JPH063632B2 - Power supply device for money management machine - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a power supply device for a money management machine that automatically collects money or automatically replenishes money in a money transaction device used in a financial institution such as a bank.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PROBLEMS OF THE INVENTION In recent years, financial institutions such as banks have been equipped with automatic cash dispensers, automatic deposit dispensers and money changers in unmanned corners in order to save labor in window operations. In addition, an automatic cash deposit / withdrawal machine is installed at the teller's window, and the tellers machine operated by the teller automatically deposits / withdraws cash. According to teller's instructions at the window, cash is received or deposited from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine.

However, in these currency transaction devices, the money stored in the built-in cassette etc. is lost due to the withdrawal work, and when the remaining amount is very small, the money needs to be replenished and the deposit work is performed. When money storage was full or close to it, it needed to be collected.

A money management machine that can automatically run for these replenishments and collections is arranged, and it automatically travels to the place of the transaction device where the need for replenishment and collection occurs, and the replenishment and collection are performed.
This money management machine is equipped with an on-board battery to supply power during traveling and to supply power during replenishment and recovery processing. The voltage immediately drops, and normal functions cannot be performed, and there is the complexity of having to constantly charge the battery. In addition, when the management machine runs automatically in the bank, it is conceivable to run electric wires around the floor or ceiling and supply power like a train from there, but since there are bankers there is a risk of contact and electric shock. Is dangerous. Therefore, you should try to load the battery as little as possible.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a power supply device for a money management machine that automatically replenishes or collects money in the above-described money transaction device.

Summary of the invention: Detects the current amount of money stored in a denomination-type cassette built in a money transaction device that performs money deposit processing and money withdrawal processing, and exceeds or falls below a predetermined upper and lower limit quantity. When the above occurs, the money is collected or replenished between the built-in collection / replenishment cassette and the denomination-type cassette, and the current amount of money stored in the collection / replenishment cassette. Is detected, and when it goes out of the preset setting range, connect a currency management machine that can run,
A power supply means provided in the money transaction device and a power input means provided in the money management device are coupled to each other, and the money management device is connected to the money trading device by the power supplied from the money trading device. On the other hand, a collection / replenishment cassette containing money is collected or replenished.

Embodiment of the invention; FIG. 1 shows an example of a money transaction system at a bank counter to which the present invention is applied, which is a currency management machine capable of traveling with respect to a plurality of banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machines 100 which are currency transaction devices. At 200, money can be automatically replenished and collected. Also, next to each automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, there is a tellers machine 300 for tellers to deal with customers and for the tellers to perform operations necessary for trading operations. It is designed to carry out banking transactions together with the machine 100. Then, on the upper part of the customer side 1 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, there are an input port 101 for the customer to insert banknotes for deposit and a payment return port 102 for payment and return of banknotes to the customer. It is provided as a primary side, and at the upper part of the teller side 2, a bill insertion slot 103 and a payment return slot 104 operated by the teller are provided as a secondary side. Further, a wireless antenna 105 for transmitting a call signal requesting replenishment or collection of banknotes to the money management machine 200 is provided at the center of the upper surface of each automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100. On the side surface of the teller side 2, a connection sensor (light emitting unit) 106 used for alignment when connecting to the money management machine 200, and a data output section 107 for outputting data and the like to the connected money management machine 200. Is provided, and connection portions 108A and 108B for mechanically connecting and fixing the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 are provided on both sides of the side surface. The connection sensor 10
6 is a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode, and the data output unit 1
Data can be input and output to and from the money management machine 200 in 07 by an optical signal or an electric signal, and further by an acoustic coupler, but in this example, an electric signal by a mechanical connector is used. Further, a shutter 109 that can be opened and closed is provided between the connecting portions 108A and 108B, and when the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 are connected, the shutter 10 is opened.
9 is opened so that bills can be taken in or taken out between them.

On the other hand, on the desk 301 of the tellers machine 300 where the customer and the teller deal with each other, an operation unit 302 including a keyboard for inputting transaction data is provided. A CRT display device 303 provided in the center of the desk 301 displays bill ejection data, data input from the operation unit 302, and other transaction contents.
Adjacent to the CRT display device 303, there are provided an outlet 304 for outputting a journal and a journal of a slip printing machine, and a passbook insertion opening 305 for inserting a passbook into the passbook printing machine.

Further, the money management machine 200 receives the call signal automatically transmitted from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 by the antenna 201, so that the induction band 3 laid on the floor and the branching from the induction strip 3 are separated from each automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100. Secondary induction zone 3A, 3 extending to
Automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 1 that automatically runs along B, ...
The vehicle runs to the approaching position facing 00, that is, the stop marks 4A, 4B, ... Provided at the ends of the auxiliary guiding zones 3A, 3B ,. Then, the connecting portion 108 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100.
A, 108B and corresponding connection part 202A of the money management machine 200,
202B is mechanically connected, the shutters 109 and 203 are opened, and the bills are replenished (the bills are supplied from the money management machine 200) and collected (the bills are transferred to the money management machine 200) between them.
Therefore, a connection sensor (light receiving unit) 205 and a data input unit 204 are also provided on the front surface of the money management machine 200. The connection sensor 205 is a light receiving element such as a phototransistor and receives light from the connection sensor 106. The position is accurately controlled to a position suitable for delivering banknotes. Further, obstacle detection sensors 206 and 207 using optical or ultrasonic waves for detecting obstacles are provided on the front and rear surfaces of the money management machine 200 in the traveling direction, respectively, and the floor of the management machine 200 is provided. Bumper 208 for absorbing shock of collision at the periphery of the part
Are installed around. Then, on the front and rear surfaces of the bumper 208, obstacle detection sensors 209 and 210 utilizing optical or ultrasonic waves for detecting obstacles on the floor are provided, and on the upper surface of the management machine 200. A warning lamp 211 is provided, and a bill take-out port 212 for taking out bills by an operator or the like and a bill feed port 213 for feeding bills.
Is provided. Note that the bill outlet 212 is for manually ejecting the bill from the built-in reject box 214, and is normally closed by a shutter or a door, and the ejection of the bill in the reject box 214 is prohibited. . In addition, the bill supply port 213 is designed so that bills can be collectively put into a built-in bill feeding box 215 by hand, or a cassette containing bills can be loaded and taken in, and a lid is usually provided. Closed in.

Next, the schematic configuration of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the bills inserted into the primary-side insertion opening 101 are taken inside one by one by a not-shown taking-in mechanism and conveyed. The route a → b is sent to the identification unit 110, and the secondary side inlet 103
The bills inserted in the bill are taken into the inside one by one by a take-in mechanism (not shown), and passed through the conveying paths e → a → b to identify the bill 110.
Sent as a deposit banknote. Banknotes conveyed through the conveying path k are also input to the identification unit 110, but the identification unit 110 identifies high-grade identification for authenticity, denomination, front and back, correctness, thickness, skew, etc. of deposited banknotes. For other banknotes, low-grade identification for identifying denomination, thickness, skew, etc. is performed. Then, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 110 are sent to the front / back reversing unit 111, and the banknotes whose upper side is discriminated by the identification unit 110 are inverted to the front side, and the upper sides of all the banknotes are aligned so as to be, for example, the front side. And sends it to the transport path c. The banknotes sent to the transport path c are further transported to the banknote storage section of the denomination by the transfer paths f → g → h in the case of deposit banknotes and supplementary banknotes. It is composed of temporary holding units 121 to 124 for temporarily pooling the bills and bill storage cassettes 131 to 134 of a denomination for collectively taking in and storing the temporarily held bills. That is, below the transport path h, a temporary holding unit 121 for 10,000-yen banknotes for temporarily holding banknotes according to the denomination identified by the identification unit 110, a temporary holding unit 122, 1,000 for 5000-yen banknotes. Temporary holding section for yen bills 1
23 and a temporary holding unit 124 for temporarily holding the bills to be collected (500 yen bills) are sequentially provided from the downstream side,
Below the temporary holding units 121 to 124, a bill storage cassette 131 for collectively taking in and storing the respective bills.
~ 134 are provided. In this embodiment, the 500-yen banknotes are collected and sequentially exchanged for coins, and therefore the banknotes determined to be 500-yen by the identification unit 110 are temporarily pooled in the temporary holding unit 124 and then collectively. Then, it is stored in the reject cassette 134. Further, the abnormal banknotes that are discriminated by the identification unit 110 as skewed, abnormal thickness, unfit banknotes, etc. are directly stored in the reject cassette 134 through the transport path i without passing through the temporary holding unit 124. This is because such an abnormal bill is likely to cause a transport trouble, and if temporarily held, the probability of the trouble increases accordingly.
Further, a banknote take-out mechanism for taking out the stored banknotes one by one in the lower part of the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133, depending on the denomination as required.
131A to 133A are provided, and the taken-out banknotes are sent to the identification unit 110 via the transport paths k → b.
The reject cassette 134 can be pulled out from the main body, and the banknotes stored in the cassette 134 are pulled out of the cassette and manually collected.

