Cash transaction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016343191-A1
Application number	US-201415110983-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 3, 2014
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

To enhance the functionality of an automated cash transaction machine. An automated cash transaction machine 1 is disposed with a currency bill deposit/withdrawal unit 16 that accepts currency bills from outside, a discriminating unit 18 that discriminates the authenticity of the currency bills and also reads their serial numbers, and a receipt issuing slot 8 and an operation display unit 6 that present, to a customer for each deposit transaction, the serial number of a currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit 18.

First claim

1 . A cash transaction machine comprising:
a deposit unit that accepts currency bills from outside; a discriminating unit that discriminates the authenticity of the currency bills; a serial number reading unit that reads the serial numbers of the currency bills; and a presentation unit that presents, to a customer for each deposit transaction, the serial number of a currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

2 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation unit includes a display unit that displays the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

3 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation unit includes a printing unit that prints on a medium the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit and a medium delivery unit that delivers the medium to the customer.

4 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a serial number recording unit that records and saves the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

5 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 4 , wherein the serial number recording unit includes a storage unit that stores, in a predetermined electronic storage medium in the cash transaction machine, the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

6 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 4 , wherein the serial number recording unit includes a printing unit that prints on a paper medium the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

7 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 4 , wherein the serial number recording unit records and saves the serial number in a predetermined storage device disposed outside the cash transaction machine.

8 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation unit presents to the customer the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit, together with machine identification information that identifies the cash transaction machine.

9 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 8 , wherein the presentation unit further presents to the customer a reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill.

10 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 8 , wherein the presentation unit includes a printing unit that prints on a medium the machine identification information and a medium delivery unit that delivers the medium to the customer.

11 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 8 , wherein the machine identification information is a unique serial number assigned beforehand to the cash transaction machine.

12 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 8 , wherein the machine identification information is a management number for managing the cash transaction machine in a facility where the cash transaction machine is installed.

13 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation unit presents to the customer the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit, together with a reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill.

14 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the presentation unit includes a printing unit that prints on a medium the reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill and a medium delivery unit that delivers the medium to the customer.

15 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 13 , further comprising a serial number recording unit that records the serial number of the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit, together with the reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill.

16 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the presentation unit presents to the customer in writing the reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill.

17 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the presentation unit presents to the customer by means of a predetermined code the reason why the currency bill was judged to be a fake bill.

18 . The cash transaction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a fake bill receptacle that stores the currency bill judged to be a fake bill by the discriminating unit.

Assignees

• Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Yoshinari

Classifications

• G07D11/36 Primary

  Auditing of activities · CPC title

• G07D11/50

  Sorting or counting valuable papers · CPC title

• G07D11/30

  Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes · CPC title

• G07D11/28

  Setting of parameters; Software updates · CPC title

• G07F19/202

  Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00) · CPC title