JPH0679355B2 - Automatic bill collection control method for deposit / withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to control of an automatic bill collecting operation for a depositing / dispensing apparatus that constitutes a part of an automatic teller machine or the like.

[Background of the Invention]

One of the problems in the deposit / withdrawal device is the collection of deposit banknotes that are required during the operating time of the device. With the advent of so-called cash-receipt automated teller machines, which use deposited banknotes for withdrawal, this collection problem has been alleviated considerably. However, even in this type of device, if the ratio of deposit transactions is large, the banknote container naturally overflows, and therefore collection is necessary.

One of the problems associated with the collection of banknotes is related to the transaction processing, which is the original purpose of the device. The collection must be carried out as quickly as possible, but it is not preferable that the collection process adversely affects the transaction process, thereby causing the customer to be annoyed or uncomfortable.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-3997 discloses an operation of collecting banknotes from a transaction safe that requires collection to a recovery evacuation section using a banknote transport path in the device, a cash counting period and a deposit process in a withdrawal process. It is described that the operation is performed excluding the bill storage period in. In short, this method allocates all the periods other than the period in which the banknote transfer operation for the transaction is carried out to the collecting operation, and therefore is theoretically the most efficient and has no effect on the transaction processing. There is no recovery method.

However, in practice, it takes a considerable amount of time (15-20 times) from the decision to interrupt the withdrawal operation to the complete termination of the banknote transfer operation and then the preparation of the banknote transfer operation for trading. Seconds). This is because the operating customer will experience slower device response,
It is uncomfortable. In the meantime, if the banknote transfer operation for transaction is performed continuously after the banknote transfer operation for collection, the banknote transfer operation will be performed when an abnormality occurs in the device near the switching point between these two banknote transfer operations. It becomes difficult to determine whether the bills remaining in the device are the bills that are being collected or the bills that are the object of the transaction processing. Further, even if the bill transfer operation for replenishment is continuously performed after the bill transfer operation for transaction, there is a problem similar to the above with respect to the remaining bills when the apparatus malfunctions.

Furthermore, in this method, if a deposit process is required as a result of a certain deposit process, but the deposit transaction immediately follows, the collection operation is interrupted before a sufficient number of coins are collected, and The banknote storage process will start, so depending on the deposit amount, the transaction safe may become full in the middle, and the deposited banknotes after that must be stored in a safe (for example, a reject safe) different from the transaction safe. It becomes unnecessary and the bill rearranging later is troublesome.

[Object of the Invention]

A first object of the present invention is to provide an automatic banknote recovery control method in which the banknote recovery process does not adversely affect the transaction process and the above-mentioned problem regarding the residual banknote when the device is abnormal does not occur. is there.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an automatic bill collection control method in which the transaction safe does not become full no matter when a deposit transaction is performed midway.

[Outline of Invention]

A feature of the method according to the present invention is that at least one of the start and the interruption of the automatic bill collecting operation is controlled by the output of the customer sensor. For example, the start of the collection operation is blocked until the customer sensor detects the absence of a person.

Alternatively, each time the collection of a plurality of predetermined banknotes smaller than the total banknote amount to be collected is finished, the output of the customer sensor is checked, the absence of a person is detected, and if further collection is required, Subsequently, the predetermined plural banknotes are collected.

This method can also be applied to an apparatus of a type in which a banknote container to be collected is used for both storing banknotes for dispensing and storing banknotes for depositing, that is, a return type depositing / dispensing apparatus. Further, the banknote container for collection may be both the container for initial loading and the container for collection during scrutiny.

According to this method, the start and interruption of the bill collection operation,
Since it is controlled depending on whether there is a person in front of the device,
The collection operation and the transaction processing operation are performed at a timing with sufficient margin.

In particular, if you intermittently collect a predetermined number of sheets while checking the output of the customer sensor, you can effectively use the period when the customer is not in the front, and the space that will be in time even if a deposit transaction is requested immediately. Can be emptied every time.

Example of Invention

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automated teller machine to which the present invention is applied.

This automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM) 1 includes an operation guidance display 2, operation buttons 3 for transaction selection and amount input, and a banknote circulation type deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as BRM) 4 , Card reader / writer for reading / writing cards 5,
It comprises a statement slip issuing unit (not shown) 6 for printing and issuing a transaction statement, and a passbook printing unit 7 for printing a passbook. Figure 4 shows the types of ATM transactions. When the operation button 3 for transaction selection is pressed, each transaction of payment transaction, deposit transaction, balance inquiry, and passbook entry can be performed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an internal block diagram of the ATM shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 2 is an operation guidance display for displaying the button pressing position of each transaction or operation message, 3 is an operation button for selecting transactions such as payment transactions and deposit transactions, and inputting the transaction amounts thereof, 4 is the present invention It is a BRM by the and takes bills and pays them. 5 is a card reader / writer for reading / writing a card (for example, a cash card),
6 is a statement slip issuing unit (not shown) for printing and issuing a transaction statement slip for each transaction, 7 is a passbook printing unit for printing the transaction amount and the like on a passbook, 8 is a staff operation panel, and this panel 8
For example, operation buttons for business such as opening instruction and totaling instruction are attached. Further, a display device is added to the panel 8 to display the ATM status, the stored amount of money, and the like. An ATM control unit 10 including a microprocessor controls various devices described above connected to the control unit 10 to proceed with transactions. A line controller 9 communicates with a central processing unit (not shown) through the communication line 12. 11
Is a memory sensor that stores various data, and 13 is a customer sensor that detects the presence or absence of a user.

The bill recycle type deposit / withdrawal device (BRM) 4 has the following features.

(I) When setting banknotes, the banknotes for payment are packed in one cashbox with denomination mixture, set in BRM4, the banknotes are continuously taken out from this vault, and the banknotes are distributed to each denomination box. . This operation is called an initial set.

(Ii) At the time of deposit, the bills are stacked on the temporary stacker with the front and back aligned and stored in each denomination box after the transaction is completed.

(Iii) Banknotes can be replenished / partially collected even during operation without being put into a use stop state.

(Iv) The rejected banknotes that have been deposited will be taken again for discrimination.

(V) After the work is completed, the banknotes are collected from each denomination box to the safe, and the clerk removes only the safe and scrutinizes.

FIG. 1 is a detailed sectional structural view of a BRM 4 showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 100 is a handle for taking out the safe 131, 11
1 is a 1000 yen box that stores 1000 yen tickets, 121 is a 10,000 yen box that stores 10,000 yen tickets, 131 is a safe in which banknotes for payment are loaded, and 112, 122, 132 are impellers for collecting banknotes from each gate. , 113, 123, and 133 are provided in a box or the like that stores banknotes, and push plates that push up the banknotes from the bottom of a hox, etc. Driven pickup roller, 116,126,136
Is a limit switch that detects that the stored bills are full in the box, etc., 117, 127, 137 is an upper limit switch that detects that the stored bills are empty in the box, 118, 128, 138 is near the full bills stored in the box, etc. (Near end) limit switch, 119,129,139,161 to 172 are banknote transport paths for transporting banknotes, 120,130,151 to 155 are switching gates for switching banknotes on each transport path, 140 is a temporary stacker for temporarily stacking deposited banknotes, 141,141 a is a bill deposit / withdrawal port for inputting / outputting bills, 142 is an insertion port shutter for depositing / withdrawing bills, 143 is a feed roller for feeding out the bills one by one, 1
44 is a sensor for detecting the presence / absence of bills, 145 is an impeller flowing on the conveying path, 146 is a temporary payment stacker for temporarily stacking bills used for payment, 147 is a bill stopper for holding bills, and 150 is the type of bill. A bill validator for distinguishing, 181
Is a reject box for storing reject banknotes, 182
Is a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of bills.

The operation of the BRM 4 in FIG. 1 will be described below separately for the initial set, the inspection of the initial set, payment, deposit, storage, and automatic bill replenishment.

