US 12,424,047 B2
Automated teller machine and method of controlling the same
Dahye Shin, Seoul (KR); Jin Yu Lim, Seoul (KR); Hyun Soo Jang, Seoul (KR); and Seungki Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,049.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0032671 (KR), filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298423 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G07D 11/245 (2019.01); G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/25 (2019.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 11/245 (2019.01) [G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/25 (2019.01); G07F 19/201 (2013.01); G07D 2207/00 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated teller machine comprising:
a main body having an entrance for replenishment and recovery to which a recovery transit cassette or a replenishment transit cassette is connected;
a reception unit through which deposit or withdrawal of a medium is made;
an identification unit serving to identify whether a medium is a normal banknote or a rejection banknote;
a recycle cassette configured to store the medium recognized as the normal banknote;
a reject cassette configured to store the medium recognized as the rejection banknote;
a deposit cassette configured to store the medium deposited through the reception unit;
a utility cassette disposed in a lower portion of the main body, the utility cassette serving to store various types of mediums for universal purpose;
a conveyance path through which the medium is conveyed between the entrance for replenishment and recovery, the reception unit, the identification unit, the deposit cassette, the recycle cassette, the reject cassette and the utility cassette; and
a control unit configured to control the conveyance path such that when the medium is recovered through the recovery transit cassette, the medium recognized as the normal banknote by the identification unit, among the mediums stored in the deposit cassette and the recycle cassette, is recovered to the recovery transit cassette, and when the medium is replenished through the replenishment transit cassette, the medium recognized as the rejection banknote by the identification unit, among replenishment mediums stored in the replenishment transit cassette, is replenished to the utility cassette,
wherein the utility cassette is disposed horizontally adjacent to the deposit cassette and positioned right above the reject cassette.