CN105844784B - Paper money processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a banknote processing device capable of easily searching information and the like of a banknote. The banknote processing device (100) comprises a recognition unit (3) for recognizing banknotes, a sorting unit for sorting the banknotes based on the recognition result of the recognition unit (3), a stacking unit for stacking the banknotes to be counted sorted in the sorting unit, and an information management unit (150) for extracting and storing stacked banknote data from the banknote data read in the recognition unit. When the stacking process of the banknotes on the stacking unit is finished, the information management unit (150) stores the data of the stacked banknotes in association with the end time of the stacking process.

Description

Paper money processing device

Technical Field

The technology disclosed herein relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Background

In recent years, from the viewpoint of ensuring safety in carrying banknotes and performing replenishment work to an ATM, it has been required to strictly manage each banknote using an issue number printed on the banknote or the like. Patent document 1 discloses a banknote management system that easily manages a large number of banknotes using an issue number. In this banknote management system, a management code added to a plurality of banknotes is associated with a storage container ID added to a banknote storage container that stores the plurality of banknotes, and the management is performed.

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[ patent document 1] (Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2015-56010

However, the technique of patent document 1 has room for improvement in terms of collating a large amount of managed banknote data or searching for a specific banknote from the banknote data. Specifically, for example, when it is desired to grasp the distribution process, current location, and the like of a specific banknote, it takes time to search for a large amount of banknote data or to confirm the banknote data.

Disclosure of Invention

The technology disclosed herein has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a banknote handling apparatus capable of easily searching information on a location of a banknote and the like.

The technology disclosed herein relates to a banknote processing apparatus including: a recognition unit that reads banknote data including an issue number of a banknote transported on the transport path and recognizes the banknote; a sorting unit configured to sort the banknotes based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; a stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes to be counted sorted by the sorting unit; and an information management unit that receives the banknote data read by the recognition unit, extracts and stores stacked banknote data, which is banknote data of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit, from the banknote data, and when a stacking process of banknotes in the stacking unit is completed, the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data in association with a completion time of the stacking process.

Here, the "end time of the stacking process" includes, for example, a take-out time, which is a time when the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit, and a determination time when the operator performs a determination operation for indicating the end of the stacking process.

According to this configuration, since the banknote data relating to the banknote to be counted is stored in association with the end time of the stacking process, it is possible to manage, sort, and search the banknotes based on the end time of the stacking process. For example, in the case where the time at which the accumulation process ends is the determination operation time, the time at which the accumulation process is determined directly relates to the time at which the business ends. This enables a search associated with a service to be performed, thereby improving the ease of search. In addition, data extraction based on the end time of the stacking process can be performed, and the viewability of the banknote data is improved. For example, it is particularly effective when the flow of funds after the end of the business (for example, a search for the location of banknotes or a search for the state of distribution) is grasped. Further, since the stacked banknote data is extracted and stored, for example, in a transaction (for example, a loading transaction) requiring only information on the stacking process, unnecessary data is not stored, and the processing time for performing a search, a preview, and other various processes can be shortened.

Further, the information management unit may be configured to store the stacked banknote data in association with an end time of the batch process when the batch process as the stacking process in which the set number of banknotes in the batch is stacked in the stacking unit is ended.

Here, the "batch processing" includes, for example, a normal batch processing in which the number of banknotes is set to be smaller than the maximum stacking capacity of the stacking portion, and a specific batch processing in which banknotes of a specific batch number exceeding the maximum stacking capacity of the stacking portion are stacked in the stacking portion, which will be described later.

According to this configuration, since the batch process end time is stored in association with the banknote data, it is possible to perform a search or the like of the banknote data based on the batch process end time. That is, it is possible to realize the search for each batch process and the data extraction for each batch process, and the search and viewing properties are improved, and the arrangement and management of the banknote data are facilitated.

The information management unit may determine that the stacking process is completed when the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit, and store the stacked banknote data of the banknotes taken out from the stacking unit in association with the time taken out of the banknotes.

According to this configuration, since the end time of the batch process is stored in association with the banknote data, it is possible to perform a search for the banknote data based on the withdrawal time of the banknote, and the like, and to associate the job status of the operator with the banknote data.

The batch processing may include specific batch processing for stacking a specific number of banknotes in a batch exceeding a stacking capacity of the stacking unit in the stacking unit, the specific batch processing may be configured to repeat stacking of banknotes in the stacking unit and removal of banknotes from the stacking unit a plurality of times, and the information management unit may be configured to store stacked banknote data for all banknotes stacked during the specific batch processing in association with an end time of the specific batch processing when the stacking processing of the specific number of banknotes in the specific batch processing is ended.

According to this configuration, the information processing unit stores the stacked banknote data for all banknotes stacked during the specific batch process in association with the end time of the specific batch process, in other words, at the end of the specific batch process, the information processing unit records the banknote data that has been taken out back and stores the banknote data in association with the end time of the specific batch process. This makes it possible to associate the same end time with all banknotes stacked during a specific batch processing, thereby further improving the ease of searching and viewing of the banknote data.

It is also possible to further include: and a reject unit configured to stack rejected banknotes based on a recognition result of the recognition unit, wherein the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data in a1 st storage area, and stores rejected banknote data, which is banknote data of rejected banknotes stacked in the reject unit, in a2 nd storage area that is an area different from the 1 st storage area.

According to this configuration, it is possible to manage and sort appropriate data in the rejected banknote data in addition to the stacked banknote data, and the ease of searching and reading of each banknote data is improved. Further, since the stacked banknote data and the rejected banknote data are stored in different storage areas, the data can be easily sorted and managed, and the processing time for searching, viewing, and other various processes can be shortened.

It is also possible to further include: and a service selection unit capable of selecting one service from a plurality of services preset by a user, wherein the information management unit determines whether or not to store the rejected bill data in the 2 nd storage area based on the service selected by the service selection unit.

Among the services, there are, for example, a service that does not require the rejection of bill data as in the filling service and a service that may require the rejection of bill data after the service as in the deposit service. As described above, by making it possible to determine whether or not to store the rejected bill data according to the service set by the user, convenience is improved and more appropriate data management can be realized.

The banknote handling apparatus may be configured to be usable for completing a loading service for stacking a set number of banknotes loaded into an ATM or cassette on the stacking unit or a collection service for stacking banknotes collected from an ATM or cassette on the stacking unit, and further include: and an operation input unit capable of inputting an individual identification number assigned so that at least one of the ATM and the cassette relating to the loading service or the collection service can be specified, wherein the information management unit receives the individual identification number from the operation input unit, and stores the stacked banknote data in association with the individual identification number.

