JP5468652B2 - Goods deposit / withdrawal machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an article depositing / dispensing machine that receives and accommodates an article container that contains an article of a customer, and that dispenses the article container accommodated in response to a take-out request from a customer.

  Conventionally, in financial institutions such as banks, customers make deposits and withdrawals using their own bankbooks and cash cards. Also, recently, in an automatic money transaction machine used in such a financial institution or the like, it is generally performed to authenticate an individual using an IC cash card storing customer biometric information. For this reason, in principle, important items such as bankbooks, IC cash cards and seals are managed under the responsibility of the customer.

  In order to manage important items of customers, financial institutions provide a safe deposit service. And the important thing deposit machine which accommodates the important thing which reduces the management cost of this service and improves the convenience is disclosed by patent document 1 (Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2007-2571).

  Specifically, in Patent Document 1, the biometric information of a customer who is a contractor is stored in advance in a cassette in which important items are present at the time of a contract, and in use after the contract, the important item storage device stores the biometric information of the customer. The biometric information stored in each cassette that has been read and stored is compared to authenticate whether or not it is an appropriate customer.

JP 2007-2571 A

  However, the above-described conventional technique has a problem that it is necessary to store biometric information in the apparatus when properly authenticating a customer and paying out an appropriate article container. In other words, the article depositing / dispensing machine, which is an important material depositing machine that accommodates important articles as the prior art, stores biometric information that is particularly important among personal information in an article container that accommodates in-flight information. Therefore, there is a need to ensure strong security that prevents biometric information from leaking to the outside, especially when a large number of customers are using it and a large number of biometric information is held in the aircraft. It was.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is possible to properly authenticate a customer and pay out an appropriate article container without storing biometric information in the machine. An object is to provide an article depositing / dispensing machine that is possible.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is configured to receive and store an article container containing a customer's goods, and to be stored in response to a take-out request from the customer. An article depositing / dispensing machine that dispenses an article container from within the apparatus, the storage medium storing registered biometric information that is biometric information of the customer and medium specifying information that is information specifying a storage medium received from the customer The storage medium reception means received from the customer, the registered biometric information stored in the storage medium received by the storage medium reception means, and the input biometric information that is biometric information input from the customer match. On the condition of the above, items specified by the medium specifying information received by the storage medium receiving means from a plurality of article containers each storing the medium specifying information When there are a plurality of the article containers specified by the container specifying means stored in the storage medium received by the storage medium receiving means and the storage medium receiving means for discharging the containers, the plurality of article containers An identification number receiving unit that outputs each associated identification number to a predetermined display unit and receives a selection of the identification number from a customer; and the container dispensing unit is received by the identification number receiving unit. The article container specified by the identification number is paid out.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the above invention, the article container further stores an identification number for uniquely identifying the article container in addition to the medium specifying information.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the above-mentioned invention, further comprising storage means for storing at least the medium specifying information, and reading the medium specifying information stored in the article container when the article container is paid out. Further, it is carefully examined whether or not it matches the medium specifying information stored in the storage means.

  According to the present invention, a storage medium that stores registered biometric information that is biometric information of a customer and medium specifying information that is information specifying a storage medium received from the customer is received from the customer and stored in the received storage medium. Medium identification information received from a plurality of article containers each storing medium identification information on condition that the registered biometric information matches the input biometric information that is biometric information input by the customer. Since the article container specified by is paid out, it is possible to properly authenticate the customer and pay out an appropriate article container without storing biometric information in the machine. In particular, when there are a plurality of article containers specified by the medium specifying information stored in the storage medium, the identification numbers associated with the plurality of article containers are output to a predetermined display unit, and the identification is performed. Since it is configured to accept the selection of the number from the customer and pay out the article container specified by the received identification number, the customer can use a plurality of article containers, thereby improving customer convenience It is possible to make it.

1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an article depositing / dispensing machine according to a first embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state which closed the cover of the cassette 200. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the cover of the cassette 200. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an IC cash card 500. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the IC tag 510 attached to the IC cash card 500. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the customer information registration table. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the cassette storage table. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the attendant information table. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the whole process by the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display operation unit 130. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display operation unit 130. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display operation unit 130. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display operation unit 130. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the contract process by the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the cancellation process by the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the depositing process by the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the payment process by the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG.

  Embodiments of an article depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the main terms used in the present embodiment, the outline and features of the article depositing / dispensing machine according to the present embodiment, the configuration of the article depositing / dispensing machine, and the flow of processing will be described in order, and finally the various A modified example will be described.

[Explanation of terms]
First, main terms used in this embodiment will be described. The “goods depositing / dispensing machine (corresponding to the“ article depositing / dispensing machine ”described in the claims”) used in this embodiment is a case where the customer stores an important item such as a passbook, an IC cash card, and a seal in a cassette ( It corresponds to an important item depositing machine such as a safe deposit service provided by a financial institution or the like that is deposited in a "container" described in the claims. This “goods depositing / dispensing machine” can be installed mainly in a place where an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) of a financial institution such as a bank or a post office is installed.

  In this embodiment, the case where vein information is used as the customer's biometric information will be described. However, biometric information such as fingerprints, palm prints, retinas, irises, voices, facial images, and the like can be specified as information other than vein information. Can also be used. Furthermore, information such as physical characteristics (biological characteristics) and behavioral characteristics (癖) that can identify the customer may be used as the biological information.

  Further, although an IC cash card is used as information for specifying a storage medium received from a customer, the present invention is not limited to this, and any storage medium can be used as long as it is a storage medium for storing biological information. Also good. More specifically, the IC cash card has the biometric information and customer information for uniquely identifying the customer as “bank number of the bank with which the customer contracts. The bank that stores the “branch number” that identifies the branch with which the lease contract was made, the “item” that indicates the type of account that the customer opened at this bank, and the “account number” of the account that the customer opened at this bank Authentication is performed using an IC cash card issued by the company, and the cassette is specified by this “bank number, branch number, subject, account number”, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the customer For example, various cards such as a medical card and a resident card that store biometric information can be used as long as the information that identifies the medium received from the customer and the customer information that can identify the customer.

