JPH0485066A - Slip processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the possibility of slips being wrongly processed and relieve the work load on the operator when certification printing on the slip is being effected by a method wherein the times and positions of the printing to be made on the slip by a printer is predetermined based on the information read from the marks provided on the slip in order to effect such printing. CONSTITUTION:A system bus 2 is connected with ROM 3 for storing the program to actuate CPU 1 and RAM 4 for storing the data to control a printer. When a marking is read by a mark reader 9 from a slip set in a horizontal slip printer 7, CPU 1 obtains the information as to the kind of the slip and the number of certification printing from thus read mark. Based on the information obtained from the mark and the detailed information as to the certification printing stored in RAM 4, CPU 1 controls the horizontal slip printer 7 to execute the certification printing on the slip.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a slip processing device, and in particular, a teller's machine (cash teller machine) for processing deposit slips and withdrawal slips at a bank counter. The present invention relates to a slip processing device suitably used as a slip processing device.

(Prior art) At bank counters, a slip processing device (so-called "teller's machine") is used to process deposit slips and withdrawal slips.
is widely used. When processing a slip with a teller's machine, it is usually necessary to print a predetermined mark called "authentication print" on the slip multiple times. If the format of the slip differs depending on the type of slip, the position where each authentication print should be printed also differs depending on the type of slip.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) In the conventional tellers machine, the operator must specify the type of slip, and therefore, unintended slips may be created due to the operator's misunderstanding and using the wrong type of slip. A problem has arisen in that the data may be deleted.

In addition, with conventional Teller's machines, authentication printing was performed manually. That is, the operator had to manually move the slip to determine the printing position.

Therefore, the operation of the teller's machine for authentication printing was extremely complicated.

The present invention was made in view of the current situation, and
The purpose is to provide a slip processing device that can reduce the possibility of erroneous slip processing and that can significantly reduce the burden on the operator when performing authentication printing on slips. There is a particular thing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A slip processing device of the present invention includes a mark reading means for reading marks provided on a slip, a printer for printing on the slip, and a mark reading means. Based on the information acquired from the marks read by the printer, at least the number of times of printing and the printing position of a predetermined print on the slip by the printer are determined, and the printer is controlled according to the determination to print the predetermined print on the slip. The above-mentioned object is thereby achieved.

In one embodiment of the invention, the mark reading means is integrated into the printer.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the mark includes at least information regarding the type of the slip on which the mark is provided and the number of times the predetermined character is printed.

In still another embodiment of the present invention, the printer control means includes a storage means for storing information regarding the printing position of each time of the predetermined printing in association with the type of the slip, and the mark reading means The printing position is determined by obtaining information regarding the printing position from the storage means based on information acquired from the read mark.

(Example) The invention will now be described with reference to examples.

FIG. 1 shows a hardware block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The slip processing device shown in FIG. 1 is a teller's machine for use at a bank counter, and is equipped with a CPUI connected to a system bus 2.

Connected to the system bus 2 are a ROM 3 that stores programs for operating the CPUI, and a RAM 4 that stores data for controlling the printer.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) 5 and a keyboard 6 are provided for operator interaction with the teller's machine and are also connected to the system bus 2. As printing devices, a horizontal slip printer 7 for printing on the slips to be processed by the teller's machine, and a journal printer 8 for keeping records of transactions such as deposits all at once are connected to the system bus 2. has been done. The horizontal slip printer is provided with a mark reader 9 for reading marks on the set slip. The mark reader 9 is WM connected to the system bus 2. System bus 2 also has a floppy disk drive (FDD).
10 are connected. FDDI O is used to exchange data between the teller's machine shown in FIG. 1 and a host computer (not shown) via a floppy disk.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of a slip processed by the teller's machine of FIG. 1. At a predetermined position on the upper left of the slip 20 shown in FIG. 2, a mark area 21 is provided in which a mark having information regarding the type of the slip 20 and the number of times authentication printing should be performed on the slip 20 is printed. ing. As shown in FIG. 3, the mark within the mark area 21 is composed of a combination of three rectangles 31 to 33. Therefore, there are six types of marks shown as rAJ to rFJ in Figure 4, and these marks are based on the type of slip 20 (deposit or withdrawal) and the authentication print, as shown in Table 1 below. It represents the number of times.

(Hereinafter, blank spaces) Table 1 Referring again to FIG. 2, areas 22, 23, and 24 are areas where the first, second, and third authentication printing is performed, respectively. Further, a broken line indicated by reference numeral 25 indicates the first printing position when the slip 20 is set on the horizontal slip printer. The symbols rxJ, "y" and rzJ in FIG. 2 will be described later.

Although details will be described later, this embodiment basically operates as follows. When a mark is read by the mark reader 9 from a slip set in the horizontal slip printer 7, the CPUI acquires information regarding the type of slip and the number of authentication prints from the read mark. Next, the CPU 1 controls the horizontal slip printer 7 to perform authentication printing on the slip based on the information obtained from the mark and the detailed information regarding the authentication printing stored in the RAM 4.

