JPH06208672A - Passbook handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a passbook handling device having good operability, capable of preventing an operator's erroneous operation in advance, and having a share support function for reducing an operator's burden. [Configuration] In a passbook handling device which is connected to two host devices and prints the print information from the host device on the passbooks inserted / set from the insertion port, left and right guides for guiding the left end or the right end of the passbooks A part, a left end and a right end detecting means for detecting that the passbooks are set along the left or right guide part, and a left end position detecting means for optically detecting the left end position of the passbooks, For each of the upper devices, the left or right guide portion is previously assigned as a set reference surface, and while any of the upper devices occupies the passbook handling device,
The passbook is characterized in that the left end or the right end detection means on the set reference surface side, which is pre-assigned to the occupying high-order device, takes in and processes the passbooks when it detects the set of the passbooks. Handling equipment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for handling so-called passbooks such as bankbooks, forms, securities and checks handled by financial institutions such as banks and securities. The present invention relates to a passbook handling device having a share support function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The window of a financial institution such as a bank is a window for handling simple deposit / withdrawal operations (high counter) and a window used when opening a new account or canceling an account (low counter: the counter is low, Users are categorized into two groups: the name from the place where a user sits in a chair and consults and talks with a bank clerk to proceed with transactions. In the latter low counter, although it takes time for each transaction to conduct consultation and dialogue, the frequency of use of the passbook handling device used at the time of transaction closing is low, and in terms of installation space and investment effect, There is a demand for a passbook handling apparatus having a so-called share support function that can be installed between adjacent windows and shared by both windows, that is, can be used by connecting to two higher-level devices. An example of a system in which a passbook handling device is shared between adjacent windows is introduced in NEC Technical Report Vol.38 No.3 / 1985 pages 63-64. Even in the conventional passbook handling device equipped with the share support function, the reference plane when setting the passbooks is the left or right single reference, as in the passbook handling device connected one-to-one with the host device. It was fixed on the surface.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the reference plane for setting passbooks is fixed to the left (or right), it is possible for an operator located on the opposite side of the set reference plane. However, there was a problem that the set reference surface was far and the operability was not good. Further, which side higher-order device of the two systems occupies the passbook handling device, that is, which side higher-order device of the two systems is in a state of accepting the print information of the higher-order device is determined on the passbook handling device. It is displayed on the provided indicator or is only displayed on the display device connected to the host device, and the operator on the side not occupying the passbook handling device erroneously sets passbooks, The possibility of erroneous printing on wrong passbooks is not taken into consideration, and there is a problem that the operator must be careful about erroneous operations. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to solve the problems as described above in the related art, the operability is good, and the operator's erroneous operation can be prevented in advance. It is to provide a passbook handling device with a share support function that reduces the burden.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention are as follows.
In a passbook handling device that is connected to two host devices and prints printing information from the host device on the passbooks inserted / set from the insertion port, left and right guide parts for guiding the left end or the right end of the passbooks, A left end and a right end detecting means for detecting that the passbooks are set along the left or right guide portion, and a left end position detecting means for optically detecting the left end position of the passbooks are provided, and For each of them, the left or right guide portion is assigned in advance as a set reference surface, and while any one of the host devices occupies the passbook handling device, the host device on the occupying side When the left end or the right end detection means on the side of the set reference surface pre-assigned to, detects the set of the passbooks, the passbooks are loaded and processed, and
In the case where the right guide portion is taken in as the reference surface and is processed, the printing position is equivalent to the distance between the left end position of the passbooks detected by the left end position detecting means and the reference surface position of the left guide portion. It is achieved by a passbook handling device which is characterized in that

[0005]

