JPH0630117B2 - Operation control method of cash processing system - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cash processing system in which a counter and a cash machine are connected by a transport means in a financial institution,
The present invention relates to an operation control method of a cash processing system which enables the system to be continuously operated even when a cashier fails.

[Background of technology]

In recent years, the development of office automation has been remarkable, and various tasks have been automated. In particular, since financial institutions handle cash, in order to further increase its certainty,
There is a high demand for automation. For this reason, a cash dispenser and an automatic teller machine have been developed and used to automate cash handling operations. On the other hand, these machines are automatic machines that are provided separately from the regular counters, and their use is limited to depositing and withdrawing money from an account using a cash card.
Automation of normal window operations is desired.

[Conventional technology and problems]

The cash processing system shown in FIG. 1 has been developed for automating such counter operations. This cash processing system is configured by connecting a counter 1 and a cash machine 2 with a transport means 3.

The teller counter 1 is provided with a cash handling opening 10, a teller terminal 11, and a teller depositing machine 12 for depositing cash, and the cash accounting machine 2 is an automatic cash dispenser 2a.
An automatic cash storage machine 2b is provided, and the transportation means 3 has a rail 3b connecting the cash accounting machine 2 and the window counter 1, a transportation carrier 3a that moves on the rail 3b, and a transportation carrier 3.
It is composed of a linear motor car having a stator 3c that drives a. These are controlled by the control device 4, and the conveying means 3 is further controlled by the linear motor controller 5. In this window system, in the depositing operation, the teller inserts the cash received from the customer from the window into the cash handling port 10 so that the teller directly mounts it on the carrier 3a, and inputs the deposit amount or the like from the teller terminal 11. The control device 4 drives the transport carrier 3a of the window counter 1 along the rail 3b to the cash accounting unit 2 via the linear motor controller 5, and the transport carrier 3
The cash mounted on a is stored in the safe of the automatic teller machine 2b. This may be through the teller deposit machine 12,
In this case, after the cash is discriminated by the teller depositing machine 12 and the deposit amount is confirmed, it is mounted on the transport carrier 3a.
On the other hand, in the withdrawal operation, when the teller inputs the withdrawal command and the withdrawal amount from the teller terminal 11 to the control device 4, the carrier 3a of the counter counter 1 is driven along the rail 3b to the automatic cash dispenser 2a, Carry cash equivalent to the amount of money dispensed from the safe of the automatic cash dispenser 2a. Carrier 3
Mounted on a, the transport carrier 3a transports cash to the counter 1 along the rail 3b, and tells the teller cash handling port 1
The relevant cash is taken out from 0.

In such a cash processing system, since cash can be transferred between the safe and the counter without human intervention, the counter work can be omitted, the cash management can be unified, and the crime prevention is excellent. It is extremely effective when used for cash handling operations.

However, in this automated system, everything except the handling of cash at the counter is automated, so if a failure occurs in the automated part, the counter work itself cannot be performed, and the conventional manual work is performed. I have no choice. In particular, since the cash accounting unit 2 handles various banknotes, coins, etc., it may not be able to be stored or thrown out, and there is a problem that the operation of the entire system becomes difficult due to these obstacles.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide an operation control method of a cash processing system that can be immediately operated even if the cash accounting unit fails.

[Structure of Invention]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a counter for handling cash, an automatic cash dispenser for dispensing cash from a safe, a transport means for transporting a transport carrier along a transport path, and the counter. A control device for controlling the automatic cash dispenser in response to a withdrawal request from the computer and controlling the carrier to move between the window counter and the automatic cash dispenser along the transport path. And a plurality of the automatic cash dispensers are provided in the transport path, and a memory for storing information indicating the automatic cash dispensers in operation is provided in the control device, and the control device is According to the failure notification of the one automatic cash dispenser in operation, the contents of the memory are rewritten to switch to and control the other automatic cash dispenser, and the failure notification requests the withdrawal request. When withdrawal processing based on When the transport carrier is moved to the storage machine when the cash is being loaded and the cash of the transport carrier is stored in the storage machine, when the cash is not being loaded, the transport carrier is directly transferred to another automatic carrier. After carrying the cash to the cash dispenser and causing the cash to be loaded, the cash is carried to the window counter, and for subsequent withdrawal requests, the carrier is transported to the window counter and the other automatic cash dispenser. It is characterized by controlling to move between.

