JP6882219B2 - Automatic teller machine, deposit processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an automated teller machine for financial institutions and the like.

An automated teller machine (ATM) or other automated teller machine for financial institutions is equipped with a banknote processing unit for depositing and withdrawing banknotes.

FIG. 11 shows a schematic configuration of an existing banknote processing unit.
In the illustrated example, the bill processing unit 250 includes a slot 251, a discrimination unit 252, a temporary holding unit 253, a storage detection sensor 254, a cassette 255, a transport path 256, a control unit 257, and the like.

Banknotes to be deposited or withdrawn are accumulated in the slot 251.
The discrimination unit 252 discriminates, for example, the denomination of the bill to be deposited (banknote discrimination). The denomination is, for example, a 10,000-yen bill, a 5,000-yen bill, a 1,000-yen bill, or the like. The discriminating unit 252 has a processor (not shown) or the like, and this processor executes the bill discriminating process.

The temporary holding unit 253 is a space for temporarily holding the deposited banknotes. However, there are cases where the temporary hold unit 253 is not used when making a deposit. The temporary holding unit 253 is also used when the banknotes are temporarily held during the restoration process described later.

The cassette 255 is a storage unit for storing banknotes for each denomination. In the illustrated example, there are two cassettes 255, for example, one for a 1,000-yen note and the other for a 10,000-yen note. The storage detection sensor 254 is provided near the entrance of each cassette 255, and detects that a bill has entered the cassette 255.

When depositing, the user inserts any one or more (usually a plurality of) banknotes into the slot 251. These banknotes are unwound one by one from the slot 251 and first transported to the discrimination unit 252 on the transport path 256, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 252. Then, the banknotes are temporarily held until they are transported to the temporary holding unit 253 and all the banknotes inserted into the slot 251 are discriminated, and then the banknotes are temporarily held and then transported to the corresponding cassette 255. In some cases, the banknotes are not held in the temporary holding unit 253 but are transported to the corresponding cassette 255. The corresponding cassette 255 is, for example, a cassette 255 for a 1000-yen bill in the case of a bill that has been discriminated from a 1000-yen bill by the discrimination unit 252. When the bill enters the corresponding cassette 255, it is detected by the storage detection sensor 254.

The control unit 257 manages and controls the entire banknote processing unit 250, and has, for example, a CPU and the like. The control unit 257 includes a higher-level control unit (not shown), a processor (not shown) of the identification unit 252 (not shown), a storage detection sensor 254, a motor (not shown) for moving the transport path 256, and the like by means of a communication line / bus or the like (not shown). It is possible to communicate with these configurations, control them, and acquire data. From this, the control unit 257 acquires the bill identification result from, for example, the identification unit 252. Further, the control unit 257 can recognize whether or not the bill has entered the cassette 255 by acquiring the detection result of the storage detection sensor 254, for example.

The upper control unit (not shown) is, for example, a control device that controls the entire ATM on which the bill processing unit 250 is mounted.

Further, the prior arts of Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known.
According to the prior art of Patent Document 1, when a banknote transportation failure occurs, a banknote whose denomination and number of banknotes including the remaining banknote before the separation of banknotes are not determined is returned to the customer, and the amount of banknotes handled in the device is information. To confirm.

The prior art of Patent Document 2 is obtained by storing the excluded items excluded from the money used in the transaction in the reject cassette at the time of deposit transaction and subtracting the amount of money stored in the recycle cassette from the deposit count result. Let the value be the amount of money stored in the reject cassette.

Further, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose an automatic recovery process after a jam occurs.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-922308 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-12280

The control unit 257 transports banknotes on the transport path 256 by driving and controlling a motor or the like (not shown).

12 (a) and 12 (b) show a specific example (No. 1) of the bill transport method.
FIG. 13 shows a specific example (No. 2) of the bill transport method.

First, a specific example (No. 1) shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b) will be described.
A specific example (No. 1) is a case in which the above-mentioned deposit bill is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 253 and then transported to the corresponding cassette 255.

In FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), the flow of transporting banknotes in the case of the specific example (No. 1) is shown by a thick arrow in the figure.

As shown by the thick arrow in FIG. 12A, the banknotes are drawn out one by one from the insertion slot 251 and first transported to the discrimination unit 252 on the transport path 256, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 252. Will be done. Then, the banknotes are transported to the temporary holding unit 253 and accumulated.

As described above, all the banknotes inserted into the slot 251 are temporarily held in the temporary holding section 253 after the denominations and the like are discriminated by the discrimination section 252, and then are temporarily held by the thick line arrow in FIG. 12 (b). As described above, the banknotes are drawn out one by one from the temporary holding unit 253, and each banknote is transported on the transport path 256 to the above-mentioned "corresponding cassette 255" and stored.

Next, a specific example (No. 2) shown in FIG. 13 will be described.
A specific example (No. 2) is a case in which the above-mentioned deposited banknotes are discriminated and then transported to the “corresponding cassette 255” without being held in the temporary holding unit 253 (direct deposit case).

In the deposit mode as shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), the deposited banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 253, and during that time, the customer is asked to display the input amount and confirm it. Then, when the customer operates OK, the banknotes are transported from the temporary holding unit 253 to the corresponding cassette 255 and stored.

