Provided herein may be a pick-up roller with a front-edge alignment element and a media separation apparatus using the pick-up roller. The pick-up roller may include a pick-up element configured to pick up and transfer a media sheet, and the front-edge alignment element provided at a position opposite to the pick-up element. During a process of picking up a stacked media sheet and transferring it into a space between a feed roller and a separation roller unit, the front-edge alignment element may align in advance a front edge of a media sheet disposed subsequent to the medial sheet that is being transferred, to a position of the entrance between the feed roller and the separation roller unit, and thereafter, the pick-up element may pick up the media sheet aligned by the front-edge alignment element and transfer it into the space between the feed roller and the separation roller unit.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cassette shutter in which the durability of a curved shutter for opening and closing a medium entrance of a cassette is improved, and assembly of parts is simple. In the present invention for achieving said objective, a cassette shutter, which is slidably disposed on front and bottom surfaces of a cassette storing a paper medium therein and opens and closes an entrance formed in the front surface of the cassette, is configured to include: a plurality of pieces arranged longitudinally; and a fastening pin that passes through and thereby fastens a lower portion of an upper-side piece and an upper portion of a lower-side piece so as to enable relative rotation of the plurality of pieces.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
A media separation apparatus may include: a pickup roller disposed at one side of the loaded media, and configured to sequentially pick up and transfer the loaded media; a feed roller disposed separately from the pickup roller in a media feeding direction, and configured to feed the media picked up and transferred by the pickup roller toward a transfer path; and a media separator disposed at a position facing the feed roller, having a plurality of separation rollers and a separation belt wound around a part of the circumference of each of the separation rollers, and configured to separate a following medium from a leading medium through friction of the separation belt, the following medium being in close contact with the leading medium fed by the feed roller and transferred at the same time as the leading medium.
B65H 3/52 - Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
B65H 5/02 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by belts or chains
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a multi-denomination banknote cassette including a variable stopper and, more particularly, to a multi-denomination banknote cassette including a variable stopper, capable of accommodating different types of banknotes at the same time. The multi-denomination banknote cassette includes: a stopper driving means configured in an upper portion of a cassette body and comprising a pinion gear that is rotated by a driving motor; and a variable stopper that vertically passes through a stack guide configured to guide a banknote that enters in the cassette body and elevates, in a state in which a rack gear engaged with the pinion gear is formed on one side surface, and the pinion gear provided in the stopper driving means rotates. By being configured thusly, the multi-denomination banknote cassette can facilitate the handling of various different denominations of banknotes in one banknote cassette.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
B65H 31/36 - Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled
B65H 29/12 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands
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Multi-banknote cassette with movable stopper and banknote stacking method thereof
Provided is a multi-banknote cassette with a movable stopper, which is capable of storing various kinds of banknotes at the same time. The multi-banknote cassette includes a movable stopper which is installed in a stack guide for guiding banknotes introduced into a cassette body of the banknote cassette toward a banknote stopper, and rotated to protrude from or retreat into a transfer path of the banknotes. When a banknote having a relatively small size among the banknotes inserted into the banknote cassette is introduced, the movable stopper is rotated to protrude from the stack guide and regulates the front end of the introduced banknote, and when a banknote having a relatively large size is introduced, the movable stopper is rotated to retreat into the stack guide, and a banknote stopper installed at the rear of the stack guide regulates the front end of the introduced bank.
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
B65H 83/02 - Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling performed on the same pile
A medium processing apparatus includes a receiving and dispensing port, a discriminating unit, a temporary storage, a reject cassette in which an abnormal medium temporarily stored in the temporary storage and a carried abnormal medium among media being withdrawn are collected and stored, a plurality of recycling cassettes configured to store media to be withdrawn, a first driving unit configured to drive a carrying path between an outlet of the discriminating unit and each of the receiving and dispensing port and the temporary storage, a second driving unit configured to drive a carrying path between an inlet of the discriminating unit and an inlet of the reject cassette and be a belt-roller type, and a third driving unit configured to drive a carrying path between the inlet of the reject cassette and each of inlets of the plurality of recycling cassettes and be a belt-guide type.
