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Banking apparatus and method

Assignee: Omron Corp
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Filing: 1978-06-05
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Granted: 1980-09-30
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Expires: 1998-06-05
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Abstract

Abstract Banking apparatus comprising a plurality of transaction devices having at least one common operative device, means for presetting a pattern of transactions representing a combination of transactions processable according to a status of the transaction devices, means connected with the means for presetting the pattern of transactions for generating a first predetermined signal pattern, means for entering a customer selected transaction into the apparatus, means connected with the means for entering for generating a second predetermined signal, means for checking for the presence or absence of a predetermined relation between the first and second predetermined signal patterns and for judging whether a customer selected transaction is available and means for executing a customer selected transaction which has been judged to be available by the judging means.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jyunji Sano
  • 👤 Kuniaki Okazaki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 21:59
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/205

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 184 words
A banking apparatus comprising a common housing accommodating a plurality of transaction devices some of which have at least one common operative device, means for presetting a pattern of transactions representing a combination of transactions processable according to the status of said plurality of transaction devices, means connected with said means for presetting said pattern of transactions for generating a first predetermined signal pattern representative of the status of said plurality of transaction devices, means for entering a customer selected transaction into said apparatus, means connected with said means for entering for generating a second predetermined signal pattern representative of said customer selected transaction, means connected with said first and second means for generating for checking for the presence or absence of a predetermined relation between said first and second predetermined signal patterns and for judging whether said customer selected transaction is processable and means connected with said means for checking and with said plurality of transaction devices for operating a selected one of said transaction devices to execute said customer selected transaction which has been judged to be available by said judging means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 184 words
A banking apparatus comprising a common housing accommodating a plurality of transaction devices some of which have at least one common operative device, means for presetting a pattern of transactions representing a combination of transactions processable according to the status of said plurality of transaction devices, means connected with said means for presetting said pattern of transactions for generating a first predetermined signal pattern representative of the status of said plurality of transaction devices, means for entering a customer selected transaction into said apparatus, means connected with said means for entering for generating a second predetermined signal pattern representative of said customer selected transaction, means connected with said first and second means for generating for checking for the presence or absence of a predetermined relation between said first and second predetermined signal patterns and for judging whether said customer selected transaction is processable and means connected with said means for checking and with said plurality of transaction devices for operating a selected one of said transaction devices to execute said customer selected transaction which has been judged to be available by said judging means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 74 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for generating said first predetermined signal pattern and said means for generating said second predetermined signal pattern generate signals each consisting of a plurality of bit positions each containing a logical "1" or "0" state and said predetermined relation is present when each bit position logic state of said first signal pattern matches a corresponding bit position logic state of said second signal pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 26 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of transaction devices include at least cash withdrawal, deposit, exchange, balance reference and entry transaction devices.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said presetting means is automatically activated when any one of said plurality of transaction devices has failed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said presetting means is manually actuated from outside of said housing to pre-set one or more patterns of available transactions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 59 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said apparatus includes means for detecting a malfunction of any one of said plurality of transaction devices, means responsive to said means for detecting for generating an information output signal representing available transactions and means responsive to said information output signal for feeding said information output signal to said pre-setting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 46 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing banking service time schedule data to said pre-setting means, said pre-setting means being responsive to said time schedule data to set at least one pattern of transactions in accordance with said time schedule data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 42 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means responsive to said judging means for indicating to a customer which customer selected transactions are processable when said checking and judging means has judged that said customer selected transaction is not available.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 27 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said common operative device comprises at least a means for entering a customer card into said apparatus for verification.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 52 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said customer card entering means accepts a customer card prior to entry of said customer selected transaction and returns the card when a customer selected transaction has been judged not available and when a customer selected transaction has been completed by said executing means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 79 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said presetting means is an operation mode switch, said first predetermined signal pattern generating means is an encoder associated with said operation mode switch, said means for entering a customer selected transaction is a customer select switch, said second predetermined signal pattern generating means is an encoder associated with said customer select switch, and said checking and judging means is a micro-processor including a memory receiving output data from said encoders.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 39 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said common operative device comprises at least one of a magnetic card reader, a slip issuing device, an imprinter, a bank note dispenser, a bank note checker and a bankbook printer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 58 words
A banking apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for causing a pattern of transactions representing a combination of available transactions which are processable to appear in said first predetermined signal pattern in preference to a pattern of transactions manually preset when the pattern of transactions which are available and the pattern of transactions manually preset disagree.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1983-09-30 1984-03-31 1984-09-30 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1987-09-30 1988-03-31 1988-09-30 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1991-09-30 1992-03-31 1992-09-30 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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