JP2012230591A - Automatic transaction device and method for inspecting automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress shortening of life of an automatic transaction device.SOLUTION: In an automatic transaction device 1, the number of bills fed from a plurality of pieces of storage means 7a, respectively is counted, states of the fed bills are classified, and the states of the bills are made correspond to every piece of storage means 7a. Thus, inspection of an amount of the bills only in the storage means 7a where there are abnormalities such as multiple feed, poor classification in the state of the fed bills is executed. Then, the number of bills fed from the storage means 7a and the amount of the bills of the storage means 7a are updated.

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus and a method for examining an automatic transaction apparatus.

  An automatic transaction machine (ATM (Automated Teller Machine)) installed in a financial institution or the like executes transactions such as depositing, withdrawing, transferring, and remittance of cash in accordance with an operation input received from a user. Moreover, an automatic transaction apparatus is provided with the banknote processing unit in which the stacker which accommodates a banknote for every money type, the cassette for replenishing a banknote, and the conveyance means to convey a banknote are incorporated. In such a banknote processing unit, banknotes deposited by a user are transported by a transport means to a stacker corresponding to the denomination, and banknotes are withdrawn from the stacker to the user. And a banknote is conveyed from a cassette to a stacker (for example, refer patent document 1).

  Further, a bill counter is provided in each stacker and cassette of the bill processing unit. The bill counter counts the bills one by one each time the bills are fed out from the stacker and the cassette. Thus, the automatic transaction apparatus manages the number of banknotes stored in the stacker and cassette together with the number of banknotes fed out from the counting result of the banknote counter.

  However, when banknotes are fed from the stacker and cassette by the conveying means, there are cases where two or more sheets overlap (multiple feeding). Even in this case, the bill count counts that one bill has been fed out. That is, there is a difference between the number of banknotes stored in the stacker and cassette managed by the automatic transaction apparatus and the amount of banknotes in the stacker and cassette actually stored.

  Since there may be a difference in the amount of banknotes in this way, the operator determines the banknote amount of the automatic transaction apparatus with respect to the number of banknotes counted by the banknote counter and the actual banknote amount of the automatic transaction apparatus. It is necessary to confirm. For this reason, the banknotes stored in all the stackers and all the cassettes of the banknote processing unit of the automatic transaction apparatus are identified and counted, and the amount of banknotes in the automatic transaction apparatus is closely examined.

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  However, in order to examine all the banknotes stored in all the stackers and all the cassettes of the banknote handling unit of the automatic transaction apparatus, the automatic transaction apparatus must be temporarily stopped. During the stoppage, there was a problem that the user could not use the automatic transaction apparatus.

  Further, in order to scrutinize all stackers and banknotes in all cassettes, much time is required for scrutiny. Since it takes time to scrutinize banknotes, the rate of failure such as banknote clogging at the time of scrutiny in an automated transaction apparatus is improved, and the operational burden for scrutiny of the automated transaction apparatus also increases. Will progress. For this reason, there also existed a problem that the lifetime of an automatic transaction apparatus will be shortened.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and relates to an automatic transaction apparatus and a method for examining an automatic transaction apparatus in which shortening of life is suppressed.

  To achieve the above object, refer to the state information holding means for holding state information in which the state of the banknotes fed out from the storage means is associated with the storage means for storing banknotes, and the state information holding means. Then, there is provided an automatic transaction apparatus having scrutiny execution means for scrutinizing the number of the banknotes stored in the storage means according to the state of the banknotes.

  Moreover, in order to achieve the said objective, the method of performing the same examination as the said automatic transaction apparatus is provided.

  By such an automatic transaction apparatus and a method for examining the automatic transaction apparatus, shortening of the life of the automatic transaction apparatus is suppressed.

It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the automatic transaction apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the banknote processing unit with which ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a block diagram which shows the function with which ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure for demonstrating the count information and status information with which ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure for demonstrating the number of counters of the banknote accommodated in the cassette with which ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is equipped. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence for performing the drawing | feeding-out process in the stacker of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows the process sequence for performing the drawing | feeding-out process in the cassette of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows the process sequence for performing the drawing | feeding-out process in the cassette of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence for performing the update process of the count information of ATM which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  When the automatic transaction apparatus 1 makes the amount of banknotes stored in the storage means corresponding to the number of banknotes drawn out from the storage means coincide with the amount of banknotes actually stored in the storage means, The banknotes of only the storage means from which the banknotes in an abnormal state are fed out are examined.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 includes a count information holding unit 2, a state information holding unit 3, a scrutinization executing unit 4, an updating unit 5, a banknote processing control unit 6, and a banknote processing device 7. . At least the scrutinization execution means 4, the update means 5 and the banknote processing control means 6 are executed by executing a scrutiny program by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) included in the automatic transaction apparatus 1. Processing functions are realized.

  The count information holding means 2 holds information on the number of banknotes stored in the storage means 7a that is increased or decreased according to the banknotes that are inserted into and exited from the storage means 7a that stores banknotes. For example, the counting information holding means 2 holds information on the number of bills (existing height) stored in the storage means 7a. When the automatic transaction apparatus 1 withdraws banknotes in response to an operation input from a user, each time a banknote is drawn out from the storage means 7a, the amount of banknotes held by the counting information holding means 2 is one. Decreases by increments.

  The state information holding unit 3 holds state information in which the storage unit 7a is associated with the state of the banknote fed out from the storage unit 7a. For example, when the banknotes fed out from the storage means 7a are in a stacked state, the banknotes are associated with the storage means 7a from which the banknotes are drawn out in a multiple payout state. Moreover, when the banknote drawn | fed out similarly is in the state of a discrimination failure, it is matched with the storage means 7a where the said banknote was drawn out being a discrimination | determination failure state.