[Outline and features of the deposit / withdrawal machine]
Next, the outline and characteristics of the article depositing / dispensing machine according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an article depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 includes a cassette delivery port 120 that accepts or pays out a cassette 200 that is owned by a customer and stores important items, and a plurality of cassette storage units 300 that store the cassette 200. Card insertion slot for receiving or paying out an IC cash card 500 for storing biometric information of a customer and “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” for identifying the customer and performing biometric authentication using the biometric information 150, a biometric information acquisition unit 140 that acquires the biometric information of the customer and transmits it to the IC cash card 500, and a display operation unit 130 described later that displays processing guidance for the customer and receives a cassette number (see FIG. 7). It consists of.

  The article depositing / dispensing machine 100 includes a customer information registration table 351 that stores information for specifying a cassette 200 owned by a customer, and a cassette storage table 352 that stores a storage position of the cassette 200. Specifically, the customer information registration table 351 uniquely identifies “bank number, branch number, item, account number” and a cassette owned by the customer in association with “customer name” indicating the contracted customer. “Cassette number” is stored, for example, “Kuwata XX man, ABSXXX, H20XXX, normal, 000111, 0123” and the like are stored.

  The cassette storage table 352 stores an “address number” indicating the position of the cassette 200 and a “flag” indicating the state of the cassette 200 in association with the “cassette number”, for example, “0123,000X001, 01 "or the like is stored. The “flag” is “01” if the cassette 200 is contracted, and “00” if the cassette 200 is not contracted.

  In such a configuration, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 accepts and stores the cassette 200 containing the customer's goods, and pays out the cassette 200 stored in response to a take-out request from the customer. In particular, the main feature is that it is possible to properly authenticate a customer and pay out an appropriate cassette 200 without storing biometric information in the machine.

  In order to specifically explain the main feature, a case where the customer takes out an important item from the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 (a case where the customer receives the cassette 200) will be described. The article depositing / dispensing machine 100 stores the customer information on the condition that the biometric information stored in the IC cash card 500 received by the card insertion port 150 matches the biometric information input from the customer. The cassette 200 specified by the customer information received by the card insertion slot 150 is paid out from the plurality of cassettes 200 to be processed.

  Specifically, when the IC cash card 500 is inserted into the card insertion unit 150 by the customer, various processes such as “payout”, “deposit”, “contract”, and “cancel” displayed on the display operation unit 130 are selected. Display the screen. Then, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 acquires “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” stored in the inserted IC cash card 500.

  Subsequently, when the “takeout button” displayed on the display operation unit 130 is selected by the customer and the palm is placed on the biometric information acquisition unit 140, the biometric information acquisition unit 140 of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 is placed. The biometric information (vein information) is acquired from the palm of the customer, and the biometric information is transmitted to the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. The IC cash card 500 that has received the customer's biometric information performs biometric authentication that determines whether the stored biometric information matches the received biometric information.

  Then, when the IC cash card 500 authenticates that both of the biometric information match and is a legitimate customer, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 acquires it from the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. A cassette number corresponding to the customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” is specified and acquired from the customer information registration table 351. Subsequently, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 acquires the address number corresponding to the cassette number acquired from the customer information registration table 351 from the cassette storage table 352, and stores the cassette 200 under the contract of the customer. The storage unit 300 is specified. Then, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 transports the cassette 200 stored in the specified cassette storage unit 300 from the cassette transport device 400 and discharges it to the cassette delivery port 120. By doing so, the customer can receive the cassette 200 to which he / she has contracted.

  On the other hand, when the customer deposits an important item from the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 (when the customer deposits the cassette 200), the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 is displayed on the display operation unit 130 as described above. A screen for selecting various processing such as “payout”, “deposit”, “contract” and “cancellation” is displayed.

  Then, when the “deposit button” displayed on the display operation unit 130 is selected by the customer and the cassette 200 is inserted into the cassette delivery port 120, the article deposit / dispenser 100 is inserted into the card insertion unit 150. A cassette number corresponding to the customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” acquired from the IC cash card 500 is specified from the customer information registration table 351 and acquired. Subsequently, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 acquires the address number corresponding to the cassette number acquired from the customer information registration table 351 from the cassette storage table 352 and stores the cassette 200 under the contract of the customer. The storage unit 300 is specified. Then, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 transports the cassette 200 inserted into the cassette delivery port 120 to the specified cassette storage unit 300 using the cassette transport device 400, and stores it at the address number where the cassette is to be stored. . By doing so, the customer can deposit the cassette 200 into the article depositing / dispensing machine 100.

  As described above, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment transmits the biometric information acquired from the customer to the IC cash card, the biometric authentication is performed by the IC cash card, and the customer is authenticated. As a result, as described above, it is possible to properly authenticate a customer and pay out an appropriate cassette without storing biological information in the apparatus.

[Configuration of cassette 200]
Next, the structure of the cassette 200 in the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the cassette 200 is closed, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the cassette 200 is opened, and FIG. 4 is an ID tag attached to the cassette 200. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in 230. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cassette 200 is formed in a thin bag shape by joining one side edge of the upper case 210 and one side edge of the lower case 220 so as to be freely opened and closed. For this reason, the goods which a customer deposits in the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100 can be stored in the cassette 200.

  Here, the case where the customer's bankbook (○ △ bank) and the seal are stored in the cassette 200 is shown, but in this cassette 200, the customer is an important item in addition to the bank's bankbook and seal. Goods (passbooks of other banks, securities, certificates, passports, cash cards, keys, etc.) can be stored appropriately.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a non-contact RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag 230 (hereinafter simply referred to as “ID tag 230”) is attached to the lower case 220 of the cassette 200. The ID tag 230 is formed by an IC chip and an antenna unit that have a memory 231 for storing data. In the memory 231, as shown in FIG. 4, a cassette number, a bank number, a branch number, a subject, Account number and machine number are stored. The position where the ID tag 230 is disposed is not limited to the illustrated position, and may be disposed in another position of the lower case 220 or the upper case 210.

  Here, the cassette number is a unique number (a four-digit number represented by 0000 to 9999) that can uniquely identify each cassette, and is one-to-one with each cassette storage unit 300 provided in the apparatus. It is associated. Further, when the customer newly acquires the cassette 200, the customer selects a desired cassette number from the empty cassettes 200 under the operation of the staff, and the cassette 200 having the cassette number is stored in the cassette inside the apparatus. You may make it discharge from the part 300. FIG. The cassette storage table 352 stores a cassette number, an address number of the cassette storage unit 300, and a flag in association with each other. When a new cassette is lent to a customer, a flag corresponding to the corresponding cassette number is not set. The use flag “00” is changed to the registered flag “01”.