B65H 1/28 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated compartmented to receive piles side by side
B65H 29/16 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
B65H 31/22 - Pile receivers removable or interchangeable
B65H 43/04 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The objective of the present invention is to provide a medium handling apparatus and a medium handling method that can balance accounts using a temporary storage part even when there is no empty cassette in an automated teller machine. To achieve this, the medium handling apparatus of the present invention comprises: a deposit/withdrawal part that has a separating device for individually separating mediums in an internal space and a stacking device for stacking mediums in the internal space; a determination part that determines whether the mediums are abnormal or not and the types of mediums; a medium storage part that includes a plurality of circulation cassettes for storing deposited mediums or mediums to be withdrawn; a temporary storage part that temporarily stores mediums that are determined to be normal by the determination part when being deposited; and a delivery passage that connects the deposit/withdrawal part, the determination part, the temporary storage part, and the medium storage part together in order to deliver the mediums, wherein mediums in the circulation cassettes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage part when the residual mediums in the circulation cassettes are calculated, and the mediums in the temporary storage part are transferred to the circulation cassettes again and are stored therein when the residual mediums are detected.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
B65H 43/00 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
B65H 1/02 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 29/12 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands
The present invention relates to a pickup roller having a front end alignment member and a medium separating device using the same and, more specifically, to a pickup roller and a medium separating device using the same, the medium separating device having the pickup roller, which picks up and transfers, in order, loaded medium, and having: a pickup member protrudingly formed at a portion of the circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the pickup roller for picking up and transferring the medium; and a front end alignment member having a strap-shaped elastic sheet mounted to protrude from the outer peripheral surface thereof on the opposite side of the outer peripheral surface, at which the pickup member is provided, while forming a curve. Therefore, when the loaded medium is picked up, in order, from the first medium by the pickup member according to the rotation of the pickup roller and transferred between a feed roller and a separating roller part, the front end of the medium, which is positioned next to the medium to be picked up and transferred, is aligned in advance at the position of an inlet between the feed roller and the separating roller part through the front end alignment member provided at the pickup roller, and the pickup member picks up and transfers the medium, aligned by the front end alignment member, between the feed roller and the separating roller part, thereby preventing the skew of the medium as well as effectively preventing the medium from being separated in two or more bundles during a medium separation process by means of the feed roller and the separating roller part, and thus medium separation efficiency can be increased.
The present invention relates to a media processing apparatus having a connection conveying path, the apparatus comprising: an upper unit having a plurality of modules for processing media; a lower unit disposed at the lower side of the upper unit, and having a plurality of cassettes for accommodating the media; a connection conveying path for conveying the media between the upper unit and the lower unit; driving gears coupled to the upper unit so as to transmit the driving force of a motor; a driving roller and a driven roller, which are arranged to face each other with the connection conveying path, interposed therebetween, so as to convey the media; and power transmission gears for transmitting the driving force between the driving gear and the driving roller, wherein the plurality of driving gears and power transmission gears are provided along the withdrawing direction of the upper unit, and the plurality of driving gears and power transmission gears are arranged to be offset from each other along the longitudinal direction, when viewed from above a plane, or arranged to be vertically offset from each other along the longitudinal direction, when viewed from the front.
A banking automation device for a bank teller and a method for controlling same are disclosed. A banking automation device for a bank teller according to an embodiment may comprise: a handling part; a vault provided below the handling part and providing a space for storing bills; a cassette mounting part provided on the outside of the vault; and a removable cassette selectively mounted on the cassette mounting part to add bills to the vault or collect bills that are stored in the vault.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a bill-recycling automated teller machine (ATM) for a teller with a supplementary collection box and a banknote transfer method applied thereto, and more particularly, to a bill-recycling ATM for a teller with a supplementary collection box and a banknote transfer method applied thereto, in which in configuring the ATM for a teller used when the teller performs a banking transaction at a counter, as the supplementary collection box for replenishing or collecting banknotes is provided in the ATM, a large quantity of banknotes can be promptly replenished into or collected from banknote cassettes through the supplementary collection box, and, at the same time, when a settlement work is performed, an automatic settlement can be performed by counting banknotes through a banknote discriminating unit provided on a transporting path in a process of transporting the banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes to the supplementary collection box.
B65H 33/14 - Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by diverting batches to separate receivers
B65H 31/24 - Pile receivers multiple or compartmented, e.g. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The invention relates to a medium separation device of an automated teller machine (ATM) that includes a pickup roller for sequentially picking up and feeding stacked media through a friction member on a portion of the outer periphery of the pickup roller, a feed roller for feeding the picked-up and fed media toward a transfer path through a friction member provided on a portion of the outer periphery of the feed roller while rotating with the same phase as the pickup roller, and a medium separation unit for separating a following medium simultaneously fed with a preceding medium fed to the feed roller while in close contact with the bottom, from the preceding medium through a separation belt, to pick up and feed media through a partial roller structure partially having a friction member and simultaneously perform the separation of the media through the medium separation unit.
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor for detecting double sheets and a method of detecting double sheets using the same, in which in configuring the ultrasonic sensor for detecting double sheets of banknotes passing through a transfer path, the ultrasonic sensor is configured to include an ultrasonic wave generator and an ultrasonic wave receiver provided in pair to face each other in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the banknotes with the transfer path for transferring the banknotes interposed therebetween, and periodicity of a reception signal detected by the ultrasonic wave receiver is determined to detect whether a zero sheet, a single sheet or double sheets of the banknotes pass through the transfer path according to generation or not of the periodic signal and/or a frequency of the generation.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a medium processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing a medium by shortening the length of a check returning path by spatially separately forming spaces for storing checks and banknotes in the medium processing apparatus. To this end, the medium processing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a deposit and withdrawal unit (100) having a space for inserting or receiving a medium when making a deposit or withdrawal; a discrimination unit (200) for discriminating whether or not there is an abnormality in the medium and discriminating the denomination of the medium; a temporary storage unit (300) for temporarily storing the medium which has passed through the discrimination unit (200); a check storage unit (400) for containing checks; a banknote storage unit (600) consisting of a plurality of cassettes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660) for containing banknotes; a rejected medium storage unit (800) for containing a medium rejected by the discrimination unit (200); and a returning path (900) for returning the medium, wherein the deposit and withdrawal unit (100), the discrimination unit (200), the temporary storage unit (300) and the check storage unit (400) are formed in an upper module (1), and the banknote storage unit (600) is formed in a lower module (2) installed in the bottom of the upper module (1).