In the passbook handling apparatus according to the present invention, since the reference planes for setting the passbooks are provided on the left and right sides, the operator can use the reference plane closer to himself or herself. By assigning it to the device, operability can be improved. In addition, the left or right guide unit is assigned in advance to each upper device as a set reference surface, and while one of the respective upper devices occupies the passbook handling device, When the set of passbooks is detected by the left end or right end detecting means on the reference surface side that is pre-assigned to the host device, it is controlled so that the passbooks are loaded. Therefore, even if the operator of the host device that does not occupy the passbook handling device mistakenly sets the passbooks on the reference plane assigned to him, the passbooks are not processed. Further, when the right guide section is used as the reference surface for processing, the first print position differs depending on the width of the passbooks, but the left end position of the passbooks detected by the left end position detecting means. Since the print position is corrected by the amount corresponding to the distance between the reference surface position of the left guide portion and the reference position, the print position is not displaced.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a passbook handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of its mechanical section. In the passbook handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a transport unit 2 for taking in and returning passbooks 18 is provided. The carrying section 2 includes an inserter 3 provided at one end of the carrying path, a pair of upper and lower paper guides 4 arranged along the carrying path, and a pair of upper and lower sheets arranged at predetermined positions of the carrying path. And the feed roller 5 of. The inserter 3 includes a left end guide 6a and a right end guide 6b for guiding the left end or the right end of the passbook 18 and a left end detection for detecting that the passbook 18 is set on the inserter 3 along the left end guide 6a or the right end guide 6b. A sensor 7a and a right end detection sensor 7b are provided, and the left end detection sensor 7a or the right end detection sensor 7b is configured to detect that the passbooks 18 are set on the inserter 3 along the left end guide 6a or the right end guide 6b. There is.

When the above left end detection sensor 7a or right end detection sensor 7b detects that the passbook 18 is set on the inserter 3 along the left end guide 6a or the right end guide 6b, the pair of upper and lower feed rollers 5 are driven. , By inserting the passbooks 18 and rotating them, the passbooks 18 are taken into the passbook handling device 1 along the left end guide 6a or the right end guide 6b and the paper guide 4, and the feed roller 5 is rotated in the reverse direction. As a result, the taken passbooks 18 are configured to be returned to the inserter 3. In addition, at a predetermined position of the transport path of the transport unit 2, transactions are made to the magnetic read / write unit 8 and the passbooks 18 for reading / writing data of a magnetic stripe (not shown) attached to the passbooks 18. A printing unit 9 for printing the contents is provided. The printing unit 9 is composed of a carriage 10 and a print head 11 which are movable in a direction orthogonal to the carrying direction of the passbooks 18, that is, a row direction H.
In addition to 1, a left end position detection sensor 12 including a light source that emits spot light and a light receiving element that receives the reflected light is mounted.

The left end position detection sensor 12 is a passbook 1
The left end position P ₂ of the passbooks 18 is detected by moving the carriage 8 in the row direction H with the carriage 8 stopped below the movement path of the left end position detection sensor 12. The control unit 13 is composed of a microprocessor or the like, controls the entire device in a centralized manner, and controls data transmission / reception with the host devices 15a and 15b via the interface (I / F) units 14a and 14b. Is. The reference plane setting means 16 includes interface units 14a and 14b.
It is set to which of the above-mentioned left end guide 6a and right end guide 6b is to be assigned as a set reference plane to each upper device 15a, 15b connected to. If, for example, it is set that the left end guide 6a is assigned as the set reference plane to the upper device 15a connected to the interface unit 14a according to the setting contents, the upper device 15a is set.
While a is occupying the passbook handling device 1, when the passbooks 18 are set along the left end guide 6a of the inserter 3 and detected by the left end detection sensor 7a, control is performed by the control unit 13 so as to be taken into the device. To be done.

Next, a specific operation will be described. Here, the interface unit 1 is included in the reference plane setting means 16.
It is assumed that the upper end device 6a connected to the upper end device 4a is set to the left end guide 6a, and the upper end device 15b connected to the interface unit 14b is set to the right end guide 6b as a set reference plane. Now, when the host device 15b has information to be printed in the passbooks 18, as shown in FIG.
The higher-level device 15b issues to the passbook handling device 1 a command SELON that occupies the passbook handling device 1.
This command SELON is taken into the control unit 13 via the interface unit 14b, and if the passbook handling apparatus 1 is not in the occupied state of the host device 15a, the control unit 13 sends a response to the command SELON to the host device 15b.
A response ACK indicating that the passbook handling apparatus 1 is in the occupied state of the upper apparatus 15b is returned, and the display unit 17 displays that the passbook handling apparatus 1 is in the occupied state of the upper apparatus 15b and the passbooks 18 Is set along the right end guide 6b, which is the set reference surface assigned to the higher-level device 15b, that is, the right end detection sensor 7b sets the passbook 1
Waiting for 8 to be detected.