The initial set starts when the clerk loads the banknotes into the safe 131. The clerk is the handle 1 attached to the safe 131.
Use 00 to remove safe 131. If you remove the safe 131, the safe 131
The lid above (not shown) automatically closes, and the lid does not open unless a key (not shown) is used. The clerk opens the lid with a key and lowers the push plate 133 to load bills for payment (the push plate 133 is pushed upward by a spring (not shown)). When loading bills,
The clerk may load the denomination mix for reasons described below. When the clerk loads the bill, the clerk records the loaded amount. Then, the safe 131 is set in the BRM 4 using the handle 100. Next, the clerk uses the clerk panel 8 shown in FIG. 3 to start the initial setting operation.

FIG. 5 shows an operation flowchart at the time of bill initial setting. Hereinafter, description will be given according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a staff member gives an instruction for an initial setting operation using the staff operation panel 8 (step 501), the banknotes of the safe 131 are delivered (step 502). Here, the banknotes loaded in the safe 131 by the clerk are pushed upward by the push plate 133. At this time, the temporary deposit stacker 140
Are not used for loading, so they are moved upward or downward. Here, the pickup roller 135 is pressed onto the banknote. The pick-up roller 135 rotates counterclockwise in FIG.
To the side. The feed roller 134 separates the banknotes fed by the pickup roller 135 into individual pieces and sends them to the conveyance path 139. The banknotes sent to the transport path 139 merge into the transport path 169 and operate the switching gate 152 to pass through the banknote validator 150 via the transport paths 168 and 167 (step 503). The bill validator 150 determines the denominations of passing bills and classifies them into 10,000-yen bills, 1,000-yen bills, and other bills (steps 504 and 505). The classification result is sent to the control unit 10 and the amount of money is counted.

On the other hand, the banknotes that have passed through the banknote discriminator 150 are stored in the 1,000-yen box 111 in the case of a 1,000-yen ticket and in the 10,000-yen box 121 in the case of a 10,000-yen ticket according to the classification result (steps 506 and 507).
If the result of classification is a 1,000-yen note, the switching gate 120 is operated to lead to the banknote collecting impeller 112. Thousand yen box 1
The pick-up roller 115 above the 11 is raised up at this time. The impeller 112 is rotating in the counterclockwise direction, and the 1,000-yen bills introduced therein are sequentially stacked on the push plate 113. Next, the 10,000 yen ticket is switched to the impeller 122 by switching the switching gate 130. As a result, like the 1,000-yen ticket, the 10,000-yen ticket is sequentially stacked on the push plate 123. If the classification result is neither a 10,000 yen ticket nor a 1,000 yen ticket (step 504,
505) and the unidentified ticket are stored in the reject box 181 by operating the switching gate 154 (step 508).

By repeating this operation, the banknotes are taken out from the safe 131, the 1,000-yen ticket is stored in the 1,000-yen box, the 10,000-yen ticket is stored in the 10,000-yen box 121, and the unidentified ticket is stored in the reject box 181. Eventually, all the bills are fed out, the upper limit switch 137 of the safe 131 detects the upper end of the push plate 133, and when the safe becomes empty, the operation is stopped (steps 509, 510).

By the above operation, the banknotes of mixed denominations loaded in the safe 131 are sorted for each denomination, and the control unit 10 counts the sorted amounts.

FIG. 6 shows an operation flowchart at the time of detailed inspection of the initial load. Hereinafter, description will be given according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a staff member packs bills for payment in the safe 131 (step 601), and when the safe 131 is set in the BRM 4 (step 602), the control unit 10 performs initial loading (step 603). When this initial loading is completed, the control unit 10 displays the result of counting the amount of money on the display of the staff panel 8 (step 604). The amount displayed here should match the amount saved by the clerk when the banknote was loaded into the cashbox 133 (step 605). If they do not match, the unidentified ticket is stored in the reject box 181 (step 606). Therefore, the reject box 181 is removed, and the banknotes stored in the box 181 are removed (step 607). ), The display amount + the amount of bills in the reject box = the amount of money to be loaded (clogged) is examined (step 608). Even if this does not match (step 609), a counting error may occur when the banknotes are loaded. Therefore, the storing operation described below is performed again and the counting is performed again. That is, the banknotes in each box are collected (step 610), the safe 131 is removed (step 611), the banknotes in the safe 131 are confirmed (step 612), and then the process returns to step 602.

