JP2011085983A - Automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic teller machine which reduces power consumption, even when transaction is performed between a user. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic teller machine is provided with an operation section for accepting an operation related to prescribed transaction from a user; a plurality of unit sections for executing the prescribed transaction accepted by the operation section; a power source section for starting the unit section, and for stopping supply of power to the unit section; and a control section for, when the unit section is started, and a prescribed transaction is executed, determining whether or not there is the unit section the starting of which is not required for executing the prescribed transaction among the plurality of unit sections; and, when it is determined that there is the unit section whose start is not necessary for executing the prescribed transaction, for controlling the power source section so as to stop the supply of the power to the unit section the starting of which is determined as being unnecessary. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic cash transaction processing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM: Automatic Teller Machine) that performs a predetermined transaction with a user, and more particularly, to control of a power supply supplied when executing transaction processing.

  In recent years, some ATMs have a power saving mode in order to reduce power consumption. In power saving mode, when ATM does not conduct predetermined transactions (for example, transactions such as payment and deposit) with users, it reduces power consumption by shutting off power supply to a part of ATM. To do.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an ATM that is conditional on the passage of a certain time after the transaction ends when shifting from the normal mode to the power saving mode. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses an ATM that shifts from a normal mode to a power saving mode when a certain period of time elapses when the sensor does not detect the presence of a user.

JP 2000-259894 A JP 2007-304740 A

  However, since the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above are intended to obtain a power saving effect only when there is no transaction with the user, the ATM is used by the user. There is a problem that power is not saved in the case of transactions with.

  For example, when a user performs a transaction for paying out banknotes in units of 1000 yen, there is a problem in that power is supplied to a portion that controls the dispensing and transport of coins that do not need to be operated, and power is consumed wastefully. there were.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the subject mentioned above, Comprising: Even if it is a case where it is a case where it is a transaction with a user, the cash automatic transaction apparatus which can reduce power consumption is provided. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, an automatic teller machine according to the present invention is an automatic transaction processing apparatus that performs a predetermined transaction with a user, and accepts an operation related to the predetermined transaction from the user. An operation unit, a plurality of unit units that execute the predetermined transaction accepted by the operation unit, a power source unit that activates the unit unit or stops power supply to the unit unit, and the unit unit is activated In the case where the predetermined transaction is being executed, it is determined whether or not there is a unit part that does not need to be activated in order to execute the predetermined transaction among the plurality of unit parts. If it is determined that there is a unit part that does not need to be started in order to execute the process, the power supply to the unit part that is determined not to be started is stopped. Characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling the power supply unit.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is a case where it is a case where it trades with a user, the cash automatic transaction apparatus which can reduce power consumption can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the structure of ATM concerning this embodiment. It is a timing chart in case ATM performs a payment transaction between users. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in case ATM performs transaction.

  Embodiments of an automatic teller machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM: Automatic Teller Machine) 100 according to the present embodiment.

  The ATM 100 accepts user operations and performs various transactions such as cash deposits and withdrawals. The ATM 100 includes a customer operation unit 101, a card unit 102, a statement slip unit 103, a passbook unit 104, a banknote unit 105, a coin unit 106, a power supply unit 107, a control unit 108, and a staff operation unit 109. , Including.

  The customer operation unit 101 includes, for example, a touch panel, and accepts designation of various transactions such as deposit processing, withdrawal processing, and balance inquiry from the user, or displays an input screen for accepting the designation.

  For example, the customer operation unit 101 displays an issuance necessity button indicating whether to issue a statement slip from the user, or accepts pressing of the issuance necessity button. Moreover, the customer operation part 101 receives designation | designated of the amount (for example, payment amount) used as transaction object. Furthermore, when the received transaction is completed, the customer operation unit 101 displays a transaction end screen indicating that the transaction has ended.

  The card unit 102 inserts and ejects a magnetic card such as a cash card or an IC card possessed by the user. The card unit 102 reads / writes the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card or the IC chip included in the IC card, or reads the image of the embossed portion of the magnetic card or the IC card.

