JP2592861B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a device for dispensing money based on a user's operation, for example, an automatic transaction device such as an automatic depositing machine, a money changing machine, and the like. It is about.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic transaction devices such as automatic depositing machines have been introduced by many financial institutions and the like.

As such an automatic transaction apparatus, there is an apparatus disclosed in JP-A-59-109974.

In this apparatus, a near-end detector and an end detector are provided in a storage for storing bills to be received and paid out.

When the near end is detected, the number of dispensed money is limited, and a report is given to a staff member using a buzzer or the like by a remote monitor, and the report is continued until a buzzer stop operation is performed. When the end is detected, the withdrawal is stopped.

However, in this apparatus, when a near end is detected, a notification is always sent to a staff member.

For this reason, for example, when the device starts operating after being temporarily stopped due to a power failure or the like, and when starting operation the next day after stopping business, near-end detection is performed and a buzzer or the like is notified. .

For this reason, the buzzer of the remote monitor frequently operates, and there is a problem in that the attendant is guided more attention than necessary and confused.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances and aims to solve the problem that confusion arises because an unnecessary notification is made.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus for dispensing money based on a user operation.
A storage unit that stores the money to be dispensed, a determination unit that determines that the number of money stored in the storage unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, and the storage unit Notifying means for notifying when it is determined that the number of stored money has become equal to or less than a predetermined number,
When the storage unit that stores the notification performed by the notification unit and the determination unit again determines that the number of coins stored in the storage unit is equal to or less than a predetermined number, A control unit for controlling not to make a report by the report unit when the report is already stored in the storage unit. It is in.

(Action) In the present invention, a notification is made when the number of money in the storage unit for storing the money to be dispensed becomes equal to or less than a predetermined number. In the case where the number of coins stored in the storage unit has become equal to or less than the predetermined number again, if the notification has already been stored in the storage unit, the notification is performed. It is controlled not to be.

(Embodiment) A recycling depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 of the present invention is provided inside an ATM 1 shown in FIG. In addition, passbook handling unit 110, cash card handling unit 111, C
An RT unit 112 and a control / power supply unit 113 are provided. A passbook is input to and output from the passbook handling unit 110 via a passbook entry / exit 110a. A cash card is inserted into and out of the cash card handling unit 111 through a cash card entrance / exit 111a. CRT display unit 112
Displays predetermined guidance on the CRT display 112a.

FIG. 2 shows a block circuit of the ATM 1 and its peripheral devices, and a main control unit 6 constituted by a computer is provided. The main control unit 6 is controlled by the cash-in / pay-out device 2. Is connected via a deposit / withdrawal device control unit 3. Further, an internal monitor 5 is connected to the main control unit 6 via the internal monitor control unit 4. Further, the storage unit 7, the transmission / reception circuit unit 8, and the transmission control unit 9 are connected to the main control unit 6.

The transmission control unit 9 is communicably connected to a host computer 120 installed at a bank head office or the like.

According to the deposit and withdrawal device 2 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 12 is provided to be openable and closable back and forth, and is opened and closed by a motor M1 (not shown). A deposit and withdrawal hopper 13 that stores bills to be collectively inserted is provided below the deposit and withdrawal port door 12. At the lower exit portion of the hopper 13, a bill taking-in roller 14 provided with a rubber chip as a control member at a part of the periphery for sequentially taking out bills one by one is provided. An eccentric rubber roller 15 is provided above the take-in roller 14, and a gate roller 16 that rotates in the opposite direction to the roller 14 is provided on a side portion.

The backup 17 is provided so as to press the bill bundle inserted into the hopper 13 against the take-in roller 14 and the feed-in roller 15 with a substantially constant pressure by a spring force. That is, this backup 17 has its lower part rotatably mounted by a hinge, and allows the bill to be inserted into and dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal port hopper.
It is opened by a magnet when it is introduced into 13, and forms a bill inlet.

Magnetic sensors P4 and P5 for detecting a printed magnetic pattern of a banknote are disposed facing each other inside a banknote inspection unit 18 provided substantially at the center of the cash-in / pay-out device housing, and further, via a selfoc lens 19. A contact type image sensor P6 for optically reading a printed pattern on a bill surface and a thickness detector P7 for detecting the thickness of the bill are provided. The thickness detector P7 is constituted by a potentiometer-type thickness detector that detects the thickness by the rotational angular displacement of an arm supporting the detection roller.

The bill validator 18 sends a detection signal to the bill validator control unit 20 disposed below the bill validator. The banknote inspection unit control unit 20 processes the signal output from each sensor of the banknote inspection unit to determine the denomination, authenticity, correctness (whether suitable for reuse), front and back of the banknote, and The resulting signal is transferred to the deposit / withdrawal control unit 3.

A first gate installed on a bill transport path provided around the middle between the bill inspection unit 18 and the bill inspection unit control unit 20
G1 is provided for selectively forming a bill replenishment path and a bill feeding path, and is driven by a rotary solenoid S2. The second gate G2 is for 25,000 yen bill storage box and 1,000 yen bill storage box
It is provided for switching the transport path from 26 to a collective storage box and vice versa, and is driven by a rotary solenoid S3.