Example of Invention

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples.

2 and 3 are block diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a lateral view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a top view thereof. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG.
Reference numeral a is a cash handling port of the cashier station, a handling port for manually picking up cash from the transport carrier 3a and loading cash into the transport carrier 3a by hand, and 6b is a cashier terminal, a display and a keyboard. It is included and operated by the teller. 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d,
7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7i are respectively lift mechanisms (fifth
As shown below, the carrier 3a on the rail 3c is removed from the rail 3c and lifted upward, and the handling ports 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 6a, the discharge port of the teller depositing machine, and the cash dispensing are performed. Transfer to the outlets of the machines 2a and 2a 'and the storage port of the cash storage machine 2b, and after the processing is completed, the carrier carrier 3a is moved downward to the rail 3c, and the rail 3
to be returned to c, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d
Are teller counter cash handling ports, and 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d are teller terminals of counter counters, each having a display and a keyboard, and the teller teller inputs data for deposit and withdrawal. For reference, 12a and 12b are depositing machines for tellers. Counter counters and counter tellers of each dispense cash for deposit processing, respectively, and those described in detail in FIG. 6, 13a, Reference numeral 13b is a terminal writer, which reads the transaction data (account number, etc.) of the magnetic stripe of the passbook by inserting the passbook of the user, notifies the control device 4, and the control device 4 passes the transaction amount, the balance, etc. ，
It records it in the journal and returns the passbook.

In this configuration, the counter counter is composed of four counters ,,, and the cash handling ports 10a and 10 of the counters, respectively.
b, 10c, 10d and teller terminals 11a, 11
b, 11c, 11d, and a teller depositing machine 1
2a, 12b and terminal writers 13a, 13b are shared by the windows on both sides. On the other hand, the cashier counter includes a cash dispenser 2a for current use, a spare cash dispenser 2a ', and a cash storage device 2b.
And a cashier station (cash handling port 6a, cashier terminal 6b), a rail 3b is laid between the cashier counter and the cashier counter, and a rail 3b is provided between the cashier counter and the cashier counter.
The transport carrier 3a moves along the line to transport cash.

Next, the configuration of each part will be described before describing the operation of the configuration of FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the transport means 3, and FIG. 4 (A) is a detailed configuration diagram of the transport carrier 3a. In the figure, 30 is a container, has a lid 31, and the lid 31 is It is supported by the hinge 34 and can be opened. 32 is a bill storage body, 33
Is a coin storage unit, which stores bills and coins and is provided in the storage unit 30, and 35 is a base, which supports the storage unit 30 at the upper portion and a rotor plate corresponding to the rotor of the motor at the lower center. 36 and those having guide plates 37 on both sides of the lower part, and 38 and 39 are guide rollers.
It is provided before and after. Figure 4 (B) shows rail 3
FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of b, in which a rail 3b has a generally U-shaped cross section, and has an upper guide 3d and a lateral guide 3e. 3c is a stator, which is provided on the lower surface of the rail 3b and around which a coil is wound. The rotor plate 36 of the carrier carrier 3a is located between the pair of stators 3c, and current is applied to the coil. Then, the transport carrier 3a is accelerated (or started) or braked (brake). The stator 3c is provided on the rail 3b at appropriate positions between the positions of the lift mechanisms 7a to 7j shown in FIG. 3 (that is, the stations STa to STj) and the stations 7f and 7g. Figure 4 (C) shows the carrier 3
shows the coupling relationship between a and the rail 3b.
As described above, the rotor plate 36 is located between the pair of stators 3c, and the guide roller 39 of the guide plate 37 abuts on the inner surface of the lateral guide 3e of the rail 3b so that the lateral side of the transport carrier 3a is engaged. A pair of guide rollers 38 of the guide plate 37 sandwich the both sides of the upper guide 3d of the rail 3b and serve as a vertical guide of the transport carrier 3a. Therefore,
The transport carrier 3a will be guided and moved by the rail 3b.

FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the lift mechanisms 7a to 7j. In the figure, the lift mechanism 7a is shown at the position of the cash handling port 10a, but the other lift mechanisms 7b to 7j have the same configuration.
In the figure, reference numeral 70 denotes a lift belt, which is provided on both sides of the transport carrier 3a, and is provided with a bracket 71. Pins 71a of the bracket 71 are provided on the base 3 of the transport carrier 3a.
5, 72 and 73 are pulleys that engage with the engaging holes (not shown) of 5, and the rotation of the pulleys causes the lift belt 70 to have a well so that the transport carrier 3a that engages with the pin 71a of the bracket 71 is moved vertically. 75 is a motor for driving the lift belt 70.
6, the rotation of the pulley 76 is transmitted to the pulley 73 by the belt 74, and the lift belt 70 is driven. Reference numeral 3f is a hinge, which is provided only at the station position where the lift mechanism is provided, and rotates the lateral guide 3e of the rail 3b so as to rotate on the rail 3b and the lateral guides 3d and 3d.
The engagement between e and the guide rollers 38 and 39 of the transport carrier 3b is released to release the restraint of the transport carrier 3a. Therefore, when the transport carrier 3a reaches the target station traveling on the rail 3b, the carrier belt 3a is stopped at the target station by the braking force of the stator 3c at that position, and then the lift belt 70 moves slightly upward to move the bracket 71 of the bracket 71. The pin 71a is engaged with the engaging hole of the base 35 of the transport carrier 3a, and the lateral guide 3e is rotated around the hinge 3f by a release mechanism (not shown) to release the rail 3b and release the restraint of the transport carrier 3a. The lift operation by the lift belt 70 is enabled. After that, the motor 7
By the rotation of 5, the lift belt 70 is driven, the transport carrier 3a is driven upward, and it is positioned below the cash handling port 10a. This position is the home position of the transport carrier 3a. In FIG. 3, six transport carriers 3a are provided for each station STa to STf. When not in use, the home position of the station (corresponding to the escape line) is set. It is positioned. On the other hand, the release of the rail 3b returns after the lift operation, and is used as a rail for passing other transport carriers 3a. When the transport carrier 3a is used, the rail 3b is released, the lift belt 70 moves the transport carrier 3a downward, the rail 3b is lowered, and the rail 3b is returned to the guide roller 38 of the transport carrier 3a. , 39 and the rails 3b and the lateral guides 3d and 3e. Lift belt 7
When 0 is further lowered, the pin 71a of the bracket 71 is disengaged from the engaging hole of the base 35, the carrier 3a is released, and the carrier 3a can run on the rail 3b.

FIG. 6 shows a depositor 12a for a teller and a terminal writer 1.
3a is a detailed configuration diagram of 3a, in which 100 is a bill insertion slot, into which a bill received from a user by a teller teller is inserted, 101 is a bill separation unit, bill insertion slot 100
Which separates the banknotes inserted from the banknotes one by one and sends them to the banknote discriminating section, 102 is a banknote discriminating section, which discriminates the banknotes from the banknote separating section 101, 103 is a banknote returning section, and the banknote discriminating section The banknotes that are determined to be false in 102 and the banknotes in the primary pool section are returned upward, and 104 is a banknote discharging section that has a primary pool section that pools the banknotes that are determined to be true, and the primary pool section The banknotes are discharged to the banknote storage body 32 of the transport carrier 3a located at the home position. 105 is a coin slot, into which coins received from the user by the teller are inserted, 106 is a coin feed section, which sends coins inserted from the coin slot 105 to the coin discrimination section, Reference numeral 107 is a coin discriminating section for discriminating the coins sent by the coin feeding section 106, and 108 is a coin discharging section for conveying the coins judged to be true by the coin discriminating section 107 to the coin storage 32 of the carrier 3a. Is released to.
The coin discriminated by the coin discriminating unit 107 is returned to the coin return port through a coin guide (not shown). 110 is a passbook / cut sheet insertion slot where the window teller inserts the passbook or cut sheet received from the user, and the inserted passbook or cut sheet is sent to the internal bookkeeping machine and after being booked Insertion slot 11
Returned to 0.

