JPH0610833B2 - Banknote replenishment method in cash flow automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to replenishment of banknotes in an automated teller machine of a type in which deposited banknotes are returned as withdrawal banknotes.

[Background of the Invention]

In the conventional recycle type banknote handling device, the timing of replenishing banknotes into each denomination-type storage box such as a banknote ticket storage box and a thousand-yen ticket storage box is as follows: Alternatively, when the amount below the specified amount is detected and the remaining amount is small, a large amount of banknotes are replenished at one time from the banknote recycle box until the denomination-specific storage box is full. In other words, it takes a long time to replenish bills from empty or low level until it is full, and keeps customers waiting, especially during busy hours of transactions in which customers are lining up. Was not preferable in terms of processing capacity.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to perform a bill replenishment operation without waiting for a customer in an automated teller machine that recycles deposited bills as withdrawal bills.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, according to the amount of bills in the first bill storage means for storing bills for withdrawal, from the second bill storage means for storing replenishment bills to the first bill storage means. When replenishing the bills in the bill storage means, the replenishment is started in response to the fact that there is no request for the next transaction process within a specified time after the end of the transaction process.

Example of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the drawings used will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an online system including a central device and a terminal device. In the figure, 10 is a central device, 11 is a terminal device, and 12 is a communication path connecting the central device and the terminal device.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a reply message output from the central device to the terminal device. In the figure, 20 is a reply message and 21 is a message identification code.

FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are time charts for message transmission / reception between the central device and the terminal device. FIGS. 3 and 4 are time charts according to the present invention, and FIG. The time chart of a prior art is shown. In the figure, 30 is a spectator operation time, 31 is an inquiry message, 32 is a central device side processing for the inquiry message, 33 is a reply message from the central device for the inquiry message, 34
Is the withdrawal bill counting time, 35 is the medium withdrawing operation time, 36
Is a timer operation time, 37 is a time-out detection time, 38 is a bill recirculation / replenishment operation time, 39 is a bill recirculation / replenishment operation end time, 40 is a time (T1) from a transaction end to a bill recirculation / replenishment operation end, and 41 is Indicates the customer waiting time (T2).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the banknote transport mechanism of the depositing / dispensing section, in which only the components related to the present invention are shown. In the figure, 60 is a pay-in / pay-out port for taking in and out bills with a spectator, 61 is a bill receiving box, 62 is a bill separating box for sending the bills of the receiving box one by one to a transport path,
63 is a temporary stacker for banknote cassettes, 64 is a banknote cassette that stores banknotes of all denominations to be handled, 65 is a temporary stacker for banknote return boxes, and 66 is a banknote that stores temporary banknotes in order to recycle deposited banknotes for withdrawal. A recycle box, 67 is a banknote discrimination box for authenticating banknotes and discriminating denominations, 68 is a million yen ticket storage box that stores only million yen tickets, and 69 is a 1,000 yen ticket storage box that stores only 1,000 yen tickets, Reference numerals 70 to 74 denote gates for allocating bills to be conveyed.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a logic diagram for embodying the method of the present invention.