In this way, the staff at the time of the initial setting performs a close examination to prevent the counting inconsistency due to an artificial counting error of the banknotes and to manage the banknotes in the apparatus. Further, when the displayed amount and the closing amount match with each other under the control of the control unit 10 in step 605, payment transactions and deposit transactions are performed (steps 613 and 614), and after the transaction is completed, banknotes are collected (step 615). After that, total printing is performed by the control unit 10 (step 616), the safe 131 is removed (step 617), or the banknotes are counted and inspected as they are (step 618).

FIG. 7 shows an operation flowchart at the time of payment. Less than,
It will be described with reference to FIG.

Prior to the payment operation, the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 141 is rotated to the position of 141a. First, when the trader presses the "payment" button of the operation button 3 to specify the payment amount (step 701), the following payment operation is started. First, a 10,000 yen ticket is paid out from the 10,000 yen box 121 (step 701). The pick-up roller 125 of the ten thousand yen box 121 is lowered onto the bill and rotated counterclockwise to feed the bill toward the feed roller 124. The feed roller 124 separates bills one by one and sends them out to the transport path 129. The 10,000 yen ticket sent to the transport path 129 merges with the transport path 165 and is transported to the transport path 161.
It passes through the bill validator 150 (step 703). Bill validator
At 150, it is determined whether the passing bill is a 10,000 yen bill (step 704). Here, in the case of a two-sheet feed or a non-discriminating ticket, after passing through the transport path 162, the switching gates 153 and 154 are operated to pass through the transport paths 163 and 164 and stored in the reject box 181 (step 705). On the other hand, the bills normally determined to be 10,000-yen bills operate the switching gates 153, 152, 151, pass through the transport paths 169, 168, 166, are guided to the impeller 145, and are stacked in the temporary payment stacker 146 (step 70).
6). Temporary payment stacker 1
When it is stacked on 46, the pickup roller 125 of the 10,000 yen box 121 is stopped from rotating and the feeding of the bills is stopped (step 707).

Next, for the payment of the 1,000-yen bill, the pickup roller 115 of the 1,000-yen box 111 is lowered onto the bill and rotated counterclockwise to feed the bill toward the feed roller 114 (step 7).
08). The feed roller 114 separates the bills one by one and sends them out to the conveyance path 119. The 1,000-yen ticket sent to the transport path 119 merges with the transport path 165, and the bill validator 15 is fed from the transport path 161.
Pass 0 (step 709). The bill validator 150 determines whether the bill is a 1,000-yen bill as well as the 10,000-yen bill (Step 71
0) Two-sheet feeding and unidentified tickets are stored in the reject box 181 (step 711). Thousands of yen tickets will be paid. The specified number of sheets will be paid. When stacking on the temporary stacker 146, one thousand yen box 1
The rotation of the pick-up roller 115 of 11 is stopped and the feeding of the bill is stopped (steps 712, 713). Temporary payment stacker 1
When the banknotes have been stacked on the banknote 46, the banknote stopper 147, which has stopped the banknotes, is operated and dropped into the banknote insertion slot 141 (step 714). When the bill is dropped, the bill insertion slot 141 is rotated clockwise to return to the original position. Next, the insertion port shutter 142 is opened to allow the transaction customer to extract the bill (step 715). When the sensor 144 detects the removal of the bill (step 716), the insertion port shutter 142 is closed and the payment operation is completed. If the banknotes cannot be withdrawn forever (step 717), the forgoing recovery operation described below is performed as a withdrawal timeout.

In the forgetting recovery operation, first, the insertion port shutter 142 is closed (step 718), the feed roller 143 of the bill insertion port is rotated, the bills are separated into individual sheets and sent out to the conveyance path 161 (step 719). The bills sent to the transport path 161 are
After passing through the bill validator 150 and the transport path 162, the switching gates 153, 154
Is operated to pass through the transport paths 163 and 164 and stored in the reject box 181 (step 720).