Here, the "individual identification number" includes, for example, an identification number for identifying the device as an ATM number, and an identification number for identifying a cassette for accommodating banknotes as a cassette number.

According to this configuration, since the individual identification number is stored in association with the stacked banknote data in addition to the end time of the stacking process, it is possible to cope with various searches and to improve the ease of search and the viewability.

According to the above-described banknote processing apparatus, the stacked banknote data is stored in association with the end time of the stacking process, thereby improving the ease of searching for location information of the banknote and the like.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an external view of a banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 4 is a system configuration diagram related to the generation of an output data file.

Fig. 5(a) to (c) are diagrams showing configuration examples of the operation input unit.

Fig. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the conveyance destination of the bill and the storage destination of the bill data.

Fig. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the conveyance destination of the bill and the storage destination of the bill data.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of banknote data and tracking data.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus and the host apparatus.

Description of the reference symbols

100 paper money processing device

131A 1 st storage area

131B 2 nd storage area

150 information management part

17 operation input unit (service selection unit)

3 recognition part

4 bundling paper stacker (pile part)

5 non-binding paper stacker (piling part)

6 reject stacker (reject part)

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail based on the drawings.

< schematic construction of banknote handling apparatus >

Fig. 1 shows an external view of the banknote handling apparatus 100, and fig. 2 shows a schematic configuration diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The banknote handling apparatus 100 is a banknote handling machine having the following functions: banknotes in a scattered state are acquired, counted, sorted according to the type and state of the banknotes, and stacked.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 includes a hopper (hopper) section 2 for placing banknotes and taking out the banknotes one by one, a recognition section 3 for recognizing the banknotes, a Reject stacker (Reject stacker)6 for stacking rejected banknotes, and a stacking section 1 for sorting and stacking banknotes to be counted (for example, banknotes other than the rejected banknotes). The stacking unit 1 includes a bundling stacker 4 for stacking banknotes to be bundled and a non-bundling stacker 5 for stacking banknotes not to be bundled. Further, the banknote handling device 100 includes: a1 st transport unit 7 as a transport path for transporting the banknotes received from the hopper unit 2 to the recognition unit 3, the binding stacker 4, the non-binding stacker 5, and the reject stacker 6; a2 nd conveying section 8 for conveying the banknotes stacked in the bundling stacker 4 to a predetermined position; a bundling unit 9 for bundling the banknotes transported by the 2 nd transport unit 8; a 3 rd transport unit 10 that transports the bundled banknotes (hereinafter, referred to as "bundled banknotes"); a throw-out part 11 for throwing out the bundled paper money; a box-shaped frame 12 for accommodating the recognition section 3, the bundle stacker 4, the unbundling stacker 5, the reject stacker 6, the 1 st conveying section 7, the 2 nd conveying section 8, the bundling section 9, and the 3 rd conveying section 10. The reject banknotes include non-specified banknotes, abnormal banknotes, transport abnormal banknotes, and counterfeit banknotes. The non-specified banknote is a banknote for which the transport destination of the banknote is not specified in any of the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, the 2 nd bundle stacker 4B, the 1 st non-bundle stacker 5A, or the 2 nd non-bundle stacker 5B although it is determined to be a normal banknote. The abnormal banknote is an object that cannot be determined to be a banknote based on the information acquired by the recognition unit 3. The conveyance-abnormal bill is a bill in which information on the bill cannot be normally acquired due to conveyance abnormality such as skew or chain. The counterfeit bill is a bill judged to be likely to be a counterfeit bill by comparing information on the bill with counterfeit bill information stored in advance.

The inside of the rack 12 is divided into a1 st processing unit 126 that performs processing related to the recognition and classification of banknotes and a2 nd processing unit 127 that performs processing related to the bundling of banknotes to be bundled. The 2 nd processing unit 127 is disposed above the 1 st processing unit 126. The 1 st processing unit 126 includes a hopper section 2, a recognition section 3, a non-binding stacker 5, and a reject stacker 6. The 2 nd processing section 127 includes a bundle stacker 4, a2 nd conveying section 8, a bundling section 9, and a 3 rd conveying section 10. Most of the 1 st transport unit 7 is included in the 1 st processing unit 126.

The bundle stacker 4 includes two stackers, a1 st bundle stacker 4A and a2 nd bundle stacker 4B. The 1 st and 2 nd strapping stackers 4A and 4B each stack banknotes of a bundling object. The banknotes stacked as the bundling object banknotes can be set as appropriate. The bundling stacker 4 can stack banknotes that are not to be bundled.

The binding stacker 4 has a door 43 for opening and closing a1 st take-out port 47 opened in a side surface of the frame 12. The door 43 is made of a transparent or translucent material (e.g., glass or resin), and thus the inside can be visually observed from the outside.

The binding stacker 4 has a stack sensor 45 that detects bills in the binding stacker 4. The stacking sensor 45 has a transmitting unit that transmits light and a receiving unit that receives light, and detects the banknotes by blocking the light emitted from the transmitting unit and reaching the receiving unit. The stacking sensor 52, the bill sensor 25, and the passage sensor 74, which will be described later, are also configured in the same manner. The stack sensor 45 is disposed so that light is blocked by the banknotes in the bundle stacker 4. That is, the stack sensor 45 can detect the presence of the banknotes in the bundling stacker 4 by blocking the light. The stack sensor 45 can detect this when the banknotes are taken out from the bundling and stacking machine 4.

The unbundling stacker 5 includes two stackers, 1 st and 2 nd unbundling stackers 5A and 5B. The 1 st and 2 nd unbundling paper stackers 5A and 5B are arranged substantially in parallel in the horizontal direction in the 1 st processing section 126. The non-binding stacker 5 has a2 nd take-out port 53 opened in a side surface of the frame 12.

The non-binding stacker 5 is provided with an extruding mechanism 54 for extruding the stacked banknotes to the 2 nd ejection port 53. The pushing mechanism 54 is provided on the depth side (the side opposite to the 2 nd take-out port 53) of the non-binding stacker 5, and pushes out the banknotes from the depth side to the near side (the 2 nd take-out port 53 side). Thereby, as conceptually shown in fig. 1, the banknotes protrude from the 2 nd take-out port 53.

The unbundling stacker 5 has a stack sensor 52 for detecting bills in the unbundling stacker 5. The stack sensor 52 has the same structure as the stack sensor 45. The stack sensor 52 can detect the presence of banknotes in the unbound stacker 5. The stack sensor 52 can detect this when the banknotes are taken out from the non-binding stacker 5.

