JP3052415B2 - Automatic transaction machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is, for example, provided with a bill transfer line for receiving and discharging bills, such as an automatic teller machine, and a receipt transfer line for issuing receipts. When a banknote or receipt jams or stagnates during these transport lines, and this is restored, the automatic transaction machine has the function of confirming the restoration and facilitating re-trading. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the automatic teller machine described above, a large number of photoelectric sensors are arranged in a banknote transport line to detect the transport state of the banknote. The system is configured to stop the apparatus upon detection, and to notify the occurrence of a failure.

The above-described fault resetting process (restoring process) is performed by a resetting process by an attendant, that is, a jam banknote removing process, or a mechanical resetting process, that is, a re-driving or reverse driving of a transport line. When the automatic teller machine is installed in an unmanned area, the reset process by the machine is executed by remote operation from the center.

[0004] The conventional fault resetting process is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), when a failure occurs (step n1), a reset process is executed by a clerk or a remote operation (step n2). If the failure detection by the sensor is not canceled by this (step n3), the clerk performs inspection work. A reset process is performed (step n4). When the failure detection of the sensor is canceled in this operation, the transaction is resumed (step n5).

[0005]

However, in the above-described fault resetting process, when the cause of the fault is, for example, the removal of the transport belt, the banknote is normally transported and remains on the transport line. Occasionally, in the reset process, the transport belt is returned to normal, the transport line is driven, and it is checked whether it rotates normally, but as described above, the bill remains on the transport line, and this is If this bill is not detected between the following sensors, the following problem occurs.

That is, when the transaction is resumed and the above-mentioned remaining bills are released to the next customer, a difference occurs with the customer and a money claim is generated. Of course, not only banknotes,
The same applies to issuance of a receipt. In this case, the receipt of the previous user is released to the next customer, and the same problem as described above occurs. These problems are particularly troublesome when an automatic transaction machine is installed in an unmanned area and managed by a monitor.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an automatic transaction machine capable of compensating normal recovery from a failure.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a transporting means for transporting transaction papers such as banknotes and receipts at the time of a transaction, and a transportation state of the transaction papers in a transport line of the transporting means. A transport error determining means for arranging a plurality of sensors to detect the transport error, and a transaction for stopping the drive and stopping the transaction when the transport error determining means detects the transport error. Stopping means, a reset means for resetting the drive stop of the transport means when the transport error is recovered, and an automatic transaction machine having a release means for releasing the stop of the transaction stop means, wherein the transport means
Arranged on the transport line to feed and rotate test sheets
A test sheet storage unit that can be accommodated and a test sheet are circulated from the test sheet storage unit via the transport line.
A test means for circulating and collecting the test paper in the test paper storage unit, and after the conveyance error is recovered and the reset means resets the drive stop of the conveyance means, drives the test means to convey the test paper. It is characterized in that it is an automatic transaction machine provided with a control means for judging right or wrong, and when the transportation is normal, driving the release means to release the transaction stopping means and permit the transaction resumption.

[0009]

According to the automatic transaction machine of the present invention, after the conveyance error is recovered and the reset means resets the drive stop of the conveyance means, the test means is driven to move the test paper from the test paper storage unit.
The test papers are fed out and circulated on the transport line, and the transportation of the test papers is determined. If the transportation is normal, the release means is driven to release the transaction stop means and the transaction is released. Allow resumption.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the restoration is tested by intervening the restoration test sequence while allowing the transaction to be resumed after the restoration of the failure, and when the restoration is normal. , To ensure that transactions can be resumed and that there is no miscalculation of the amount in question or misconduct, such as passing another customer's receipt to the customer, to compensate for the normal recovery from the failure. In particular, an automatic transaction machine in an unmanned system exerts its effect more. Further, even when the failure recovery is performed by a clerk, if the recovery is tested and the transaction is resumed, the normal recovery can be further compensated. Also, in terms of configuration,
Conveyance line for test paper storage that can be taken out and collected
And circulate test papers on the transport line.
To be collected again in the storage section.
In this way, the processing of feeding and collection of test papers is smooth,
Moreover, it can be executed quickly, and the processing time is short. Further
In addition, the test paper storage unit draws out the test paper and
It is arranged on the transport line with a function that can be collected
So, for example, store the storage unit at a specific location other than the transport line.
Form and remove test paper from the storage
Out and supply it to the transport liten.
Collect test papers from the line and store them in the storage section
Eliminates the need for other mechanisms such as extraction and storage means
Because of this, it is possible to avoid complicated configurations and
And cost reduction.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a bill processing device of an automatic deposit payment machine. In FIG. 1, a deposit / withdrawal port 11 of the device 10 has a position where a customer inserts and removes bills, and takes bills inside. Alternatively, it is configured to be rotatable to a position where a bill is received from the inside. The above-mentioned deposit / withdrawal port 11 is connected via a transport line a to a discriminating unit 12 for discriminating authenticity, denomination, and front / back, and the discriminating unit 12 transfers bills via the transport lines b and c. It is connected to a temporary holding unit 14 for temporarily holding.