This operation is continued until there are no bills in the bill insertion slot 141 (step 721). When the sensor 144 for detecting the presence / absence of bills detects that the bills have run out, the feed roller 14
Stop 3 At this time, the determination result in the bill validator 150 is printed out and recorded in the storage device 11 at the same time.
Be prepared to print at an arbitrary time.

FIG. 8 shows an operation flowchart at the time of deposit. Less than,
It will be described with reference to FIG.

When the trader presses the deposit button of the operation button 3, the deposit transaction is performed (step 801), and the insertion slot shutter 142 of the bill insertion slot 141 is opened (step 802). When the customer inserts the deposited banknote and the insertion is detected by the banknote presence / absence sensor 144 (step 803), the insertion slot shutter 142 is closed (step 80).
Four). Next, the feed roller 143 is rotated and the banknotes are sent to the transport path 161 one by one (step 805). Transport path 161
The bill sent to is passed through the bill validator 150 (step 806). The bill validator 150 classifies the bill into 1,000-yen, 5,000-yen, 10,000-yen, and indistinguishable notes (step 80).
7). Banknotes classified as 1,000 yen tickets, 5,000 yen tickets, and 10,000 yen tickets are
Passes through the transport paths 162, 169, 170. The banknotes that have passed through the transport path 170 are switched to the switching gate 1 according to the determination result of the banknote validator 150.
Operate 55 to align the front and back sides of all banknotes by passing them through the conveying path 171 or 172 (steps 809, 810), and impeller 1
It leads to 32 and stacks it in the temporary deposit stacker 140 (step 811).

On the other hand, the unidentifiable ticket (step 807) switches the switching gate 152, guides it to the impeller 145 through the transport paths 168 and 166, and stacks it on the temporary payment stacker 146 (step 808). The result of classification and discrimination by the bill discriminator 150 is sent to the control unit 10 to count the deposit amount.

The bills are sequentially taken in from the bill insertion slot 141, and when the sensor 144 detects the absence of bills (step 812), the operation is temporarily stopped. Here, if the unidentified tickets are stacked in the temporary payment stacker 146 (step 813), the banknote insertion slot 141 is inserted.
It is rotated to the position of 141a and then the bill stopper 147 is moved to drop the bill into the bill insertion slot 141a (step 814).
When the bill falls, the bill insertion slot 141 is rotated to return it to its original position, the feed roller 143 is rotated again, and the bill is taken in again. In many cases, even if the discrimination cannot be made once, it becomes possible to make the discrimination again at the second time, so that re-discrimination is tried (step 815). As a result of re-discrimination, 1,000 yen ticket,
If it is a 5,000 yen ticket or a 10,000 yen ticket, it is stacked on the temporary deposit stacker 133 in the same manner as the first time, and if it cannot be discriminated again, it is stacked on the temporary payment stacker 146 (step 808).

When the sensor 144 detects that there is no bill in the bill insertion slot 141, the feeding is stopped. Here, if there is a banknote in the temporary payment stacker 146 again (step 813), the banknote is transferred to the banknote insertion slot 141 as in the first time (step 814),
Now open the insertion port shutter 142 (step 816),
The trader pulls out the bill.

When the customer withdraws the bill (step 817), the insertion port shutter 142 is closed and the control unit 10 displays the total value of the bills taken in on the operation guidance display device 2 (step 818).
On the other hand, if the customer does not remove the bill, the timer is detected as the removal timeout (step 82).
0), start forget count operation. Unlike the case of payment, the forgetting number operation ends after the operation of the apparatus is stopped after closing the insertion port shutter 142 (step 821).

When all the deposited banknotes are stacked in the temporary deposit stack 140 and the unidentifiable banknote is taken out by the customer, the taking-in operation is finished and the deposit amount is displayed on the operation guidance display (step 818). Here, when the customer confirms the amount of money (step 819), the "confirm" button in the operation buttons 3 is pressed. When "confirm" is pressed, the control unit 10 transmits a message to the central processing unit (not shown) from the line control unit 9 to the communication line 12 (step 822). The central processing unit (not shown) updates the customer file with the transmitted electronic message and returns the electronic message to the ATM. When the ATM receives this message, it operates to store the bill.

