguished by attaching different numerals after the same reference numerals. Further, similar constituent elements of different embodiments are distinguished by attaching different alphabets after the same reference numerals. However, when there is no need to particularly distinguish each of a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numerals are given.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Internal structure of automatic transaction equipment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment. For example, the automatic transaction apparatus 10A is installed at a financial institution or the like, and performs transactions related to cash such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing with a customer. Although the kind of automatic transaction apparatus 10A is not specifically limited, Typically, automatic transaction apparatus 10A may be an automatic teller machine (ATM: Automated Teller Machine).

As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic transaction apparatus 10A includes a main control unit (control unit) 110, a bill insertion unit 120, a bill receiving unit 125, a temporary storage unit 130, a bill discrimination unit 140, an optical sensor 142-1, and a magnetic sensor. 142-2 and a thickness sensor 142-3. Moreover, 10 A of automatic transaction apparatuses are provided with the conveyance control part 151, the display part 152, the card reader 153, the slip printing part 154, the memory | storage part 155, the banknote conveyance part 156, the cassette 161, and the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 162.

Also, the main control unit 110 and the banknote discrimination unit 140 are connected by a high-speed transmission path 135. For example, the high-speed transmission path 135 may be a transmission path using a LAN (Local Area Network) or a transmission path using a USB (Universal Serial Bus). Hereinafter, the optical sensor 142-1, the magnetic sensor 142-2, and the thickness sensor 142-3 may be collectively referred to as a sensor 142.

The main control unit 110 performs overall control of the entire automatic transaction apparatus 10. The main control unit 110 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111. By reading and executing a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, or the like (not shown), deposit processing and withdrawal are performed. Various processing such as processing is performed.

The banknote insertion part 120 is an insertion slot into which a customer or the like inserts banknotes. You may make it provide the banknote insertion part 120 with the shutter (not shown) which opens and closes an opening part. Moreover, the banknote insertion part 120 has the separation function which isolate | separates and feeds the banknote inserted | stacked by the bundle one by one. On the other hand, the bill receiving unit 125 is a discharge port through which bills received by customers and the like are discharged (withdrawn). The banknote receiving unit 125 has a stacking function for stacking banknotes to be discharged. Note that the bill receiving unit 125 may be provided with a shutter (not shown) for opening and closing the opening.

The temporary storage unit 130 has both functions of separating and accumulating banknotes. For example, the temporary storage unit 130 temporarily accumulates the banknotes separated from the banknote insertion unit 120 during the deposit transaction and identified as normal by the banknote discrimination unit 140. The banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 130 are paid out when a transaction is established, for example, when the account of the deposited banknote is confirmed, and is transported to the cassette 161 through the banknote discrimination unit 140. The temporary storage unit 130 may be an accumulation type that sequentially stacks and accumulates banknotes, or may be a drum type that sequentially winds and stores banknotes.

The banknote discriminating unit 140 discriminates banknotes passing one by one. The traveling direction of the banknotes corresponds to both directions, and the banknote discriminating unit 140 can discriminate the banknotes conveyed from the direction of the banknote inserting unit 120 and the banknotes conveyed from the opposite direction. Specifically, the banknote discriminating unit 140 includes the denomination, authenticity (genuine / fake) of bills conveyed through the conveyance path, correctness (correction / correction), and running state (normal / abnormal). ) And the like, and a normality judgment or a rejection judgment is performed on the passing banknote.

The banknote discriminating unit 140 has a CPU 141, and a discrimination function is realized by the CPU 141 executing a program in which a discrimination algorithm is described. For example, the bill discriminating unit 140 recognizes how many bills overlap based on the sensor data obtained by the thickness sensors 142-3. Further, the banknote discriminating unit 140 determines the denomination, authenticity, correctness (whether it is damaged), etc. of the banknote based on the sensor data obtained by the optical sensor 142-1 and the magnetic sensor 142-2. recognize.

