JP4895231B2 - Life management system, life management method, life management terminal, and paper feeding device for paper feeding device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a life management system for a paper feed device, a life management method, a life management terminal, a paper feed device, an operation method thereof, and a program.

  In recent years, a large number of automatic teller machines (hereinafter referred to as “ATM devices”) have been installed nationwide, as represented by ATM devices of the type installed in convenience stores, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Something that works is used. In this type of ATM equipment, there is a big difference in the operation rate due to the difference between the urban area, which is a population concentration area, and other local areas, and the difference in the installation location such as the difference between the business district and the station front and the suburbs. The phenomenon is becoming alive. For this reason, in an ATM device with a high operating rate, the life time due to the wear of the banknote feeding roller comes earlier than expected, leading to a banknote feeding failure. As a countermeasure for this, it has become necessary to deal with the transaction amount management of the ATM device and replace the life parts according to the transaction amount.

  On the other hand, in the ATM device of the type installed in the store of a financial institution, since the loading of cash due to running out of banknotes was performed inside the store of the financial institution, a spare banknote cassette was unnecessary. On the other hand, in an ATM device of a type installed in a convenience store, a cash loading specialist department such as a security company prepares a spare banknote cassette and adopts a system in which a banknote cassette filled with cash is replaced. In this system, since there is a spare banknote cassette, it has become necessary to manage the lifespan of a plurality of types of banknote cassettes including the spare banknote cassette.

  In relation to the above, Patent Document 1 describes a rotating body life prediction method for predicting a life time when a rotating body (roller) for transporting a sheet cannot be transported due to wear. In this method, the limit consumption level immediately before the rotating body becomes unconveyable due to wear is stored in advance, the deterioration of the conveyance performance due to consumption of the rotating body is detected, the operating period of the rotating body is measured, and the degree of consumption of the rotating body is measured. Then, using the operation period of the rotating body and the limit wear level, the life time when the rotating body cannot be transported due to wear is calculated by a prediction function. According to this, it is possible to predict the life time of the roller with high accuracy.

  Patent Document 2 describes a medium processing apparatus having a cleaning roller arranged so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from a roller for taking in paper sheets and provided with a cleaning mechanism capable of adhering a cleaning liquid to the cleaning roller. . In this cleaning mechanism, the output of a sensor for detecting the conveyance state of banknotes, the counting of the number of banknotes fed out, the feeding time, and the conveyance time are detected, and the necessity of cleaning is determined based on the detection results. According to this, it is possible to effectively clean the roller, and to suppress the occurrence of medium take-up due to slippage due to dust or the like.

JP 2003-261237 A JP 2006-347757 A

  In the above ATM device, a banknote payout rubber roller which is a component having a functional life, which is mounted in a banknote cassette, has two aspects with respect to the life time coming due to its functionality. One is that when a certain period of time has elapsed since the start of use, the rubber material is cured, and this is the reason that the life (period life) period comes. The other is that when the number of bills fed out exceeds the specified number, the rubber material is worn, and this is the reason for the end of the life (number life).

  In the above ATM device, only life management corresponding to the period life when a certain period has elapsed from the banknote cassette operation start date is realized, and life management corresponding to the number life when the number of bills fed out exceeds the specified number is It was not realized. For this reason, for banknote cassettes in which the amount of banknote payout becomes large, the amount of banknote payout exceeds the specified amount before the lifetime of the rubber roller arrives, and the life of the rubber rollers reaches the end of its life, appropriate life management is performed. This could not be done, and this was a factor that increased bill feeding failure due to the life factor of the rubber roller.

  In the above-described ATM device, the reason why the life management corresponding to the life of the number of bills when the number of bills fed out exceeds the specified number has not been realized is as follows. That is, the bill cassette loaded in the ATM device and feeding out bills adopts a method of loading another bill cassette loaded with bills into the ATM device when the fed bill in the bill cassette becomes empty. For this reason, the ATM device and the banknote cassette are not always in a one-to-one configuration, and the lifespan days management is performed for each ATM device for a plurality of types of banknote cassettes that are exchanged between a plurality of ATM devices. There was no means to realize.

  In addition, the banknote cassette is loaded inside the ATM apparatus, and the banknote cassette is loaded inside the ATM apparatus in order to operate while being loaded inside the ATM apparatus for a certain period until the loaded banknote becomes empty. There is also a problem that the period of the rubber roller is exceeded in the state, and this causes a bill feeding failure due to the life factor of the rubber roller.

  The above-mentioned patent document 1 uses both roller period management and sensor wear level management as wear management of a roller that does not move between devices operating plural units. It is not intended to realize the management of the number of days of the lifetime for each ATM device with respect to a plurality of types of banknote cassettes that are switched back and forth between the devices.

  Furthermore, the above-mentioned patent document 2 determines whether or not the number of captured paper sheets, the total time of operation, and the capture time have exceeded a reference value. It is not intended to realize the management of the number of days of the lifetime for each ATM device with respect to a plurality of types of banknote cassettes to be replaced.

  Therefore, the above Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not solve the above problems.

  The above problem is not limited to an ATM apparatus loaded with a banknote cassette having a banknote feeding roller, but a life management of a paper sheet feeding apparatus loaded with a cassette (or cartridge) having a paper feeding roller, such as a ticket vending machine. The same applies when performing the above.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, suppress the occurrence of banknote feeding failure due to the life factor of the paper feeding roller, and the number of paper feeding rollers before the paper feeding roller reaches the end of its service life. It is an object of the present invention to provide a life management system for a paper feeding device that can reduce the number of cassettes in which the life of a paper feeding roller has been reduced.

