KR20210081121A - Automated teller machine andcontrolling method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are an automated teller machine (ATM) and a control method thereof. The ATM of the present invention comprises: a cash withdrawal and deposit unit for enabling a user to insert a medium or return the medium to the user; an upper transportation path for providing a moving path to the medium deposited or withdrawn through the cash withdrawal and deposit unit; a lower transportation path connected to the upper transportation path to form a closed loop; a discrimination unit installed on the upper transportation path to discriminate between normality and abnormality of the medium; a temporary accommodation unit for temporarily accommodating the medium discriminated by the discrimination unit; a safe for providing storage space for storing the medium; a supplementation and recovery cassette for supplementing the medium to the upper transportation path or recovering the medium from the upper transportation path; and a shared division unit for depositing or withdrawing the medium on the upper transportation path into or from the temporary accommodation unit or the supplementation and recovery cassette, wherein branch points where branches start from the discrimination unit, respectively, to the temporary accommodation unit and the cash withdrawal and deposit unit along a line from the rear side of the safe toward the front side thereof in the upper transportation path can be sequentially provided.

Description

AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE ANDCONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

The present invention relates to a financial automation device and a method for controlling a financial automation device.

In general, an automated teller machine (ATM) is an automated device that can provide unattended financial services such as deposit and withdrawal of media (cash, check, etc.) regardless of time and place in relation to financial services.

Such a financial automation device may include a deposit/withdrawal unit for depositing and withdrawing media, a safe having a storage unit for storing the medium, a transport unit for transporting media, a door selectively opening and closing the safe, and the like.

However, in the case of a conventional financial automation device, when replenishing a medium from the outside to the storage unit, etc., there is a cumbersome operation of the door to open the safe each time. In particular, since separate approval from a bank official is required to open the safe, an approval procedure from a bank official is required each time when replenishing or retrieving media, so operational convenience and accessibility may be reduced.

In particular, in the case of a financial automation device in which the discrimination unit is installed in the lower transport path, since the plurality of cassettes provided at the bottom of the safe and the lower transport path are connected through a separate cassette connection transport path, the financial automation device has a three-stage transport path. Complex structures can be created.

Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0031365 (2017.03.21)

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and deposits and withdraws media from a temporary retention unit and a supplementary recovery cassette through one common separation unit, and the conveyance path is composed of an upper conveyance path and a lower conveyance path Therefore, the purpose of this study is to simplify the transport route and propose a method for controlling financial automation equipment and financial automation equipment in which a discrimination unit is installed on the upper transport route.

A financial automation device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a deposit/withdrawal unit for a user to put in a medium or to take out a medium to the user; an upper conveying path providing a movement path of the medium deposited and withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit; a lower conveying path connected to the upper conveying path to form a closed loop; a discrimination unit installed on the upper conveying path to discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the medium; a temporary holding unit for temporarily accommodating the medium identified by the discrimination unit; a safe providing a storage space for storing the medium; a replenishment recovery cassette for replenishing the medium to the upper conveying path or recovering the medium from the upper conveying path; and a common separation unit for depositing and withdrawing the medium of the upper conveying path to the temporary retention unit or the supplementary recovery cassette, wherein the upper conveying path branches from the discrimination unit to the temporary holding unit along the front from the rear of the safe. A branch and a branch branch branching to the deposit and withdrawal unit may be sequentially provided.

At this time, the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal unit enter the discrimination unit after passing through the upper conveying path, and the normal banknotes determined by the discrimination unit are branched and moved to the temporary holding unit, and the discriminating unit suspects that the banknotes are abnormal. Banknotes may be branched and moved to the deposit and withdrawal ports.

In addition, the financial automation device includes: a check deposit box mounted in the storage space of the safe and receiving a check from among the media deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit; a media printer mounted in the storage space of the safe for signing the check prior to receipt of the check on the check pay box; and a check withdrawal box mounted in the storage space of the safe and storing a check for withdrawal.

