Versatile automatic transaction equipment
First Claim
1. A transaction equipment comprising a basic module for executing basic transactions, at least one sub-module for executing sub-transactions, and means for interconnecting said basic module and said sub-module,said basic module comprising:
- a first data bus for transmitting address data and control data;
a user operation unit operated by a user in accordance with a transaction procedure in order to enter the information for setting the transaction conditions;
first terminal control means connected to said data bus for controlling said user operation unit, said first terminal control means being operated in response to predetermined address data on the data bus, said first terminal control means producing selectively control signals for operating said user operation unit in accordance with the control data on the data bus, said means further selectively applying the status signals of the user operation unit to said data bus;
a first article processing unit for processing transaction articles related to the basic transactions;
second terminal control means connected to said data bus for controlling said first article processing unit, said second terminal control means being operated in response to a predetermined address on the data bus, said second terminal control means producing selectively control signals for operating said article processing unit in accordance with the control data on the data bus, said means further selectively applying the status signals for said article processing unit to said data bus;
a first interface unit connected to said data bus for data communication with said sub-module; and
a programmable microprocessor unit connected to said data bus, said programmable microprocessor unit including a program storage for storing a plurality of transaction sequence programs corresponding to types of transactions, and data storage for storing the data temporarily, said microprocessor receiving data on the data bus in accordance with the program and applying to said data bus the address data and control data for proceeding with the transaction operations;
said sub-module comprising;
a second data bus for transmitting address data and control data;
a second article processing unit for processing articles related to the sub-trasactions;
third terminal control means connected to said second data bus for controlling said second article processing unit, said means being operated in accordance with predetermined address data on said second data bus, said means selectively producing control signals for operating said second article processing unit in accordance with the control data on said second data bus, said means further applying selectively the status signals for said second article processing unit to said second data bus;
a second interface unit connected with said second data bus for data communication with said basic module; and
a second programmable microprocessor unit connected to said second data bus, said unit including a program storage for storing sub-programs and a data storage for temporarily storing data, said unit receiving the data on said second data bus in accordance with said sub-program in response to the data received from said second interface unit, said unit applying address data and control data for proceeding with the transaction operations onto said second data bus;
said basic module selectively supplying to said sub-module through said first and second interface units, data for predetermined operation of said sub-module.
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Abstract
A versatile automatic transaction equipment comprises: a basic module including a user operation unit, an ID card processing unit, a transaction recording unit, and a cash delivery unit for cash payment transaction or verification of customer account balance; a deposit-receiving sub-module including a unit for identifying the type or class and authenticity of bill or bills inserted into the equipment for a deposit by a user and for counting the amount of money received as a deposit, and a bill transport unit for separately transporting the bills in two routes of rejection and receipt in accordance with the result of identification; and a passbook-processing sub-module including a magnetic data processing unit for reading and/or writing magnetic record data from the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook inserted by the user, and a printer unit for printing data representing the transaction history of the associated account. Each of the modules includes a control system having a programmable microprocessor and a terminal unit control circuit interconnected by an information bus, and an interface for inter-module data transfer.
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1. A transaction equipment comprising a basic module for executing basic transactions, at least one sub-module for executing sub-transactions, and means for interconnecting said basic module and said sub-module,
said basic module comprising: - a first data bus for transmitting address data and control data;
a user operation unit operated by a user in accordance with a transaction procedure in order to enter the information for setting the transaction conditions;
first terminal control means connected to said data bus for controlling said user operation unit, said first terminal control means being operated in response to predetermined address data on the data bus, said first terminal control means producing selectively control signals for operating said user operation unit in accordance with the control data on the data bus, said means further selectively applying the status signals of the user operation unit to said data bus;
a first article processing unit for processing transaction articles related to the basic transactions;
second terminal control means connected to said data bus for controlling said first article processing unit, said second terminal control means being operated in response to a predetermined address on the data bus, said second terminal control means producing selectively control signals for operating said article processing unit in accordance with the control data on the data bus, said means further selectively applying the status signals for said article processing unit to said data bus;
a first interface unit connected to said data bus for data communication with said sub-module; and
a programmable microprocessor unit connected to said data bus, said programmable microprocessor unit including a program storage for storing a plurality of transaction sequence programs corresponding to types of transactions, and data storage for storing the data temporarily, said microprocessor receiving data on the data bus in accordance with the program and applying to said data bus the address data and control data for proceeding with the transaction operations;said sub-module comprising;
a second data bus for transmitting address data and control data;
a second article processing unit for processing articles related to the sub-trasactions;
third terminal control means connected to said second data bus for controlling said second article processing unit, said means being operated in accordance with predetermined address data on said second data bus, said means selectively producing control signals for operating said second article processing unit in accordance with the control data on said second data bus, said means further applying selectively the status signals for said second article processing unit to said second data bus;
a second interface unit connected with said second data bus for data communication with said basic module; and
a second programmable microprocessor unit connected to said second data bus, said unit including a program storage for storing sub-programs and a data storage for temporarily storing data, said unit receiving the data on said second data bus in accordance with said sub-program in response to the data received from said second interface unit, said unit applying address data and control data for proceeding with the transaction operations onto said second data bus;said basic module selectively supplying to said sub-module through said first and second interface units, data for predetermined operation of said sub-module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a first data bus for transmitting address data and control data;
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