  The bank number is the bank number of the bank with which the customer contracts, the branch number is the branch number that identifies the branch where the customer of the bank has made a purchase or lease contract for the cassette 200, and the item is , Indicates the type of account opened by the customer at this bank, and the account number is the account number of the account opened by the customer at this bank. Specifically, here, the bank number is “ABSXXX”, the branch number is “H20XXX”, the subject is “ordinary”, and the account number is “000111”. The machine number is the machine number of each apparatus when a plurality of article depositing / dispensing machines 100 are arranged. Here, the machine number is “1”. Note that the manufacturing number (lot number or the like) of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 can be used instead of the machine number.

  In this embodiment, the ID tag 230 storing the cassette number and registered biometric information is attached to the cassette 200. However, a barcode can be attached to the cassette 200 instead of the ID tag 230. However, since the amount of information that can be held by a barcode is limited, it is possible to hold only a part of the information in the barcode and hold the remaining part excluding biological information inside the apparatus.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of pins 240 are provided at two locations on the side surface of the lower case 220, and the pins 240 are configured to be engageable with the cassette carrying device 400. Has been. When the customer deposits the cassette 200, the cassette 200 can be pulled into the main body 110 by the pair of pins 240 and the cassette carrying device 400 engaging and gripping each other.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a lock claw 211 is provided at a substantially central position of the upper case 210 of the cassette 200. The lock claw 211 is a locking mechanism that locks when the upper case 210 of the cassette 200 is closed. By combining the number of the lock lock 250 (four-digit password), the lock claw 211 can be appropriately locked / unlocked. The lock is done. Accordingly, important items such as a bankbook stored in the cassette 200 are strictly stored by the locking mechanism.

[Configuration of IC cash card 500]
Next, the configuration of the IC cash card 500 in the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the IC cash card 500, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in an IC tag 510 attached to the IC cash card 500.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the IC cash card 500 stores an IC tag 510 that stores biometric information and performs biometric authentication, and generally a bank branch number to uniquely identify the IC cash card 500. It is comprised from the identification number 520 comprised from an account number. Specifically, in the above example, the identification number 520 is displayed as H20XXX-000111 or the like.

  The IC tag 510 receives the biometric information of the customer from the biometric information and the customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” and the biometric information acquisition unit 140 of the article depositing and dispensing machine 100. And a biometric authentication unit that performs biometric authentication. As shown in FIG. 6, the storage unit stores “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” described above in addition to “biological information indicating customer biometric information”. For example, the storage unit stores “venous information A, ABSXXX, H20XXX, normal, 000111” or the like as “biological information, bank number, branch number, subject, account number”.

  The biometric authentication unit receives the customer's biometric information from the biometric information acquisition unit 140 of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100, and determines whether or not the received biometric information matches the biometric information stored in the storage unit. Perform biometric authentication. Then, the biometric authentication unit outputs an authentication result such as matching or not matching to the overall control unit 610 of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 described later.

[Configuration of Goods Depositing Container 100]
Next, the external appearance and internal configuration of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an external appearance of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment, FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the customer information registration table 351, FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the cassette storage table 352, and FIG. 11 is stored in the staff information table 353. It is a figure which shows the example of the information.

(Appearance of article depositing / dispensing machine 100)
As shown in FIG. 7, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 has a console-type appearance almost similar to an ATM arranged in a bank or the like, and a main body 110 (casing) constituting the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. ) On the front side is a cassette delivery port 120 that accepts and ejects the cassette 200, a touch panel type display operation unit 130 that accepts guidance display to the customer and input of the cassette number, and the IC cash card 500 from the customer. And a biometric information acquisition unit 140 that acquires the biometric information of the customer and transmits it to the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion port 150. A plurality of cassette storage units 300 for storing the cassettes 200 are provided inside the main body 110. In addition, since detailed description of each function part is demonstrated in the internal structure of the goods depositing / dispensing machine 100, it abbreviate | omits here.

(Internal configuration of article depositing / dispensing machine 100)
Next, the internal configuration of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 includes a door opening / closing detection sensor 111, a customer detection sensor 112, a display operation unit 130, a biological information acquisition unit 140, a card insertion unit 150, and a storage unit 350. The cassette transport device 400, the transport drive control unit 444, the drive motor unit 445, and the main control unit 600 are connected.

  The door opening / closing detection sensor 111 is a sensor that detects opening / closing of a door that forms a part of the main body 110 of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100, and the customer detection sensor 112 detects a customer (human body) approaching the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. It is a sensor to detect. In this embodiment, when the customer is detected by the customer detection sensor 112, the display operation unit 130 is turned on, and the insertion of the IC cash card 500 and the operation of depositing or removing the cassette 200 are enabled.

  The display operation unit 130 is a display device and an input device formed by a touch panel type liquid crystal display. The display operation unit 130 displays guidance for a customer when depositing or taking out a cassette 200, which will be described later, and includes a contract button, a cancel button, Acceptance operations such as selecting a deposit button and a take-out button and inputting a cassette number or a password using a numeric keypad are accepted from a customer or maintenance personnel.

  Although the detailed explanation is omitted here, if the clerk performs a predetermined operation on the display operation unit 130 and shifts to the “cassette number search mode”, the operation of the display operation unit 130 allows the customer to operate. If the cassette number of the cassette 200 is forgotten, the cassette number can be searched. The display operation unit 130 is controlled by driver software (not shown) incorporated in the main control unit 600.

  The conveyance drive control unit 444 is a control unit that controls conveyance of the cassette conveyance device 400 and is connected to a drive motor unit 445 that forms a drive mechanism. The transport drive control unit 444 controls the movement direction of the cassette transport device 400 by controlling the drive of the drive motor unit 445.

  A stepping motor or the like can be used as the drive motor unit 445, and the drive of the drive motor unit 445 is controlled by the conveyance drive control unit 444, and the cassette is taken out and stored from the cassette storage unit 300.