In addition, the financial automation device includes: a reject cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and accommodating defective media among the media deposited in the deposit and withdrawal unit; a replenishment recovery reject cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and configured to receive defective media with an abnormality among the media replenished from the replenishment recovery cassette; and a non-receipt cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and accommodating the non-received media not received in the deposit/withdrawal unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a financial automation device, comprising: a deposit/withdrawal unit for a user to put in a medium or to take out a medium to the user; an upper conveying path providing a movement path of the medium deposited and withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit; a lower conveying path connected to the upper conveying path to form a closed loop; a discrimination unit installed on the upper conveying path to discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the medium; a temporary holding unit for temporarily accommodating the medium identified by the discrimination unit; a safe providing a storage space for storing the medium; a replenishment recovery cassette for replenishing the medium to the upper conveying path or recovering the medium from the upper conveying path; and a common separation unit for depositing and withdrawing the medium of the upper conveying path to the temporary retention unit or the supplementary recovery cassette, wherein the upper conveying path branches from the discrimination unit to the temporary holding unit along the front from the rear of the safe. A method of controlling a financial automation device in which a branch and a branch branch branching to the deposit/withdrawal unit are sequentially provided, the method comprising: inserting a medium into the deposit/withdrawal unit; moving the medium input to the deposit and withdrawal unit through an upper conveying path; discriminating whether there is an abnormality in the medium moving on the upper conveyance path by a discrimination unit; returning the suspicious medium identified as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit to the deposit/withdrawal unit, and temporarily storing the normal medium having no abnormality in the temporary holding unit; and accommodating the normal medium temporarily accommodated in the temporary retention unit in a reflux cassette.

At this time, the step of accommodating the normal medium in the reflux cassette includes moving the normal medium temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit back to the discrimination unit, discriminating the type of media and whether there is an abnormality, and converting the abnormal banknotes in the discrimination unit. The differentiated defective banknotes may be collected by the reject cassette, and the normal banknotes and normal checks having no abnormality in the discrimination unit may be returned to the refund cassette and the check deposit box, respectively.

In addition, the control method includes the steps of moving the normal medium temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit back to the discrimination unit, and determining whether the front and back sides of the medium are reversed; temporarily stacking the medium in the deposit/withdrawal unit when it is determined that the front and back inversion of the medium is necessary; and transferring the media temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit to the media printer through the discrimination unit.

In addition, the control method further comprises the step of replenishing the medium to the replenishment recovery cassette, wherein the step of replenishing the medium into the replenishment recovery cassette includes moving the medium accommodated in the replenishment recovery cassette to the discrimination unit, so that the volume and abnormality of the medium before replenishment determining the presence or absence; and accommodating the defective banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit in the reject cassette, and replenishing the normal banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit to the reflux cassette.

In addition, the control method further includes the step of recovering the medium to the replenishment collection cassette, and the step of recovering the medium to the replenishment collection cassette includes moving the banknote accommodated in the return cassette to a discrimination unit to check whether there is an abnormality in the banknote before collection. discriminating; and accommodating the defective banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit in the reject cassette, and recovering normal banknotes classified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit into the supplementary collection cassette.

According to embodiments of the present invention, by simplifying the conveyance path in the financial automation device into a two-stage conveyance path of an upper conveying path and a lower conveying path, the effect that banknotes can be directly moved from the upper area of the safe to the cassette in the lower area there is

In addition, according to the embodiments of the present invention, there is an effect that the identification unit can be installed in the upper conveying path to implement efficient identification of bills.

In addition, according to embodiments of the present invention, there is an effect that the media can be deposited and withdrawn from the temporary retention unit and the supplementary recovery cassette through one common separation unit.

According to embodiments of the present invention, when it is necessary to replenish or retrieve the medium, through the replenishment collection cassette mounted on the rear side of the safe where the cashier is located, the medium can be quickly and conveniently replenished or retrieved in the financial automation machine. there is an effect that

1 is a block diagram illustrating a financial automation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a control flow of a financial automation device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which a check is deposited and received in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the check of the temporary holding unit is temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit for front and back inversion in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the reversed check is received in the check deposit box through the media printer in the deposit/withdrawal unit in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the medium is replenished in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which a normal medium is recovered in a supplementary recovery cassette and a defective medium is temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the defective medium of the deposit and withdrawal unit is recovered to the reject cassette in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The following description is one of several aspects of the present invention that is claimable, and the following description may form a part of the detailed description of the present invention. However, in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of known configurations or functions may be omitted for clarity of the present invention.

The present invention is capable of making various changes and may include various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In addition, terms including an ordinal number such as 1st, 2nd, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by these terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. When it is said that a component is 'connected' or 'connected' to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. it should be The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a financial automation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control flow of a financial automation device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 2 , the financial automation device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a safe 200 , a deposit and withdrawal unit 110 , a conveyance path 120 , a discrimination unit 130 , Temporary retention unit 140, reflux cassette 150, replenishment collection cassette 160, common separation unit 123, reject cassette 170, check deposit box 181, media printer 190 and controller 300 may include.

