JP2003331341A - Cash handler - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate management for loading and recovery cash in every cash handler such as a POS register and an ATM to shorten a working time for the management for the cash. <P>SOLUTION: When the cash is loaded into a paper currency loading box and a coin loading box, a main body No of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 attached with the paper currency loading box and the coin loading box, and the items in denominations based on the numbers of loaded paper currencies or the coins are written in memory parts of the paper currency loading box and the coin loading box. When the cash is recovered from the paper currency loading box and the coin loading box, the main body number of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 attached therewith, and the written items of the cash in the paper currency loading box and the coin loading box based on the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 are read from the memory parts of the paper currency loading box and the coin loading box, so as to manage the charge and recovery cash in the every POS register 2 or the every ATM 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash handling apparatus for loading and collecting cash in a cash handling apparatus such as an ATM (automatic transaction machine) or a POS (point of sales) register using a cash loading / collecting box. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cash handling device such as an ATM or a POS register is loaded with cash necessary for operating the device or collecting cash for settlement or the like, those devices are installed. Although the staff in charge of the place implemented it, in recent years, ATMs, POS registers, etc. have been installed in stores such as convenience stores.
When loading and collecting cash in a cash handling device such as an S register, a management company that specializes in cash is emerging.

This management company is entrusted by a company that operates cash handling devices such as ATMs and POS registers, and visits device installation locations such as convenience stores to load and collect cash. In implementation,
Prepare dedicated safes for cash handling devices such as ATMs and POS registers, fill the dedicated safes with cash required in advance at the facilities of the management company, and circulate the locations of the devices with delivery vehicles. Then, the safes were exchanged, the exchanged safes were brought back by a delivery vehicle, and the adjustments were made for each safe.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in order to manage the cash loaded in each cash handling device or the collected cash, each time the cash handling device is loaded with cash, the cash handling is performed. It is necessary for the device to count the cash and output it on paper, and for the collected cash to be counted for each safe at the facility of the management company and totaled, it takes time to manage the cash and the working time is long. There is a problem of becoming.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is a cash handling apparatus for collecting and loading cash in a cash loading / collecting box installed in a cash handling apparatus installed in a store or the like. When the cash is loaded into the cash storage, the unique identification information of the cash handling device to which the cash loading / recovery warehouse is mounted, and a breakdown of the cash loaded in the cash loading / recovery warehouse,
Writing to a storage unit provided in the cash loading / collecting box, and when collecting the cash from the cash loading / collecting box, from the storage section of the cash loading / collecting box is unique to the cash handling apparatus to which the cash loading / collecting box is attached. And the breakdown of the cash in the cash loading and collecting box are read from the storage unit provided in the cash loading and collecting box to manage the loading and the collected cash for each cash handling apparatus.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The convenience store 1 is provided with a POS register (cash handling device) 2 for inputting product sales data and an ATM (cash handling device) 3 for executing financial transactions such as deposit and payment.

The POS register 2 is connected to a CVS center device 4 such as a computer provided in a CVS center for managing sales of the convenience store 1 via a communication line such as a telephone line. This gives P
The sales data of the OS register 2 is reported to the CVS center device 4 via a communication line as needed. In the CVS center device 4, the sales data reported from the POS register 2 is stored and accumulated in the storage means for each convenience store 1 to perform an aggregation process, and at the same time, inventory forecast and sales forecast are required from the breakdown of the sales data. Order the delivery of goods to the location.

Further, the CVS center device 4 stores the cash amount stored in the POS register 2 in a storage means, and based on the sales data and the change payment status, the change fund required for collecting and selling the sales amount. Is made and the operation management center, which will be described later, is instructed to load and collect cash. ATM3 is here a convenience store 1
Although it shows an example of installing ATM3,
A financial institution such as a bank, which is a company different from the convenience store 1 that owns and operates the POS register 2, is operating, and therefore the ATM 3 is a financial system using a computer or the like provided in the center of the financial institution. It is connected to the center device 5 via a communication line such as a telephone line.

The storage means of the financial center device 5 stores the account number, transaction content, balance, etc. of each customer as account data. Every time the customer operates the ATM 3 to perform transaction, addition of transaction content and The balance is updated. In addition, the storage means of the financial center device 5 also stores the current amount of money loaded in the ATM 3 as the amount of money data, and the financial center device 5 makes a transaction depending on the deposit and withdrawal status of cash in this transaction. It predicts the amount of necessary funds and instructs the device of the operation management company, which will be described later, to load and collect cash according to the amount of cash remaining in the ATM 3.

An operation management center device 6 such as a computer provided in the center of an operation management company is entrusted by a convenience store 1 or a financial institution to monitor the operating status of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 and when a failure occurs. Is dispatched to the delivery vehicle 7 for recovery, and when it is necessary to collect or load cash in the POS register 2 or ATM 3, the convenience store 1 is visited and radio is sent to the delivery vehicle 7 which collects and loads cash. Is to give instructions.

The storage means of the operation management center device 6 stores money data of the POS register 2 and ATM 3 and operation data of funds. In addition, the operation management center device 6
Wireless communication means (for example, PHS) is incorporated in the POS register 2, ATM 3, and delivery vehicle 7 for data collection and instruction transmission by the communication center 8 connected to the operation management center device 6 by a communication line. Via PO
It is possible to directly communicate with the S register 2, ATM 3, and delivery vehicle 7.

The delivery vehicle 7 includes a POS register 2 and an ATM.
3 counts and loads cash into a banknote loading / collecting box or a coin loading / collecting box which is a cash loading / collecting box for loading / collecting cash into / from 3, or cash from the banknote loading / collecting box or coin loading / collecting box. Is equipped with a cash processing device for counting and collecting. The CVS center device 4, the financial center device 5, and the operation management center device 6 are connected by the Internet 9.

A description will be given of the determination in the above-described system when the POS register 2 is loaded with change and the sales proceeds are collected. The CVS center device 4 monitors the amount of cash stored in a cash unit built in the POS register 2 installed in the convenience store 1. That is, from the breakdown of the change attached to the cash unit of the POS register 2 last time, the sales amount according to the sales up to that time, the breakdown of the change amount, and the future sales forecast. Determine whether to collect.

The method will be described below. First, based on the breakdown A1 of the change reserve amount at the time of loading the previous change deposit, the breakdown A2 of the sales amount from the time of the previous loading to the present, and the change A3 paid from the time of the previous loading to the present. Then, the breakdown A of the current change fund reserve is calculated. A = A1 + A2-A3 Next, the breakdown A of the current change fund reserve, the predicted value B1 of the sales from the current time to the scheduled time of loading the next change fund, and the current change fund of the next change fund. Based on the predicted value B2 of the change change to be paid by the scheduled time of loading, the predicted value B of the change reserve amount at the time when the next change reserve is scheduled to be loaded is calculated.

B = A + B1-B2 In the calculation of the predicted value B of the change reserve amount,
The accuracy of the determination can be improved by adding the predicted value from the present to the next loading for the calculation of the inventory amount and the loading details. Next, from the predicted value C1 of the sales amount and the predicted value C2 of the change amount from the time of the next loading to the time of the next (next time) loading, the breakdown C of the change fund to be loaded next time C.
To calculate. However, at this time, since an error may occur with respect to the predicted value, the spare value C3 of change is added to the predicted value.