On the other hand, the banknotes sent from the transport paths g to j are discharged to the outside (the money management machine 200) from the discharge port 140, and the replenished banknotes entered from the intake port 141 pass through the transport paths 1 → k → b to identify the bills. The banknotes sent to 110 and payable to the customer are banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133.
The bills to be received by the teller are sent to the payment return port 102 on the primary side after being picked up from the transport path 1 to the identification section 110 on the transport path k → b and then input to the identification unit 110 on the transport path c → d → e. Transport path c
→ Sent to the payment return port on the secondary side via f. The payment return ports 102 and 104 on the primary side and the secondary side are temporarily pooled.
The payment is to be returned after being held at 102A and 104A.

Similarly, when the schematic configuration of the money management machine 200 is shown in FIG. 3 and explained, the collected bills taken in through the inlet 220 are identified by the identification unit 2.
After being input to 21, and at least low-grade identification of denomination, thickness and skew is made, normal banknotes are stored in banknote storage cassettes 231 to 234 of the denomination arranged below via the conveyance path m,
The abnormal banknotes identified by the above identification are stored in the reject box 214 via the transport path m → n. Further, it is necessary to supply the bills to the bill supply box 215 in advance before the opening of the bank, etc., and the bills in the supply box 215 are taken out one by one by a take-out mechanism (not shown) and passed through the conveyance path q to the identification section. Sent to 221. Then, according to the denomination identification of the identification unit 221, 10,000-yen banknotes are stored in the cassettes 231 and 232, 5,000-yen banknotes are stored in the cassette 233, and 1,000-yen banknotes are stored in the cassette 234. The banknotes stored in the cassettes 231 to 234 are taken out one by one through the banknote take-out mechanisms 231A to 234A provided at the lower part of the banknotes at the time of replenishment, depending on the denomination as needed. The taken-out banknotes are sent to the identification unit 222 through the transport path r. The identification unit 222 also performs at least low-grade identification of denomination, thickness, and skew, and normal banknotes are discharged to the outside (the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100) via the conveyance path p and the discharge port 223, and abnormal thickness or skew is generated. Banknotes in a row, or banknotes of different denominations, for example, when bills of other denominations are mixed when taking out 10,000-yen bills, are stored in the reject box 214 via the transport paths s → m → n.

Here, the money management machine 200 is designed so that it can be freely driven by the automatic traveling unit 240 at the bottom.
Reference numeral 0 has four traveling wheels 242 driven by the traveling drive unit 241. The traveling wheel 242 is capable of making a left turn or a right turn as well as traveling forward and backward. Further, the bottom surface of the automatic traveling unit 240 is composed of a light emitting element group and a light receiving element group that irradiate the guide band 3 (3A, 3B) with light and receive the reflected light to detect a positional deviation with respect to the guide band 3. Running sensor
243 is provided, the detection signal of the traveling sensor 243 is input to the guiding unit 262, the guiding signal of the guiding unit 262 is input to the steering control unit 244, and the traveling wheels 242 travel via the traveling driving unit 241. By controlling the direction, the automatic traveling unit 240 automatically travels along the guide strip 3. In addition, the guide method by the optical method is Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-12605.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. In addition, the automatic driving unit 24
Reference numeral 0 has a power supply control unit 245, which supplies power to the traveling drive unit 241 and the like for automatic traveling. The power supply control unit 245 is equipped with a chargeable / dischargeable battery and has a dedicated terminal 245A for automatically charging at a predetermined standby position. That is, the dedicated terminal at the standby position
The 245A is automatically inserted into the power terminal and always charges the battery in standby mode.

Next, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, when the money management machine 200 is connected to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 that has transmitted the call signal, the depositing / dispensing machine 100 supplies power to the money management machine 200. The power supply device will be described. The power supply device comprises a power supply means 170 on the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 side and a power supply input means 280 on the money management machine 200 side. The power supply input means 280 is provided with a gear 281 as shown in FIG. A lead screw 283 rotated by a motor 282, and both ends of the lead screw 283 are axially supported by bearings 284 and 285 fixed to the main body of the management machine 200. Then, from the central portion of the lead screw 283 toward both ends, screw grooves 283A and 283B which are respectively opposite are screwed,
The moving units 286A and 286B in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped that are screwed into the thread grooves 283A and 283B are mounted.
Terminal units 290 are attached to 286B and 286B via a pair of upper and lower arm pieces 287A and 287B. The arm pieces 287A and 287B are rotatably coupled to the moving units 286A and 286B and the terminal unit 290, and the terminal unit 290 moves back and forth in the F or B direction according to the rotation direction of the lead screw 283. That is, the lead screw 283
Since the screw grooves 283A and 283B of the motor 28 are reversed, the motor 28
When the lead screw 283 is rotated in the CW direction by 2, the moving units 286A and 286B move in the P1 and P2 directions, respectively, and the arm pieces 287A and 287B are narrowed, so that the terminal unit 290 advances in the F direction. Conversely, the motor 282 causes the lead screw 283 to CCW.
When rotated in the direction, the moving units 286A and 286B move in the Q1 and Q2 directions, respectively, and the arm units 287A and 287B are unfolded, so that the terminal unit 290 retracts in the B direction. In this way, the terminal unit 290 advances and retreats according to the rotation direction of the motor 282, but the management unit is provided in front of the forward passage.
Guide port 29 protruding from the main body of 200 to the deposit / withdrawal machine 100 side
1 is provided. Further, from the rear end of the terminal unit 290, an electric wire 292 for transmitting the supplied power to each device in the management machine 200 is wired.

Terminal unit 290 and power supply means 170 on the deposit / withdrawal machine 100 side
The details of the terminal unit are as shown in Fig. 5.
At the tip of 290, a guide piece 293A made of a pair of upper and lower insulating materials
And 293B, a terminal piece 294 made of a conductive material for inputting a power source is provided in a substantially central portion, and an electric wire 292 is connected to a rear end portion of the terminal piece 294. In addition, a groove is formed on the front surface of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 facing the terminal unit 290.
A plug terminal 174 made of an insulating material having 171 to 173 is provided, and power supply pieces 175 and 176 made of a pair of conductive materials for sandwiching the inserted terminal piece 294 are mounted in the central groove 172. There is. Then, the rear end portions of the power supply pieces 175 and 176 are connected and fixed with screws, and the electric wires 177 from the power source section are connected.
It is connected to the. Here, the terminal unit 290 and the power supply means 170 are opposed to each other, and when the terminal unit 290 is advanced in the F direction, the guide pieces 293A and 293B engage with the grooves 171 and 173, respectively, and the terminal piece 294 is the power source. Supply piece 175 and
It is designed to be inserted between 176. This allows
The power supplied to the electric wire 177 is the power supply piece 175,176 →
It is given to the electric wire 292 via the terminal piece 294.