The above-mentioned transport line b is connected to the test paper storage unit 13 and the batch holding unit 15 via the transport line d. In addition to storing a large number of test papers to be fed out to test this recovery, the test papers have a function of feeding out the test papers, testing a predetermined route, and collecting the test papers. And a function of passing the conveyed bills, and are connected to the deposit / withdrawal port 11 via the conveyance line e.

The above-mentioned transfer line e is connected to the above-mentioned transfer line a via a transfer line f, and the above-mentioned temporary holding section 14 is connected to the transfer line d via a transfer line g.

The transport line b from the discriminating section 12 is connected to a denomination storing section 16 provided for each denomination via a depositing transport line h. The transfer line a is connected to the transfer line a via a transfer line i for gold, and these transfer lines a, b, h, and i form a loop.

The transfer line j branching from the transfer line i is connected to the transfer line e so that the deposit / withdrawal port 11
To the collection box 17 via a transfer line k branched from the transfer line h.
Reference numeral 7 collects a dispensing error at the time of dispensing and a banknote that has been forgotten.

The above-mentioned transport lines a to k are constituted by appropriately combining transport belts, guide rollers, guide plates, distribution plates, and the like. However, a number of sensors for detecting the transport state of bills and test paper are provided.

A replenishing storage box 18 having a bill replenishing function and a bill retrieving function is detachably mounted on the bottom side of the above-mentioned temporary holding unit 14.

That is, a separator 19 for accumulating banknotes is provided inside the temporary holding unit 14.
Is provided so that it can move up and down and move in and out,
It is driven in a vertical direction and a retracting direction by an appropriate driving source.

Further, when the banknotes stored in the above-mentioned replenishment storage box 18 are fed out to the banknote processing apparatus 10 side, and when the banknotes of the apparatus 10 are stored in the replenishment storage box 18, the upper temporary This is executed by using the take-in / delivery mechanism of the holding unit 14.

At this time, the separator 19 of the upper temporary storage section 14 is drawn out and retracted.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit of the automatic teller machine described above. The CPU 21 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 22, and the RAM 23 stores and reads necessary data.

The transaction input unit 24 displays whether or not a transaction such as a deposit process, a payment process, a bookkeeping / balance inquiry process, a transfer process or the like is possible, and executes an input operation thereof. When the transaction is prohibited, the entry of the transaction becomes impossible, and the transaction is stopped.

The depositing / dispensing port mechanism 25 executes drive control for turning the depositing / dispensing port 11 down and up, and driving control for taking in inserted bills.

The transport line driving section 26 is provided for each of the transport lines a to
Perform k drive and switching.

The transfer line sensor 27 is provided for each of the transfer lines a to
The necessary number is arranged at various points of k, and the transport state of the bill or the test paper is individually detected.

The reset button 28 is set to an operation stop state when a failure occurs, so that the staff performs a reset operation when the failure is recovered. Of course, this reset is programmed in the ROM 22 so that it can be executed from the center.

The test button 29 is input by an attendant to test a predetermined transport line among the transport lines a to k. When this button is input, the transport line drive unit 26 and the test paper storage unit 13 are driven and controlled. The reset button 28 and the test button 29 described above are provided on an attendant operation panel.

The communication control device 30 connects a data line between the center and the automatic teller machine, and enables control of the automatic teller machine from the center.

The discriminating section 12 discriminates between authenticity and denomination of a bill,
Perform damage determination.

The test paper storage unit 13 has transport lines a to k
The test paper is fed and collected for the test. Note that, as an example, the test route is such that, after the test paper is fed from the test paper storage unit 13 and once discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 11, the transport line a → b → h → i → a → b
→ It is set so as to circulate and collect in the order of d. However, it is also possible to set other necessary test routes.

The escrow unit 14 controls the accumulation of banknotes and the delivery of the accumulated banknotes, and the batch storage unit 15 controls the batch sending of the stored banknotes or the processing control of passing through the batch storage unit 15. Execute.

The denomination storing units 16 take in the deposited bills of the respective denominations and send out the dispensed bills, and the collection box 17 executes the dispensing error and the collection of bad bills as the dispensed bills. .

The replenishing storage box 18 controls the replenishment of the banknotes stored in the replenishing storage box 18 to the banknote processing apparatus 10 or the collection of the banknotes from the apparatus 10 side. When controlling, the above-mentioned temporary holding unit 14 is simultaneously driven and controlled.

The failure recovery processing (reset processing) of the CPU 21 of the bill processing apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

When at least one of the transport line sensors 27 detects a stagnant bill, the CPU 21 determines that the bill has jammed on the transport lines a to k, and
If at least one of the transport line sensors 27 does not detect the passage of the bill even after the lapse of a predetermined time, it is determined that the bill is stagnant or jammed, or that the transport lines a to k are faulty.

When a failure occurs in this way (step n)
11), while prohibiting the driving state of the device, the transaction input unit 24 displays the cancellation of the transaction and prohibits the input of the transaction,
The transport line driving unit 26 stops driving, information on the failure is transmitted to the center via the communication control device 30, and the center determines whether the processing is a staffing process or a center process by remote operation in the setting mode (step n12).