A temporary storage unit 23 with front and back sides is provided adjacent to the banknote inspection unit 18. The temporary storage unit 23 guides the bills to the left and right sides by the operation of the gate G6, thereby turning the bills upside down and aligning all the bills to the front side. A hitting wheel 28 is provided at each of both entrances of the temporary storage unit 23.The hitting wheel 28 has a plurality of flexible projections, and is formed by knocking down the rear end of a bill to be carried in. It has the function of preventing collision with the leading edge of the next entering banknote and preventing jam. Such a beater for jam prevention is provided in all of the stacking units provided in each unit. A vertically movable press plate 29 on which an idle roller 29a is mounted is mounted on the upper part of the temporary storage unit 23, and a vertically movable bottom plate 30 is mounted on the bottom surface. The upper press plate 29 and the bottom plate 30 are moved up and down by one DC geared motor M4, but the upper press plate 29 is pressed and suspended by a spring against a link of the up and down mechanism so as to absorb the thickness of the stacked banknotes ￥. . The bottom plate 30 is formed in a comb shape, and has a nested relationship with the conveyor belt so that when the bottom plate 30 descends, it passes through the conveyor belt.

A rejected ticket stacking unit 24 is provided adjacent to the stacking unit 23. The collecting section 24 is formed by an upper belt 24a and a lower belt 24b, and as will be described later, the upper belt 24b
Is rotated up and down by a roller 32, and the lower belt 24b is rotated up and down by a roller 33.

A 10,000-yen bill storage box 25 and a 1,000-yen bill storage box 26 are provided below the stacking units 23 and 24. The operation of these storage boxes 25 and 26 will be described later. A batch storage unit 27 detachably attached to the rear of the depositing / dispensing device 2 includes a loading / examination batch storage box 34,
It is divided into a collection box 35 and a reject ticket storage box 36.

FIG. 4 is a mechanical circuit diagram showing a state of transporting bills when the depositing / dispensing apparatus shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 operates. The function of each member shown in this figure is shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and (b).

The internal monitor 5 provided on the rear surface in the housing of the depositing / dispensing device 2 is configured to be operated by a staff member. That is, the internal monitor 5 is provided with a display panel 7-segment display panel including LEDs provided corresponding to the status display and the call contents, a keyboard, a numeric keyboard, and the like. 7-segment display panel is 5
In a digit display, a code representing the selected transaction type and a machine operation step number are displayed in one digit, and an error code is displayed in three digits when an error occurs in the machine operation. The keyboard is used to input various data and processing instructions, display the amount of stored banknotes, and input the number of sheets to be loaded at the time of loading.

FIG. 6 shows the contents stored in the storage unit 7 of the ATM 1 shown in FIG.

The storage unit 7 roughly includes a “cumulative memory area”, a “current high memory area”, a “transaction memory area”, a “set value memory area”, and a “other memory area”.
The "total memory area" stores the total number of deposits, the number of deposits, the number of loaded sheets, and the like. The "currently high storage memory area" stores the number of banknotes currently stored in each storage box and the number of banknotes deposited and withdrawn so far. Then, in the “transaction memory area”, the number of bills in the transaction at the time of deposit, withdrawal, loading, replenishment, etc. is temporarily stored (during transaction).

Further, in the set value “memory area”, the primary near-end number, the secondary near-end number, and the maximum payable number are stored for each of the 1,000-yen bill and the 10,000-yen bill.

The primary near-end number and the secondary near-end number are set for detecting the remaining amount in the storage box.For example, in the case of an ATM with a maximum payable number of 100, the primary near-end number is
250 sheets and the number of secondary near-end sheets are set to 120 sheets.
This set value can be set freely according to the use situation. That is, in the case of an ATM installed in a downtown area such as in front of a station, there are many payments, so the primary near-end number is set to 350 to 400. In addition, the number of primary near-end is set to 200 because there are many deposits in residential areas.

Also, the secondary near-end number is always 120 since the maximum payable number is 100. In other words, the transaction is set so that a transaction can be completed even if a rejected ticket is generated due to a defective take-out (two-sheet take-out) or the like at the time of the secondary near-end when there is a 100-sheet payment transaction.

These set values are written in U, V, W, X, Y, and Z of the storage unit 7 using a ten-key pad of an internal monitor (not shown). In the storage unit 7, the written set values are protected by a battery or the like, and are not erased even when the power of the ATM 1 is turned off.

Next, the ATM 1 is connected to the remote monitor 13 as shown in FIG.
Connected to 0. The remote monitor 130 will be described with reference to the external views of FIGS.

The remote monitor 130 has a remote monitor control unit 131, and a transmission / reception circuit unit 132 is connected to the remote monitor control unit 131, and data on the connection status transmitted from the ATM 1 is input to the remote monitor control unit 131 from the remote monitor 130 to the ATM 1 side. In response to this, data on the status of the remote monitor is transmitted. Further, a display unit 133 and a buzzer 134 are connected to the remote monitor control unit 131. The display unit 133 displays the operation status of the ATM 1 based on the data transmitted from the ATM 1, and issues an alarm by the buzzer 134.

The display unit 133 has a plurality of display lamps 135 for displaying individual lamps corresponding to the respective operating states, and a numerical display for displaying details of the operating state as an error code using numerals.
136 are provided.

