JPH0321940B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine that accepts and dispenses banknotes.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, there is a counter deposit/withdrawal device described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 50-70982 as a device for bank employees to perform deposit/withdrawal operations at a bank counter.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" By the way, in the above-mentioned device, the deposit/withdrawal function includes discriminating the deposited banknotes inserted into the depositing section one by one, accepting the bills discriminated as genuine bills, and accepting the bills as genuine bills. There is a deposit function that returns bills that have not been verified, and a withdrawal function that returns bills that have not been verified.
The banknotes are temporarily stored while checking for double feeding, mixing of different types of banknotes, etc. If the specified number of banknotes are stored without any abnormality being detected, these banknotes are dispensed, and if an abnormality is detected before the specified number of banknotes are stored, the banknotes are temporarily stored. There is a withdrawal function that removes abnormal banknotes along with the banknotes stored up to that point into a reject box and restarts the withdrawal operation from the beginning.

However, in the above device, the depositing machine with the depositing function and the dispensing machine with the dispensing function are configured separately, and the depositing machine and the dispensing machine are simply combined to form one device. Was.
Therefore, there was a problem that the device was large and complicated.

In order to solve these problems, it is considered necessary to comprehensively improve the individual technical difficulties as shown below (in no particular order).

If the deposited banknotes are determined to be normal, is it possible to reuse some of the denominations of the banknotes that are minimally soiled?

When some denominations of banknotes that have been once classified as reusable pass through the discriminator, is it possible to disable the function of the discriminator to extend their lifespan?

When reusing deposit-approved banknotes, what should be done if the withdrawal box for the corresponding denomination is full?

This invention was made based on the above background, and its purpose is to provide an automatic teller machine that is smaller in size, has a longer lifespan, and has improved performance.

``Means for Solving Problems'' Even in the automatic teller machine according to the present invention, the deposited banknotes inserted into the transaction opening are sent to the discriminating unit to determine whether there is an abnormality or not, and normal banknotes are accepted. In addition to this technology, we also have a transport section that transports deposited banknotes and deposit-approved banknotes through a common route, and a function that works in conjunction with this transport section to determine authenticity and denomination when deposited banknotes are transported. a discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not a deposited banknote can be accepted based on the operation of the function and the front/back discriminating function, and selects the operating state of the denomination discriminating function and the front/back discriminating function when the deposit-approved banknote is conveyed; a stacking unit that separates and stacks deposit-permitted banknotes of a specific denomination, and a stacking unit that normally accepts deposit-permitted banknotes of a specific denomination from the stacking unit and deactivates all functions of the discriminating unit when the stacking unit is full; The structure includes a deposit/withdrawal box, and a deposit box that stores all deposit-permitted banknotes when the deposit/withdrawal box is full and stores deposit-permitted banknotes of other than a specific denomination that are accumulated in the stacking section when the deposit/withdrawal box is not full. There is.

"Operation" The deposited banknotes inserted into the transaction opening are sent to the discrimination unit by the conveyance unit, and the acceptability of the deposited banknotes is determined by the operations of the authenticity discrimination function, denomination discrimination function, and front/back discrimination function. The banknotes that are verified and allowed to be deposited are sent to the transport unit again by the transport unit.

When depositing banknotes to be deposited, if the deposit/withdrawal box is not full, the discriminating unit discriminates the denomination and the front and back, and only banknotes of a specific denomination are allowed to be deposited are separated and stacked in the stacking unit; Furthermore, the remaining deposit-allowed banknotes other than the specific denomination that are stored in the deposit/withdrawal box as bills for withdrawal are stored in the deposit/withdrawal box.

When the deposit/withdrawal box is full, all the functions of the discriminating section are put into a non-operating state, and all the deposit-allowed banknotes are stored in the deposit box by being passed through without being discriminated.

"Example" The present invention will be explained below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system in which banknotes flow between each component of FIG. 1. With these configurations, most of the problems of the automatic teller machine described above and the technical difficulties in sections 2 to 3 have been solved.

The automatic deposit/withdrawal machine in one embodiment is provided with a first transaction port 2 and a second transaction port 3 on both sides of the machine body 1, and can input banknotes to be deposited and receive banknotes to withdraw from the respective transaction ports. It is structured as follows.