Here, in this specification, a genuine note refers to a ticket that has been identified as a banknote, and a fake ticket refers to a ticket that has not been identified from a banknote. In addition, the correct ticket means a ticket that is identified as being suitable for deposit / withdrawal among banknotes that have been differentiated from a genuine note, and that that is not suitable for deposit / withdrawal among banknotes that have been identified as genuine. A ticket that has been identified. In addition, the rejection determination is performed based on factors such as counterfeit bills, damaged bills (stains, damages, outer shape anomalies, etc.), running abnormalities (skew bills, heavy runs, etc.). Further, the reject banknote may include a type of banknote that cannot be handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 10A, or may include a foreign banknote.

The conveyance control unit 151 controls conveyance of banknotes by the banknote conveyance unit 156. For example, the conveyance control unit 151 controls the conveyance of banknotes by controlling the drive mechanism of the banknote conveyance unit 156. The display unit 152 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for inputting a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated.

The card reader 153 reads customer information (for example, customer account number) from the magnetic card inserted by the customer at the start of transaction processing. The slip printing unit 154 issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. The storage unit 155 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information according to control by the main control unit 110.

The banknote transport unit 156 includes a transport path, a transport roller that transports banknotes, and a drive mechanism that drives the transport rollers, and transports banknotes one by one. For example, the drive mechanism drives the transport roller by rotating a DC servo motor or a pulse motor.

The cassette 161 is a banknote storage unit that can store banknotes for each denomination, and has both functions of stacking and separating banknotes. The cassette 161 may include a plurality of banknote cassettes for the same denomination. Further, the cassette 161 has a structure that can be attached to and detached from the automatic transaction apparatus 10A, and bills can be loaded into the cassette 161 by exchanging them individually.

The reject box 162 has only a stacking function for stacking banknotes. The banknotes (reject banknotes) discriminated as abnormal (rejection determination) by the banknote discrimination unit 140 are accumulated. Reject store 162 also has a structure that can be attached to and detached from automatic transaction apparatus 10 A.

Here, in 1st Embodiment, the banknote discrimination part 140 acquires the data regarding a banknote, and the main control part 110 memorize | stores the data regarding the banknote according to the preset conditions in the memory | storage part 155. FIG. According to such a configuration, it is possible to accumulate data regarding a medium in which various variations are reflected. With this technique, for example, if the discrimination algorithm of the banknote discriminating unit 140 is upgraded based on data relating to banknotes, the banknote discriminating unit 140 exhibits desired discrimination performance.

The data relating to the banknote may include sensor data (for example, a read image of the banknote) detected from the banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 140, or from the sensor data detected from the banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 140. The recognized recognition result (for example, serial number, denomination, true / false, correctness, etc.) may be included. Below, the case where the data regarding a banknote contains both sensor data and a recognition result is mainly demonstrated.

Moreover, the data regarding the banknote according to conditions may be specified by the banknote discrimination part 140, and may be specified by the main control part 110. For example, when the data regarding the banknote according to conditions is specified by the banknote discrimination part 140, the banknote discrimination part 140 transmits the data regarding the medium according to conditions to the main control part 110, and the main control part 110 is related with a banknote. Data is received and data related to the banknote is stored in the storage unit 155.

On the other hand, when the data regarding the banknote according to conditions is specified by the main control part 110, the banknote discrimination part 140 transmits the data regarding a medium to the main control part 110, and the main control part 110 receives the data regarding a banknote. , Data related to banknotes according to the conditions is stored in the storage unit 155. Below, the example regarding the data regarding the banknote according to conditions specified by the banknote discrimination part 140 is mainly demonstrated.

Also, the main control unit 110 sets conditions in advance and causes the storage unit 155 to store data relating to banknotes according to the conditions. For example, the condition setting may be set in advance based on a user operation. More specifically, the main control unit 110 can display a setting screen for setting conditions on the display unit 152 as a condition setting unit, and can set conditions based on user operations from the setting screen. Good. In the present embodiment, conditions for determining data relating to banknotes stored in the storage unit 155 are held by the storage unit 155, but not only the storage unit 155 but also a storage device accessible by the main control unit 110. It suffices if conditions are stored. Various types of conditions are assumed as the types of conditions set by the main control unit 110.

For example, the condition set by the main control unit 110 may be a condition related to the authenticity of a bill. At this time, when the authenticity recognized from the sensor data detected from the banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 140 satisfies the condition, the main control unit 110 at least one of the recognition results recognized from the sensor data and the sensor data. Either of them may be stored in the storage unit 155. According to this structure, it becomes possible to specify the data regarding the banknote accumulate | stored with the conditions regarding the authenticity of a banknote.