C = C1-C2 + C3 Based on these calculation results, it is determined whether or not there is a need to load change fund. a. If the predicted value B of the change fund at the scheduled time for loading the change change reserve is smaller than the breakdown C of the change change reserve to be loaded next time (B <C), the change is insufficient before the next loading. It is determined that it is necessary to load change money the next time.

B. The predicted value B of the change fund reserve at the scheduled time of loading the next change reserve is larger than the breakdown C of the change reserve to be loaded next time, and moreover, the predetermined amount (for example, the breakdown of the change reserve to be loaded next time). If it is less than twice the value of C) or less (C <B ≦ C × 2), it is determined that the change is sufficient, and it is determined that the next change is not required to be loaded. c. The predicted value B of the change fund reserve at the scheduled time for loading the change fund next time is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount (for example, a value twice the breakdown C of the change reserve to be loaded next time) (C ×
In the case of 2 ≦ B), it is determined that the change is excessive, and it is determined that the change needs to be collected next time.

Since the sales forecast value C1 and the forecast change value C2 from the next loading to the time when the next loading is scheduled to be used are used as the criteria for loading and collecting the change reserve,
Even if the sales change depending on the time of the day, the day of the week, etc., it is possible to always supply the optimal change without excess or deficiency. As described above, the change reserve is loaded or collected. Of course, when loading, the number of denominations is instructed according to the “loading breakdown of change fund next time”.

Further, the CVS center device 4 monitors the total amount of sales in the POS register 2 and determines whether or not it is necessary to collect it. That is, the sales amount D1 from the collection of the previous sales amount to the present and the predicted value D2 of the sales amount from the present to the next scheduled collection time are added to obtain the total sales amount D until the next collection.
To calculate.

D = D1 + D2 Based on the result of this calculation, the collection of the sales money is judged. When the total sales amount D is equal to or greater than a predetermined collection reference amount (for example, 1 million yen) E (E ≦ D), it is determined that the sales amount needs to be collected. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of inventory data of the POS register 2 monitored by the CVS center device 4.

As shown in this figure, the amount of money loaded last time, the amount of money paid to date, the amount of change to date, and the current amount of money are managed by the breakdown of the number of bills and coins of each type. Cash load from now to next time, forecast of sales from next time to next time, and change prediction are calculated based on the actual value of the same time zone of the previous day, the same day of the previous week, the same time zone, etc. To do.

In addition, the reserve for the change fund is sufficiently secured so as to cope with a temporary increase in the change. As described above, the CVS center device 4 determines whether the change fund is loaded, collected, and the sales proceeds are collected.
When it is determined that the cash change reserve needs to be loaded, collected, and the sales proceeds collected in the register 2, the change management reserve is loaded and collected in the operation management center device 6 via the Internet 9.
Request collection of proceeds.

However, as a result, when it is necessary to load or collect any one item of the change reserve amount or the sales amount, the loading and collecting processes for other items should be performed at the same time. To do. For example, when it is necessary to load or collect the change fund, the change fund will be collected even if the sales amount does not reach a predetermined amount.

On the contrary, when it is necessary to collect the sales proceeds, even if the change amount is sufficient, the change amount is loaded according to the breakdown of the next change reserve amount. This makes it possible to quickly collect the sales proceeds and optimize the change fund, prevent excess cash from being stored in the POS register 2, and reduce the cash processing frequency. .

On the other hand, the financial center device 5 also monitors the operating status of the ATM 3 installed in the convenience store 1, and also monitors the amount of cash stored in the cash unit built in the ATM 3, and if necessary, Determine whether cash is loaded or collected. This will be explained below. First, based on the breakdown F1 of the previous cash loading, the breakdown F2 of the deposit transaction from the last loading to the present, and the breakdown F3 of the payment transaction from the previous loading to the present, The breakdown F is calculated.

F = F1 + F2-F3 Incidentally, the breakdown F2 of the deposit transaction and the breakdown F3 of the payment transaction are A
Every time the transaction processing is performed from TM3, it is sequentially reported to the financial center device 5 via the telephone line. Next, the breakdown F of the current cash amount and the predicted value G1 of the breakdown of the deposit transaction from the present to the time when the next loading is scheduled.
Then, based on the predicted value G2 of the details of the payment transaction from the present time to the scheduled time of the next loading, the predicted value G of the breakdown of the cash amount at the scheduled time of the next loading is calculated.

G = F + G1-G2 Next, the predicted value H of the details of the payment transaction from the time when the next loading is performed to the time when the next (next and next) loading is scheduled.
From 1 and the predicted value H2 of the details of the deposit transaction from the next loading to the time when the next loading is scheduled to be performed, the breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next is calculated. However, at this time, since an error may occur with respect to the predicted value, the reserve H3 of the payment transaction is added to the predicted value.

H = H1-H2 + H3 Based on these calculation results, it is determined whether or not there is a need to load and collect cash in the ATM3. a. The predicted value G of the cash balance breakdown at the time when the next loading is scheduled is less than the cash breakdown H of the next loading (G
In the case of <H), if the next cash is not loaded as it is, it is determined that the cash is insufficient before the next loading, and it is determined that the next cash loading is necessary.

B. The predicted value G of the cash amount breakdown at the time when the next loading is scheduled is greater than the cash amount H of the next loading amount, and a predetermined amount (for example, the banknote is 1.5 in the cash amount H of the next loading amount). Times) or less (H <G ≦ H ×
In the case of 1.5), it is determined that there is sufficient cash and it is determined that the next loading of cash is unnecessary. c. The predicted value G of the cash inventory breakdown at the time when the next loading is scheduled is equal to or more than the predetermined inventory amount (for example, the bill H of the cash breakdown H to be loaded next time is 1.5 times, and the coin is 3 times). In the case of (H × 1.5 (or 3) ≦ G), it is determined that the cash is excessive, and it is determined that the cash should be collected next time.

As described above, cash loading or cash collection is determined. The financial center device 5 monitors the amount of cash in the ATM 3 for each denomination and determines whether the amount of cash is excessive or insufficient.
Each denomination (million, five thousand, two thousand, one thousand, five hundred, one hundred, fifty, ten,
Every five or one yen). FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the money amount data of the ATM 3 monitored by the financial center device 5.

As shown in this figure, the previous loading amount, the deposit amount up to the present, the payment amount up to the present, and the current inventory amount are managed by the breakdown of the number of bills and coins by denomination. For example, in the case of determining cash shortage as described in a above based on the money amount data of each cash type, the estimated value of the cash amount at the time when the next loading is scheduled and the cash to be loaded next time If any one denomination is small, it is determined that the cash is insufficient, and it is determined that the next cash loading is necessary.

On the other hand, when the cash excess is judged as in the above-mentioned c, the cash types are compared in the same manner as when the cash shortage is judged. Excess is determined based on 5 times, and for coins, excess is determined based on 3 times the breakdown of cash to be loaded next time. As a result, when it is determined that any one denomination is excessive, it is determined that the next cash collection is necessary.