Specifically, the safe 200 may provide a storage space for storing a medium. In this embodiment, the safe 200 is not limited to a storage space for media (banknotes, checks, etc.), and the safe 200 may include a frame/housing that provides the overall appearance of the financial automation device 10 . have.

A deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be provided on the front upper side of the safe 200 . And the replenishment recovery cassette 160 may be detachably mounted on the rear upper side of the safe 200 . Here, the front of the safe 200 may be understood as a direction in which deposits and withdrawals of media are made by the customer (right direction in the drawing), and the rear of the safe 200 is a direction accessible to the staff (administrator) (left direction in the drawing). ) can be understood as

The deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may provide a deposit/withdrawal space for inputting or receiving a medium. The deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be provided with a belt, a roller, a motor, etc. for transferring the medium. The configuration of these belts, rollers, motors, etc. are general matters in conveying media, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted. The medium input to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be conveyed to the discrimination unit 130 along the conveyance path 120 .

The conveyance path 120 may provide a movement path of the medium to the internal space of the safe 200 . The return path 120 detects the media deposited through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 through the discrimination unit 130, the temporary hold unit 140, the return cassette 150, the check deposit box 181, the reject cassette 170 or supplement. It is possible to guide the collection cassette 160 , or guide the media discharged from the reflux cassette 150 , the check/withdrawal box 182 , or the supplement collection cassette 160 to the discrimination unit 130 and the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 .

The transport path 120 may include an upper transport path 121 , a lower transport path 122 , and a branch transport path provided in an upper region of the safe 200 . The branch transport path may include a first branch transport path 124a , a second branch transport path 124b , and a third branch transport path 124c .

For example, the upper conveying path 121 may be a conveying path for conveying banknotes between the other end of the lower conveying path 122 and the first branch conveying path 124a. The upper transport path 121 may be provided above the lower transport path 122 . In addition, the discrimination unit 130 may be located on the upper conveyance path 121 . In the direction from the other end of the lower conveyance path 122 toward the first branch conveyance path 124a, the upper conveyance path 121 includes a discrimination unit 130, a branching point to the third branch conveyance path 124c, and a second A branching point to the branch conveying path 124b and a branching point to the first branch conveying path 124a may be sequentially placed.

The first branch conveyance path 124a may be a conveyance path for transferring banknotes between the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 and one end of the upper conveyance path 121 .

The second branch conveyance path 124b may be branched from the upper conveyance path 121 to be connected to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 . The branching direction of the second branch conveyance path 124b may be an upper portion of the upper conveyance path 121 . The third branch transport path 124c may be branched from the upper transport path 121 to be connected to the common separation unit 123 . A branching direction of the third branch conveyance path 124c may be an upper portion of the upper conveyance path 121 .

The lower conveyance path 122 connects between the upper conveyance path 121 and the cassettes (reflux cassette, check deposit box, check withdrawal box, reject cassette, non-received cassette, replenishment collection reject cassette, etc.) and the media printer 190 A plurality of moving paths connected to the upper conveying path 121 may be provided to do so.

The lower conveyance path 122 transports the media received through the upper conveyance path 121 to the reflux cassette 150, the check deposit box 181, the non-received cassette 183, the replenishment collection reject cassette 184, or the reject cassette ( 170), or the medium discharged from the reflux cassette 150 or check withdrawal box 182) may be conveyed to the upper conveying path 121.

A switching gate (not shown) for changing the moving path of the medium may be provided at the branching point of the upper conveying path 121 and the lower conveying path 122 . The switching gate can selectively determine the movement path of the medium by changing its posture by rotation.

The discrimination unit 130 may be installed on the conveyance path 120 , more specifically, on the upper conveyance path 121 . The discrimination unit 130 may discriminate the winding type of the medium passing through the upper conveyance path 121 and whether there is an abnormality or the like. At the time of counting the deposit of the medium, the normal medium discriminated as a medium having no abnormality by the discrimination unit 130 may be temporarily stored in the temporary retention unit 140 , and the discriminating unit 130 discriminates as a medium having an abnormality. The suspicious medium may be returned to the customer by being returned through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 .

