JP5630521B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution, and more particularly, to a method for examining a stored cash.

The conventional automatic transaction apparatus has a thousand ticket storage box for storing a thousand bills as banknotes, a ten thousand ticket storage box for storing ten thousand tickets, a deposit box for depositing a thousand ticket of a full thousand ticket storage box, and a band seal It is provided with a banded thousand ticket storage box for storing a thousand ticket, a banded banknote storage box for storing a banded ten thousand ticket, and a lossy ticket storing unit for storing a damaged ticket (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-60-241159

However, in the above-described conventional technology, when the work in the financial institution is finished and the banknotes are collected in order to examine the banknotes in the automatic transaction apparatus, the clerk takes the banknotes stored in the respective storage boxes. Since the bills are taken out and counted, there is a problem that an artificial mistake such as a counting mistake of an attendant may occur, and it takes time to count the bills, and it takes time to examine the bills.
An object of the present invention is to provide means for solving the above problems.

For this reason, the present invention has an automatic transaction that has a first storage for storing the deposited money and the money to be withdrawn for each denomination, and a discrimination unit for discriminating money, and automatically conducts transactions with customers. An apparatus is provided with a second storage for storing the money of the first storage for each denomination, and a reject money storage, and both the first storage and the second storage are The device is detachable with respect to the device, and money is moved between the first storage and the second storage that are detachable with respect to the device. Recognizing the seed, storing the money discriminated from the correct bill in the first or second storage, counting the number of denominations of the money stored in the first or second storage, and rejecting the money discrimination was money and, depending on the positional relationship between the first repository and said second repository Then stored conveyed directly to the reject money storage portion, or after a temporary accumulation, wherein the housing is conveyed to the reject money compartment.

In this way, the present invention moves between the first storage and the second storage which are detachable from the apparatus, and determines the number of coins stored in the first storage and the second storage. Since all are counted, there is an effect that it is possible to eliminate human error such as wrong counting of money by the clerk and to save the labor of counting money for the clerk, thereby improving work efficiency.

Explanatory drawing which shows the automatic transaction apparatus of Example 1. The block diagram which shows the automatic transaction apparatus of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows the mode of conveyance of the banknote accompanying the counting operation | movement of the loaded banknote. Explanatory drawing showing a loading slip Explanatory drawing which shows the mode of conveyance of the banknote accompanying the count operation | movement of the banknote in banknote collection | recovery Explanatory drawing showing the collection slip

  Embodiments of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 1, 1 is an automatic transaction apparatus.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a banknote receiving unit, which has a storage space for accumulating and storing banknotes, and a bill press 2a movable in the left-right direction in FIG. 1 in the storage space, and a part in the storage space. A feeding roller 2b that protrudes is provided.

The space between the bill press 2a and the feeding roller 2b, that is, the space on the left side of the bill press 2a in FIG. 1, stores bills inserted from the bill insertion slot of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and provides customers with withdrawal transaction processing. It becomes a storage space for storing banknotes to be paid out.
Moreover, the space on the right side of the bill press 2a in FIG. 1 functions as a banknote return unit 6 that accumulates rejected banknotes identified by the banknote discriminating unit 5 as counterfeits or denominations of banknotes inserted by the customer. .
The banknote receiving unit 2 includes a separation mechanism including a bill press 2a and a feeding roller 2b, and presses a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion port of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 against the feeding roller 2b by the bill press 2a. By rotating 2b, it has a function of paying out banknotes to the transport path 3.