Here, by changing the criteria for determining the bills and coins, the bills are expensive, so that the bills are instructed to be collected early, and the time for which the funds are left in the ATM 3 is shortened to operate the funds. The efficiency can be improved. In addition, coins are less expensive than banknotes, and even if a large amount of coins are collected, the degree of obstruction to fund operation is low, so the frequency of collection processing should be reduced as much as possible, thereby improving the efficiency of collection work. There is.

The excess or deficiency of cash of each denomination has been described above in ATM3. However, if any one denomination is judged to be insufficient or excessive, the financial center device 5 judges that it is necessary to load or collect, and the ATM3 The financial center device 5 requests the operation management center device 6 via the Internet 9 to load or collect all the denominations so that the current amount of cash is a breakdown of the cash to be loaded next time.

Therefore, once loaded or collected, the amount of money in the ATM3 can be set to an optimum value for all denominations, and the amount of the deficiency or excess denominations can be compared with the case where loading or recovery is performed. The frequency of can be significantly reduced. In addition, the forecast of the transaction from the present to the next loading and the forecast of the transaction from the next loading to the next loading are based on the actual value of the same time zone of the previous day, the same day of the previous week, the same time zone, etc. Therefore, even if the transaction amount fluctuates depending on the time of the day, the day of the week, etc., it is possible to always load the optimal cash without excess or shortage.

As described above, the POS register 2 is set at the scheduled time.
I explained the case of loading and collecting cash to ATMs and ATMs 3, but when suddenly more customers than expected arrive, the change is paid at the POS register 2 more than expected or the ATM 3 is more expensive than expected. Payment of
Before the next loading, change in POS register 2 and ATM 3
Is expected to run out of cash.

In such a case, it is natural that the loading instruction is issued urgently. For example, if the CVS center device 4 that monitors the POS register 2 has a change greater than a predetermined amount per unit time, it is determined that there may be a shortage of change, and emergency loading is performed on the Internet 9 The operation management center device 6 is instructed via the.

Also, the financial center device 5 which monitors the ATM 3 judges that there is a risk that the cash to be paid may be insufficient, for example, when it is detected that a large amount of payment of a predetermined amount or more is continuously made. The operation management center device 6 is instructed to load the data via the Internet 9. Operation management center device 6
When receiving instructions from the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 for cash loading and collection processing to the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of each convenience store 1, the denomination breakdown added to the notification of the instructions is totaled. Then, the delivery vehicle 7 is wirelessly visited via the communication center 280 to the convenience store 1 and the POS register 2 or ATM 3 is used.
The cash amount data based on the aggregation result of the denomination breakdowns is transmitted to the delivery vehicle 7.

The delivery vehicle 7 is equipped with a cash processing device and regularly patrols a plurality of convenience stores 1. The operation management center device 6 provides a PO for each convenience store 1.
When receiving the cash loading and collection instructions for the S register 2 and the ATM 3 and the cash breakdown data, the operation management center loads the cash into the cash processing device, and then visits each convenience store 1 and visits it. POS for each
The cash handling apparatus performs the designated cash loading and collection processing on the register 2 and the ATM 3, respectively.

At this time, as for the banknotes, the amount of cash added to load the cash, which is the sum of the loaded and collected amounts of the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, into the cash processing device of the delivery vehicle 7 is smaller than that when loaded individually. I'm done. That is, in general, the POS register 2 receives the sales money, and therefore a cash collection instruction is often issued. On the other hand, in the ATM 3, the deposit payment transaction frequency is higher than the deposit transaction frequency. Loading instructions are often issued.

Therefore, the delivery vehicle 7 collects cash from the POS register 2 during the patrol and collects the collected cash into the ATM.
It can be used for cash to be loaded into 3. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of cash loaded in advance in the cash processing device of the delivery vehicle 7, thereby avoiding the risk of transporting a large amount of cash, and using a small amount of cash for the POS register 2.
Since the ATM 3 and the ATM 3 can be operated, the cash operating efficiency can be improved.

However, it is only the banknotes that issue the loading instruction after summing up the cash required for the POS registers 2 and ATMs 3 of the plurality of convenience stores 1 as described above, and the coins are dedicated to each POS register 2 or ATM 3. Prepare the coin loading / unloading warehouses and prepare the required amount of coins for each. The reason for this is that coins are generally used as change in payments in both the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, and in many cases they cannot be interchanged with each other. In ATM3, sometimes a large amount of coins are sometimes deposited, but this happens suddenly,
It is impossible to prepare for cash by depositing such a sudden large amount of coins. Since coins are smaller and heavier than banknotes, it is necessary to reliably take out coins and perform counting or the like in order to perform processing for interchange in the moving delivery vehicle 7, which is a complicated mechanism. Parts are needed. Since the amount of coins is small, the effect of improving the financial efficiency is small even if the handling amount is reduced. Etc.

Here, the structure and function of the delivery vehicle 7 will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the delivery vehicle 7.
A cash processing device 30 is mounted on the luggage carrier. The cash processing device 30 is a cash processing unit 10 that performs loading and collecting of banknotes and coins and counting processing and storage associated therewith, and instructs the cash processing unit 10 to load and collect banknotes and externally. It is provided with a control unit 20 that performs communication and safety confirmation regarding cash.

On the roof of the bed of the delivery vehicle 7, a communication unit 21 for communicating data with the outside by a wireless telephone and a GPS (Glo for detecting the current position of the delivery vehicle 7).
The position detection unit 22 according to the bal Positioning System) is mounted. An operation display unit 27 is mounted on the driver's seat of the delivery vehicle 7, and an operator in the driver's seat is instructed to load and collect cash and the cash processing unit 10 is installed.
The situation such as is displayed.

The cash processing unit 10 is arranged on the rear side of the luggage carrier, and the cash handling unit 10 can be operated by opening the door 8 of the luggage carrier. The personal identification unit 2 is provided on the outer surface of the door 8 of the loading platform.
3 is attached, and the locking means for locking the door 8 is unlocked only when it is determined that the person is a clerk registered in advance in the personal recognition section 23, and the door 8 can be opened. .

For example, an iris is used as the recognition means of the personal recognition section 23. Therefore, when the clerk opens the door 8, the iris information ( Image) and whether or not the iris data created from the acquired iris information (image) and the iris data registered in advance are in agreement with each other, whether or not the person is authorized to open the door 8 To determine.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent a suspicious person from opening the door 8 and illegally operating the cash processing section 10. Although the case where the iris is used as the recognition means of the personal recognition unit 23 has been described here, the same effect can be obtained by using biometric information such as a personal fingerprint, palm print, and facial features as the recognition means.

However, when pushing a trolley, which will be described later, which is equipped with a safe for handling cash, or when delivering goods for sale at the convenience store 1 at the same time,
Staff members often wear gloves, which is not preferable in terms of crime prevention because it takes time to remove the gloves from the dolly and remove gloves, and it takes time before cash operations. In addition, as another means, there is a voice-based personal recognition, but it is not suitable because noise is loud on the street where the delivery vehicle 7 stops.

Therefore, personal recognition by the iris is the most reliable and optimal. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the cash processing device 30. As shown in this figure, the cash processing device 30 includes a cash processing unit 10 and a control unit 20,
A communication unit 21, a position detection unit 22, a personal recognition unit 23, and an operation display unit 27 are connected to the control unit 20, and these units are controlled and operated by the control unit 20.

