Patent Application: US-67308884-A

Abstract:
an automatic - transfer - transaction processing apparatus comprises a first means for receiving a transfer card of a paper with a magnetic strip and for reading the destination bank from the magnetic strip , and a second means for processing data to transfer a specified amount to the destination bank read from the transfer card . the valid period of the transfer card and the number of times the card has been used are recorded on the magnetic strip . the apparatus further comprises a third means for providing data showing the data , a fourth means for comparing the data with the expiration date of the valid period and comparing the number of times used with a predetermined value , thereby determining whether or not a new transfer card must be issued to replace the old one , and a fifth means for withdrawing the old card and issuing a new transfer card in accordance with the decision made by the fourth means .

Description:
fig1 shows an automatic teller machine , i . e ., one embodiment of the present invention . the machine has a housing 1 . an operating section 2 is provided at the front side of this housing 1 . the section 2 has a horizontal panel and a vertical panel . the horizontal panel of the section 2 has a bank note port 3 through which notes to be transferred may be inserted or through which change may be dispensed . a door 4 is provided to open and close this port 3 . a color crt display unit 5 is provided on the horizontal panel to display illustrations , characters or messages for instructing a customer to input necessary data . when the customer touches any portion of the crt screen where a piece of data , e . g ., a keycode , an amount , an account number , or &# 34 ; approval ,&# 34 ; &# 34 ; confirmation &# 34 ; or &# 34 ; cancellation &# 34 ; of transfer , is displayed , a touch sensor detects this touching and generates key input signals . these signals are supplied to a main control section 11 . as shown in fig2 the crt display unit 5 displays the message &# 34 ; pls input transferee ,&# 34 ; the katakana keys 81 for entering the transferer &# 39 ; s and transferee &# 39 ; s name , the keys 82 1 to 82 13 for entering the type of transferee such as a corporation , the alphanumeric character - selecting key 83 , the correction key 84 , and the end key 85 . the keys 82 1 , 82 2 , 82 3 and 82 4 represent a limited company , a limited responsibility company , an unlimited partnership and a limited partnership , respectively . the keys 82 6 , 82 7 , 82 8 , 82 9 and 82 10 represent a medical corporation , a foundation , a business corporation , a religious institution and an educational institution . the keys 82 11 , 82 12 and 82 13 represent a branch office , a district office and a field office . whenever the operation step changes to another step , the display on the crt screen is changed . the vertical panel of the operation section 2 has a card port 6 , a passbook / card port 7 , a coin - inserting port 8 , a coin - dispensing port 9 and a receipt port 23 . an id card with account information ( e . g ., a keycode and an account number ) recorded on it may be inserted into the machine through the port 6 and may be discharged through this port 6 . a passbook or a transfer card 10 ( fig6 ) may be inserted into the machine via the port 7 and discharged through the port 7 . as shown in fig3 and 4 , destination information , i . e ., the name and branch name of the financial institution holding the transferee &# 39 ; s account , and transferee information , i . e ., the item number , account number and account name of the transferee , are printed on the surfaces 31 of the transfer card 10 . in addition to these pieces of inforamtion , the transferer information , i . e ., the name and account number of the transferer , the bank code and the branch code , are printed on the card 10 shown in fig3 and the transferer information , i . e ., the name and telephone number of the transferer , are printed on the card shown in fig4 . as shown in fig3 and 4 , the transfer cards 10 have each magnetic strip 32 extending along the under side . transfer information is recorded on this magnetic strip 32 . as illustrated in fig5 this information includes a start code , a code showing the type of the financial institution with the transferee &# 39 ; s account , the initial of this institution , the intial of the branch of the institution to which money will be transferred , the branch code specifying the branch , the item code specifying the transferee &# 39 ; s account type , the transferee &# 39 ; s account number , the transferee &# 39 ; s and the transferer &# 39 ; s names , the transferee &# 39 ; s and transferer &# 39 ; s telephone numbers , the valid period of the card , the number of uses , an end code , and a binary check code ( bcc ) for parity check . as illustrated in fig6 the main control section 11 is provided within the housing 1 to control the operation