In addition to the deposit mode, as shown in FIG. 13, there is a direct deposit mode in which the deposited banknotes are not accumulated in the temporary holding unit 253 and the identified banknotes are directly transported and stored in the cassette 255.

The direct deposit mode is a deposit mode that prioritizes processing speed and is used in the back office of financial institutions and the like.

In FIG. 13, the flow of transporting banknotes for direct deposit processing is indicated by arrows shown in thick lines.
As shown by the thick arrow in FIG. 13, the banknotes are drawn out one by one from the insertion slot 251 and first transported to the discrimination unit 252 on the transport path 256, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 252. After that, the banknotes are transported as they are on the transport path 256 to the above-mentioned "corresponding cassette 255" and stored. Then, the number of stored banknotes is data-managed for each denomination based on the discrimination result in the discrimination unit 252.

Here, in FIG. 14, the flow of transporting banknotes during the restoration process is shown by a thick arrow in the figure.
In the direct deposit mode, if a failure such as a jam (clogging of banknotes on the transport path) occurs during deposit, automatic recovery may be performed. In this automatic restoration, as a restoration operation, the banknotes remaining on the transport path 256 are transported to the temporary holding unit 253 and accumulated, for example, as shown by an arrow in FIG.

After that, the worker directly removes the residual banknotes from the temporary holding section 253, carries out a process of transporting / discharging the remaining banknotes from the temporary holding section 253 to the slot 251 or performs a process of taking in the cassette 255 after the discrimination again.

During the above restoration operation, a bill near the entrance of the cassette 255 may enter (fall) into the cassette 255, and since data management is not performed on this bill, the denomination is unknown. Therefore, there was a problem that the amount in the cassette could not be fixed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automated teller machine or the like capable of confirming payment even if there is a bill that enters the cassette during the restoration operation.

The present invention has the following configurations in an automated teller machine.
-A banknote identification unit that distinguishes the denomination of each banknote that is sequentially transported to the banknote storage unit through the transport path during the deposit process;
-A memory for storing the payment confirmation information including the result of the denomination identification and the information indicating whether or not the payment is confirmed because the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage unit for each of the sequentially transported banknotes. Department;
• If the bill after the denomination discrimination is accommodated in the bill accommodating unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the stored bills, deposit confirmation unit that updates to show the payment confirmation;
-A recovery unit that performs a recovery operation for transporting residual banknotes on the transport path to a predetermined location when a failure related to bill transport occurs during the deposit process;
·該復during former operation, if the residual banknote that was in the vicinity of the inlet of the banknote storage unit has entered the banknote storage unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the remaining bill, modification modified to indicate a payment confirmation Department.

According to the automatic teller machine of the present invention or the like, even if there is a bill that enters the cassette during the restoration operation, the payment can be confirmed.

It is an external view of an ATM. It is a hardware block diagram of ATM. It is a functional block diagram of ATM. It is a schematic block diagram of a banknote processing unit. This is an example of banknotes remaining when a jam occurs. It is a flowchart (1/2) of the main process of the deposit process. It is a flowchart (2/2) of the main process of the deposit process. (A) is a bill feeding processing thread, and (b) is a processing flowchart of a bill discriminating processing thread. It is a processing flowchart figure of the banknote storage processing thread. It is a figure which shows an example of the banknote information table. It is a schematic block diagram of an existing banknote processing unit. (A) and (b) are diagrams showing a specific example (No. 1) of a banknote transport method. It is a figure which shows the specific example (the 2) of the banknote transport method. It is a figure which shows the flow of transporting a banknote at the time of a restoration process.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of an ATM 10, which is a type of automated teller machine.

In the illustrated example, the ATM 10 includes a customer operation screen 11, a cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12, a passbook reception unit 13, a card reception port 14, a receipt issuing port 15, and the like.

The customer operation screen 11 is, for example, a display provided with a touch panel, and is used when a user performs various data input including input of a personal identification number and various instructions.

The cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12 is used for inserting banknotes and coins to be deposited and discharging banknotes and coins to be withdrawn.

The passbook reception unit 13 is used for inserting a passbook and returning the inserted passbook.
The card reception port 14 is used for inserting various cards (mediums) such as cash cards and credit cards, and for returning the inserted cards.

The receipt issuing port 15 is used for discharging the issued receipt.
The appearance configuration of the ATM 10 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and is not limited to this example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the ATM 10.
In the example shown in FIG. 2, the ATM 10 includes a main control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an input unit 23, a display unit 24, a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25, a passbook entry processing unit 26, a card reading unit 27, a receipt issuing unit 28, and communication. It has a processing unit 29 and the like, and these are connected to the bus 30.

The main control unit 21 controls the entire ATM 10 in an integrated manner, reads a program for performing various processes of the ATM 10 stored in the storage unit 22 and the like, and stores the read program in an internal memory (not shown). It is temporarily stored in a computer and performs various processes according to this program, and has, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like.

The input unit 23 and the display unit 24 have a configuration related to the customer operation screen 11, the input unit 23 has the touch panel, and the display unit 24 has the display. The user performs operations such as selection input of a desired transaction by the input unit 23 while looking at various screens displayed on the display unit 24.