  The card unit 102 determines whether or not the magnetic card or the IC card has been inserted for a predetermined time, and determines that the magnetic card or the IC card has not been inserted for the predetermined time. Wait until a card or IC card is inserted.

  In the following description, the card unit 102 is set not to output an acceptance signal to the control unit 108 like other units. The reason is that normally, when a user makes a transaction with the ATM 100, it is necessary to insert an IC card such as a cash card. Here, the stop acceptance signal is a signal indicating that power supply can be stopped from each part of the ATM 100 that is output to the control unit 108 described later.

  The statement slip unit 103 discharges the printed statement slip to the outside when the transaction content is printed on the statement slip by a printing unit (not shown). In addition, the statement slip unit 103 outputs a stop acceptance signal to the control unit 108 when the customer operation unit 101 accepts that it is not necessary to issue a statement slip.

  The passbook unit 104 accepts insertion of a passbook possessed by the user or discharges the inserted passbook. The passbook unit 104 reads the magnetic stripe portion of the inserted passbook. Further, the passbook unit 104 discharges the printed passbook to the outside when the result of the transaction executed in accordance with the transaction specified by the customer operation unit 101 is printed by a printing unit (not shown).

  The passbook unit 104 determines whether or not the passbook has been inserted for a predetermined time. If it is determined that the passbook has not been inserted for the predetermined time, a stop acceptance signal is output to the control unit 108. To do.

  The banknote unit 105 discriminate | determines the accepted banknote, when receiving the deposit of a banknote from a user, and conveys the banknote after discrimination to a banknote storage (not shown) after that. Moreover, the banknote unit 105 discriminate | determines the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage (not shown), when the payment of a banknote is received from a user, and discharges | emits the banknote after discrimination after that to the exterior.

  The banknote unit 105 determines whether or not a banknote needs to be paid out according to the amount received by the customer operation unit 101 (for example, a payment amount). The signal is output to the control unit 108.

  The coin unit 106 discriminates the received coins when accepting the deposit of coins from the user, and then transports the coins after the discrimination to a coin storage (not shown). Moreover, the coin unit 106 discriminate | determines the coin accommodated in the coin storage (not shown), when accepting the withdrawal of the coin from the user, and then discharges the coin after the discrimination to the outside.

  The coin unit 106 determines whether or not coins need to be paid out according to the amount received by the customer operation unit 101 (for example, payment amount). The signal is output to the control unit 108.

  The power source unit 107 is a main power source that AC / DC converts power supplied from outside via a power cord (not shown) and supplies the converted power to each part of the ATM 100.

  The power supply unit 107 supplies power to the power supply of each unit of the ATM 100 when the customer operation unit 101 receives a transaction designation from the user.

  Further, the power supply unit 107 is a signal (hereinafter referred to as a stop signal) indicating that the control unit 108 (to be described later) receives a stop acceptance signal from each part of the ATM 100 and stops supplying power to each unit that has received the stop acceptance signal. Is output), the supply of power to each part of the ATM 100 is stopped according to the stop signal.

  The control unit 108 includes a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of each unit of the ATM 100 described above.

  The control unit 108 determines whether or not the above-described stop acceptance signal has been received from each unit of the ATM 100, and when receiving the stop acceptance signal, outputs a stop signal for each unit that has received the stop acceptance signal to the power supply unit 107.

  The clerk operation unit 109 is a screen that is used for maintenance of the ATM 100 mainly by the ATM 100 administrator and the clerk, separately from the customer operation unit 101. The administrator operates the clerk operation unit 109, for example, The banknotes and coins stored in the storage (not shown) inside the ATM 100 are collected.

  FIG. 2 is a timing chart when the ATM 100 performs a payment transaction with the user. As shown in FIG. 2, in the ATM 100, after the customer operation unit 101 accepts the designation of the payment transaction, the card unit 102 accepts the insertion of the IC card (a), and then the passbook unit 103 accepts the insertion of the passbook. (B).