And, when depositing and receiving banknotes, normal banknotes from among the normal media temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 may be re-differentiated by the discrimination unit 130 and then returned to the reflux cassette 150 suitable for the type of bill. . In this case, the bad banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit 130 may be conveyed to the reject cassette 170 .

In addition, when the banknote is withdrawn, the banknote accommodated in the recirculation cassette 150 may be discriminated whether there is an abnormality in the banknote by the discrimination unit 130 before withdrawal. Defective banknotes having an abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be accommodated in the reject cassette 170 , and normal banknotes having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 .

In addition, when replenishing the banknote, the banknote accommodated in the replenishment collection cassette 160 may be discriminated by the discrimination unit 130 before replenishment to determine the type of banknote and whether there is an abnormality. Defective bills identified as abnormal bills by the discrimination unit 130 may be accommodated in the reject cassette 170 . Normal banknotes having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be supplemented in the reflux cassette 150 suitable for the type of bill.

In addition, when the banknote is collected, the banknote accommodated in the recirculation cassette 150 may be discriminated whether there is an abnormality in the banknote by the discrimination unit 130 before collection. Defective banknotes having an abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be transferred to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 and temporarily stacked, and normal banknotes having no abnormality in the identification unit 130 may be accommodated in the replenishment collection cassette 160 . Bad banknotes temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be returned to and accommodated in the reject cassette 170 .

On the other hand, when depositing and receiving a check, a normal check from among the normal media temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 is discriminated again by the discrimination unit 130, and then the media printer 190 passes through the endorsement of the check, It may be returned to the check deposit box 181 . At this time, if the discrimination unit 130 determines that the front and back of the check is necessary, the check that needs to be reversed is transferred from the discrimination unit 130 to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 for a temporary stack, and is temporarily stored in the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 . The stacked check may be returned to the check deposit box 181 after passing through the identification unit 130 again and the media printer 190 acknowledging the check.

Also, when withdrawing a check, after the check accommodated in the check withdrawal box 182 passes through the pre-withdrawal discrimination unit 130 , the check may be withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 . The normal check, which has been discriminated as a check having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 , may be withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 .

The temporary holding unit 140 (TSK: Temporay Stacker) may provide a storage space for temporarily storing the medium identified by the discrimination unit 130 . The temporary retention unit 140 may receive the medium identified through the discrimination unit 130 through the upper conveyance path 121 .

The reflux cassette (150, RC: Recycle Cassette) may provide a stack space in which banknotes can be stored when depositing/replenishing. And the reflux cassette 150 may discharge banknotes stored in the stack space during withdrawal/collection. Such a reflux cassette 150 may include a plurality of cassettes having different sizes depending on the type of winding.

The replenishment recovery cassette 160 may be detachable from the upper rear portion of the safe 200 . The replenishment recovery cassette 160 replenishes the medium in the safe 200 or replenishes the medium in the safe 200 according to the control of the controller 300 without opening the door (not shown) of the safe 200 by manipulating the safe 200 . can be stored

For example, when replenishment of banknotes in the recirculation cassette 150 is required, the manager stores the replenishment collection cassette 160 in which a specific banknote is accommodated in the safe 200 while being mounted in the replenishment collection cassette 160 . The banknotes can be conveyed to the reflux cassette 150 inside the safe 200 along the moving path of the conveyance path 120 .

In addition, when it is necessary to collect the banknotes in the reflux cassette 150 , the manager transfers the banknotes stored in the reflux cassette 150 to the conveyance path 120 while the replenishment collection cassette 160 is mounted in the safe 200 . It can be conveyed to the replenishment recovery cassette 160 along the movement path of

The common separation unit 123 may deposit and withdraw the medium of the upper conveyance path 121 into the temporary retention unit 140 or the supplemental collection cassette 160 . The common separation unit 123 may receive the medium moved from the upper conveyance path 121 through the third branch conveyance path 124c, and deposit/withdraw to the temporary retention unit 140 or the supplemental collection cassette 160 .

The reject cassette 170 may accommodate defective banknotes with abnormalities among the media (eg, banknotes) discriminated by the discrimination unit 130 . The reject cassette 170 may be mounted in a lower storage space provided at a lower front side of the safe 200 . A supplementary recovery reject cassette 184 (RCST: Rject Cassette) and a non-received reject cassette 183 (RTC: Retract Cassette) may be disposed above the reject cassette 170 . In the replenishment collection reject cassette 184 , when the medium is recovered, the defective medium temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 may be transported through the discrimination unit 130 and stored therein. In the non-receipt cassette 183 , a medium that has not been received by the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 may be stored.