  The card insertion unit 150 receives from the customer an IC cash card 500 that stores biometric information, which is authentication information for uniquely authenticating the customer, and customer information. Specifically, the card insertion unit 150 receives a storage medium that can store biometric information such as the IC cash card 500 and can execute biometric authentication from the customer, and sends a signal indicating that it has been received to the main control unit 600 described later. The control that outputs the signal indicating that the IC cash card 500 inserted by the customer has been removed is output to the main control unit 600, and an instruction to eject the inserted IC cash card 500 is described later. From the unit 610.

  The biometric information acquisition unit 140 acquires the biometric information of the customer and outputs it to the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. As a specific example, the “contract button”, “cancel button”, “deposit button”, “payout button” displayed on the display operation unit 130 when the IC cash card 500 is inserted into the card insertion unit 150 by the customer. When either one is selected, the biometric information acquisition unit 140 acquires vein information from the palm of the placed customer and inserts it into the card insertion unit 150 without storing it in the machine of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. The data is output to the IC cash card 500 via the overall control unit 610 described later. The acquired biometric information is discarded when biometric authentication is executed by the IC cash card 500.

  The storage unit 350 stores various screens to be displayed and output on the display / operation unit 130, data and programs necessary for various processes by the main control unit 600, and particularly closely related to the present invention, customer information A registration table 351, a cassette storage table 352, and an attendant information table 353 are provided.

  The customer information registration table 351 stores information for specifying the cassette 200 owned by the customer. As a specific example, as shown in FIG. 9, the customer information registration table 351 is associated with “customer name” indicating a contracted customer, “uniquely identifies a cassette owned by the customer”. “Cassette number”, bank number “bank number” of the bank with which the customer contracts, “branch number” identifying the branch where the customer of the bank has purchased or leased the cassette 200, and the customer Stores “subject” indicating the type of account opened in the bank, “account number” of the account opened by the customer at this bank, and “usage log” indicating the date and time of use. 0123, ABSXXX, H20XXX, normal, 000111, 2007. ○ month × day ”. In this example, “Kuwata XX man” has contracted with the cassette 200 with the cassette number “0123”, and the date and time last used is “2007 XX month × day”. The usage log column stores the date and number of times of use of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100.

  The cassette storage table 352 stores information for specifying the storage position of the cassette 200. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the cassette storage table 352 is associated with the “cassette number”, “address number” indicating the storage position of the cassette, and “ "Flag" is stored, for example, "0123,000X001, 01" is stored. In this example, the cassette number “0123” is contracted “01”, and is stored in the address number “000X001”.

  The flag shown here is “00” when an unused cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300, and “0” when the registered cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300. “01”, “02” when the cassette 200 is being removed, and “FF” when the unregistered cassette 200 is stored in the cassette storage unit 300, and the registered cassette 200 is missing. Is “FE”. In addition, although illustration was abbreviate | omitted here for convenience of explanation, a customer's name, registration date, the last use date, the frequency | count of use, etc. can also be memorize | stored besides the above.

  The clerk information table 353 stores information regarding maintenance personnel who perform various maintenance operations on the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. As a specific example, as shown in FIG. 11, the clerk information table 353 is associated with a “clerk name” indicating a maintenance person, and “password” indicating a secret number uniquely identifying the clerk. “Maintenance Taro, 0123” and the like are stored.

  Next, the main controller 600 will be described. The main control unit 600 is a control unit for overall control of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100, and particularly those closely related to the present invention include an overall control unit 610, a contract processing unit 620, a cancellation processing unit 630, It has a deposit processing unit 640, a payout processing unit 650, a scrutinization judging unit 660, and a maintenance operation unit 670.

  The overall control unit 610 comprehensively controls various processes such as contract, cancellation, deposit, and withdrawal. For example, the overall control unit 610 transmits the customer's biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit 140 to the IC cash card 500, receives the authentication result, and continues according to the received authentication result. The control unit is instructed to execute the process.

  Specifically, when the IC cash card 500 receives a signal indicating that the stored biological information matches the acquired biological information, the overall control unit 610 displays the signal on the display operation unit 130. In response to the selection of the displayed “contract button”, “cancellation button”, “deposit button”, and “payout button”, an instruction to execute contract processing to be described later is transmitted to the contract processing unit 620 or an instruction to execute cancellation processing. It outputs to the cancellation processing unit 630, outputs an instruction to execute a deposit process to the deposit processing unit 640, and outputs an instruction to execute the payout process to the payout processing unit 650. On the other hand, when the IC cash card 500 receives a signal indicating that the stored biometric information does not match the acquired biometric information, the overall control unit 610 terminates the processing and inserts the card. Is instructed to eject the card.

  When a maintenance IC cash card is inserted into the card insertion unit 150 by the maintenance staff, the “maintenance operation button” displayed on the display operation unit 130 is selected, and the palm is placed on the biometric information acquisition unit 140. The overall control unit 610 receives an input of a personal identification number from the display operation unit 130. When the overall control unit 610 determines that the password stored in the staff information table 353 matches the acquired password, the overall control unit 610 outputs an instruction to execute the maintenance operation process to the maintenance operation unit 670. On the other hand, the overall control unit 610 that has received the signal indicating that they do not match instructs the card insertion unit 150 to finish the process and eject the inserted card.

  The contract processing unit 620 executes a process related to the contract (registration) of the cassette 200 by an attendant's instruction operation in the presence of a staff member after a staff member such as a maintenance staff approves the contract between the customer and the cassette 200. To give a specific example, the contract processing unit 620 that has received an instruction to execute the contract processing from the overall control unit 610 has the customer information “bank number, stored in the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. The “branch number, subject, account number” is acquired, and the cassette storage table 352 is referenced to select the cassette 200 with the flag “00 (unused)” to acquire the cassette number. Subsequently, the contract processing unit 620 associates the acquired customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” with “cassette number” and “customer name” input from the display operation unit 130 by the maintenance staff. Then, it is stored in the customer information registration table 351, and the flag corresponding to the cassette number is rewritten to “01 (registered)” in the cassette storage table 352.

  Then, the contract processing unit 620 instructs the reader / writer 401 to write the acquired customer information “bank number, branch number, item, account number” in the ID tag of the registered cassette, and the instructed reader / writer 401 The customer information is moved to the storage position of the registered cassette 200 by the cassette carrying device 400 and written in the ID tag of the cassette. Thereafter, the customer has contracted the cassette, and can deposit important items.