Circulation-type banknote/check deposit/withdrawal apparatus using lateral deposit/withdrawal scheme and method of handling banknotes and checks applied thereto
The present invention relates to a circulation-type banknote/check deposit/withdrawal apparatus using a lateral deposit/withdrawal scheme and a method of handling banknotes and checks applied thereto, wherein banknotes and checks of various sizes can be deposited and withdrawn through a single deposit/withdrawal unit; a carrying path is configured to carry the banknotes and checks deposited through the deposit/withdrawal unit in a lateral direction; and the carrying path is provided thereon with a medium alignment unit for aligning the carrying position on the carrying path of the banknotes and checks being carried thereon, so that the banknotes and checks can be carried in a state where the banknotes and checks are aligned with a predetermined alignment position on the carrying path by the medium alignment unit, and stacked into respective corresponding cassettes.
The present invention relates to an automated teller machine having an EPP guard cave formed therein. More particularly, the present invention relates to an automated teller machine having an EPP guard cave formed therein, in which the EPP guard cave is recessively formed on the front surface of the automated teller machine toward the inside thereof and an encrypting pin pad (EPP) is installed inside the EPP guard cave formed as such, so that a user may conveniently use the automated teller machine without anxiety by effectively preventing the procedure of inputting personal information by the user from being exposed to surroundings or other people through a concaved structure without a separate structure such as an EPP guard plate since the user may put a hand into the EPP guard cave and input the personal information through the EPP when the user inputs the personal information through the EPP for a banking transaction.
G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
Provided is a paper money alignment apparatus for aligning paper money, which is injected into a conveyance path, at the edge line of the conveyance path. The paper money alignment apparatus can comprise an alignment roller, which is placed in the conveyance path so as to be inclined toward the edge line and moves paper money toward the edge line by applying frictional force to one part of the paper money placed in the conveyance path.
Provided is a bill aligning apparatus for aligning a bill inserted into a conveying path on a centerline of the conveying path. The bill aligning apparatus comprises: a first centering roller disposed in one side of the conveying path for applying a friction force to a portion of a bill positioned in one side of the conveying path so as to convey the bill toward the centerline; and a second centering roller disposed in the other side of the conveying path for applying a friction force to another portion of the bill positioned in the other side of the conveying path so as to convey the bill toward the centerline.
A paper medium recognition device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a main body that provides a transportation path in which an alignment reference line for aligning a paper medium is arranged on one side; and an alignment unit which has a transportation roller which transports the paper medium in the longitudinal direction along the transportation path, and which has an alignment roller that is arranged in the direction orthogonal to the transportation roller so as to transport the paper medium in the width direction toward the alignment reference line. A phase difference is provided during the rotation of the transportation roller and the alignment roller, and thus the paper medium can be alternately transported in the longitudinal direction and width direction.
G07D 13/00 - Handling of coins or of valuable papers, characterised by a combination of mechanisms not covered by a single one of groups
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
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MOVING RAIL ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISPENSING BILL
Disclosed are a moving rail assembly and a bill receiving and dispensing apparatus which are configured such that an angle at which a carriage unit moves along a rail can be adjusted to various angles. The moving rail assembly includes a moving body, a main rail and a sub-rail. The moving body includes a main rotating roller and a sub-rotating roller disposed at a different widthwise position from the main rotating roller. The main rail has a first path for guiding the main rotating roller, and a second path for guiding the sub-rotating roller. The first path and the second path extend parallel to each other. The sub-rail branches off from the second path and extends in a different direction from the main rail. The sub-rail guides the sub-rotating roller.
Disclosed herein are an apparatus for receiving and dispensing bills and a method for receiving and dispensing bills using the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a bill receiving or dispensing port which is provided in an ATM to receive or dispense bills; a carriage unit which clamps the bills received into the port or clamps the bills to be dispensed and transfers the bills to the port; a separation and piling unit which has a separation space in which the received bills wait for being separated individually from each other sheet-by-sheet, and a piling space in which the bills to be dispensed are piled; a carriage transfer unit which moves the carriage unit along a trajectory between the bill receiving or dispensing port and the separation and piling unit; and a controller which controls operation of the carriage unit, the separation and piling unit and the carriage transfer unit.
The present invention relates to a method of providing a remote financial service using a remote video banking machine, and more particularly, to a method of providing a remote financial service using a remote video banking machine that has a document processing module and a video consultation supporting module integrally incorporated into a banking machine, so as to perform a financial transaction, wherein respective procedures for a financial transaction of a customer is guided through a screen of a display, and at the same time, if necessary, remote video face-to-face consultation with an officer is supported, and various certificate documents related to the financial transaction can be directly submitted from a remote position through the document processing module during the financial transaction, so that the customer can remotely and easily perform complicated financial transactions, such as deposit and withdrawal as well as a new account opening or a loan, through an informal branch provided with the remote video banking machine without separately visiting a bank branch.
