JP4517464B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus, and more particularly to a stacker of a bill depositing / dispensing machine that stores or feeds bills one by one.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally known automatic transaction apparatuses are provided with a banknote depositing and dispensing machine having a configuration as shown in FIG. Banknotes used in automatic transaction apparatuses are generally many 000 and 1,000 bills. Therefore, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine has one stacker 3 that stores thousand tickets and two stackers that store 10,000 tickets. 4 and 5 are provided.
[0003]
When a banknote is inserted from a banknote deposit / withdrawal port (not shown) provided in the automatic transaction apparatus body, the customer service unit 1 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine separates the banknotes one by one and recognizes them via the conveyance path 8. The recognizing unit 2 recognizes the banknotes one by one and transports them to the stackers 3, 4, and 5 via the transport path 8. When the conveyed banknote is a thousand ticket, the stacker 3 takes it in and stores it. When 5,000 tickets other than banknotes set in the stackers 3, 4, and 5 are deposited, they are conveyed to the reject box 7. In the case of withdrawal, the banknotes are fed out from the stackers 3, 4, 5 and conveyed to the customer service unit 1 through the recognition unit 2. When the banknotes in the stackers 3, 4, 5 become below a certain amount, the banknotes are replenished by the replenishment / collection cassette 6. On the contrary, the banknotes in the stackers 3, 4, 5 become full. If it is, it is conveyed to the replenishment / collection cassette 6. Further, when an error such as poor separation of banknotes occurs in the stacker 4 of 10,000 tickets at the time of withdrawal, the stacker 5 is fed out from the stacker 5 in which the same kind of banknotes are stored.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Incidentally, of course, the conventional automatic transaction apparatus described above has not been provided with a stacker for storing 2,000 bills to be newly issued. In order to make it possible to deposit and withdraw 2,000 banknotes with this type of automatic transaction device, either a new 2,000-ticket stacker is prepared, or two of the 10,000-ticket stackers 4, 5 are prepared. Is used as a stacker for 2,000 tickets, but in the former case, there is no space to add a stacker because the automated transaction equipment is downsized due to the installation space etc., in the latter case, 2,000 tickets However, if there are few transactions with 2,000 tickets, the stacker could be wasted.
[0005]
In addition, when using a stacker for 10,000 tickets as a stacker for 2,000 tickets, especially when an error such as poor separation occurs in a stack of 10,000 tickets with many transactions, the stacker's There was a problem that bills could not be fed out or stored in reverse.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention is an automatic transaction apparatus having a stacker that stores or pays out banknotes according to a transaction with a customer. The stacker is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part corresponds to the number of accumulated banknotes. A banknote stacking unit that moves downward, and a plurality of banknote stacking units that sequentially move upward each time a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked are provided at the bottom. An upper part and a lower storage part for storing the stacking part are provided, and an empty banknote stacking part by collecting banknotes is stored in either the upper or lower storage part depending on the payout position of the banknotes.
[0007]
In the present invention, the stacker is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and a banknote stacking unit that moves downward according to the number of stacked banknotes is provided in the upper part. A plurality of banknote stacking units that move upward in sequence are provided, and upper and lower storage units for storing the respective banknote stacking units are provided in the upper and lower portions of the stacker, and the empty banknote stacking unit by collecting banknotes is used as a banknote. Since it is stored in either the upper or lower storage portion according to the payout position, it becomes possible to store or pay out the same kind of banknotes or different kinds of banknotes, and without increasing the stacker, It is also possible to use a newly-issued two thousand-note bill. Further, all the banknotes in the stacker can be sequentially fed out and collected.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration of a stacker of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine in an automatic transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same or equivalent part as the prior art example demonstrated in FIG. 9, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic transaction apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with a passbook insertion / extraction port 21, a card insertion / extraction port 22, a coin deposit / withdrawal port 23, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 24, a customer operation unit 25, etc. Has a bill depositing and dispensing machine having a block configuration shown in FIG.