  The cancellation processing unit 630 executes processing related to the cancellation of the cassette 200 in response to an instruction operation of the staff in the presence of a staff member after a staff member such as a maintenance staff approves the cancellation of the customer and the cassette 200. To give a specific example, the cancellation processing unit 630 that has received an instruction to execute cancellation processing from the overall control unit 610 acquires customer information from the IC cash card 500 and also displays a charge for the customer using the cassette 200. It is displayed on the operation unit 130. Then, the cancellation processing unit 630 acquires the cassette number corresponding to the acquired customer information from the customer information registration table 351, and refers to the flag corresponding to the acquired cassette number stored in the cassette storage table 352.

  Subsequently, the cancellation processing unit 630 waits until the cassette 200 is inserted into the cassette delivery port 120 if the flag is “02 (extracting)”. When the cassette 200 is inserted or the flag is “01 (stored)”, the cancellation processing unit 630 receives the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 in accordance with the maintenance operation received by the display operation unit 130. Deletes the customer information stored in the customer information registration table 351, and deletes the customer information stored in the cassette storage table 352 and corresponds to the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage table 352. To “00 (unregistered)”. The fee may be automatically deducted from the stored account number.

  The deposit processing unit 640 executes a process for depositing the cassette 200 into the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. To give a specific example, the deposit processing unit 640 that has received an instruction to execute the deposit process from the overall control unit 610 acquires customer information from the IC cash card 500 and opens the shutter 121 of the cassette delivery port 120. And waits until the cassette 200 is inserted. Then, when the cassette 200 is inserted, the deposit processing unit 640 acquires a cassette number corresponding to the acquired customer information from the customer information registration table 351, and further assigns an address number indicating the storage position of the cassette to the cassette storage table. From 352. Thereafter, the deposit processing unit 640 outputs an instruction to the transport drive control unit 444 to store the cassette 200 at the acquired address number. The conveyance drive control unit 444 that has received the instruction moves the cassette 200 to the storage position using the cassette conveyance device 400 and stores it.

  Here, the case where the position of the cassette 200 is specified by referring to the customer information registration table 351 and the cassette storage table 352 from the customer information stored in the inserted IC cash card 500 has been described. The cassette number may be acquired from the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 and the storage position of the cassette may be specified from the acquired cassette number and the cassette storage table 352.

  Specifically, the case where the storage position of the cassette is specified from the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 inserted by the customer will be described. When the cassette 200 is inserted into the cassette delivery port 120, the deposit processing unit 640 instructs the reader / writer 401 of the cassette transport apparatus 400 to read out the cassette number from the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200. Then, the deposit processing unit 640 identifies the cassette storage unit 300 corresponding to the read cassette number from the cassette storage table 352, and the cassette inserted into the cassette storage unit 300 specified for the cassette transport apparatus 400. An instruction is output to convey and store 200.

  The payout processing unit 650 stores the customer information on the condition that the biometric information stored in the IC cash card 500 received by the card insertion port 150 matches the biometric information input from the customer. The cassette 200 specified by the customer information received by the card insertion slot 150 is paid out from the plurality of cassettes 200. To give a specific example, the payout processing unit 650 that has received an instruction to execute a payout process from the overall control unit 610 has the customer information “bank number, stored in the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. “Branch number, subject, account number” is acquired, and a cassette number corresponding to the acquired customer information is acquired from the customer information registration table 351. When the customer contracts a plurality of cassettes, the display operation unit 130 accepts the cassette number desired to be paid out from the customer.

  Subsequently, the payout processing unit 650 acquires the address number of the cassette 200 corresponding to the acquired cassette number from the cassette storage table 352. Then, the payout processing unit 650 instructs the transport drive control unit 444 to acquire the cassette 200 from the acquired address number and discharge it to the cassette delivery port 120. After that, the conveyance drive control unit 444 determines whether or not it is a legitimate cassette 200 contracted with the customer, and stores the information stored in the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 acquired as instructed by the scrutinization determination unit 660 described later. When scrutinized using it, it is discharged to the cassette delivery port 120.

  The acquired biometric information is not stored in the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 because it is discarded when biometric authentication is executed by the IC cash card 500. Further, in this embodiment, the payout processing unit 650 displays the cassette number and address number corresponding to the customer information acquired from the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150, the customer information registration table 351, and the cassette storage table. 352, the cassette for storing customer information acquired from the IC cash card 500 is specified with reference to the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300. May be.

  The scrutinization judging unit 660 scrutinizes whether or not the cassette 200 to be dispensed is the correct cassette 200 to be dispensed. As a specific example, when the storage position of the cassette 200 to be paid out by the transport drive control unit 444 is reached, the scrutinization determining unit 660 stores the “cassette number” and “customer” stored in the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200. "Information" (bank number, branch number, subject, account number) is acquired, and "cassette number, bank number, branch number" stored in the acquired information ("cassette number" and "customer information") and the customer information registration table 351 Check whether the number, subject, and account number match.

  Then, the scrutinization judging unit 660 permits the cassette 200 to be paid out only when they match, and when they do not match, rejects the payout and ends the payout process. Further, when the “cassette number” and “customer information” (bank number, branch number, subject, account number) stored in the cassette 200 are encrypted, the encrypted “cassette number” and “customer” "Information" is decrypted and the information is scrutinized.

  The maintenance operation unit 670 performs a maintenance process for authenticating the maintenance staff and providing maintenance work for the article depositing / dispensing machine 100. For example, the maintenance operation unit 670 that has received an instruction to execute the maintenance operation process from the overall control unit 610 receives various maintenance contents (for example, various types of failure handling, cassette replacement, memory increase, HDD increase, etc.). The processing contents are displayed and output on the display operation unit 130, an operation from the maintenance staff is received, and a process corresponding to the received processing contents is executed. Further, here, the maintenance operation unit 670 has received a password from the display operation unit 130 and performs a maintenance process when the password matches the password stored in the staff information table 353. However, when the maintenance IC cash card matches the biometric information stored in the maintenance IC cash card with the acquired biometric information, the maintenance process may be executed.

[Processing by article depositing / dispensing machine 100]
Next, processing performed by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the overall processing flow, contract processing flow, cancellation processing flow, deposit processing flow, and payout processing flow will be described in order.