In order to achieve the above object, a paper feed device life management system according to the present invention comprises a paper feed device loaded with a cassette having a paper feed roller, and communicates with the paper feed device via a network. A paper life feeding terminal connected to the cassette, wherein the paper feeding device includes cassette identification information relating to a loaded cassette and a time margin for a preset limit period of the paper feeding roller loaded in the cassette. Cassette information section for managing cassette information having degree information, number margin information with respect to a preset number of paper feeding rollers set in advance , a paper feeding device number of the own machine, and the number of paper feeding per unit period a paper feeding device information unit for managing a paper feeding device information having a cassette replacement interval, the cassette A transmission unit that transmits information and the paper feed device information to the life management terminal, and the life management terminal stores the cassette information and the paper feed device information transmitted from the paper feed device. a database for, while calculating the paper feed quantity of the paper feed sheets from the cassette replacement interval in the cassette replacement interval per unit time of the paper feeding device information for each of the paper feeding device, the cassette information The number margin of the cassette is calculated from the sheet number margin information and the number of papers fed out within the replacement interval, and the cassette period margin is calculated from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval. , based on both the calculation results of the number margin and duration margin of said cassette, loading the cassette on any paper feeding device for each cassette Is it from becoming the best performing, or which cassette is characterized by having a processing unit for determining whether the life time to replace the paper feed roller is required for each paper feeding device.
According to the present invention, there is provided a method for managing the life of a paper feed device, wherein the paper feed device loaded with a cassette having a paper feed roller has cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, and the cassette loaded in the cassette. A cassette information unit for managing cassette information having period margin information with respect to a preset limit period of the paper feed roller and sheet margin information with respect to a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller; A paper feed device information section for managing paper feed device information having a paper feed device number, a number of paper feeds per unit period, a paper feed device information having a cassette replacement interval, and the cassette information and the paper feed device information. To the life management terminal, and the life management terminal transmits the papers for each paper feeding device. The number of paper feeds per unit period in the feeding device information and the cassette replacement interval are calculated to calculate the number of paper feeds within the cassette replacement interval, and the sheet information margin information of the cassette information and the paper within the replacement interval Calculate the number of cassette margins from the number of reels out, and calculate the period margin of the cassette from the period margin information of the cassette information and the cassette replacement interval. Both the number margin of the cassette and the period margin are calculated. Based on the calculation result, it is best to determine which paper feeding device is optimally loaded for each cassette, or which cassette requires replacement of the paper feeding roller. It is characterized in that it is discriminated for each similar feeding device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm in advance the cassette that will have a lifetime and replace the lifetime component before the lifetime. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a life factor failure, to suppress the number of sheets before reaching the period life, and to reduce the number of life-occurring cassettes.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole structure of the lifetime management system of the banknote cassette for ATM apparatuses which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the banknote cassette shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the ATM apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the lifetime management terminal shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the lifetime notification receiving terminal shown in FIG. It is a schematic flowchart explaining the process of the banknote cassette and ATM apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic flowchart explaining the process of a lifetime management terminal and lifetime notification receiving terminal when a warning value warber notification is transmitted from the ATM apparatus by the process of FIG. It is a schematic flowchart explaining the process of a lifetime management terminal when ATM apparatus information and banknote cassette information are transmitted from the ATM apparatus by the process of FIG. It is a schematic flowchart explaining the process inside the process part of the lifetime management terminal shown in FIG. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the data format of ATM apparatus information and the data format of banknote cassette information which are received by the lifetime management terminal and accumulate | stored in a data server. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the data format of ATM apparatus information and the data format of banknote cassette information which were processed and edited in the process part of the lifetime management terminal. It is a figure which shows the data format displayed on the display part of a lifetime notification receiving terminal corresponding to the data format of the discrimination | determination result by the process part of a lifetime management terminal.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a paper feed device life management system, a life management method, a life management terminal, a paper feed device, an operation method thereof, and a program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  This embodiment is a component of an ATM device (paper feeding device) that is delivered to financial institutions throughout the country and withdraws cash, such as deposits and savings, and is a banknote cassette having a cash (banknote) feeding function. This is applied to the life management system and method.

  FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a life management system for banknote cassettes for ATM devices according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment is an application of a remote system using a network system. A plurality of banknote cassettes 10, an ATM apparatus 20 loaded with the banknote cassettes 10, and an ATM apparatus 20 It has a life management terminal 30 that is a remote terminal installed at a location different from the installation location, and a life notification receiving terminal 40 arranged at a location different from the life management terminal 30. Among these, the ATM device 20 and the life management terminal 30 are connected via a network 500 so that they can communicate with each other. Further, the life management terminal 30 and the life notification receiving terminal 40 are communicably connected via a network 600.

  In the above configuration, information on the banknote cassette 10 (banknote cassette information) and information from the ATM apparatus 20 (ATM apparatus information) are notified to the life management terminal 30 via the network 500. The life management terminal 30 accumulates the notified banknote cassette information and ATM device information in a database (see later) and edits it. The edited and processed information is used as the life information of the banknote cassette 10 (banknote cassette life information) from the life management terminal 30 to the life notification receiving terminal 40 at a remote location via the network 600 by communication means such as e-mail means. Sent. When this bill cassette life information is received, the life notification receiving terminal 40 displays the notified information. Based on this information, the worker performs replacement work of the rubber roller constituting the bill feeding roller, which is a lifetime component in the bill cassette 10.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the banknote cassette 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote cassette 10 includes a banknote feeding roller 110, a fixed data unit 120, a banknote feeding data unit 130, a date management unit 140, a banknote remaining amount management unit 150, a data transmission unit 160, and a control unit 170. have.