[0009]
This bill depositing / dispensing machine has the same customer service unit 1, recognition unit 2, replenishment / collection cassette 6, reject box 7 and transport path 8 as in the conventional case, and the same type or different types of bills stored in the upper and lower parts, respectively. It has stackers 11, 12, 13 and a memory 14 and a control unit 15 to be described later. As shown in FIG. 1, each stacker 11, 12, 13 is provided with a banknote stacking part a that moves downward according to the number of stacked banknotes, and at the bottom, every time a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked. There are provided a plurality of banknote stacking parts d that sequentially move upward.
[0010]
Further, on the upper part of each of the stackers 11, 12, and 13, the banknotes are fed out by the feeding roller b that feeds out the banknotes one by one when the banknote stacking part a moves upward and comes into contact with the banknotes. When the bill arrives at the transport path 8 and arrives through the transport path 8, a feed roller c is provided which takes in and stacks it on the bill stacking part a. In the lower part, when the lowest banknote stacking part d among a plurality of banknote stacking parts d on which banknotes are stacked rises to a predetermined position, it moves to above the banknote stacking part d and contacts the banknotes one by one. A feeding roller e for feeding out banknotes and a feeding roller f having the same function as the upper feeding roller c are provided.
[0011]
Each stacker 11, 12, 13 is provided with an upper storage portion m and a lower storage portion n. Among them, the upper storage part m has a space that can store the banknote stacking part a and the remaining banknote stacking part d excluding the lowest banknote stacking part d, and the lower storage part n stores all of the banknote stacking part d. Has a space that can be. When the banknote stacking parts a and d are stored in the upper storage part m, the feeding roller b is moved to a position indicated by a broken line.
[0012]
Further, various sensors (not shown) are provided at the upper and lower parts of the stackers 11, 12, and 13, for example, the motors (not shown) for the feeding rollers b and e and the feeding rollers c and f, for example. A sensor for detecting the operation state of the paper, a sensor for detecting a defective feeding of the banknotes by the feeding rollers b and e, a sensor for detecting the stop position of the banknote stacking parts a and d, and a full of banknotes stacked on the banknote stacking parts a and d. A sensor or the like for detecting the state is arranged.
[0013]
The upper banknote stacking part a has a vertical movement area set in accordance with the bill insertion / removal frequency, and the lower banknote stacking part d has a quantity (number of sheets) set in accordance with the upper banknote stacking part a movement area. Has been.
[0014]
The memory 14 stores a plurality of error codes in which various errors that may occur at the top and bottom of each stacker 11, 12, 13 are stored, and banknotes at the top of each stacker 11, 12, 13 The types of banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit a and the lower banknote stacking unit d are stored as data. The memory 14 stores a control program for controlling the transport path 8, the stackers 11, 12, 13 and the like according to bill replenishment and collection at the time of depositing and withdrawing bills.
[0015]
The control part 15 consists of microcomputers, for example, and performs the said control program according to the payment | withdrawal, withdrawal, etc. of a banknote. When a banknote is inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 24 of the automatic transaction apparatus, it is controlled so that it is stored in the upper or lower part of the corresponding stacker from the customer service section 1 through the recognition section 2. It is controlled so that it is conveyed from the upper part or the lower part of the stacker to the customer service part 1 via the recognition part 2, and when the bills at the upper part or the lower part of the stacker become full, the replenishment / collection cassette 6 is sent via the recognition part 2. In addition, when the bills on the upper or lower part of any stacker are in a shortage state, they are stored in the upper or lower part of the corresponding stacker from the replenishment / collection cassette 6 via the recognition unit 2. When a counterfeit note is detected through the recognition unit 2 during the bill conveyance, control is performed so that the bill is conveyed to the reject box 7 or the customer service unit 1.
[0016]
The control unit 15 includes an error stacker determination unit 16 and an alternative stacker determination unit 17 according to the present invention. For example, the upper or lower portion of any one of the stackers 11, 12, 13 is activated to feed out bills. Sometimes when an error signal is input, an error code is set from the error signal. This error code is set corresponding to various error signals, and is stored in the memory 14. After setting the error code, it is determined whether or not the same error code is stored by accessing the memory 14, and if the same error code does not exist, it is determined that the signal is not from the activated stacker 11. When the banknote is continuously fed out and the same error code exists, the memory 14 is accessed again to determine whether there is another stacker in which the same type of banknote is stored. When there is no stacker in which the same type of banknotes are stored, the upper or lower part of the activated stacker is stopped, and the banknote feeding is finished. Further, when there is a stacker in which the same type of banknotes are stored, the upper or lower part of the stacker in which an error has occurred is stopped, and the upper or lower part of the corresponding stacker is activated to continue feeding the banknotes.