The present invention relates to an automated banking apparatus comprising a double-structure safe, and more particularly, to an automated banking apparatus comprising a double-structure safe in which the safe of the automated banking apparatus is configured to have a double structure in which a transfer safe portion, which accommodates a bill transfer unit that transfers bills deposited or withdrawn through a deposit and withdrawal opening disposed on a front surface or an outer wall, and a cassette safe portion, which accommodates a bill cassette that stores the bills transferred by the bill transfer unit, wherein the two units are separated from each other, have different structures. Even in the case where there is an attempt to blow up and open the safe by inserting explosives in the deposit and withdrawal opening for the purpose of stealing the bills stored in the safe, the cassette safe portion that is separated from the transfer safe portion is capable of maintaining the strength thereof despite the explosion using the explosives, and therefore it is possible to prevent the bill cassette that stores the bills from being stolen.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a touch screen having an integrated EPP and an input information processing method for an automated teller machine using the same, and more particularly, to a touch screen provided as user interface in an automated teller machine, wherein the touch screen and an EPP module are formed integrally such that a screen displayed on the touch screen is configured to be controlled by a security CPU of the EPP module integrated with the touch screen when a customer using the automated teller machine inputs information required to be encrypted, such as a password required for a financial transaction, through the touch screen of the automated teller machine during the financial transaction, thereby initially preventing the leakage of important financial information through the illegal hacking of the CPU of the automated teller machine and the like.
G06F 21/00 - Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
Automatic teller machine capable of performing remote controlling function and opening and closing operation method of automatic teller machine using same
The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (ATM) capable of control with a remote controller and an opening and closing operation method of the automatic teller machine using the same. In addition, the invention provides an automatic teller machine capable of performing a remote control function and an opening and closing operation method of the automatic teller machine using the same, which can enable the user to easily control power on/off, module reset, and rebooting operations of the automatic teller machine with a remote controller, thereby quickly and simply carrying out the opening and closing operations of the automatic teller machine, which were complicated and took a lot of time in the past, and easily performing some processes for maintaining the automatic teller machine. Further, the invention provides an automatic teller machine capable of performing a remote control function, comprising: a plurality of buttons and an automatic teller machine body equipped with a short-range wireless receiving device; and a remote controller which can execute the short-range wireless communication with the automatic teller machine body, wherein a system controlling program stored in the automatic teller machine body is activated through the remote controller in such a manner that the opening and closing operations of the automatic teller machine are conducted automatically through the button operation of the remote controller.
G06F 7/04 - Identity comparison, i.e. for like or unlike values
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
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METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING BANKNOTES USING A BAYESIAN APPROACH
The present invention relates to a method for discriminating banknotes using a Bayesian approach. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for discriminating banknotes using a Bayesian approach, which comprises dividing a banknote image generated by scanning a banknote into a predetermined number of unit cells, calculating a representative value of each unit cell using sensor data measured in each unit cell, extracting a banknote feature vector which uses the calculated representative value of each unit as a factor, reducing the dimension of the extracted feature vector through a linear feature extraction, and performing banknote discrimination on the feature vector, the dimension of which is reduced, using a Gaussian maximum likelihood (GML) classification. According to the present invention, as compared to conventional methods for discriminating banknotes using a neutral network, banknote class recognition and counterfeit banknote discrimination may be quickly performed, banknote class recognition may be performed relatively accurately, and a counterfeit banknote may be discriminated even from a banknote image having a low resolution.
The aim of the present invention is to provide a bill-stacking apparatus and a bill-stacking method in which an elastic sheet of a sheet roller hits a rear surface of a bill instead of the edge of the rear end of the bill when the bill is stacked in a bill-stacking space, thus stacking the bill in a stable manner. To accomplish the aim, the bill-stacking apparatus of the present invention having a bill-stacking space for stacking bills comprises: a sheet roller which is arranged at an entrance side of the bill-stacking space and which has a plurality of elastic sheets arranged at a portion of the outer surface of a rotating main body thereof; a bill sensor spaced apart from the sheet roller by a predetermined distance toward a conveying route so as to sense a passage of a bill; and a control unit for rotating the sheet roller after a preset amount of time elapses from the sensing of the passage of the bill by the bill sensor.
The present invention relates to a PIN pad capable of self-detecting unauthorized the attachment/detachment thereof and to a PIN pad security method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a PIN pad capable of self-detecting the unauthorized attachment/detachment thereof, and to a PIN pad security method using the same, in which a random key storage memory (SRAM) with predetermined random keys stored therein is installed within a PIN pad arranged in an automatic teller machine, and a switch of a battery for supplying power to the random key storage memory is automatically opened when the PIN pad is detached from the automatic teller machine, whereby automatically deleting the values of the random keys stored in the random key storage memory upon the detachment of the key pad, thus sensing the attachment/detachment of the key pad in a real time basis by comparison of the values of the random keys. The PIN pad capable of self-detecting the unauthorized attachment/detachment thereof according to the present invention comprises: a random key storage memory in which random keys are stored separately from each other; a main memory in which random keys and financial transaction processing information data are stored; a battery connected to the random key storage memory to supply power; and a CPU which generates random keys and stores the generated random keys into the random key storage memory and into the main memory. The connection of the battery to the random key storage memory is automatically controlled in accordance with the attachment/detachment of the PIN pad. The CPU compares random keys of the random key storage memory and of the main memory in a real time basis to sense the attachment/detachment of the PIN pad.