of the automatic teller machine . also provided within the housing 1 are an mc reading section 12 , a printing / reading section 13 , a receipt printing section 24 , a note teller 14 , a coin teller 15 , a touch sensor color crt 16 , an audio instruction unit 17 , a personnel internal monitor 18 , a floppy disk 19 , a data transfer control 20 , and a power unit 21 . the mc reading section 12 receives an id magnetic card ( mc ) inserted through the card port 6 and reads the account information from the card . the printing / reading section 13 reads information from the magnetic strip of a passbook inserted through the passbook / card port 7 , then prints the pieces of transaction information on the passbook and journal paper , and dispenses the passbook . it may read information from the magnetic strip 32 of a transfer card 10 inserted through the port 7 . the receipt printing section 24 prints the transaction information on a piece of paper ( i . e ., receipt ) and issues the receipt through the receipt port 23 . the note teller 14 receives bank notes inserted through the bank note port 3 or dispenses bank notes of a specified amount through the port 3 . the coin teller 15 receives coins inserted through the coin - inserting port 8 and dispenses coins of a specified amount through the coin - dispensing port 9 . the touch sensor color crt 16 is a part of the crt display unit 5 . the audio instruction unit 17 has a speaker ( not shown ) for sounding a message , thus telling the customer how to operate the machine . the floppy disk 19 is used to store transaction data . the data transfer control 20 controls the data transferred between the main control section 11 and a host computer ( not shown ). as shown in fig6 the main control section 11 is a one - chip microcomputer comprising a central processing unit ( cpu ) 11 1 , a read - only memory ( rom ) 11 2 for storing a control program equivalent to the flow charts of fig8 a to 8j , a random - access memory ( ram ) 11 3 used as a work area for arithmetic operations on data , and an i / o port 11 4 for controlling the input / output of data with the units forming the automatic teller machine . the one - chip may be i8086 made by intel corp ., u . s . a . an external remote monitor 22 for personal use of the machine is connected to the main control section 11 . the printing / reading section 13 has a structure as shown in fig7 . as shown in this figure , the section 13 comprises a case 42 which has a hole cut in the front wall . this hole is continuous to the passbook / card port 7 . a photodetector 43 is arranged near the port 7 to optically read the passbook or transfer card 10 inserted through this port . a path 44 extends from the photodetector 43 to the rear portion of the case 42 in the horizontal direction . it comprises drive rollers 45 , pinch rollers 46 put in rolling contact with the drive rollers 45 , and guide members 47 . the drive rollers 45 are all driven by a pulse motor 48 through belts , except for the roller 45 located at the trailing end of the path 44 , which is driven by another pulse motor 49 . a magnetic head 50 , i . e ., a mc reader , is arranged at the leading end of the path 44 . the head 50 is brought into contact with the magnetic strip of the passbook or transfer card 10 to read information from , or write it on , the strip which extends at right angles to the direction in which the passbook or card 10 is conveyed . a platen 54 is rotatably supported midway along the path 44 . an electromagnetic brake 55 , which functions as a lock mechanism , is coupled to the platen 54 . the platen 54 is locked by the brake 55 while information is being read from , or written on , the passbook or transfer card 10 . it is rotated while data is being printed on journal paper 59 . a print head 56 is held by a carriage 57 which is guided by a rod 58 and may move along the platen 54 . the platen 54 and print head 56 constitute a printing unit 76 for printing information on the passbook , the transfer card 10 or the journal paper 59 . the paper 59 is wound around a supply reel 60 and taken up by a take - up reel 61 after being wrapped around the platen 54 . paper 59 is fed as a supply roller 62 and a pinch roller 63 pinch it and rotate . the reel 61 and roller 62 are driven by a pulse motor 64 through belts . a photodetector 65 is provided in front of the platen 54 , across the path 44 , to optically read the passbook or card 10 . a box 68 is arranged near the trailing end of the path 44 to store the passbooks conveyed to it . a transfer card storage section 69 is located near the trailing end of the path 44 to store new transfer cards 10 on which no transfer information is printed or recorded . the new cards 10 are picked up by a pick - up roller 70 , one by one , and are supplied to the path 44 . it will now be described how the machine processes a transfer transaction , with reference to fig8 a to 8j and fig9 to 12 . the crt display unit 5 displays