Hereinafter, the deposit processing (deposit function) and the withdrawal process (payment function) will be explained separately with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 8.

[For deposit processing]

When a depositor inserts banknotes through the first transaction port 2 or the second transaction port 3, processing is performed according to the flow shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

(Step 1): Banknotes inserted from the first transaction port 2 pass through the first stacking section 4 and the second stacking section 5 by a group of conveyor belts (at this time, the banknotes are passed through the first stacking section 4 and the second stacking section 5). The aligning plates 4a and 5a of the section 5 are maintained horizontally to allow the bills to pass), and are conveyed to the first separating and sending section 7 via the temporary pool section 6. Moreover, the banknotes inserted from the second transaction port 3 are collected by rotating the belt 6a of the temporary pool section 6 upward as shown by the chain line in FIG.
After being transported to the vicinity of the second stacking section 5, the belt 6a and the guide plate 6b are returned to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

(Step 2): When the banknotes are stacked in the first separating and sending section 7, one banknote is separated by the difference between the difference between the banknotes and the speed coefficient of the banknote roller 7a that sends out the banknotes. After being separated into pieces, they are conveyed by a group of belts in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 and sent to the discrimination section 8.

(Step 3): This discrimination section 8 checks the bills sent one by one, and has the following discrimination function.

(a) Identification of photo patterns using transmitted light (b) Identification of photo patterns using reflected light (c) Identification of magnetic patterns using the magnetic head shown in Figure 5 (d) Double feed using transmitted light (e) Detection of double feed using mechanical means and detection thickness (f) Discrimination of bill length using signals from intermittent light beams (g) Detection of diagonal feed using signals from intermittent light beams (h) This includes detection of proximity feed (abnormal approach of bills that are fed sequentially) using signals from intermittent light beams. In this example, (a) to (h)
High-class identification, part (b) and (d) of high-class identification
We will refer to (h) as low-grade discrimination.

Among these types of identification, (c) detects minute special differences in banknotes, and is generally considered to have a shorter lifespan than the others. Therefore, the part (c) that is easily consumed by checking banknotes is
In this embodiment, it is not operated during low-level discrimination. In particular, the magnetic pattern discrimination function has a structure shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. Note that in case A, it is impossible to distinguish between the front and back sides of a banknote, so it is not activated during low-level discrimination.

That is, both arms 8c are rotatably attached to both sides of the banknote conveyance line 8a in the discriminating section 8 around both rotation pins 8b attached to the machine body 1, and magnetic heads are attached alternately to both arms 8c. 8d and 8e are respectively attached, and both of these magnetic heads 8d and 8e
A contact roller 8f is installed at a position facing the magnetic heads 8d and 8e to bring the bill along the conveyance line 8a into contact with both the magnetic heads 8d and 8e.
are urged toward each other by a spring 8g, and the conveying line 8 of both magnetic heads 8d and 8e
The positional relationship with respect to a is adjusted by the bolt 8h and the solid frame 8j integrated with the body 1, and when the cam piece 8k is rotated by an external drive source as necessary, it is attached to both arms 8c. The magnetic heads 8d, 8e and the contact rollers 8f are separated from the conveyance line 8a as shown in FIG. 5B, allowing the banknotes to pass through them. This consideration will resolve the technical difficulties in the previous section.

(Step 4): The deposited banknote is graded in the discrimination unit 8, and if the denomination etc. can be identified (normal), the process goes to step 5, or if the banknote cannot be identified (abnormal).
If so, proceed to step 6. That is, the sorting fork 9a of the first sorting section 9 is switched, and the material is sorted and conveyed to the first stacking section 4 or the second stacking section 5 via the sorting fork 10a of the second sorting section 10.

(Step 5): Normally deposited banknotes are stored in the first stacking section 4.
is sent between the blades of the collecting car 4b, and the aligning plate 4a
When it is in the raised state as shown in FIG. 1, it is accumulated on the accumulation vehicle 4b.

(Step 6): Among the deposited banknotes, banknotes found to be abnormal are stacked by the stacking wheel 5b of the second stacking section 5.

(Step 7): Also, the presence or absence of banknotes is detected in the first separating and sending section 7, and if there are banknotes left, the operations from step 2 to step 7 are repeated until all the banknotes are gone (empty). ) If steps 2 to 6 are completed, proceed to step 8.