FIG. 7 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash dispenser 2a, which is configured by the bill dispensing unit 20 and the coin dispensing unit 21.
In the figure, 21a, 21b, and 21c are banknote storages (safes), for example, storages for 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 1000-yen banknotes, 22 is a banknote take-out section, and banknote storages 21a,
21b, 21c for taking out banknotes of the number and the amount of money ordered, 23 is a primary pool section for pooling the banknotes taken out by the banknote takeout section 22, 24 is a banknote sending section, and the primary pool section 23 The banknotes are collectively sent to the banknote discharging unit. 25a is a coin storage (safe)
25b is a coin dispenser for storing coins,
The coins of the designated number and the amount of coins are taken out from the coin storage box 25a, are primary pooled, and are sent to the coin discharging unit. Reference numeral 26a denotes a bill discharging unit, which discharges bills from the bill feeding unit 24 to the bill storage 32 of the transport carrier 3a lifted by the lift mechanism 7h, and 26b denotes a coin discharging unit and a coin unloading unit 25b. The coins from are guided and discharged into the coin storage 33 of the transport carrier 3a.

FIG. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash storage machine 2b.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a bill take-out robot, which has a hand 27a and an arm 27b, and is carried by the hand 27a.
a for holding the bill in the bill holder 32 of a, rotating the arm 27b, and guiding the bill held by the hand 27a to the input port of the discriminating unit, 28a is the bill discriminating unit, and the robot 27
29a is a banknote storage (safe) for storing the banknotes that have been verified as true by the banknote verification section 28a. Note that the bill validator 28a
The banknotes determined to be fake are collected in a reject box (not shown). Reference numeral 28b denotes a coin receiving portion, which receives and guides coins ejected by the coin storage 33 of the transport carrier 3a being inclined, and 28c is a coin feeding portion, which receives coins received by the coin receiving portion 28b. The reference numeral 29b denotes a coin storage (a safe) for sending the coins to the coin storage, and stores the coins from the coin sending unit 28c.

Next, the operation of the configuration of the second and third embodiments will be described with reference to the withdrawal processing flow chart of FIG. 9 and the depositing processing flow chart of FIG. Here, STa, STb, STc, STd,
STe and STf are referred to as window stations, and each window station is assumed to have a carrier 3a at the home position, and STg and STh are AC stations.
The STi is referred to as an AD station, and the STj is referred to as a cashier station.

The withdrawal process of FIG. 9 will be described. Upon receiving the withdrawal request slip and the passbook from the user, the window teller inputs a banknote / coin withdrawal instruction including a withdrawal instruction and an withdrawal amount from the teller terminal (for example, 11a) of the window. The system control unit (SC) 4 is notified of this ejection command. The system controller 4 further receives the contents of the magnetic stripe of the passbook read by the window teller inserting the passbook into the terminal writer (for example, 13a), and determines whether or not the transaction is possible by communicating with the host computer. (Command / data analysis). If the transaction is possible, the control device 4 adopts a withdrawal processing serial number, and thereafter this serial number is used as an identification number for processing.

Next, the control device 4 causes the transport carrier 3a of the relevant window station (for example, STa) to change to the AC station STh.
In order to move to, the drive communication is performed with the linear motor controller 5. For example, the window station STa issues a drive command that is the departure station and the AC station STh is the arrival station. Along with this, the control device 4
A command for withdrawing the amount of money to be dispensed is communicated to the cash dispenser 2a.