the message , &# 34 ; please select transactions ,&# 34 ; and keys for &# 34 ; withdrawal ,&# 34 ; &# 34 ; deposit ,&# 34 ; &# 34 ; balance enquiry ,&# 34 ; &# 34 ; passbook writing &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; transfer &# 34 ; ( st1 ). let us assume that a customer touches the &# 34 ; transfer &# 34 ; key ( st2 ). the main control section 11 then causes the crt display unit 5 to display the message &# 34 ; please select cash or card &# 34 ; and keys for &# 34 ; cash &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; card &# 34 ; ( st3 ). when he touches the &# 34 ; card &# 34 ; key in step st4 , the main control section 11 detects that money must be transferred , using an id card ; it causes the crt display unit 5 to display the message , &# 34 ; please input card &# 34 ; ( st5 ). accordingly , the customer inserts his id card through the card port 6 ( st6 ). the id card is fed to the mc reading section 12 . a magnetic head ( not shown ) reads the account information , e . g ., a keycode and an account number , from the magnetic strip 32 of the id card . the account information is checked by the main control section 11 . when the section 11 finds the id card a wrong one , it performs error processing . when the section 11 finds the id card a correct one , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display the message , &# 34 ; please input keycode ,&# 34 ; the ten keys , and the correction key 84 ( st7 ). the customer thus enters his key code ( st8 ). the main control section 11 then determines whether or not the keycode is identical with the registered keycode ( st201 ). when the input keycode is not identical with the registered one , the section 11 instructs the customer to input the keycode again ( st202 ). when the input keycode is identical with the registered one , the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display the message , &# 34 ; in operation , please wait &# 34 ; ( st203 ). at the same time , the section 11 transmits the data recorded on the id card to the host computer ( not shown ). the host computer transmits the data representing the balance of the customer &# 39 ; s account to the main control section 11 . the section 11 causes the unit 5 to display the data shown in fig1 , i . e ., the account information including the balance and the transfer fee , and two keys for &# 34 ; transfer cash and transfer from account -- partial ok &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; transfer from account -- ok &# 34 ; ( st204 ). when the balance is equal to or greater than the amount to transfer , the customer touches the &# 34 ; ok &# 34 ; key . when the balance is less than the amount to transfer , he touches the &# 34 ; partial ok &# 34 ; key ( st205 ). suppose the customer touches the &# 34 ; partial ok &# 34 ; key . in this case , the main control section 11 detects this ( st206 ). it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input amount and cash amount &# 34 ; ( st207 ). accordingly , the customer inputs the amount to be transferred and the cash amount ( st208 ). the section 11 determines whether or not the amount to be transferred is less than the sum of the amount of the cash and the balance ( st209 ). if the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the operation goes to step st11 so the amount may be transferred . on the other hand , when the customer touches the &# 34 ; ok &# 34 ; key in step st205 , the section 11 detects this fact ( st 206 ). it then causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input amount &# 34 ; ( st210 ). hence , the customer inputs the amount to transfer ( st211 ). the section 11 judges whether or not this amount is less than the balance ( st212 ). if the answer to this question is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the operation advances to step st11 . when the answer to the question imposed in step st209 or st212 is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the main control section 11 judges that no transfer can be achieved , and thus performs a selection disable operation ( st213 ). in step st11 , the main control section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls select key or card operation ,&# 34 ; a &# 34 ; registration &# 34 ; key and a &# 34 ; designation &# 34 ; key for designating a transfer card . the &# 34 ; designation &# 34 ; key is touched to enter new transfer data , e . g ., the name of a financial institution and an account number . the &# 34 ; registration &# 34 ; key is touched to retrieve the registered transfer information . when the customer touches the &# 34 ; designation &# 34 ; key in step st12 , the section 11 detects this fact and causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input bank name ,&# 34 ; and the katakana keys 51 ( st13 ). the customer touches the keys 51 to enter the desired bank ( st14 ). the main control section 11 checks a list of the branches of the specified bank and causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input branch name ,&# 34 ; and the katakana keys 51 ( st15 ). the customer touches the keys 51 , thereby entering the name of the desired branch ( st16 ). the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input item and account number ,&# 34 ; the ten keys , the correction key 84 , a saving account key , and an account - checking key ( st17 ). the customer therefore touches the ten keys , thereby entering the account number and the item of transaction ( st18 ). when the section 11 detects that the these pieces of information have been entered and that the desired branch is not the main office of the bank , it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input transferee ,&# 34 ; the katakana keys 51 , the correction keys 84 and the end key 85 ( st19 ). when the customer touches the end key 85 in step st20 , the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st21 ). the section 11 exchanges information with the host computer and causes the printing unit 76 to print the information on the journal paper 59 . it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls confirm ,&# 34 ; the transfer information , a confirmation key and a cancellation key ( st22 ). accordingly , the customer touches the confirmation key if the transfer information is correct , or he touches the cancellation key if the information is not correct ( st23 ). when the customer touches the cancellation key step st23 , the section 11 detects this and starts a cancelling process . on the other hand , when he touches the confirmation key in step st23 , the section 11 detects this fact and causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st24 ). in this case , the main control section 11 receives electronic funds - transfer ( eft ) information and causes the printing unit 76 to print it on the journal paper 59 . the section 11 performs a transfer card error operation ( described later ) in step st24a . in step st25 , it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; transfer card required ?,&# 34 ; a &# 34 ; yes &# 34 ; key and a &# 34 ; no &# 34 ; key . when the customer touches the &# 34 ; yes &# 34 ; key in step st26 , the section 11 causes the printing / reading section 13 to print the name of the specified financial institution , the name of the branch , the account number , the item number , the transferee &# 39 ; s name , the transferee &# 39 ; s acount information , the transferer &# 39 ; s name , and the transferer &# 39 ; s account information . these pieces of data are recorded on the magnetic strip 32 of the transfer card 10 . the card 10 shown in fig3 or 4 is dispensed from the passbook / card port 7 . the pick - up roller 70 takes a new transfer card 10 from the storage section 69 . this card 10 is conveyed through the path 44 in the direction of arrow a ( fig7 ). when the trailing edge of the card 10 opposes the print head 56 , it is moved in the opposite direction of arrow b until the leading edge of the card 10 reaches the print head 56 . the print head 56 prints the transfer information on the upper surface 31 of the card 10 . upon completion of the printing , the new transfer card 10 is conveyed through the path 44 in the direction of arrow a . the magnetic head 50 records the transfer information on the magnetic strip 32 of the card 10 when strip 32 reaches the magnetic head 50 . thereafter , the new transfer card 10 is issued through the passbook / card port 7 . in this case , the section 11 causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive transfer card &# 34 ; ( st27 ). the customer takes the new card 10 ( st28 ). when the customer touches the registration key in step st32 , the main control section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st33 ). the section 11 exchanges information with the host computer and causes the printing unit 76 to print the transfer information on the journal paper 59 . it then causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls confirm ,&# 34 ; the transfer data , the confirmation key , and the cancel key ( st34 ). suppose the customer touches the confirmation key in step st35 . the section 11 detects this fact and causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st36 ). when the main control section 11 receives the electronic funds transfer information , it causes the printing unit 76 to print this information on the journal paper 59 , and it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive card and receipt &# 34 ; ( st37 ). the customer takes the transfer card 10 and the receipt ( st38 ). thus ends the automatic transfer process . suppose the customer selects the card operation in step st11 and inserts the transfer card 10 in the port 7 in step st39 . then , the card 10 is supplied to the printing / reading section 13 . if this is the case , the main control section 11 performs a transfer card operation ( described later ) in step st39a . in step st39b , it is