  The banknote feeding roller 110 is stored in the banknote cassette set detection unit 210 of the ATM device 20 and is a mechanism unit for feeding out banknotes. The fixed data unit 120 holds an ID number for identifying each banknote cassette 10 for each individual and manages the remaining number of days until the lifetime of the banknote cassette 10. The banknote payout data unit 130 has a banknote payout remaining limit number counter, and manages the banknote payout limit remaining number value that is worth the life value of the banknote payout number. The date management unit 140 manages original data (date) for managing the period life days of the banknote cassette 10. The banknote remaining amount management unit 150 manages the remaining amount of banknotes in the banknote cassette 10, and determines cassette replacement due to running out of remaining banknotes. The data transmission unit 160 performs data communication between the banknote cassette 10 and the ATM device 20. The control unit 170 controls the operation of each functional unit inside the banknote cassette 10.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the ATM device 20 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the ATM device 20 includes a bill cassette set detection unit 210, a bill cassette information unit 220, an ATM information unit 230, a warning data unit 240, a data transmission unit 250, and a control unit 260.

  The bill cassette set detection unit 210 stores the bill cassette 10 therein, feeds out bills, and performs a data communication between the bill cassette 10 and the life management terminal 30 via the network 500. It is detected that the bill cassette 10 is set. The banknote cassette information unit 220 records the banknote cassette ID number of the banknote cassette 10, the number of remaining days until the lifetime, and the remaining number information. The ATM information unit 230 records the ATM device number for identifying the ATM device 20, the customer name, the ATM installation store name, the number of banknotes to be paid out per day, and the banknote cassette replacement interval. The warning data unit 240 holds warning values (specified values) of the number of bills to be paid out and the remaining number of days for which bills can be drawn out, and performs sign management (remaining period management until the end of life) of the bill cassette 10. The data transmission unit 250 performs data communication between the bill cassette 10 and the life management terminal 30. The control part 260 performs communication with each part in the ATM device 20 and controls the operation of each part while issuing a bill cassette feeding instruction.

  The life management terminal 30 receives data transmitted from the ATM device 20 via the network 500 and accumulates it in a data server (see later), and determines whether the life of the banknote cassette 10 is exceeded based on the data. It has a function to perform life-long management to judge. Further, the life management terminal 30 has a function of determining which ATM device 20 should be loaded with the banknote cassette 10 from the remaining life period information and the remaining life number information when the next banknote cassette is loaded, and a call to the life notification receiving terminal 40. It has the function to do. With these functions, the life management terminal 30 enables life management that combines the management of the number of days in the period and the management of the number of bills to be fed out.

  FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the life management terminal 30 shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the life management terminal 30 includes a receiving unit 310, a data server (database) 320, a processing unit 330, a data communication unit 340, and a control unit 350. The receiving unit 310 receives information from the ATM device 20 via the network 500. The data server 320 accumulates the received data. The processing unit 330 processes and edits the accumulated data, and performs life expiration management of the banknote cassette 10 based on the data. The data communication unit 340 notifies the lifetime notification receiving terminal 40 of the lifetime information and bill cassette loading information processed by the processing unit 330 via the network 600. The control unit 350 communicates with each unit in the life management terminal 30 to control the operation of each unit.

  The life notification receiving terminal 40 receives the life information and bill cassette loading information notified from the life management terminal 30, and displays the reception result and the life time of the bill cassette 10 based on the displayed result. When it arrives, the exchange instruction of the banknote feeding roller 110 of the banknote cassette 10 is instructed. When the lifetime of the banknote cassette 10 has not yet arrived, an optimum guidance for replacing the banknote cassette 10 for the ATM device 20 to be loaded next is given. And a function to perform.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the life notification receiving terminal 40 shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the life notification receiving terminal 40 includes a receiving unit 410 that receives information notified from the life management terminal 30, a display unit 420 that displays received data, and each unit in the life notification receiving terminal 40. And a control unit 430 for controlling the operation of each unit.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (1) First, an operation of exchanging the bill cassette 10 and an operation of feeding out the bill inside the ATM device 20 in the bill cassette 10 and the ATM device 20 will be described. In this example, the operation until the life state of the bill cassette 10 and the operation state of the ATM device 20 are recognized and the corresponding data is transmitted to the life management terminal 30 and the life notification receiving terminal 40 via the network 500 and the network 600. Will be explained.

  FIG. 6 shows an operation flow of the bill cassette 10 and the ATM device 20. This is a process until the life management terminal 30 is notified that the bill feeding limit number of sheets and the remaining number of days of the bill cassette 10 that have been loaded exceed a specified value (warning value) and displayed on the life notification receiving terminal 40. It is a flow.

  In FIG. 6, when the banknote cassette 10 is loaded into the banknote cassette set detection unit 210 of the ATM apparatus 20 (step A <b> 1), the ATM apparatus 20 confirms that the banknote cassette 10 has been set by the banknote cassette set detection unit 210. It detects (step A2) and sends the detection signal to the banknote cassette 10. Then, the banknote cassette 10 reads the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 from the fixed data section 120 (step A3), and sends the ID (identification) number of the banknote cassette to the ATM device 20. The ATM device 20 reads the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 currently set in the banknote cassette information section 210 (step A4) and compares it with the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 read from the fixed data section 120 of the banknote cassette 10. (Step A5).

  As a result, when the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 held in the fixed data section 120 is the same as the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 held in the ATM information section 220 (step A5: YES), the exchange to a different banknote cassette 10 is performed. It is determined that the same banknote cassette 10 is reloaded, the fixed data section 120 and the banknote feeding data section 130 in the banknote cassette 10 are not read, and the banknote feeding permission is given by the control section 260 (step A9). . Thereby, the ATM apparatus 20 gives the banknote feeding instruction | command to the banknote cassette 10 from the control part 260 (step A10).