Further, FIG. 6 shows an automatic banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and a money management machine 200.
The power supply system of the
The power input from the power supply unit is input to the power supply unit 180, is sent to the power supply unit 170 by the electric wire 177, and is also sent to the connection units 108A and 108B, the communication unit 160 described later, and the deposit / withdrawal unit MIO. Then, the money management machine 200 supplies power from the power supply control unit 245 to the replenishment / recovery unit MCR and communication unit 270, which will be described later, and also supplies power to the automatic traveling unit 240 and the connection units 202A and 202B. . The power supply control unit 245 includes a battery 2451,
It is composed of a charge / discharge control unit 2452 for controlling charge / discharge of the battery 2451 and power supply units 2453 and 2454,
Power supply unit 2453 is the replenishment / recovery unit MCR, and power supply unit 2454 is the connection unit 2
The 02A and 202B are adapted to supply power to the automatic traveling unit 240 and the communication section 270, respectively. Power from the dedicated terminal 245A is supplied to the battery via the charge / discharge control unit 2452.
The power from the electric wire 292 of the power input means 280 is charged to the replenishment / recovery unit MCR via the power supply unit 2453, and the battery 2451 is charged via the charge / discharge control unit 2452.
To charge. Further, the power supply unit 2454 is adapted to drive the motor 282 via the electric wire 282A by the power supply from the battery 2451.

Further, FIG. 7 is a connection diagram showing a partial configuration of the power supply section 180, in which power is supplied from the power plug 181 to the triac 182.
It is designed to be turned on and off by turning on and off. The triac 182 is on / off controlled by the contact 184A of the relay 184 connected to the collector of the transistor 183 which is turned on / off by the control signal CS. In this way, the power supply is controlled and supplied to the power supply means 170 by supplying the power supply means 170 and the power input means 2 while the power is still supplied.
This is because the power supply pieces 175, 176 and the terminal pieces 294 will be damaged by sparks or the like when connected to 80.

On the other hand, the control systems of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 are as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is a microcomputer (microprocessor; hereinafter simply referred to as MPU). ) 150 is designed to perform overall control, and the MPU150 is equipped with the Terrar's machine 300,
A communication unit 160 for transmitting a call signal to the money management machine 200 is connected via the antenna 105. And MPU
150 is connected to the device 152-1 via the bus line 151.
59, identification unit 110, front / back inversion unit 111, data input / output unit 107,
The connection units 108A and 108B and the memory 112 are connected to each other. The one-dot chain line shows the deposit / withdrawal unit MIO. The take-in / return section 152 is a section for taking in the banknotes in the inlet 101 on the primary side one by one through a mechanism for taking out the banknotes and ejecting the banknotes one by one to the payment / return port 102 via the pool section 102A. Yes, the taking-in / returning unit 153 takes in one by one the bills inserted into the secondary-side insertion port 103 through the taking-in mechanism, and also takes one by one banknote into the payment / returning port 104 via the pool unit 104A. This is the part to be discharged. Note that the payment return ports 102 and 104 are normally closed by shutters, and are opened at the time of completion of dispensing and payment. In addition, the take-in / take-out unit 154 takes in the banknotes one by one from the transport path h to the temporary holding units 121 to 124, and collectively holds the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 121 to 124. The take-in / take-out unit 155 takes in the banknotes in the temporary holding sections 121-124 in a batch into the banknote storage cassettes 131-134, and at the same time, the cassette 131
It is a portion for taking out the bills stored in ~ 133 through the bill taking-out mechanisms 131A to 133A one by one at the time of payment or collection. In addition, the conveyance check unit 156 detects occurrences of banknote jams in the conveyance paths a to l by checking the flow of banknotes with an optical sensor. The result of the conveyance path check is that of the Terras machine 300 via the MPU 150. It is designed to be displayed on the CRT display device 303. Storage state detector 1
57 detects the bill storage state of the cassettes 131 to 134 from the contents of the memory 170, and is adapted to determine the states such as "full", "close to full", "no bill", and "only a few left". There is. Since it is only necessary to prevent the reject cassette 134 from being full, the "full" and "close to full" are detected and output. Further, the in-machine take-in section 158 takes in banknotes from the take-in port 141 for replenishment, sends them to the identification section 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b →, and is determined to be a normal banknote here (this In the case of 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 1,000-yen banknotes, which do not include the 500-yen banknotes), the front / back reversing unit 111 → conveying path c → f → g
-> H is sent to the temporary holding sections 121 to 123, and the defective banknotes in which the skew or the thickness abnormality is detected by the identification section 110 are conveyed through the conveyance path c → f.
→ Return from the outlet 140 to the money management machine 200 through g → j. On the other hand, the out-of-machine discharge unit 159 is the storage cassette 131-
At least one of 133 is "full" or "close to full"
When it becomes, the sheets are taken out one by one from the corresponding storage cassette for collection via the bill take-out mechanisms 131A to 133A, sent to the identification path 110 via the conveyance paths 1 → k → b, and further conveyed to the conveyance path c →.
It is discharged from the discharge port 140 to the money management machine 200 through f → g → j. In this case, the abnormal bill in which the skew or thickness abnormality is detected by the identification unit 110 is directly stored in the reject cassette 134 through the transport paths c → f → g → i.

By the way, the memory 112 is composed of RAM and ROM, and R
The AM has a money type counting memory, and the ROM stores programs and the like for controlling the entire automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100. That is, the ROM in the memory 112 is the state value of the storage cassettes 131 to 134 with respect to the other storage state detection sensor 157 of the program. For the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133, "full" is "1000" and "close to full". Is "800", "standard number"
"500 sheets" is stored in advance, "200 sheets remaining" is "200 sheets", and "no banknotes" is "0 sheets".
Number of storage cassettes 131-133 that are "close to full"
When the number (800 or more) or the number of "remaining few" (200 or more) is reached, the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 transmits a call signal to collect or supplement bills. Also, the storage cassette 131
~ When any of 133 becomes "full", the deposit transaction is suspended and the money management machine 200 collects banknotes,
When any of the storage cassettes 131 to 133 becomes “no banknote”, the withdrawal transaction is temporarily stopped and the money management machine 20
At 0, replenish bills. On the other hand, regarding the reject cassette 134, “full” is set to “500 sheets” and “close to full” is set to “450 sheets” and stored in the ROM,
If the storage state detection unit 157 determines that “close to full”, M
The PU 150 displays the fact on the CRT display device 303 of the tellers machine 300, and takes out the stored banknotes.