In the figure, 100 is a transmitter / receiver between the central unit and the terminal unit.
A receiver, 101 is a transmission / reception buffer, 102 is a reply message identification decoder for recognizing a message identification code of a reply message from a central device, 103 is an inquiry message creation circuit created according to input data, 104 is an input operation panel, and 105 is Withdrawal transaction operation completion detection circuit that detects that the input operation necessary for withdrawal transaction is completed, 106 is a deposit banknote insertion completion detection circuit that detects that the deposit banknote has been inserted into the receiving box, 107 is a deposit banknote After recognizing that the bill has been inserted into the receiving box, the deposited banknotes in the receiving box are counted through the banknote discrimination box, and the banknote recycle temporary stacker issues a transfer command. Issuing a command to the temporary stacker for banknote cassettes that issues commands to handle temporary banknotes other than Man-yen and 1,000-yen banknotes , 109 is a take-in command circuit to the banknote recycle temporary stacker that issues a command to take only the banknotes and the 1,000-yen note of the banknotes into the banknote recycle temporary stacker, and 110 is the input operation necessary for the deposit transaction The deposit transaction operation completion detection circuit for detecting that, 111 as a result of decoding the message identification code of the reply message from the central unit in response to the inquiry, if the deposit transaction is permitted, the temporary stacker for the banknote return box and the temporary stack for the banknote cassette. A deposit banknote take-in command circuit that issues a command to store the deposited banknotes stored in the stacker in the banknote recirculation box and the banknote cassette, 112 is a banknote cassette that stores the deposited banknotes stored in the banknote cassette temporary stacker in the banknote cassette The banknote take-in command circuit of 113, 113 is a banknote that stores the deposited banknotes held in the temporary stacker for the banknote return box in the banknote return box A banknote take-in command circuit to the flow box, 114 is a banknote recycle box full detection circuit whose output signal is a true value when the banknote recycle box is full, 115 is that the deposited banknotes have been stored in the banknote recycle box and the banknote cassette A bill take-in completion detection circuit for detecting, a 116 is a deposit cancellation operation detection circuit for detecting that the spectator has performed a receipt cancel operation, 117 is a result of decoding the message identification of the reply message from the central device,
When the deposit transaction is prohibited or when a deposit cancel operation is detected, a deposit banknote return command circuit for returning the deposited banknotes held in the banknote recycle box temporary stacker and the banknote cassette temporary stacker to the banknote receiving box, 118 Is a receipt banknote return completion detection circuit that detects that all the deposited banknotes held in the temporary stacker have been completely conveyed to the banknote receiving box, and 119 is the result of decoding the message identification code of the reply message from the central device When the transaction is permitted, the withdrawal banknote counting command circuit that takes out a predetermined number of banknotes from each banknote box of each denomination and issues a transfer command to the banknote receiving box, 120
Is a dispensed banknote counting completion detection circuit that detects that all of the predetermined dispensed banknotes have been conveyed to the banknote receiving box, 121 is a banknote removal completion detection circuit that detects that the banknotes in the banknote receiving box have been removed, and 122 is A deposit / withdrawal opening command circuit, 123 is a transaction end detection circuit, 124 is a medium removal completion detection circuit, 125 is a transaction start detection circuit, 126 is an operation for returning deposited banknotes for withdrawal, and withdrawal transaction is reduced Bill recirculation / replenishment command circuit for instructing a replenishment operation for replenishing the banknotes of each denomination to each bill denomination, 127 is a million yen bill full detection circuit, 128 is a thousand yen bill full detection circuit, 129 is a bill recirculation Box bill detection circuit, 130 is a timer that monitors the passage of time, 131 is a time-out detection circuit, 132 is a bill circulation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit, 2
00 to 208 are AND circuits, 300 to 306 are OR circuits, 400 to 404 are inverter circuits, and 500 to 503 are signal paths.

Next, using FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the customer waiting time zone is detected,
The recirculation operation and the replenishment operation of banknotes in that time period will be described in comparison with the related art.

FIG. 5 is a time chart of a withdrawal transaction example according to the prior art. As shown in the figure, after receiving the reply message 33 from the central device 10, the withdrawal banknote counting process 34 is performed, When the operation 35 for extracting all the media used for the transaction including gold banknotes is completed, if the number of remaining banknotes in the banknote and 1,000-yen banknotes storage boxes exceeds a specified number, withdraw As shown in the figure, T2 time 41
I will just wait. If each denomination-specific bill storage box is less than or equal to the specified number, bills are replenished from the bill recycle box 66 until each denomination-based bill storage box is full, and further, until this replenishment operation is completed, all I try to keep the transaction waiting.

On the other hand, FIG. 3 shows a time chart of an example of a withdrawal transaction according to the present invention.
When the transaction ends, the timer 130 is set, and if the next transaction is not performed even after the lapse of the specified time, the replenishment operation 38 of the banknotes released in the withdrawal transaction is performed from the time-out detection time 37. There is.