The communication processing unit 29 is used when the communication necessary for providing the service of the transaction selected by the user is performed with the host computer 1 via the network, and is, for example, a communication interface.

The main control unit 21 controls to realize the transaction instructed by the operation on the customer operation screen 11. Specifically, when the user selects and inputs an arbitrary transaction from the transaction menu displayed on the display unit 24 by the input unit 23, the main control unit 21 inserts a card or a passbook, and a predetermined transaction operation is performed. , Controls to realize a transaction with the host computer 1 that manages various information such as the user's account information, personal identification number, and deposit amount via the communication processing unit 29.

The storage unit 22 stores, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like in which an application program for performing various processing of the ATM 10 and data necessary for the processing of the ATM 10 are stored.

The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25 accepts the banknotes inserted into the cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12, discriminates, counts, and stores the banknotes, or cash deposits and withdraws a predetermined number of banknotes according to the withdrawal transaction selected by the user. It has a bill processing unit (not shown) that discharges from unit 12. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25 further accepts the coins inserted into the cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12, discriminates, counts, and stores the coins, or a predetermined number of coins according to the withdrawal transaction selected by the user. May have a coin processing unit (not shown) that discharges coins from the cash deposit / withdrawal unit 12.

The passbook entry processing unit 26 receives the passbook inserted by the user from the passbook reception unit 13 and transports it to a predetermined position, records the contents of the transaction processing, and returns the passbook for which the recording has been completed from the passbook reception unit 13.

The card reading unit 27 receives the card inserted by the user from the card receiving port 14, reads data such as account information from the magnetic stripe unit and the IC chip unit of the card, and returns the card from the card receiving port 14.

The receipt issuing unit 28 issues a receipt.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the ATM 10.

The ATM 10 has the following various processing function units. These various processing function units are realized, for example, by the CPU or the like of the ATM 10 (for example, the main control unit 21 or the control unit 57 described later) executing a predetermined program stored in the storage device in advance. To. Further, in the ATM 10 of this example, it is assumed that the deposit processing operates in the direct deposit mode.

The ATM 10 has various processing function units such as a bill identification unit 41, a payment confirmation unit 42, a restoration unit 43, and a correction unit 44. Not limited to this example, the ATM 10 may be configured to further include a bill feeding unit 45.

The banknote identification unit 41 discriminates the denomination of each banknote that is sequentially transported during the deposit process. An example of the bill identification unit 41 is the identification unit 52, which will be described later.

When the bills after the denomination discrimination are stored in the bill storage unit, the payment confirmation unit 42 updates the payment confirmation information including the denomination discrimination result of each bill. An example of the bill storage unit is the cassette 55, which will be described later. An example of payment confirmation information is a banknote information table 110 or the like, which will be described later. The above-mentioned update by the payment confirmation unit 42 is, for example, to confirm the payment of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit in the payment confirmation information.

The recovery unit 43 performs a recovery operation when a failure related to banknote transportation occurs during the payment process.

When a bill enters the bill storage unit during the restoration operation, the correction unit 44 corrects the payment confirmation information regarding the bill based on the discrimination result of the denomination.

The denomination identification result of each banknote by the banknote identification unit 41 is stored, for example, in the order of identification. Further, for example, although not shown in particular, a detection unit (not shown) for detecting that a bill has entered the bill storage portion (an example is a storage detection sensor 54 described later) may be provided.

Further, as an example, the payment confirmation information includes, for example, the denomination discrimination result of each banknote and information indicating whether or not the payment is confirmed, and the correction unit 44 is the banknote storage unit during the restoration operation in the payment confirmation information. Make corrections to confirm payment for the banknotes that have entered.

Further, although not shown in particular, it may further have a payment confirmed banknote counting unit (not shown) that counts the number of denominations of the banknotes for which payment has been confirmed based on the above payment confirmation information.

Further, as an example, the restoration operation is a process of transporting the remaining banknotes on the transport path to a predetermined location (an example is a temporary holding unit 53 described later), and the restoration operation causes the remaining banknotes to be near the entrance of the banknote storage unit. When the remaining banknotes enter the banknote storage unit, the correction unit 44 corrects the payment confirmation information.

Further, as an example, for example, the bills of the bill insertion slot are fed out one by one from the bill insertion slot (one example is the insertion slot 51 described later) into which any one or more bills are inserted during the deposit processing. At the same time, it may further have a bill feeding unit 45 for storing the payout time.

As an example, for example, each banknote delivered by the banknote feeding section 45 is transported on a transport path to the banknote storage section via the banknote identification section 41.