The check deposit box (181 CDB: Check Deposit Box) may provide a storage space in which a check to be deposited can be accommodated. The check deposit box 181 may receive a normal check with no abnormality among the bills discriminated by the discrimination unit 130 . The check deposit box 181 may be provided at a rear lower side of the safe. A check withdrawal box 181 (CB: Check Box) may be disposed below the check deposit box 181 . The check withdrawal box 181 may provide a storage space in which a check for withdrawal is accommodated.

The reflux cassette 150 may provide a stack space in which storage of a medium may be possible during deposit/replenishment. In addition, the reflux cassette 150 may discharge a medium (eg, banknote) stored in the stack space during withdrawal/collection. Such a reflux cassette 150 may include a plurality of cassettes having different sizes depending on the type of winding.

The controller 300 may control the flow of media in the financial automation device. The controller 300 may be implemented by an arithmetic device including a microprocessor, a memory, and the like, and since the implementation method is obvious to those skilled in the art, further detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, in this embodiment, the controller 300 may be implemented in the following manner.

3 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which a check is deposited and received in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 3 , when the check is deposited and received, when the check is input to the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 , the controller 300 moves the check to the identification unit 130 through the conveyance path 120 , and the identification unit In step 130, it is possible to discriminate whether the check is abnormal. In addition, the controller 300 may return the suspicious check (suspicious check) identified as a check having an abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110, and the identification unit 130 determines that the check has no abnormality. The normal check may be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 140 .

Thereafter, the controller may move the normal check temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 back to the discrimination unit 130 , so that the identification unit 130 determines whether there is an abnormality in the check again. In addition, the controller 300 may return the normal check, which is identified as a check having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 , to the check deposit box 181 .

4 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the check of the temporary hold unit is temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit for front and back inversion in the financial automation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a financial automation according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a state diagram showing a state in which a check reversed in the device is received in the check deposit box through the media printer in the deposit and withdrawal unit.

As shown in FIG. 4 , if front and back reversal of the check is required, the controller 300 returns the check requiring front and back reversal from the discrimination unit 130 to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 , and temporarily stacks it in the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 . can do.

And, as shown in FIG. 5 , the controller 300 receives the check temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 through the discrimination unit 130 again, and after the media printer 190 approves the check, the check deposit box You can return it to (181).

6 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which the medium is replenished in the automated financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 , when replenishing the medium, the controller 300 moves the medium accommodated in the replenishment recovery cassette 160 to the discrimination unit 130 , and the discrimination unit 130 checks whether there is an abnormality in the medium before replenishment. can be differentiated. In addition, the controller 300 may accommodate the defective medium identified as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit 130 in the reject cassette 170 , and reflux the normal medium identified as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit 130 . The cassette 150 may be supplemented.

7 is a state diagram illustrating a state in which a normal medium is recovered in a supplementary recovery cassette in a financial automation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a defective medium is temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit, and FIG. 8 is an embodiment of the present invention It is a state diagram showing a state in which the defective medium of the deposit and withdrawal unit is recovered to the reject cassette in the financial automation device according to .

As shown in FIG. 7 , when the medium is recovered, the controller 300 moves the check accommodated in the reflux cassette 150 to the discrimination unit 130 , and the discrimination unit 130 discriminates the presence or absence of an abnormality in the medium before collection. can make it happen In addition, the controller 300 may temporarily stack the bad medium identified as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit 130 on the depositing unit 110 , and the normal medium discriminated as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit 130 . can be accommodated in the supplementary recovery cassette 160 .

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8 , the controller 300 may receive the defective media temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 in the replenishment collection reject cassette 814 through the discrimination unit 130 .

Also, when withdrawing the medium, the controller 300 may move the check accommodated in the reflux cassette 150 to the discrimination unit 130 so that the discrimination unit 130 determines whether there is an abnormality in the medium before withdrawal. In addition, the controller 300 can accommodate the defective medium identified by the check with an abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 in the reject cassette 170 , and deposit and withdraw the normal medium identified as the medium with no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 . You can withdraw money through the unit 110 .