determined whether or not the data read from the card 10 has an error . if the answer to this question is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the operation goes to step st12 . if the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the section 11 causes the magnetic head 50 to read the information from the magnetic strip 32 of the inserted card 10 . the information read from the card 10 , i . e ., the code showing the type of the financial institution with the transferee &# 39 ; s account , the initial of this institution , the initial of the branch of the institution to which money will be transferred , the code for the transferee &# 39 ; s account type , the transferee &# 39 ; s account number , the transferee &# 39 ; s name , the transferer &# 39 ; s name , the valid period of the transfer card 10 , the number of uses , etc . these pieces of data are supplied to the main control section 11 . as shown in fig8 e , the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls confirm ,&# 34 ; the transfer information , the confirmation key , and the cancellation key ( st40 ). the customer touches the confirmation key or the cancellation key ( st41 ). when he touches the cancellation key , the section 11 detects this and performs the cancellation operation . when he touches the confirmation key , the section 11 detect this fact and causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st42 ). when the section 11 receives the electronic funds transfer data , it causes the printing unit 76 of the printing / reading section 13 to print this data on the journal paper 59 . at the same time , the transfer card 10 is moved from the section 13 and dispensed from the port 7 under the control of the main control section 11 . in this case , the main control section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive transfer card &# 34 ; ( st43 ). the customer takes the card 10 ( st44 ). the section 11 causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive id card and receipt &# 34 ; ( st45 ). the customer takes both the id card and the receipt ( st46 ). the automatic transfer transaction process thus ends . on the other hand , when the customer touches the &# 34 ; cash &# 34 ; key in step st3 , the main control section 11 detects this ( st47 ). the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input transfer amount ,&# 34 ; the ten keys , and the amount key ( st48 ). the customer therefore touches the ten keys , thus entering the amount to transfer ( st 49 ). the section 11 causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls select key or card operation ,&# 34 ; and the designation key for &# 34 ; key operation &# 34 ; ( st50 ). suppose the customer touches the designation key ( st51 ). the section 11 detects this fact and causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls select bank ,&# 34 ; and keys for selecting a financial institution ( st52 ). the customer touches some of these keys , thus entering the name of the desired bank ( st53 ). the main control section 11 checks a list of the branches of the selected bank and causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls select branch ,&# 34 ; and keys for selecting a branch ( st54 ). the customer touches some of these keys , thus entering the name of the desired branch ( st55 ). the section 11 detects this fact causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input item and account no .,&# 34 ; the ten keys , the correction key , and checking key ( st56 ). the customer enters the account number and the item number ( st57 ). when the section 11 detects that the customer has not selected the main office of the bank in step st55 , it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input transferee ,&# 34 ; the katakana keys , the correction key , and the end key ( st58 ). when the customer touches the end key in step st59 , or when the main control section 11 detects that the customer has selected the main office in step st55 , the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input transferer ,&# 34 ; the katakana keys , and the end key ( st60 ). the customer enters the transferer &# 39 ; s name ( st61 ). the section 11 detects this and causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls input phone no . of transferer ,&# 34 ; the ten keys , and the end key ( st62 ). accordingly , the customer inputs the transferer &# 39 ; s phone number and touches the end key ( st63 ). the section 11 then causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st64 ). when the section 11 receives the electronic funds - transfer information from the host computer , it causes the printing unit 76 to print this information on the journal paper 59 . it then causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; please confirm ,&# 34 ; the transfer information , the confirmation key , and the cancellation key ( st56 ). the customer touches the confirmation key or the cancellation key ( st66 ). when the main control section 11 detects that he has touched the cancellation key , it starts the cancellation process . when it detects that the confirmation key has been touched , it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls insert notes and coins ,&# 34 ; the confirmation key , and cancellation key ( st67 ). the customer inserts notes in the bank note port 3 and coins in the coin - inserting port 8 ( st68 ). the notes are supplied to the note teller 14 , discriminated and counted . when the note teller 14 finishes dicriminating and counting the notes , the main control section 11 causes the unit 5 to display the amount of cash supplied to the note teller 14 ( st69 ). the customer touches the confirmation key when the displayed amount is correct , or touches the cancellation key when this amount is incorrect ( st70 ). when the section 11 detects that the cancellation key has been touched , it starts the cancelling process . on the other hand , when it detects that the confirmation key has been selected , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st71 ). when the section 11 receives the electronic funds - transfer information from the host computer , it causes the printing unit 76 to print this information on the journal paper 59 . the section 11 compares the amount to transfer with the amount withdrawn from the account or with the amount of cash inserted by the customer , thus determining whether change must be dispensed . when the section 11 detects that change should be dispensed , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive change &# 34 ; ( st72 ). the section 11 causes the note teller 14 to dispense the note change from the bank note port 3 and the coin change from the coin - inserting port 9 . the customer takes the notes and coins ( st73 ). when the section 11 detects that no change is left untaken , it starts the transfer card error operation ( st73a ) and causes the unit 5 to display a question , &# 34 ; transfer card required ?,&# 34 ; the &# 34 ; yes &# 34 ; key , and the &# 34 ; no &# 34 ; key ( st74 ). when the customer touches the &# 34 ; yes &# 34 ; key in step st75 , the main control section 111 causes the printing / reading section 13 to print the transfer information , i . e ., the name of the bank , name of the branch , account number , type of the transferee &# 39 ; s account , transferer &# 39 ; s name , and transferer &# 39 ; s phone number on a new transfer card 10 ( fig4 ). the transfer information is recorded by the magnetic head 50 on the magnetic strip 32 of the new card 10 . this card 10 is dispensed from the passbook / card port 7 . the main control section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive transfer card &# 34 ; ( st76 ). when the customer takes the transfer card 10 in step st77 , or he touches the &# 34 ; no &# 34 ; key in step st78 , the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive card and receipt &# 34 ; ( st79 ). the customer takes the card and receipt ( st80 ). here , the automatic - transfer - transaction process is completed . suppose the customer touches the key for &# 34 ; card operaion &# 34 ; in step st50 , seeing the message , &# 34 ; pls select key or card operation ,&# 34 ; and then inserts his transfer card 10 in the passbook / card port 7 ( st81 ). the card 10 is conveyed to the printing / reading section 13 . the section 11 starts the transfer card operation ( later described ) in step st81a . it is then determined whether or not the transfer information read from the card 10 contains an error ( st81b ). when the answer to this question is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the operation goes to step st51 . when the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the transfer data , i . e ., the initial and code of the finantial institution with the transferee &# 39 ; s account , the initial and code of the branch of the destination institution , the transferee &# 39 ; s account type , the transferee &# 39 ; s account number , the transferer &# 39 ; s name , the valid period of the transfer card 10 , the number of uses , etc ., is supplied to the main control section 11 . the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st82 ). the section 11 receives the electronic funds - transfer information from the host computer and causes the printing unit 76 to print this information on the journal paper 59 . thereafter , it causes the unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls confirm ,&# 34 ; the transfer information , the confirmation key , and the cancellation key ( st83 ). the customer touches the confirmation key or the cancellation key ( st84 ). when the section 11 detects that the customer has touched the cancellation key , it starts the cancelling process . when it detects that the customer has touched the confirmation key in step st84 , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls insert notes and coins ,&# 34 ; the confirmation key , and