Next, the pickup roller 135 is lowered onto the banknotes in the temporary deposit stacker 140 and rotated counterclockwise to feed the banknotes toward the feed roller 134 (step 823). The feed roller 134 separates the bills one by one and sends them out to the conveyance path 139. The banknotes sent to the transport path 139 are transported to the transport paths 169,1.
Pass the bill validator 150 through 68,167 (step 8
twenty four). In this bill discriminator 150, an unfit note, a normal note, a 1,000-yen note, a 5,000-yen note, a 10,000-yen note, or an indistinguishable note (for example, 2
It is determined whether or not to take one sheet (steps 825, 826, 827). The unfit note, the 5,000 yen note, and the indistinguishable note are stored in the reject box 181 through the conveying paths 162, 163, 164 (step 83).
0). Even if it is a 1,000 yen ticket or a 10,000 yen ticket (step 826,8
27), when the 1,000-yen box 111 and the 10,000-yen box 121 are full (steps 828,829), they are stored in the reject box 181 (step 830). Normally, one thousand-yen ticket is on the transport path 1
After passing through 62, 163 and 165, the switching gate 120 is operated to be guided to the impeller 112 and stacked on the push plate 113 of the 1,000 yen box 111 (step 831). The 10,000-yen ticket is a transportation route 162,1
After passing through 63 and 165, the switching gate 130 is switched to be guided to the impeller 122 and stacked on the push plate 123 of the 10,000 yen box 121 (step 832). By repeating this operation, the banknotes on the temporary deposit stacker 140 are distributed to each denomination box. When the limit switch 137 detects that the banknotes in the temporary depository stacker 133 are exhausted (step 83
3), the bill storage operation ends.

On the other hand, at the time of confirming the deposit amount (step 819), if the trader presses the "cancel" button, the cancel / return operation is started. The cancel / return operation moves the banknotes stacked in the temporary deposit stacker 140 to the temporary payment stacker 146. First, the pick-up roller 135 is lowered onto the bill and rotated clockwise to feed the bill toward the feed roller 134 (step 834). The feed roller 134 separates the bills one by one and sends them out to the conveyance path 139. The bills sent out are guided to the impeller 145 through the conveyance paths 169, 168 and 166 and are stacked on the temporary payment stack 146 (step 835).

FIG. 10 shows an operation flowchart at the time of automatic bill collection.
The automatic banknote collection according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

When the bill box is almost full during operation of the device,
The automatic bill collection operation is started (step 1001). First,
When the limit switch 126 detects that the 10,000-yen box 121 is almost full during operation (step 1002), the transaction is not in progress (step 1003), and the customer sensor 13 allows the user to be close to the ATM 1, especially in front of it. When it is detected that the user is not present (step 1004), the automatic collection operation is started. At this time, if the transaction is in progress (step 1003), the automatic collection operation is not started until the transaction is completed. Further, even if the transaction is not performed, the automatic collection operation cannot be started while the customer sensor 13 detects that there is a user. When the automatic collection operation is started, first, the temporary deposit stacker 140 is retracted upward. Next, the pickup roller 125 of the ten thousand yen box 121 is placed on the bill and rotated counterclockwise to feed the bill toward the feed roller 124 (step 1007). The feed roller 124 separates the bills one by one and sends them out to the transport path 129. The bills sent out pass through the conveyance paths 165 and 161 and pass through the bill validator 150 (step 1008), and the denomination and the like are discriminated (step 1009). Only the 10,000-yen ticket whose denomination has been correctly identified operates the switching gates 153, 152, 155,
It is guided to the impeller 132 through the transport paths 162, 169, 170, 171 and is stacked on the push plate 133 of the safe 131 (step 101
0). On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the bill discriminator 150 is regarded as an indistinguishable bill by switching the switching gate 153 so that the conveyance paths 163, 1
It is stored in the reject box 181 through 64 (step 1011). When this operation is repeated to collect a specified number of coins from the 10,000 yen box 121, for example, one transaction, into the safe 131,
Once the bill feeding from the 10,000 yen box 121 is stopped (step 1012), the operation button 3 for transaction selection during the collecting operation.
If is pressed (step 1013), the selected transaction process is performed. Also, customer sensors
If the presence of a user is detected by 13, the collection operation is suspended (steps 1014 and 1013). In addition, when the operation button 3 is not pressed and there is no user (step 1014), if the remaining amount of banknotes in the 10,000 yen box 121 is larger than a predetermined amount (step 1014),
1015), and again, the bills are paid out from the 10,000 yen box 121 and the collecting operation is performed. If the deposit box is full (step 1002) and the deposit transaction is performed (steps 1003 and 1005), only the deposited deposit of 10,000 yen is stored in the reject box 181 (step 1006).