Thereby, the linear motor controller 4 drives the lift mechanism 7A (FIG. 5) of the window station STa to lower the transport carrier 3a from the home position and engage the rail 3b. Next, the stator 3c of the window station STa is driven to start the transport carrier 3a. The linear motor controller 5 detects the position of the transport carrier 3a based on the output of a sensor (not shown) provided on the rail 3c at predetermined intervals, and detects the position of the rail 3c.
The stators 3c at the passage points of b are driven one after another, and the transport carrier 3a is caused to travel along the rails 3b. When the transport carrier 3a arrives at the AC station STh in this way, this is detected by the output of the sensor, the stator 3c of the AC station STh is reversely excited, and the transport carrier 3a is braked and stopped. Further, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7h located at the AC station STh, removes the transport carrier 3a from the rail 3b, and raises it. As a result, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end of processing.

On the other hand, the cash dispensing machine 2a receives a dispensing command and starts a dispensing operation. That is, as described with reference to FIG. 7, the predetermined bills are taken out from the bill storages 21a, 21b, 21c by the take-out section 2
2 is taken out and pooled in the primary pool section 23, and similarly, the taking-out section 25b is taken out from the coin storage box 25a and pooled. When this take-out count is completed, the controller 4 is notified of the end of the count.

Upon receiving the counting end and the processing end, the control device 4 detects the loading preparation end, notifies the teller terminal 11a of this (normal end), displays it on the display of the teller terminal 11a, and notifies the teller teller.

Next, the control device 4 updates the withdrawal amount counter of the internal memory. Along with this, a termination process for loading cash into the carrier is performed. That is, the control device 4 gives a loading start command to the cash dispenser 2a. The transport carrier 3a has a lift mechanism 7
When it is lifted up to the lower portions of the discharging parts 26a, 26b by h, the lid 31 is opened by the lid driving mechanism (not shown) as shown in FIG. 7, and the bill container 32 is rotated accordingly. However, the bills are easily received, and the coin storage 33 is tilted forward so that the coins are easily received. Cash dispenser 2
In response to this loading start command, a drives the banknote sending unit 24 and the banknote discharging unit 26a to discharge the banknotes in the primary pool unit 23 into the banknote storage 32 of the transport carrier 3a and load cash. Similarly, by driving the coin take-out section 25b, the coins in the primary pool section are sent to the coin discharge section 26b, discharged into the coin storage 33, and cash is loaded. Upon completion of the loading, the end notification is transmitted to the control device 4.

The control device 4 controls the terminal writer 13a accordingly, records the inserted passbook, and returns the passbook to the insertion slot 110.

At the same time, the control device 4 performs a carrier return process. The control unit 4 sets the departure station to the AC station STh and the arrival station to the window station S.
A drive command for Ta is issued to the linear motor controller 5. As a result, the linear motor controller 5
The lift mechanism 7h of the C station STh is driven. That is, the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3a is closed and the transport carrier 3a is lowered and engaged with the rail 3b by the above-mentioned lid driving mechanism (not shown). Next, the linear motor controller 5 drives the stator 3c of the AC station STh to start the transport carrier 3a. Similarly to the above, the linear motor controller 5 drives the stators 3c at the passage points on the rail 3 one after another to cause the carrier carrier 3a to travel along the rail 3b. When the transport carrier 3a arrives at the window station STa in this way, the stator 3c of the window station STa is reversely excited to brake and stop the transport carrier 3a. Further, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7a of the window station STa, removes the transport carrier 3a from the rail 3b, raises it, and returns it to the home position. Further, the lid drive mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7a is driven to open the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3a. Accordingly, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end notification, and the control device 4 notifies the teller terminal 11a of the end notification and displays it on the display to notify the teller teller. As a result, the teller tells the cash handling port 1 as shown in FIG.
The banknotes and coins loaded from the banknote storage 32 and the coin storage 33 of the transport carrier 3a are taken out from 0a.