The scrutinizing means 4 refers to the state information holding means 3 and causes the scrutinizing means 7b to scrutinize the number of banknotes stored in the storing means 7a according to the state.
The update means 5 updates the number of banknotes held by the counting information holding means 2 based on the number of banknotes stored in the storage means 7a that has been scrutinized by the scrutinization execution means 4.

  The banknote processing control means 6 notifies the banknote processing apparatus 7 of a control signal for operating a banknote processing apparatus 7 to be described later, and receives a signal corresponding to the process from the banknote processing apparatus 7. Moreover, the banknote processing control means 6 reflects the counting result of the counting means 7c described later on the counting information holding means 2.

  The banknote processing device 7 executes transactions such as receipt of banknotes and withdrawals based on a control signal from the banknote processing control means 6. Furthermore, the banknote processing apparatus 7 includes a storage unit 7a, a close inspection unit 7b, a counting unit 7c, and a discrimination unit 7d.

  The storage means 7a prepares banknotes for each denomination and stores banknotes according to the denominations. The storage means 7a is, for example, a stacker (a 10,000 yen ticket, a 5000 yen ticket, a 2000 yen ticket, a 1000 yen ticket), a cassette, or the like, and a banknote is transferred from the stacker according to a control signal from the banknote processing control means 6. It is fed out and withdrawn to the outside, or a bill is conveyed between the stacker and the cassette.

  The scrutinizing means 7b scrutinizes the number of bills held by the storing means 7a. For example, all the banknotes are once transported from a stacker that stores banknotes for each denomination to a storage such as a cassette for storage, and the banknotes are stored in the stacker while being distinguished and counted again from the storage by the discrimination means 7d. The scrutiny process is carried out.

  The counting means 7c is fed out and stored every time a bill is drawn out from the storage means 7a and every time a bill is stored in the storage means 7a, by detecting the passage of the bill that has been drawn out and stored. Count the number of sheets.

The discriminating means 7d discriminates the banknotes fed out from the storage means 7a. For example, it is discriminated that the fed banknote is in a multiple payout state, a discrimination failure, or the like.
The banknote processing device 7 notifies the banknote processing control means 6 of the information counted by the counting means 7c and the information identified by the discrimination means 7d, respectively.

A scrutiny process performed by the automatic transaction apparatus 1 having such a configuration will be described.
In the banknote handling apparatus 7, banknotes are respectively fed out from the plurality of storage means 7a. When the banknotes are stored, the counting means 7c counts the number of banknotes fed out and stored. The banknote processing device 7 notifies the banknote processing control means 6 of the number of banknotes counted by the counting means 7c. The banknote processing control means 6 reflects the notified information on the number of banknotes in the banknote amount information of each storage means 7a held by the counting information holding means 2.

  Furthermore, the banknotes respectively fed out from the plurality of storage means 7a are discriminated by the discrimination means 7d. The banknote processing device 7 notifies the banknote processing control means 6 of the identification information of the fed banknotes. The banknote processing control means 6 holds the notified identification information in the state information holding means 3 in correspondence with each storing means 7a.

  Here, the discriminating means 7d discriminates that the banknote fed out from a certain storage means 7a is in a multiple payout state in which, for example, two sheets overlap each other. Such a discrimination result is held in the state information holding unit 3 from the banknote processing device 7 through the banknote processing control unit 6.

  At this time, the banknotes fed out from the storage means 7a are actually two, but the counting means 7c counts that one banknote has been fed out. That is, when such a counting result of the counting means 7c is reflected in the counting information holding means 2, the actual banknote amount of the storage means 7a and the banknote amount of the storage means 7a of the counting information holding means 2 coincide. (There will be less actual banknotes). In order to make the amount of each banknote coincide, it is necessary to carefully examine the number of banknotes stored in the storage means 7a in which multiple banknotes are fed out.

  Therefore, the scrutinization execution means 4 refers to the state information holding means 3 and issues a scrutiny request for the number of banknotes in the storage means 7a in which the banknotes in the multiple payout state are fed out from the plurality of storage means 7a. Notify The banknote processing control means 6 notifies the banknote processing apparatus 7 of such a scrutiny request.

The banknote processing device 7 performs a scrutiny of the number of banknotes of only the storage means 7a to be scrutinized based on a scrutiny request, and notifies the banknote processing control means 6 of the number of scrutinized banknotes.
The updating means 5 acquires information on the number of banknotes by scrutiny from the banknote processing control means 6 via the scrutinization execution means 4 and stores the information on the storage means 7a that is the target of the counting information holding means 2 based on the number of banknotes. Update the number of bills that have been paid out.

  By executing the above processing, the count information held by the count information holding means 2 is updated, and the banknote amount of the storage means 7a held by the count information holding means 2 and the actual amount of the banknotes of the storage means 7a are updated. Arbitrary height matches.

  In such an automatic transaction apparatus 1, while counting the number of the banknotes each withdrawn with respect to the some storage means 7a, the state of the fed banknote is discriminated, and the state of the banknote fed out for every storage means 7a Was made to correspond.

  As a result, the payout amount of the banknotes of only the storage means 7a having an abnormality such as a multiple payout and a discrimination failure is executed in the state of the payout banknotes. Then, the number of banknotes fed out from the storage means 7a can be updated, and the banknote amount in the storage means 7a matches the actual banknote amount in the storage means 7a.