As an example, in the recovery unit 43, the time required for each of the banknotes to reach the banknote storage unit from the payout time (including the case where the banknotes do not reach the banknote storage unit) is not a predetermined time set in advance. If it is not within the predetermined time range set in advance, it is considered that an obstacle (jam) related to the above-mentioned banknote transportation has occurred.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote processing unit of the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 25.
In the illustrated example, the bill processing unit 50 includes a slot 51, a discrimination unit 52, a temporary holding unit 53, a storage detection sensor 54, a cassette 55, a transport path 56, a control unit 57, and the like. Of these configurations, the configuration may be the same as that shown in FIG. 11 except for the processing of the control unit 57. That is, the input port 51, the discrimination unit 52, the temporary holding unit 53, the storage detection sensor 54, the cassette 55, and the transport path 56 are the input port 251 and the discrimination unit 252, the temporary holding unit 253, the storage detection sensor 254, and the cassette 255. Since it may be the same as the transport path 256, the description thereof shall be omitted or simplified. The processing of the control unit 57 will be described in detail later.

When the bill processing unit 50 of FIG. 4 performs the direct deposit operation, the flow of bill transport during the direct deposit operation is the same as that shown by the thick arrow in FIG. 13, although not shown. That is. Briefly, banknotes are drawn out one by one from the insertion slot 51, first transported to the discrimination unit 52 on the transport path 56, and the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 52. After that, the banknotes are directly transported on the transport path 56 to the corresponding cassette 55 and stored. For example, if the bill is determined to be a 1000-yen bill, it will be stored in the cassette 55 for the 1000-yen bill.

If an obstacle (jam, etc.) related to banknote transportation occurs during the direct deposit operation, the banknotes remain, for example, as shown in FIG.

In the figure, a, b, and c indicate the banknotes that remained on the transport path at the time of jam among the banknotes deposited this time. In the figure d, among the banknotes deposited this time, the banknotes already stored in the cassette 55 at the time of jam occurrence are shown. Since the bill a remains at a position in front of the discrimination unit 52 and is therefore in a state before the denomination determination, the denomination of the bill a is unknown. The bills b and c remain at positions after the discrimination unit 52, and are therefore in a state where the denomination has been determined.

For example, in such a state, the above-mentioned recovery operation is executed. Although not particularly shown, the restoration operation is first attempted to transport the banknotes a, b, and c remaining on the transport path to the temporary holding section 53 by an operation substantially similar to that in FIG. 14 described above.

Here, the bill c remains near the entrance of the cassette 55. Therefore, there is a possibility that the bill c may enter (fall) into the cassette 55 due to the recovery operation. This means that a banknote (unknown ticket) of unknown denomination has entered the cassette 55 in terms of data management. In the deposit process, for example, the banknote information table 110, which will be described later, is generated, and the number of banknotes to be deposited for each denomination is counted based on the banknote information table 110 to obtain the deposit confirmation information. This is a process of transporting the product to the holding unit 53. For this reason, conventionally, the banknotes that have entered the cassette 55 during the restoration process are not reflected in the payment confirmation information (banknote information table 110, etc.), and the payment is not confirmed as an unknown ticket.

However, since the banknotes are actually contained in the cassette 55, the banknotes should be treated as if the payment was confirmed, and the deposit amount (for each denomination of the deposited banknotes) by recognizing the denomination. It should be reflected in the management of (the number of sheets).

On the other hand, in this method, the payment of the unknown ticket entered in the cassette 55 can be confirmed during the recovery operation after such a jam, and the denomination / number information of the banknotes in the cassette can be managed more accurately. Will be.

When the storage detection sensor 54 detects any object, it is considered that the banknote has been detected. Further, since the storage detection sensor 54 is provided for each cassette 55, it is possible to recognize which denomination cassette 55 contains the bill by detecting that the bill has been inserted by the storage detection sensor 54. become. From this, the process of confirming whether or not this recognition and the denomination of the unknown ticket determined by the present method match may be further executed.

Further, in this method, the number of unknown tickets is limited to one even if it is generated. This can be achieved, for example, by adjusting the spacing between the banknotes during transportation. The distance between the bills during transportation is determined by the time interval for feeding the bills from the insertion slot 51 onto the transport path 56. For example, in the case of paying out the bills every 0.5 seconds and the case of paying out the bills every 0.6 seconds, the latter (0.6 second interval) has a larger interval between the bills during transportation. Hereinafter, specific examples will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10.

6 and 7 are flowcharts (1/2) and (2/2) of the main process of the deposit process. It should be noted that FIGS. 6 and 7 show one flowchart divided into two, and hereinafter, it will be referred to as FIG. 6 and the like without particular distinction.

8 (a), (b), and 9 show a processing flowchart of each thread involved in the deposit processing shown in FIG. 6 and the like. 8 (a) is a bill feeding processing thread, FIG. 8 (b) is a bill identification processing thread, and FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of a bill storage processing thread.

Further, FIG. 10 shows an example of the banknote information table 110, which is a table generated / referenced during the deposit processing.

Further, in the case of this example, the restoration process is included in the deposit process shown in FIG. 6 and the like (step S79 and the like).

The deposit processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is started when the customer inserts one or more banknotes into the slot 51 in the "deposit transaction" of the automated teller machine (ATM). The deposit processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is executed by, for example, the control unit 57 and / and the main control unit 21, but is not limited to this example.