The money management machine 200 has two microcomputers (microprocessors; hereinafter, simply referred to as MPUs) 250 and 260 which are connected to each other, and the MPU 250 is mainly replenished /
The collection unit MCR is controlled, and the MPU 260 mainly controls the automatic traveling unit 240, both of which receive the call signal from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 via the antenna 201 and the communication unit 270. To do. In this case, the communication unit 270 receives the call signal and gives a traveling start command to the MPU 260, and identifies which automatic depositing / dispensing machine issued the call signal and gives information to the MPU 260. The MPU 250 is connected to the collecting unit 252, the replenishing unit 253, the memory 257, etc. via the bus line 251, and the MPU 260 is connected to the guiding unit 262, the memory 264, etc. via the bus line 261. Here, the collection unit 252 is a unit that receives the collected banknotes that are taken in one by one from the intake port 220, and collects the banknotes in the banknote storage cassettes 231 to 234 by the denomination from the transport path m via the identification unit 221. 253 is a bill taking-out mechanism 231A from the storage cassettes 231 to 234 when the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 replenishes bills.
At the portion where the banknotes are taken out one by one to the conveyance path r via the ˜234A, and the identification unit 222 identifies the banknotes, and then the banknotes having no abnormality are replenished from the discharge port 223 to the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 via the conveyance path p. is there. The storage state detection unit 254 detects the storage state of the banknotes in the cassettes 231 to 234 and the reject box 214 from the contents of the memory 257, and is “full”, “close to full”,
The storage state such as "no banknote" or "remaining little" is determined, and the state is displayed on the alarm unit 255. Supply box 215
Banknotes to the storage cassettes 231-234 from the
A bill is discharged from 223. The conveyance check unit 256 detects occurrences of banknote jams in the conveyance paths m to s by checking the flow of banknotes with an optical sensor.
When an abnormality occurs, the alarm unit 255 gives an alarm. Further, the guiding unit 262 inputs the detection signal from the running sensor 243 and cooperates with the steering control unit 244 to run the automatic running unit 240 along the guiding band 3 (3A, 3B ...) On the floor. Is. The alarm unit 263 is the automatic traveling unit 240.
The obstacle detection sensor 206, 20
The alarm lamp 211 is turned on or blinks when the 7 and 209, 210 detect an obstacle and stop, when the automatic traveling unit 240 fails, or when the battery is being charged.

Here, the memory 257 is composed of a ROM storing a bill processing program and a RAM including a counting memory for each denomination, and the memory 264 is a ROM storing a traveling program of the automatic traveling unit 240, You can control the direction while driving,
It is composed of a RAM that stores information necessary for detecting obstacles and controlling power supply. Then, in the ROM of the memory 257, "full" is "500" for the banknote storage cassettes 231 to 234 as the status value of the banknotes stored in the storage state detection unit 254.
"Full" is "450", "Only a few" is "50"
“No sheet” and “no banknote” are set to “0 sheet”, and the reject box 214 is set to “500 sheets” for “full” and “450 sheets” for “close to full”.

With such a configuration, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIG. 10 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the overall operation of the currency transaction processing. In the standby state (step S1), the money management machine 200
Is placed in a standby position at a predetermined position in the bank, and in this standby state, the battery in the power supply control unit 245 is charged via the dedicated terminal 245A. Also, a money management machine
Inside the 200 supply box 215, you can open the door etc.
A predetermined number (for example, 500) of banknotes are supplied from 213 prior to the start of business. And each automatic deposit and withdrawal machine 100
Indicates whether it is always a deposit process (step S2) or whether it is a dispense process (step S3), it is necessary to collect or replenish the banknotes stored in the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, and a call signal is transmitted. It is determined whether or not (step S4) and whether or not it is an accident (step S5). When the deposit mode key of the operation unit 302 of the tellers machine 300 is operated, the deposit process (step S4) is performed. S100) is executed, and similarly, the withdrawal mode key of the operation unit 302 is operated, whereby the withdrawal process (step S200) is executed and a standby state is set. In addition, when it is necessary to collect or replenish bills in one of the bill storage cassettes of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, a call signal is transmitted via the antenna 105 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, and the money management machine. By requesting the proper management of banknotes to 200, a banknote management process (step S300) described below is executed, and then a standby state is set. In addition, deposit and withdrawal machine 100
When a jam or failure of a bill occurs in itself, the machine itself is stopped as an accident, the contents of the accident are displayed on the CRT display device 303 of the Terras machine 300, and when the accident is released, the machine returns to the standby state again (step S6). .

Next, an operation example of the banknote management process (step S300) will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 and 12 (A). (B). FIG. 11 shows the automatic banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 100 side. An operation example is shown, and FIGS. 12 (A) and 12 (B) show operation examples on the money management machine 200 side.

First, the operation of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. 11 will be described. The banknote storage cassettes 131 to 134 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 will be described.
The number of stored banknotes is always detected by the storage state detection unit 157, and it is necessary to collect the stored banknotes from the cassette when any one of the cassettes 131 to 133 becomes "800" or more which is "close to full". Yes, or "200 remaining"
It is necessary to replenish the cassette with bills when the number of sheets becomes “less than or equal to”. Therefore, in the case of such a management request, the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 operates from the antenna 105 through the MPU 150 and the communication unit 160 to the money management machine. A call signal for calling 200 is sent (step S301). The operation of the money management machine 200 which receives the call signal and automatically runs will be described later, but the money management machine 200 runs and sends and receives the call signal. When stopped at the stop mark in front of the machine 100, the connection parts 108A, 108B of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the connection parts 202A, 202B of the money management machine 200 are mechanically connected and fixed (step S302), and the data is output. The automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 via the section 107 and the data input section 204.
It becomes possible to transmit a signal from the money management machine 200 side. At this time, power supply means 170 and power input means 2 described later
The connection with 80 is made, and power is supplied from the depositing / dispensing machine 100 to the management machine 200. Here, the MPU 150 determines whether the automatic depositing / dispensing machine that issued the call signal is requesting for collection or requesting for replenishment from the signal that is sent,
If both are requested, the recovery process is performed first, and then the replenishment process is performed (step S3).
03). If a recovery process is required, first the data output unit 10
The collection start command is output from the 7 to the money management machine 200 side (step S304), and the external discharge unit 159 is turned on (step S30).
5), the bills are taken out one by one from the corresponding cassettes 131 to 133 via the take-in / take-out unit 155 and the bill take-out mechanisms 131A to 133A, and sent to the identification unit 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b (step S306). ). The identification unit 110 identifies the collected bills sent (step S307), and stores the abnormal bills in the reject cassette 134 via the conveyance paths c → f → g → i without performing the front / back reversal (step S308). , S317), for the normal banknotes, the front and back reversing unit 111 aligns the front and back sides of the banknotes, and then the transfer path c → f → g → j, and then the discharge port 140 to the intake port 220 of the management machine 200 connected thereto. The banknote is discharged (steps S308, S309). At this time, the denomination-type counting memory in the memory 112 carries out addition counting of “+1” corresponding to the taking out of the banknotes, and the withdrawal counting pulse is also inputted to the high / main memory to perform subtraction counting. Has become
The collecting operation is repeated until the standard number of banknotes stored in the cassette reaches 500, and when the number of banknotes stored reaches 500, the removal is completed (step S310). The number of bills stored in the cassettes 131 to 133 is determined by the memory data of the corresponding high / low main memory. In this way, when the removal of one denomination is completed, it is next determined whether or not a similar collecting operation is required for the other denomination (step
S311), if it is necessary to collect other denominations, the process returns to step S306 and the same collecting operation as described above is performed. If collection of other denominations is not necessary, the out-of-machine discharging unit 159 is turned off (step S312), and the contents of the denomination type counting memory are transferred to the withdrawal main memory (step S31).
3), outputting a collection end command to the money management machine 200 side to notify that the bill collection operation is completed (step S314).
After that, the MPU 150 determines whether or not the banknotes need to be replenished in any of the cassettes 131 to 133 (step S31).
5) If the replenishment is not necessary, the connection between the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 is turned off (step S316), and the management process ends. At this time, the power supply means 170 and the power input means 280
The connection with is also canceled.