(Step 8): Check whether there are banknotes in the second stacking section 5, in other words, whether there is an abnormality among the deposited banknotes and they are stacked in the second stacking section 5, and check whether all the deposited banknotes are normal. If so, the process moves to step 9, and if there is an abnormal banknote, the process automatically moves to step 13.

(Step 9): The depositor, i.e., the customer, confirms the amount (although the explanation is omitted, it is added each time the amount is checked in the discriminator 8, and the total is displayed near the first transaction opening 2 and the second transaction opening 3. (Step 10): The customer checks the summary display and
When the deposit is authorized by pressing the deposit button, etc. (Step 11): The banknotes accumulated in the first stacking section 4 are sent to the first separating and discharging section 7, and the flow follows the flow shown in Fig. 7. The storage process is then performed.

(Step 12): When the customer wishes to return the banknotes in step 10 and issues a command using the return button, etc., if the customer inserts the banknotes from the first transaction port 2, the first stacking section 4 The alignment plate 4a and belt 4c become horizontal, and the banknotes are returned to the first transaction port 2. In addition, if the customer
When banknotes are inserted from the top, the alignment plate 5a and belt 5c of the second stacking section 5 are horizontal, and the belt 6a and guide plate 6 of the temporary pool section 6 are horizontal.
b, the guide plate 6c becomes horizontal, and the banknotes are returned to the second transaction port 3.

(Step 13): On the other hand, if abnormal banknotes are left in the second stacking section 5 in step 8,
A recheck is made in response to a detection signal from the discriminator 8 indicating that there is an abnormality in the deposited banknotes. It should be noted that the abnormal banknotes stacked in the second stacking section 5 are in an inverted state, and if they were originally inserted "faces up", they may be turned "faces down";
A recheck is made in the reversed state. As explained in step 1 and step 2, it is transported to the first separation and delivery section 7 via the temporary pool section 6.

(Step 14): Following the operation of conveying the abnormal banknotes accumulated in the second stacking section 5 to the first separating and sending section 7, the normal banknotes accumulated in the first stacking section 4 are transferred to the first transaction slot 2. If they are input from the storage area, they are transported to the second stacking section 5 and temporarily pooled. Further, when the money is input from the second transaction port 3, it is temporarily pooled on the first accumulation unit 4.

(Step 15): The reversed abnormal banknotes are again separated one by one and conveyed to the discrimination section 8. (Step 16): High-grade discrimination is performed again using the discrimination functions a to h described above. 17): Sorting is performed by the sorting fork 10a of the second sorting section 10 via the first sorting section 9, depending on whether or not the classification is possible.

(Step 18): If the banknotes that can be identified, that is, are determined to be normal by re-checking, are those inserted from the first transaction port 2,
If the items are accumulated in the accumulation section 5 and inputted from the second transaction port 3, they are accumulated in the first accumulation section 4.

(Step 19): The banknotes that cannot be identified, that is, the banknotes that are determined to be abnormal upon re-checking, are
If the money is put in through the transaction opening 2, it is accumulated in the first accumulation section 4, and if it is put in through the second transaction opening 3, it is accumulated in the second accumulation part 5.

(Step 20): Next, when all the banknotes in the first separation and delivery section 7 are gone and steps 15 to 19 are completed, the process moves to step 21.

(Step 21): As a result of re-checking the reversed banknotes, if there are abnormal banknotes that cannot be identified as normal, that is, when the banknotes are inserted from the first transaction port 2, there are no banknotes in the first stacking section 4. If it is detected that the banknotes are accumulated (see _S19 ) or that the banknotes are accumulated in the second stacking section 5 when the banknotes are inserted from the second transaction port 3, the process goes to step 22. If there are no abnormal banknotes, the process moves to step 23.

(Step 22): If banknotes are inserted from the first transaction port 2, the abnormal banknotes are returned from the first stacking section 4, and if banknotes are inserted from the second transaction port 3, the abnormal banknotes are returned from the second stacking section 5. will be returned.