[0017]
In addition, when an error is detected when the banknote is being collected from either the upper part or the lower part of the stacker, the banknote is controlled to be fed out from the other side, and the banknote is fed out (upper or lower). Accordingly, empty banknote stacking sections a and b are stored in either the upper storage section m or the lower storage section n.
[0018]
For example, when an error is detected when all the banknotes (first and second bills) in the stacker 11 are conveyed from the lower part to the replenishment / collection cassette 6, the driving of the lower feeding roller e is stopped. The upper feeding roller b is activated to feed out the uppermost banknote stacking unit on which banknotes are stacked. And when the banknote on the banknote stacking part becomes empty, the feeding roller b is moved to the position indicated by the broken line, and the banknote stacking part is stored in the upper storage part m, and all the banknotes in the stacker 11 are collected. Repeat sequentially until it is done. In the opposite case, the feeding roller e is activated to feed out the banknotes from the lowest banknote stacking unit. When the banknotes are empty, the feeding roller e is moved to a predetermined position (FIG. 1 (a)). ), And storing the empty banknote stacking unit in the lower storage unit n.
[0019]
In addition, when all the banknotes in the stackers 11, 12, and 13 are transported to the replenishment / collection cassette 6, it is possible from either the upper part or the lower part. It is set to pay out banknotes. In this case, banknotes are fed out from the shorter distance of the transport path 8 between the replenishment / collection cassette 6 and the collection time is shortened.
[0020]
Here, based on FIG. 4 thru | or FIG. 7, the flow of the banknote at the time of money_receiving | payment and withdrawal, the time of replenishment, and collection | recovery is demonstrated. 4 is a flowchart showing the path of banknotes when depositing, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the path of banknotes when dispensing, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the path of banknotes when replenishing, and FIG. 7 is the path of banknotes when collecting. It is a flowchart to show.
[0021]
When a banknote is inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 24 according to the guidance message of the customer operation unit 25 of the automatic transaction apparatus, the banknotes are separated one by one by the customer service unit 1 as shown in FIG. 2 is conveyed. At this time, the conveyed banknote is recognized. When the banknote is a thousand banknote, the banknote is transported to the upper part of the stacker 11 and accumulated in the banknote stacking part a. When the banknote is a thousand banknote, the banknote is transported to the lower part of the stacker 11. It is accumulated in the banknote stacking part d being stacked. Moreover, when a banknote is a 5,000 ticket, it is conveyed by the lower part of the stacker 12, and is integrated | stacked on the banknote stacking part d similarly to the above, and when a banknote is a ten thousand ticket, it is started by the control part 15, for example, the upper part of the stacker 13 To be accumulated in the banknote accumulating unit a. As shown by broken lines, the bills of fake tickets are transported to the customer service unit 1, discharged from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 24, and returned to the customer.
[0022]
At the time of withdrawal by the operation of the customer operation unit 25, the bill is fed out by the feeding roller b or e of the corresponding stacker (see FIG. 5). For example, when a thousand ticket is instructed, it is fed out from the banknote stacking part a at the upper part of the stacker 11, and when a thousand ticket is instructed, the lowest banknote stacking part d of the banknote stacking provided at the lower part of the stacker 11. When five thousand tickets are instructed, the same is applied from the bottom of the stacker 12 as described above. Further, when a ten thousand ticket is instructed, it is paid out from either the upper part of the stacker 12 or the upper part or the lower part of the stacker 13. Then, the fed banknote is recognized by the recognition unit 2, and if it is an instructed banknote, it is transported to the customer service section 1, and if it is not the instructed banknote, it is transported to the reject box 7 as indicated by a broken line.