Further, if it is determined in step S303 that the collection process is not necessary and the replenishment process is necessary, the bill replenishment operation is started if it is determined in step S315 that the replenishment is necessary, but in this case, The on-board capture unit 158 is turned on (step S320). Then, the data output unit 107 and the data input unit 2
A replenishment start command is output to the money management machine 200 side through 04 together with the required denomination and the number of coins (step S321).
Demands the replenishment of banknotes of required denominations to 200. Money management machine 200
The banknotes discharged from the side are taken into the pay-in / pay-out device through the intake port 141, sent to the identification unit 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b, and the banknotes are identified (step S322). It is returned from the discharge port 140 to the money management machine 200 via the transport paths c → f → g → j (step S332). In addition, for normal bills, after the front and back of the bills are aligned by the front and back reversing unit 111, the conveyance path c → f
After passing through → g → h, the money is temporarily held in the temporary holding units 121 to 123 of the corresponding money type, and “+1” is added to the corresponding deposit buffer memory (count memory of the money type) (steps S324, S325). ). In this case, cassette 131-133
The number of stored sheets is known in the high-main memory, and the above replenishment operation is repeated until the number of stored sheets reaches 500, which is set to the standard number (step S326). Then, when the number of stored sheets reaches 500 and the import is completed, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to replenish bills for other denominations (step S327), and replenishment for other denominations is performed. If necessary, the above replenishment operation is repeated.

In-flight take-in section when replenishment for other denominations is not required
158 is turned off (step S328), and the banknotes held in the temporary holding sections 121 to 124 are collectively stored in the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 134 via the take-in / take-out section 154 (step S32).
9). Then, the data counted and added to the deposit buffer memory is transferred to the deposit main memory and the high amount main memory (step S330), and the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 outputs a replenishment end command to the money management machine 200. Then, it notifies that the replenishment operation is completed (step S331). After that, the connection between the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the money management machine 200 is turned off, and the management process ends.

Next, the bill management process as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 (A) and (B) for the operation on the currency management machine 200 side,
The money management machine 200 normally stands by at a predetermined position,
When a call signal from any of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is received via the antenna 201 and the communication unit 270 (step S34
0), first, through the storage state detection unit 254, it is determined whether or not there are sufficient banknotes for replenishment in the storage cassettes 231 to 234 of its own or there is room to collect them (step S341), and the appropriate number of banknotes is obtained. If not, the alarm unit 255 issues an alarm (step S342). If no call signal is received, it is determined whether there is an accident (step S34
3) In case of an accident, the alarm unit 255 similarly issues an alarm (step S334). If the bill is not an accident, the MPU 260 drives the drive wheel 24 via the traveling drive unit 241 of the automatic traveling unit 240 in accordance with a traveling start command from the communication unit 270.
The money management machine 200 by driving 2 and determining which call signal is sent from the deposit / withdrawal machine.
Starts traveling toward the automatic depositing / dispensing machine that transmitted the call signal (step S345). In this case, the power input means 280
The terminal unit 290 of is retracted in the B direction,
The triac 182 of the power supply unit 180 is off, and the power supply means 170 is not supplied with power. Therefore, the automatic traveling unit 240 is supplied with power from the battery 2451 via the charge / discharge control unit 2452 and the power supply unit 2454. Then, the money management machine 200 has the obstacle detection sensor 20.
6,207 and 209,210 detect whether or not there is an obstacle in the traveling direction of the management machine and on the floor thereof (step S346). When an obstacle is detected, the traveling is stopped (step S3).
47), blinks or lights the alarm lamp 211 via the alarm unit 263 (step S348). After that, wait until the alarm is released, that is, wait until the obstacle is removed (step S3
49), proceed to steering control in step S350 as if there were no obstacles. In this steering control, the traveling sensor 243 detects the displacement of the guide bands 3, 3A, 3B, ... On the floor, and controls the direction of the traveling wheel 242 via the steering control unit 244 so that the displacement is zero. By doing so, the vehicle travels to the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 that has transmitted the call signal and stops at the position of the stop mark (4A, 4B) provided in front of it (steps S351, S35).
2). At this position, the connecting portion 108A of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine 100,
108B and the connecting sections 202A, 202B of the money management machine 200 are mechanically connected and fixed (step S353), and data is transferred between the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 via the data output section 107 and the data input section 204. At the same time, power is supplied from the power supply 2454 to the motor 282 via the electric wire 282A to enable communication.
By rotating the lead screw 283 in the CW direction via the moving units 286A and 286B,
The terminal unit 290 moves in the P2 direction and advances in the F direction via the arm pieces 287A and 287B. In this way, when the terminal unit 290 is advanced, it engages with the plug terminal 174 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 facing through the guide port 291 and the supply pieces 175, 176.
And the terminal piece 294 contact each other. Such a terminal unit 290
The engagement between the plug terminal 174 and the plug terminal 174 is detected by a microswitch, an optical sensor, or the like, and based on this, the MPU 150 outputs the control signal CS to turn on the transistor 183, and the relay 184 connected thereto operates. When the contact 184A is turned on, the triac 182 becomes conductive. As a result, the power from the power plug 181 is input to the power supply means 170, passes through the supply pieces 175 and 176 and the terminal piece 294, and the money management machine 200
Side is supplied with power (step S353A). Therefore, thereafter, power is supplied from the power supply unit 2453 to the replenishment / recovery unit MCR, and the battery 2451 is charged via the charge / discharge control unit 2452. Next, MPU250 is a banknote automatic deposit and withdrawal machine 100
It is determined whether or not a recovery start command, a replenishment start command, or both are input from (steps S354, S35).
Five).

When the collection start command is input from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, the MPU 250 turns on the collecting unit 252 (step S356), and the bill inlet port 220 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is received 220. And the low-level identification is performed by the identification unit 221 (step S357). If the result of identification is an abnormal bill, it is conveyed to the reject box 214 via the conveyance path m → n (steps S358, S359), and if it is a normal bill, the identification unit 221.
According to the denomination identified in step m, the bills are stored in the bill storage cassettes 231 to 234 from the conveyance path m (step S360), and the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 10
The collection operation is repeated from 0 until a collection end command is input (step S361). In this case, a collection count pulse is generated according to the collected banknotes, the counted number is added to the high capacity memory in the memory 257, and the rejected banknote is counted by inputting the reject signal to the high capacity memory. In addition, regarding storage and removal of 10,000 yen tickets, in this example, cassettes 231, 23
The priority is higher in the order of 2.

When a collection end command is output from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and is input to the money management machine 100, the MPU 250 turns off the collecting unit 252 (step S362) and determines whether a replenishment start command is further input. Yes (step S363). Here, when the replenishment start command is input in step S355 or step S363, the MPU 250 turns on the replenishment unit 253 (step S380), and according to the denomination and the quantity set in the memory 257, the bill ejection mechanism 231A. Through 234A, the banknotes are taken out one by one from the banknote storage cassettes 231 to 234 and sent to the conveying path r, and the conveying path r sends the taken out banknotes to the identifying unit 222 to identify the banknotes (step S381). Here, when an abnormal bill having a skew or an abnormal thickness is detected, the bill is conveyed to the reject box 214 via the conveying paths s → m → n (steps S382, S386), and if the bill is a normal bill, the conveying path is conveyed. Intake port 14 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 connected from the discharge port 223 via p.
The data is sent to the deposit / withdrawal machine 100 via 1 (step S383). Such a bill replenishment operation is repeated until the replenishment / dispensing machine 100 outputs a replenishment end command (step S384).
When the supplement end command is output from 100, the MPU 250 turns off the supplement unit 253 (step S385), and the next step S364A.
And it progresses to S364 and the money management machine 200 and the banknote automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 100.
Turn off the connection with. Based on the end of the recovery process and / or the supplement process, the MPU 150 outputs the control signal CS to turn off the transistor 183 and the relay contact 184A to turn off the triac 182, and thereby the power supply means 170.
Turn off the power supply to. Therefore, the replenishment / recovery section MC
The power supply to R is stopped, and the charging of the battery 2451 via the charge / discharge control unit 2452 is stopped.
After that, the power supply unit 2454 drives the motor 282 via the electric wire 282A by the discharge power from the battery 2451, and rotates the lead screw 283 in the CCW direction via the gear 281. As a result, the moving units 286A and 286B move in the Q1 and Q2 directions, respectively, and the arm units 287A and 287B are expanded, whereby the terminal unit 290 is retracted in the B direction. In this way, the connection between the plug terminal 174 and the terminal unit 290 is released.