  On the other hand, when the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 held in the fixed data section 120 is different from the ID number of the banknote cassette 10 held in the ATM information section 220 (step A5: NO), it is determined that a different banknote cassette 10 is loaded. Then, the banknote cassette 10 reads the remaining number of days of the banknote cassette 10 from the fixed data section 120, reads the remaining banknote feeding limit number of the banknote cassette 10 from the banknote feeding data section 130 (step A6), and sends it to the ATM device 20. . Then, in the ATM device 20, the read banknote payout limit number and the remaining period days exceed the specified value (warning value) of the remaining payout limit number and the remaining period defined in the warning management unit 240. It is judged whether it is not (step A7).

  As a result, if the specified value set in the warning management unit 240 is exceeded (step S7: YES), the ATM device 20 sends a specified value to the life management terminal 30 from the control unit 260 via the network 500. The warning value over notification (banknote cassette ID number, banknote feeding limit number, banknote feeding limit period) indicating that it exceeds the limit is transmitted. When receiving the warning value over notification by the receiving unit 310, the life management terminal 30 sends the notification from the receiving unit 310 to the life notification receiving terminal 40 via the network 600 through the processing unit 330. Then, the life notification receiving terminal 40 performs a predetermined warning display on the display unit 420 via the receiving unit 410 and prompts the operator to replace the target bill cassette 10.

  On the other hand, when the specified value of the warning management unit 240 is not exceeded (step S7: NO), the ATM device 20 determines that the banknote cassette information has been set by the control unit 260, and the banknote cassette information unit 220 and the ATM. From the information section 230, banknote cassette information (banknote cassette ID (identification) information, period margin information, number margin information) and ATM apparatus information (ATM apparatus number, customer number, ATM apparatus store name, per unit period (one day)) Are sent out to the life management terminal 30 via the network 500.

  Thereby, if the lifetime management terminal 30 receives banknote cassette information and ATM apparatus information in the receiving part 310, it will record to the data server 320 via the receiving part 310 (step A8). Subsequently, the ATM device 20 permits banknote payout in the control unit 260 (step A9). Thereby, the ATM apparatus 20 gives the banknote feeding instruction | command to the banknote cassette 10 from the control part 260 (step A10).

  When the bill feeding command is received, the bill cassette 10 feeds the designated number of bills (step A11), and subtracts the number of bills fed out from the bill feeding remaining limit number counter held in the bill feeding data unit 130. And recording (step A12). The bill cassette 10 confirms the number of days of difference between the current date held in the date management unit 140 and the date on which the bill cassette 10 is set (step A13), and the number of days of difference is stored in the fixed data unit 120. The number of days information is written (step A14) and sent to the ATM device 20. Thereby, the ATM device 20 writes the remaining limit number of sheets and the remaining period information in the remaining period information of the banknote cassette information unit 220 (step A15), and sends it to the banknote cassette 10.

  Then, the banknote cassette 10 determines whether or not the banknote cassette 10 is empty by the banknote remaining amount management unit 150 (step A16). As a result, when the banknote remaining amount management unit 150 determines that the banknote cassette 10 is not empty (NO), the process returns to step A9 in which the ATM device 20 determines the banknote feeding permission state, and the same processing is repeated. On the other hand, when the banknote remaining amount management unit 150 determines that the banknote cassette 10 is empty (YES), the banknote cassette 10 determines that it needs to be replaced with another banknote cassette 10 loaded with banknotes. Is extracted (step A17), another banknote cassette 10 loaded with banknotes is prepared (step A18), and the process returns to step A1. Thereby, exchange to the banknote cassette 10 with which the banknote was loaded is performed, and the process similar to the above is continued.

  (2) Next, the operation of the life management terminal 30 when the warning value over notification is received from the ATM device 20 in step A7 will be described with reference to FIG. This operation relates to a method for performing predictive management of the life of the banknote cassette 10 and a processing method for determining which banknote cassette 10 is optimally loaded for which ATM device 20 as the next operation.

  FIG. 7 shows an operation flow of the life management terminal 30. This operation is a flow from notifying the life management terminal 30 that the loaded bill cassette 10 exceeds the warning value and displaying it on the life notification receiving terminal 40.

  In FIG. 7, the life management terminal 30 transmits a warning value over notification (banknote cassette ID number, banknote feeding limit number, banknote feeding limit period) from the warning management unit 240 of the ATM device 20 when the banknote cassette 10 is replaced. The data is received by the receiving unit 310 from the unit 250 via the network 500 (step A19). Then, the lifetime management terminal 30 sends a warning notification to the lifetime information receiving terminal 40 via the network 600 via the receiving unit 310, the control unit 350, and the notification unit 340 (step A20). Then, the life notification receiving terminal 40 issues a warning notification to the display unit 420 via the receiving unit 410 and the control unit 430 (step A21). Thereby, the banknote cassette 10 used as object is collect | recovered from the ATM apparatus 20, and replacement | exchange of the banknote feeding roller 110 which is a lifetime component is implemented by an operator (step A22).

  (3) Next, the operation of the life management terminal 30 when the banknote cassette information and the ATM device information are received from the ATM device 20 in the above step A8 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  This operation is performed when the bill feeding limit number information and period limit information of the old bill cassette 10 exchanged due to the bill cassette 10 being out of stock is received from the ATM device 20 and collected for each corresponding bill cassette ID. It is determined whether replacement of the life parts should be performed or whether the ATM device 20 can be continuously loaded and used, and even if it can be used, which ATM device 20 among the ATM devices 20 operating in plural units is determined. The present invention relates to an operation for determining whether or not it is optimal to load, and it is possible to reduce the excess of the number of lifetimes before the expiration of the period lifetime.

  FIG. 8 shows an operation flow of the life management terminal 30. This is a flow from storing and editing ATM device information and bill cassette information transmitted from the ATM device 20 to displaying them on the life notification receiving terminal 40.