The hopper 2 includes: a placing table 21 on which banknotes are placed; two guide portions 22, 22 for guiding the banknotes placed on the placing table 21; a take-up roller 23; an acquisition port 24 for acquiring banknotes; and a bill sensor 25 for detecting bills on the placing table 21. In the present embodiment, the banknotes are placed in the hopper section 2 such that the banknotes are taken with one long side of the banknotes as the leading end (direction parallel to the short side of the banknotes).

The bill sensor 25 is disposed in the vicinity of the acquisition port 24. The banknote sensor 25 has the same structure as the stacking sensor 45. The bill sensor 25 is disposed so as to be shielded by the bill placed on the placing table 21. That is, the banknote sensor 25 can detect that the banknotes are placed on the placing table 21 by blocking the light.

The 1 st conveying section 7 is constituted by a conveying belt or the like. The 1 st conveying unit 7 includes a main conveying path 71, 1 st to 4 th branch paths 72a to 72d branched from the main conveying path 71, a distribution mechanism 73 provided at a branching portion from the main conveying path 71, and a plurality of passage sensors 74 for detecting passage of banknotes. The 1 st transport unit 7 transports the bill so that one long side of the bill is at the top (in a direction parallel to the short side of the bill).

The identifying portion 3 is provided on the upstream side of the 1 st branch path 72a in the main conveying path 71. The identification unit 3 identifies the denomination, authenticity, and end damage of each transported bill. Specifically, the recognition unit 3 includes a line sensor 31 and a magnetic sensor 32, and acquires the characteristics of the bill. The recognition unit 3 determines whether or not the characteristics of the stored various banknotes match, and recognizes currency, denomination, year of issue, freshness, authenticity, and loss. The old and new are information indicating the Version (Version) of the bill. For example, in the case of a 100-dollar banknote, the new and old are information for determining whether the 100-dollar banknote conforms to the old edition (4 th edition 1980, 4 th revision 1990) or the new edition (5 th edition 2005).

The recognition unit 3 classifies the end of banknote into three grades, i.e., ATM end note (ATM), cashier end note (TLR), and damaged note (UNFIT). The ATM-end note is a grade-end note that can be used as a banknote dispensed from the ATM, and the cashier-end note is a grade-end note that, although it is not a grade that can be used as a banknote dispensed from the ATM, it can be used as a banknote dispensed at a cashier counter (teller) of a bank. In addition, the end of the banknote may be classified into two grades. In this case, the recognition unit 3 classifies the end loss of the banknote into two grades, i.e., an end note (FIT) including an ATM end note (ATM) and a cashier end note (TLR), and a loss note (UNFIT).

The recognition unit 3 also acquires Image data (Image data) of the bill when recognizing the bill. The acquired image data is stored in the storage unit 131 described later. The recognition unit 3 acquires the entire image of the bill as video data, cuts out an area including the serial number from the entire image to create an area image, and creates a binary segment image for each character based on the area image. The recognition unit 3 performs OCR processing on the binarized segmented image and reads the issue number. At least one of the whole image, the region image, and the binarized segment image is stored in the storage unit 131.

The bundling unit 9 bundles the stacked banknotes. The bundling unit 9 forms a paper tape loop L, and after the paper money is conveyed into the paper tape loop L, the paper tape is pulled back, and the paper money is bundled by the paper tape.

The 2 nd transport section 8 holds the banknotes stacked in the bundle stacker 4 and transports the banknotes into the paper tape loop L. The 2 nd conveying section 8 includes: a clamping unit 81 for clamping the paper money by an upper arm 81a and a lower arm 81 b; a1 st horizontal movement mechanism for moving the clamp unit 81 in a direction in which the clamp unit is horizontally moved and one long side of the banknote is at the beginning (parallel to the short side of the banknote); a2 nd horizontal movement mechanism for moving the clamp unit 81 in a direction in which the clamp unit is horizontally moved with one short side of the banknote at the beginning (parallel to the long side of the banknote); and an up-and-down moving mechanism for moving the gripping unit 81 in the up-and-down direction.

The 3 rd transport unit 10 transports the bundled banknotes up to the ejection unit 11. The 3 rd transport unit 10 includes an upper clamp 101, a lower clamp 102, and a horizontal movement mechanism for moving the upper clamp 101 and the lower clamp 102 in a horizontal direction in which one long side of the banknote is at the top (parallel to the short side of the banknote).

An input operation unit 17 for inputting information on the banknote processing apparatus 100 such as a determination input operation and a service selection at the end of a stacking process described later is provided on a side surface of the chassis 12. As shown in fig. 5, the input operation unit 17 includes a touch panel 17A and a plurality of push-button switches 17B including an Acceptance (ACCEPT) switch 17C (hereinafter also referred to as "confirmation switch 17C") as a confirmation information input unit. The touch panel 17A also functions as a display unit for displaying information of the banknote processing apparatus 100. The touch panel 17A is a man-machine interface portion for an operator who operates the banknote processing apparatus 100.

Returning to fig. 1, two display portions are provided near the 2 nd extraction port 53 on the side surface of the housing 12 so as to correspond to the two 2 nd extraction ports 53, respectively. In the present embodiment, a segment-type liquid crystal panel 18 is provided as an example of the display unit. The liquid crystal panel 18 displays, for example, the denomination and version of bills stacked in the non-binding stacker 5. Further, two display portions may be provided near the 1 st ejection port 47 on the side surface of the housing 12 so as to correspond to the two 1 st ejection ports 47, respectively. These display units may be display units for displaying information related to processing performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100.

< System Structure of banknote handling apparatus >

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 includes a control unit 120 based on a known microcomputer, for example. The hopper section 2, the recognition section 3, the binding stacker 4, the non-binding stacker 5, the reject stacker 6, the 1 st transport section 7, the 2 nd transport section 8, the binding section 9, the 3 rd transport section 10, the input operation section 17, and the liquid crystal panel 18 are connected to the control section 120 so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving signals. Note that the banknote sensor 25, the stacking sensor 45, the stacking sensor 52, and the passage sensor 74 are connected to the control unit 120, and detection signals thereof are input. Further, the storage unit 131 for storing various kinds of information, the communication unit 132 for inputting and outputting signals to and from the host device 160 via a wired or wireless communication line, and the input/output unit 133 are connected to the control unit 120, and various kinds of signals are input and output between the control unit 120 and the storage unit 131, the communication unit 132, and the input/output unit 133. The control unit 120 and the storage unit 131 are components of the information management unit 150 having a function of extracting and storing stacked banknote data.