Disclosed is a door locking device comprising: a door that is hinge-coupled to one side of an interior stowage formed as a storing space for a safe so that the interior stowage can be opened / closed; a rotating piece which rotates on the inner surface of the door for a rotating operation of a handle that is installed on the outer surface of the door; a locking plate which is raised / lowered on the inner surface of the door by the rotating piece, so that the door is selectively restricted to the interior stowage; a first fixing plate, which is coupled to one side of the locking plate and is provided with a locking pin that couples to an insertion aperture formed on one side of the interior stowage; a second fixing plate, which is coupled to the other side of the locking plate and is provided with a hook that hooks on to a coupling aperture formed on the other side of the interior stowage; and a gusset plate, which is formed in a protruding manner in parallel with the hook on the inner surface of the door, so that the hook is not exposed through the gap between the door and the other side of the interior stowage.
The present invention relates to a card reader for an automated teller machine, and to a control method for same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a card reader for an automated teller machine, and to a control method therefor, wherein the card reader has a shutter arranged at a card insertion slot to control the opening/shutting operations of a passageway, and the shutter intermittently repeats the opening/shutting operations when a card is inserted via the card insertion slot to enable the card which is inserted via the card insertion slot to intermittently move, such that the inserted card moves along an irregular pattern within the card reader and also vibrates, thus preventing information recorded on the card from being read and compromised by a skimming device which might be illegally installed in the card insertion slot of the card reader. The method for controlling a card reader of an automated teller machine according to the present invention comprises the following steps: opening a shutter arranged at a card insertion slot and leading a card into the card reader using a card transfer roller, when the insertion of the card into the card insertion slot is sensed; operating a shutter-driving unit in accordance with a preset pattern to intermittently repeat the opening/shutting operations of the shutter arranged at the card insertion slot, when the card starts being transferred into the card reader; and stopping the operation of the shutter driving unit upon the completion of transferring the card into the card reader. As described above, the shutter repeats opening/shutting operations during the processes of inserting the card into the card insertion slot and transferring the card into the card reader to enable the card which is inserted into the card insertion slot to intermittently move.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
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Medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine
The present invention relates to a medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine, wherein a portion of medium transfer apparatus is opened and shut by a simple operation, thereby conveniently and quickly solving the problem of jams occurring when the medium transfer apparatus transfers a paper medium.
The present invention relates to an automated teller machine equipped with a pin pad for providing display menu option matching buttons, more specifically, to an automated teller machine equipped with a pin pad for providing display menu option matching buttons in which: an input screen is provided through a display positioned on an upper front side of the automated teller machine; and the pin pad is equipped under display units, wherein portions of input buttons equipped on the pin pad are provided by being respectively matched with menu option buttons provided in said display units according to option menus provided through the input screen of the display units, so that drivers using a drive-thru system or users having a difficulty in operating buttons at high positions, such as children, the aged or the disabled or the like using wheelchairs, can easily select the option menus provided on the input screen of the display units through the pin pad positioned under the display units and having the input buttons that are respectively matched with the menu option buttons provided in the display units, thereby readily carrying out all the financial transactions by only operating the pin pad. To this end, the automated teller machine of the present invention which provides the input screen through the display units comprises: a screen which is positioned on an upper front side of the automated teller machine, and provides the input screen; the display units which are positioned on both sides of the screen, and have menu option buttons linked with option menus of the input screen; and the pin pad which is equipped under the display units, and have a plurality of input buttons, wherein portions of the input buttons are matched with the menu option buttons of the display units whereby a user is able to select an option menu through the menu option buttons provided in the display units or to select the option menu through the input buttons of the pin pad matched with said menu option menus.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
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Medium recovery device for medium processing device
A medium recovery device for medium processing device may provide a barrier that is internally provided to be inclined, and may increase a storage amount of uncollected media stacked in the media retraction device.
The present invention relates to a vibrating touch panel for automated teller machines (ATMs) and a method for operating same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vibrating touch panel for ATMs and a method of operating same, the vibrating touch panel including a vibrating motor attached to one side of a touch panel that displays bank account information to a user and receives user input, a sensor for detecting a user's touch on a menu item of choice on the touch panel, and a controller for operating the vibrating motor in a certain pattern according to the information related to the touch, detected by the sensor, of the menu item selected by the user, such that when the user chooses a menu item through the touch panel the user is able to get a realistic feeling through the vibration and at the same time, recognize any error, which may occur when touching a menu item, by means of the vibration different from that preset for the menu item chosen by the user. To this end, the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal panel for providing an image that displays menu items to be chosen for a banking transaction; a touch panel provided on top of the liquid crystal panel, providing an input means for allowing a user to select a menu item displayed on the image on the liquid crystal panel, and receiving information on the menu item that is selected by the user through the input means; at least one vibrating motor attached to the touch panel, for generating vibrations; a printed circuit board having a metallic electrode line for applying power to the touch panel; a sensor for detecting a touch position from a user on a selected menu item of the touch panel; and a controller for operating the vibrating motor in a certain pattern according to the touch information, detected by the sensor, related to the menu item selected by the user.