Also, the condition set by the main control unit 110 may be a condition related to the correctness of banknotes. At this time, the main control unit 110, at least among the recognition results recognized from the sensor data and the sensor data, when the fitness identified from the read image read from the medium by the banknote discrimination unit 140 satisfies the above condition Either one may be stored in the storage unit 155. According to this structure, it becomes possible to specify the data regarding the banknote accumulate | stored with the conditions regarding the damage of a banknote.

Further, the condition set by the main control unit 110 may be a condition related to a denomination. When the denomination recognized from the sensor data detected from the banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 140 satisfies the condition, the main control unit 110 determines at least one of the sensor data and the recognition result recognized from the sensor data. You may memorize | store in the memory | storage part 155. FIG. According to this structure, it becomes possible to specify the data regarding the banknote accumulate | stored with the conditions regarding the money type of a banknote.

Further, the condition set by the main control unit 110 may be a condition related to the type of sensor (for example, the optical sensor 142-1, the magnetic sensor 142-2, the thickness sensor 142-3, etc.). The main control unit 110 may cause the storage unit 155 to store at least one of sensor data detected by a type of sensor that satisfies the condition and a recognition result recognized from the sensor data. According to such a configuration, it is possible to specify data relating to accumulated banknotes according to conditions relating to the type of sensor.

Further, the condition set by the main control unit 110 may be a condition related to a feature point of a bill (for example, a magnetic thread, a serial number, a watermark, OVI (Optically Variable Inks), etc.). The main control unit 110 may cause the storage unit 155 to store feature points according to conditions among the sensor data detected from the banknotes by the banknote discrimination unit 140. According to this structure, it becomes possible to specify the data regarding the banknote accumulate | stored with the conditions regarding the feature point of a banknote.

In addition, the main control unit 110 displays data related to banknotes stored in the storage unit 155 on the display unit 152 and allows the user to view the data related to banknotes, while identifying the banknotes to be excluded (rejected banknotes to be rejected). It is also possible to designate a banknote transported to the cabinet 162) or a banknote to be received (a banknote determined to be a normal banknote and transported to the cassette 161) by a serial number.

That is, when the data relating to the banknote stored in the storage unit 155 includes the serial number of the medium, the main control unit 110 can select a medium to be excluded or an acceptance target by the serial number, and excludes the selected serial number according to the selected serial number. The determination condition of the target or receiving target medium may be changed. Thereby, the discrimination performance desired by the user is further exhibited.

Or the main control part 110 displays the data regarding the banknote memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 155 on the display part 152, and makes a user browse the data regarding a banknote, and is a discrimination | determination level (for example, normal | positive banknote). It is also possible to make it possible to specify by a loss level, a truth level, etc. In other words, the main control unit 110 can select a medium to be excluded or accepted based on whether the banknote is identified by the banknote discriminating unit 140 based on whether the banknote is correct or false, and can be excluded or accepted based on the selected damage or authenticity. The determination condition of the medium may be changed. Thereby, the discrimination performance desired by the user is further exhibited.

[1-2. Operation of automatic transaction equipment]
Then, operation | movement of 10 A of automatic transaction apparatuses which concern on 1st Embodiment is demonstrated. The user can maintain the automatic transaction apparatus 10 A while using the maintenance menu screen displayed by the display unit 152. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a maintenance menu screen. As described later, the settings for maintenance include setting of data collected from the banknote discrimination unit 140 (data collection setting) and setting of discrimination by the banknote discrimination unit 140 (discrimination setting). 3 to 7 are screens used in data collection settings.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data collection setting screen. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a denomination setting screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sensor type setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image area setting screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bill feature point setting screen. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an overall operation flow (first half) of the automatic transaction apparatus 10A according to the first embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 8, the main control unit 110 displays a maintenance menu screen G10 on the display unit 152 (step S100).