  Therefore, since it is not necessary to carry out a detailed examination of the number of banknotes in all the storage means 7a, the stop time of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is shortened. Moreover, the improvement of the incidence of failures such as banknote clogging at the time of detailed examination of the banknote handling apparatus 7 and the progress of deterioration of the banknote handling apparatus 7 are suppressed. As a result, the shortening of the lifetime of the automatic transaction apparatus is suppressed.

[Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment, the first embodiment will be described more specifically.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an ATM according to the second embodiment.

  The ATM 10 includes a card processing unit having a card insertion / discharge port 40a on the front surface, a passbook processing unit having a passbook insertion / discharge port 50a, a coin processing unit having a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 60a, and a banknote process having a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 70a. Have a unit. Furthermore, ATM10 has a display unit which has the display part 30a for the operation input from a user, and a display.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the ATM according to the second embodiment.
The ATM 10 includes a control unit 20 that executes predetermined processing performed in the ATM 10, and a display unit 30 that displays operation input and output results from the user. Further, the ATM 10 includes a card processing unit 40 having a card insertion / discharge port 40a, a passbook processing unit 50 having a passbook insertion / discharge port 50a, a coin processing unit 60 having a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 60a, as described in FIG. It has the banknote processing unit 70 which has the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 70a.

  The control unit 20 includes a CPU 20a, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 20b, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 20c, a graphic interface 20d, a host communication control unit 20e, and an input / output interface 20f. These units are mutually connected by a bus 20g. It is connected to the.

The CPU 20a comprehensively controls the entire ATM 10 by executing various programs stored in a storage medium such as the HDD 20c.
The RAM 20b temporarily stores an OS (Operating System) to be executed by the CPU 20a and at least a part of the program. The RAM 20b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 20a.

  The HDD 20c stores the OS and application programs on the ATM 10. The HDD 20c stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 20a.

  A display unit 30 is connected to the graphic interface 20d. The graphic interface 20d displays a screen on the display unit 30a of the display unit 30 in accordance with a command from the CPU 20a. In addition, the graphic interface 20 d acquires information corresponding to the operation input detected by the input detection unit 30 b of the display unit 30.

  The host communication control unit 20e is connected to, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) so as to be communicable with a host computer (not shown) of a management center that manages the ATM 10 installed in various places. Can communicate.

  A card processing unit 40, a passbook processing unit 50, a coin processing unit 60, and a banknote processing unit 70 are connected to the input / output interface 20f. The input / output interface 20f is connected to the card processing unit 40, the passbook processing unit 50, the coin processing unit 60, and the banknote processing unit 70 so that they can communicate with each other. Send and receive.

The display unit 30 can display a screen related to a transaction and accept an operation input from a user, and includes a display unit 30a and an input detection unit 30b.
The display unit 30a is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays a screen based on screen information in accordance with the processing of the ATM 10.

  The input detection unit 30b detects a user's touch on the screen displayed by the display unit 30a. Specifically, the position information of the operation input is detected from an infrared LED (Light Emitting Diode) in which the infrared beam is blocked by the operation input by the user and the phototransistor, and the position information is transmitted to the control unit 20. To do. Note that the CPU 20a of the control unit 20 identifies the processing content displayed on the screen corresponding to the detected touch position, and executes the processing.

  The card processing unit 40 records a processing result of a predetermined process in accordance with the execution instruction of the card inserted by the user through the card insertion / discharge port 40a. Further, the card processing unit 40 discharges the card for which the processing result has been recorded from the card insertion / discharge port 40a and returns it to the user.

  The passbook processing unit 50 transports the user's passbook inserted from the passbook insertion / discharge port 50a to a predetermined position, and records the processing result of the predetermined processing in accordance with an execution instruction from the user. Further, the passbook processing unit 50 conveys the passbook for which processing result recording has been completed, discharges it from the passbook insertion / discharge port 40a, and returns it to the user.

  The coin processing unit 60 and the banknote processing unit 70 receive coins and banknotes inserted from the coin deposit / withdrawal part 60a and the banknote deposit / withdrawal part 70a, and count the coins and banknotes, respectively. Moreover, according to a user's predetermined | prescribed execution instruction, the coin and banknote of the amount according to a process can be discharge | released from the coin depositing / withdrawing part 60a and the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 70a.

  Such a card processing unit 40, a passbook processing unit 50, a coin processing unit 60, and a banknote processing unit 70 are respectively controlled by the CPU 20a of the control unit 20 in accordance with an operation input through the display unit 30 by the user. .

  In addition to the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 3, for example, an operator, a staff member, a clerk, etc. manage various settings of the ATM 10 and a host device such as an operation display unit for grasping the setting status (not shown) ) May be connected to the control unit 20.

Next, details of the banknote processing unit 70 which is one of such hardware configurations provided in the ATM will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a banknote processing unit provided in the ATM according to the second embodiment.

  The banknote processing unit 70 includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 70a, a discrimination unit 70b, a temporary storage unit 70c, a forgetting rejection unit 70d, stackers A and 1-3, cassettes F and R, and a rejection unit 70k.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 70a accepts banknotes deposited from the outside, and banknotes dispensed to the outside from the banknote processing unit 70 are dispensed.
The discrimination unit 70b discriminates the authenticity, denomination, correctness, reverse side, overlap, etc., of banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, and banknotes conveyed from either side can be identified.

The temporary holding unit 70c temporarily holds banknotes deposited by the user when depositing.
The forgetting-to-reject rejecting unit 70d stores the banknotes forgotten when the user forgets to take the banknotes in the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 70a at the time of withdrawal.

  The stackers A and 1-3 store banknotes for withdrawals by denomination, and store banknotes that can be used for withdrawal when depositing as banknotes for withdrawal. For example, stacker A stores 10,000 yen, stacker 1 stores 5,000 yen, stacker 2 stores 2000 yen, and stacker 3 stores 1000 yen.