The storage unit 131 includes a1 st storage area 131A for storing banknote data (hereinafter also referred to as stacked banknote data) relating to banknotes to be counted stacked in the stacking unit 1, and a2 nd storage area 131B for storing banknote data (hereinafter also referred to as rejected banknote data) relating to rejected banknotes stacked in the reject stacker 6. The input/output unit 133 constitutes an input/output port to which an external device of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is connected.

The banknote processing device 100 is connected to a printer 141, various memory cards 142 such as an SD card, a memory drive 143 having a storage unit such as a flash memory, and a code reader 144 for reading a barcode or a two-dimensional code, for example, via the input/output unit 133. The banknote processing device 100 is provided with a buzzer 145 as a warning unit that warns by sound when an operator performs an erroneous operation or the like. The buzzer 145 operates under the control of the control unit 120. The memory card 142 stores, for example, information necessary for each business, and is set in the banknote handling apparatus 100 by an operator before, for example, a job related to each business described later is started.

The control unit 120 generates a control signal based on an input signal from the touch panel 17A, detection signals from various sensors, and the like, and outputs the control signal to the hopper 2 and the like. The hopper 2 and the like operate in accordance with a control signal from the control unit 120.

The host device 160 is, for example, a server, and manages the banknote data subjected to the counting process as a database. The host device 160 includes a communication unit 161 connected to the communication unit 132 of the banknote processing device 100 by wire or wireless, a control unit 162 that controls the operation of the host device 160, an input unit 163 that receives an operation input by an operator, a display unit 164 that displays various information under the control of the control unit 162, and a storage unit 165 that stores information such as banknote information. The storage section 165 has a larger storage capacity than the storage section 131 of the banknote processing device 100, and can store more information (that is, information processed earlier in the past).

< business using banknote handling machine >

The banknote handling machine 100 is used for performing a part of various types of processing such as a deposit transaction (deposit transaction), a withdrawal transaction (withdrawal transaction), a damage-done differentiation transaction, a collection transaction, and a loading transaction, which will be described later. On the left side of the table shown in fig. 4, the management unit of each service and items that can be set by the operator (described as "user setting" in the figure) are shown.

The function indicated by "O" in the column of "user setting" in fig. 4 is a function that can be set when a service is selected. The function indicated by "-" is a function that cannot be set at the time of selection of a service. That is, functions not required for completion of the service are automatically disabled as the operator selects the service. Specifically, the bundling function can be set in all of the deposit service, the withdrawal service, the damage rejection service, the collection service, and the loading service.

The deposit and withdrawal transactions are, for example, transactions carried out in the cashier's counter. In this case, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is provided in, for example, a cashier's counter of a bank. The deposit transaction is a transaction for counting banknotes to be deposited, and the withdrawal transaction is a transaction for counting banknotes to be paid out. The deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction are transactions that become management units of physical paper money. That is, in one transaction, information on all banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 is a management unit in the transaction. In the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction, the touch panel 17A and/or the liquid crystal panel 18 displays the information of the number of counted banknotes during the counting process (during the processing process) of the banknotes. Similarly, in the loss completion service described below, the touch panel 17A and/or the liquid crystal panel 18 also display the count number information.

The loss differentiation service, the recycling service, and the filling service are services in a cash center or the like, for example.

Specifically, the damaged banknote classification service is a service in which the banknote processing apparatus 100 classifies damaged banknotes. The damaged banknote differentiated service is a service that does not exist in the regulations of the entity banknote management unit. In other words, the end time of the accumulation process is not defined.

The reclamation service includes a box reclamation service and an ATM reclamation service. The cassette recycling service is a service in which the banknote processing apparatus 100 counts and sorts banknotes recycled from the cassettes. The ATM recycling service is a service in which the banknote processing apparatus 100 counts and sorts banknotes recycled from the ATM. The cassette recycling service and the ATM recycling service are services in which a management unit of banknotes is a cassette unit and an ATM unit, respectively.

The filling service includes a box filling service and an ATM filling service. The cassette loading service is a service in which a set number of banknotes are stacked as banknotes to be loaded into a cassette. The ATM loading service is a service in which the banknote processing apparatus 100 stacks a set number of banknotes as banknotes to be loaded into an ATM. The cassette filling service and the ATM filling service are services in which a management unit of banknotes is a cassette unit and an ATM unit, respectively.

In the cassette filling service, there are cases where banknotes are filled into an empty cassette and cases where a cassette containing banknotes is filled with banknotes and filled with banknotes. Therefore, in the box filling service, the number of loaded sheets can be set arbitrarily. The same is true in ATM stuffing services.

In the loading service and the collection service, the touch panel 17A and/or the liquid crystal panel 18 display the information on the number of counted sheets during the counting process (during the processing), as in the case of the deposit service and the like. In the loading service and the collecting service, the touch panel 17A and/or the liquid crystal panel 18 may display a cassette or an ATM (e.g., ATM number) of the loading destination/collecting destination in addition to the information of the number of counted sheets. Instead of the touch panel 17A and/or the liquid crystal panel 18, a display unit provided outside the banknote handling apparatus may display information on the number of counted banknotes.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 is capable of setting a specific batch (batch) processing function for stacking banknotes exceeding the maximum stacking capacity of the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5 in the collection service and the loading service.

In other words, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can perform the specific batch processing described above for the bundle stacker 4 or the non-bundle stacker 5 in addition to the normal batch processing in which the number of sheets is set to be smaller than the maximum stacking capacity. In the present disclosure, batch processing is a concept including both general batch processing and specific batch processing. In the following description, the number of batches set in the normal batch process is referred to as a normal number of batches, and the number of batches set in the specific batch process is referred to as a specific number of batches. That is, the number of batches set in the batch process includes a normal number of batches and a specific number of batches. In the normal batch processing, when the normal batch number of banknotes is stacked in one stacker (for example, one of the bundle stackers 4 or one of the non-bundle stackers 5), the banknote processing apparatus 100 stops the stacking processing in the one stacker and switches to the stacking processing in another stacker (for example, the other of the bundle stackers 4 or the other of the non-bundle stackers 5).

Here, the maximum stacking capacity of the bundle stacker 4 and the unbundling stacker 5 is often set to 500 sheets or less. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the maximum stacking capacity of each stacker 4, 5 is 500 sheets, and the number of normal batch sheets is 100. However, the maximum deposition capacity and the number of sheets in a normal batch are not limited to the above, and may be set arbitrarily within the range of the maximum deposition capacity.