3 is a conveyance path, and the banknotes drawn out from the banknote receiving unit 2 extend so as to reach each part of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and a plurality of blades are provided in the middle and moved by moving the blades. Will be switched.
In addition, a plurality of detection sensors 4 such as optical sensors are provided at various locations on the transport path 3, and in addition to detecting bills transported by the detection sensors 4, transport errors such as double feed and transport jam are detected.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a bill discriminating unit, which has a function of discriminating the authenticity, correctness, denomination, etc. of the bills being conveyed and counting the number of discriminated bills.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a temporary holding unit, which is discriminated from a regular bill by the bill discriminating unit 5 and accumulates the counted bills and temporarily holds them. In addition, a feeding means for feeding the temporarily held banknotes to the transport path 3 is provided.
Reference numerals 8 and 9 denote a plurality of banknote storages that are detachable from the housing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and in the present embodiment, the storages 8a, 8b, 9a, which are composed of four parts 8a, 8b, 9a, and 9b, 9b has the same shape, but for convenience of explanation of operations, 8 is a loaded banknote storage unit (8a, 8b is a loaded banknote storage), 9 is a denomination banknote storage unit (9a, 9b is a denomination banknote) This will be described below as “storage”.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a loaded banknote storage unit, which is composed of a loaded banknote storage (second storage) 8a, 8b that can be detached from the housing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and is in charge by removing the loaded banknote storage 8a, 8b. The bills can be loaded into the bill storage bin 8a, and the bill bill storage bin 8b can store a fixed number of 10,000 bills.
The loaded banknote storages 8 a and 8 b include feeding means for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport path 3.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a denomination banknote storage unit, which is composed of denomination storage boxes (first storage boxes) 9a and 9b that are detachable from the housing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and are stored in the loaded banknote storage boxes 8a and 8b. Among banknotes, banknotes whose denominations are determined by the banknote discriminating unit 5 are stored, banknotes inserted by customers in deposit transaction processing are stored, and banknotes for withdrawal to customers in withdrawal transactions are stored. To do.
The denomination storage 9a stores a thousand yen bill, and the denomination storage 9b stores a 10,000 yen bill.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a reject banknote storage unit (reject currency storage unit), which is transferred from the loaded banknote storage 8a, 8b to the denomination storage 9a, 9b, from the denomination storage 9a, 9b to the loaded banknote storage 8a, Among banknotes transferred to 8b and banknotes withdrawn from denomination storages 9a and 9b, banknotes discriminated from reject banknotes (for example, multi-feed banknotes, etc.) by the banknote discriminating unit 5 are stored.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote stacking unit that is forgotten to be removed. In the banknotes stacked in the banknote receiving unit 2 to be paid out to a customer in a withdrawal transaction process, the banknotes are forgotten by the customer and are forgotten. Accumulate banknotes.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a non-contained ticket storage unit, which is inserted by a customer in a deposit transaction process and has been able to identify a denomination by the banknote discriminating unit 5. In addition, it stores 5,000 yen bills inserted in the deposit transaction process.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment.
A control unit 13 controls each unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to a control program stored in the storage unit 14 and performs various processes.
Reference numeral 14 denotes a storage unit that stores the control program and the processing result of the control unit 13.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an attendant display operation unit, which is composed of a display screen such as an LCD and an operation unit such as a touch panel arranged on the surface thereof, and performs processing such as bill loading and collection on the automatic transaction apparatus 1 by an attendant of a financial institution. An operation screen for execution is displayed, and information defined in the key pressed on the operation screen is received.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a printing unit, which prints a loading slip printed with the number of banknotes denominated by replenishment of banknotes, etc., and collects the number of banknotes denominated when the banknotes are collected by scrutiny, etc. Etc., and a function for issuing a printed loading slip or collection slip.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
First, an operation when a bill is loaded in the automatic transaction apparatus 1 will be described.
Here, it is assumed that no bills are stored in the automatic transaction apparatus 1.
A clerk who loads a bill into the automatic transaction apparatus 1 performs an input operation for bill loading processing by the clerk display operation unit 15.

The control unit 13 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 displays a screen prompting the clerk display operation unit 15 to load the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b.
In order to load banknotes into the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b according to the displayed screen, the clerk withdraws the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b to the outside, and automatically loads the banknotes into the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b. It returns to the inside of the transaction apparatus 1 and inputs that the loading of bills is completed.
The control unit 13 starts counting the banknotes stored in the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b.

Here, FIG. 3 is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of conveyance of the banknote accompanying the counting operation | movement of the loaded banknote, (a) shows the conveyance path | route of the banknote accommodated in the loading banknote storage 8a, (b). Indicates a conveyance path of banknotes stored in the loaded banknote storage 8b.
In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the reject banknote is represented as RJ.

When performing the counting operation of the banknotes in the loaded banknote storage 8a, the control unit 13 separates the banknotes stored in the loaded banknote storage 8a one by one by the feeding means and feeds them to the transport path 3.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the control unit 13 conveys the banknotes fed out to the transport path 3 to the banknote discrimination unit 5, performs banknote discrimination by the banknote discrimination unit 5, and discriminates the denomination from the discrimination result. Then, the banknote confirmed to be a genuine note is conveyed and stored in the denomination storage 9a.