FIG. 4 shows a time chart in the case where the next transaction is performed before the time-out is detected. As shown in the figure, the timer operation 36 is stopped at the start of the next transaction and the next transaction is prioritized. I try to accept it. Therefore, since the bill recirculation / replenishment operation can be performed during the customer waiting time T2, and the customer transaction can be preferentially accepted, the batch recirculation / replenishment operation of the conventional technology can be omitted.
The transaction time will be shortened as a whole when the busiest trading hours overlap with the circulation / replenishment operation.

Next, means for specifically realizing the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The message identification 21 of the reply message 20 from the central unit is decoded by the reply message identification decoder 102 and the output signals 500, 501, 502, 503 become true values, so that deposit transaction permission, deposit transaction prohibition, withdrawal transaction permission, and output transaction permission are issued, respectively. You can recognize the prohibition of gold trading. First, the case of withdrawal transaction will be described.

When the completion of the input operation is detected by the withdrawal transaction operation completion detection circuit 105, the message created by the inquiry message creation circuit 103 is gated by the AND circuit 200 to send / receive buffer.
Set to 101 to send an inquiry message to the central unit. The reply message from the central unit for the inquiry message is received by the transmission / reception buffer 101, and its message identification is decoded by the reply message identification decoder 102. As a result of decoding, if the withdrawal transaction is permitted, the signal path 502 becomes a true value, the withdrawal banknote counting command circuit 119 is activated, and the banknote ticket storage box 68 and the 1,000 yen ticket storage box 69 specify The dispensed banknotes are conveyed to the banknote receiving box 61 by the number of sheets. When the pay-out bill counting completion detection circuit 120 detects the end of the pay-out bill counting operation, the deposit / withdrawal port open command circuit 122 is activated to open the deposit / withdrawal port and discharge the dispensed bills. When the ejected banknote is removed, the output signal of the banknote removal completion detection circuit 121 becomes a true value, and the AND circuit 205
Output becomes a false value and the deposit / withdrawal port is closed. When all the media used in the withdrawal transaction are removed, the output of the all-media removal completion detection circuit 124 becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123
Can recognize that the withdrawal transaction is completed.

On the other hand, as a result of decoding the message identification code, if the withdrawal transaction is prohibited, the signal 503 becomes a true value,
Withdrawal banknotes are not counted, and when the removal of all the media used in the transaction is completed, the all media removal completion detection circuit 124
Becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123 can recognize the completion point of the withdrawal transaction.

Next, the case of deposit transaction will be described.

When the deposited banknotes are inserted into the banknote receiving box 61, the deposited banknote insertion completion detection circuit 106 detects the completion of banknote insertion, the deposit banknote counting command circuit 107 is activated, and the deposited banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving box are separated into banknote separating boxes. 62, gate 73, gate 74 through the bill discriminating box 67, gate 70 and gate 71, the bill circulation box 66 is full, that is, when the output signal of the circulation box full detection circuit 114 is a true value, the AND circuit 201 gates it. Then the take-in command circuit 108 for the banknote cassette temporary stacker is activated and stored in the banknote cassette temporary stacker, and when the banknote recirculation box 66 is not full, it is gated by the AND circuit 202 to the banknote recirculation temporary stacker. The take-in command circuit 109 is activated and stored in the banknote circulation temporary stacker 65. When the deposit transaction operation completion detection circuit 110 detects the completion of the input operation, the inquiry message created by the inquiry message creation circuit 103 is gated by the AND circuit 200 and set in the transmission / reception buffer 101 to send the inquiry message to the central device. The reply message from the central device to the inquiry message is received by the send / receive buffer 101,
The message identification is the reply message identification decoder 102.
Is decoded by. As a result of decoding, if the deposit transaction is permitted, the signal path 500 becomes a true value,
The deposit bill take-in command circuit 111 is activated, and the bill return box 66
Is full, that is, when the output signal of the reflux box full detection circuit 114 is a true value, the AND circuit 203 gates the banknote take-in command circuit 112 to the banknote cassette and activates the banknote cassette temporary stacker. The banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette, and when the banknote return box 66 is not full, the AND circuit 204 gates the banknote take-in command circuit 113 to the banknote return box, and the temporary stacker 65 for the return box temporarily holds the banknotes. The deposited banknotes are stored in the banknote circulation box 66.