The deposit process shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is a process of storing the banknotes that have been discriminated from the inserted banknotes in a cassette, and the response (notification of the processing result) of the deposit process is "end information" (end information). Normal or abnormal), "cassette storage information", etc. The "cassette storage information" is, for example, the number of banknotes for which payment has been confirmed for each denomination (the number of 1000-yen bills deposited, the number of 10,000-yen bills, etc.). In this example, there are two types of denominations, 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen, but the present invention is not limited to this example, and there may be an additional 5,000 yen.

In the main process of the deposit process shown in FIG. 6 and the like, first, the banknote information table 110 is initialized (step S71).

Here, an example of the banknote information table 110 shown in FIG. 10 will be described.
The bill information table 110 of the illustrated example includes a number 111, a payout time 112, a denomination 113, and a cassette storage 114.

The number 111 is a serial number (1, 2, 3 ...) Assigned to each record, and means the order in which the banknotes corresponding to the record are delivered. For example, the information regarding the banknotes that are secondly drawn out from the slot 51 is stored in the second record (number 111 = '2' record) from the top of the banknote information table 110. That is, the second record corresponds to the second bill.

In each record corresponding to each banknote drawn out, the time when the banknote is drawn out from the slot 51 is stored in the payout time 112, the discrimination result by the discriminating unit 52 of the banknote is stored in the denomination 113, and the cassette is stored. When the bill is stored in the cassette 55 (when detected by the storage detection sensor 54), '1' is stored in the storage 114 (the flag is turned ON).

Further, FIG. 10 also shows a specific example of the stored data of the banknote information table 110.
In the illustrated example, four banknotes are paid out from the slot 51, and the time when each banknote is paid out is recorded at the payout time 112. Further, among these four banknotes, the first to third three banknotes have already been discriminated by the discrimination unit 52, and in the illustrated example, the first and third banknotes are 1,000-yen bills, 2 The first piece is a 10,000 yen bill. Further, of the three identified banknotes, the first and second banknotes have already been stored in the cassette 55. The third and fourth sheets are still on the transport path 56, but the third sheet has been discriminated, while the fourth sheet has not yet been discriminated. The fifth banknote has not yet been paid out or does not exist (when four banknotes have been inserted).
The banknote information table 110 of FIG. 10 has been described above.

Returning to the description of the main processing of the deposit processing shown in FIG. 6 and the like.
In the initialization process of step S71, for example, all the stored data of the banknote information table 110 is deleted.

Subsequently, whether or not there is a bill in the bill insertion slot 51 is determined by detecting a sensor (not shown) installed in the bill insertion slot 51 (step S72). If there are no banknotes in the slot 51 (step S72, NO), "0" is set in the "end information" (step S83), and the process proceeds to step S84. In the "end information", "0" means normal end and "1" means abnormal end (jam occurrence).

On the other hand, when the sensor detects that there is a bill in the bill slot 51 (steps S72, YES), each variable is initialized (step S73). The variables used in this process are variables C1, C2 and C3 and variables S1 and S2. In the initialization of the above variables, the variables C1, C2 and C3 are all set to "1", and the variables S1 and S2 are all set to "0".

Here, these variables will be described. Here, the bill information table 110 of the example shown in FIG. 10 will be used for description.

The variable C1 is an array number related to the payout time 112 in the bill information table 110.

The variable C2 is an array number related to the denomination 113 in the bill information table 110.
The variable C3 is an array number related to the cassette storage 114 in the bill information table 110.

The variable S1 is thread status information (0; initial value, 1; all banknotes in the banknote slot have been paid out, 2; processing of all threads has been completed).

The variable S2 is jam information (0; no jam, 1; jam occurrence).
The above-mentioned sequence number corresponds to the number 111. That is, for example, C2 = '3' indicates the denomination 113 in the record with the number 111 = '3', and C3 = '2' indicates the cassette storage 114 in the record with the number 111 = '2'.

After executing the variable initialization process in step S73, three threads (tasks) are subsequently started. That is, the banknote payout processing thread is activated (step S74), the banknote identification processing thread is activated (step S75), and the banknote storage processing thread is activated (step S76).

By the above activation, the banknote delivery processing thread starts executing the process of FIG. 8A, the banknote identification processing thread starts executing the process of FIG. 8B, and the banknote storage processing thread executes the process of FIG. Start.

Hereinafter, the processes of FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b) and 9 will be described.
The process of FIG. 8A is, as a whole, a process of feeding out the banknotes in the slot 51 one by one onto the transport path 56.

In the process of FIG. 8A, it is confirmed whether or not there are still banknotes remaining in the slot 51 (whether or not they are detected by the sensor) (step S101), and as long as the banknotes remain, step S101. The process of ~ S104 is repeated. When there are no more bills in the slot 51 (step S101, NO), the loop is exited, '1' (all bills in the bill slot have been paid out) is set in the variable S1 (step S105), and this process ends. ..

If there are still banknotes remaining in the slot 51 (steps S101, YES), one banknote from the slot 51 is fed out onto the transport path 56 (step S102), and the current time is stored in the payout time (C1). (Step S103). Here, the payout time (C1) is a column of the payout time 112 of the C1st record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C1) in the banknote information table 110. Then, the value of the variable C1 is incremented by +1 (C1 = C1 + 1) (step S104), and the process returns to step S101. By the above initialization process, C1 = 1 at first.