In addition, the window teller uses the registered passbook as the terminal writer 13.
The money is taken out from the insertion slot of "a" and given to the user together with the taken out cash, and the withdrawal work is completed.

Next, the deposit process of FIG. 10 will be described.

When the window teller receives the deposit cash, deposit request slip and passbook from the user, the teller terminal (for example, 1
The deposit amount is input to the control device 4 from 1a). The control device 4 further receives the contents of the magnetic stripe of the passbook read by the pass teller inserting the passbook into the terminal writer (for example, 13a), and determines whether the transaction is possible or not by communicating with the host computer. (Command / data analysis). If the transaction is possible, the control device 4 takes a deposit processing serial number, and thereafter this serial number is used as an identification number for processing.

Next, the control device 4 issues a payment notice response to the teller terminal 11a and records in the passbook inserted in the terminal writer 13a. On the other hand, the window teller inserts the received cash into the insertion ports 100 and 105 of the depositing machine 12a. As a result, the depositing machine 12a discriminates and counts bills and coins by the discriminating units 102 and 107 as described in FIG. 6, and pools them in the primary pooling unit. Through this discrimination operation, the teller terminal 11a is notified of the amount of cash input, and the teller tells the teller terminal the amount of cash input. When the window teller agrees with the deposit amount, an approval signal is input from the teller terminal 11a, whereby the cash in the primary pool section is kept waiting by opening the lid 31 by the discharging section 104. The bills are discharged to the bill storage 32 and the coin storage 33 of the carrier 3a, and the loading of cash is completed. The control device 4 is notified of the completion of loading.

Upon receipt of this loading completion, the control device 4 receives the relevant contact (CC)
In order to move the transport carrier 3a of the station STb to the AD station STj, drive communication is performed with the linear motor controller 5. That is, a drive command is issued so that the departure station is the CC station STb and the arrival station is the AD station STi.

Accordingly, the linear motor controller 4 closes the lid 31 by the lid drive mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7a of the CC station STb, lowers the transport carrier 3a from the home position, and engages with the rail 3b. Next, the stator 3c of the CC station STb is driven to start the transport carrier 3a. The linear motor controller 5 detects the position of the transport carrier 3a based on the output of a sensor (not shown) provided on the rail 3c at predetermined intervals, drives the stators 3c at the passage points of the rail 3b one after another, and moves the transport carrier 3a to the rail. Drive along 3b. When the transport carrier 3a arrives at the AD station STi in this way, this is detected by the output of the sensor, the stator 3c of the AD station STi is reversely excited, and the transport carrier 3a is braked and stopped. Furthermore,
The linear motor controller 5 is an AD station STi.
Drive the lift mechanism 7i located at
Remove from rail 3b and raise. As a result, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end of processing.

Upon receipt of this processing end, the control device 4 starts the storage processing. That is, the control device 4 gives a take-in command to the cash storage machine (AD) 2b. When the transport carrier 3a is lifted to the lower part of the robot 27 by the lift mechanism 7i, the lid 31 is opened by the lid drive mechanism (not shown) as shown in FIG. The coin 32 is rotated to facilitate receipt of banknotes and the coin storage 33 is tilted forward so that coins are easily accepted. As described with reference to FIG. 8, the cash storage machine 2b operates the robot 27 to take out the loaded banknotes from the banknote storage 32 and take them into the slot of the banknote discriminating section 28a. Similarly, the coin storage body 33 is tilted by a coin taking-in mechanism (not shown), and the loaded coins are thrown out to the coin receiving portion 28b. After the end of the take-in, the cash storage device 2b notifies the control device 4 of the end of the take-in.