When the clerk executes the failure recovery processing, the panel of the automatic teller machine is opened and the clerk operation panel is operated to determine that the processing of the clerk is being executed (step n13). Next, it is determined whether or not the failure is a failure in the transport system based on the detection output of the transport line sensor 27, and if the failure is in the transport system, an instruction to check the failure is notified on a staff operation panel (step n15). .

Based on this inspection instruction, a clerk performs a fault recovery process (reset process), removes the banknote if it has jammed, and normally erroneously installs the banknote if the transport belt has been derailed ( Step n16).

When the operator's failure recovery processing is completed, the reset button 28 on the operator's operation panel is operated, and the input of this reset resets the apparatus's drive prohibition state to the operable state. Drive for a predetermined time (step n17), and determine whether or not to drive normally (step 18).

If the fault has not been recovered yet, step n1 is issued to issue a check instruction to the operator's operation panel to notify the operator.
Then, the process returns to step 5 to execute a failure recovery process for the attendant. If it is determined in step n13 that this is a recovery process for remote operation by the center, or if it is determined in step n14 that a failure has occurred other than in the transport system, a failure recovery process is executed by a reset process programmed in the center. You.
If these center processes have been executed and the fault has not been recovered, the process is changed to the fault recovery process for the staff in step n15.

When it is determined in step n18 that the failure has been normally recovered, it is next determined whether the failure has occurred in the transport system (step n19). If the failure has occurred in the transport system, the transport line is checked (step n19). n20).

That is, the test paper storage unit 13 is driven to feed out the stored test paper, and the test paper is discharged once to the deposit / withdrawal port 11, and then transferred to the transport line a → b →
It circulates and recovers in the order of h → i → a → b → d. If the test paper is jammed in this test paper run, it indicates that the failure has not been normally recovered (step n2).
1) Return to step n15, change to the failure recovery processing by the attendant, and execute the failure recovery processing again.

However, if it is determined that the failure has been normally recovered in the above-described stapled paper run, the resumption of the transaction is permitted (step n22). That is, the prohibition of driving of the apparatus is reset, the transaction input unit 24 displays the transaction possibility and releases the prohibition of the transaction, and the transport line driving unit 26
Is released from the drive stop, and the transaction is allowed to resume.

In the failure recovery processing by the staff,
By operating the test button 29 by the attendant, the transfer line can be checked in the same manner as in step n20 described above. According to the above embodiment, steps n16 and n1
After the failure is recovered in step 7, while the transaction is allowed to resume in step n22, the recovery is tested by intervening a test sequence for recovery in step n20, and when this is normal, the transaction is restarted. It can reliably prevent miscalculation of the amount in question and misconduct, such as passing the receipt of another customer to the customer, and compensate for the normal recovery from the failure, especially unmanned The automatic transaction machine in the system exerts its effect even more. Further, even in the case where a failure recovery is performed by a clerk, a normal recovery can be compensated by restarting the transaction after testing the recovery.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the transaction paper sheets of the present invention correspond to the banknotes and receipts of the embodiment. To k and the transport line drive unit 26, the plurality of sensors correspond to the transport line sensor 27, the transport error determination unit corresponds to the processing of step n14 of the CPU 21, and the transaction stop unit corresponds to the step of the CPU 21. n1
1, the reset means corresponds to the processing of step n17 of the CPU 21, the release means corresponds to the processing of step n22 of the CPU 21, the test sheet corresponds to the test sheet, and the test sheet corresponds to the test sheet. Type storage section, test paper collection
The test means corresponds to the storage unit 13 and the test paper storage unit 1
3 and corresponds to the processing of step n20 of the CPU 21,
The control means corresponds to the CPU 21 and the automatic transaction machine corresponds to the automatic deposit payment machine, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the description has been made of the banknote transport line. However, the present invention can be applied to a receipt transport line. Further, as the test paper sheet, outside of using a special test sheet may be used banknotes themselves, the bill is money storage unit 1
It is also possible to use it by feeding it out from 6.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a bill processing device of an automatic deposit payment machine.

FIG. 2 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic teller machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a failure recovery process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a conventional failure recovery process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Test paper storage part 21 ... CPU 24 ... Transaction input part 26 ... Conveyance line drive part 27 ... Conveyance line sensor ak ... Conveyance line

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. Dealing papers such as bills and receipts.
Transport means for transporting paper sheets at a time, and a transport state of transaction papers in a transport line of the transport means.
Judgment of transport error by installing multiple sensors that detect
When the transport error determining means detects a transport error,
Stop the transport means and stop the transaction.
The pull stop means and the drive stop of the transfer means are reset when the transfer error is recovered.
Automatic resetting means and reset means for releasing the suspension of the transaction stopping means.
A dynamic transaction machine,Arranged on the transport line of the transport means, and test papers
Test paper storage section stored for feeding and collection
When,  Test paper sheetsTest paper aboveFrom the storage section,
Through the inCirculated and collected in the test paper storage sectionDo
A test unit, wherein the conveyance error is recovered and the reset unit
After resetting the drive stop, drive the test means
Judge the conveyance of the test paper sheet.
Drive the release means to release the transaction stop means and resume the transaction
Automatic transaction machine provided with control means that allows