(Step 23): Next, the customer receives the returned banknotes,
and confirms the denomination of the banknotes that have been classified as normal by the high-grade discrimination unit 8 (Step 24): It is determined whether to deposit only the banknotes that have been judged to be normal or whether to return normal banknotes as well; (Step 24): Step 25): When the deposit is authorized by pressing the deposit button, the normal banknotes accumulated in the second stacking section 5 or the first stacking section 4 are transferred to the temporary pool section 6.
(3rd time), and is then subjected to storage processing according to the flow shown in FIG. 7.

(Step 26): Also, when the customer issues a command such as pressing the return button, the normal banknotes that had been accumulated in the second stacking section 5 are transferred to the first transaction opening 2 and are accumulated in the first stacking section 4. The normal banknotes are returned to the second transaction port 3, and the process ends thereafter.

[In case of deposit collection processing]

All banknotes taken into the machine 1 according to the customer's instructions are normal. Next, sort these by denomination or by specific denomination (10,000 yen note in the example in Figure 7).
The banknotes will be separated and processed for reuse.

(Step 31): Deposit instruction (customer's deposit button operation)
is issued, whether the 10,000 yen notes in the deposit/withdrawal box 11 shown in Figures 1 and 3 are full or not.
Alternatively, it is detected whether there is still room.
As shown in FIG. 3, this deposit/withdrawal box 11 pushes out the banknotes stored therein from the outlet 11b toward the second separating and sending section 12 using a movable clamping plate 11a, and also reuses a portion of the deposited banknotes. In this case, the holding member 11c is rotated to hold the exit side of the banknote and moved toward the movable clamping plate 11a as shown in FIG. 4 to form a storage space for the banknote between it and the exit 11b. , the paper money is to be accepted through the drop port 11d provided at the top (the shutter 11e that opens and closes the drop port 11d is configured to open only when the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is attached to the machine body 1). be. Further, this deposit/withdrawal box 11 is provided with an actuating piece 11f such as a magnet integrally with the movable holding plate 11a, and this actuating piece 11
Depending on f, the full detection sensor 11g and near-end detection sensor 11h are activated to detect the amount of banknotes. Further, a stopper 11j that can be moved up and down as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is provided near the exit 11b, so that when a banknote is dropped, the banknote does not protrude from the exit as shown in FIG. When the bill is fed out, the holding member 11c and the stopper 11j are released as shown in FIG. 3.

(Step 32): If the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is not full in the previous step 31, the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is not full.
Or the first separating and sending section 7 in step 25
The discriminating unit 8 determines banknotes that are permitted to be deposited (normal banknotes).
send to.

(Step 33): The discrimination unit 8 is switched to a low-grade discrimination function (second grade in Fig. 7) that mainly discriminates the denomination, and (Step 34): If the banknote is a normal 10,000 yen note among the banknotes permitted to be deposited, Detect what is marked as "table",
If YES, proceed to step 35; if NO, proceed to step 36. Here, a normal 10,000 yen note refers to a banknote that is free from stains, tape adhesion, partial damage, etc., and is suitable for reuse. In addition, we are careful not to reuse any other items by calling them so-called unfit notes.

(Step 35): Normal 10,000 yen bills marked as "front" are sent from the discriminating section 8 to the third stacking section 13 by the sorting fork 9a and fork 9b of the first sorting section 9, The stacking wheel 13a holds the banknotes vertically between the belt 13b and the guide plate 13c as shown in FIG.
The belt 13d is shown protruding from behind 3c. ) are accumulated as shown.

(Step 36): Normal "table" in step 34
Among the banknotes other than the 10,000 yen note, a normal 10,000 yen note with "back" is detected, and if YES, the process moves to step 37, and if NO, the process moves to step 38.

(Step 37): Normal 10,000 yen notes marked with "back" are transferred from the discriminating section 8 to the first sorting section 9 and then to the second sorting section 9.
It is accumulated in the second accumulation section 5 via the sorting section 10. Due to this flow, the 10,000 yen note is corrected to the "face up" state.

(Step 38): 10,000 yen notes that are not normal 10,000 yen notes in Steps 34 and 36, i.e. damaged 10,000 yen notes, 5,000 yen notes, 1,000 yen notes, and even tickets with transport errors (unidentified due to double feeding, etc.) The discriminating section 8 stores the distributing forks 9a and 9b of the first distributing section 9 into the deposit box 14.