The cassettes F and R store banknotes to be replenished with respect to the stackers A and 1-3 and store banknotes stored from the stackers A and 1-3.
The stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R are provided with unillustrated unwinding means, and the unloading means requires banknotes from the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R in response to the unloading request in the ATM 10. The number of sheets can be paid out.

The reject unit 70k stores, as reject banknotes, banknotes determined that the discrimination unit 70b cannot be used among the banknotes fed out from the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R.
Further, the stackers A, 1-3 and the cassettes F, R are provided with counter units 70e-70j, and the cassettes F, R are provided with bill sensors 70j1, 70i1, respectively.

  The counter units 70e to 70j are fed out from the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R, respectively, and are installed in passages through which bills stored in the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R pass, respectively. . Such counter units 70e to 70j are fed out from the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R, and count the banknotes as the stored banknotes pass.

The banknote sensors 70j1 and 70i1 detect that the amount of banknotes in the cassettes F and R is zero.
A conveyance path is provided between the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F, R and the like built in the banknote processing unit 70, and the banknotes are conveyed along the conveyance path between them.

Next, the control function with which ATM10 is provided is demonstrated.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating functions provided in the ATM according to the second embodiment.
The ATM 10 does not scrutinize all the stackers A, 1-3 and all the cassettes F, R of the banknote processing unit 70, but only the stackers A, 1-3, and the cassettes F, R from which the banknotes in an abnormal state are fed out. It can be scrutinized.

Such an ATM 10 has a count information holding unit 21 and a state information holding unit 22 in the control unit 20.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining count information and state information included in the ATM according to the second embodiment.

6A shows the count information held by the count information holding unit 21, and FIG. 6B shows the state information held by the state information holding unit 22.
The count information holding unit 21 holds count information indicating the counted number (existing height) of banknotes stored in the stackers A and 1-3. For example, A, B, C, and D bills are stored in the stackers A, 1 to 3, respectively, as shown in FIG.

  The count information management unit 25, which will be described later, reflects the number of banknotes entering and leaving the stackers A and 1-3 in the banknote amount of the count information. However, when banknotes that are overlapped from stackers A and 1-3 or in a state of poor identification are fed out, the counted number of each banknote held by count information holding unit 21 is different from the actual banknote height. come.

  The count information holding unit 21 also holds count information indicating the number of bills stored in the cassettes F and R. For example, the cassettes F and R store E and F bills, respectively, as shown in FIG. Further, in the cassettes F and R, as in the case of the stackers A and 1-3, the banknote amount is changed by the count information management unit 25 described later according to the insertion and removal of the banknotes.

  Moreover, the banknotes conveyed to the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R are fed out from the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R and are identified as true by the discrimination unit 70b. It is. Therefore, it is conceivable that the number of bills conveyed to the stackers A, 1-3 and cassettes F, R and detected by the counter units 70e-70j matches the number of bills actually conveyed.

Details of the number of counters in the cassettes F and R will be described later.
The status information holding unit 22 identifies ON / OFF of an error flag for each of the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R of the banknote processing unit 70. For example, the banknotes drawn out from the stacker A are conveyed to the discrimination unit 70b, and the discrimination of the banknotes is performed by the discrimination unit 70b. As a result of the discrimination, since the bill is true, OFF is set in the error flag. On the other hand, when the discrimination result of the banknotes fed out from the stacker 2 is a state where two or more banknotes are overlapped, a state of poor discrimination, etc., the banknotes are fed out as shown in FIG. The error flag is set to ON for the stacked stacker 2.

  In addition, when the banknotes are fed from the stackers A, 1-3 and the cassettes F, R in response to the feeding request, if the counter units 70e-70j cannot detect the feeding of the banknotes for a predetermined time, the banknotes are jammed. Therefore, the error flag is set to ON.

Here, the counter number of cassettes F and R will be described.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the counter number of banknotes stored in a cassette provided in the ATM according to the second embodiment.

  FIG. 7 shows the operation of the cassette, the actual banknote amount (actual number) of the cassette accompanying the operation, the number of counters of the cassette held by the count information holding unit 21 and the error flag for the cassette. . Moreover, the number of banknotes described in FIG. 7 is an example.

  As described above, the cassettes F and R (hereinafter referred to as cassettes) are loaded with banknotes of various denominations. Such a cassette can be mounted on the ATM 10 to replenish banknotes to the stackers A and 1-3.

First, a cassette loaded with 100 banknotes is attached to the ATM 10 (number 1 in FIG. 7).
In this case, 100 banknotes are stored in the cassette, but the ATM 10 cannot determine the amount of banknotes in the cassette, so the counter counter count of the count information holding unit 21 is 0. . Therefore, since the actual cassette height (actual number) differs from the cassette height of the count information holding unit 21, the error flag is set to ON.

In this state, 10 sheets are stored in the cassette from the stacker (number 2 in FIG. 7).
In this case, 110 bills are stored in the cassette, and 10 counters are counted in the cassette of the count information holding unit 21. Accordingly, in this case as well, since the actual cassette height (actual number) differs from the cassette height of the count information holding unit 21, the error flag remains set to ON.

Further, 20 sheets are fed from the cassette to the stacker (number 3 in FIG. 7).
In this case, 90 bills are stored in the cassette, and the number of counters in the cassette of the count information holding unit 21 is counted as 0. Accordingly, in this case as well, since the actual cassette height (actual number) differs from the cassette height of the count information holding unit 21, the error flag remains set to ON.