Furthermore, a buzzer stop switch 137 is provided, and the attendant listens to the alarm of the buzzer 134 and checks the status of the ATM.By operating the buzzer stop switch 137,
The warning of the buzzer 134 is stopped.

FIG. 8 shows the flow of bills at the time of deposit, and this deposit operation will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. When the button corresponding to the deposit display is pressed according to the guidance on the CRT display 112a, the motor M1 is rotated forward so as to open the deposit / withdrawal port door 12. When the deposit / withdrawal door 12 is completely opened, the motor M1 stops. In this state, the depositor inserts the banknote に into the deposit and withdrawal hopper 13 through the deposit and withdrawal port, and then deposits and exits the deposit and withdrawal port door 12.
Is manually closed. Then, the motor M2 for driving the backup 17 of the deposit / withdrawal port hopper 13 rotates forward, and the bill 続 け る is continuously pressed toward the feed roller by the spring force. At this time, when the main motor M12 that drives the main transport path is rotated, the main transport path starts to move. Then, the take-in roller 14, the rubber roller 15 and the gate roller 16 rotate with the rotation of the motor M3 that starts taking in the banknotes 、, and the banknotes 送 り are fed one by one into the main transport path. When each banknote 進 enters the banknote inspection unit 18, the banknote inspection unit 18 determines the denomination, authenticity, front and back, and the like of the banknote に よ り by a known method. The banknote し た passing through the banknote inspection unit 18 is guided downward by the first gate G1, and further reaches the game G5 via the gates G2, G3 and G4. As a result of the inspection by the banknote inspection unit 18, if the banknote is determined to be a genuine bill, the amount of the banknote is sequentially added to the transaction deposit memory, and the gate G5 is switched to the primary storage unit 23 side.

When the front / back determination of the banknote れ る guided to the primary storage unit 23 is front, the gate G6 is turned right and the banknote ￥ is guided to the left transport path. If the determination is reverse, the gate G6 is tilted to the left, and the banknote ￥ is guided to the right transport path. Banknotes through gate G6
Are stored in the primary storage unit 23.

As a result of the inspection by the banknote inspection unit 18, if the banknote is determined to be non-genuine, the gate G5 is switched to the reject side. The bills 導 か guided to the reject side are accumulated in the deposit reject accumulation section 24.

As described above, when the banknote ￥ is distributed to the primary storage unit 23 or the deposit reject accumulation unit 24 and the last banknote の of the deposit / withdrawal port hopper 13 is sent out, the backup 17 of the deposit / withdrawal port hopper 13 is raised. The motor M2 rotates reversely. When the butt-up 17 reaches the upper stop position, the motor M2 stops.

The main motor is also used to stop the main transport path.
M12 is stopped.

Thereafter, it is checked whether or not a reject ticket exists, and if there is no reject ticket, the number of coins is stored in the transaction deposit memories a, b, and c for each denomination. On the CRT display 112a, a message "The deposit amount is XX yen. If it is correct, please press" ○ ", if wrong, press" X "" is displayed. The banknotes か ら are collectively sent out from the storage unit 23 to the deposit / withdrawal port hopper 13.

From this state, the upper press plate 29 is lowered, and when the upper press plate 29 presses the bill bundle against the bottom plate 30, the bottom plate 30 is lowered. The bottom plate 30 passes through the conveyor belt and moves to a position below the conveyor belt. At this time, the front side plate of the bottom plate 30
31 rotates and falls forward to form a carry-in path. Gate here
G10 is released, and then the upper belt of the deposit reject accumulation unit 24 is lowered. The upper and lower belts form a return conveyance path to the cash slot.

Then, the backup 17 of the pay-in / pay-out port hopper 13 is rotated, and the backup 17 is opened so as to form the entrance conveyance path of the pay-in / pay-out port hopper 13. At this time, since the main transport path is driven at a low speed, the transport speed is reduced to 1/10 of the speed at which the banknotes are transported one by one. Then, the banknote bundle is conveyed to the cash slot.

When there are no remaining banknotes in the deposit primary storage unit 23, the main motor M12 is stopped.

After stopping main motor M12, deposit / withdrawal port backup 1
The tip of 7 is returned to the original position. Further, the gate G10 is closed. Further, the motor M5 is reversed so that the upper belt of the deposit reject accumulation unit 24 returns to the original position, and a reject ticket accumulation space is formed between the upper and lower belts.

On the other hand, the motor M4 is reversed to raise the upper press plate 29 and the bottom plate 30 of the primary storage unit 23 to the initial position.

Note that if there is a rejected ticket in the flow of FIG. 9 (c), it is determined whether the number of times of limitation is three or less. In this limit number determination, when a rejected ticket is present, rejection ticket inspection is repeatedly performed, and the limit is set to three times. If the limit is three times or less, a message "Please reinsert the bill correctly" is displayed.

Thereafter, the flow returns to the flow of FIG.
With the opening of the bill, the returned bill is reinserted by the depositor, and the bill is inspected again according to the same flow. If this bill re-examination exceeds the limit of three times, the display of "Return unreadable ticket." Is displayed as shown in the flow of FIG. 9 (c), and the dispensing bill discrimination processing described above. Is executed.