On the other hand, the control part 13 conveys and stores the banknote (reject banknote) which could not be discriminated from the correct bill by the banknote discrimination part 5 in the reject banknote storage part 10 as shown in FIG.
Moreover, when performing the count operation | movement of the banknote in the loading banknote storage 8b, the control part 13 isolate | separates the banknote accommodated in the loading banknote storage 8b one by one with the delivery means, and feeds it to the conveyance path 3.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the control unit 13 conveys the banknotes fed to the conveyance path 3 to the banknote discrimination unit 5, performs banknote discrimination at the banknote discrimination unit 5, and discriminates the denomination from the discrimination result. Then, the banknote confirmed to be a genuine ticket is conveyed and stored in the denomination storage 9b.

On the other hand, the control unit 13 conveys and stores the banknotes (reject banknotes) that could not be distinguished from the correct bills by the banknote discrimination unit 5 to the reject banknote storage unit 10 as shown in FIG.
Here, the control unit 13 counts the number of each banknote denominated by the banknote discrimination unit 5 and stores the counted number of banknotes by denomination in the storage unit 14 as the number of denominations loaded. At the same time, the number of reject banknotes is counted for each denomination and stored in the storage unit 14 as the number of rejects by denomination.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a loading slip.
In FIG. 4, the reject banknote is represented as RJ.
The control unit 13 reads the number of denominations loaded and the number of denominations stored in the storage unit 14, and the banknotes stored in the denomination storages 9a and 9b as shown in FIG. Is printed, and a loading slip printed with the number of rejects by denomination is issued by the printing unit 16, and the counting of the loaded banknotes is completed.

For example, if there are 498 thousand yen bills, 499 10,000 yen bills, 2 thousand yen bill reject banknotes, and 10,000 yen bill reject banknotes The number of those banknotes and the number of rejected banknotes are printed on the loading slip.
Note that the banknotes stored in the reject banknote storage unit 10 are taken out and counted by an attendant, and returned as, for example, an indeterminate banknote to the bank at a financial institution. In this state, it becomes operational.

Next, the operation | movement when collect | recovering banknotes from the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is demonstrated with completion | finish of the operation time of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. FIG.
When collecting banknotes stored in the automatic transaction apparatus 1, the clerk performs an input operation for collecting banknotes at the clerk display operation unit 15.
The control unit 13 starts counting the banknotes stored in the denomination storages 9a and 9b.

  Here, FIG. 5 is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of conveyance of the banknote accompanying the counting operation | movement of the banknote in banknote collection | recovery, (a) shows the conveyance path | route of the banknote accommodated in the money-type storage 9a, (b) Indicates a transport path of banknotes stored in the denomination storage unit 9b, and (c) indicates a transport path after the reject banknotes accumulated in the banknote receiving unit are again fed out to the transport path. In FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, the reject banknote is represented as RJ.

First, when counting the banknotes in the denomination storage 9a, the control unit 13 separates the banknotes in the denomination storage 9a one by one by the feeding means provided in the denomination storage 9a and feeds them to the transport path 3. To go.
As shown in FIG. 5A, the control unit 13 sequentially conveys the banknotes fed out to the conveyance path 3 to the banknote discrimination unit 5, performs banknote discrimination by the banknote discrimination unit 5, and is a correct ticket from the discrimination result. The confirmed banknote is conveyed and stored in the loaded banknote storage 8a.

On the other hand, the control part 13 conveys to the banknote acceptance part 2 as shown in FIG. 5A about the banknote (reject banknote) which could not be discriminated from the correct bill by the banknote discrimination part 5, and thereby the banknote acceptance part 2 To accumulate in
At this time, the bill press 2a is moved to the right side in the banknote receiving unit 2 as shown in FIG. 5A, so that the rejected banknotes conveyed are accumulated on the left side of the bill press 2a.
Further, when counting the banknotes in the denomination storage 9b, the control unit 13 separates the banknotes in the denomination storage 9b one by one by the feeding means provided in the denomination storage 9b and feeds them to the transport path 3. To go.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the control unit 13 sequentially conveys the banknotes fed out to the conveyance path 3 to the banknote discrimination unit 5, performs banknote discrimination in the banknote discrimination unit 5, and is a correct ticket from the discrimination result. The confirmed banknote is conveyed and stored in the loaded banknote storage 8b.
On the other hand, about the banknote (reject banknote) which could not be discriminated from the correct bill by the banknote discrimination part 5, the control part 13 conveys to the banknote acceptance part 2 as shown in FIG. Try to accumulate.
At this time, the bill press 2a is moved to the right side in the banknote receiving unit 2 as shown in FIG. 5B, so that the rejected banknotes conveyed are accumulated on the left side of the bill press 2a.