Again, 90 sheets are fed from the cassette to the stacker (number 4 in FIG. 7).
In this case, the bill sensor provided in the cassette detects that all the bills in the cassette have been fed out and the height has become zero. Also, the counter number of cassettes in the count information holding unit 21 remains zero. For this reason, since the actual amount of the detected cassette matches the amount of the cassette in the count information holding unit 21, the error flag is set to OFF.

Subsequently, the cassette stores 20 sheets from the stacker (number 5 in FIG. 7).
Since the actual cassette height (actual number) and the count amount of the cassette in the count information holding unit 21 coincide with each other, the error flag remains OFF.

Next, 10 sheets are stored in the stacker from the cassette. However, multiple feeds in which two sheets overlap each other occur (No. 6 in FIG. 7).
In this case, twelve banknotes are fed out from the cassette, and the actual amount is eight. On the other hand, 10 counters are counted in the cassette of the count information holding unit 21. In this way, ON is set in the error flag in order to detect multiple payout.

Finally, the cassette feeds 10 sheets to the stacker (number 7 in FIG. 7).
Since the actual amount (actual number) of cassettes for which 0 has been detected by the banknote sensor matches the amount of cassettes in the count information holding unit 21, the error flag is set to OFF.

  Thus, it can be seen that the error flag is set to ON for the cassette until the actual banknote height of the cassette coincides with the banknote height held by the count information holding unit 21 immediately after mounting.

Returning to the description of the configuration of the control unit 20 of the ATM 10.
In addition to the above, the control unit 20 of the ATM 10 further includes a banknote processing unit control unit 23, a state information setting unit 24, a count information management unit 25, a scrutinization execution unit 26, an update unit 27, and a display unit control unit 28.

  The banknote processing unit control unit 23 controls the operation of the banknote processing unit 70 in accordance with an operation input from the user to the ATM 10. For example, the number of banknotes based on the withdrawal amount requested in response to the withdrawal request is paid out one by one from each of the stackers A, 1 to 3, and paid out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 70a. When banknotes are replenished to the stackers A and 1-3, the banknotes fed from the cassettes F and R are conveyed to the discrimination unit 70b. The banknotes are conveyed to the stackers A, 1-3 corresponding to the denominations identified by the discrimination unit 70b, and the banknotes are supplemented in the stackers A, 1-3. In addition to such processing, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 causes the banknote processing unit 70 to perform transaction processing, such as recording transaction history for a bankbook, a card, and the like. Moreover, the banknote processing unit control part 23 is notified of the discrimination information that the discrimination part 70b of the banknote processing unit 70 discriminates the banknotes, the count information that the counter parts 70e to 70j count the banknotes, and the like.

  The state information setting unit 24 acquires the state information of the fed banknote notified from the banknote processing unit 70 by the banknote processing unit control unit 23, and each stacker A, 1 of the state information holding unit 22 based on the state information. To 3 and the error flags for the cassettes F and R are set.

  The count information management unit 25 acquires information on the number of banknotes that have been entered and exited from the banknote processing unit 70 by the banknote processing unit control unit 23, and stores the information on the number of stackers A, 1 to 1 of the count information holding unit 21. 3 and the amount of bills in each cassette F and R are reflected.

  The scrutiny execution unit 26 refers to the status information held by the status information holding unit 22 and issues a scrutiny execution request for the stackers A, 1-3, and cassettes F, R with the error flag set to ON. 23. Further, the scrutinization execution unit 26 is notified from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 of the scrutiny from the banknote processing unit 70 in response to the scrutiny execution request.

  The update unit 27 is notified from the scrutiny execution unit 26 of the scrutinization results of the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R whose error flags are set to ON. The updating unit 27 updates the count information held by the count information holding unit 21 based on the notified scrutinization result.

  The display unit control unit 28 causes the display unit 30 to display information. For example, the count information of the count information holding unit 21 can be displayed on the display unit 30 so that the operator who manages the ATM 10 can visually guide the update before and after the update of the count information.

Next, the payout process executed by the ATM 10 will be described.
First, the feeding process in the stackers A and 1-3 will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a payout process in the ATM stacker according to the second embodiment.

In FIG. 8, the case where the ATM 10 withdraws the amount corresponding to the withdrawal request will be described as an example.
When a withdrawal request is received from the user for the ATM 10 and the withdrawal amount is input, the following processing is executed in the ATM 10.

[Step S11] The bill processing unit control unit 23 selects a stacker corresponding to the denomination based on the withdrawal request amount.
[Step S12] The banknote handling unit control unit 23 notifies the stacker selected in step S11 of a bill feeding request.

[Step S13] The bill processing unit control unit 23 starts measuring time.
[Steps S14 and S15] When the banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a payout result indicating that the banknote processing unit 70 has been normally drawn out during the time measurement, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 proceeds to step S17 and does not receive the payout result. If the measurement time is timed out, the process proceeds to step S16.

When the time-out occurs, the banknotes cannot be paid out, so that the stacker selected in step S11 is considered to be clogged with banknotes.
[Step S16] The state information setting unit 24 sets ON to the error flag of the stacker selected in step S11 of the state information holding unit 22.

Since the stacker is clogged with banknotes, the feeding process is terminated.
[Step S <b> 17] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives from the banknote processing unit 70 a detection signal of banknote feeding detected by the counter unit installed in the stacker selected in step S <b> 11.

  When the count information management unit 25 receives the bill detection signal fed from the counter unit from the bill processing unit control unit 23, the count information management unit 25 reflects the count signal of the stacker selected in step S11 of the count information holding unit 21.