  FIG. 9 shows a processing flow by the processing unit 330 of the life management terminal 30.

  In FIG. 8, the life management terminal 30 displays the ATM device information (ATM device number, customer number, ATM device store name, banknote payout number / day, average cassette replacement interval) from the ATM information section 230 of the ATM device 20 in the network. The data is received by the receiving unit 310 via 500 (step A23). Similarly, the life management terminal 30 receives the banknote cassette information (banknote cassette ID information, period margin information, number margin information) from the banknote cassette information section 220 at the reception section 310 (step A24).

  The life management terminal 30 records each data of ATM device information and banknote cassette information received by the receiving unit 310 in the data server 320 (step A25). FIG. 10 shows the data format of ATM device information (see FIG. 10A) of data stored in the data server 320 and the data format of bill cassette information (see FIG. 10B).

  The data format of the ATM device information shown in FIG. 10A is that the data names are ATM1 to 5, the data type is ATM internal data, the item names are “ATM device number”, “customer name”, “store name”, “banknote”. “Number of feeds / day” and “Average cassette replacement interval (days)”. FIG. 10A illustrates ATM device information relating to 32 ATM devices 20 having ATM device numbers of 90001 to 90032.

  The data format of the banknote cassette information shown in FIG. 10B includes data names of CASTE1 to CASTE3, data type of cassette internal data, item names of “banknote cassette ID”, “date margin”, and “banknote delivery number margin”. It is divided into "". In FIG.10 (b), the banknote cassette information regarding the five banknote cassettes 10 with banknote cassette ID 1025, 1009, 667, 1026, 1027 is illustrated.

  Next, the life management terminal 30 edits and processes the data recorded in the data server 320 as information (banknote cassette life information) that can be used by the processing unit 330 (step A26), and sends the information from the notification unit 340 to the network. Notification is made to the lifetime notification receiving terminal 40 via 600 (step A27) and displayed on the display unit 420 (step A28).

  (4) Here, the processing procedure for generating the bill cassette life information to be displayed on the display unit 420 of the life notification receiving terminal 40 by the editing process by the processing unit 330 of the life management terminal 30 in step A26 will be described with reference to FIG. .

  In FIG. 9, when there is the exchanged bill cassette 10, the life management terminal 30 refers to the ATM device information and the bill cassette information recorded in the data server 320 by the processing unit 330 (step A29), and the ATM device. From the information item (banknote delivery number / day, average cassette exchange interval (days)), the number of banknotes delivered within the exchange period (average cassette exchange interval (days)) of the banknote cassette 10 is calculated (banknote delivery number / day). X average cassette replacement interval (days)) and the calculated value (the number of feeds in the same cassette) are recorded in the data server 320 (step A30). 11 shows the data format (see FIG. 11 (a)) of the ATM device information of the data edited and processed by the processing unit 330 of the life management terminal 30 and the data format (see FIG. 11 (b)) of the banknote cassette information. Show.

  The data format of the ATM device information shown in FIG. 11A is that the data name is ATM1 to 6, the data type is ATM internal data, the calculated value, the item name is “ATM device number”, “customer name”, “store name”. , “Banknote delivery number / day”, “Average cassette replacement interval (day)”, and “Number of delivery in the same cassette”. In FIG. 11A, ATM device information relating to 32 ATM devices 20 having ATM device numbers of 90001 to 90032 is illustrated. The payout number in the same cassette is a calculated value obtained by calculating the bill payout number / day × average cassette replacement interval (days).

  The data format of the banknote cassette information shown in FIG. 11 (b) is that the data names are CASTE1 to CASTE3, the data type is the cassette internal data, the item names are “banknote cassette ID”, “date margin”, “banknote delivery number margin”. It is divided into "". In FIG.11 (b), the banknote cassette information regarding five banknote cassettes 10 with banknote cassette ID 1025, 1009, 667, 1026, 1027 is illustrated.

  Next, the life management terminal 30 uses the processing unit 330 to refer to the item of banknote cassette information (“banknote payout number margin”) and the item of ATM device information (“feedout number in the same cassette”). The difference (“bill payout number margin” − “number of payouts in the same cassette”) is discriminated, and the numerical value of “sheet number allowance” is based on the discriminating result of the bill cassette 10 being fed “number margin”. The ATM device information is rearranged in the order of low or high (step A31).

  Furthermore, the life management terminal 30 refers to the item of banknote cassette information (date margin) and the item of ATM device information (average cassette replacement interval (days)) by the processing unit 330, and determines the lifetime of the banknote cassette 10 ( The "date margin" is compared with the cassette exchange period (average cassette exchange interval (days)) of the ATM device 20 (step A32), and the difference ("date margin"-"average cassette exchange interval (days)" ) And the ATM device information is rearranged in order of increasing or decreasing numerical value of the “date margin” on the basis of the “date margin” of the banknote cassette 10 which is the discrimination result (step A33).

  FIG. 12 shows a data format displayed on the display unit 420 of the lifetime notification receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the data format of the determination result by the processing unit 330 of the lifetime management terminal 30. The discrimination result and the data format of the display shown in FIG. 12 are divided into ATM device information, banknote cassette information, and discrimination result.

  Of these, the ATM device information includes the data names ATM1 to 6, the data type is ATM internal data, the calculated value, the item names are “ATM device number”, “customer name”, “store name”, “number of bills delivered / day” ”,“ Average cassette replacement interval (days) ”, and“ Number of feeds in the same cassette ”. In FIG. 12, ATM device information relating to 32 ATM devices 20 having ATM device numbers of 90001 to 90032 is illustrated.