For example, in the cassette filling service, if the maximum number of cassettes stored is 1000, the batch number is 1000, for example, when banknotes are filled in an empty cassette. In this case, the maximum number of stored cassettes exceeds the number of normal batch sheets (for example, 100 sheets) and the stacking capacity of the bundle stacker 4 and the unbundling stacker 5 (for example, 500 sheets). That is, in order to perform the above-described cassette filling service, it is necessary to set a specific batch processing function, and 1000 sheets are set as the specific batch number. The same is true for ATM stuffing services. For example, in the ATM loading service, when the number of loaded sheets is 5000, it is necessary to set a specific batch process, and 5000 sheets are set as the number of specific batches. The specific contents of the specific batch processing function will be described in the "operation description of the banknote handling apparatus" described later.

Note that the banknote handling apparatus 100 is an apparatus used when performing a part of the processing in each transaction, and not all the processing required for completing each transaction can be performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100.

Note that the business using the banknote handling device 100 is not limited to the above-described business, and may be used for other businesses (for example, a serial number recording business or a large bundle end loss sorting business). In addition, only a part of these services may be used.

< description of operation of banknote handling apparatus >

The operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described below.

First, the operator operates the touch panel 17A of the input operation unit 17 to select a service to be completed. Fig. 5 shows an example of the input operation unit 17. The screens S1 to S3 used in the following description are examples of screens displayed on the touch panel 17A of the input operation unit 17, and the screen configuration can be changed as appropriate.

Fig. 5(a) shows an example of the initial screen S1 displayed on the touch panel 17A. The initial screen S1 is displayed on the touch panel 17A after the banknote processing apparatus 100 is started and the registration process is performed. The initial screen S1 includes a selection button for selecting each service. Specifically, the initial screen S1 includes a deposit service selection button, a withdrawal service selection button, a damaged area service selection button, a collection service selection button, and a loading service selection button. The operator selects a selection button related to a service to be completed among the above selection buttons. The selection button displayed on the initial screen S1 can be deleted and added as appropriate according to the business using the banknote handling apparatus 100. For example, a box recycle service button and an ATM recycle service button may be provided instead of the recycle service button.

When the collection service or the loading service is selected on the initial screen S1, the screen transitions to the setting screen for the individual identification number. Specifically, the touch panel 17A displays an ATM number selection screen S2. Therefore, the operator selects the ATM number to be the service object after the service selection button is selected. When the ATM number is selected, the touch panel 17A displays a selection screen S3 of the cassette number corresponding to the selected ATM. Therefore, the operator selects the box number to be handled after selecting the ATM number, and the preparation before counting is completed.

In the present disclosure, a number given to an individual to be identified as a business target is referred to as an individual identification number, such as an identification number for identifying a device such as an ATM number or an identification number for identifying a cassette (housing) for housing banknotes such as a cassette number. In the recycling service or the filling service, the individual identification numbers are, for example, ATM numbers and cassette numbers. In the collection service or the loading service, at least one of the ATM number and the cassette number may be an individual identification number, or both the ATM and the cassette may be identified by a single identification number. Note that the ATM number and the cassette number are selected on the selection screen, but the number may be directly input by the touch panel 17A or another method. The input method of the number is not limited, and is, for example, a concept including the following input method: a direct input method in which a number is directly input by a numeric keypad or the like, a selective input method in which a number (for example, an ATM number or a cassette number) as in the present embodiment is selected and input, or a read input method in which a code (for example, a QR code) in which an ATM number or a cassette number is recorded is read and input by using an external read terminal (portable scanner) or the like.

On the other hand, in the initial screen S1, when the deposit transaction selection button, the withdrawal transaction selection button, or the damaged partition transaction selection button is selected, the individual identification number cannot be set, and therefore, when a transaction is selected, preparation before counting is completed.

The ATM number list on the selection screen S2 is acquired from the memory card 142 in which the ATM number list is recorded, for example. Note that the cassette number on the selection screen S3 may be set in advance in the banknote processing apparatus 100, may be recorded in the memory card 142 in association with the ATM number list, or may be acquired from the memory card 142 in accordance with the selected ATM number.

Next, after placing the banknotes to be processed in the hopper 2, the operator operates the touch panel 17A to start the acquisition of the banknotes. Note that, when the banknote sensor 25 detects the placement of the banknotes in the hopper 2, the banknote handling apparatus 100 may automatically start the acquisition of the banknotes.

The banknotes set in the hopper section 2 can be taken into the rack 12 one by one from the take-in port 24 by the take-in roller 23 being operated. The acquired banknotes are transported by the 1 st transport unit 7 as a transport path and pass through the recognition unit 3. The recognition unit 3 acquires banknote data (including at least reject information and a serial number) relating to a passing banknote, and notifies the acquired banknote data to the control unit 120.

Here, as shown in fig. 8, the banknote data includes a processing ID, an RJ flag, an RJ cause, category information (for example, a currency code, a denomination, a date of issue, and new and old information), end-of-run information, an issue number, and a video data ID. Note that the banknote data is not limited to the example shown in fig. 8. The items included in the banknote data may be smaller than those in the example of fig. 8, or items that do not exist in the example of fig. 8 may be included in the banknote data.

Specifically, the process ID is an ID given to each process executed by the banknote processing apparatus 100. The RJ flag is a flag indicating whether or not the banknote is a rejected banknote. The reason for the RJ is information indicating which of the non-designated banknote, the abnormal banknote, the conveyance abnormal banknote, and the counterfeit banknote is the banknote determined to be the rejected banknote. The year of issuance is the year of issuance of the banknote, and can be represented by the next two years of the centimeter, for example. As described above, the new and old information is information indicating the version of the banknote. The end loss information is information for specifying the end loss of the banknote, and more specifically, if the end loss of the banknote is classified into 3 grades, the end loss information is information indicating which of the ATM end note, the cashier end note, and the loss note the recognized banknote corresponds to. The image data ID is an ID assigned to specify image data used for identifying a banknote. The video data itself is not included in the output data file. This can reduce the data amount of the output data file. The image data is separately stored and managed in the storage unit 131 or the higher-level device 160 of the banknote processing device 100 in association with the image data ID.

The control unit 120 determines the delivery destination corresponding to the banknote, that is, the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, the 2 nd bundle stacker 4B, the 1 st non-bundle stacker 5A, the 2 nd non-bundle stacker 5B, or the reject stacker 6, based on the information on the banknote and a predetermined classification rule. Further, the control unit 120 stores the banknote data of the banknotes transported to the respective transport destinations in the storage unit 131 based on the record setting of the various data shown in fig. 4.