[Step S <b> 18] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives from the banknote processing unit 70 the banknote discrimination result fed out in step S <b> 17 identified by the discrimination unit 70 b.
[Step S19] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 determines the discrimination result received in Step S18.

If the discrimination result is an error such as a banknote multiple payout state or a discrimination failure state, the process proceeds to step S11a. If not, the process proceeds to step S11b.
[Step S11a] The state information setting unit 24 sets ON to the error flag of the stacker selected in step S11 of the state information holding unit 22 based on the discrimination result acquired in step S18.

In this case, in the banknote processing unit 70, the banknote whose discrimination result is an error is conveyed to the reject unit 70k.
The next process proceeds to step S12, and the banknote processing unit control unit 23 notifies the stacker selected in step S11 again of the banknote payout request.

[Step S11b] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 determines whether or not the remaining banknotes should be paid out in the stacker selected in step S11 based on the withdrawal request amount.
As a result of the determination, if it is necessary to pay out banknotes from the stacker selected in step S11, the process proceeds to step S12. If it is not necessary to pay out banknotes from the stacker selected in step S11, the process proceeds to step S11c.

[Step S11c] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 determines the presence or absence of the remaining stackers other than the stacker selected in step S11 based on the withdrawal request amount.
As a result of the determination, if the remaining stacker other than the stacker selected in step S11 should be selected, the process proceeds to step S11. If there is no need to select a stacker other than the stacker selected in step S11, the feeding process is performed. Exit.

Next, the feeding process in the cassette will be described.
FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure for executing the feeding process in the ATM cassette according to the second embodiment.

9 and 10, the same processes as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same step numbers as those in FIG. 8, and descriptions thereof are omitted.
When the operator mounts a cassette filled with banknotes on the ATM 10, the error flag is set to ON for the cassette as described in FIG. An operator makes a banknote compensation request from the cassette to the stacker for the ATM 10. When the ATM 10 receives a compensation request and inputs the number of compensation for each stacker, the ATM 10 executes the following processing.

[Step S101] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 selects a cassette corresponding to the compensation request.
[Step S102] After step S17 in FIG. 9, when the banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a notification from the banknote processing unit 70 that the amount of cassettes provided by the banknote sensor is zero, the next process proceeds to step S103. If not received, the process proceeds to step S18.

  [Step S103] The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives information on the number of counts of the cassette selected in step S101 of the count information holding unit 21 from the count information management unit 25.

The next process proceeds to step S104 if the counted number is 0, and proceeds to step S19 if it is not 0.
[Step S104] The bill processing unit control unit 23 notifies the state information setting unit 24 of a request to reset (OFF) the error flag of the cassette selected in Step S101.

The status information setting unit 24 sets the cassette error flag to OFF based on the request notified by the status information holding unit 22. The next process proceeds to step S12 again.
[Step S105] Based on the compensation request, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 determines whether there is a remaining cassette to be selected in addition to the cassette selected in Step S101.

  As a result of the determination, if the remaining cassette should be selected in addition to the cassette selected in step S101, the process proceeds to step S101. If there is no need to select a cassette other than the cassette selected in step S101, the feeding process is performed. Exit.

When the feeding process as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is executed, the information in the state information holding unit 22 and the count information holding unit 21 is accumulated.
Next, a scrutiny process and count information update process executed by the ATM 10 will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing the update processing of the ATM count information according to the second embodiment.
When a count information update request is received from the operator to the ATM 10, the following processing is executed.

[Step S <b> 21] Upon receiving the update request, the scrutiny executing unit 26 acquires state information from the state information holding unit 22.
[Step S22] The scrutinization execution unit 26 sets i = 1 (stacker A) from the acquired state information (see FIG. 6B).

In the case of the second embodiment, i = 1 to 6 correspond to the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R, respectively.
[Step S23] The scrutiny execution unit 26 determines whether or not the error flag of the stacker or cassette corresponding to the set i is set to ON.

As a result of the determination, if the error flag is ON, the process proceeds to step S24. If the error flag is OFF instead of ON, the process proceeds to step S27.
[Step S24] The scrutiny execution unit 26 notifies the banknote processing unit control unit 23 of a scrutiny execution request for the stackers A, 1-3 and cassettes F, R corresponding to the set i. The banknote processing unit control unit 23 causes the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R corresponding to i on which the banknote processing unit 70 is set to be scrutinized.

[Step S25] The scrutinization execution unit 26 receives the scrutiny results of the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R in the banknote processing unit 70 from the banknote processing unit control unit 23.
[Step S26] The scrutiny execution unit 26 notifies the update unit 27 of the scrutiny result. The updating unit 27 updates the count number of the count information of the stackers A and 1-3 and the cassettes F and R corresponding to the set i of the count information holding unit 21 based on the notified scrutinization result.

[Step S27] The scrutiny execution unit 26 sets i + 1 obtained by adding 1 to i.
[Step S28] The scrutiny executing unit 26 determines whether i set in Step S27 is 6 or less.

As a result of the determination, if i is 6 or less, the process proceeds to step S23, and if i is 7 or more, the process proceeds to step S29.
[Step S <b> 29] The scrutinization execution unit 26 resets the error flag of the state information in the state information holding unit 22.

By executing the processing according to such a flowchart, the count information is updated in the ATM 10.
Next, a specific example of the processing of FIGS. 8 to 11 executed by the ATM 10 will be described.

For example, the case where 30 banknotes are respectively stored in the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R, and “12,000 yen” is withdrawn from the ATM 10 will be described.
First, the feeding process will be described.

  The banknote processing unit controller 23 selects the stacker A based on the withdrawal request amount (“12,000 yen (one 10,000 yen ticket, one 2000 yen ticket)”), and the banknote is sent to the stacker A. Is sent out (steps S11 and S12).