In this state, when the passbook handling apparatus 1 receives a command SELON that occupies the passbook handling apparatus 1 from the upper apparatus 15a via the interface section 14a, it returns a response NACK to the upper apparatus 15a. Then, it notifies that the passbook handling device 1 is unusable (occupied by another higher-level device). When the passbooks 18 are set along the right end guide 6b of the inserter 3 and detected by the right end detection sensor 7b, the feed roller 5 rotates,
The passbooks 18 are sent to the position of the left end position detection sensor 12. The left end position detection sensor 12 is moved across the passbooks 18 by the carriage 10, and the left end position P of the passbooks 18 is detected.
₂ is detected, and the left end position P ₂ is stored in the control unit 13. Next, when the passbook handling device 1 receives the print data from the host device 15b, the passbook handling device 1 sets the print position of the main print data in the row direction H to the reference plane position P ₁ of the left end guide 6a and the left end position P _{2 of the} passbooks 18. Is corrected by the difference L = P ₂ −P _{1 to the} right and printed. When all desired printing is completed, the higher-level device 15b transmits a command EJECT for discharging the passbook 18 from the passbook handling device 1, and this command EJE
Due to the CT, the passbook handling apparatus 1 reversely rotates the feed roller 5 and returns the passbooks 18 to the inserter 3.

Next, the upper level device 15b transmits a command SELOFF for canceling the occupied state of the passbook handling device 1, and the passbook handling device 1 releases the occupied state of the higher level device 15b by this command SELOFF, and the display unit 17 is displayed. Is displayed as an unoccupied state. The printing from the higher-level device 15a is also executed by the same procedure as described above, but in this case, the set detection of the passbook 18 to the inserter 3 is detected by the left end detection sensor 7.
In addition, the detection operation of the left end position of the passbooks 18 by the left end position detection sensor 12 is not executed, and the printing position is not corrected. According to the above embodiment, since the set reference planes for passbooks are provided on the left and right, the reference plane closer to the operator can be assigned to the host device used by each operator, and the passbook with good operability can be assigned. An effect that a class handling device can be provided is obtained. Also,
According to the above-described embodiment, the passbooks are taken in and processed only when the passbooks are set on the reference plane assigned to the host device occupying the passbooks handling device, so that the passbooks handling device is occupied. There is also an effect that it is possible to prevent a human error such as an operator on the side not performing mistakenly setting the passbooks and printing the wrong passbooks by mistake.

It is needless to say that the above embodiment shows one example of the present invention, and the present invention should not be limited to this. For example, in the above embodiment, the left end position detecting means of the passbooks 18 is a spot type sensor mounted on the same carriage 10 as the print head 11, but this is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. Hei 4 (1999) -324.
Needless to say, it can be realized by using a one-dimensional image sensor array as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No.-52884.

[0013]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, passbooks having good operability, capable of preventing erroneous operation of the operator in advance, and having a share support function for reducing the operator's burden are handled. The effect is that the device can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a passbook handling apparatus that is an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view showing an arrangement of mechanical parts of the passbook handling apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation procedure between a passbook handling device and a host device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Passbook handling device, 3: Inserter, 6a: Left end guide, 6b: Right end guide, 7a: Left end detection sensor, 7
b: right end detection sensor, 10: carriage, 11: print head, 12: left end position detection sensor, 13: control unit, 15
a, 15b: upper device, 16: reference plane setting means, 18:
Passbooks.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A passbook handling device which is connected to two host devices and prints printing information from the host device on the passbooks inserted / set from an insertion port, and a left guide for guiding the left end or the right end of the passbooks. A right guide portion, a left end and a right end detecting means for detecting that the passbooks are set along the left or right guide portion, and a left end position detecting means for optically detecting the left end position of the passbooks are provided. Then, the left or right guide portion is assigned to each of the upper devices as a set reference surface in advance, and is occupied while any of the upper devices occupies the passbook handling device. When the left end or the right end detection means on the side of the set reference surface, which is pre-assigned to the upper device on the side of detecting the set, detects the set of the passbooks, the passbooks are loaded and processed. In the case where the guide portion is used as the reference surface for the processing, the printing position is changed by an amount corresponding to the distance between the left end position of the passbooks detected by the left end position detecting means and the reference surface position of the left guide portion. A passbook handling device characterized by correction.