Specifically, the data record information of each service is shown on the right side of the table shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 4, when the selected service is "(1) money service, dispensing service, and damaged differentiated service", it is necessary to reject the banknote data in addition to the stacked banknote data. Therefore, the stacked banknote data is extracted and stored in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131 in the order of reading, and the rejected banknote data is extracted and stored in the 2 nd storage area 131B of the storage unit 131. When the selected service is "(2) collection service and loading service", since only the stacked banknote data is required, only the stacked banknote data is extracted and then stored in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131 in the order of reading.

In the column of "individual identification number" and "withdrawal time" in fig. 4, an item for storing data in association with banknote data is indicated by "O". On the other hand, the "-" indicates an item for storing data without being associated with banknote data for the reason that setting is impossible, data is unnecessary, and the like. Note that the item described in "processing specifying time" indicates a timing at which processing has been specified in each transaction, and is an item in which the specifying time is stored in association with banknote data at the time of specifying the processing. In the present disclosure, it is assumed that the end time of the stacking process is a time that can be grasped by the control unit (for example, detection results of various sensors, input signals from the operation input unit, and/or input/output timings of various control signals, etc.) out of the end time when the stacking process of banknotes ends in some form. Accordingly, the "extraction time" and the "processing determination time" are included in the end time of the deposition processing. Note that the end time of the stacking process may include, for example, a bundling end time when bundling of banknotes is completed, a drop-out time when bundled banknotes are dropped out, and the like when the bundling function of the banknotes is effective.

The 1 st transport unit 7 transports the banknotes to the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, the 2 nd bundle stacker 4B, the 1 st non-bundle stacker 5A, or the 2 nd non-bundle stacker 5B based on the transport destination determined by the control unit 120.

Hereinafter, the operation of stacking banknotes and the processing of the information management unit will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6 to 9 in the business categories (1) and (2) above.

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First, the stacking operation of the banknotes according to the business type of (1) and the processing of the information management unit will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the conveyance destination of the bill and the storage destination of the bill data.

In the following explanation of "(1 business", for convenience of explanation), the banknotes to be counted are of the same type, and the delivery destinations are the 1 st and 2 nd bundling stackers 4A and 4B. That is, the 1 st and 2 nd bundle stackers 4A and 4B are both assumed to be a sort rule for stacking banknotes of the same kind as the counting target. Note that the normal batch number (100 sheets) is assumed to be set. Note that the banknotes to be counted may be plural types of banknotes, and in this case, for example, different types of banknotes may be sorted in the 1 st and 2 nd bundling stackers 4A and 4B. In the above case, the processing can be executed by the same flow as the description below.

When the banknote handling apparatus 100 starts acquiring banknotes, the banknotes to be counted are transported to one of the two bundling stackers 4. On the other hand, when the banknote is a reject banknote, the reject banknote is conveyed to the reject stacker 6. The same applies to the case where the destination of the banknote to be counted is the non-binding stacker 5.

In the example of fig. 6, first, banknotes to be counted are transported to the 1 st bundling stacker 4A, and 100 banknotes are stacked in the 1 st bundling stacker 4A (see "counting process of a" in fig. 6 "(banknotes a1 to AW)). Here, W is an integer of 100 or more, and indicates the number of banknotes a1 to AW which are objects to be counted, when the number of banknotes reaches 100 in the counting process of a. That is, in the counting process of a, the banknotes a1 to AW to be counted after the number of rejected banknotes (a2, …) is excluded from W are 100. In the following description, "X" in the banknote BX, "Y" in the banknote CY, "Z" in the banknote DZ, and "Q" in the banknote JQ of fig. 7 are the numbers of banknotes to be counted up to 100 sheets in the counting process of B, the counting process of C, the counting process of D, and the counting process of J (see fig. 7), respectively.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 performs batch processing for stacking a predetermined number of banknotes (that is, a set number of batches) on the bundling and stacking machine 4 while classifying the banknotes. As described above, in the normal batch process, when the normal batch number (100 sheets in this case) of banknotes is stacked in one bundle stacker 4 (in this case, the 1 st bundle stacker 4A), the stacking process is stopped in the bundle stacker 4. That is, stacking of new banknotes is prohibited. Then, the following banknotes are transported to the 2 nd bundling stacker 4B as another bundling stacker 4 (refer to "counting process of B" (B1 to BX) of fig. 6). The same applies to the case where the destination of the banknote to be counted is the non-binding stacker 5.

At this time, the control unit 120 extracts the banknote data of the banknotes a1 to AW to be counted stacked in the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, stores the banknote data in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131, and can refer to the banknote data in the reading order in the recognition unit 3. Further, the control unit 120 extracts the banknote data of the rejected banknotes a2, … stacked in the reject stacker 6, and stores the data in the 2 nd storage area 131B of the storage unit 131 so that the data can be referred to in the reading order in the recognition unit 3. Note that, as described above, fig. 8 shows an example of the stored banknote data, but the control unit 120 may be configured to make the items of the banknote data stored in the counting target banknotes a1 to AW and the reject banknotes a2 and … the same or different. For example, the control unit 120 sets the RJ cause not to be stored in the storage of the banknote data concerning the banknotes a1 to AW to be counted. This makes it possible to store only data required for each of the banknotes to be counted and the reject banknotes, and to optimize the data capacity and improve the retrievability.

When the normal batch number of banknotes are stacked in the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, the operator takes out the banknotes a1 to AW from the 1 st bundle stacker 4A through the 1 st take-out port 47 (see fig. 1) because the door 43 (see fig. 1) is opened. When the banknotes a1 to AW are taken out from the 1 st take-out port 47 of the 1 st bundle stacker 4A, the stack sensor 45 (see fig. 3) detects that the banknotes a1 to AW are taken out. The control unit 120 receives a withdrawal detection signal indicating that withdrawal of the banknotes a1 to AW is detected from the stack sensor 45, and stores the withdrawal time TA, which is the time when the banknotes a1 to AW are withdrawn (the end time of the stacking process), and the transport destinations (in this case, the 1 st bundling stacker 4A) of the banknotes a1 to AW in association with the banknote data of the banknotes a1 to AW. In the present disclosure, data that can be used to track the banknote distribution destination, such as the banknote takeout time and the banknote transportation destination, is collectively referred to as "tracking data".

Thereafter, until the counting of the banknotes to be processed is completed, the operator repeats the same operation, and the banknote processing apparatus 100 executes the same processing. In fig. 6, it is assumed that the counting process of counting the target banknotes is finished in the "counting process of D" (R is an integer of 100 or less).

In the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction, if one transaction ends, that is, "the counting process of D" in fig. 6 ends, the operator performs a determination operation for clearly indicating the end of the accumulation. Specifically, the determination switch 17C of the input operation unit 17 is pressed.