On the other hand, the method for controlling a financial automation device according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of inserting a medium into a deposit and withdrawal unit, moving the medium through a conveyance path, and discriminating whether there is an abnormality in the medium at the discrimination unit; Temporarily receiving normal media in a temporary retention unit and receiving normal checks in a reflux cassette.

In the step of putting the medium into the deposit/withdrawal unit, the medium for deposit may be put into the financial automation device through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 . In this case, the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be provided with a deposit/withdrawal space for the user to put in the medium or to take the medium out to the user. The medium input to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be conveyed to the discrimination unit 130 along the conveyance path 120 .

In the step of moving the medium through the conveyance path, the medium input through the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 may be moved to the discrimination unit 130 through the movement path of the conveyance path 120 . The discrimination unit 130 may discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the medium passing through the conveying path 120 and the type of winding.

In the step of temporarily storing the normal medium in the temporary storage unit, the suspicious check may be returned to the deposit/withdrawal unit 110 and the normal check may be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 140 . For example, a normal medium discriminated as a check with no abnormality by the discriminating unit 130 may be temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 , and the suspicious medium discriminated as an abnormal medium by the discriminating unit 130 is , may be returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 and returned to the customer.

In the step of accommodating the normal medium in the reflux cassette, the normal media (cheques, banknotes) temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 are discriminated again by the discrimination unit 130, and then the reflux cassette 150 suitable for the type of book. ) or to the check deposit box 181 . For example, normal banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 may be returned to the return cassette 150 suitable for the type of bill, and the normal checks temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 140 may be transferred to the media printer 190 . may be returned to the check deposit box 181 via

In particular, when a normal medium (eg, a check) temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit is determined to be reversed by the discrimination unit, the check may be temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit. In addition, the media temporarily stacked in the deposit/withdrawal unit may be transferred to the media printer through the discrimination unit and then stored in the check deposit box 181 .

In this case, the method may further include replenishing the medium from the replenishment recovery cassette. The step of replenishing the medium in the replenishment recovery cassette includes, when replenishing the medium, the discriminating unit 130 discriminates the type of the medium and whether there is an abnormality in the medium accommodated in the replenishment recovery cassette 160 , and then the discriminating unit 130 is abnormal. Defective media identified as the media with this may be accommodated in the reject cassette 170 , and the medium having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be supplemented with the reflux cassette 150 suitable for the type of volume.

It may also further comprise recovering the media from the replenishment recovery cassette. In the step of recovering the medium from the supplementary recovery cassette, when the medium is recovered, the discrimination unit 130 determines whether the medium is abnormal in the medium accommodated in the reflux cassette 150 , and then the discrimination unit 130 has an abnormality. The medium may be accommodated in the reject cassette 170 , and the normal medium having no abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 may be recovered in the supplemental recovery cassette 160 .

As described above, according to the present invention, when replenishment or retrieval of media is required, the media can be quickly and conveniently replenished or retrieved in the financial automation machine through the replenishment collection cassette mounted on the rear side of the safe where the cashier is located. It has an excellent advantage that it is effective.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand For example, those skilled in the art may change the material, size, etc. of each component according to the field of application, or combine or substitute the embodiments in a form not clearly disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, but this is also the present invention that does not exceed the scope of Therefore, the embodiments described above should not be understood as illustrative and limiting in all respects, and it should be said that these modified embodiments are included in the technical spirit described in the claims of the present invention.

10: financial automation device 110: deposit and withdrawal department
120: return path 130: discrimination unit
140: temporary retention unit 150: reflux cassette
160: replenishment recovery cassette 170: reject cassette
181: check deposit box 182: check withdrawal box
183: non-received cassette 184: replenishment collection reject cassette
190: media printer 200: safe
300: controller

Claims (9)