  The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a payout result indicating that the banknote processing unit 70 has been normally drawn out during the time measurement. And the counter part 70e receives the detection signal of the delivery of the banknote of a 10,000 yen ticket from the banknote processing unit 70. The count information management unit 25 obtains a detection signal from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 and updates the count number of the stacker A held by the count information holding unit 21 to 29 sheets that are drawn from 30 sheets (step S13). , S14, S17).

Furthermore, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a discrimination result indicating that the banknote fed out from the stacker A is true (steps S18 and S19).
The banknote processing unit control unit 23 selects the stacker 2 to pay out 2000 yen because there is no banknote to be further drawn out from the stacker A (steps S11b, S11c, S11).

The banknote processing unit control unit 23 notifies the stacker 2 of a banknote payout request (step S12).
The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a payout result indicating that the banknote processing unit 70 has been normally drawn out during the time measurement. And the counter part 70e receives the detection signal of the drawing | feeding-out of a 2000 yen banknote from the banknote processing unit 70. FIG. The count information management unit 25 obtains a detection signal from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 and updates the count number of the stacker 2 held by the count information holding unit 21 to 29 sheets drawn from 30 sheets (step S13). , S14, S17).

However, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives the discrimination result that the two thousand yen coupons are fed out from the stacker 2 (step S18).
The state information setting unit 24 sets ON to the error flag of the stacker 2 of the state information holding unit 22 based on the discrimination result (steps S19 and S11a and FIG. 6B).

  Then, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 notifies the stacker 2 again of a bill feeding request, and the count information management unit 25 acquires a detection signal from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 as described above. Then, the count number of the stacker 2 held by the count information holding unit 21 is updated to 28 sheets, which is drawn from 29 sheets, and a 2000 yen ticket is normally withdrawn (steps S12 to S14, S17 to S19). , S11b, S11c).

  Next, a case where a banknote is transferred from the cassette F to the stacker 2 in the ATM 10 will be described. Note that the cassettes F and R filled with banknotes are in a state immediately after being mounted on the ATM 10. That is, both the error flags of the cassettes F and R are ON.

The banknote processing unit controller 23 first selects the cassette F and notifies the cassette F of a bill feeding request (steps S101 and S12).
The banknote processing unit control unit 23 receives a payout result indicating that a 2000-yen banknote has been normally drawn out from the banknote processing unit 70 during the time measurement. Then, a bill feeding detection signal is received from the bill processing unit 70 from the counter unit 70i. The count information management unit 25 acquires the detection signal from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 and updates the count number of the cassette F held by the count information holding unit 21 to 29 sheets obtained by subtracting one from 30 sheets (step S13, S14, S17).

  The banknote processing unit control unit 23 is not notified from the banknote sensor 70i1 that the banknote sensor unit 70i1 has a height of 0, so that the discrimination result that two 2000-yen banknotes fed out from the cassette F are overlapped is obtained. Is received (steps S102, S18, S19).

The state information setting unit 24 maintains the ON error flag set of the cassette F of the state information holding unit 22 based on the discrimination result (steps S19 and S11a and FIG. 6B).
Then, the banknote processing unit control unit 23 again notifies the cassette F of a request for paying out a 2000-yen bill, and subtracts the number of counted 2000-yen coins in the cassette F from 29 to 28. The banknote updated to the sheet and fed out from the cassette F is conveyed to the stacker corresponding to the denomination of the identified banknote (steps S12 to S14, S17, S102 to S19, S11b, S105).

Since the stacker 2 stores one 2000-yen bill as described above, the count number of the stacker 2 in the count information holding unit 21 is updated from 29 to 30.
Next, a specific example of such count information update processing by the ATM 10 will be described.

For example, a case where the state information held by the state information holding unit 22 of the ATM 10 is shown in FIG. 6B will be described.
The scrutinization execution unit 26 refers to the state information holding unit 22 to acquire the state information, and determines that ON is not set in the error flag of the stacker A (steps S21, S22, S23).

The scrutinization execution unit 26 sets 2 to which 1 is added to 1 to i, and determines that i = 2 is 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).
The scrutinization execution unit 26 determines that ON is not set in the error flag of the stacker 1 corresponding to i = 2 (step S23).

The scrutinization execution unit 26 sets 3 obtained by adding 1 to 2, and determines that i = 3 is 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).
The scrutinization execution unit 26 determines that ON is set in the error flag of the stacker 2 corresponding to i = 3 (step S23).

  The scrutinization execution unit 26 notifies the banknote processing unit control unit 23 of a scrutinization execution request for the stacker 2, whereby the banknote processing unit control unit 23 causes the stacker 2 of the banknote processing unit 70 to be scrutinized (step S24).

  The scrutinization execution unit 26 scrutinizes the stacker 2 in the banknote processing unit 70 from the banknote processing unit controller 23 (29 sheets = 30 sheets (initial value) −2 sheets (two sheets fed out) +1 sheet (stored from the cassette F)). Receive.

  The updating unit 27 updates 30 sheets (= 30 sheets (initial value) -1 sheet (feeding out) +1 sheet (stored from the cassette F)) of the stacker 2 to 29 sheets of the inspection result (steps S25 and S26). ).

The scrutiny execution unit 26 sets 4 obtained by adding 1 to 3 to i and determines that i = 4 is 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).
The scrutinization execution unit 26 determines that ON is not set in the error flag of the stacker 3 corresponding to i = 4 (steps S21, S22, S23).