The control unit 20 is also connected with a locking unit for locking the door 8 of the bed of the delivery vehicle 7 and a security unit 24 for detecting an abnormality in the cash processing unit 10 and issuing an alarm. The security unit 24 works in conjunction with the engine of the delivery vehicle 7. If the vibration detection unit built in the security unit 24 detects an abnormal vibration while the engine is stopped, it is judged to be abnormal and an alarm is issued. This alarm is sent from the communication unit 21 to the operation management center device 6 and the police station as necessary via the communication unit 280 via the control unit 20. In addition, the security unit 24,
It also locks and unlocks the door 8 of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7, and controls the mechanism unit that accepts the trolley mounted on the door 8 and equipped with a plurality of safes for loading and collecting cash.

This mechanism will be described later. The control unit 20 includes a main control unit 25, a power supply unit 26, a storage unit (not shown), and the like. The main control unit 25 has a built-in CPU, and the entire cash processing apparatus 30 is based on the data sent from each unit. And the operation management center device 6
Data on loading and collecting cash sent from
The storage unit stores the storage contents read from the storage unit provided in each safe such as a bill loading / collecting store and a coin loading / collecting store described later.

The power supply unit 26 converts the battery connected to the generator of the delivery vehicle 7 and the power supply of the battery into a power supply necessary for each unit of the cash processing apparatus 30 and supplies the power.
It has a built-in battery, and the built-in battery enables the cash processing apparatus 30 to operate even when the delivery vehicle 7 is stopped. The cash processing unit 10 is, for example, a banknote storage 1 for storing banknotes of four denominations of ten thousand, five thousand, two thousand, and one thousand by denomination.
1. A banknote loading / recovery box (cash loading / recovery box) 12 for exchanging banknotes with the POS register 2 or the ATM 3, a banknote storage box 11 and a banknote loading / recovery box 12 are connected to move banknotes to each other. Banknote transport unit 13, a reject box 14 for receiving reject banknotes from the POS register 2 and ATM 3, and a coin loading / unloading box (cash loading / recovery box) for exchanging coins with the POS register 2 and ATM 3.
15, the banknote loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15, and other safes are installed, and the delivery vehicle 7 and the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 are installed.
And a rejecting unit 14 mounted on the dolly 16 and a coin exchanging unit 17 for automatically replacing the coin loading / collecting container 15.

A plurality of safes of the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are prepared and used in common in the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, so that each cash box has the same structure. Has been formed. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the carriage 16. The dolly 16 includes a bill loading / recovery box 12, a reject box 14, and a coin loading / unloading box 1
5 is mounted, but here, an example in which three banknote loading / collecting boxes 12a-12c, reject boxes 14a-14c, and coin loading / collecting boxes 15a-15c are mounted is shown.

In a usual convenience store 1, one ATM 3 and 3 to 4 POS registers 2 are often installed. Further, since the two POS registers 2 can share one banknote processing unit for POS registers, the banknote processing unit corresponds to one ATM3 and two banknote processing units 2.
It is enough for a total of 3 cars.

In the case of a large-sized convenience store 1 that exceeds this size, the dolly 16 repeats the safe exchange work described later. Positioning mechanisms 71a to 71c for the bill loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c are provided on the carriage 16.
And a positioning mechanism 72 for the reject warehouses 14a to 14c
a to 72c are attached.

The positioning mechanisms 71a to 71c and 72a to 72c are controlled by a trolley security section 73 provided on the lower surface of the trolley 16, and the bill loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c.
c and the reject storages 14a to 14c are fixedly held on the carriage 16. The coin loading / collecting warehouses 15a to 15c are overlaid on the reject warehouses 14a to 14c, respectively, and are connected and integrated.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of the carriage 16. The trolley security unit 73 controls a trolley control unit 74 that controls each unit of the trolley 16, a power source unit 75 that uses a battery to supply power to each unit of the trolley 16, and a communication unit 76 that communicates with the outside. An alarm unit 78 is provided to generate an alarm sound when it occurs. Further, the communication unit 76 is connected to the PHS 77 that transmits and receives data, and the alarm unit 78 is connected to a brake (braking mechanism) 79 that stops the rotation of the wheels of the carriage 16 to stop the movement when an abnormality occurs. And
Then, in the trolley control unit 74, the trolley 16 is operated by the cash processing unit 1.
When attached to 0, a cash processing unit interface 80 for communicating with the cash processing unit 10 is connected.

Positioning mechanisms 71a to 71c on the carriage 16
And 72a to 72c are connected by a carriage control unit 74, and the carriage control unit 74 is a cash processing unit interface 80.
The banknote loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c and the reject box 14 based on an instruction sent from the cash processing unit 10 via
a to 14c are respectively positioned and fixedly held at predetermined positions on the dolly 16, and the bill loading and collecting box 12
When the a to 12c and the reject storages 14a to 14c are removed, the fixing is released.

The coin loading and collecting boxes 15a to 15c are stacked on the reject boxes 14a to 14c, respectively, and are connected and integrated. The bill loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c and the reject boxes 14a to 14c are the positioning mechanism 71, respectively.
When fixed by a to 71c and 72a to 72c, the carriage control unit 74 can read the data written in the storage units provided in the bill loading and collecting storages 12a to 12c and the reject storages 14a to 14c. There is.

When the cart control unit 74 detects that the cash processing unit interface 80 has disconnected the cash processing unit 10, the communication unit 76 causes the PHS 77 to store the position of the cart 16 on the map at that time. After that, the position is regularly checked by the PHS 77, and when it is detected that the dolly 16 has moved to a distance from the initially stored position, it functions as a determination unit that determines that an abnormal situation has occurred.

That is, the truck 16 unloaded from the delivery vehicle 7
The distance traveled by is usually within tens of meters, so
If the user moves further than that, it is determined that an abnormal situation such as theft has occurred. When such an abnormal situation occurs, the carriage control unit 74 instructs the warning unit 78 to generate a warning, and also operates the brake 79 to brake the carriage 16 so that it cannot move.

Further, the PHS 77 instructs the communication unit 76 to make an emergency notification to the operation management center device 6 of the occurrence of an abnormal situation and the current position of the carriage 16. In this way, even if the cash is stolen or the like with the trolley 16, the abnormal situation is automatically determined and an alarm sound is issued, and the operation management center device 6 is notified of the occurrence of the abnormal situation and the trolley 1.
Make an emergency call to the current location of 6.

Although it has been described here that the determination is made based on the detection of the current position by the PHS 77, for example, a staff member is allowed to carry a transmitter, and the staff member's position by the transmitter and the carriage 16 are used.
The presence or absence of an abnormal situation may be determined by measuring the distance from When the banknote loading / collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / collecting box 15 of the POS register 2 and ATM 3 are replaced, the corresponding PO is handled by the PHS 77.
Only when the POS register 2 and ATM 3 are ready to be exchanged, the cart 16 is communicated with the S register 2 and ATM 3.
By issuing an instruction to release the fixing to the positioning mechanisms 71, 72 of the relevant bill loading / collecting warehouse 12 or reject warehouse 14 or the like, only the necessary bill loading / collecting warehouse 12, reject warehouse 14 or the like is exchanged. This makes it possible to prevent operation mistakes and improve crime prevention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing the internal structure of the cash processing section 10. Note that in FIG. 8, the exchange unit 17 provided in the cash processing unit 10 is omitted for the sake of easy understanding. Transfer of cash between the cash processing unit 10 and the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is performed via the bill loading / collecting warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15, and the bill loading / collecting warehouse 12 and the reject warehouse 14, The coin loading and collecting box 15 and the like are operably connected to the cash processing section 10 while being fixed to the carriage 16.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the trolley 1
Banknote loading / collecting boxes 12a-12c, reject boxes 14a-14c, and coin loading / collecting boxes 15a-
The unit 15c is connected to the banknote transport unit 13 by moving upward from below the cash handling unit 10 together with the dolly 16, so that the bottom face of the cash handling unit 10 is connected to the dolly 15c. There is a loading / unloading port that allows loading and unloading.