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
G07F 7/08 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card
G06Q 20/00 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
A cassette for an automated teller machine according to one embodiment of the present invention uses the mobile force of a shutter, which closes off an inlet/outlet module when the cassette is removed from a cassette storage unit, to return the paper media placed in the inlet/outlet module to the interior of the cassette.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a bill deposit and withdrawal apparatus. The bill deposit and withdrawal apparatus comprises: a deposit and withdrawal unit in which a client deposits or withdraws bills; a sheet feed route in which the bills deposited or withdrawn through the deposit and withdrawal unit are transferred; a determination unit for determining abnormal states of the bills; a plurality of receiving units for receiving the bills deposited in the deposit and withdrawal unit according to the determined result of the determination unit or for receiving the bills withdrawn from the deposit and withdrawal unit; and a control unit for controlling a series of operations in a bill deposit and withdrawal process. The deposit and withdrawal unit comprises: a separate stack part which is composed of a plurality of rollers so as to separate the deposited bills from each other, to transfer each of the separated bills to the sheet feed route, and to stack the bills to be withdrawn within the deposit and withdrawal unit; a front plate which is positioned at the separate stack unit and can be moved in front and rear directions; and a push plate which is positioned at a rear end of the front plate and can be moved in the front and rear directions, the bills to be deposited or withdrawn being positioned in a space between the front plate and the push plate.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
76.
AUTOMATIC FINANCIAL AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Financial automation equipment and a control method thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention provides a media guide equipped with a carriage which guides loading of paper media being conveyed to the loading space of the carriage, and the guide adjustment member of a rotor which adjusts the location of the media guide according to various kinds of paper media.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
An automatic teller machine according to one embodiment of the present invention can temporarily stack paper media in an inside of a carriage, enables a rotor to rotate the carriage so as to adjust a traveling direction of the carriage, and enables the carriage to pay the paper media to one of a plurality of payment units along traveling paths thereof. In addition, an entire structure of the present invention can be simplified by forming a discharging path of the paper media to be discharged from a reject medium transfer unit to a collected medium storage unit and a discharging path of the paper media from the carriage to the collected medium storage unit in a common discharging space since the rejected paper media which are not normally transferred along a medium transfer unit and the retracted paper media which are not received in a payment unit can be collected within the same space.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
An automatic teller machine according to embodiments of the present invention comprises: a medium transfer unit for transferring paper media supplied from a medium storage unit for storing the paper media; a carrier position adjustment unit which is prepared at a rear end of the medium transfer unit and at which a medium carrier for carrying out the paper medium in a stacked state of the paper media transferred along the medium transfer unit is provided rotatably; and a sheet roller unit which is rotatably provided between the medium transfer unit and the carrier position adjustment unit, transfers the paper media on the medium transfer unit to the inside of the medium carrier by a rotational operation, and aligns the paper media stored in the inside of the medium carrier, the sheet roller unit being in contact with the paper media so as to generate much friction force in a central area in comparison with an outer area when transferring the paper media on the medium transfer unit to the medium carrier or aligning the paper media stored in the inside of the medium carrier. According to the present invention, the sheet roller unit can correctly align the paper media temporarily stacked on the medium carrier by the rotational operation thereof and thereby can provide the paper media correctly aligned in a payment unit even if for example, the paper media of skewed states are inputted in a stack space of the medium carrier.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
Provided is an automatic teller machine (ATM), including: a body to process depositing or withdrawing of a paper medium; a cassette being slidably attached to and detached from the body, and comprising a cassette coupler formed on one side of the cassette to receive a power from the body, and to internally receive the paper medium; a receiving unit being formed within the body to install the cassette, and comprising a body coupler being combined with the cassette coupler when installing the cassette to thereby transfer the power from the body to the cassette; and a combining unit being formed on each of the body coupler and the cassette coupler so that a rotation center line of the body coupler and a rotation center line of the cassette coupler are matched on the same axial line to thereby combine the body coupler and the cassette coupler. Since it is possible to use, for an operation of the cassette, the power transferred from the body of the ATM, a separate driving unit for driving the cassette may be omitted.
G07F 7/04 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by paper currency
80.
AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROLLING FUNCTION AND OPENING AND CLOSING OPERATION METHOD OF AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE USING SAME
The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (ATM) capable of control with a remote controller and an opening and closing operation method of the automatic teller machine using the same. In addition, the invention provides an automatic teller machine capable of performing a remote control function and an opening and closing operation method of the automatic teller machine using the same, which can enable the user to easily control power on/off, module reset, and rebooting operations of the automatic teller machine with a remote controller, thereby quickly and simply carrying out the opening and closing operations of the automatic teller machine, which were complicated and took a lot of time in the past, and easily performing some processes for maintaining the automatic teller machine. Further, the invention provides an automatic teller machine capable of performing a remote control function, comprising: a plurality of buttons and an automatic teller machine body equipped with a short-range wireless receiving device; and a remote controller which can execute the short-range wireless communication with the automatic teller machine body, wherein a system controlling program stored in the automatic teller machine body is activated through the remote controller in such a manner that the opening and closing operations of the automatic teller machine are conducted automatically through the button operation of the remote controller.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to an embedded main board of an automated teller machine; and more specifically, to an embedded main board of an automated teller machine, which modularizes all of the units, e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a video interface, a communication unit that are integratedly mounted to the existing embedded main board, function by function, and then configures a docked structure mountable/demountable to/from the I/O board such that the embedded CPU mounted to the board can easily be replaced to keep abreast of the rapid technical advances in CPU and the function upgrade of the embedded main board can be executed easily by attaching/detaching by module according to each function. The embedded main board of an automated teller machine of the present invention comprises: an I/O board including at least one docking connector to which individual unit boards are detachably mounted, the individual unit boards being used for mounting each of the basic units of the embedded main board including a CPU, a modem and a video interface, respectively; and at least one individual unit board mounted to the docking connector, wherein the individual unit boards mounted to the docking connector are replaced without having to replace the entire I/O board, thereby enabling the function upgrade for each of the basic units.
Provided is a media deposit apparatus (100) including: a deposit transfer portion (120) providing a deposit circulation path of media deposited via a media deposit portion (111 ); a temporary transfer portion providing a temporary circulation path that contacts with the deposit circulation path to transfer the media to a temporary stack portion (ES), and including a temporary stack gate, provided between the deposit circulation path and the temporary circulation path, to selectively convert a path of media to the temporary circulation path; and a media transfer portion providing a media transfer path that contacts with the temporary circulation path to transfer the media to a media storage portion (CA) and including a media storage gate, provided between the temporary circulation path and the media transfer path, to selectively convert the path of media to the media transfer path. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify a media transfer structure and to enhance a media transfer efficiency.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
83.
Apparatus for transferring paper media and automatic teller machine having the same
Provided are a paper media transfer device and an automatic teller machine having the same. The paper media transfer device may include: a medium guide portion being provided on one side of a transfer direction of the paper media, and including a guide surface having at least one high point and at least one low point along the transfer direction of the paper media; and a medium transfer portion forming a transfer path of the paper media together with the medium guide portion to transfer the paper media, and including a belt member that is curved in correspondence to the guide surface, and a belt roller that drives the belt member and maintains the curved shape of the belt member, or adds a tension to the belt. Through this, it is possible to improve a tightening force.
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a printing apparatus and a page turning method of the printing apparatus, wherein the method for turning print sheets of a printed material is performed differently from a method for separating the turned print sheets from the printed material. Therefore, pages of the print sheets can be turned one by one stably and accurately.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
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PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a printing apparatus and a controlling method of the printing apparatus, wherein a shielding unit can shield a print hole unit equipped with a print unit and a gate can shield a gap in which a reading head is arranged. Therefore, the apparatus and the method are able to prevent a printed material from being stuck in the print hole unit or the gap while the printed material is being transferred. In addition, the time when a print body of the print unit collides with a sidewall of a print unit frame can be set as the right position of a print head, thereby conveniently establishing the right position of the print head. Furthermore, a transfer unit can be formed in a structure wherein the size of a transferring passage can be appropriately changed according to a change in the thickness of the printed material.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a feed module for an automatic teller machine, which is provided with an improved structure to easily remove jammed paper money on a paper money feed route. To accomplish this, the present invention provides a feed module for an automatic teller machine having a paper money feed route, comprising: a first guide for guiding the lower surface of the paper money being fed; a second guide arranged to face the first guide to guide the upper surface of the paper money; and a belt interposed between the first guide and the second guide to transfer the paper money, wherein said first guide or said second guide has an opening which extends in a vertical direction to enable access to the plane of the paper money caught between the first guide and the second guide and the removal of the paper money upon the occurrence of paper jam.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
88.
MEDIUM TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
The present invention relates to a medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine, wherein a portion of the medium transfer apparatus is opened and shut by a simple operation, thereby conveniently and quickly solving the problem of jams occurring when the medium transfer apparatus transfers a paper medium.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a paper money stopper in an ATM (Automated Teller Machine), capable of preventing jam of bank notes which may occur due to incorrectly stacked paper money, by guiding the bank notes to be loaded in a neat and orderly manner in a paper money storage area in temporary storage, the paper money being stacked in the temporary storage via a split stack unit from a conveyor route in the ATM. To accomplish this, there is provided a paper money stopper in an ATM arranged at the rear side wall of a temporary storage to prevent slipping of the bank notes as they are stacked and input to the temporary storage, the stopper comprising: fixed plates arranged vertically side by side on both sides of the rear side wall of the temporary storage; a transverse slot, which is engraved in the transverse direction outside the fixed plates on both sides and receives a front end portion of paper money being conveyed to thus adjust paper money input in a horizontal state; and a damper disposed in the vicinity of the transverse slot, for preventing a slipping motion of paper money being input as well as for decreasing the speed of paper money being input.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to a remote update method for a firmware, in which the encoded firmware is decoded and updated using the XOR table, checksum, and signature stored in the header of the remotely updated new firmware in the update of an automated teller machine, thereby updating the firmware in a convenient manner without moving the automated teller machine to the outside, thus improving the efficiency of managing the machine and preventing illegal operations of the automated teller machine performed by external hacking using a network.