As shown in FIG. 2, the maintenance menu screen G10 includes a “data collection setting button G11”, a “differentiation setting button G12”, and an “end button G13”. When data collection setting button G11 is selected (“data collection setting” in step S110), data collection setting is executed (step S120), and the operation proceeds to step S110. On the other hand, when the discrimination setting button G12 is selected (“differentiation setting” in step S110), the discrimination setting is executed (step S130), and the operation proceeds to step S110.

If the end button G13 is selected (“end” in step S110), the maintenance menu screen in FIG. 2 is ended, and the automatic transaction apparatus 10A performs an operation of returning to normal operation. And the banknote discrimination part 140 discriminate | determines a banknote according to the discrimination setting in step S130 regarding transaction with the user who uses 10 A of automatic transaction apparatuses, and data according to the conditions set in the data collection setting in step S120. Collect and transmit the collected data to the main control unit 110. Hereinafter, the data collection setting (step S120) will be described in detail.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of data collection setting operation (first half). As shown in FIG. 9, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition from the maintenance menu screen G10 to the data collection setting screen G20 (FIG. 3) (step S201). The data collection setting screen G20 includes an “acquire all button G21”, an “acquire only genuine ticket button G22”, an “acquire only counterfeit ticket button G23”, a “do not acquire button G24”, and a “back button G25”. ing.

Here, when the “back button G25” is selected by the user (“back” in step S202), the screen transitions to the maintenance menu screen G10 (FIG. 2) (step S213), and step S110 ( The operation is shifted to FIG. Further, when the “not-acquired button G24” is selected by the user (“not-acquired” in step S202), “not-acquired” is set as the target ticket type (step S206), and is set in the data collection setting. The conditions stored by the storage unit 155 are updated under the conditions, and the data collection setting is terminated (FIG. 10). Here, the target ticket type indicates a condition regarding the authenticity of the banknote as a condition of data regarding the banknote transmitted from the banknote discrimination unit 140 to the main control unit 110.

In addition, when the “all acquisition button G21” is selected by the user (“acquire all” in step S202), the main control unit 110 sets “acquire all” as the target ticket type (step S203). The operation is shifted to step S207.

When the user selects the “acquire only counterfeit ticket G23” (“acquire only counterfeit ticket” in step S202), the main control unit 110 sets “acquire only counterfeit ticket” as the target ticket type ( The operation is shifted to step S204) and step S207. The main control unit 110 sets “acquire only counterfeit ticket” to the target ticket type when “acquire only authentic ticket G22” is selected by the user (“acquire only counterfeit ticket” in step S202) ( In step S205), the operation is shifted to step S207.

Subsequently, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition to the denomination setting screen G30 (FIG. 4) (step S207). As shown in FIG. 4, the denomination setting screen G30 includes an “acquire all button G31”, “10,000 yen button G32”, “5,000 yen button G33”, “2,000 yen button G34”, “1,000 yen button. G35 "," Next button G36 "and" Back button G37 "are included. The user selects the “back button G37” or the “next button G36” after selecting the denomination.

The main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S201 when the “backward button G37” is selected (“backward” in step S208). On the other hand, when the “next button G36” is selected (“next” in step S208), the main control unit 110 sets the selected denomination as the target denomination (step S209). ), The operation is shifted to step S210. The target denomination indicates a condition related to the denomination of the banknote as a condition of data related to the banknote transmitted from the banknote discrimination unit 140 to the main control unit 110.

Subsequently, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition to the sensor type setting screen G40 (FIG. 5) (step S209). As shown in FIG. 5, the sensor type setting screen G40 includes “optical sensor button G41”, “magnetic sensor button G42”, “thickness sensor button G43”, “next button G44”, and “back button G45”. Is included. The user selects the “back button G45” or the “next button G44” after selecting the denomination.

When the “backward button G45” is selected (“backward” in step S211), the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S207. On the other hand, when the “next button G44” is selected (“next” in step S211), the main control unit 110 sets the selected sensor as the target sensor (step S212). The operation is shifted to step S301 (FIG. 10). The target sensor indicates a condition related to a sensor that detects a banknote as a condition of data related to the banknote transmitted from the banknote identification unit 140 to the main control unit 110.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation flow (second half) of data collection setting. As shown in FIG. 10, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition on the image region setting screen G50 (FIG. 6) (step S301). The image area setting screen G50 includes an “entire image button G51”, a “partial image button G52”, and a “back button G53”.