In this case, the bill loading / collecting storage transport paths 81a to 81c of the bill transporting unit 13 are connected to the bill loading / collecting storages 12a to 12c.
banknote inlet / outlet ports 82a to 82c of c, and the banknote transport unit 13
The reject store transport paths 83a to 83c are the reject store 1
It connects with the banknote entrance / exit 84a-84c of 4a-14c, respectively. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the connected state. Here, for the sake of clarity, the handle and wheels of the truck 16 and the truck security portion 73 are omitted, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.
A banknote recognition unit 85 that recognizes the denomination, authenticity, damage, front and back, etc. of the banknotes to be transported is disposed in a part of the banknote transport unit 13, and the banknote storage unit 11 has a capacity of 10,000, 5,000, or 2,000. , Thousand four
Four banknote storages 1 for storing banknotes of each denomination
1a to 11d are provided, and further, a loading reject storage 86 that stores rejected banknotes that are generated when the required number of banknotes are taken out from these banknote storages 11a to 11d and loaded into the banknote loading and collecting storages 12a to 12c. It is arranged below the bill recognition unit 85.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the operation of the banknote storage 11 and its peripheral portion. Banknote storage 11 (11a-11
The banknote storage entrance transport path 13a is arranged on the upper side and the banknote storage discharge path 13b is arranged on the lower side with the d) interposed therebetween.
The banknotes stored and stored in the banknote storage 11 are transferred from the left side of the drawing through the banknote storage entrance transfer path 13a.

A blade 91 for guiding the conveyed banknotes to the banknote storage box 11 side is disposed in the middle of the banknote storage box transfer path 13a. The banknotes are guided from the path 13a to the entrance 94 provided on the upper side of the banknote storage 11 and the banknote storage 1
It is designed to be stored in 1. On the other hand, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 11 are separated and taken out one by one by the separation roller 92 from the outlet provided on the lower side of the banknote storage 11, and are sent to the banknote storage release and transfer path 13b. Be done.

Separation roller 92 and bill storage shed discharge / conveyance path 1
A blade 93 is provided at the confluence with the 3b so as to guide the bills sent to the bill storage release transport path 13b to the right side of the drawing. FIG. 11 shows a banknote storage 1
It is a perspective view which shows the banknote storage state of 1. Banknote storage 11
The banknotes P1 that have entered from the entrance 94 are stacked so as to be horizontally stacked, and the stacked banknotes are pushed down by the pressing plate (not shown) below the separating roller 92. When the push-down plate enters the bill P1, the push-down plate is retracted to the ceiling or the like of the bill storage box 11 so as not to obstruct the entry.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the operation of the banknote storage 11 and its peripheral portion. Banknote loading and collecting box 12 (12a-
12c) is provided with a bill loading / collecting storage transporting path 13c, and bills stored and stored in the bill loading / collecting storage 12 are transported from the left side of the drawing through the bill loading / collecting transporting path 13c. . A blade 101 for guiding the conveyed bills to the bill loading / collecting warehouse 12 side is disposed in the middle of the bill storage / transporting passage 13c. Banknote loading and collecting box 1
Induce to 2.

A direction changing path 13d is provided between the blade 101 and the bill loading and collecting box 12, and the blade 1
The bill that is guided downward by 01 and enters the direction changing path 13d is conveyed while rotating in the left direction of the traveling direction.
When the bill is rotated 90 degrees, the direction conversion path 13d conveys the bill in the horizontal direction, conveys the bill in the depth direction of the drawing, and feeds the bill from the bill inlet / outlet 82 provided at the upper portion of the bill loading / recovery box 12. It is stored in the loading and collecting box 12.

On the other hand, the banknote doorway 8 of the banknote loading and collecting box 12
A separating unit for separating the stored banknotes one by one and feeding the banknotes is provided inside the banknote 2, and the banknotes fed from the banknote loading / recovery box 12 by the separating unit are changed in the direction conversion path 1.
3d, it is sent to the banknote loading / collecting warehouse transport path 13c through the route opposite to the above, and is transported leftward in the figure by the banknote loading / collecting warehouse transport path 13c.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a bill storage state of the bill loading and collecting box 12. Banknote doorway 8 of banknote storage 11
The banknotes P2 that have entered from 2 are horizontally stacked on a vertically movable stage provided in the banknote storage 11, and the stacked banknotes P2 are always at a predetermined position due to the vertical movement of the stage. To be kept. FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the operation of the reject box 14 and its peripheral portion.

A reject transport path 13e is arranged above the reject storage 14 (14a to 14d), and the bills stored and stored in the reject storage 14 are transported from the left side of the figure through the reject transport path 13e. come. A blade 111 that guides the conveyed banknotes to the reject storage 14 side is arranged in the middle of the reject transfer path 13e, and guides the banknotes to the reject storage 14 side from the reject transfer path 13e as necessary. It is like this.

The bills guided by the blade 111 are
It is conveyed downward by the reject storage transport path 83 and is stored in the reject storage 14 from the bill port 84 provided on the upper side of the reject storage 14. Figure 15 shows reject warehouse 1
In the perspective view showing the banknote storage state of No. 4, the banknotes P3 that have entered from the banknote opening 84 of the banknote storage 11 are stacked so as to be horizontally stacked.

The loading reject box 86 (see FIG. 9)
Has the same structure as the reject box 14, and the banknotes are stored and stored similarly to the reject box 14. Next, the operation when the operation management center device 6 instructs the delivery vehicle 7 to load or collect cash in the cash processing device 30 will be described. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a bill storing operation in the cash handling apparatus 30.

The banknote loading / collecting boxes 12a to 12c are loaded with the banknotes required according to the instruction of the operation management center device 6, and are connected to the cash processing section 10 as described above. Then, when the clerk instructs the operation display unit 27 to transfer the banknotes, the main control unit 25 controls the banknote loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c to the banknote storage box 11a of the cash processing section 10.
The banknotes are transferred to 11d.

For example, when transferring a thousand banknotes from the banknote loading / collecting box 12a, the banknotes fed out one by one by the separating section in the banknote loading / collecting box 12a are loaded / collected by the blade 101a via the direction change conveyance path. It is guided to the warehouse transport path 13c, transported to the left in the drawing, and passes through the bill recognition unit 85. At this time, the bill recognition unit 85 determines the denomination of the bill, the transportation state, and the like, and when the denomination is 1,000 yen and is determined to be normal, the bill is further fed to the left by the guidance of the blade 121. Then, for example, when the bill storage 11a is designated as the destination, the bill is guided by the blade 91a and stored in the bill storage 11a.