The detailed information regarding the above-mentioned authentication printing is stored in the RAM 4 in the form of three tables. These tables are respectively referred to as "a table J," rb child table, and "C table."

FIG. 5 schematically shows an eight table 50. C table 5
Each entry of 0 has a "transaction type" field 51 and a "transaction type" field 51.
It has a "processing content code" field 52. The transaction type field 51 stores a code (expressed in characters in FIG. 5 for ease of understanding) representing the transaction type.

In addition to normal deposits and withdrawals, the transactions indicated by the transaction type include transactions called "special account."

In this embodiment, it is possible to handle 99 types of special accounts, which are distinguished by numbers from "01" to "99" (each of which has a distinction between deposits and withdrawals). The processing content food field 52 stores a code (processing content code) indicating what kind of printing process is to be performed for each transaction type. The processing content code takes values from rlJ to r8J.

The details of the printing process indicated by the process content code in the process content code field 52 of the C table 50 are determined by the contents of the b table 60 (FIG. 6) and the C table 70 (FIG. 7). b table 60, as schematically shown in FIG.
Contains entries. Each entry has a "printing method" field 61 and a "feed amount code" field 62. The code in the printing method field 61 mainly determines whether or not information obtained from the mark read from the slip 20 is used when performing authentication printing, and takes a value of rlJ to "6". Of these values,
“5” indicates that the type of slip 20 and the number of times of authentication printing are determined according to the result of reading the mark from the slip 20. "6" also indicates that the mark reading result from the slip 20 is used, but the mark reading result is used only for determining the number of times of authentication printing. Values "1" to "4" indicate other print processing methods in which authentication printing is performed without reading the mark. In these other print processing methods, authentication printing is basically performed manually through interaction between the teller's machine and the operator.

The feed amount code in the feed amount food field 62 has meaning only when "5" or r6J is stored in the printing method field 61, that is, when authentication printing is performed using the mark reading result. The feed amount code is stored in the C table 70 (No. This is the code for referring to Figure 7). The feed amount code takes values from "1" to "8".

As schematically shown in FIG. 7, the C table 70 includes eight entries corresponding to the values (1 to 8) of the feed amount code. Each entry has three feed amount fields 71, 72 and 73 corresponding to the first, second and third authentication prints, respectively. The feed amount fields 71, 72 and 73 store the feed amount expressed in the number of dots, which is the printing unit of the horizontal slip printer 7. Feed amount field 71
The numbers inside are the first from the position where the slip 20 was first set.
It shows the feed amount (indicated by rxJ in FIG. 2) up to the start position of the second authentication print. The numbers in the feed amount fields 72 and 73 are the amount of feed (indicated by the symbol "y" in FIG. 2) from the end position of the first authentication print to the start position of the second authentication print, respectively. 2), and a feed 11 (indicated by symbol rzJ in FIG. 2) from the end position of the second authentication print to the start position of the third authentication print.

Although it is possible to incorporate detailed information regarding authentication printing into the code of a program for authentication printing, centrally managing the detailed information using a table as in this embodiment is not suitable for the program regarding authentication printing. This has the advantage of easy maintenance. For example, even if it becomes necessary to change the authentication print, the necessary change may be accomplished simply by changing the data in the table.

Next, the operation of this embodiment regarding authentication printing on a slip will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C. When a transaction is started, first, in step S1, it is determined whether or not a function key (not shown) on the cow board 6 has been pressed by the operator. A plurality of function keys are provided, and a special account numbered from 1 to 99 is assigned to each function key. If a function key is pressed, the transaction will be made with a special account corresponding to the pressed function key (step S2
). In step S3, the account number and amount are input.

In step S4, the operator selects "deposit" on the keyboard 6.
key or a "withdrawal" key (not shown) to specify the transaction type, ie, whether it is a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not the transaction type specified in step S4 is set to read the mark on the slip and use the reading result to perform processing related to authentication printing. Specifically, the entry in the b table 60 is accessed via the C table 50 using the transaction type specified in step S1, and the value of the printing method field 61 of the accessed entry in the b table 60 is retrieved. The extracted value is "5" or "6"
It is determined whether or not this is the case. If so, the process advances to step S6, but if not, the operator performs manual authentication printing processing.

Next, a display prompting the user to set the slip in the horizontal slip printer 7 is displayed on the LCD 5 (step S6).

In step S7, it is determined whether a slip has been set using a sensor (not shown) provided in the horizontal slip printer 7, and if the slip has been set, the process advances to step S8.

In step S8, the mark on the slip is read using the mark reader 9. If it is determined in step S9 that the mark reading result is normal, step 510 (8th B
If the mark is not read normally, a "mark reading error" state occurs and appropriate processing is performed.

In step SIO, it is determined whether or not settings have been made to use only information regarding the number of authentication prints among the information obtained from the read mark. Specifically, this determination is made by checking whether the value of the printing method field 61 extracted in step S5 is "6". If settings are made to use only information regarding the number of authentication prints, step S1
If not, proceed to step Sll.

In step Sll, the transaction type (deposit or withdrawal) specified by the operator in step S4 is compared with the transaction type obtained by reading the mark. Step S12
Then, it is determined whether or not the two match by comparison in step Sll. If they match, the process advances to step S13; otherwise, the process advances to step S15.