Next, a dispensing bill discriminating process is performed. First, it is determined whether the “「 ”button has been pressed, and if this determination is YES, the main motor is driven to drive the main transport path. At this time, the backup 17 of the deposit / withdrawal port hopper 13 is pushed down, and the banknote is pressed against the take-in roller 15 by the backup 17. When the take-in roller 15 is driven to rotate forward, bills are sent out one by one to the main transport path. The bill is conveyed to the inspection unit 18 where the denomination and the damage are determined. In this banknote inspection, it is determined whether or not the banknote is suitable for dispensing. In this determination, the banknote repaired with the adhesive tape, the dirt, and the damaged banknote are treated as inappropriate for dispensing. In this judgment, when 1,000 yen bills suitable for withdrawal are sequentially sent, 1,000 yen storage box 26
Are sequentially added to the stored amount memory O corresponding to the number of thousand yen bills. Then, the gate G1 is turned to the right so that the bill is transported to the storage box 26. Therefore, the 1,000 yen bill is sequentially stored in the 1,000 yen bill storage box 26.

If the bills conveyed are not the one-yen bill but the ten-thousand-yen bill, the number of ten-thousand-yen bills is sequentially added to the storage amount memory P corresponding to the ten-thousand-yen bill storage box 25. Then, the gate G1 is rotated to the left so that the bill is transported to the storage box 25. Therefore, 10,000 yen bills are sequentially stored in the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25.

If there is an unsuitable withdrawal ticket, the transaction deposit memory a,
The value obtained by subtracting the total number of 1000-yen bills and the number of 10,000-yen bills from the total number of bills described in b and c is added to Q. When the gate G1 is rotated to the left and the gate G2 is rotated to the left, the inappropriately dispensed banknotes are guided to the reject storage box 36 by the gates G1 and G2 and stored therein.

As described above, all the banknotes in the deposit and withdrawal port hopper 13 are sorted to the storage boxes 25, 26, and 36, and the main transport path motor M12 is stopped. Here, at the time of re-acquisition, it is determined whether or not a rejected ticket is present, and if it is NO, it is reflected in the storing operation, and if it is YES, 1000 is calculated from the total number of banknotes stored in the transaction deposit memories a, b, c. A value obtained by subtracting the sum of the number of stored yen bills and the number of stored 10,000 yen bills is added to Q, and then the operation is performed for storing. When the storage operation is completed, the current high memory of the deposit / withdrawal device
The values of the transaction memories a, b, c are respectively added to the values of R, S, T and stored. In addition, the values of the transaction memories a, b, and c are added to the values of the deposit total memories A, B, and C, respectively, and stored in A, B, and C. The memories a, b, and c are cleared, and the deposit and withdrawal banknote discriminating process ends.

Next, the storage operation will be described.
26 and the 10,000-yen bill storage box 25 have exactly the same configuration as the collective storage box 34 of the collective storage unit 27 shown in FIGS.
The configuration of the storage box will be described based on FIG. 10 and FIG.

Above the storage box 34, a take-in roller 15a and a feed roller 16a are provided. These rollers 14a and 15a are connected by an intermediate gear, and rotate by one body,
Rotation takes in or feeds one bill. Roller 14a
And 15a are detachably coupled to a motor M1 and driven by the motor M10. A telescopic belt 41 and an idle roller 54 are provided coaxially with the take-in roller 14a, and these can freely rotate independently of the transaction roller 14a. The inlet-side idle roller 40 is coupled to the take-in shaft idle roller 54 via a telescopic belt 41, and both are rotated by receiving power from the main conveyance path belt and running the telescopic belt 41. The striking wheels 28a are provided in three rows facing the entrance side idle roller 40. These hitting wheels 28a have the same function as the hitting wheels 28 of the primary storage unit 23.
The backup plate 38 provided horizontally is supported by a guide rod 48 via a linear ball bearing so as to be vertically movable. The backup plate 38 is always urged upward by a spring 46. In addition, backup plate 38
Is connected to a drive belt 49 and is coupled to a DC motor M11 with a gear reducer by a coupling detachable from a pulley 55 with a one-way clutch. When the motor M11 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 10, the one-way clutch is locked, and the backup plate 38 descends against the spring 46 via the pulley 55 and the belt 49.

When the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the one-way clutch switches, so the backup plate 38 is urged upward by the tensile force of the spring 46.
Is stopped, the backup plate 38 cannot be raised by the pulling force of the spring 46 and is stopped by the self-locking mechanism of the gear reducer.

Micro switch SW for empty detection is provided on backup plate 38
The push plate 39 is provided with a relief hole which is positionally corresponding to the actuator of the microphone switch SW21. Accordingly, if the bills run out when the backup plate 38 rises to the highest value, the actuator enters the escape hole and the absence of bills can be detected.

A magnet (not shown) is attached to the backup plate 38, and the proximity switch 22 operates when the storage box is full.

Push plate horizontally provided corresponding to the backup plate
Reference numeral 39 is independently supported by the guide roller 48 via a separate linear ball bearing independently of the backup plate 38 so as to be vertically movable. Further, the pushing plate 39 is always urged upward by a separate spring 47 independent of the backup plate 38, and furthermore, a drive belt 50 is connected to the pulley 56 with a one-way clutch via a detachable coupling. It is connected to a DC motor M11 with a gear reducer.