If the bill recognizing unit 85 detects, for example, that two folds are piled up or the denomination cannot be discriminated due to dirt or the like, the bill 121 is guided downward by the blade 121 as a reject bill, and further, the blades 122, 124, 125. Is guided and stored in the loading reject box 86. With respect to ten thousand, fifty thousand, and twenty thousand banknotes, banknote storages 11b to 11 designated in advance as destinations by the same operation
It is sorted according to the type of money in d and stored.

When all the banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting box 12a are transferred to the banknote storing boxes 11a to 11d, the banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting boxes 12b and 12c are sequentially operated by the same operation.
a to 11d. However, when the amount of cash to be prepared is enough to fill one bill loading / collecting box 12a, the bill loading / collecting boxes 12b and 12c may be emptied and connected to the cash processing unit 10.

At this time, the reject store 14 and the coin loading / collecting store 15 assigned to the convenience store 1 to be visited first are mounted on the dolly 16, which will be described later in detail. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a cash loading operation from the cash handling apparatus 30 to the bill loading / collecting boxes 12a to 12c.

Before the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the convenience store 1, in order to load it into the POS register 2 or ATM 3 installed in the corresponding convenience store 1,
The cash processing device 30 loads the banknote loading / collecting box 12 with the amount of banknotes instructed by the operation management center device 6 in advance. Here, for example, when loading a predetermined number of 10,000-yen banknotes stored in the banknote storage 11d into the banknote loading / collecting storage 12a, first, the banknotes are delivered from the lower part of the banknote storage 11d, and the delivered banknote is a blade. It is guided to 92b and sent to the banknote storage release and transport path 13b.

Then, the bill is further divided into blades 122 and 12
1 is conveyed to the bill recognition unit 85, and when the bill recognition unit 85 is passed, the conveyance state is detected and the denomination and the like are determined. As a result, when it is determined that the bill of 10,000 yen is normally conveyed, the bill passes through the blade 123,
The bill is loaded and collected in the bill loading and collecting storage transport path 13c to the right, further guided downward by the blade 101a, passes through the direction changing transport path, and is loaded in the bill loading and collecting storage 12a.

The banknote recognizing unit 85 detects a double stack, and a banknote whose denomination cannot be discriminated due to dirt or the like is guided downward as a reject banknote by the blade 123 and further guided by the blades 124 and 125. It is transported to and stored in the loading reject store 86. In this way, the required number of 10,000-yen banknote loading and collecting box 12a is loaded, and similarly, the required number of banknotes of the denomination are loaded into banknote loading and collecting box 12a from banknote storage boxes 11b to 11d.

Further, bills are similarly loaded in the bill loading / collecting boxes 12b and 12c. The banknotes stored in the loading reject box 86 are taken out and counted by a predetermined clerk after all operations are completed. This makes it possible to confirm the coincidence of the counts in the close inspection. On the other hand, when the delivery vehicle 7 visits the convenience store 1, after collecting the bills from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, the bills in the bill loading and collecting store 12 (12a to 12c) are stored in the bill storage 11 of the cash processing unit 10 ( 11a-11
Collect in c).

At this time, the dolly 16 collects bills from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, and the bill loading / collecting boxes 12a-1.
2c, reject warehouses 14a to 14c, coin loading and collecting warehouse 1
5a to 15c are mounted. FIG. 18 is a cash processing unit 1.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the collection operation of the banknote to 0. First, connect the bill loading and collecting boxes 12a to 12c to the cash processing unit 10,
Then, when the clerk gives an instruction to transfer the banknotes through the operation display unit 27, the main control unit 25 controls the banknote loading and storing boxes 12a to 12c to the banknote storage box 11 of the cash processing section 10.
The banknotes are collected in a to 11d.

Here, when the banknotes are collected from the banknote loading / collecting box 12a, the banknotes are separated and fed out one by one by the separating section inside the banknote loading / collecting box 12a, and the banknotes fed out are changed in the direction change conveyance path. Via blade 101
It is guided to the banknote loading / collecting box transport path 13c by a, is transported in the left direction in the figure, and passes through the banknote recognition unit 85. At that time, the bill recognizing unit 85 determines the denomination of the bill, the transportation state, and the like, and the bill that is determined to be normal is sent further leftward by the guidance of the blade 121, and then the bill storage 1 according to the denomination.
It is sorted into 1a to 11d and collected respectively.

For example, when a bill judged to be 1,000 yen is to be stored in the bill storage 11a, the bill passing through the bill recognition section 85 is guided by the blade 121 to the storage entrance transport path 13a and further guided by the blade 91a. Banknote storage 1
It is stored in 1a. For ten thousand, five thousand and two thousand banknotes,
By the same operation, the bills are sorted and collected in the bill storage boxes 11b to 11d by denomination.

In this collecting operation, the bill recognition unit 85
Then, for example, a banknote for which a double stack is detected or a denomination cannot be discriminated due to dirt or the like is guided downward as a reject banknote by the blade 121, and further, the blade 12
Rejected transport path 13 by guiding 2, 124, 125
sent to e. On the carriage 16, the reject storage 14a-
14c, since they are mounted in the same order in correspondence with the banknote loading / collecting boxes 12a to 12c collected from the same POS register 2 and ATM3, the banknotes sent to the reject transport path 13e correspond to the banknote loading / collecting box 12. Blade 11
It is guided downward by 1a and stored in the reject box 14a. When all the banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting box 12a are collected in the banknote storing boxes 11a to 11d and the reject box 14a, the banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting boxes 12b and 12c are sequentially operated in the same manner as the banknote storage boxes 11a to 11d and the reject box 14.
b, 14c.

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing the exchange section 17. The exchange unit 17 includes, for example, one loading reject box 8
Six and five reject storages 14d to 14h and five coin loading and collecting storages 15d to 15h are stored, and the coin loading and storing storages 15d to 15h correspond to the reject storage 14
They are overlapped on d to 14h and are connected by a connection mechanism.

Further, the size (outer shape) of the loading reject box 86 is formed to be equal to the size in which one reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are connected. One of the loading reject warehouse 86, the reject warehouses 14d to 14h, and the coin loading and collecting warehouses 15d to 15h is provided on the supply table 131.
They are arranged in a row and mounted on the exchange unit 17.

The supply table 131 is composed of a belt conveyor or the like, and has a loading reject box 86 and a reject box 14d.
˜14h and coin loading / collecting boxes 15d to 15h are supplied to the adjacent carrier 132 as required. Carrier 1
32 can be equipped with either the loading / rejecting box 86 or a pair of the rejecting box 14 and the coin loading / recovering box 15 connected thereto.

The carrier 132 has a positioning mechanism 133.
The positioning mechanism 133 fixes the loading reject warehouse 86 or reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading / unloading warehouse 15 supplied from the supply table 131 at a predetermined position on the carrier 132, and the carriage 16 rejects the reject warehouse 14 and When loading and unloading the coin loading and collecting warehouse 15, the movement is performed.