The control unit 120 receives a determination operation signal indicating that the determination switch 17C is pressed from the input operation unit 17, and stores a time at which the determination operation is performed (for example, a time at which the determination switch is pressed, hereinafter also simply referred to as a determination time) as an end time of the stacking process in association with the banknote data relating to the banknote to be counted. Note that the banknote data relating to the banknotes to be counted is the banknote data relating to the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking machine 4 at the fixed time (when the fixed switch 17C of the input operation unit 17 is pressed). Note that, in addition to the above-described banknote data, the banknote data relating to the banknotes to be counted may include banknote data relating to banknotes that have been taken out in the predetermined time and that are involved in the same transaction as the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking machine 4 in the predetermined time.

Specifically, for example, in fig. 6, when the operator presses the determination switch 17C at the time of the end of stacking the banknotes D1 to DZ, the banknote data associated with the banknotes D1 to DZ are stored with the pressing time of the determination switch 17C as the end time of the stacking process. Note that, the banknotes a1 to AW, B1 to BW, and C1 to CW that become the banknotes to be counted in the same transaction as the banknotes D1 to DZ may be stored in association with the pressing time of the determination switch 17C in the banknote data.

When the end time of the stacking process is associated with the banknote data, the control unit 120 transmits the output data file stored in the storage unit 131 to the host device 160. In the "transaction of (1)", the output data file includes the banknote data and the associated tracking data for the banknote to be counted stored in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131, and the banknote data and the associated tracking data for the banknote to be counted stored in the 2 nd storage area 131B of the storage unit 131. The control unit 162 of the host device 160 receives the output data file from the control unit 120 via the communication unit 161, and stores the storage data in the storage unit 165. Thus, for example, when the operator inputs a banknote number to be confirmed to the input unit 163, the banknote data relating to the corresponding banknote and the associated tracking data can be confirmed via the display unit 164.

In the above example, the operator takes out the banknotes stacked in the bundling stacker 4, but the banknotes may be bundled for each predetermined number of banknotes and ejected from the ejection unit 11. In this case, as the end time of the stacking process, the control unit 120 stores, for example, the bundling end time at which bundling is completed or the dispensing time at which banknotes are dispensed, in association with the banknote data relating to the stacked banknotes to be counted, instead of the dispensing time of the banknotes. Note that, as for the bundling mechanism of banknotes, the conventional technique can be applied, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

-for services of (2) -

Next, the stacking operation of the banknotes and the processing of the information management unit according to the business type in (2) will be described in detail with reference to fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a conveyance destination of bills and a storage destination of bill data, and is an explanatory diagram for a specific batch process of (3) described later. In the following description, the difference from the traffic class of (1) will be mainly described, and the description of the overlapping parts may be omitted.

In the following explanation of "(business of 2)", for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the banknotes to be counted are the same type of banknotes and the transport destinations are the 1 st and 2 nd non-binding stackers 5A and 5B. Further, it is assumed that a specific batch process is set. Note that the maximum number of ATM or cassette stored is 1000.

If the banknote handling apparatus 100 starts the acquisition of banknotes, the banknotes of the counting target are transported to one of the two non-binding stackers 5. On the other hand, when the banknote is a reject banknote, the reject banknote is conveyed to the reject stacker 6.

In the business (2), similarly to the case of fig. 6, the banknotes to be counted are first transported to the 1 st unbundling stacker 5A, and when a predetermined number of banknotes (100 banknotes in the example of fig. 7) are stacked in the 1 st unbundling stacker 5A, the banknotes thereafter are transported to the 2 nd bundling stacker 4B.

At this time, in the process of fig. 7 (the specific batch process of (3) described later), the control unit 120 extracts the banknote data of the banknotes a1 to AW to be counted stacked in the 1 st non-binding stacker 5A and stores the extracted banknote data in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131 so that the banknote data can be referred to in the reading order of the recognition unit 3. On the other hand, since the banknote data of the rejected banknotes a2, … stacked in the rejected stacker 6 is "unnecessary", the control unit 120 does not store the banknote data of the rejected banknotes a2, … in the storage unit 131. In the specific batch processing (4) described later, only the number of processed sheets is different, and the same processing is performed in practice.

When banknotes of the normal number of batches (100) for the specific batch processing of (3) or the maximum stacking capacity (500) for the specific batch processing of (4) described later are stacked in the 1 st bundling stacker 4A, the stacked banknotes are pushed out by the pushing-out mechanism 54 (see fig. 1), and the operator takes out the stacked banknotes from the 1 st unbounded stacker 5A through the 2 nd take-out port 53. The completion of the withdrawal of the banknotes is detected by the stack sensor 52.

The control unit 120 receives a withdrawal detection signal indicating that withdrawal of the banknotes is detected from the stack sensor 45, and stores banknote data in which the withdrawal time, that is, the time at which the banknotes are withdrawn, the transport destination of the banknotes (in this case, the 1 st non-bundled stacker 5A), and the individual identification number (here, the ATM number and the cassette number) are associated with the withdrawn banknotes.

In the recycling business and the loading business, a specific batch process exceeding the stacking capacity of the non-binding stacker 5 is performed.

(3) For example, when both the normal batch number and the specific batch number are set in the non-binding stacker 5, the banknote handling apparatus 100 repeats the normal batch process a plurality of times until the number of loaded banknotes of the ATM or the cassette is reached. Specifically, for example, as described above, when the number of normal batches is set to 100, the normal batch process is repeated 10 times. In other words, while the batch process is performed 10 times, the operator repeats the same operation, and the banknote processing apparatus 100 executes the same process. In fig. 7, it is assumed that a specific batch process (10 normal batch processes) is ending in "counting process of J".

In addition, even when only the specific batch number is set (when the normal batch number is not set), the specific batch process can be performed.

(4) For example, when only the specific number of batches is set in the unbound stacker 5, the banknote processing apparatus 100 continues to stack banknotes without stopping processing until the unbound stacker 5 (e.g., the 1 st unbound stacker 5A) is full. That is, in the non-binding stacker 5, banknotes are stacked before the maximum number of stacked banknotes reaches 500, and if the number of stacked banknotes reaches 500, the stacking is automatically stopped. After the stacking is stopped, the operator takes out the stacked banknotes. Then, in the unbundling stacker 5, the stacking is repeated again until the unbundling stacker 5 is full or the number of batches of the ATM or the cassette is reached, and when a specific number of batches of the ATM or the cassette (for example, 1000 sheets of the maximum number of stored sheets) is reached, the stacking is automatically stopped. In this case, the stacking on the unbundled stacker 5 may be performed on one of the 1 st and 2 nd unbundled stackers 5A and 5B, or may be performed alternately.