The operation of the pushing plate 39 is exactly the same as that of the backup plate 38. When the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the one-way clutch slips, and when it rotates counterclockwise, the one-way clutch is locked. Therefore, when the DC motor M11 rotates counterclockwise, the pushing plate 39 and the backup plate 38 descend at the same speed while maintaining the same interval. On the contrary, when the motor M11 rotates clockwise, the backup plate 38 and the pushing plate 39 are unlocked so as to rise within the range of the peripheral speed of the pulleys 55 and 56. At this time, depending on the load condition, the backup plate 38 and the pushing plate 39 can stop or move up slowly, or can perform different operations.

The hold claws 42 and 43 are supported by magnets S16 and S17 and return springs 44 and 45, respectively. In FIG. 10, the left end of the arm of the hold claw 42 on the left side is a hitting wheel 28a.
Is in contact with the rotating shaft. Therefore, when the solenoid S16 attracts the hold claw 42, the hitting wheel 28a also rotates to the left at the same time and escapes. At this escape position, the hitting wheel 28a does not receive a rotational driving force from the external transport path, so that the hitting wheel 28a does not rotate.

If the main conveyance path is driven even when the take-in pulse motor M10 is stopped, the telescopic belt 41, the entrance side idle roller 40, the take-up shaft idle roller 54, the hitting wheel 28a, the reverse rotation roller 16a, and the feed roller 57 rotate via the belt gear. Therefore, bills can be transported. At this time, if the rubber chip of the take-in roller 14a is in the conveyance path during the bill conveyance, there is a possibility that the rubber chip of the take-in roller 14a may be obstructed. Is required to always stop correctly between the transport path and the take-in surface. For this purpose, a switch SW20 is provided to detect the stop position from the notch position of the notch disk attached to the intake shaft and stop the motor M10.

Next, payment will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. When the button corresponding to the deposit is pressed according to the guidance of the CRT display 112a, and the withdrawal amount is keyed in, the main motor M12 that drives the main transport path.
Is rotated forward. If the withdrawal is specified with a 10,000-yen bill and a 1,000-yen bill, the 10,000-yen bill storage box 25 is selected first, the 10,000-yen bill withdrawal operation is started, and then the 1,000-yen bill storage box 26 is This is selected, and the withdrawal operation of the 1,000-yen bill is started. If the dispensing is designated as a 1,000-yen bill, the 1,000-yen bill storage box 26 is selected from the beginning, and the dispensing operation of the 1,000-yen bill is started.

The dispensing operation operates according to the flow of FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Motor M7 (M9) is rotated forward to slightly lower the motor speed.
This is because the stored bills can easily release the pressure contact of the hold claw by the pushing force of the backup plate 38. In this state, the motor M7 (M9) is reversed and the backup plate 38
And the pushing plate 39 is raised. When the timer rises to the predetermined position, the timer is activated to start taking in and feeding out bills. At this time, the photo sensor P11 (P12) detects the passage of the bill, and the number of passed bills is counted by the detection signal. Storage box 2526
The banknotes dispensed from are transported to the banknote inspection unit 18 by the main transport path. The banknote inspection unit 18 inspects the denomination, authenticity, and stacking of the transported banknotes. If it is determined by these inspections that the dispensed banknote is genuine, the solenoid S3 is turned off to turn the gate G2 to the right and form a passage to the primary storage unit 23.
F. If the ticket is not a valid ticket, the solenoid S3 is energized so that the gate G2 moves to the left in order to guide the ticket to the reject storage box 36 as a reject ticket. When the genuine bill is detected by the photo sensor P9, the gate G5 is switched to the primary storage unit side. Further, the gate G6 is switched to the right by a spring force to form a left passage (pass). In this state, the bills are sequentially stored in the primary storage unit 23. When the number of bills sent from the storage box reaches the designated number, it is checked whether or not a rejected ticket exists. If there is a rejected ticket, the rejected number is added to the specified number, and the flow returns to the payout number counting flow of FIG. 14 (a). If there is no reject ticket, the take-in motor is stopped. In this state, the feeding of the designated number of bills from the storage box is completed. Next, when the backup plate 38 and the pushing plate 39 descend, and descend to the pushing position, the backup plate 38
And the lowering of the pushing plate 39 is stopped. At this time, the hold claw is returned to the inside of the storage box. Again, the motor M7 (M9) is reversed, and the backup plate 38 and the pushing plate 39 are raised. Backup board when stored bills hit the hold claw
38 stops. When the pressing plate 39 is raised to the guide position, the motor M7 (M9) that drives the backup plate 38 and the pressing plate 39 to stop is stopped, and the dispensing operation is completed. Thereafter, the banknote bundle in the primary storage unit 23 is conveyed in a lump as in the case of depositing, and the deposit / withdrawal port hopper is passed through the deposit reject accumulation unit 24.
13 and then the dispenser can take out the bills from the deposit / withdrawal hopper 13 and returns to the initial state.
Next, near-end detection during the above-described depositing operation and dispensing operation will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. First, the primary near-end number is set to 250, the secondary near-end number is set to 120, and banknotes (thousand-yen and million yen)
Are loaded in each case. Immediately after the loading, the number P of the 10,000 yen storage box stored in the current high memory of the storage unit 7 is the number of loadings inputted by the keyboard of the internal monitor.
0 sheets are stored. Thereafter, when a transaction is performed, the number P of storage in the 10,000-yen storage box is added or subtracted to become the current number of storages, as described above. That is, for example, if there is a deposit transaction for 10 million yen tickets after loading, 1 out of 400
0 sheets are added and 410 sheets are stored in the storage area P as the number of sheets stored in the 10,000 yen storage box. Next, for example, if there is a payment transaction for 50 million yen tickets, 50 are subtracted from 410 and 360 are stored in the storage area P. In this manner, the contents of the O, P, and Q storage areas in which the number of storages in the 1,000-yen storage box, the 10,000-yen storage box, and the reject storage are stored for each transaction are updated. Regarding the rejected warehouse, the number of dirt that is unsuitable for payment among the deposited 5,000 yen bill, 1,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and the number of damaged notes with tears or the like are added.