(Step 39): 1 in steps 32 to 38
The banknotes that have been identified one by one are processed in steps 35, 37, and 38 depending on conditions such as their denomination and front and back sides. Detected and NO
If so, step for the remaining banknotes.
After repeating steps 32 to 38 and confirming that it is empty, (Step 40): The second stacking section 5 is loaded from the "back" to the "front".
It is detected whether or not there are banknotes that have been corrected. If NO, the process moves to step 46. If there are banknotes, (step 41): The banknotes stacked in the second stacking section 5 are (Step 42): Send out the sheets one by one from the first separation/sending section 7; (Step 43): Set the discriminating section 8 to a non-operating state;
In other words, the first
It is sent from the distribution section 9 to the third accumulation section 13.

(Step 44): In this way, 10,000 yen bills are stacked one after another in the third stacking section 13 with their front and back sides aligned.

(Step 45): These operations, steps 42 to 44
is repeated until there are no banknotes in the first separating and sending unit 7, and when “empty” is detected (step 46): whether there are banknotes in the third stacking unit 13 or not, that is, the front to be reused is aligned. It is detected whether there are normal 10,000 yen bills accumulated, and if there are no 10,000 yen bills accumulated (if there are any deposited bills inserted from the first transaction opening 2 or the second transaction opening 3) If there are no 10,000 yen notes in the deposit/withdrawal box 11), all deposit operations are completed, and if 10,000 yen notes have been accumulated (Step 47): Press the presser member 11c and stopper 11j of the deposit/withdrawal box 11. is in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the banknotes are separated from the outlet to form a storage space, and the belts 13b and 13d of the third stacking section 13 are removed from the drop opening 11d opened by opening the shutter 11e. As shown in FIG. 4, the 10,000 yen note to be reused is stored in the deposit/withdrawal box 11 by vertically rotating it in a direction away from the guide plate 13c. After storing the banknotes, the deposit/withdrawal box 11 and the third stacking section 13 are returned to their original positions as shown in FIG. 3. Note that the "front" of a normal 10,000 yen note stored in the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is on the right side in FIGS. 1 to 4.

Up to this point, by processing the banknotes shown in steps 31 to 47, the above-mentioned
All or part of the technical challenges in each section will be resolved.

(Step 51): Meanwhile, step 31 shown in FIG.
In step 52, if it is detected that the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is full, the deposit-permitted banknotes accumulated in the first separating/dispensing unit 7 are sent out one by one, and a check is performed in the same manner as in step 43. (Step 53): The money is dropped into the deposit box 14 by the sorting forks 9a and 9b of the first sorting section 9 and stored.

(Step 54): If there are banknotes left in the first separating and sending unit 7, the process proceeds to step 51.
~53 is repeated, and the deposit-approved banknote is the first
It disappears from the separation sending unit 7, and the first separating sending unit 7
Each operation ends when all the bills disappear between the deposit boxes 14.

In these steps 51 to 53, if a sufficient amount of 10,000 yen notes to be reused for withdrawals is stored in the deposit/withdrawal box 11, deposit-approved banknotes of all denominations are stored without being separated. be. This consideration will resolve the technical difficulties in the previous section.

[For withdrawal processing]

When a customer wishes to withdraw money from the first trading port 2 or the second trading port 3, when the customer confirms the withdrawal amount or desired denomination and operates the withdrawal button etc., the amount shown in FIG. 8 is determined by the command. Payments (withdrawals) are made through the following steps. This payment is made to correspond to the desired payment amount using two types of denominations: 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes.

(Step 61): When withdrawing the desired denomination or the total payment amount, check in the machine 1 whether the withdrawal of thousand yen notes is included, and if there is a withdrawal of thousand yen notes, proceed to step 62. , and if there is no withdrawal of 1,000 yen notes, the process moves to step 68.

(Step 62): When a command to withdraw a thousand yen note is issued, the back side of the thousand yen note stored in the withdrawal box 15 is
The sheets are pulled out one by one and sent to the discrimination section 8 by a group of conveyor belts.

(Step 64): If it is a normal 1,000 yen note with little damage and suitable for payment, proceed to step 65. If it is a 1,000 yen note with a lot of damage etc. that is not suitable for payment, or a 1,000 yen note that has been sent twice, proceed to step 65. step
Move to 66.