Here, when the “back button G53” is selected by the user (“back” in step S302), the operation is shifted to step S210. When the “whole image button G51” is selected by the user (“whole image” in step S302), the main control unit 110 sets the whole image as a target image (step S303) and sets in the data collection setting. The condition stored by the storage unit 155 is updated with the set condition, and the data collection setting is terminated. The target image indicates the condition regarding the image read from the banknote as the condition of the data regarding the banknote transmitted from the banknote discriminating unit 140 to the main control unit 110.

On the other hand, when the “partial image button G52” is selected by the user (“partial image” in step S302), the main control unit 110 changes the screen to the feature point setting screen G60 (FIG. 7). This is performed (step S304). The feature point setting screen G60 includes a “magnetic thread button G61”, a “serial number button G62”, a “watermark button G63”, an “OVI button G64”, and a “back button G65”.

Here, when the “back button G65” is selected by the user (“back” in step S305), the operation is shifted to step S301. When the “magnetic thread button G61” is selected by the user (“magnetic thread” in step S305), the main control unit 110 sets the magnetic thread as a target feature point (step S306), and sets the data collection setting. The conditions stored in the storage unit 155 are updated with the set conditions, and the data collection setting is terminated. The target feature point indicates a condition regarding an area of an image read from a banknote as a condition of data regarding the banknote transmitted from the banknote identification unit 140 to the main control unit 110.

When the “serial number button G62” is selected by the user (“serial number” in step S305), the main control unit 110 sets the serial number as a target feature point (step S307) and sets the data collection setting. The conditions stored in the storage unit 155 are updated with the set conditions, and the data collection setting is terminated. When the “watermark button G63” is selected by the user (“watermark” in step S305), the main control unit 110 sets the watermark as a target feature point (step S308) and is set in the data collection setting. The condition stored by the storage unit 155 is updated under the condition, and the data collection setting is terminated. When the “OVI button G64” is selected by the user (“OVI” in step S305), the main control unit 110 sets the OVI as a target feature point (step S309) and is set in the data collection setting. The condition stored by the storage unit 155 is updated under the condition, and the data collection setting is terminated.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an overall operation flow (second half) of the automatic transaction apparatus 10A according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, the main control unit 110 displays a transaction selection screen on the display unit 152 (step S401). When a transaction is not selected by the customer on the transaction selection screen (“No” in step S402), the operation is shifted to step S402. On the other hand, when a transaction is selected by the customer on the transaction selection screen (“Yes” in step S402), main controller 110 executes the selected transaction (step S403) and shifts the operation to step S404. .

Subsequently, when continuing the transaction (“No” in step S404), the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S402. On the other hand, when ending the transaction (“Yes” in step S404), the main control unit 110 ends the transaction.

Subsequently, when data (data related to banknotes) is not transmitted from the banknote discrimination unit 140 (“No” in step S405), the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S401. On the other hand, when data (data related to banknotes) is transmitted from the banknote discriminating unit 140 (“Yes” in step S405), the main control unit 110 receives data (data related to banknotes) (step S406) and receives the received data. Is stored in the storage unit 155 (step S407).

Subsequently, the discrimination setting (step S130) will be described in detail. 12 to 15 are screens used in the discrimination setting. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the discrimination setting screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen from acquired data. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data list screen. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a level setting screen. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the discrimination setting operation (first half).

As shown in FIG. 16, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition from the maintenance menu screen G10 to the discrimination setting screen G70 (step S501). The discrimination setting screen G70 includes a “level setting button G71”, a “set from acquisition data button G72”, a “serial number setting button G73”, and a “back button G74”.

Here, when the user selects the “back button G74” (“back” in step S502), the main control unit 110 transitions to the maintenance menu screen G10 (FIG. 2) (step 2). S512), the operation is shifted to step S110 (FIG. 8). In addition, when the “level setting button G71” is selected by the user (“level setting” in step S502), the main control unit 110 determines the discrimination level (for example, the harm level, the authenticity level) based on the user operation. Level etc.) is set (step S503), and the discrimination setting is terminated.