When the connection with the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 in which bill management is performed in this way is released, the money management machine 200 returns to a predetermined standby position, or advances to the position of another automatic depositing / dispensing machine that issued a call signal. Although similar currency management is performed, in this example, an operation example of returning to a predetermined standby position will be described. When the connection with the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is released, the money management machine 200 determines whether there is an obstacle, and if there is an obstacle, blinks or lights the alarm lamp 211 (step S365, S368), if there is no obstacle, drive as described above (step
S370), if there is an obstacle on the traveling path, the traveling is stopped and the alarm lamp 211 blinks or lights up (step S371,
S375, S376). If there is no obstacle, the same steering control as described above is performed (step S37).
2) Run to a predetermined standby position and stop (step S
373, S374).

By the way, in the above-described power supply device, the terminal unit 290
The terminal piece 294 of the plug terminal 174 is inserted into the supply pieces 175 and 176 of the plug terminal 174, but as shown in FIG.
Attach the contact metal fitting 178 with the end surface protruding to 4, mount the slide metal fitting 296 on the corresponding part of the terminal unit 290 so that it slides in the mounting hole 295, and attach the tip of the slide metal fitting 296 and the mounting hole 295.
A spring 297 may be provided between and. In this case, when the terminal unit 290 is advanced in the F direction, the tip of the sliding metal fitting 296 contacts the front surface of the contact metal fitting 178, and when it is further advanced, the sliding metal fitting 296 slides in the mounting hole 295 and escapes. Metal fittings
178 is pressed by the elastic action of the spring 297. Plug terminal
The 174 and the terminal unit 290 may have any structure as long as they can be electrically connected. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, in the power cutoff circuit of the power supply unit 180, the contact 184A of the relay 184 may be used as it is as a power conduction / cutoff switch.

By the way, in the above description, the automatic banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the money management machine 2
Although the bills are collected and replenished one by one with respect to 00, it is also possible to collect and replenish the bills in cassette units, which will be described below.

The schematic configuration of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 in this case will be described with reference to FIG. 15. The banknotes inserted into the primary-side insertion opening 101 are taken into the inside one by one by a not-illustrated taking-in mechanism,
The banknotes sent to the identification unit 110 via the transfer paths a → b and inserted into the secondary-side insertion port 103 are taken into the inside one by one by a not-illustrated take-in mechanism. → It is sent as a deposit banknote to the identification unit 110 via b. The banknotes identified by the identification unit 110 are sent to the front / back reversing unit 111, and the banknotes whose upper side is discriminated by the identification unit 110 are inverted to the front side and all the banknotes are aligned and conveyed so that the upper sides are, for example, the front side. Send to path c. The banknotes sent to the transport path c are further transported in the case of deposit banknotes and replenishment banknotes (banknotes replenished from the collection / replenishment cassette (hereinafter referred to as collection / replenishment cassette) 500 to the cassettes 131 to 134). The bills are conveyed to the banknote storing units of the denominations through the paths f → g → h, and the banknote storing units include temporary holding units 121 to 124 for temporarily pooling the banknotes of the denominations.
Banknote storage cassettes 131 to 1 of denominations for collectively capturing and storing the banknotes stored in the temporary storage units 121 to 124.
It consists of 34 and. That is, below the transport path h, a temporary holding unit 121 for 10,000-yen banknotes for temporarily holding banknotes according to the denomination identified by the identification unit 110, a temporary holding unit 122, 1,000 for 5000-yen banknotes. A temporary holding unit 123 for yen bills and a temporary holding unit 124 for temporarily holding the banknotes to be collected are sequentially provided from the downstream side.
Below the .about.124, bill storing cassettes 131 to 134 for collectively taking in and storing the bills are arranged. In this embodiment, the 500-yen banknotes are collected and sequentially exchanged for coins, and therefore, the banknotes determined to be 500-yen by the identification unit 110 are temporarily pooled in the temporary holding unit 124, and then collectively. Then, it is stored in the reject cassette 134. Further, the abnormal banknotes that are discriminated by the identifying unit 110 as skewed, abnormal in thickness, unfit, and the like are also stored in the reject cassette 134 via the temporary holding unit 124. Further, at the bottom of the banknote storage cassettes 131 to 133, banknote takeout mechanisms 131A to 133A for taking out the stored banknotes one by one, according to need, according to denomination, are provided, and the taken out banknotes are conveyed paths l → k → It is adapted to be sent to the identification unit 110 via b.

On the other hand, the banknotes in the collection / replenishment cassette 500 are discharged one by one to the transport path 1 via the banknote take-out mechanism 501 provided at the bottom thereof, and sent to the identification section 110 via the transport paths 1 → k → b. After being conveyed, the conveyance path c → f → g → h and the temporary holding section 121
~ 123 and stored in storage cassettes 131-133. Further, the bills to be paid and the bills to be collected in the cassette 500 are taken out from the bill storage cassettes 131 to 133 to the transport path 1 and input to the identification unit 110 through the transport path k → b. Then, the banknotes to be paid to the customer are sent to the payment return port 102 on the primary side through the transfer paths c → d → e, and the banknotes to be received by the teller are the transfer paths c.
→ It is sent to the payment return port 104 on the secondary side via f. Further, a cassette take-in / take-out section 503 is provided at the lower part of the connecting / discharging machine 100 on the connection side.
A cassette is moved like A → 500, and in the case of cassette collection, a collection / replenishment cassette is taken in or taken out like 500 → 500A.

Similarly, the schematic configuration of the money management machine 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
Cassette take-in / take-out section 510 to take out 00 and refill
The money management machine 200 is configured to travel along the guide 3 by the automatic traveling unit 240 at the bottom, as described above. Here, cassette loading / unloading section 510
Referring to FIG. 17 and subsequent figures, a pair of cassette support pieces 512A and 512B for mounting the collection / replenishment cassette 500 in a three-dimensional shape are provided below the cassette supply port 511 for each denomination. The cassette support pieces 512A, 512B are threaded at the central portion thereof, and a pair of screw rods 513A, 513B are installed upright so as to be screwed onto the cassette support pieces 512A, 512B.
It is designed to move up and down in synchronization. A drive mechanism 514 engaged so as to rotate in synchronization is attached to each lower end of the screw rods 513A and 513B, and the drive mechanism 514 for each denomination is provided for each denomination. It is driven by a motor 515. Therefore, when the motor 515 rotates the screw rods 513A, 513B in the CCW direction via the drive mechanism 514, the cassette support pieces 512A, 512A screwed to the screw rods 513A, 513B,
The 512B respectively descend in the D direction in synchronization with each other, and rise in the U direction in synchronization with the rotation of the screw rods 513A and 513B in the CW direction. In this case, projections 516 are provided in the vertical direction on the back surface of each of the cassette support pieces 513A and 513B.
A wall 51 in which 16 is arranged so as to sandwich the support pieces 512A and 512B.
By engaging with the guide groove 517A of 7, the screw rod 513
The rotation of A and 513B prevents the support pieces 512A and 512B from rotating. This allows the cassette support pieces 512A, 512
Collection / mounted on the mounting piece 518 extending in the opposite direction of B
The replenishment cassette 500 can be smoothly raised or lowered (see FIGS. 18 and 19). Also, collect /
A data storage unit 519 for storing the cassette number, the denomination and the number of stored banknotes, etc. is provided on the side surface of the refill cassette 500, and the banknotes are stored from an entrance / exit 520 provided on the upper surface of the cassette. It can be taken out or taken out. The data storage unit 519 is used for reading / writing C-MOS.
It is composed of a writable memory or a readable / writable memory with a built-in battery, and in the management machine 200, at a predetermined upper limit position of the cassette 500 as shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. The data input / output unit 521 attached to the 517 is designed to input / output data, and in the depositing / dispensing machine 100, the data provided on the wall portion of the cassette storage unit 502 as shown in FIG. 20. The input / output unit 522 inputs and outputs data. In this case, if the memory has a built-in battery, it is possible to optically input / output data to / from the data input / output units 521 and 522. If the data storage unit 519 is read-only, the storage content is only the cassette number, and the cassette number, the denomination and the number of stored banknotes are stored in the data management device provided in the delivery room or the like. Based on the cassette number read out by the depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the money management machine 200, the data management device may communicate with each other so that the number of bills can be added or subtracted according to the denomination. Further, a banknote take-out mechanism 501 for taking out the banknotes one by one and a banknote outlet therefor are provided on the bottom surface of the collection / replenishment cassette 150, and are normally closed by a shutter.