The present invention relates to a paper money deposit and withdrawal device for an automated teller machine, in which the angle of a front plate is adjusted, or the angle of the front plate and the position of a pickup roller of a separation unit are simultaneously adjusted in correspondence to relevant processes, when customers deposit cash or make cash withdrawals by using one cash receiving space in a customer reception unit of the paper money deposit and withdrawal device, thereby controlling the flow of the paper money introduced into the paper receiving space in a stable manner, and improving the reliability of the paper money deposit and withdrawal operations.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
92.
MEDIUM TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
The present invention relates to a medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine, wherein the structure for opening and shutting the medium transfer path of the medium transfer apparatus is simply formed, to thereby conveniently open and shut the medium transfer path of the medium transfer apparatus, and to conveniently and quickly prevent a jam occurring during the transfer of a paper medium performed by the medium transfer apparatus.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
G07D 9/00 - Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
93.
MEDIUM STORAGE DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
The present invention relates to a medium storage device for an automated teller machine. The medium storage device for an automated teller machine according to the present invention comprises a base which accommodates a paper medium, and which has a push plate fixed at a belt circulating over a belt pulley arranged in the lengthwise direction at both ends of the base to press the paper medium, a base cassette for accommodating the base, and paper medium returning means for moving the push plate backwards to a predetermined distance when the base cassette is separated from a frame of the automated teller machine. The present invention can put the foremost paper medium back into the medium storage device when the medium storage device is separated from the automated teller machine.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The check deposit apparatus of the present invention comprises an insertion part that is used to insert a check from outside for deposit, a feed part furnished with a feed roller that feeds the placed check along a feed path, an alignment part furnished with an alignment roller that feeds the check fed from the feed part to one side of the feed path and also aligns it, a check reading part that reads information of the check that has been aligned by the alignment part, first and second sensor groups that judge whether the check inserted into the insertion part has a specification that enables it to be fed and processed toward the alignment part normally, a third sensor group that judges whether the check aligned in the alignment part has a specification that enables it to be read and processed normally in the check reading part, and a control part that judges whether to deposit or return the check in question based on the information sensed by the first and second group or third sensor group. According to the invention, a check that has been erroneously placed or does not meet specifications may be readily returned to the user.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
95.
Shared key transmission apparatus, automatic teller machine, automatic teller system and method of controlling the automatic teller machine
Provided are a shared key transmission apparatus, an automatic teller machine (ATM), and a controlling method thereof. The shared key transmission apparatus may include: a reception unit receiving, from the ATM, a first cryptogram where a random number is encrypted; a decryption unit restoring the random number from the first cryptogram; an encryption unit encrypting the shared key using the restored random number; and a transmission unit transmitting the encrypted shared key to the ATM. The ATM may include: an encryption unit generating a random number and encrypting the random number to generate a first cryptogram; a transmission unit transmitting the first cryptogram to the shared key transmission apparatus; a reception unit receiving, from the shared key transmission apparatus, a shared key that is encrypted using the restored random number; and a decryption unit restoring the shared key from the encrypted shared key using the generated random number.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for opening and closing the shield plate of an automated teller machine, wherein, if a unit processing module is mounted on the front cover, a medium access opening is opened, and if the unit processing module is removed from the front cover, the access opening is closed so that customer safety accidents and various financial accidents that occur in the process of mounting and removing the unit processing module may be prevented.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
The present invention relates to an automated teller machine for a vehicle driver, and more particularly, to an automated teller machine for a vehicle driver in which a display unit itself of the automated teller machine is configured to be rotatable so that the vehicle driver may manipulate the display unit conveniently, whereby the vehicle driver can easily verify the data displayed on the display unit and input the information as necessary. The automated teller machine for a vehicle driver according to the present invention comprises a main body installed in a financial service area; a panel unit provided on a front surface of the main body to be provided with a financial transaction means; a display unit provided at one side of the panel unit, the display unit being configured to be rotatable frontward and rearward; a manual button unit provided at a predetermined location of the panel unit to receive a rotational angle of the display unit from a vehicle driver; and a control unit for controlling the rotational angle of the display unit through a signal transmitted from the manual button unit.
G07F 9/10 - Casings, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
98.
MEDIUM RECOVERY DEVICE FOR MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE
The medium recovery device for a medium processing device according to the present invention has a diaphragm inclinedly formed therein, thereby increasing the quantity of uncollected medium loaded in the medium recovery device.
Provided is a method and apparatus for establishing online a shared key that is required to perform a security communication between an automatic teller machine (ATM) and a host. Through this, it is possible to reduce costs and procedures that may be required to use or operate a certificate authority. Also, it is possible to reduce overheads that may occur in generating and verifying a certificate. Accordingly, it is possible to more securely prevent a leakage of the shared key.