In addition, when the “serial number setting button G73” is selected by the user (“serial number setting” in step S502), the main control unit 110 rejects banknotes (or acceptance target banknotes) based on the user's operation. Is set (step S504), and the discrimination setting is completed. When the user selects the “set from acquisition data button G72” by the user (“set from acquisition data” in step S502), the main control unit 110 reads from the discrimination setting screen G70 to the “set screen from acquisition data G80” (FIG. The screen transition is performed in step 13) (step S505).

As shown in FIG. 13, the setting screen G80 from the acquired data includes an image G81 that is read from the banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 140 and transmitted to the main control unit 110. The image G81 may be the entire image when the entire image is set on the image region setting screen G50 (FIG. 6), and may be a part of the image when a part of the image is set. It's okay. In addition, on the setting screen G80 from the acquired data, the “previous data button G82”, “next data button G83”, “data list button G84”, “back surface switching button G85”, “level setting button G86”, “recording” are displayed. Number setting button G87 "and" Back button G88 "are included.

Here, when the user selects the “back button G88” (“back” in step S506), the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S501. When “previous data button G82” is selected by the user (“previous data” in step S506), main controller 110 displays the previous data (step S507), and the operation proceeds to step S506. Let

On the other hand, when “next data button G83” is selected by the user (“next data” in step S506), the main control unit 110 displays the next data (step S508), and the operation proceeds to step S506. To migrate.

When the user selects the “back side switching button G85” (“back side switching” in step S506), the main control unit 110 displays the back side data of the image G81 (step S509), and proceeds to step S506. Let

Further, when the user finds a banknote to be excluded while viewing the image G81 and wants to exclude the banknote by specifying the serial number, the user selects the “serial number setting button G87”. When the “serial number setting button G87” is selected by the user (“serial number setting” in step S506), the main control unit 110 uses the serial number recognized from the banknote as the serial number of the banknote to be excluded. It registers in the banknote discrimination part 140 (step S511), and ends discrimination setting. Thereafter, when the banknote discriminating unit 140 detects a banknote having the same serial number as that of the registered banknote to be excluded, the banknote discrimination unit 140 can exclude the banknote.

In addition, when the user finds a banknote to be excluded while browsing the image G81 and wants to exclude the banknote by changing the determination level (at least one of the damage level and the true / false level). , “Level setting button G86” is selected. When the “level setting button G86” is selected by the user, the main control unit 110 performs level setting (step S510). FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of level setting. As shown in FIG. 17, when the screen changes to the level setting screen G100 (step S606), the main control unit 110 determines the action by the user (step S607), and when the button G131 for returning the setting is selected ( In step S607, “return the setting”), the discrimination level setting is restored (step S608), and the level setting ends. On the other hand, when the button G132 to be set is selected (“set” in step S607), the main control unit 110 sets a discrimination level based on the selected harm and true / false (step S609). Finish the setting. When the level setting screen G100 (FIG. 15) is displayed, the main control unit 110 reads information on the banknote received from the banknote discrimination unit 140 and the discrimination algorithm from the storage unit 155, and calculates a discrimination level in the discrimination algorithm. A discrimination level for eliminating the banknote is calculated.

Then, the main control unit 110 may display the calculated discrimination level on the level setting screen G100 (step S606). In FIG. 15, as the calculated discrimination levels, damage levels 1 (exclusion rate X1%) to 5 (exclusion rate X5%), truth levels 1 (exclusion rate Y1%) to 5 (exclusion rate Y5%) are displayed. Has been. That is, the level setting screen G100 includes “correction level 1 button G111” to “correction level 5 button G115”, and “true / false level 1 button G121” to “true / false level 5 button G125”. include. The rejection ratios X1% to X5% and Y1% to Y5% respectively indicate the ratios at which banknotes having the same degree of damage and authenticity as the banknotes in the image G81 shown in FIG. In the case of level 5, the rejection rate is the highest, and as the level decreases, the rejection rate decreases. The user sets an appropriate level by looking at this rejection rate and sets the rejection rate. For example, when the banknote of the image G81 shown in FIG. 13 is to be excluded, the damage level is set high, and when it is desired to be received, the damage level is set low. When the user selects the discrimination level and selects “button G132 to be set” (“set” in step S607), the discrimination level is changed to that discrimination level (step S510). When a banknote of a discrimination level is detected, it becomes possible to exclude the banknote.