a deposit/withdrawal unit for the user to put in the medium or to take the medium out to the user;
an upper conveying path providing a movement path of the medium deposited and withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit;
a lower conveying path connected to the upper conveying path to form a closed loop;
a discrimination unit installed on the upper conveying path to discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the medium;
a temporary holding unit for temporarily accommodating the medium identified by the discrimination unit;
a safe providing a storage space for storing the medium;
a replenishment recovery cassette for replenishing the medium to the upper conveying path or recovering the medium from the upper conveying path; and
and a common separation unit for entering and leaving the medium of the upper conveyance path into the temporary retention unit or the supplementary recovery cassette,
In the upper conveying path,
A branching point branching from the discrimination unit to the temporary holding unit and a branching point branching to the deposit and withdrawal unit are sequentially provided along the front from the rear of the safe.
Financial automation device. The method of claim 1,
After passing through the upper conveying path, the bills inserted into the deposit and withdrawal unit enter the discrimination unit,
Normal banknotes determined to be normal in the discrimination unit are branched and moved to the temporary holding unit,
Suspected bills determined to be abnormal by the discrimination unit are branched and moved to the deposit and withdrawal ports,
Financial automation device. The method of claim 1,
a check deposit box mounted in the storage space of the safe and configured to receive a check from among the media deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit;
a media printer mounted in the storage space of the safe for signing the check prior to receipt of the check on the check pay box; and
A check withdrawal box mounted in the storage space of the safe and in which a check for withdrawal is stored; further comprising,
Financial automation device. 4. The method of claim 3,
a reject cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and accommodating defective media with an abnormality among the media deposited in the deposit/withdrawal unit;
a replenishment recovery reject cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and configured to receive defective media with an abnormality among the media replenished from the replenishment recovery cassette; and
A non-receipt cassette mounted in the storage space of the safe and accommodating non-received media not received in the deposit/withdrawal unit;
Financial automation device. a deposit/withdrawal unit for the user to put in the medium or to take the medium out to the user; an upper conveying path providing a movement path of the medium deposited and withdrawn through the deposit/withdrawal unit; a lower conveying path connected to the upper conveying path to form a closed loop; a discrimination unit installed on the upper conveying path to discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the medium; a temporary holding unit for temporarily accommodating the medium identified by the discrimination unit; a safe providing a storage space for storing the medium; a replenishment recovery cassette for replenishing the medium to the upper conveying path or recovering the medium from the upper conveying path; and a common separation unit for guiding the medium of the upper conveyance path to the temporary retention unit or the supplemental recovery cassette, wherein the upper conveyance path includes a branch branching from the discrimination unit to the temporary retention unit along the front from the rear of the safe. In the control method of a financial automation device in which a branch and a branch branch branching to the deposit and withdrawal unit are sequentially provided,
a step of inserting the medium into the deposit and withdrawal unit;
moving the medium input to the deposit/withdrawal unit through an upper conveying path;
discriminating whether there is an abnormality in the medium moving on the upper conveyance path by a discrimination unit;
returning the suspicious medium identified as the abnormal medium by the discrimination unit to the deposit and withdrawal unit, and temporarily storing the normal medium having no abnormality in the temporary holding unit; and
Comprising the step of accommodating the normal medium temporarily stored in the temporary retention unit in a reflux cassette,
A method of controlling financial automation devices. 6. The method of claim 5,
The step of accommodating the normal medium in a reflux cassette comprises:
The normal medium temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit is moved back to the discrimination unit to discriminate the type of media and whether there is an abnormality, and the defective banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes in the discrimination unit are collected by a reject cassette, and the discrimination unit returns normal banknotes and normal checks with no abnormalities to the refund cassette and check deposit box, respectively.
A method of controlling financial automation devices. 6. The method of claim 5,
moving the normal medium temporarily stored in the temporary retention unit back to the discrimination unit, and determining whether the front and back sides of the medium are reversed;
temporarily stacking the medium in the deposit/withdrawal unit when it is determined that the front and back inversion of the medium is necessary; and
Further comprising the step of conveying the medium temporarily stacked in the deposit and withdrawal unit to the media printer through the discrimination unit,
A method of controlling financial automation devices. 6. The method of claim 5,
replenishing the medium in a replenishment recovery cassette;
Replenishing the medium from the replenishment recovery cassette comprises:
moving the medium accommodated in the replenishment recovery cassette to the discrimination unit to discriminate the type and the abnormality of the medium before replenishment; and
Including; receiving the defective banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit in the reject cassette, and replenishing the normal banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit to the recirculation cassette;
A method of controlling financial automation devices. 6. The method of claim 5,
recovering the medium in a supplemental recovery cassette;
Recovering the media from the supplemental recovery cassette comprises:
moving the banknote accommodated in the reflux cassette to a discrimination unit to discriminate whether there is an abnormality in the banknote before collection; and
Including; receiving the defective banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit in a reject cassette, and collecting normal banknotes classified as abnormal banknotes by the discrimination unit into the supplement collection cassette;
A method of controlling financial automation devices.

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