The scrutiny execution unit 26 sets 5 to which 1 is added to 4 to i, and determines that i = 5 is 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).
The scrutiny executing unit 26 determines that ON is set in the error flag of the cassette F corresponding to i = 5 (steps S21, S22, S23).

  The scrutinization execution unit 26 scrutinizes the cassette F in the banknote processing unit 70 from the banknote processing unit control unit 23 (27 sheets (= 30 sheets (initial value) −2 sheets (2 sheets fed out) −1 sheets (out))). Receive.

The update unit 27 updates the count number of the cassette F from 0 (= 0 (initial value) −2 (feeding out)) to 27 as the result of detailed examination (steps S25 and S26).
The scrutiny execution unit 26 sets 6 to which 1 is added to 5 to i, and determines that i = 6 is 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).

The scrutinization execution unit 26 determines that ON is set in the error flag of the cassette R corresponding to i = 6 (steps S21, S22, S23).
The scrutinization execution unit 26 receives the scrutiny result (30 sheets (initial value)) of the cassette R in the banknote processing unit 70 from the banknote processing unit control unit 23.

The updating unit 27 updates the count number 0 of the cassette R (= 0 (initial value) −0 (feedout)) to the thirty detailed inspection results (steps S25 and S26).
The scrutiny execution unit 26 sets 7 obtained by adding 1 to 6 to i, and determines that i = 7 is not 6 or less (steps S27 and S28).

The scrutinization execution unit 26 resets the error flags of the state information in the state information holding unit 22 and turns them all off (step S29).
By executing the above processing, the count information held by the count information holding unit 21 is updated, and the banknotes stored in the stackers A, 1-3 and the cassettes F, R and the stackers A, 1 are updated. -3, the actual amount of banknotes in the cassettes F and R come to coincide with each other.

  In such ATM10, while counting the number of the banknotes each inserted / removed from the plurality of stackers A, 1-3 and cassettes F, R, the state of the fed banknotes is discriminated, and the stackers A, 1-3, cassette The state of the banknote is made to correspond to each of F and R.

  As a result, the banknotes that have been fed out are subjected to multiple payouts, and the banknotes of only the stackers A, 1-3, and cassettes F, R, which have abnormalities such as discrimination failures, are scrutinized. Then, the number of banknotes fed out of the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R and the amount of banknotes in the stackers A, 1 to 3 and the cassettes F and R are updated.

  Accordingly, since it is not necessary to carry out a detailed examination of the number of banknotes in all the stackers A, 1-3 and cassettes F, R, the stop time of the ATM 10 is shortened, and a failure such as a banknote jam at the time of the detailed examination of the banknote processing unit 70 occurs. And the progress of deterioration of the banknote processing unit 70 are suppressed. As a result, the shortening of the life of the ATM 10 is suppressed.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing processing contents of functions that the automatic transaction apparatus 1 and the ATM 10 should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer. The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic storage device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Magnetic storage devices include hard disk devices, flexible disks (FD), magnetic tapes, and the like. Optical disks include DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM, CD (Compact Disc) -ROM / RW (Re-Writable), and the like. Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk).

  When distributing the program, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a storage device of a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time a program is transferred from a server computer connected via a network, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  Further, at least a part of the above processing functions can be realized by an electronic circuit such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a PLD (Programmable Logic Device).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Count information holding means 3 Status information holding means 4 Detailed examination execution means 5 Update means 6 Banknote processing control means 7 Banknote processing apparatus 7a Storage means 7b Detailed inspection means 7c Counting means 7d Identification means 10 ATM
20 control unit 20a CPU
20b RAM
20c HDD
20d graphic interface 20e host communication control unit 20f input / output interface 20g bus 21 count information holding unit 22 status information holding unit 23 bill processing unit control unit 24 status information setting unit 25 count information management unit 26 scrutiny execution unit 27 update unit 28 display unit Control unit 30 Display unit 30a Display unit 30b Input detection unit 40 Card processing unit 40a Card insertion / discharge port 50 Passbook processing unit 50a Passbook insertion / discharge port 60 Coin processing unit 60a Coin deposit / withdrawal unit 70 Banknote processing unit 70a Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 70b Identification part 70c Temporary holding part 70d Rejected part 70e, 70f, 70g, 70h, 70i, 70j Counter part 70k Reject part 70i1, 70j1 Banknote sensor

Claims (8)

State information holding means for holding state information in which the state of the banknotes fed out from the storage means is associated with storage means for storing banknotes;
Scrutinization execution means for scrutinizing the number of the banknotes stored in the storage means according to the state of the banknotes with reference to the state information holding means;
An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: Count information holding means for holding information on the number of the banknotes stored in the storage means that is increased or decreased according to the banknotes in and out of the storage means;
Updating means for updating the number of banknotes held by the counting information holding means based on the number of the banknotes stored in the storage means scrutinized by the scrutinization execution means;
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The status information held by the status information holding means is associated with the storage means in the presence or absence of an abnormal state of the banknotes fed from the storage means.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2. The updating means updates the number of the banknotes stored in the storing means from which the banknotes having an abnormal state are fed out with reference to the state information holding means,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3. Discrimination means for discriminating the state of the bills fed out from the storage means;
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: The abnormal state of the banknote of the state information holding means is a state in which the banknotes identified by the discrimination means are rolled out.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 5. The abnormal state of the banknote of the state information holding unit is a state in which the banknote identified by the discrimination unit is in a poor identification state.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 5. With reference to the state information in which the state of the banknote fed out from the storage unit is associated with the storage unit that stores the banknote, the number of the banknotes stored in the storage unit according to the state is scrutinized. Scrutinize,
A method of scrutinizing an automatic transaction apparatus characterized by the above.

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