In the above processes (3) and (4), the substrate can be taken out during deposition. Specifically, for example, in the process (4), the operator may take out the banknotes at the time when 300 banknotes are stacked in the non-binding stacker 5. In this case, even if the actual number of banknotes stacked in the unbundling stacker 5 is 0, the banknotes are counted and stacked continuously as the 301 th banknotes. Then, the counting process and the stacking process are repeated, and when 1000 sheets are reached, the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops the stacking process as batch completion.

Returning to fig. 7, in the collection service and the loading service, for example, when the specific batch process of (3) is finished, that is, when "counting process of D" in fig. 7 is finished, the operator performs a determination operation for clearly indicating the end of stacking. Specifically, the determination switch 17C of the input operation unit 17 is pressed.

The control unit 120 receives a determination operation signal indicating that the determination switch 17C is pressed from the input operation unit 17, and stores the time (determination time) at which the determination operation is performed as the end time of the stacking process in association with the banknote data relating to the banknote to be counted.

At this time, similarly to the transaction of "(1)," the end time of the stacking process, that is, the determination time of the time when the determination switch 17C is pressed as the completion of stacking the banknotes J1 to JQ may be stored in the banknote data in association with all of the banknotes a1 to AW, B1 to BW, C1 to CW, D1 to DZ, …, and J1 to JQ to be subjected to the specific batch process. As described above, only the banknote data relating to the banknotes stacked in the non-bundle stacker 5 at the fixed time (when the fixed switch 17C is pressed) may be stored in association with the fixed time (the end time of the stacking process).

When the end time of the stacking process is associated with the banknote data, the control unit 120 transmits the output data file stored in the storage unit 131 to the host device 160. In the "transaction" of (2), the output data file includes the banknote data relating to the banknote to be counted and the associated tracking data, which are stored in the 1 st storage area 131A of the storage unit 131. The control unit 162 of the host device 160 receives the output data file from the control unit 120 via the communication unit 161, and stores the storage data in the storage unit 165.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the banknote data relating to the banknotes to be counted is recorded in association with the time at which the determination switch 17C is pressed and the withdrawal time of the banknotes as the end time of the stacking process, optimal management of the banknote data can be realized, the viewing ability is improved, and the time taken for searching the information of the banknotes and other various processes can be shortened. The information on the location of the bill includes information on which ATM of which bank the bill is currently loaded in, ATM information on a dispensing source of the bill, information for specifying a moving path of the bill such as that of the bill has already been distributed in the market, and the like.

Note that whether or not recording of RJ data is necessary is determined in advance, and based on the result, the banknote processing device 100 stores data and transmits the data to the host device. That is, the content of data managed according to the service is different, and optimal data management and data recording can be realized. This saves necessary data in a sorted state, and enables high-speed retrieval and other processing even when recorded data is used. In contrast, in the conventional art, since unnecessary data is extracted even in accordance with a transaction and stored and managed in the banknote processing device and/or the host device, when the stored data is used, the data becomes complicated and the processing may take a long time.

Further, when the specific batch process is selected, when the stacking process is completed, for example, when the confirmation input operation is performed, the banknotes stacked in the stacker at the time of the confirmation input operation can be associated with the fixed time and stored, and the banknotes whose withdrawal has been completed in the same transaction can also be associated with the fixed time. This makes it easier to search banknote data and to grasp the location information of banknotes because all banknotes in the same transaction related to a specific batch process are associated with the same fixed time. Further, since the banknote data can be extracted based on the identification information, the data can be easily sorted and managed, and the viewability can be improved.

Claims (5)

1. A banknote handling device, comprising:

a recognition unit that reads banknote data including an issue number of a banknote transported on the transport path and recognizes the banknote;

a sorting unit configured to sort the banknotes based on a recognition result of the recognition unit;

a stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes to be counted sorted by the sorting unit and having an outlet opened to take out the stacked banknotes; and

an information management unit that receives the banknote data read by the recognition unit, extracts and stores stacked banknote data, which is banknote data of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit, from the banknote data,

the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data in association with the end time of the stacking process when the stacking process of the banknotes on the stacking unit is ended,

the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data in association with an end time of the batch process, when the batch process as the stacking process is ended, in which the set number of banknotes in batch is stacked in the stacking unit, wherein the end time includes a withdrawal time of the banknote when the banknote is withdrawn from the stacking unit and a fixed time when an operator performs a fixing operation for indicating the end of the stacking process,

the batch processing includes a specific batch processing for stacking a specific number of banknotes in batch exceeding the stacking capacity of the stacking portion on the stacking portion,

in the specific batch process, stacking of banknotes on the stacking unit and removal of banknotes from the stacking unit are repeated a plurality of times,

the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data of the banknotes removed from the stacking unit in association with the removal time of the banknotes each time the banknotes are removed from the stacking unit in the specific batch processing,

the information management unit stores the banknote stacked data of the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit in association with the fixed time when the stacking process of the specific batch number of banknotes is completed and the confirmation operation is performed in the specific batch process, and stores the banknote data of the banknotes which belong to the same transaction as the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit at the fixed time and have been taken out at the fixed time in association with the takeout time and the fixed time,

the stacking part is provided with a plurality of stacking parts,

the information management unit performs the specific batch process by stacking the banknotes on the plurality of stacking units, respectively.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

the information management unit determines that the stacking process is completed when the banknotes are taken out of the stacking unit, and stores the stacked banknote data of the banknotes taken out of the stacking unit in association with the taking-out time of the banknotes.

3. The banknote handling device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reject unit that stacks rejected banknotes based on a recognition result of the recognition unit,

the information management unit stores the stacked banknote data in a1 st storage area, and also stores rejected banknote data, which is banknote data of rejected banknotes stacked in the rejection unit, in a2 nd storage area that is an area different from the 1 st storage area.

4. The banknote handling device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a service selection unit capable of selecting one service from a plurality of services preset by a user,

the information management unit determines whether or not to store the rejected bill data in the 2 nd storage area based on the service selected by the service selection unit.

5. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

the banknote handling apparatus is usable for completing a loading service for stacking a set number of banknotes loaded in an ATM or a cassette on the stacking unit or a collection service for stacking banknotes collected from an ATM or a cassette on the stacking unit,

the banknote handling apparatus further includes: an operation input unit capable of inputting an individual identification number assigned so that at least one of the ATM and the cassette relating to the loading service or the recovery service can be specified,

the information management unit receives the individual identification number from the operation input unit, and stores the stacked banknote data in association with the individual identification number.

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