  Further, the banknote cassette information is divided into data names CASTE1 to CASTE3, data type is cassette internal data, item names are “banknote cassette ID”, “date margin”, and “banknote delivery number margin”. In FIG. 12, the banknote cassette information regarding the four banknote cassettes 10 with banknote cassette IDs 1001, 1009, 1017, and 1025 is illustrated.

  Further, in the discrimination results, the item names are divided into “date margin”, “number margin”, and “determination and ranking”. “Deadline allowance” is obtained by subtracting “average cassette replacement interval (days)” of ATM device information from “deadline allowance” of banknote cassette information. It is obtained by subtracting “the number of sheets fed out in the same cassette” of the ATM apparatus information from the “sheet number margin”. The “determination and rank” is determined for each banknote cassette 10 having the same banknote cassette ID based on both the “date margin” and “sheet margin” values, and the value is high (the margin is large). The order is assigned in order from "1", and the ATM device information is rearranged in that order. If either of the numerical values of “Deadline margin” and “Number of sheets margin” is negative, no ranking is given and “X” is given. The example of FIG. 12 shows a case where the ATM device information is rearranged in the order of the two values of “date margin” and “number margin” in descending order (larger margin) for each banknote cassette 10 having the same banknote cassette ID. On the contrary, the ATM device information may be rearranged in order of decreasing numerical value (smaller margin).

  Next, the life management terminal 30 applies the bill cassette 10 to the banknote cassette 10 based on the “determination and ranking” obtained from both the “date margin” and “number margin” of the determination result by the processing unit 330. Then, the ATM device 20 to be loaded is selected (step A33). The life management terminal 30 notifies the life notification receiving terminal 40 of information on the determination result including the selected ATM device 20 as the bill cassette life information via the network 600. The life notification receiving terminal 40 displays the bill cassette life information on the display unit 420 in a predetermined format when it is received by the receiving unit.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a remote system using a network system is used, and the ATM device is processed by the management life terminal 30 that is a remote terminal installed at a location different from the installation location of the ATM device 20. The banknote life information transmitted from 20 and the banknote feed amount / banknote cassette exchange period information for each ATM device 20 are accumulated and edited. Then, by the processing of the management life terminal 30, for each bill cassette 10, it is optimal to load the bill cassette 10 with respect to which ATM device 20 based on the judgment of the life time margin, or which bill The cassette 10 automatically determines whether it is necessary to replace a life part.

  Thereby, in this Embodiment, between different ATM apparatuses 20 is replaced | exchanged for all the banknote cassettes 10 including the reserve banknote cassette exceeding the number of ATM apparatuses 20, based on the lifetime sign judgment of the banknote cassette 10, The optimal exchange operation of the banknote cassette 10 can be realized, and the rubber rollers can be exchanged before the end of the service life.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, banknote cassette is utilized by utilizing the ID number peculiar to a banknote cassette currently hold | maintained also as internal information in the present banknote cassette 10, banknote cassette operation start date, and banknote payout number log information. The life management by the elapsed date and the life management by the feeding number management can be carried out in each banknote cassette 10.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ATM device 20 also performs an operation amount between the banknote cassette 10 and the ATM device 20 by performing the ATM number, transaction number management, and banknote cassette replacement history management unique to each ATM 20. Management and bill cassette exchange history management can be realized. Thereby, life information can be managed in advance before the bill cassette 10 reaches both the term life and the bill payout number life.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the occurrence of a life-induced failure is prevented by performing the life predictor management of the rubber roller which is a long-life component in the bill cassette 10, and the term life period and the bill delivery number life time are mutually managed. By doing so, it is possible to realize a reduction in the number of parts that require replacement of life parts due to the arrival of the number of sheets before the end of the period life.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the life is managed by the local method only in the operation period from the banknote cassette operation start date and not by the remote system or the like, the life parts that have been replaced after the end of the life date are replaced. By using a remote system using a network system, sign management can be performed, and rubber roller replacement management before the end of the service life can be realized.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to confirm in advance the bill cassette 10 that has a lifetime, and to replace the lifetime component in advance with respect to the lifetime, so that the lifetime factor failure It is possible to reduce the number of cassettes that generate a lifetime by realizing a mechanism that suppresses the number of sheets from being reached before the end of the period life.

  In the present embodiment, since a life prediction terminal (remaining period management until the end of life) in the life management terminal and a management system for reaching the optimum values of the period life and the number of sheets are reached, a plurality of ATMs are constructed. By managing banknote cassettes going back and forth for each banknote cassette number for each banknote cassette number, it is possible to preliminarily manage the timing of the arrival of the life period (predictive management), so that the two actual values of the period life and the number of sheets are not significantly different. The effect of doing is also obtained. As a result, for example, it is possible to suppress the reaching of the period life while leaving a large number of life margins, or conversely, to suppress the arrival of the number of life periods while leaving a large period life margin. It is done.

  As a result, in the present embodiment, in the situation where there are a plurality of bill cassettes as a whole, the expiration of the period life and the expiration of the number of sheets simultaneously lead to a reduction in the number of rollers to be replaced and the end of the life period. As a result, the number of steps and man-hours for collecting banknote cassettes from the ATM device can be greatly reduced.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the banknote cassette (a built-in ATM apparatus) that goes back and forth between a plurality of ATM devices is managed by using a remote system, and even if the location is different, a cassette unique to each banknote cassette It is possible to manage by number. This enables optimal management of the two conditions of the number life and the period life by performing the state management of each bill cassette at the management terminal on the network and the designation of the next appropriate loading destination ATM via the network. It becomes possible to do.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, although applied to the lifetime management system and method of the banknote cassette for ATM apparatuses, this invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, not only an ATM device but also a paper dispenser in which paper is stored in a cassette or cartridge (corresponding to a banknote cassette) provided with a paper dispenser roller (corresponding to a banknote dispenser roller) such as a ticket vending machine. The present invention can also be applied to a life management system and method for a device (corresponding to an ATM device). In this case, when replacing due to deterioration of the roller for feeding out, the life of the roller is predicted in order to avoid the roller replacement time with paper remaining in the cassette, and before the end of the life, It is desirable to provide a life management terminal for issuing a roller replacement instruction so as to empty. According to this, it is possible to avoid in advance the problem that paper remains in the cassette even though the roller life has passed, and troubles are likely to occur in subsequent feeding.