the cancellation key ( st85 ). the customer inserts the notes in the bank note port 3 and coins in the coin - inserting port 8 ( st86 ). the notes are supplied to the note teller 14 , discriminated and counted . the main control section 11 causes the unit 5 to display the amount of cash inserted ( st87 ). the customer touches the confirmation key or the cancellation key ( st88 ). when the section 11 detects that he has touched the cancellation key in step st88 , it starts the cancelling operation . when it detects that the confirmation key has been touched in step st88 , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation &# 34 ; ( st89 ). when the section 11 receives the electronic funds - transfer information from the host computer , it causes the printing unit 76 to print this information on the journal paper 59 . the main control section 11 compares the amount to transfer with the withdrawn amount or with the inserted amount , thus determining whether or not change should be given . when the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive change ,&# 34 ; and the amount of change ( st90 ). in this case , the section 11 causes the note teller 14 to dispense the notes and / or coins through the ports 3 and 9 , and the customer takes the change ( st91 ). when the section 11 detects that no change is left untaken , it causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive transfer card &# 34 ; ( st92 ). the customer takes the transfer card 10 ( st93 ). the main control section 11 then causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; pls receive card and receipt &# 34 ; ( st94 ). the customer takes the id card and the receipt ( st95 ). here ends the automatic - transfer transaction process ( st95 ). as described above , to transfer money to the same account for the second time by using the transfer card , the customer need only insert the transfer card 10 , enter the transfer amount , insert cash , if necessary , and touch the confirmation key a few times . he does not need to enter the other transfer information , i . e ., the name of the bank with the transferee &# 39 ; s account , the type of bank , the name of the destination branch , the item code specifying the type of the transferee &# 39 ; s account , transferee &# 39 ; s account number , transferee &# 39 ; s name , transferer &# 39 ; s name , transferee &# 39 ; s and transferer &# 39 ; s telephone numbers , etc . the customer can save much time . with reference to fig9 the transfer card error operation will be explained . first , the main control section 11 determines in step st101 whether or not a card error flag has been set in an internal memory ( not shown ). when the answer to this question is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the transfer card error operation ends . when the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; it is considered impossible to read the transfer information from the transfer card 10 . in this case , the card 10 is withdrawn to the box 68 ( st102 ). here , the transfer card error operation ends . the transfer card error operation may also be carried out as illustrated in the flow chart of fig1 . the section 11 determines in step st103 whether or not a card error flag has been set in an internal memory ( not shown ). when the answer to this question is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the transfer card error operation ends . when the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a question , &# 34 ; same transfer data ?,&# 34 ; the &# 34 ; same &# 34 ; key , and the &# 34 ; not same &# 34 ; key ( st104 ). the customer touches the &# 34 ; same &# 34 ; key or the &# 34 ; not same &# 34 ; key ( st105 ). when the section 11 detects that the &# 34 ; same &# 34 ; key has been touched in step st105 , it causes the magnetic head 50 to record the transfer data on the magnetic strip 32 of the transfer card 10 ( st106 ). thereafter , the transfer card receiving operation is performed . when the section 11 detects in step st105 that the customer has touched the &# 34 ; not same &# 34 ; key , it is considered impossible to read the transfer data from the transfer card 10 . hence , the card 10 is withdrawn to the box 68 ( st107 ), and the transfer card error operation ends . the transfer card receiving operation is performed in the manner shown in the flow chart of fig1 . the main control section 11 sets a timer ( not shown ) to a count of n seconds ( st111 ). it determines whether or not the transfer card has been withdrawn from the machine ( st112 ). if the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; it is then determined whether or not the count of the timer has reached the value of n / 2 ( st113 ). when the answer to this question is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the section 11 causes the audio instruction unit 17 to give a message , &# 34 ; pls take out card &# 34 ; ( st114 ). on the other hand , when the answer to the