[0023]
At the time of replenishment, as shown in FIG. 6, banknotes are fed out from the replenishment / collection cassette 6 and recognized by the recognition unit 2. Then, it is transported to the corresponding stacker 11, 12, 13. When replenishment is completed when the banknote is recognized, the banknote is conveyed to the replenishment / collection cassette 6. Further, when the bill is recognized as a fake bill, it is conveyed to the reject box 7 as shown by a broken line.
[0024]
For collection, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, bills are fed out from positions (upper or lower) preset for each stacker 11, 12, 13. In the stacker 11, the thousand banknotes stacked in the banknote stacking part a are first fed out from the top, and then the two thousand banknotes stacked in each banknote stacking part d are sequentially fed out from the top. When the delivery of 2,000 tickets is completed, first, 5,000 banknotes are paid out from the lower part of the stacker 12, and then 10,000 banknotes are drawn out from the lower part. At the time of completion, the banknote of the stacker 13 is fed out from the bottom in the same manner as the stacker 12. The fed banknotes are recognized one by one by the recognizing unit 2, and when the banknotes are correct, they are transported to the replenishment / collection cassette 6, and when the banknotes are counterfeits, they are rejected via a transport path 8 indicated by a broken line. 7 is conveyed.
[0025]
In addition, when the banknotes on the banknote stacking units a and d provided in the stackers 11, 12, and 13 are full, they are collected in the replenishment / collection cassette 6 each time. For example, in the stacker 11, when two thousand bills on the banknote stacking part d are full, the banknotes on the lowest banknote stacking part d are fed out, and this is repeated in order for each banknote stacking part d. Done.
[0026]
Next, the operation when an error occurs in the stacker will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation when an error occurs in the stacker.
For example, when an error signal is input when the lower part of the stacker 11 is activated to feed out two thousand bills (S1), an error code is set from the error signal (S2). Then, the memory 14 is accessed to search whether the same error code is stored (S3). When the same error code does not exist in the memory 14 (S4), it is determined that it is not an error signal from the lower part of the stacker 11 that has been activated, and the delivery of 2,000 tickets is continued, and this operation is terminated. When the same error code exists (S4), the memory 14 is accessed again to determine whether there is another stacker storing the same kind of banknotes (two thousand tickets) (S5). In this case, since two thousand bills are stored only in the lower part of the stacker 11, it is determined that there is no stacker storing the same type of banknotes, and the lower part of the stacker 11 that is activated is stopped ( S9), paying out banknotes is terminated.
[0027]
Further, when an error signal is input when the upper part of the stacker 12 is activated and a banknote is being fed out (S1), an error code is set from the error signal (S2), and the memory 14 is accessed. Then, it is searched whether the same error code is stored (S3). When the same error code does not exist in the memory 14 (S4), it is determined that it is not an error signal from the upper part of the stacker 12 in the same manner as described above, and the payout of ten thousand tickets is continued, and this operation is terminated. When the same error code exists (S4), the memory 14 is accessed again to determine whether there is another stacker storing the same type of banknotes (ten thousand tickets) (S5). When there is no stacker storing the same type of banknotes, the feeding operation from the top of the stacker 12 that is activated is stopped as described above (S9), but when there is a stacker storing the same type of banknotes. Stops the feeding operation of the upper part of the activated stacker 12, and activates the upper or lower part of the corresponding stacker (S6, S7). In this case, since ten thousand banknotes are stored in the upper and lower parts of the stacker 13, either one is activated to feed out ten thousand banknotes. At this time, it is determined whether or not an error signal is input when the stacker 13 is activated (S8). When the error signal input is detected, the same operation is repeated from the process of step 2, but the error signal is input. If not, the activation on the stacker 13 side is held and this operation is terminated.
[0028]
Further, for example, when an error is detected when all banknotes (ten thousand bills) in the stacker 13 are conveyed from the lower part to the replenishment / collection cassette 6, the lower feeding roller e is driven, although not shown. At the same time, the upper feed roller b is started. Then, the uppermost banknote stacking unit on which banknotes are stacked is moved upward to bring the banknotes into contact with the feeding roller b, and the banknotes are started to be fed again. And when the banknote on the banknote stacking part becomes empty, the feeding roller b is moved to the position indicated by the broken line, and the banknote stacking part is stored in the upper storage part m, and all the banknotes in the stacker 13 are collected. Repeat sequentially until it is done.