On the other hand, below the space between the screw rods 513A and 513B, the motor
A conveyor 524 driven by 523 is provided,
A conveyor 526, which is driven by a motor 525 and is rotatable about the motor shaft as a fulcrum, is connected to the outer end of the motor 525. Then, the lower limit position where the cassette supporting pieces 512A, 512B can be lowered is set to be lower than the upper surface of the conveyor 524, and the conveyor 5 is passed through the upper surface of the stopped conveyor 524.
The collection / replenishment cassette 500 can be transferred between the 24 and the mounting pieces 518 of the support pieces 512A and 512B.
26 is normally in the II position, and the shutter 203 is closed so that it cannot be seen. The shutter 203 is opened, and the conveyor 526 is rotated to the I position.
In the case where 00 and the money management machine 200 are connected to take out and take in the cassette 500, the conveyor 526 is placed on the introduction guide 108C of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 as shown in FIG. Has become. A plurality of rotation-free rollers 527 are provided on the upper surface of the introduction guide 108C so that the conveyor 526 placed as shown in FIG. 21 can smoothly rotate. In addition, a pair of belt conveyors 5 forming an intake / extraction unit 503 on both sides of the upper surface of the introduction guide 108C.
28 and 529 are provided, and the collection / replenishment cassette 500 transferred to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 side as shown in FIGS. 15 and 21.
Cassette storage part 5 by cooperating A with conveyors 526 and 528,529
It can be stored in 02 or taken out from the cassette storage section 502. A shutter 109 that can be opened and closed up and down, for example, is provided at the entrance / exit of the cassette housing 502, and the side wall of the cassette housing 502 allows data input / output with the data storage 519 of the cassette. A data input / output unit 522 is provided. Further, a storage port 530 for storing a banknote through an inlet / outlet 520 of the cassette 500 is provided on the upper part of the cassette storage part 502, and a banknote taken out through the banknote takeout mechanism 501 of the cassette 500 is provided on the bottom surface. An intake port 531 is provided for taking in each one.

Note that FIG. 22 shows another example of the cassette loading / unloading section 510, in which the conveyor 524 is driven by a motor 525 and can be rotated to positions III and IV with the motor shaft as a fulcrum. ing. Further, the collection / replenishment cassette 500 is a pair of mounting pieces 532 rotatably supported in a horizontal position.
It is designed to be mounted between A and 532B, and each mounting piece 53
2A and 532B are rotating pieces 533A and 53 that are connected in a cross shape, respectively.
It is supported by the end of 3B, and the rotating pieces 533A and 533B are the motor 5
It is rotated at 34. When the motor 534 is rotationally driven, the conveyor 524 is rotated to the III position so that the rotation is not hindered, and the desired cassette mounted on the mounting pieces 532A and 532B is at the bottom. When the position is reached, the conveyor 524 is set to the IV position to transfer the collection / replenishment cassette 500. Further, when delivering the cassette on the conveyor 524 to the placing pieces 532A and 532B, the conveyor 524
Rotates the placing pieces 532A and 532B to the lowest position at the IV position, rotates the conveyor 524 in the reverse direction (rightward in the drawing) and stops at the standby position, and then rotates the placing pieces. By doing. In this case, input / output of data to / from the data storage unit 519 of the cassette 500 is performed via a data input / output unit (not shown) at the lowest position (delivery position).

Next, the collection and replenishment processing of the cassette will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 23. The currency management machine 200 opens the shutter 203 via the shutter section (step S521) and turns on the power (step S521A). After that, the conveyor 526 is rotated from the II position to the I position via the movement drive unit 252 (step S522), and the conveyor 52 is moved as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21.
6 is placed on the roller 527 of the introduction guide 108C of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100. When it is separately confirmed by the sensor that the conveyor 526 is placed on the roller 527 of the introduction guide 108C,
The MPU 150 of the deposit / withdrawal machine 100 has a shutter 109 via the shutter section.
Is opened (step S523), it is determined whether to collect or replenish the collection / replenishment cassette (step S524), and in the case of collection, the MPU 250 causes the conveyor 524 and the 526 motor 523.
And 525 are driven to reverse the rotation (step S525).
At the same time, the MPU 150 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 reverses the conveyors 528 and 529 of the loading / unloading unit 503 (step S52
6), the cassette stored in the cassette storage unit 502 is transferred to the outside, and at the same time, the designated denomination of the cassette loading / unloading unit 510 (a supporting piece on which the cassette is not placed)
The motor 515 is driven to rotate the screw rods 513A and 513B in the CCW direction through the drive mechanism 514 to lower the cassette support pieces 512A and 512B in the D direction, and the cassette support pieces 512A and 512B from the conveyor 524. When it reaches a predetermined position below, the motor 515 is stopped and stands by. Conveyors 528 and 5 of the take-in / take-out section 503 of the depositing / dispensing machine 100
When 29 is reversed, the collection / replenishment cassette 500 stored in the cassette storage unit 502 is transferred to the outside of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 and is moved to a position as shown by 500A in FIG. The conveyors 526 and 524 of the management machine 200 are further transferred by being reversed, and finally the money management machine.
It is determined whether or not the predetermined position of 200 (the denomination position for which collection is instructed, that is, the standby position of the cassette support pieces 512A and 512B) is reached (step S528), and when the predetermined position is reached, the money management machine The conveyors 524 and 526 of 200 are stopped (step S529), and the conveyors 528 and 529 of the take-in / take-out section 503 of the depositing / dispensing machine 100 are also stopped (step S530). When the cassette 500 recovered in this way reaches the specified position, the MPU
250 drives the motor 515 of the cassette loading / unloading section 510 to raise the cassette support pieces 512A and 512B,
When the cassette support pieces 512A and 512B are moved up, they are transferred onto the conveyor 524 and stopped, and the bottom surface of the cassette 500 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the mounting piece 518, and the cassette 500 is directly mounted and lifted (step S531). Then, when the cassette 500 reaches a predetermined position due to this rise, the motor 515
Is stopped (steps S532 and S533). This will collect / collect from the automatic deposit / withdrawal machine 100 that issued the call signal.
The collection process of the replenishment cassette 500 is completed. Note that the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 sends a call signal from the antenna 105 via the communication unit 160 because the number of banknotes stored in the collection / replenishment cassette 500 is a predetermined upper and lower limit number (for example, an upper limit number 1000).
When the number of bills exceeds the lower limit (50 sheets), or even when the bill storage cassettes 131 to 133 replenish bills from the collection / replenishment cassette 500, it is still less than the “remaining” number.