(Overall processing flow)
First, an overall processing flow by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an overall processing flow by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a screen example displayed on the display operation unit 130. The screen display example used here is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the customer approaches the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the customer detection sensor 112 detects the customer (Yes in step S1201), the overall control unit 610 of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 changes to FIG. The screen for prompting the insertion of the IC cash card 500 and the screen indicating the position of the card insertion slot 150 are displayed on the display operation unit 130, and a wait is made for the IC cash card 500 to be inserted by the customer (step S1202).

  Subsequently, when the IC cash card 500 is inserted into the card insertion slot 150 by the customer (Yes at step S1202), the overall control unit 610 obtains the biometric information of the customer as shown in FIG. 13-2. A screen that prompts the user to place a palm on the biometric information acquisition unit 140 is displayed on the display operation unit 130 to acquire the “biometric information” of the customer, and the IC card 500 acquired in the card insertion slot 150 acquires “ "Biometric information" is transmitted (step S1203).

  The IC cash card 500 that has received the “biological information” acquired by the biological information acquisition unit 140 from the overall control unit 610 determines whether the stored “biological information” matches the received “biological information”. That is, it is determined whether or not the customer is a legitimate customer (step S1204).

  Thereafter, when the integrated control unit 610 receives a signal indicating that they match with the IC cash card 500 (Yes in step S1204), the overall control unit 610 acquires customer information from the IC cash card 500 inserted into the card insertion slot 150, and the customer information It is determined whether or not “cassette number” corresponding to “customer information” acquired with reference to the registration table 351 exists, that is, whether or not the cassette 200 has been contracted (step S1205).

  If the cassette 200 has already been contracted (Yes in step S1205), the overall control unit 610 accepts various processes such as “contract”, “cancellation”, “deposit”, and “payout” as illustrated in FIG. Is displayed on the display operation unit 130, and the transaction content is accepted (step S1206).

  Thereafter, when the “contract button” shown in FIG. 13C is selected by the customer (Yes in step S1207), the overall control unit 610 instructs the contract processing unit 620 to execute the contract processing, and the contract processing unit 620 executes contract processing (step S1208).

  Similarly, when the “cancellation button” shown in FIG. 13C is selected by the customer (Yes in step S1209), the overall control unit 610 instructs the cancellation processing unit 630 to execute the cancellation processing, and the cancellation processing is performed. The unit 630 executes a cancellation process (step S1210).

  When the “deposit button” shown in FIG. 13C is selected by the customer (Yes in step S1211), the overall control unit 610 instructs the deposit processing unit 640 to execute the deposit process, and the deposit processing unit Step 640 executes deposit processing (step S1212).

  When the “takeout button” shown in FIG. 13C is selected by the customer (Yes at step S1213), the overall control unit 610 instructs the payout processing unit 650 to execute the payout process, and the payout processing unit In 650, a payout process is executed (step S1214).

  When the “end button” shown in FIG. 13C is selected by the customer (Yes at step S1215), the overall control unit 610 discharges the IC cash card 500 inserted into the card insertion slot 150. (Step S1216), and confirming that the discharged IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer (Yes at Step S1217), the process ends.

  On the other hand, returning to step S1204, if the IC cash card 500 determines that the customer is not a legitimate customer (No at step S1204), the overall control unit 610 ejects the IC cash card 500 inserted into the card insertion slot 150. To display a screen prompting the customer to remove the IC cash card 500 as shown in FIG. 13-4 (step S1216), and confirms that the discharged IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer. Then (Yes at step S1217), the process ends.

  Returning to step S1205, if the cassette 200 is not contracted (No at step S1205), the overall control unit 610 instructs the contract processing unit 620 to execute the contract processing, and the contract processing unit 620 performs the contract processing. It executes (step S1208).

(Contract processing flow)
Next, the flow of contract processing by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of contract processing by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment. This contract processing is executed by a staff member such as a maintenance staff, after accepting the contract between the customer and the cassette, and in accordance with the staff member's instruction in the presence of the staff member.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the contract processing unit 620 that has received an instruction to execute the contract processing from the overall control unit 610 determines whether there is an unused cassette 200 among the plurality of cassettes 200 stored in the cassette storage unit 300. It is determined with reference to the cassette storage table 352 (step S1401).

  When there is an unused cassette 200 (Yes in step S1401), the contract processing unit 620 displays the customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” stored in the IC cash card 500 inserted in the card insertion unit 150. ”Is acquired, the cassette 200 with the flag“ 00 (unused) ”is selected with reference to the cassette storage table 352 to acquire“ cassette number ”, and the customer information is registered by associating these acquired information. The information is stored in the table 351 and the flag corresponding to the cassette number in the cassette storage table 352 is rewritten to “01 (registered)”. (Step S1402).

  Subsequently, the contract processing unit 620 encrypts and writes the acquired customer information “bank number, branch number, subject, account number” to the ID tag 230 attached to the cassette 200 of the acquired cassette number. Upon receiving the instruction, the reader / writer 401 encrypts the customer information and writes it in the ID tag 230 (step S1403).

  Then, the contract processing unit 620 instructs the card insertion unit 150 to eject the inserted IC cash card 500 (step S1404), and confirms that the IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer (step S1405). The conveyance drive control unit 444 is instructed to eject the cassette 200 storing “customer information” (step S1406). Receiving the instruction, the conveyance drive control unit 444 acquires the cassette using the cassette conveyance device 400 and discharges the cassette to the cassette delivery port 120. When the contract processing unit 620 confirms that the ejected cassette 200 has been received by the customer (step S1407), the contract processing unit 620 ends the process.

  On the other hand, returning to step S1401, if there is no unused cassette 200 (No in step S1401), the contract processing unit 620 ends the process.

(Cancellation process flow)
Next, the flow of cancellation processing by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a cancellation process performed by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment. The cancellation process is executed by a staff member such as a maintenance staff, upon accepting cancellation of the customer and the cassette, and in accordance with the staff member's instruction in the presence of the staff member.

  As illustrated in FIG. 15, the cancellation processing unit 630 that has received the instruction to execute the cancellation processing from the overall control unit 610 displays the charge used by the customer on the display operation unit 130 (step S1501).