Note that the user may select the “level setting button G86” when he / she finds a banknote to be accepted while viewing the image G81 and wants to accept the banknote by changing the discrimination level. When the “level setting button G86” is selected by the user, the main control unit 110 displays the level setting screen G100 (FIG. 15). By changing the discrimination level on the level setting screen G100, the banknote discriminating unit 140 can subsequently accept the banknote when detecting the banknote at the discrimination level. When the “return setting button G131” is selected, the discrimination level setting is restored.

When the step S510 is finished, the discrimination setting is finished. When “data list button G84” is selected by the user (“data list” in step S506), main controller 110 shifts the operation to step S601 (FIG. 18).

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation flow (second half) of discrimination setting. As illustrated in FIG. 18, the main control unit 110 performs screen transition on the data list screen G90 (step S601). Subsequently, on the data list screen G90, data (serial number, denomination, discrimination result) and transmission date related to banknotes transmitted from the banknote discrimination unit 140 to the main control unit 110 and stored in the storage unit 155 are displayed. ing. The data list screen G90 includes a “previous list button G91”, a “next list button G92”, and a “back button G93”.

When the user selects the “back button G93”, the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S505 (FIG. 16). When the user selects the “previous list button G91”, the main control unit 110 displays the previous data list (step S603) and shifts the operation to step S602. When “next list button G92” is selected by the user, main controller 110 displays the next data list (step S604), and shifts the operation to step S602. When the serial number of the data list screen G90 is selected by the user, the main control unit 110 shifts the operation to step S505 and shifts the screen from “acquired data to the setting screen G80” (FIG. 13). At this time, the image of the banknote with the serial number selected by the user is displayed on the image 81 of the setting screen G80 from the acquired data.

[2. Second Embodiment]
[2-1. System configuration]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. The second embodiment assumes a system in which a plurality of automatic transaction apparatuses and server apparatuses are connected to a network. The number of automatic transaction apparatuses is not particularly limited as long as it is plural. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, the automatic transaction apparatus 10B-1 and the automatic transaction apparatus 10B-2 are connected to a network 30. The server device 20 is also connected to the network 30.

[2-2. Internal structure of automatic transaction equipment]
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of an automatic transaction apparatus 10B according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 20, the automatic transaction apparatus 10 B according to the second embodiment includes a communication unit 157 that communicates with the server apparatus 20 via a network 30. More specifically, the communication unit 157 transmits information regarding the banknote received from the banknote discrimination unit 140 to the server device 20 via the network 30. About another structure, since it is the same as that of the structure with which 10 A of automatic transaction apparatuses which concern on 1st Embodiment are provided, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

[2-3. Operation of automatic transaction equipment]
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a flow of operations of the automatic transaction apparatus 10B according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 21, the main control unit 110 receives data (data related to banknotes) from the banknote discrimination unit 140 (step S406), stores the received data in the storage unit 155 (step S407), and then receives the data. The data (data relating to banknotes) is transmitted to the server device 20 (step S408). About other operation | movement, it is the same as that of the whole operation | movement of 10 A of automatic transaction apparatuses shown in FIG.

[2-4. Internal configuration of server device]
FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the server device 20. As illustrated in FIG. 22, the server device 20 includes a storage unit 210, a processing unit 220, and a communication unit 230. The storage unit 210 stores a program for causing a computer to function as the server device 20. The storage unit 210 has a function of temporarily storing data in the arithmetic processing of the processing unit 220.

The processing unit 220 is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the function is realized by executing a program stored in the storage unit 210. The communication unit 230 is a communication interface for communicating with the server device 20 via the network 30.

Specifically, when the communication unit 230 receives information about the medium from each of the automatic transaction device 10B-1 and the automatic transaction device 10B-2 by the communication unit 230, the processing unit 220 analyzes the information about these media. For example, the processing unit 220 has an automatic transaction apparatus 10B with a low conveyance rate (rejection rate) of banknotes to the reject box based on information about the medium received from each of the automatic transaction apparatus 10B-1 and the automatic transaction apparatus 10B-2. It can be estimated that there is a possibility that the sensor of the automatic transaction apparatus 10B is not operating normally.