The carrier 132 is attached to one end of a conveyor constituting the moving table 134, and with this position as a reference position, the moving table 134 is moved along with the rotation of the conveyor while the reject box 14 and the coin loading / collecting box 15 are placed. Can be moved to the other end of. Of course, it is possible to move in the opposite direction. When the reject box 14 and the coin loading / collecting box 15 are moved to a position corresponding to a predetermined position of the dolly 16, the positioning mechanism 133 moves the reject box 14 and the coin loading / unloading box 15 in the depth direction of the drawing, and the dolly 16 is placed on the dolly 16. Loading reject warehouse 86 or reject warehouse 14, coin loading and collecting warehouse 1
Replace with 5.

When the carrier 132 returns to the reference position, the replaced reject warehouse 14 and coin loading / unloading warehouse 15 are pushed up by the push-up mechanism 135 disposed below the reference position, and the reject warehouse 14 and coin loading / collecting are pushed up. The container 15 is pushed out onto the recovery table 137 by the receiving mechanism 136 arranged above. The reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 collected as described above can be sequentially arranged on the collection stand 137.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing the relative positional relationship of each component in the cash processing section 10. As shown in this figure, the exchange unit 17 is arranged on the front side of the banknote transport unit 13 and the carriage 16. The movable table 134 is the carrier 1
At the reference position of 32, the loading reject store 86 is set to the banknote transport unit 1.
3 to the position corresponding to No. 3, and the carrier 132 is loaded in the dolly 16 reject warehouse 14a-14c
Then, the coins can be moved to positions corresponding to the coin loading / recovery boxes 15a to 15c.

21 to 25 are schematic perspective views showing the operation of the exchange section 17 in the cash processing section 10. First, FIG.
The operation of mounting the loading reject box 86 on the banknote transport unit 13 according to 1 will be described. When the supply table 131 rotates the belt conveyor and moves it to the right in the figure, the loading reject storage 8 mounted on the rightmost side of the belt conveyor.
6 is pushed out and moved onto the carrier 132, and the positioning mechanism 133 causes the loading reject warehouse 86 to move to the carrier 13
It is fixed in place on 2.

Then, the positioning mechanism 133 pushes the loading reject box 86 in the direction of arrow A, whereby the loading reject box 86 moves to the banknote transport unit 13 side.
The bill transport unit 13 is provided with a positioning unit (not shown), and fixes the loading reject store 86 at a predetermined position. Next, the operation of collecting the reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery storage 15i on the carriage 16 will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 22, the reject box 14i is mounted on the carriage 16 connected to the bill transport unit 13,
A coin loading / collecting storage 15i is superposed on and connected to the reject storage 14i. The carrier 132 is the moving table 13
4 moves from the reference position to a position facing the reject box 14i and the coin loading and collecting box 15i, and the positioning mechanism 13
3 protrudes toward the dolly 16 side, and the reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery storage 15i are indicated by an arrow B in the carrier 132.
When picked up, the carrier 132 is returned to the reference position by the moving table 134.

As shown in FIG. 23, when the carrier 132 returns to the reference position, the positioning mechanism 133 causes the reject box 1 to move.
Since the 4i and the coin loading / collecting box 15i are released from the previously fixed state, the push-up rods 138a and 138b of the pushing-up mechanism 135 are projected upward, whereby the reject box 14i and the coin loading / unloading box 15i are pushed up.

The reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery storage 15i that have been pushed up have the receiving mechanism 136 arranged above.
And is pushed out onto the recovery table 137 indicated by the arrow C by the pushing mechanism provided in the receiving mechanism 136. Here, the collection stand 137 rotates the belt conveyor,
The reject warehouse 14i and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15i are moved to predetermined positions, and the collection of the reject warehouse 14i and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15i is completed.

Similarly, the reject storage 14j and the coin loading / recovering storage 15j, the reject storage 14k and the coin loading / recovering storage 15k on the dolly 16 shown in FIG. 24 are sequentially collected. The new reject warehouses 14d to 14h and the coin loading / collecting warehouses 15d to 15h respectively connected to these are supplied from the supply base 131 to the carriage 16 by the carrier 132 and the moving base 134, and are mounted and fixed.

As described above, the reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 are sequentially provided between the cash processing unit 10 and the carriage 16.
Exchange, and while the delivery vehicle goes around the convenience store 1, the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 can be loaded and withdrawn for cash payment to the POS register 2 and the ATM 3.
The reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 are exchanged between the 3 and the carriage 16.

When all scheduled exchange work is completed, the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center, and all the reject boxes 14 and coin loading / collecting boxes 15 are removed from the cash processing section 10 and collected. That is, as shown in FIG. 25, the POS register 2 and ATM of each convenience store 1
Rejected warehouses 14i-14m used from 3
The coin loading / recovering boxes 15i to 15m and the loading rejecting box 86 are collected on the collecting table 137.

However, at this time, the reject storages 14n, 14p, 14q and the coin loading / recovery storages 15n, 15p, 15q, which cannot be fully collected on the collection stand 137, are carried to the operation management center while being mounted on the carriage 16. . In addition, individual reject warehouses 14i-14q and coin loading / collecting warehouses 15i-1
The arrangement order of 5q changes depending on its operation.

Further, in the figure, reject warehouses 14i to 14q are shown.
And the coin loading and collecting warehouses 15i to 15q are all used, the target PO
When the number of S-registers 2 and ATMs 3 is small and the work is completed while the reject warehouses 14i to 14q and the coin loading and collecting warehouses 15i to 15q are partially unused, the unused reject warehouses 14 and coin loading and collecting warehouses 15 Are collected at the operation management center while being mounted on the supply table 131.

FIG. 26 is a schematic perspective view showing a transfer state of the reject box 14 and the like. The supply table 131 and the recovery table 137 of the exchange section 17 are the reject box 14 and the coin loading / collecting box 15,
Also, it can be detached from the exchanging unit 17 with the loading reject box 86 mounted. Therefore, the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center, collects the reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading and collecting warehouse 15 collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1, and stores them in the reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading and collecting warehouse 15. When confirming the cash that has been stored, as shown in FIG.
The reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the loading reject box 86 can be dropped from the delivery vehicle 7 together with the 1 and the collecting table 137.

In order to load or collect cash in the POS register 2 or ATM 3 according to a new instruction from the operation management center device 6, even when the delivery vehicle 7 patrols, an empty reject box 14 and coins are provided. Coin loading and storing box 1 containing
5, and the empty loading reject box 86 can be loaded on the delivery vehicle and mounted on the exchanging unit 17 while being mounted on the supply table 131.

Note that, in FIG. 25, the reject storages 14n, 14p, 14q and the coin loading / recovery storages 15n, 15p, 15q mounted on the carriage 16 are the bill loading / recovery storage 1
Along with 2, the dolly 16 is removed from the cash processing unit 10 and is dropped from the delivery vehicle 7 to check cash. Here, the positioning mechanism 133 of the carrier 132 of the exchange section 17
And the mechanism related to it.

FIG. 27 is a schematic perspective view of the reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15. A pair of protrusions 161 and 162 for integration are provided on both outer sides of the reject box 14 and the coin loading / unloading box 15 at substantially symmetrical positions, and the coin loading / unloading box 15 is superposed on the reject box 14. Connection fitting 163 on the protrusions 161 and 162 on one side
a is fitted, and the other fittings 161 and 162 are connected to the fitting 1
The reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are integrally coupled and fixed by fitting 63b.