  Then, the cancellation processing unit 630 acquires “customer information” from the IC cash card 500 in the card insertion unit 150, acquires “cassette number” corresponding to the acquired “customer information” from the customer information registration table 351, With reference to the “flag” corresponding to the acquired “cassette number” stored in the storage table 352, it is determined whether or not the cassette 200 under the contract is in custody (step S1502).

  When the contracted cassette 200 is in custody (Yes at step S1502), the cancellation processing unit 630 instructs the transport drive control unit 444 to eject the cassette 200, and the transport drive control unit 444 that has received the instruction Then, the cassette 200 is acquired using the cassette carrying device 400, and the cassette is discharged to the cassette delivery port 120 (step S1503).

  After confirming that the discharged cassette 200 has been received by the customer (Yes at step S1504), the cancellation processing unit 630 waits until the discharged cassette 200 is inserted by the customer (step S1505).

  Thereafter, when it is confirmed that the discharged cassette 200 has been inserted by the customer (Yes in step S1506), the cancellation processing unit 630 stores the cassette 200 in the cassette storage unit 300 and stores it in the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200. The reader / writer 401 is instructed to delete the stored “customer information”, and the reader / writer 401 that has received the instruction deletes the “customer information” stored in the ID tag 230 (step S1507).

  Subsequently, the cancellation processing unit 630 deletes the “customer information” stored in the customer information registration table 351 and sets the “flag” corresponding to the cassette 200 stored in the cassette storage table 352 to “00 (unregistered)”. "(Step S1508).

  The cancellation processing unit 630 instructs the card insertion unit 150 to eject the inserted IC cash card 500 (step S1509), and confirms that the IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer (step S1510). Then, the process ends.

  On the other hand, returning to step S1502, if the cassette 200 under the contract is not in custody (No at step S1502), the cancellation processing unit 630 performs the processing from step S1505 onward.

(Deposit processing flow)
Next, the flow of deposit processing by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of deposit processing by the article depositing and dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 16, the deposit processing unit 640 that has received an instruction to execute a deposit process from the overall control unit 610 acquires “customer information” from the IC cash card 500 inserted into the card insertion slot 150 (step S1601). ).

  Subsequently, when the cassette 200 is inserted into the cassette delivery port 120 by the customer (Yes in step S1602), the deposit processing unit 640 sets the “cassette number” corresponding to the “customer information” acquired from the IC cash card 500 to the customer information. Obtained from the registration table 351, and further acquires the “address number (storage position)” of the cassette 200 from the cassette storage table 352 (step S1603).

  Then, the deposit processing unit 640 outputs an instruction to the conveyance drive control unit 444 to store the cassette 200 in the acquired “address number”, and the conveyance drive control unit 444 that has received the instruction receives the cassette conveyance. The cassette 200 is moved to the storage position using the apparatus 400 and stored (step S1604).

  Thereafter, the deposit processing unit 640 instructs the card insertion unit 150 to eject the inserted IC cash card 500 (step S1605), and confirms that the IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer (step S1606). Then, the process ends.

(Flow of withdrawal processing)
Next, with reference to FIG. 17, the flow of the dispensing process performed by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a dispensing process performed by the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 17, the payout processing unit 650 that has received an instruction to execute the payout process from the overall control unit 610 acquires “customer information” from the IC cash card 500 inserted into the card insertion slot 150 (step S1701). ).

  Then, the payout processing unit 650 acquires the “cassette number” corresponding to the acquired “customer information” from the customer information registration table 351 and stores the “flag” corresponding to the acquired “cassette number” stored in the cassette storage table 352. ”, It is determined whether or not the cassette 200 under the contract is being kept (step S1702).

  If the cassette 200 under the contract is in custody (Yes at step S1702), the payout processing unit 650 uses the customer information registration table 351 to determine whether there are a plurality of “cassette numbers” corresponding to the acquired “customer information”. The determination is made with reference to (step S1703).

  When there are a plurality of “cassette numbers” corresponding to the acquired “customer information” (Yes in step S1703), the payout processing unit 650 displays the “cassette number” under the contract of the customer on the display operation unit 130 ( In step S1704, the input of the “cassette number” desired to be paid out is received from the customer (step S1705).

  When the input of the “cassette number” desired to be paid out is received from the customer (Yes in step S1705), the payout processing unit 650 acquires the “address number” indicating the storage position of the input cassette number from the cassette storage table 352. The conveyance drive control unit 444 is instructed to pay out the cassette 200 stored in the acquired “address number” (step S1706).

  Then, when the cassette transport device 400 reaches the storage position of the cassette 200 by the transport drive control unit 444, the scrutinization determination unit 660 is stored in the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 read by decoding by the reader / writer 401. "Cassette number" and "customer information" are read (step S1707), and the read information matches "cassette number, bank number, branch number, subject, account number" stored in the customer information registration table 351. It is examined whether or not (step S1708).

  If it is determined that the information read from the ID tag 230 of the cassette 200 is correct (Yes in step S1708), the payout processing unit 650 instructs the transport drive control unit 444 to eject the cassette 200. The conveyance drive control unit 444 that has received the instruction acquires the cassette using the cassette conveyance device 400 and discharges the cassette to the cassette delivery port 120 (step S1709). The payout processing unit 650 confirms that the discharged cassette 200 has been received by the customer (step S1710).

  Thereafter, when it is confirmed that the dispensed cassette 200 has been received by the customer (Yes at Step S1710), the payout processing unit 650 instructs the card insertion unit 150 to eject the inserted IC cash card 500 (Step S1710). If it is confirmed that the IC cash card 500 has been removed by the customer (Yes in step S1712), the process is terminated.