Here, the control unit 13 counts the number of each banknote denominated by the banknote discrimination unit 5 and stores the counted number of banknotes by denomination in the storage unit 14 as the total number of denominations. At the same time, the number of banknotes identified as reject banknotes is counted for each denomination and stored in the storage unit 14 as the number of reject banknotes.
As shown in FIG. 5C, the control unit 13 moves the bill press 2a toward the feeding roller 2b, presses the accumulated reject banknotes against the feeding roller 2b, and rotates the feeding roller 2b. The reject banknotes accumulated in the banknote receiving unit 2 are fed out again to the transport path 3 and are transported and stored in the reject banknote storage unit 10.

Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the collection slip.
In FIG. 6, the reject banknote is represented as RJ.
The control unit 13 reads the total number of denominations and the number of rejected banknotes from the storage unit 14, issues a collection slip printed with the total number of denominations and the number of rejected banknotes as shown in FIG. The counting of the bills completed is finished.
For example, if there are 223 thousand yen bills, 726 10,000 yen bills, 3 thousand yen bill rejected bills, and 10,000 yen bill rejected bills The number of those banknotes and the number of rejected banknotes are printed on the collection slip.

The clerk collects the banknotes from the loaded banknote storages 8a and 8b, collects the reject banknotes from the reject banknote storage unit 10, and compares the number of rejected banknotes with the number of reject banknotes printed on the printing slip. Then, the match is confirmed, and the total amount of rejected banknotes is calculated.
The clerk operates the clerk display operation unit 15 of the automatic transaction apparatus to output and obtain the total amount of the withdrawal amount and the deposit amount based on the transaction history, Whether the sum of the sum of the deposit amount and the sum of the sum of the sum of the sum of the sum of the deposit amount and the sum of the sum of the deposit amount and the sum of the total amount of the non-performing tickets is the same as the sum of the sum of the amount of money. By confirming, the banknotes are verified and the banknotes are scrutinized.

As described above, in this embodiment, the number of bills loaded and the number of bills collected at the time of bill loading and collection are counted, and the loading slip and the collection slip on which the counted number of bills is printed are issued. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate human error such as counting mistakes of banknotes by a staff member, shorten time required for detailed examination, and improve business efficiency.
In addition, in the said Example, although the case where the banknote was counted was demonstrated to the example, even if it applies to the apparatus which counts not only this but a coin, the same effect can be acquired.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Banknote acceptance part 2a Bill press 2b Feeding roller 3 Conveyance path 4 Detection sensor 5 Banknote discrimination part 6 Banknote return part 7 Temporary holding part 8 Loading banknote storage part 8a, 8b Loading banknote storage part 9 Denomination banknote storage part 9a, 9b Money storage by denomination 10 Rejected banknote storage unit 11 Forgotten banknote stacking unit 12 Damaged bill storage unit 13 Control unit 14 Storage unit 15 Personnel display operation unit 16 Printing unit

Claims (3)

An automatic transaction apparatus that has a first storage for storing money deposited and withdrawn for each denomination, and a discrimination unit that identifies money, and automatically conducts transactions with customers.
A second storage for storing the money of the first storage for each denomination and a reject money storage unit are provided, and both the first storage and the second storage are connected to the device. Removable,
It is assumed that money is moved between the first storage and the second storage which are detachable with respect to the apparatus, and the money to be transferred is conveyed to the discrimination unit to discriminate denominations, The identified money is stored in the first or second storage, the number of money types stored in the first or second storage is counted, and the money identified as rejected money is used as the first money . Depending on the positional relationship between the second storage and the second storage, it is directly conveyed to the reject money storage unit and stored, or temporarily accumulated, and then transferred to the reject money storage unit and stored. An automatic transaction apparatus characterized by that. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1 ,
An automatic transaction apparatus characterized in that a transport path for transporting money has a portion arranged to reach the discrimination section from the discrimination section through the first storage and the second storage. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1 ,
An automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the discrimination unit counts the number of coins discriminated from reject money for each denomination, and stores the number of reject coins in a storage unit as a reject coin number.

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