[0029]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the same type or different types of banknotes can be inserted and withdrawn from the upper and lower parts of the stacker, so that it is possible to use a newly issued 2000-note banknote without increasing the stacker. There is an effect.
In addition, when an error occurs in the stacker while paying out or storing banknotes, the other type stacker storing the same type of banknotes is activated so that the same type of banknotes can be delivered or stored. There is an effect that the pause rate can be reduced.
Furthermore, since the upper storage part m for storing the banknote stacking part is also provided on the upper side of the stacker, all banknotes can be fed out from the other side even if an error occurs during collection of banknotes in the stacker. effective.
[0030]
In the above embodiment, when an error occurs in the stacker when the banknote is being fed out, only the other stacker in which the same type of banknote is stored is described. However, the banknote is stored. Sometimes, when an error occurs in the stacker, another stacker storing the same type of banknotes can be selected and activated based on the flowchart of FIG.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the stacker is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and a banknote stacking unit that moves downward according to the number of stacked banknotes is provided in the upper part, each time a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked. Since a plurality of banknote stacking units that move sequentially upward are provided, it is possible to store or pay out the same type of banknotes or different types of banknotes. There is an effect that the bills can be used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration of a stacker of a bill depositing / dispensing machine in an automatic transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing machine of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a path of banknotes when depositing.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a path of banknotes at the time of withdrawal.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a bill path during replenishment.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a path of banknotes during collection.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation when an error occurs in the stacker.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a banknote depositing and dispensing machine of a conventional automatic transaction apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
11, 12, 13 Stacker 14 Memory 15 Control unit 16 Error stacker discriminating unit 17 Alternative tacker discriminating unit a, d Bill stacking unit b, e Feeding roller c, f Feeding roller m Upper storage unit n Lower storage unit

Claims (3)

In an automatic transaction apparatus having a stacker for storing or paying out banknotes according to a transaction with a customer,
The stacker is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part is provided with a banknote stacking part that moves downward according to the number of banknotes stacked. A plurality of banknote stacking units that move upward are provided,
Upper and lower storage units for storing the respective banknote stacking units are provided at the upper and lower parts of the stacker,
An automatic transaction apparatus characterized in that an empty banknote stacking unit by collecting banknotes is stored in either the upper storage unit or the lower storage unit in accordance with a banknote delivery position .   In the upper part of the stacker, a vertical movement area of the banknote stacking unit is set according to the bill insertion / removal frequency, and in the lower part, the number of banknote stacking units is set according to the movement area of the upper banknote stacking unit. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: In an automatic transaction apparatus having a stacker for storing or paying out banknotes according to a transaction with a customer,
The stacker is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part is provided with a banknote stacking part that moves downward according to the number of banknotes stacked. A plurality of banknote stacking units that move upward are provided,
Upper and lower storage units for storing the respective banknote stacking units are provided at the upper and lower parts of the stacker,
Various error contents that can occur in the upper and lower parts of the stacker are set as data in advance, and when error signal input is detected, the error contents are discriminated from the error signal and whether the error contents exist in the data. An error stacker determination unit that determines whether an error has occurred in the stacker that is being driven when it is present in the data;
The types of banknotes stored in the upper and lower parts of the stacker are set in advance as data, and the same type of banknotes stored in the upper or lower part of the stacker determined as an error by the error stacker determining unit whether it is housed in the top or bottom is determined from the data, when there is the top or bottom of the stacker banknote of the same kind is accommodated in a substitute stacker determination unit to start the top or bottom of the corresponding stacker ,
The alternative stacker discriminating unit controls the bill to be fed out from the other when an error is detected through the error stacker discriminating unit when the bill is being collected from either the upper part or the lower part of the stacker. with empty automatic teller machine characterized in that the bill stacking unit is accommodated in either the upper or lower housing portion in accordance with the feeding position of the bill.

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