(Step 65): The normal 1,000 yen note passes through the first sorting section 9 and the second sorting section 10, and if the transaction opening instructed by the customer is the first transaction opening 2, the normal thousand yen note is transferred to the first collecting section 4. If it is the second transaction port 3, it is accumulated in the second accumulation section 5.

At this time, 1,000 yen bills are stacked face up in each stacking section 4, 5.

(Step 66): Also, non-conforming 1,000 yen notes are
If the transaction is made from trading account 2, the second
If a transaction is made in the accumulation section 5 and from the second transaction port 3, the transaction is accumulated in the first accumulation section 4, respectively.

(Step 67): When the required number of normal 1,000 yen notes are accumulated under the first 1,000 yen note through steps 62 to 66, it is confirmed that the counting of 1,000 yen notes has been completed, and the process moves to step 68.

(Step 68): Next, it is determined whether a 10,000 yen note is required among the bills to be paid, and if no 10,000 yen note is to be withdrawn, the process moves to step 75.

(Step 69): If it is necessary to withdraw 10,000 yen notes, they are sent one by one from the deposit/withdrawal box 11 to the discriminating section 8 by the second separating and discharging section 12, (Step 70): Discriminating section In step 8, the 10,000 yen note that has been turned ``face up'' is subjected to a low grade classification (Step 71): If it is a normal 10,000 yen note that is suitable for payment and has little damage, it is transferred to Step 72, and double feeding is performed. 10,000 yen notes with non-conforming payment due to transport errors such as these will proceed to step 37.

(Step 72): Normal 10,000 yen notes are placed under the previously accumulated 1,000 yen notes, that is, in the first stacking section 4 or the second stacking section 4.
The 10,000 yen notes with non-payment status are accumulated in the accumulation section 5 (Step 73): The non-payment 10,000 yen notes are accumulated in the third accumulation section 13 via the first sorting section 9.

(Step 74): When the counting and accumulation of normal 10,000 yen notes is confirmed (if NO, return to step 69), (Step 75): The transaction account where the customer has issued the order,
In other words, 1,000 yen bills are stacked on top of 10,000 yen bills from the first stacking section 4 in the case of the first transaction port 2, or from the second stacking section 5 in the case of the second transaction port 3. The banknotes are fed out with their face facing up.

(Step 76): Next, when the customer removes all the withdrawn banknotes, a detection sensor near the transaction openings 2 and 3 confirms that the transaction is completed. When the detection sensor detects all or part of the banknote (Step 77): A timer starts operating and waits for a certain period of time. If the customer removes the banknote during this time, the process returns to Step 76 and confirms that the transaction is complete. Step 78): If the customer forgets to collect the banknotes and a certain period of time has elapsed, the remaining banknotes in the transaction port are taken into the first stacking section 4 or the second stacking section 5, and the banknotes near the first transaction port 2 are collected. belt first
Move the banknotes upward as shown by the chain line in the figure to remove the remaining banknotes to the redirect box 17, and also leave a record of customers who have forgotten to take out the remaining banknotes, which can be used as service materials such as when the bank or the like contacts the customer at a later date. , "Completion of transaction" is confirmed. Also, aircraft 1
Therein, the non-payable banknotes accumulated in step 66 and step 73 continue to be processed.

(Step 79): Check whether non-conforming 1,000 yen bills have been accumulated in the second accumulation section 5 or first accumulation section 4. If NO, it is determined that there are no non-conforming 1,000 yen bills; If there are 1,000 yen notes, different actions are taken depending on where they are collected.

(Step 80): If the withdrawal is made from the first transaction port 2, confirm that the withdrawal is complete and remove the remaining banknotes (conditions of YES in step 76 or completion of step 78), and confirm NO. If so, wait for the end, and if YES, proceed to step 81. Note that if the withdrawal is made from the second transaction port 3, step 80 can be omitted.

(Step 81): The non-conforming 1,000 yen notes accumulated in the second accumulation section 5 or the first accumulation section 4 are removed from the reject box by moving the belt near the first transaction opening upward as shown by the chain line in Figure 1. 17 and is "finished".

(Step 82): On the other hand, it is detected whether non-conforming 10,000 yen notes are accumulated in the third accumulation section 13,
If NO, the process is "ended" (Step 83): If a non-conforming banknote is detected, it is returned to the deposit/withdrawal box 11 again.