The above steps S101 to S104 are repeatedly executed as described above until the bills in the slot 51 are exhausted. The process of step S105 may be executed after a certain period of time has elapsed from the time when the determination in step S101 becomes NO. This "constant time" may be the same as, for example, the "predetermined time" in step S123 described later, but is not limited to this example.

Next, the bill identification process of FIG. 8B will be described.
The process of FIG. 8B is, as a whole, a process of discriminating each banknote transported to the discriminating unit 52 (a process of determining authenticity, denomination, etc.).

In the example of FIG. 8B, when the sensor near the entrance of the discriminating unit 52 detects a bill entering the discriminating unit 52 (steps S111, YES), the discriminating unit 52 discriminates the bill (step S112). Then, the discrimination result (denomination) is stored in the denomination (C2) (step S113). Here, the denomination (C2) is a column of the denomination 113 of the C2nd record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C2) in the banknote information table 110. Then, it is checked whether or not the variable S1 is '1' (step S114), and if the variable S1 is still '0' (step S114, NO), the value of the variable C2 is incremented by +1 (C2). = C2 + 1) (step S115), the process returns to step S111. On the other hand, if the variable S1 is '1' (step S114, YES), all the banknotes in the banknote slot have been paid out, so this process ends.

By the above initialization process, C2 = 1 at first. Further, the determination process in step S114 is a process for checking whether or not the banknote that has been finally drawn out has been discriminated. As described with reference to FIG. 8A, when the last bill is drawn out from the slot 51 (after a certain period of time has passed from that point), the variable S1 = '1' and the variable S1 = '1'. If it is, it can be considered that the last bill drawn out has been identified.

Next, the bill storage process of FIG. 9 will be described.
As a whole, the process of FIG. 9 is a process of storing the banknotes conveyed to the entrance of the cassette 55 in the cassette 55, and also a process of determining whether or not the banknotes are jammed.

In the process of FIG. 9, first, it is determined whether or not the storage detection sensor 54 has detected that the banknote has been conveyed to the inlet of the cassette 55 (step S121), and each time the banknote is detected (step S121, YES) The process proceeds to step S122. Basically (if no jam or the like occurs in the middle), the bills drawn out from the slot 51 are transported to the entrance of the corresponding cassette 55 after the denomination and the like are discriminated by the discrimination unit 52. Therefore, it will be detected by the storage detection sensor 54.

When a bill is detected (steps S121, YES), first, the payout time ( C1 ) corresponding to the bill is obtained from the bill information table 110, and the elapsed time is calculated by the following formula (step S122). The elapsed time is the time taken from when each banknote is drawn out to when it comes to the entrance of the corresponding cassette 55.
Elapsed time = current time-delivery time ( C1 )

Here, the feeding time (C1) is, C1-th record in the bill information table 110 (the number 111 is a record value of the current C1) which is stored data in the column of the feeding time 112. As described above, since the initial value of C1 is '1', the payout time 112 of the first record of the banknote information table 110, that is, the payout time 112 of the first banknote delivered is first acquired.

Then, according to the determination / branching process of steps S123 and S124, if the elapsed time = the predetermined time, it is regarded as normal and the process proceeds to step S125, but in other cases, it is regarded as abnormal (jam occurrence, etc.). In the meantime, the process proceeds to step S135. That is, when the elapsed time is smaller than the predetermined time (faster) (step S123, YES), or when the elapsed time is longer than the predetermined time (slower) (step S124, YES), the process proceeds to step S135. When the elapsed time = the predetermined time, the determinations in steps S123 and S124 are both NO, and the process proceeds to step S125.

The "predetermined time" is a normal value of the elapsed time set in advance, and if there is no abnormality, the bill is configured to reach the cassette inlet just "predetermined time" after being delivered. From this, as described above, in this example, if the elapsed time = the predetermined time, it is determined to be normal, and if the elapsed time ≠ the predetermined time, it is determined to be abnormal (jam occurrence, etc.), but the elapsed time is not limited to this example. If it is within the range of "predetermined time ± α" (α; margin set arbitrarily), it may be determined as normal.

When it is considered that a jam has occurred as described above (when step S123 or S124 is YES), the deposit processing is interrupted and the recovery processing is executed. Therefore, after forcibly terminating the banknote delivery processing thread and the banknote identification processing thread. (Step S135), '1' is assigned to the variable S2 (step S136), and '2' is assigned to the variable S1 (step S137), and this process is terminated. From this, in the main process, the process described later is executed according to the change in the values of these variables.

On the other hand, when the elapsed time = a predetermined time and the process proceeds to step S125, first, a process of storing the banknotes detected in step S121 in the cassette 55 is performed (step S125). Subsequently, "1" is stored in the cassette storage (C3) (the flag is turned ON) (step S126). From this, the deposit of this banknote will be confirmed administratively. Here, the cassette storage (C3) is a column of the cassette storage 114 of the C3 th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C3) in the bill information table 110.