question asked in step st112 is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 stops this audio message ( st115 ), whereby the transfer card receiving operation ends . when the answer to the question imposed in step st113 is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 determines whether or not the timer has reached the set value n ( st116 ). when the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the operation returns to step st112 . when the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section detects that the transfer card 10 has not been taken out and supplies the card 10 to the box 68 ( st117 ). the main control section 11 withdraws the id card and the receipt , too ( st118 ). it causes the print head 56 to print this fact on the journal paper 56 ( st119 ). here , the transfer card receiving operation comes to an end . the information printed on the paper 76 includes the amount of cash the customer has inserted and the data showing whether or not a transfer card , an id card and a passbook are available for the customer . the transfer card operation is performed as shown in fig1 . first , the main control section 11 clears the transfer card error flag in the internal memory ( not shown ) in step st121 . then it set a count n in a retry counter ( not shown ) in step st122 . the section 11 causes the magnetic head 50 to read the data from the magnetic strip 32 of the transfer card 10 ( st123 ). this information is checked ( st124 ). when this data is incorrect , the section 11 reduces the count of the tetry - counter by one ( st125 ). it determines whether or not the count of this counter is zero ( st126 ). when the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the operation returns to step 123 . when the answer is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 sets a transfer card error flag in the internal memory , thereby completing the transfer card error operation ( st126 ). when the section 11 detects in step st124 that the data is correct , it adds one to the data representing the number of times used , i . e ., a piece of data included in the data read from the transfer card 10 , and determines whether or not the card 10 has been overused ( st127 ). when the answer is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the section 11 determines whether or not the valid period of the card 10 has expired ( st128 ). when the answer to this question is &# 34 ; no ,&# 34 ; the section 11 determines whether or not the valid period will expire within one month ( st129 ). when the answer to the question asked in step st127 , the answer to the question imposed in step st128 , or the answer to the question asked in step st129 is &# 34 ; yes ,&# 34 ; the section 11 causes the crt display unit 5 to display a message , &# 34 ; in operation to reissue transfer card . pls wait &# 34 ; ( st130 ). it causes the print head 56 to print &# 34 ; valid period expired , and withdrawn &# 34 ; on the transfer card 10 as shown in fig1 ( st131 ). these words are printed in red and in large characters to help anyone to quickly understand that the card is no longer valid . the section 11 supplies the old card 10 to the box 68 ( st132 ). it then causes the printing section 13 to print the pieces of data as shown in fig3 on the new transfer card 10 , causes the magnetic head 50 to record these pieces of data and other data on the magnetic strip 32 of the new card 10 , and issues the new card 10 through the passbook / card port 7 ( st133 ). more specifically , the new card 10 is taken out of the box 69 by the take - out roller 70 and conveyed along the path 44 in the direction of arrow a . when its trailing edge reaches the printing head 56 , the card 10 is then moved in the direction of arrow b . as the card 10 is moved in this direction , the head 56 prints the transfer data on the new card 10 . thereafter , the card 10 is conveyed in the direction of arrow a until its magnetic strip 32 reaches the magnetic head 50 . the head 50 records the transfer information on the strip 32 . the card 10 is then tested to see if the data can be magnetically read . when it is found the data can be so read from the card 10 , the card is issued through the passbook / card port 7 . when the section 11 detects in step st129 that the remaining period of the transfer card 10 is longer than one month , it completes the transfer card operation . as mentioned above , even if the data cannot be read from the magnetic strip 32 of the transfer card 10 , the transfer transaction process need not be repeated from the beginning ; the process can be started by entering the transfer information . hence , the customer can save much time . as described above in detail , the present invention can provide an automatic - transfer - transaction processing apparatus which may easily be operated by anyone and which may therefore accomplish a transfer transaction at at high speed 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