The control device 4 carries out the carrier returning process upon completion of the capturing. The control device 4 issues a drive command to the linear motor controller 5 so that the departure station is the AD station STi and the arrival station is the CC station STb. As a result, the linear motor controller 5
Drives the lift mechanism 7i of the AD station STi. That is, the lid 31 of the transport carrier 3a is closed and the transport carrier 3a is lowered and engaged with the rail 3b by the above-mentioned lid driving mechanism (not shown). Next, the linear motor controller 5 drives the stator 3c of the AD station STi and starts the transport carrier 3a. Similarly to the above, the linear motor controller 5 drives the stators 3c at the passage points on the rail 3 one after another, and the transport carrier 3
Run a along the rail 3b. In this way, when the transport carrier 3a arrives at the CC station STb,
Reversely excite the stator 3c of the CC station STb,
The transport carrier 3a is braked and stopped. Further, the linear motor controller 5 drives the lift mechanism 7b of the CC station STb, removes the transport carrier 3a from the rail 3b, raises it, and returns it to the home position. Further, by driving a lid drive mechanism (not shown) of the lift mechanism 7b,
The lid 31 of the transport carrier 3a is opened. Accordingly, the linear motor controller 5 notifies the control device 4 of the end notification, and the control device 4 notifies the teller terminal 11a of this.

On the other hand, following the above-mentioned taking-in processing, the above-mentioned cash storage machine 2b operates the banknote discriminating section 28a to discriminate the banknotes in the insertion slot and store them in the storage box 29a. Similarly, the coin feeding part 28c is driven to store the inserted coins of the coin receiving part 28b in the coin storage 29b.

In this way, the deposit operation is completed. For the aforementioned depositing work, another teller using the depositing machine may load the depositing cash into the carrier via the cash handling port.

As described above, the cash dispenser 2a described above may go down (failure) during operation while performing the dispensing operation. If the cash dispenser 2a goes down, the withdrawal operation cannot be performed. Therefore, a spare cash dispenser 2a 'is provided in the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment according to the present invention.
When the controller 4 receives the failure notification from the cash dispenser 2a, it shifts the processing to the spare cash dispenser 2a '. It is conceivable that this obstacle is due to the jam of the ejected bills and the like. Based on this failure notification, the control device 4 stops the control of the cash dispenser 2a and transfers the control to the spare cash dispenser 2a '.
In the subsequent cash dispensing, the AC station STg is designated instead of the AC station STh. That is, the AC station name of the internal memory is rewritten from STh to STg. Next, the control device 4 checks whether or not the withdrawal process is in progress, and if it is not in the withdrawal process, ends the processing. On the other hand, if the withdrawal process is in progress, then the linear motor controller 5 is instructed to stop the process,
By detecting the control state at that time, the carrier 3a determines whether or not cash is being loaded. If cash is being loaded into the carrier 3a by mistake by mistake, or there is a possibility that a failure may have occurred during cash dispensing and only a portion of the cash has been loaded into the carrier 3a. Order carrier 3a
Return to rail 3b. Further, the linear motor controller 5 is instructed to move the carrier 3a from the AC station 7h to the storage station 7i, and the cash of the carrier 3a is stored in the reject box of the cash storage machine 2b in the same manner as described in the above deposit processing. Excuse me. At this time, the output of the discriminating unit 28a is forcibly accommodated in the reject box as a false bill detection signal. in this case,
The cash box 2b may be stored in the storage box when the cash box 2b does not have the reject box, or may be stored in the cash box without the discrimination section.

Further, after the cash is stored, the carrier 3a is returned to the rail 3b. On the other hand, when the carrier is not being loaded and the carrier 3
When the cash of "a" is stored in the storage machine, the carrier 3a is moved to the spare AC station STg, the above-mentioned withdrawal process is returned to, and the following steps are performed.
The same withdrawal process is performed using a '. Finally, the control device 4 notifies the teller terminal of the occurrence of the above-mentioned failure, and calls the teller's attention.