Further, when the extraction of all the media used for the deposit transaction is completed, the output of the all medium removal completion detection circuit 124 becomes a true value, and the transaction end detection circuit 123 can recognize the end of the deposit transaction.

On the other hand, as a result of the decoding of the message identification code, if the deposit transaction is prohibited, or if the deposit cancellation detection circuit 116 detects a deposit cancellation operation, the deposit banknote return command circuit 117 is activated and the temporary return box temporary. Stacker 65
And the deposited banknotes temporarily stored in the banknote cassette temporary stacker 63 are transported to the banknote receiving box 61, and when the transport of all the deposited banknotes in the temporary stacker is completed, the output signal of the deposited banknote return completion detection circuit 118 becomes a true value and the transaction is performed. The end detection circuit 123 can recognize the end of the deposit transaction.

As described above, when one transaction is completed, the output signal of the transaction end detection circuit 123 becomes a true value, and the timer 130 is set by this output signal to start the time monitoring. When a prescribed time set in advance by the timer has elapsed, the output signal of the time-out detection circuit 131 becomes a true value, and the output signal of the bill circulation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit 132 becomes a true value. This signal is a true value when the banknote recycle box is not empty and either the banknote ticket storage box or the 1,000 yen ticket storage box is not full AN
By gated with the output signal of the D circuit 208, the bill circulation / replenishment command circuit 126 is activated.

On the other hand, when the input of the next transaction is started before the lapse of the specified time, the output signal of the transaction start detection circuit 125 becomes a true value, and the timer 130 is stopped and cleared by this signal, and at the same time, the bill circulation / replenishment permission signal generation circuit 132. By resetting, it is possible to suppress the activation of the bill circulation / replenishment command circuit 126. After that, when the transaction ends, the output signal of the transaction end detection circuit 123 becomes a true value, so the timer 130 is started again, and thereafter, the same process as when the first transaction ends is followed.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, in an automatic teller machine which is configured to recirculate deposited bills as withdrawal bills, bill replenishment operation can be performed without waiting the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an online system consisting of a central device and a terminal device, FIG. 2 is an example of the format of a reply message, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are times concerning message transmission / reception between the central device and the terminal device according to the present invention. A chart, FIG. 5 is a time chart of the prior art, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a bill transport mechanism, and FIG. 7 is a logic diagram of a terminal device side for embodying the method of the present invention. 61 …… Banknote receiving box, 63 …… Temporary stacker for banknote cassette, 64 …… Banknote cassette, 65 …… Temporary stacker for banknote recycling box, 66 …… Banknote recycling box, 130 …… Timer.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first banknote storage means for storing banknotes and dispensing banknotes stored in response to a withdrawal command, and a second banknote storage means for storing replenishment banknotes. In a cash-receipt-type automatic teller machine that returns the deposited banknotes to the first banknote storage means for withdrawal, from the second banknote storage means according to the amount of banknotes in the first banknote storage means. When replenishing the first bill storage means with bills, after the transaction processing is completed,
A bill replenishment method, wherein the replenishment is started in response to no request for the next transaction processing within a prescribed time. 2. The transaction processing is started by suppressing the start of the replenishment in response to a request for the next transaction processing within the specified time. The bill replenishment method according to item. 3. The replenishment whose start is suppressed is started in response to the fact that there is no request for the next transaction processing within the specified time after the end of the started transaction processing. The banknote replenishment method according to claim 2.