Further, each time a transaction is performed, the number O, P,
Q is updated. Each time the transaction is completed, the number of stored items is compared with the number of U, V, W, X in the set value memory of the storage unit 7 set as the primary near-end number and the secondary near-end number. The number of storage boxes P is 400
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 15, when the addition and subtraction for each transaction from the number of sheets and the number of primary near-end sheets becomes less than 250 sheets stored in the set value memory, the ATM 1
Instructs the remote monitor 130 to issue a first notification. Upon receiving the first notification command, the remote monitor 130 turns on a lamp indicating that the remaining amount of the ten thousand yen bill is low among the display lamps 135 of the display unit 133. At this time, the buzzer 134 is not sounded. That is, the remaining amount of 10,000 yen is 250
Although the number of sheets is less than the number of sheets and attention is required, the buzzer 208 does not need to sound because the replenishment work does not have to be immediately guided to the attendant.

The ATM 1 instructs the remote monitor 130 to issue a second notification when the remaining amount becomes smaller and becomes smaller than 120 sheets stored in the set value memory X as the number of sheets of the secondary near end. Upon receiving the second notification command, the remote monitor 130 switches the lamp 203 of the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 indicating that the remaining amount of the ten thousand yen bill is low from the previously lit display to the blinking display. Further, the buzzer 134 is sounded, and the staff is guided to perform the refilling work quickly. The attendant confirms that among the display lamps 135 guided by the alarm sound of the buzzer 134 and displayed on the display unit 133 of the remote monitor 130, the lamp indicating that the remaining amount of the 10,000 yen bill is low is blinking. . Then, when it is confirmed that replenishment of ten thousand yen bills is necessary, the buzzer stop switch 137 is pressed to stop the buzzer. At this time, the blinking lamp 135 of the display unit 133 continues to blink.

On the other hand, at this time, in the ATM, the maximum payable number in the normal state in which the maximum payable number is changed is stored in the maximum payable number Z in the set value memory of the storage unit 7 in the set value memory.
Although the number is 100, the maximum number of payments is reduced according to the number of storages in the 10,000 yen storage box at the secondary near end. That is, the number P of 10,000 yen storage boxes is the number X of secondary near-ends of 10,000 yen.
If the number is smaller than 0, a value subtracted by the reduced number is set and stored. For example, the number P of 10,000 yen storage boxes is 10 sheets less than the 120 sheets of 10,000 yen secondary near end number X1
When the number of bills reaches 10, the maximum payable number Z of ten thousand yen bills is set to 90, which is obtained by subtracting 10 from 100 and stored in the storage area 7. Therefore, the maximum number of payouts when the user makes a payment transaction next time is 90. Then, when the user selects a payment transaction and enters the payment amount, the CRT display 112a of the CRT display unit 112 states that the maximum payout number is 90, saying "You can only pay up to 90 thousand yen bills". I will guide you. According to this, the user
Pay out within 90 sheets. At this time, if 20 payouts are made, the next maximum payout number Z is 70. In this way, every time the payout is sequentially performed, the maximum payout number Z is decremented. Conversely, a ticket which is deposited when there is a deposit transaction and is determined to be a valid ticket can be reused for payout, and is stored in a 10,000 yen storage box. In this case, the maximum payable number Z of 10,000 yen bill is sequentially added to the number of deposits, but is not added after adding up to 100 sheets. In such a secondary near-end state, the maximum payable number is incremented or decremented according to the transaction of payout and deposit. This enables efficient payout transactions in accordance with the remaining amount in the storage box.