[2-4. Server device operation]
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the server device 20 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 23, when data (data related to banknotes) is not transmitted from the automatic transaction apparatus 10 B (“No” in step S 701), the communication unit 230 shifts the operation to step S 705. On the other hand, when data (data related to banknotes) is transmitted from the automatic transaction apparatus 10B (“Yes” in step S701), the communication unit 230 receives the data (data related to banknotes) (step S702), and the processing unit 220 performs processing. The received data (data relating to banknotes) is analyzed (step S703).

Subsequently, the communication unit 230 outputs the analysis result (step S704). The output destination of the analysis result is not particularly limited, but may be the automatic transaction apparatus 10B. When the operation is continued (“No” in step S705), the processing unit 220 shifts the operation to step S701. On the other hand, when the operation is finished (“Yes” in step S705), the processing unit 220 finishes the operation.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above, banknotes are taken up as examples of media handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 10. However, the medium handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 10 is not limited to bills. For example, the medium handled by the automatic transaction apparatus 10 may be a coin or another medium. In the above description, the Japanese currency (yen) is used as the currency of the banknote. However, the currency of the banknote is not limited to the Japanese currency. For example, the currency of the banknote may be a US currency (US dollar).

10 (10A, 10B) Automatic transaction apparatus 110 Main control unit 120 Banknote insertion unit 125 Banknote receiving unit 130 Temporary holding unit 135 High-speed transmission path 140 Banknote discrimination unit 142-1 Optical sensor 142-2 Magnetic sensor 142-3 Thickness sensor 151 Conveyance Control unit 152 Display unit 153 Card reader 154 Voucher printing unit 155 Storage unit 156 Banknote transport unit 157 Communication unit 161 Cassette 162 Reject box 20 Server device 210 Storage unit 220 Processing unit 230 Communication unit 30 Network

Claims

A medium discrimination section for obtaining data on the medium;
A control unit that stores data related to the medium in accordance with a preset condition in a storage unit,
The control unit includes condition setting means capable of setting the condition.
Automatic transaction device.
The automatic transaction apparatus has a display unit,
The control unit displays a setting screen for setting the condition as the condition setting unit on the display unit, and the condition can be set from the setting screen.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The data relating to the medium includes sensor data detected from the medium by the medium discrimination unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The data relating to the medium includes a recognition result recognized by the medium discrimination unit from sensor data detected from the medium by the medium discrimination unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
Said condition is true or false,
The control unit is configured to store at least one of the sensor data and a recognition result recognized from the sensor data when the authenticity recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition. To remember,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The above conditions are related to damage
The controller stores at least one of the sensor data and a recognition result recognized from the sensor data when the fitness recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition. Store it in the department,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The above conditions are related to denominations.
When the denomination recognized from the sensor data detected from the medium satisfies the condition, the control unit stores at least one of the sensor data and the recognition result recognized from the sensor data in the storage unit. Remember,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The condition relates to the type of sensor,
The control unit causes the storage unit to store at least one of sensor data detected by a sensor of a type satisfying the condition and a recognition result recognized from the sensor data.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The condition relates to the feature point of the medium.
The control unit causes the storage unit to store a feature point corresponding to the condition among sensor data detected from the medium.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
When the data related to the medium stored in the storage unit includes a serial number of the medium, the control unit selects a medium to be excluded or accepted by the serial number and selects the medium based on the selected serial number. Changing the criteria for exclusion or acceptance of the medium;
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The control unit is capable of selecting a medium to be excluded or accepted by the medium discriminating or authenticating determined by the medium discriminating unit, and the exclusion target or the receiving target is selected by the selected harm or true or false. Change the criteria for the media,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The automatic transaction apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits information on the medium to an external server,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The medium discrimination unit transmits data regarding the medium according to the condition to the control unit,
The control unit receives data on the medium and stores the data on the medium in the storage unit;
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.
The medium discrimination unit transmits data related to the medium to the control unit,
The control unit receives data on the medium, and stores data on the medium according to the condition in the storage unit.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.