  Note that the banknote cassette life management system for an ATM device according to the above-described embodiment is capable of realizing the processing (functions) of the above-described components as long as the physical configuration of the device and the hardware inside the device. The (circuit) and software (program) configurations are not particularly limited. For example, any form can be applied, such as independently configuring individual circuits, units, or program parts (program modules, etc.), or integrally configured in one circuit or unit. These forms may be appropriately selected, changed, modified, etc. according to circumstances such as the function and application of the apparatus actually used.

  In addition, in accordance with each function of the above-described components, a life management method for banknote cassettes for ATM devices, a method for operating a life management terminal, and a method for operating an ATM device, each processing step performing the same processing as these, It is included in the category of the present invention.

  Furthermore, at least a part of the processing of each function of the constituent elements described above may be realized by software processing by a computer including a processing device such as a microprocessor having a CPU (Central Processing Unit). In this case, a program for causing the computer to function (operation program for the life management terminal, operation program for the ATM device) is included in the scope of the present invention.

  This program is not limited to a program in a format that can be directly executed by the CPU, but includes a program in various forms such as a source format program, a compressed program, and an encrypted program. In addition, this program operates in cooperation with a control program such as an OS (Operating System) and firmware that controls the entire apparatus, or is incorporated into a part thereof and constitutes an application program that operates integrally. Any form such as a software component (software module) can be provided. Furthermore, when this program is installed and used in a device having a communication function for communicating with an external device via a wireless or wired line, the program is downloaded from an external node such as a server connected on the line, for example. It can also be installed and used on other recording media. These forms may be appropriately selected, changed, modified, etc. according to circumstances such as the function and application of the apparatus actually used.

  A computer-readable recording medium that records the above program is also included in the scope of the present invention. In this case, the recording medium can be applied in any form such as a memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is used in a fixed manner in the apparatus or a portable type that can be carried by the user. Is possible.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for applications such as a life management system and a life management method for banknote cassettes for ATM devices having a cash payout function.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote cassette 20 ATM apparatus 30 Management lifetime terminal 40 Life notification receiving terminal 110 Roller 120 for banknote feeding Fixed data part 130 Banknote feeding data part 140 Date management part 150 Bill remaining amount management part 160 Data transmission part 170 Control part 210 Banknote cassette set Detection unit 220 Bill cassette information unit 230 ATM information unit 240 Warning management unit 250 Data transmission unit 260 Control unit 310 Reception unit 320 Data server (database)
330 Processing Unit 340 Notification Unit 350 Control Unit 410 Reception Unit 420 Display Unit 430 Control Unit 500, 600 Network

Claims (11)