By the way, although the maximum payable number Z of 10,000 yen bill is 100, the secondary near-end number X of 10,000 yen bill is 120, which is more than 20 sheets. This is because when performing a payout operation of a bill, for example, when two bills are taken out while being stacked, accurate calculation of the bill is impossible and the bill is rejected. This rejected bill cannot be used for payout. As described above, it may not be possible to pay out all the banknotes in the storage box. Therefore, the secondary near-end number X of 10,000 yen banknotes is limited to 120 in consideration of a margin in the case where banknotes that cannot be used for dispensing are generated. Further, if the rejection is too large and the number of rejects becomes 20 or more, the actual number in the storage box becomes zero during the payout operation. Whether or not the number of sheets in the storage box has become 0 is detected by the micro switch SW21 for empty detection, and when the empty of the 10,000 yen storage box is detected during the dispensing operation, the dispensing operation is automatically stopped. I do. That is, the banknotes accumulated in the depositing / dispensing port during the dispensing are collected and stored again in the banknote storage box. The CRT display 112a indicates to the user that the ten thousand yen bill has been depleted, and returns the card, passbook, etc., and prompts the user to conduct a transaction with another machine.
A guidance is displayed on the display 112a.

Further, if the maximum number of payable bills Z becomes zero, the payment transaction is prohibited. As a result, only the payment transaction becomes possible, and at the same time the number of payments becomes 0, the ATM 1 instructs the remote monitor 130 to issue a third notification. Upon receiving the third notification command, the remote monitor 130 displays the indicator lamp 135 of the display unit 133.
Lamp indicating that the remaining amount of 10,000-yen bills is low
135 is switched from the previous blinking display to a faster blinking display. Further, the buzzer 134 is sounded to warn the attendant that the number of paid 10,000 yen bills has become zero. The attendant is guided by the alarm sound of the buzzer 134, and confirms that the lamp indicating that the remaining amount of the 10,000 yen bill is low among the display lamps 135 displayed on the display unit 133 of the remote monitor 130 is blinking quickly. Confirm. Then, when it recognizes that the remaining amount of ten thousand bills has run out, the buzzer stop switch 137 is pressed to stop the buzzer. At this time, the blinking lamp 135 of the display lamp 133 continues to blink.

By the way, when the maximum number Z of the ten thousand yen bill becomes zero, if the remaining amount of the one thousand yen bill is sufficient, the payment transaction with the ten thousand yen banknote is prohibited, but even if the payment transaction of only the one thousand yen banknote is continued. Good. If the payment transaction is prohibited by setting the maximum payable number Z of the ten thousand yen bill to zero, only the deposit transaction will be performed, and every time ten thousand yen is deposited, the ten thousand yen deposited in the ten thousand yen storage box will be stored at the same time as ten thousand yen. It is added to the number P of stored in the circular storage box and stored. At this time, it is possible to pay only for the number of deposits, but payment is made, and the prohibition of the transaction is not released. The cancellation is made when the payment of 10,000 yen is further performed and the number P of stored 10,000 yen storage boxes exceeds the number of secondary near-ends of 120 yen. Thereby, once the payment is prohibited, the prohibition can be prevented from being released until the bills are sufficiently accumulated. For this reason, payment can be made every time a small amount of payment is made, and it is possible to prevent the user from being confused without frequently repeating the cancellation of the prohibition of the payment transaction every time the payment is made.

Here, the control of the buzzer 134 of the remote monitor 130 will be described in detail. The buzzer 134 is provided to alert the staff and guide the processing.
Too many alarms unnecessarily not only confuses the staff but also annoys the surrounding people.

For example, as described above, when the number P of the 10,000 yen storage box becomes the number X of the secondary near-end X, the buzzer 1 of the remotor monitor 130
34 issues an alarm and turns on lamp 135. When the staff presses the buzzer stop switch 137, the buzzer 134 stops the alarm.
By the way, when the depositing transaction and the payment transaction are repeated alternately thereafter, the number P of the 10,000 yen storage box is 10,000 yen, and the number of the secondary near-end X is X
Before and after. In such a case, the lamp 135 flashes and the buzzer 134 sounds every time the number P of the 10,000 yen storage box decreases beyond the 10,000 yen secondary near-end number X. In order to prevent this, once the secondary near end and the buzzer 134 are sounded, once the number of stored 10,000 yen tickets is increased to the primary near end, the buzzer sounds only when the secondary near end is reached again . However, the display lamp 135 switches between lighting (primary near-end / lighting and secondary near-end / flashing) in accordance with an increase or decrease in the number P of stored sheets. That is, when the secondary near end is reached for the first time, the fact that the buzzer sounds at the secondary near end of 10,000 yen is stored in the storage unit 7. The state in which the buzzer is sounded at the 10,000 yen secondary near end is not reset until the bill increases and the primary near end is released. When it is stored that the buzzer was sounded at the 10,000 yen secondary near-end when the number P of the 10,000 yen storage box is reduced beyond the 10,000 yen secondary near-end number X, only the lamp 135 is notified that the alarm has been notified. The remote monitor 130 is instructed to emit a fourth message so that the light is turned on and the buzzer does not sound. Remote monitor 1
Upon receiving the fourth notification command, the 30 blinks a lamp 135 of the display lamp 135 of the display unit 133 indicating that the remaining amount of the ten thousand yen bill is low. At this time the buzzer 134
Does not sound.

Further, for example, even when the power of the ATM 1 is turned off, the state in which the buzzer is sounded at the secondary near-end of 10,000 yen is stored in a nonvolatile memory protected by a battery or the like so as not to be released. This content is not released even by the reset processing after the occurrence of the error.