After that, the MPU 250 determines whether or not the cassette needs to be replenished (step S534), and when the cassette is necessary, the motor 515 of the cassette loading / unloading unit 510 is driven to drive the data input / output unit. Collection / replenishment cassette 500 via 521
The contents of the data storage unit 519 of the
3, the cassette of the denomination designated by the replenishment memories CB1 to CB3 is lowered (step S535), the cassette 500 is placed on the conveyor 524, and the cassette supports 512A and 512B are set. When the predetermined stop position is reached, the motor 51
Stop 5 (steps S536, S537). Then, the conveyor 524 of the money management machine 200 is normally rotated by the motor 523, the conveyor 526 is normally rotated by driving the motor 525 (step S538), and the conveyors 528 and 529 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 are normally rotated. Yes (step S539). Thus, by rotating the conveyors 524, 526 and the conveyors 528, 529 in the forward direction, the collection / replenishment cassette 500 of the designated denomination placed on the conveyor 524 is transferred from the money management machine 200 to the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, Finally, it is stored in the cassette storage unit 502 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100, and when it is confirmed by a separate sensor that the predetermined position has been reached (step S540),
MPU 150 stops conveyors 528 and 529 (step S54
1), MPU250 of money management machine 200 is cassette loading / unloading section 51
The conveyors 524 and 526 of 0 are stopped (step S542).
In this way, when the cassette replenishment process is completed or when cassette replenishment is not necessary, the power is turned off (step S542
A) Then, the MPU 150 of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine 100 closes the shutter 109 via the shutter section (step S543), and the money management machine 2
The MPU 250 of 00 rotates the conveyor 526 from the I position to the II position via the movement driving unit (step S544), and then closes the shutter 203 (step S545).

If the cassette is not requested to be collected in step S524, it means that the cassette is requested to be replenished. Therefore, the process is skipped to step S535 and the cassette is replenished. If the supplement has not been requested at step S534, the process at step S543 is skipped and the cassette collection process is terminated. As described above, the collection and replenishment processing of the cassette when the call signal is transmitted from the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 is completed. Note that the collected collection / replenishment cassette is carried to the cashier's room, and is not replenished to the depositing / dispensing machine 100 unless a bill is newly replenished.

The data output unit 107 of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the data input unit 204 of the money management machine 200 are connected to the shutters 109 and 2 respectively.
It may be provided in 03, and shutters 109 and 203 may be opened to exchange data. In this case, the power supply means 170 and the power input means 280 may be provided in the shutters 109 and 203, respectively. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the currency management machine 200 itself supplies the currency to the banknote supply unit 2
Although it has 15, a bill supply and collection device is provided as a separate unit near the cashier, and moves according to the cassette storage state of the money management machine 200 to supply and collect bills to this device. The bill storage cassette of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine is also used for depositing / dispensing, but may be managed by providing individual storing cassettes for depositing and dispensing, It is also possible to perform the processing by completely different devices such as an automatic depositing / dispensing machine and an automatic dispensing machine. Furthermore, although the method of guiding the money management machine 200 has been described with an example using an optical sensor, a method using electromagnetic induction (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 50-231110) is also possible, and a method of detecting three-point positions by radio or light. It is also possible to guide by using (for example, JP-A-54-114690), and when a call signal is transmitted from multiple automatic depositing / dispensing machines, the money management machine is automatically operated according to a predetermined priority order. All you have to do is move to the deposit / withdrawal machine. Furthermore, by providing a timer function in each of the automatic depositing / dispensing machine and the money management machine, the bills can be automatically replenished before the opening of the day, or the bills can be automatically collected after the store is closed. Will also be possible. Further, although the management of banknotes is described in the above-mentioned embodiment, it can be applied to coins, and the collection operation is prioritized for currency management, but the replenishment operation is prioritized. You may also do it.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to bother a teller or cashier since the automatic money management machine automatically collects and replenishes money in the money transaction machine. , Tellers can be dedicated to dealing with customers, and can perform efficient trading operations at tellers. Also, since the power is supplied from the battery only when traveling and the power is supplied from the money transaction device at the time of collection or replenishment processing, an extra load is not applied to the battery,
There is an advantage that recovery and replenishment processing can always be performed reliably.

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FIG. 1 is an external view showing a layout example of a bank teller according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a schematic functional configuration of an automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a money management machine used in the present invention. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are mechanical diagrams showing an example of a power supply device used in the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a power supply system of a banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine and a money management machine. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a partial circuit example thereof, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control system of a banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine, FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a control system of a money management machine,
FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of the overall operation of a system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 11 is a flow chart of an automatic money depositing / dispensing machine side showing an example of money management operation, and FIGS. 12 (A) and (B). Is a flow chart of a money management machine showing an example of banknote management operation, FIG. 13 is a structural view showing another example of a power supply device,
FIG. 14 is a connection diagram showing another example of a part of the power supply system, FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of another banknote automatic depositing / dispensing machine in the present invention, and FIG. 16 is used in the present invention. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of another money management machine, FIG. 17 is a mechanism diagram showing an example of a cassette loading / unloading section of the money management machine, and FIGS. 18 and 19 are structures showing a part thereof. Figures 20, 20 and 21 are perspective views showing the details of the take-in / take-out section of the automatic bill depositing / dispensing machine,
Fig. 22 is a mechanism diagram showing another example of cassette loading / unloading section,
FIG. 23 is a flowchart on the money management machine side showing an example of cassette management operation. 1 ... Customer side, 2 ... Teller side, 3 ... Main induction band, 3A, 3B ... Secondary induction band, 4A, 4B ... Stop mark, 100 ... Automatic banknote deposit / withdrawal machine, 101,103 ... Injection slot, 102,104 ... Payment return slot, 105 ... Wireless antenna, 107 ... Data output section, 108A, 108B ... Connection section,
110 ... Identifying unit, 111 ... Front / Back reversing unit, 112 ... Memory, 121 to 12
4 ... Temporary holding section, 131-134 ... Banknote storage cassette, 150 ... Microcomputer (MPU), 152, 153 ... Take-in / return section, 15
4, 155 ... Intake / extraction section, 156 ... Conveyance check section, 157 ... Storage state detection sensor, 158 ... In-machine intake section, 159 ... Out-of-machine ejection section, 160 ... Communication section, 170 ... Power supply means, 174 ... Terminal plug , 200 ... Money management machine, 201 ... Antenna, 202A, 202B ... Connection part, 205 ... Data input part, 206, 207 ... Obstacle detection sensor, 208 ... Nampa, 209, 210 ... Obstacle detection sensor, 211
… Alarm lamp, 212… Banknote outlet, 213… Banknote supply port, 21
4 ... Reject box, 215 ... Banknote supply box, 221,
222 ... Identifying unit, 231-234 ... Banknote storage cassette, 240 ... Automatic traveling unit, 241 ... Running drive unit, 242 ... Running wheel, 243 ...
Travel sensor, 244 ... Steering control section, 245 ...
Power control unit, 250,266 ... Microcomputer (MPU), 25
2 ... Recovery unit, 253 ... Replenishment unit, 254 ... Storage state detection unit, 256 ...
Transport check unit, 262 ... Guide unit, 270 ... Communication unit, 280 ... Power input unit, 283 ... Lead screw, 290 ... Terminal unit, 300 ... Terra's machine, 301 ... Desk, 302 ... Operation unit, 303 ... CRT display device.

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[Claims] 1. A current amount of money stored in a denomination-type cassette incorporated in a money transaction apparatus for performing money deposit processing and money withdrawal processing is detected, and an excess of a predetermined upper and lower limit is exceeded. When a shortage occurs, money is collected or replenished between the built-in collecting / replenishing cassette and the denomination-type cassette, and the current money stored in the collecting / replenishing cassette is present. When the amount is detected and when it is out of a predetermined setting range, a currency management machine that can run is connected, a power supply means provided in the money transaction device, and a power supply provided in the money management machine. By connecting the input means and the power supplied from the money transaction device, the money management machine collects or replenishes the collection / replenishment cassette containing the money with respect to the money transaction device. Features and Power supply of money management machine that.