After that, since the AC station of the memory of the control device 4 is rewritten to STg as described above, the withdrawal work is automatically performed using the spare cash dispenser 2a '. In this way, even if the cash dispenser 2a currently in use goes down, the cash dispenser 2a 'is automatically switched to the spare cash dispenser 2a', so that the operation of the deposit / withdrawal operation is not interrupted.

In the above-described embodiment, the linear motor car is used as the transfer means, but other known transfer means may be used, and the number of transfer carriers is not limited to that in the embodiment, and may be one, and a lift mechanism may be provided. It can be configured without.

Further, the number of window counters can be variously selected according to the scale of the store, and instead of storing the cash in the banknote storage machine 2b during loading, the carrier 3a may be moved to the cashier station STj so that the cashier can take it.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention can be variously modified according to the gist of the present invention, and these modifications are not excluded from the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

Discontinue operation because multiple automatic cash dispensers are installed in the transport path, and when the operating automatic cash dispenser goes down, the automatic cash dispenser is switched to another automatic cash dispenser and the movement control of the carrier is also switched. Instead, other cash dispensers can be used to continue withdrawal operations using the carrier.

Depending on the contents of the memory showing the automatic cash dispenser in operation,
The carrier can be controlled to move between the window and the automatic cash dispenser in operation, and the carrier movement control is automatically switched, so no special setting operation is required and the carrier Withdrawal work using can be continued.

If the failure notification is during withdrawal processing based on the withdrawal request,
Since a carrier that arrives at one automatic cash dispenser is transported to another automatic cash dispenser to load cash, and then the carrier is transported to the counter, it is possible to respond to the withdrawal request. The withdrawal process by the carrier can be executed without stopping.

If the automatic cash dispenser in operation is down and cash is being loaded, move the transport carrier to the storage machine, store the cash in the transport carrier, and then transport it to another automatic cash dispenser. Since it is reloaded, cash can be loaded exactly as instructed.

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FIG. 1 is a conceptual explanatory view of a cash processing system, FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a top view of the configuration of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a transport carrier 3a in the configuration of FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the lift mechanism in the configuration shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is a detailed configuration diagram of the teller depositing machine in the configuration shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a cash dispensing system in the configuration shown in FIG. Detailed configuration diagram of dispensing machine, FIG. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of the cash storage device in the configuration of FIG. 2, FIG. 9 is a withdrawal processing flow chart of the configuration of FIG. 2, and FIG. 10 is a deposit of the configuration of FIG. Business process flow diagram,
FIG. 11 shows a processing flow chart of an embodiment according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 ... counter, 2 ... deposit and withdrawal department, 2a ...
… Current cash dispenser, 2a ′ …… Spare cash dispenser,
2b ... cash storage machine, 3 ... transport means, 3a ... transport carrier, 3b ... rail, 4 ... control device, 5 ... linear motor controller.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-56-92670 (JP, A) JIII Journal of Technical Disclosure No. 82-506 Invention Association Open Technical Report No. 82-8533 FUJITSU vol. 34 No. 3 (1983) P. 507-508

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A counter for handling cash, an automatic cash dispenser for dispensing cash from a safe, a transport means for transporting a transport carrier along a transport path, and a withdrawal request from the counter. And a controller for controlling the automatic cash dispenser and controlling the carrier to move the carrier along the carrier path between the window counter and the automatic cash dispenser. , Providing a plurality of the automatic cash dispensers in the transport path,
The control device is provided with a memory for storing information indicating the automatic cash dispenser in operation, and the control device displays the contents of the memory in response to a failure notification of the one automatic cash dispenser in operation. Rewrite and control by switching to the other automatic cash dispenser, and when the failure notification is during withdrawal processing based on the withdrawal request and cash is being loaded, move the carrier to the storage machine. do it,
After the cash of the carrier is stored in the storage machine, and when the cash is not being loaded, the carrier is directly transported to the other automatic cash dispenser to load the cash. , Operation of the cash processing system, characterized in that the carrier is controlled to move between the counter and the other automatic cash dispenser for subsequent withdrawal requests. control method.