Then, it is checked whether or not the variable S1 is '1' (step S127). As described above, the variable S1 is set to '1' after a certain period of time has passed from the time when the last bill was drawn out among the bills inserted into the slot 51. Therefore, if the variable S1 is '1', the variable S1 is set. For example, the banknote detected in step S121 may be regarded as the last banknote delivered, and thus the last banknote is stored in the cassette 55. Therefore, when the variable S1 is '1' (step S127, YES), it is assumed that this process is terminated, the process shifts to the process of step S137, the variable S1 is set to '2', and then this process is performed. finish.

On the other hand, if the variable S1 is not yet set to '1' (step S127, NO), the variable C3 is incremented by +1 (C3 = C3 + 1) (step S128), and the process returns to step S121. Then, it waits for the next bill to be detected by the storage detection sensor 54, but when a jam occurs, the time elapses without the next bill being detected. From this, in order to determine whether or not a jam has occurred in a state where the banknote is not detected, the determination in step S121 shall be performed periodically, and when the banknote is not detected (step S121, NO), first, the variable p is currently set to the present. Substitute the value of the variable C3 of (step S129). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the payout time (p) is blank (the payout time has not been recorded yet) (step S130), and if the payout time (p) is blank (step S130, YES). Return to step S121.

The payout time (p) is the stored data in the payout time 112 column of the p-th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of p) in the banknote information table 110.

On the other hand, when an arbitrary payout time is recorded in the payout time (p) (step S130, NO), this data (payout time (p)) is acquired and the elapsed time is calculated by the following formula. (Step S131).
Elapsed time = current time-delivery time (p)

If the calculated elapsed time is longer than the predetermined time (step S133, YES), the next bill has not reached the cassette 55 even after the predetermined time has elapsed, so that it is considered that a jam has occurred. Then, the processing of steps S135 and S136 is executed, and the processing of step S137 is further executed to end this processing.

On the other hand, when the calculated elapsed time is less than or equal to the predetermined time (step S133, NO), in this example, p is incremented by +1 (p = p + 1) (step S134), and the process returns to step S130. You may return to step S121 without shifting to step S134.

Returning to the description of the main process shown in FIG. 6 and the like.
In the main process, after starting three threads in steps S74, S75, and S76, the process waits until the variable S1 becomes '2' (the process of all threads is completed) (step S77). As shown in FIG. 9, the variable S1 is set to '2' when the banknote storage processing thread ends. From the above, when the bill storage processing thread ends, the other two threads also end. Therefore, when the variable S1 becomes '2', it is considered that the processing of all threads has ended. Let me.

As described with reference to FIG. 9, the banknote storage processing thread may end by storing all the drawn banknotes in the cassette 55 (normal end), or may interrupt the process by determining that a jam has occurred. It may end (abnormal end). In the case of this abnormal termination, the other two threads are also terminated, and the variable S2 is set to '1' by the process of step S136.

From this, it is checked whether or not the variable S2 is '1' (step S78), and if the variable S2 is '1' (step S78, YES), first, the existing recovery operation, that is, the transport path 56 A process of collecting the above bills in the temporary holding unit 53 is performed (step S79). As described above, there is a possibility that an unknown ticket may enter the cassette 55 during this restoration operation, and if it does, it is detected by the storage detection sensor 54. From this, when the bill enters the cassette 55 during the recovery operation (step S80, YES), "1" is stored in the cassette storage (C3) (step S81), and "1" is stored in the "end information". Is set (step S82).

Here, the cassette storage (C3) is a column of the cassette storage 114 of the C3 th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of C3) in the bill information table 110. Further, the value of C3 at this time should be the order in which the banknotes are delivered next to the banknotes finally stored in the cassette 55 from the process of FIG. For example, in the banknote information table 110 of FIG. 10, if a jam occurs in a state where up to the second banknote is stored in the cassette 55, C3 should be '3', and the third record. '1' will be set (flag ON) in the cassette storage 114 of (record related to the third bill). Then, in this example, the third bill is an unknown bill that entered the cassette 55 during the restoration operation. That is, the cassette storage (C3) in step S81 means the column of the cassette storage 114 in the record related to the unknown ticket in the bill information table 110. The cassette storage 114 indicates whether or not the payment is confirmed, and if "1" is stored, it means that the payment is confirmed.

From the above, the process of step S81 is a process of confirming the payment of the unknown ticket (or confirming the payment of the unknown ticket) by storing '1' in the column of the cassette storage 114 in the record related to the unknown ticket in the bill information table 110. It can be regarded as a process of correcting the payment confirmation information so that it is reflected in the information). It should be noted that this can be regarded as eliminating unknown tickets in terms of data management.

Further, the denomination 113 of the record of the cassette storage (C3) should be the denomination of the unknown ticket.

From the above, the process of step S81 can be a process of specifying the denomination of the unknown ticket and correcting the data so that the denomination identification result of the unknown ticket is reflected in the payment confirmation information. The payment confirmation information may be regarded as corresponding to all the records in which "1" is stored in the cassette storage 114 in the banknote information table 110, for example.

If the banknote is not in the cassette 55 during the restoration operation (steps S80, NO), the process of step S82 is executed as it is. If the variable S2 is not "1" (steps S78, NO), "0" is set in the "end information" (step S83).