In step S15, a "mismatch error" is displayed. Steps Sll, S12, and S15 make it possible to prevent incorrect specification of transactions and use of the wrong type of slip. In step S16, the operator waits for key input, and when any key on the keyboard 6 is pressed, the process advances to step S17. In step S17, it is determined whether the pressed key is the rcLEARJ key (not shown), and if so, the process returns to step S6 and starts over from setting the slip. The pressed key is r
If it is not the cLEARJ key, it is determined in step S18 whether the pressed key is a "deposit" key or a "withdrawal" key. The pressed key is the "Deposit" key or "
If it is not the "withdrawal" key, an error state occurs and appropriate processing is performed. If the pressed key is the "deposit" key or the "withdrawal" key, the transaction type and the number of authentication prints are displayed in step S19 to request confirmation from the operator. Here, the transaction type is ST, Tsubu S1 &"
The transaction type specified by pressing the "deposit" key or the "withdrawal" button is adopted as the number of times of authentication printing, and the results obtained from mark reading are respectively adopted.

On the other hand, in step S13, the transaction type obtained as a result of mark reading and the number of authentication prints are displayed in order to request confirmation from the operator.

Further, in step S14, only the number of times of authentication printing among the information obtained as a result of mark reading is displayed in order to request confirmation from the operator. Here, as the transaction type, the one specified by the operator in step S4 is adopted as is.

From steps S19, S13 and S14, step 5
Proceed to step 20 (Figure 8C). In step S20, the process waits for the operator to press a key, and if any key is pressed, the process advances to step S21. In step S21, it is determined whether the pressed key is rPRINTJ (not shown), and if so, the process advances to step S22. “PRI
If another key was pressed instead of the NTJ key,
Other processing is performed depending on the pressed key. here,
If the rcLEARJ key is pressed, the retry process, that is, the process from step S3 onwards, is performed again. Also, if the rVo I DJ key (not shown) is pressed, the transaction currently being processed is canceled.

In step S22, it is checked whether a slip has been set. If the slip is not set, a "no slip error" will occur.

In step S23, the number of times of authentication printing is set. Here, first, the number of authentication prints obtained as a result of reading the mark on the slip becomes the provisional number of authentication prints. If the operator wishes to change this provisional number of times, he/she operates the keyboard 6 to change the number of times of authentication printing.

In step S24, the number of times of authentication printing set in step S23 is substituted into variable k. In step S25, in order to determine whether the loop has ended, it is checked whether the variable k is 0 or not, and if the variable k is 0, the process proceeds to step S29.
If not, the process advances to step S26.

In step S26, the b accessed in step S5 is
An entry in the C table 70 is accessed using the value in the feed amount code field 62 of the entry in the table 60, and the feed amount stored in the feed amount fields 71, 72, and 73 of the accessed entry is According to the feed amount corresponding to the authentication printing, the slip set in the horizontal slip printer 7 is fed to the position where the authentication printing is to be performed. Which of the feed amount fields 71, 72, and 73 is to be used can be determined using the value of the variable.

In step S27, authentication printing is performed. Step 3
In step S28, 1 is subtracted from the variable k, and the process returns to step S25.

In step S29, the journal printer 8 prints a record of the transaction on the journal roll, and the transaction ends.

In the embodiment described above, the mark on the slip only has information about the type of slip and the number of times of authentication printing, but the mark may also contain other information, such as information about the position where authentication printing should be performed. You can also let it stand. Furthermore, the present invention is applicable not only to teller's machines but also to various slip processing devices for performing predetermined printing on slips.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, the possibility of erroneous document processing can be reduced, and furthermore, the burden on the operator when printing a predetermined character on the document can be significantly reduced. A processing device is provided. Furthermore, the time required for predetermined printing is also significantly reduced.

Furthermore, in the past, when a predetermined print was to be made on a slip, the position of the print was determined manually, which made positioning difficult; however, in the slip processing device of the present invention, the predetermined print position is determined by the printer control means, Since predetermined printing is performed according to the determination, positioning is performed accurately and smoothly.

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a slip processed by the embodiment, and Figure 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a slip processed by the embodiment. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the types of marks shown in Fig. 3, and Figs.
A diagram schematically showing a table for storing detailed information regarding authentication printing provided in the RAM of the embodiment shown in the figure, and FIGS. 8A to 8C explain the operation of authentication printing of the embodiment of FIG. 1. This is a flowchart for

1...CPU, 3...ROM, 4...RAM, 5
...LCD, 6...Keyboard, 7...Horizontal slip printer, 9...Mark reader, 50...C table, 60...B table, 70...C table.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mark reading means for reading marks provided on a slip; a printer for printing on the slip; and a mark acquired from the mark read by the mark reading means. printer control means for determining at least the number of times and printing position of predetermined printing on the slip by the printer based on the information, and controlling the printer in accordance with the determination to cause the predetermined printing to be performed on the slip; A slip processing device equipped with 2. The slip processing device according to claim 2, wherein the mark reading means is incorporated in the printer.