A paper feeding device loaded with a cassette having a paper feeding roller;
A life management terminal that is communicably connected to the paper feeding device via a network;
The paper feeding device is:
Cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, number margin for a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller A cassette information section for managing cassette information having degree information;
A paper feeding device information section for managing the paper feeding device number of the own machine, the number of paper feeding out per unit period, and paper feeding device information having a cassette replacement interval ;
A transmission unit for transmitting the cassette information and the paper feed device information to a life management terminal;
Have
The life management terminal is
A database for storing cassette information and paper feed device information transmitted from the paper feed device;
For each of the paper feed devices, the number of paper feeds per unit period of the paper feed device information and the number of paper feeds within the cassette exchange interval are calculated from the cassette exchange interval, and the number margin of the cassette information Calculate the number of cassette margins from the information and the number of paper feeds within the replacement interval, and calculate the cassette period margin from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval,
Based on the calculation results of the number of sheets and the period margin of the cassette, it is optimal to load the paper feeding device for each cassette, or which cassette is a paper feeding roller. A processing unit that determines for each paper feeding device the lifetime of whether or not replacement is necessary ,
A life management system for a paper feeding device characterized by comprising: Wherein the processing unit, the life management system of paper feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that rearranging the device information in the order of the two calculated values of the period margin and number margin for each of the cassette. It further comprises a life notification receiving terminal connected to the life management terminal via a network so that the life notification receiving terminal can receive cassette life information based on the determination result of the processing unit notified from the life management terminal. 2. The life management system for a paper feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the life management system receives and displays the data in a predetermined format. A paper feeding device loaded with a cassette having a paper feeding roller,
Cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, number margin for a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller A cassette information section for managing cassette information having degree information ;
A paper feeding device information section for managing the paper feeding device number of the own machine, the number of paper feeding out per unit period, and paper feeding device information having a cassette replacement interval ;
Send the cassette information and the paper feeding device information to the life management terminal via the network,
The life management terminal is
For each of the paper feed devices, the number of paper feeds per unit period of the paper feed device information and the number of paper feeds within the cassette exchange interval are calculated from the cassette exchange interval, and the number margin of the cassette information Calculate the number of cassette margins from the information and the number of paper feeds within the replacement interval, and calculate the cassette period margin from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval,
Based on the calculation results of the number of sheets and the period margin of the cassette, it is optimal to load the paper feeding device for each cassette, or which cassette is a paper feeding roller. A life management method for a paper feeding device, wherein the life time of whether or not replacement is required is determined for each paper feeding device. A life management terminal connected to a paper feeding device loaded with a cassette having a paper feeding roller so as to be communicable via a network,
Instrumentation Hama and cassette identifying information about the cassette, time margin information for a preset limit period of the Paper feed rollers loaded in the cassette, the number for the preset feed limits the number of the Paper feed roller The cassette information having margin information, the paper feeding device number of the own machine, the number of paper feeding per unit period, and the paper feeding device information section for managing the paper feeding device information having the cassette replacement interval are stored. A database,
For each of the paper feed devices, the number of paper feeds per unit period of the paper feed device information and the number of paper feeds within the cassette exchange interval are calculated from the cassette exchange interval, and the number margin of the cassette information Calculate the number of cassette margins from the information and the number of paper feeds within the replacement interval, and calculate the cassette period margin from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval,
Based on the calculation results of the number of sheets and the period margin of the cassette, it is optimal to load the paper feeding device for each cassette, or which cassette is a paper feeding roller. A processing unit that determines for each paper feeding device the lifetime of whether or not replacement is necessary ,
The life management terminal characterized by having. A paper feeding device in which a cassette having a paper feeding roller is loaded,
Cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, number margin for a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller A cassette information section for managing cassette information having degree information;
A paper feeding device information section for managing the paper feeding device number of the own machine, the number of paper feeding out per unit period, and paper feeding device information having a cassette replacement interval ;
A transmission unit for transmitting the cassette information and the paper feeding device information to a life management terminal via a network;
A paper feeding device characterized by comprising: An operation method of a life management terminal connected via a network to a paper feeding device loaded with a cassette having a paper feeding roller,
Cassette identification information regarding the loaded cassette transmitted from the paper feed device, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, the paper feed roller Cassette information having sheet margin information with respect to a preset feeding limit number , paper feeding device number of the own machine, number of paper feeding per unit period, and paper feeding device information having a cassette replacement interval are stored. ,
For each of the paper feed devices, the number of paper feeds per unit period of the paper feed device information and the number of paper feeds within the cassette exchange interval are calculated from the cassette exchange interval, and the number margin of the cassette information Calculate the number of cassette margins from the information and the number of paper feeds within the replacement interval, and calculate the cassette period margin from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval,
Based on the calculation results of the number of sheets and the period margin of the cassette, it is optimal to load the paper feeding device for each cassette, or which cassette is a paper feeding roller. A method for operating a life management terminal, characterized in that the life time of whether or not replacement is required is determined for each paper feeding device. An operation method of a paper feed device loaded with a cassette having a paper feed roller,
Cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, number margin for a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller Manage cassette information with degree information,
Manages the paper feeding device number of the own machine, the number of papers fed out per unit period, and the paper feeding device information having the cassette replacement interval .
An operation method of a paper feeding device, wherein the cassette information and the paper feeding device information are transmitted to a life management terminal via a network. An operation program for a life management terminal connected to a paper feeding device loaded with a cassette having a paper feeding roller so as to be communicable via a network,
On the computer,
Cassette identification information regarding the loaded cassette transmitted from the paper feed device, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, the paper feed roller Stores in the database the cassette information that has the margin information for the preset limit number of sheets, the paper feeding device number of the machine, the number of paper feeding per unit period, and the paper feeding device information that has the cassette replacement interval. Processing to
For each of the paper feed devices, the number of paper feeds per unit period of the paper feed device information and the number of paper feeds within the cassette exchange interval are calculated from the cassette exchange interval, and the number margin of the cassette information Calculate the number of cassette margins from the information and the number of paper feeds within the replacement interval, and calculate the cassette period margin from the cassette information period margin information and the cassette replacement interval,
Based on the calculation results of the number of sheets and the period margin of the cassette, it is optimal to load the paper feeding device for each cassette, or which cassette is a paper feeding roller. Processing to determine the life time of whether or not replacement is required for each paper feeding device ,
An operation program for a life management terminal, characterized in that An operation program for a paper feed device loaded with a cassette having paper feed rollers,
On the computer,
Cassette identification information relating to the loaded cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the cassette, number margin for a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller Processing for managing cassette information having degree information;
A process for managing the paper feed device number of the own machine, the number of paper feeds per unit period, and the paper feed device information having the cassette replacement interval ;
A process of transmitting the cassette information and the paper feeding device information to a life management terminal via a network;
An operation program for a paper feed device characterized in that An automatic teller machine loaded with a bill cassette having a bill feeding roller;
A life management terminal connected to the automatic teller machine through a network so as to be communicable,
The automatic teller machine is
Banknote cassette identification information regarding the loaded banknote cassette, period margin information for a preset limit period of the paper feed roller loaded in the banknote cassette, a preset feed limit number of the paper feed roller a bill cassette information unit for managing the bill cassette information having the number margin information for,
An ATM information unit for managing the ATM device information having its own ATM device number, the number of papers fed out per unit period, and the cassette replacement interval ;
A transmitter for transmitting the bill cassette information and the ATM device information to a life management terminal;
Have
The life management terminal is
A database for storing banknote cassette information and ATM device information transmitted from the plurality of automatic teller machines;
For each of the automatic teller machines , the number of sheets fed out per unit period of the paper cassette and the number of sheets fed out within the bill cassette replacement interval are calculated from the cassette replacement interval, and the number of bill cassette information margins The number margin of the banknote cassette is calculated from the degree information and the number of papers fed out within the exchange interval, and the period margin of the banknote cassette is calculated from the period margin information of the banknote cassette information and the cassette replacement interval. ,
Based on both the calculation results of the number margin and the period margin of the banknote cassette, which banknote cassette is optimally loaded for each banknote cassette, or which banknote cassette is A processing unit that determines for each automatic teller machine the lifetime of whether it is necessary to replace the paper feeding roller ;
A life management system for a bill cassette for an automatic teller machine, characterized by comprising:

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