After executing the above steps S82 or S83, the process proceeds to step S84.
In step S84, "0" is set in "denomination (thousand)" and "denomination (10,000)", and 1 is assigned (initialized) to the variable p. Then, it is determined whether or not the cassette storage (p) is '1' (step S85). Here, the cassette storage (p) is the storage data in the column of the cassette storage 114 of the p-th record (the record whose number 111 is the current value of p) in the bill information table 110.

If the cassette storage (p) is '1' (step S85, YES), the denomination 113 of the p-th record is referred to, and if the denomination 113 is 1,000 yen (step S86, YES), the above The "denomination (thousand)" is incremented by +1 (denomination (thousand) = denomination (thousand) +1) (step S87). On the other hand, if the denomination 113 of the p-th record is 10,000 yen (step S86, NO), the above "denomination (10,000)" is incremented by +1 (denomination (10,000) = denomination (10,000) +1). (Step S88).

After executing step S87 or S88, the variable p is incremented by +1 (p = p + 1) (step S89), and the process returns to step S85. Then, when the cassette storage 114 of the next record (new p-th record) is not '1' (blank) (step S85, NO), this processing is terminated, and finally the processing result (“end information”). "" "Die (thousand)" "Die (10,000)") is notified (step S90), and this process is terminated. The notification destination is a predetermined notification destination, and one example is, for example, a predetermined application, but the present invention is not limited to this example.

The process of steps S84 to S88 is a process of counting the number of banknotes in which the cassette storage 114 is "1", that is, the number of banknotes for which payment has been confirmed, by denomination, with reference to the banknote information table 110. This process itself may be regarded as an existing process, but in this method, the contents of the banknote information table 110 are modified by the processes of steps S80 and S81. From this, even if there is an unknown ticket that has fallen into the cassette 55 during the restoration process, the denomination of this unknown ticket is also counted and the deposit information is managed.

According to this method, the payment of banknotes of unknown denomination that entered the cassette during the recovery operation after jam can be confirmed, and the banknote denomination information in the cassette, which was ambiguous in the past, can be managed more accurately. Become.

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11 Customer operation screen 12 Cash deposit / withdrawal unit 13 Passbook reception unit 14 Card reception port 15 Receipt issuing port 21 Main control unit 22 Storage unit 23 Input unit 24 Display unit 25 Deposit / withdrawal processing unit 26 Passbook entry processing unit 27 Card reading unit 28 Receipt Issuing unit 29 Communication processing unit 30 Bus 41 Banknote identification unit 42 Payment confirmation unit 43 Restoration unit 44 Correction unit 45 Banknote feeding unit 50 Banknote processing unit 51 Insertion port 52 Identification unit 53 Temporary holding unit 54 Storage detection sensor 55 Cassette 56 Transport path 57 Control unit 110 Banknote information table 111 No. 112 Delivery time 113 Ride 114 Cassette storage

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A computer-executed deposit processing method in an automated teller machine
The denomination of each banknote that is sequentially transported to the banknote storage section through the transport path during the deposit process is identified.
For each of the sequentially transported banknotes, the payment confirmation information including the result of the denomination identification and the information indicating whether or not the payment is confirmed due to the banknotes being stored in the banknote storage unit is stored.
When a bill after the denomination discrimination is accommodated in the bill accommodating unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the stored bills, and updated to indicate payment confirmation,
When a failure related to banknote transportation occurs during the payment process, a restoration operation is performed to transport the remaining banknotes on the transport path to a predetermined location.
該復during former operation, if the residual banknote that was in the vicinity of the inlet of the banknote storage unit has entered the banknote storage unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the remaining bill, to modify as shown payment confirmation Characteristic deposit processing method. In automated teller machines
A banknote identification unit that discriminates the denomination of each banknote that is sequentially transported to the banknote storage unit through the transport path during the deposit process.
A storage unit that stores the payment confirmation information including the result of the denomination identification and the information indicating whether or not the payment is confirmed because the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage unit for each of the sequentially transported banknotes. When,
When a bill after the denomination discrimination is accommodated in the bill accommodating unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the stored bills, a deposit confirmation unit that updates to indicate payment confirmation,
A recovery unit that performs a recovery operation for transporting residual banknotes on the transport path to a predetermined location when a failure related to bill transport occurs during the deposit process.
該復during former operation, if the residual banknote that was in the vicinity of the inlet of the banknote storage unit has entered the banknote storage unit, the payment confirmation information corresponding to the remaining bill, modification modified to indicate payment confirmation section When,
An automated teller machine characterized by having. The automated teller machine according to claim 2 , further comprising a payment-confirmed banknote counting unit that counts the number of denominations of the banknotes for which payment has been confirmed based on the payment confirmation information. From the bill insertion slot into which any one or more bills are inserted at the time of deposit processing, the bills in the bill insertion slot are fed one by one, and a bill feeding unit for storing the feeding time is further provided.
Each bill fed out by the banknote feeding unit, the conveyance path via the bill discriminating portion is conveyed to the bill accommodating unit,
When the time required for each banknote to reach the banknote storage unit from the payout time is not a preset predetermined time or is not within a preset predetermined time range, the recovery unit is described. The automatic teller machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein it is considered that a failure related to banknote transportation has occurred.

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