This operation is based on the fact that most of the reasons why banknotes (10,000 yen notes) that were once classified as conforming are classified as nonconforming are due to poor conveyance such as double feeding. Double feeding is often resolved by carrying out the following conveyance. In this way, only the reusable 10,000 yen notes are separated and placed in the deposit/withdrawal box 11.
The reason for this is that banks must accept deposited banknotes even if they are severely damaged, unless they are counterfeit or altered, but on the other hand, from a customer service perspective, withdrawn banknotes must be unwrinkled or stained. This is because it is preferable, and from the standpoint of capital efficiency, it is efficient to reuse 10,000 yen notes with large face values.

When each of the above steps 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, and 83 are completed, the automatic deposit/withdrawal machine completes the withdrawal process.

By performing the processes shown in steps 61 to 83 in this manner, all or a part of each of the above-mentioned technical difficulties can be solved.

Furthermore, all of the technical difficulties mentioned in items 1 to 2 are solved by the synergistic effect of the functions of each step shown in FIGS. 6 to 8.

In addition, in steps 71, 72, and 73, if a specific denomination to be reused (the example of a 10,000 yen note was mentioned) or a banknote previously stored in the deposit/withdrawal box 11 is detected by low-level discrimination at the time of withdrawal. When the banknotes are determined to be non-conforming banknotes due to a conveyance error or the like, the banknotes are stacked in the third stacking section 13.
If the banknotes previously stored in the deposit/withdrawal box 11 are determined to be non-conforming 1,000 yen banknotes for reuse due to defacement etc. through low-level identification at the time of withdrawal, Similarly, after being accumulated from the discriminating section 8 in the second accumulation section 5 or the first accumulation section 4, it is possible to cause the waste to be removed into the reject box 17.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, banknotes of a specific denomination from deposited banknotes are separated and stored in the deposit/withdrawal box as part of the withdrawn banknotes via the stacking section for reuse. Therefore, the storage space for depositing and withdrawing banknotes can be reduced, improving capital efficiency and downsizing the entire machine.
Further, when the deposit/withdrawal box is full, the discriminating section is put into a non-operating state and the money is stored all at once in the deposit box, which has the effect of extending the life of the discriminating section.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system in which banknotes flow between each component of FIG. Figure 1 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the deposit/withdrawal box, second separation/output section, third accumulation section, etc., and Figure 4 is a detailed explanation of the third
5A and 5B are detailed explanatory diagrams and operational explanatory diagrams of the discriminating section in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 6 to 8 are flowcharts showing the steps for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. 1... Aircraft, 2... First transaction port, 3... Second transaction port, 4... First accumulation section, 5... Second accumulation section, 6
...Temporary pool section, 7...First separation and sending section, 8...
...Discrimination unit, 8a...Transfer line, 8b...Rotating pin, 8c...Arm, 8d...Magnetic head, 8e
...Magnetic head, 8f...Contact roller, 8g...
Spring, 8h... Bolt, 8j... Fixed frame, 8k...
...Cam piece, 8m...Small roller, 9...Distribution fork, 10...Second distribution section, 11...Deposit/withdrawal box, 12...Second separation and delivery section, 13...Third
Accumulating unit, 14...Deposit box, 15...Payment box, 16...Third separation and sending unit, 17...Reject box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 The deposited banknotes inserted into the transaction opening are sent to a discriminator, where the presence or absence of abnormality is determined, and the automatic deposit/withdrawal machine accepts normal banknotes.The banknotes are transported through a common route. and a conveyance unit that is linked to the conveyance unit and that, when conveying the deposited banknotes, distinguishes whether or not the deposited banknotes can be accepted by operating an authenticity determination function, a denomination determination function, and a front/back determination function when the deposited banknotes are conveyed, and also conveys banknotes that are permitted to be deposited. a discriminating section that selects the operating state of the denomination discriminating function and front/back discriminating function; a stacking section that separates and stacks deposit-permitted banknotes of a specific denomination discriminated by the discriminating section; A deposit/withdrawal box that accepts deposit-approved banknotes under normal conditions and disables all functions of the discriminator when the box is full; An automatic deposit/withdrawal machine characterized by being provided with a deposit box for storing deposit-permitted banknotes other than specific denominations accumulated in a stacking section.