Here, a case where the bill storage box is full will be described. In the case where there are many deposit transactions, the bill storage box becomes full when bill storage is repeatedly performed. For example, a case where a ten thousand yen bill is full will be described. Each time a banknote is deposited, the banknote is stored in the banknote storage box 25 and is added to the storage number P of the banknote storage box in the current high memory of the storage unit. At the same time, the full detector SW22 in the 10,000 yen storage box
Checks that the 10,000-yen storage box is full. Full detector
If it is determined by the SW 22 that the banknote is full, the banknotes of ten thousand yen are stored in the rejected ticket storage box 36 in the deposit transaction thereafter. At the same time, the storage number is also added to the reject storage number. As a result, the deposit transaction can be continued even if the 10,000-yen storage box becomes full. Of course, when the payment transaction is performed, the 10,000 yen bill is paid out from the 10,000 yen bill storage box 25. Full detector of 25,000 yen bill storage box 25 even after payment transaction
It is checked by SW22 whether the full has been released. If the fullness has been released, the ten-thousand-yen banknote is stored again in the ten-thousand-yen banknote storage box 25 in the next deposit transaction. The reason for using the full detector SW22 provided in the 10,000-yen banknote storage box 25 without making a determination based on the number of thousands-yen banknote storage box P for determining fullness is as follows.
Banknotes are about twice as thick as new ones, such as government-backed ones, and folded and wrinkled old ones. For this reason, if it is attempted to determine the fullness by the number of stored sheets P, any state of the banknotes is stored. If there are many old banknotes, even if the storage capacity of the storage box is exceeded, the storing operation is further performed. Therefore, the unloading operation from the storage box at the time of payment becomes unstable. Also, if there are many new bills, it is determined that the bills are full even though the storage capacity still remains in the 10,000 yen storage box. For this reason, it is not possible to efficiently use the ten-yen storage box, and if it is stored in the ten-yen storage box 25, the banknotes that can be used as payment bills are stored in the rejected ticket storage box 36, so that the funding efficiency deteriorates. Therefore, by providing the SW 12 for performing full detection of the storage box, it becomes possible to store the storage box until it is actually full. This enables efficient fund management. On the other hand, at this time, the end detection is performed based on the stored number P. As a result, the service can be provided to the user with the minimum remaining amount without being affected by the thickness due to the new / old bill. That is, as described above, when the remaining amount of bills decreases, it is necessary to set the secondary near end in anticipation of the occurrence of a rejected ticket during the payout operation. However, if a switch for detecting the secondary near-end is provided and this is to be determined based on the stacking thickness of the stored banknotes, even if some rejected coupons are generated in the case of old stacking banknotes, the banknotes are still in the middle of dispensing. It is necessary to set a detection position that can prevent the disappearance of the detection. However, in this case, if the stored banknotes are new banknotes having a small accumulation thickness, when the number of payments becomes zero, the remaining banknotes in the banknote storage box become large and the fund efficiency becomes very poor.

As described above, the end detection is determined based on the number of stored sheets, and the full detection is provided with a switch for detecting and determining based on the storage thickness, so that efficient fund management can be provided and an ATM convenient for users can be provided. It becomes possible.

In the above-described embodiment, only the near-end and end detections for a ten-yen bill have been described, but the same detection is also performed for a thousand-yen bill.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic transaction device with good operability, in which transactions can be performed without stopping the device with a small number of sets of money. Furthermore, according to the present invention, while storing that the notification is performed in the storage unit, control is performed so that the notification is not performed again.
Even if the deposit and payment transactions alternate,
An alarm is not issued unnecessarily many times, and it is possible to prevent annoying surroundings due to an alarm sound or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus using a circulation type cash-in / pay-out device according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the device, FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagram of the depositing / dispensing device, FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining functions and operations of various members shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a remote monitor, FIG. 8 is a diagram of a schematic internal structure of a depositing / dispensing apparatus showing a flow of banknotes during a depositing operation, and FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (a). h) is a flowchart illustrating the deposit operation, FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of the side of the collective storage unit,
FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a plane of the collective storage section, FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of a depositing / dispensing device showing a flow of banknotes in a dispensing mode, and FIGS. FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (c) are views showing a dispensing operation subroutine in the dispensing mode, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation based on near-end / end detection. 1 ... ATM, 2 ... Payment / withdrawal device, 7 ... Storage unit, 12 ...
Deposit / withdrawal door, 18 ... Banknote inspection department, 23 ... Primary storage department, 24
...... Deposit reject accumulator, 25 ... 10,000-yen bill storage box, 26 ...
… 1,000 yen bill storage box, 27… Bulk storage unit, 34… Bulk storage box, 35… Collection storage box, 36… Rejected ticket storage box, G1
~ G9 ... Gate, SW12,22 ... Detection switch, 130 ... Remote monitor

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An automatic transaction apparatus for dispensing money based on a user's operation, comprising: a storage unit for storing the money to be dispensed; and a predetermined number of money stored in the storage unit. Determining means for determining that the number of coins has become equal to or less than; a notifying means for notifying when the number of money stored in the storage unit has become equal to or less than a predetermined number; A storage unit for storing that notification has been made by the notification unit, and when the determination unit again determines that the number of coins stored in the storage unit has become a predetermined number or less, Control means for controlling not to make a report by the report means when the report has already been made by the storage means.