In the present embodiment, the bill automatic collection when the ten thousand yen box 121 approaches full is described, but even when the inside of the thousand yen box 111 approaches full during operation, the bill collecting operation is in the case of ten thousand yen box 121. It is realized in the same way as. However,
In the above description, the limit switch 126, the pickup roller 125, the feed roller 124, which are connected to the 10,000 yen box 121,
The banknote transport path 129 includes a limit switch 116, a pickup roller 115, a feed roller 114, and a banknote transport path 11, respectively.
It is necessary to change to 9.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the start or interruption of the bill collecting operation is controlled according to whether or not there is a person in front of the apparatus. Therefore, the collection operation and the transaction processing operation are performed with sufficient timing,
You can avoid the problem that occurs when both operations are continuous, and
The customer does not feel that the device is slow to respond after entering the transaction processing.

In particular, by checking the output of the customer sensor each time a predetermined number of sheets are collected and collecting them intermittently, it is possible to make effective use of the period when the customer is not in the front, even if a deposit transaction is requested immediately. Since a sufficient amount of space can be freed each time, even if several deposit transactions occur before the completion of collection, there is no shortage of container space for them. Moreover, since the recovery of such a number of sheets is completed in a relatively short time, most of the recovery operation of each time is performed during the time spent for customer replacement,
Therefore, the degree to which the customer is kept waiting is extremely small.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a detailed cross-sectional structural view of a banknote circulation type deposit / withdrawal device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of an ATM to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is the inside of the ATM of FIG. Block diagram, Fig. 4 shows A
Figure showing the types of TM transactions, Figure 5 is an operation flowchart for bill initial setting, Figure 6 is a detailed examination flowchart for bill initial setting, Figure 7 is an operation flowchart for payment, and Figure 8 is for depositing. 9 is an operation flowchart for storing bills, and FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart for automatically collecting bills according to the present invention. 4: deposit / withdrawal device, 13: customer sensor, 111: 1,000-yen bill deposit / withdrawal bill type bill container, 121: 10,000-yen bill deposit / withdrawal bill type bill container, 13
1: a banknote container that also serves for collection, initial loading, and collection at the time of close inspection, 1004, 1014: check of customer sensor output, 1007 to 101
2: The process of collecting a predetermined number of sheets, 1015: Checking the necessity of recollecting.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bill type bill container in which at least deposited bills are stored, a collecting bill container in which collected bills are stored, and a bill conveying path connecting the bill type bill container and the collecting bill container. In the depositing / dispensing device having at least a customer sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person on the front surface of the device, an automatic transfer from the denomination-type bill container to the collecting bill container that requires the collection of bills performed through the bill transport path. A method for controlling a bill collecting operation, wherein at least one of start and interruption of the automatic bill collecting operation is controlled by an output of the customer sensor. 2. The automatic bill collection control method according to claim 1, wherein the bill collection operation is prevented from starting until the customer sensor detects the absence of a person. 3. The output of the customer sensor is checked every time a predetermined number of banknotes smaller than the total amount of banknotes to be collected are collected, according to claim 1 or 2.
An automatic bill collection control method, characterized in that if a person's absence is detected and further collection is required, the predetermined plurality of bills are collected again. 4. The scope of claims 1, 2, or 3,
The above-mentioned bill type bill container also functions as a container for storing bills for withdrawal, and an automatic bill collection control method. 5. The automatic bill collection control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the collection bill container also serves as an initial loading container and a collection container for detailed examination.