[Effects of Example 1]
As described above, according to the first embodiment, the IC cash card 500 that stores the biometric information of the customer and the medium specifying information that is the information specifying the IC cash card 500 received from the customer is received from the customer and the received IC. On the condition that the biometric information stored in the cash card 500 matches the biometric information input from the customer, the card insertion slot 150 has received the information from the plurality of cassettes 200 storing the medium specifying information. Since the cassette 200 specified by the medium specifying information is paid out, biometric authentication is executed in the IC cash card 500, and the cassette 200 is specified based on the medium specifying information. As a result, the biometric information is not stored in the apparatus. It is possible to properly authenticate the customer and pay out an appropriate article container.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, since the IC cash card 500 that stores the biometric information and the customer information that uniquely identifies the customer is received from the customer, the cassette 200 is identified based on the customer information. Appropriate authentication can be performed to pay out an appropriate article container.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, a plurality of pieces of information including at least an account number among the biometric information and the customer's bank number, branch number, subject, and account number are stored as customer information and used in an automatic money transaction machine. Since the IC cash card 500 is received from the customer, it is possible to use the IC cash card that can be used in a bank or the like, and the burden on the customer can be reduced.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, when the IC cash card 500 is received through the card insertion slot 150, the usage fee of the cassette 200 is deducted from the account corresponding to the account number stored in the IC cash card 500. It is possible to reduce the trouble of the customer paying the usage fee.

  According to the first embodiment, the cassette 200 further stores an identification number for uniquely specifying the cassette 200 in addition to the medium specifying information, and the medium specifying information stored in the IC cash card 500 by the card insertion slot 150. When there are a plurality of cassettes 200 identified by the above, each identification number associated with the plurality of cassettes 200 is output to a predetermined display operation unit 130, and selection of the identification number is accepted from the customer and accepted. Since the cassette 200 specified by the identification number is paid out, the customer can use a plurality of cassettes 200. As a result, the convenience of the customer can be improved.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the cassette 200 encrypts and stores the medium specifying information, decrypts the encrypted medium specifying information stored in the specified cassette 200, and accepts it by the card insertion slot 150. A medium in which the encrypted medium specifying information stored in the specified cassette 200 is stored in the IC cash card 500 is examined whether or not it matches the medium specifying information stored in the specified IC cash card 500 When it is determined that the information matches the specific information, the specified cassette 200 is paid out, so that an error in paying out can be checked in advance, so that security can be further increased.

  In addition, according to the first embodiment, the biometric information of the clerk who performs maintenance of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the personal identification number indicating the personal identification number that uniquely identifies the clerk are stored. When a maintenance IC cash card for storing a personal identification number is received, the biometric information stored in the previous maintenance IC cash card matches the biometric information input from the staff, or the maintenance IC Various maintenance work of the article depositing / dispensing machine 100 is provided to the clerk on the condition that the password stored in the cash card matches the password entered by the clerk. As a result of being able to authenticate, it is possible to improve convenience while maintaining high security even when performing maintenance work.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, as shown below, (1) authentication method, (2) management by network, (3) system configuration, etc., (4) different embodiments will be described by being divided into programs.

(1) Authentication Method For example, in the first embodiment, the case where authentication is performed using the biometric information of the customer has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a password determined by the customer is used. May be. For example, the IC cash card 500 stores a personal identification number, and can authenticate whether or not the inputted personal identification number matches the personal identification number to be stored. In addition, the customer can select whether to use biometric information or a personal identification number.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the case where the maintenance worker's personal identification number is used when the maintenance worker is authenticated has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the biological information of the maintenance worker may be used. Good. Various maintenance operations can be provided when the maintenance worker's biometric information stored in the maintenance IC cash card matches the input maintenance worker's biometric information.

(2) Management by Network In the first embodiment, the case where biometric authentication is performed by the IC cash card 500 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the article deposit / dispenser 100 and the biometric authentication are performed. May be connected to a management device that stores the data via a network such as the Internet, and biometric authentication may be performed on the management device side. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the burden on the article depositing / dispensing machine 100, and it is possible to properly authenticate the customer and pay out an appropriate cassette 200 without storing biometric information in the machine. It is.

(3) System Configuration, etc. Further, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings described in this embodiment (for example, FIG. 4, FIG. 6, 9 to 11) can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. They can be configured in an integrated manner (for example, the overall control unit 610 and the close examination determination unit 660 are integrated). Further, all or any part of each processing function performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

(4) Program The article depositing / dispensing machine 100 described in the present embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program can be distributed via a network such as the Internet. The program can also be executed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD and being read from the recording medium by the computer.

  As described above, the article depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention accepts and stores an article container containing the customer's goods, and pays out the article container accommodated in response to a request from the customer. It is particularly useful, and is particularly suitable for properly authenticating a customer and paying out an appropriate article container without storing biometric information in the machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Article depositing / dispensing machine 110 Main body part 111 Door opening / closing detection sensor 112 Customer detection sensor 120 Cassette delivery port 121 Shutter 130 Display operation part 140 Biometric information acquisition part 150 Card insertion part 200 Cassette 210 Upper case 220 Lower case 230 ID tag 240 Pin 250 Locking lock 300 Cassette storage unit 350 Storage device 351 Customer information registration table 352 Cassette storage table 353 Staff information table 400 Cassette transport device 401 Reader / writer 444 Transport drive control unit 445 Drive motor unit 500 IC cash card 600 Main control unit 610 Overall control unit 620 Contract processing unit 630 Cancellation processing unit 640 Deposit processing unit 650 Payment processing unit 660 Scrutinization judgment unit 670 Maintenance operation unit

Claims (3)

An article depositing / dispensing machine that accepts and accommodates an article container containing a customer's goods, and dispenses the article container accommodated in response to a take-out request from the customer from within the machine,
Storage medium receiving means for receiving from the customer a storage medium for storing registered biometric information that is the biometric information of the customer and medium specifying information that is information for specifying a storage medium to be received from the customer;
The medium specifying information is stored on the condition that the registered biometric information stored in the storage medium received by the storage medium receiving means matches the input biometric information that is biometric information input from the customer. A container dispensing means for dispensing an article container specified by the medium specifying information received by the storage medium receiving means from a plurality of article containers;
When there are a plurality of the article containers specified by the medium specifying information stored in the storage medium received by the storage medium receiving means, the respective identification numbers associated with the plurality of article containers are set to a predetermined number. An identification number receiving means for outputting to the display unit and receiving the selection of the identification number from the customer;
The article depositing / dispensing machine, wherein the container dispensing means dispenses the article container specified by the identification number received by the identification number receiving means.   2. The article depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the article container further stores an identification number for uniquely identifying the article container in addition to the medium specifying information. At least storage means for storing the medium specifying information;
The medium specifying information stored in the article container is read at the time of dispensing the article container, and whether or not the medium specifying information matches the medium specifying information stored in the storage means is scrutinized. Goods deposit and withdrawal machine.

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