  Then, the customer operation unit 101 receives an input of a personal identification number and a payout amount (f), and thereafter the balance is calculated by the control unit 108, and the passbook unit 104 prints the transaction contents on the passbook (b) ), The statement slip unit 103 discharges the statement slip describing the balance, etc. (c), the bill unit 105 dispenses the bill (d), and the coin unit 106 dispenses the coin (e).

  In this case, when the payout amount received by the customer operation unit 101 is in units of 1000 yen (for example, 15,000 yen), or when the customer operation unit 101 has not received the issuance of the statement slip, FIG. In (c) and (e) of the timing chart shown, it is not necessary to supply power to the statement slip unit 103 and the coin unit 106. Therefore, even when a payment transaction is being executed, if the operation of each unit is not necessary, each unit outputs the stop acceptance signal described above, and the control unit 108 accepts the stop acceptance output from each unit. By determining the presence or absence of a signal, useless power consumption can be reduced for each unit.

  That is, when each unit of the ATM 100 determines that no operation is required, a stop acceptance signal is output to the control unit 108 at that timing, and the control unit 108 stops supplying power to the unit that has received the stop acceptance signal. Since the power supply unit 107 is controlled, wasteful power consumption can be reduced for each unit even when a transaction is being executed.

  Then, the process sequence which ATM100 mentioned above performs is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the ATM 100 performs a transaction. In the following description, it is assumed that the user is executing a payment transaction with the ATM 100.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, when the customer operation unit 101 receives a transaction designation from a user (step S301), the power supply unit 107 supplies power to the power supply of each unit of the ATM 100 (step S302). ).

  Thereafter, the card unit 102 determines whether or not an IC card has been inserted (step S303). If it is determined that no IC card has been inserted (step S303; No), the card unit 102 stands by.

  On the other hand, when the card unit 102 determines that the IC card has been inserted (step S303; Yes), the passbook unit 104 determines whether or not the passbook has been inserted (step S304). If the bankbook unit 104 determines that a bankbook has been inserted (step S304; Yes), the customer operation unit 101 receives an input of a personal identification number and a payment amount (step S305).

  On the other hand, when the passbook unit 104 determines that no passbook is inserted (step S304; No), the passbook unit 104 outputs a stop acceptance signal (step S306), and then the control unit 108 accepts the stoppage. In response to the signal, the power supply unit 107 outputs a stop signal to the passbook unit 104 that has received the stop acceptance signal, and the power supply unit 107 stops supplying power to the passbook unit 104 (step S307), and the process proceeds to step S305. .

  Then, when the process of step S305 is completed, the banknote unit 105 determines whether or not a banknote is necessary to pay out the payment amount accepted by the customer operation unit 101 (step S308), and pays out the payment amount. Therefore, when it determines with a banknote required for this (step S308; Yes), it progresses to step S311.

  On the other hand, when the banknote unit 105 determines that a banknote is not necessary for paying out the payment amount (step S308; No), the banknote unit 105 outputs a stop acceptance signal (step S309), similarly to the case of step S307. In accordance with the stop acceptance signal, the control unit 108 outputs a stop signal for the banknote unit 105 that has received the stop acceptance signal to the power supply unit 107, and the power supply unit 107 stops supplying power to the banknote unit 105 ( Step S307) and the process proceeds to Step S311.

  When the process of step S308 or step S310 is completed, the coin unit 106 determines whether or not a coin is necessary to pay out the payment amount received by the customer operation unit 101 (step S311), and pays out the payment amount. If it is determined that coins are required to be dispensed (step S311; Yes), the process proceeds to step S314.

  On the other hand, if the coin unit 106 determines that no coin is required to pay out the payment amount (step S311; No), the coin unit 106 outputs a stop acceptance signal in the same manner as in steps S307 and S309 (step S312). Thereafter, the control unit 108 outputs a stop signal for the coin unit 106 that has received the stop acceptance signal to the power source unit 107 in accordance with the stop acceptance signal, and the power source unit 107 supplies power to the coin unit 106. Stop (step S313) and proceed to step S314.

  Then, the statement slip unit 103 determines whether it is necessary to issue a statement slip when the issue necessity button displayed on the customer operation unit 101 is pressed (step S314), and the statement slip needs to be issued. (Step S314; Yes), the process proceeds to step S315.

  On the other hand, when the statement slip unit 103 determines that it is not necessary to issue a statement slip (step S314; No), the stop slip signal is output in the same manner as in steps S307, S309, and S311 (step S316). Thereafter, the control unit 108 outputs a stop signal for the statement slip unit 103 that has received the stop acceptance signal to the power supply unit 107 in accordance with the stop acceptance signal. Is stopped (step S317), and the process proceeds to step S315.

  Thereafter, each unit whose power supply is not stopped operates to discharge the IC card, the passbook, or the statement slip, and withdraw banknotes and coins (step S315). Thereafter, the customer operation unit 101 A transaction end screen is displayed (step S316). When the process of step S316 ends, all the processes in the present embodiment end.

  Thus, in ATM100 which performs a predetermined transaction with a user, customer operation part 101 receives operation about a predetermined transaction from a user, and a plurality of unit parts (banknote unit 105 grade) are customer operation parts. 101 executes a predetermined transaction accepted, the power supply unit 107 activates these unit units, or stops supplying power to these unit units, and the control unit 108 activates these unit units. In the case where a predetermined transaction is being executed, it is determined whether or not there is a unit part that does not need to be started in order to execute the predetermined transaction among the plurality of unit parts, and the predetermined transaction is started. If it is determined that there is a unit unit that is not required, the power supply unit 107 is controlled so as to stop supplying power to the unit unit that is determined not to be activated. Because, even if doing transactions with users, it is possible to reduce power consumption.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the user performs a payment transaction is described. However, the present invention is not limited to such a payment transaction. For example, when the user deposits only coins, the control unit 108 supplies power to the bill unit 105 with respect to the power source unit 107 even when the depositing process is being performed. The present invention can also be applied to transactions other than the above-described payment transactions, such as controlling the power supply unit 107 to stop supply. Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, although the case where a user performed transaction using ATM is demonstrated, it is applicable also to various transaction apparatuses, such as a change machine.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Automatic cash transaction apparatus (ATM), 101 ... Customer operation part, 102 ... Card unit, 103 ... Statement slip unit, 104 ... Passbook unit, 105 ... Banknote unit, 106 ... Coin unit, 107 ... Power supply part, 108 ... Control 109, an clerk operation unit.

Claims (3)

An automatic transaction processing apparatus that performs a predetermined transaction with a user,
An operation unit for receiving an operation related to the predetermined transaction from the user;
A plurality of unit units for executing the predetermined transaction accepted by the operation unit;
A power supply unit that activates the unit unit or stops the supply of power to the unit unit;
When the unit part is activated and executes the predetermined transaction, it is determined whether there is a unit part that does not need to be activated in order to execute the predetermined transaction among the plurality of unit parts. If it is determined that there is a unit part that does not need to be activated in order to execute the predetermined transaction, the power supply unit is controlled to stop supplying power to the unit part that is determined not to be activated. A control unit to
An automatic transaction processing apparatus comprising: The operation unit accepts an operation related to the transaction for each of the plurality of unit units,
The control unit determines whether there is a unit unit that does not need to be activated in order to execute the predetermined transaction among the plurality of unit units, according to the operation related to the transaction received by the operation unit.
The automatic transaction processing apparatus according to claim 1. The plurality of unit portions include at least a passbook unit portion that receives or discharges the user's passbook, a coin unit portion that deposits / withdraws coins, a banknote unit portion that deposits / withdraws banknotes, and the predetermined unit A statement unit unit that issues a statement relating to the transaction,
The automatic transaction processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

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