As described above, since the reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 are integrated, one of them is used as the carriage 16
It may be positioned and fixed to the above. Here is reject warehouse 1
Positioning projections 164a and 164b are provided on both outer sides of the reject box 14 in order to fix the unit 4. Figure 2
8 is a schematic perspective view showing the positioning of the reject storage 14.

As shown in this figure, the positioning protrusions 164a and 164b provided on both outer sides of the reject box 14 are used to perform positioning and fixing by the positioning mechanism 133 of the carrier 132 and the positioning mechanism 72 of the carriage 16. Done. That is, the reject store 14 is sent from the supply table 131 to the carrier 132 in the direction of arrow D as described above.

As a result, when the reject box 14 reaches the positioning mechanism 133, the arcuate claws 171a, 171b of the positioning mechanism 133 rotate from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the broken line in the direction of arrow E to project the protrusion 164a of the reject box 14. ，
It engages with 164b, and thereby the reject box 14 is positioned and fixed on the carrier 132. Claw 171
a and 171b are provided on the shaft on the rail 172,
The rail 172 can be moved in the arrow F direction while the claws 171a and 171b are engaged with the protrusions 164a and 164b of the reject container 14.

The movement of the rail 172 pushes the reject box 14 to the reject box mounting position on the carriage 16. A positioning mechanism 72 is provided on the carriage 16, and when the reject storage 14 is sent to the reject storage mounting position by the rail 172, the arcuate claws 173a and 173b of the positioning mechanism 72 are moved from the solid line position to the arrow G. Direction to the position of the broken line and the protrusion 1 of the reject box 14
64a, 164b, which causes the reject box 1
4 is positioned and fixed on the carriage 16.

At the same time, the positioning mechanism 13 for the carrier 132
The third claws 171a and 171b rotate in the direction opposite to the arrow E to open the reject chamber 14, and the claws 171a and 171b.
1b moves in the opposite direction of the arrow F together with the rail 172 and returns to the original position. As described above, the carrier 132
Although the reject storage 14 is moved from the carriage 16 to the carriage 16, it is possible to move the reject storage 14 from the carriage 16 to the carrier 132 in the reverse procedure.

FIG. 29 is a plan view of the reject box 14. As shown in FIG. 29A, the reject storage 1
The protruding portion 164b of No. 4 is provided with a V-shaped groove for improving the positioning accuracy. In addition, as shown in FIG. 29B, the claws 171a and 171b of the positioning mechanism 133 are provided.
Since the claws 173a and 173b of the positioning mechanism 72 engage with the protrusions 164a and 164b of the reject container 14 at different positions, the reject container 14 can be transferred between the carrier 132 and the carriage 16.

Further, when fixing the reject box 14 on the dolly 16, the claws 173b are made to enter the V-shaped grooves of the projections 164b, which improves the positioning accuracy of the reject box 14 with respect to the dolly 16, Cash processing unit 1
The relative position with respect to the banknote transport unit 13 of 0 can be accurately ensured, and the banknotes to be transported can be stored without trouble.

Since the coin loading and collecting box 15 is fixed on the reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15 is also moved integrally with the reject box 14 and the positioning is similar to that of the reject box 14. Is obtained. FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing a state before the dolly 16 is loaded on the delivery vehicle 7, and FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing a loaded state.

As shown in FIG. 30, the truck 16 is replaced by the delivery vehicle 7.
When loading the cargo on the loading platform, the door 8 at the rear of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7 is opened, and the cash handling unit 1 of the cash handling machine 30 mounted on this loading platform.
The truck 16 is pushed in from the rear side of the delivery vehicle 7 to the bottom of the loading platform in accordance with 0. A dolly lifting mechanism 191 controlled by the security unit 24 is provided inside the door 8. When the door 8 is closed while the dolly 16 is pushed in, the dolly 16 is shown by the dolly lifting mechanism 191 in FIG. Thus, it is pulled up and fixed so as to be stored in the cash processing unit 10.

In this way, for the cash processing unit 10,
The cart 16 and the bill loading / collecting box 12 mounted on the cart 16 and the reject box 14 and the coin loading / collecting box 15 are loaded from below. Therefore, since the rear surface of the cash processing unit 10 does not need an opening and can be a closed surface, even if the door 8 is opened, the inside of the cash processing unit 10 cannot be seen, and therefore, crime prevention is improved. Will be things.

FIG. 32 is an enlarged perspective view of the delivery vehicle rear part with the door opened, and FIG. 33 is an enlarged perspective view of the door closed. A bogie lifting mechanism 19 provided inside the door 8.
As shown in FIG. 32, reference numeral 1 denotes hook portions 192a and 192b for pulling up by pulling the horizontal portion of the handle of the carriage 16.
And a rail portion 194 that guides the lifting and lowering of the lifting portion 193. The lifting portion 193 is guided by the rail portion 194 and is shown by a solid line. Ascend from the position to the position indicated by the broken line.

On the rear end face of the cash processing section, there is a carriage 16
195a, 195 for guiding the vertical portion of the handle of the
b is attached. When the dolly 16 is pushed from the rear side of the delivery vehicle 7 under the loading platform and the door 8 is closed, the hook portions 192a and 192b of the dolly lifting mechanism 191 are moved to the dolly 16
When the hook portion 192a, 192b is lifted by the elevating portion 193, the trolley 1
6 is pulled up by the hook portions 192a and 192b.

At this time, the vertical portion of the handle of the carriage 16 is guided by the guides 195a and 195b, and the carriage 16 is pulled up in a stable state while keeping the horizontal state.
Then, when the elevating part 193 moves to the uppermost end of the rail part 194, as shown in FIG. 33, the banknote 16 and the banknote loading / recovering box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovering box 1 as shown in FIG.
5 is stored and fixed in the cash processing unit 10, and becomes the operable state of FIG.

If the door 8 is divided as shown in FIG. 4 and one side thereof has a size necessary for the operation of the carriage lifting mechanism 191, the size of opening the door 8 is small. Since the cash processing unit 10 becomes hard to see, the crime prevention property becomes higher. FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bill processing unit 210 incorporated in the POS register 2 or ATM 3.

The banknote processing section 210 includes a banknote inlet / outlet port 211 for inserting and paying out banknotes for each transaction, a banknote outlet 214 for discharging banknotes returned to the customer due to inability to determine the banknotes inserted, and a denomination of the banknote. And recognition unit 21 for determining authenticity
2. Banknote storage (storage) 21 for storing banknotes by denomination
3a, 213b, 213c, these banknote storage 213
It is provided with a bill loading / recovery box 12 for loading and collecting banknotes in a to 213c, and a reject box 14 for storing reject banknotes generated at the time of payment and loading of banknotes.

Here, the bill storage 2 of the bill processing unit 210
In the case of the POS register 2, 13a to 213c are, for example, a banknote storage 213a of 1,000-yen banknotes and a banknote storage 21.
Banknotes of 2,000 yen are stored in 3b and stored in the banknote storage 21
3c is allocated to store 5,000 yen, 10,000 yen, and unfit banknotes that are not used as change. Also, ATM
In the case of 3, the banknote storage 213a stores a banknote of 1,000 yen, the banknote storage 213b stores a banknote of 10,000 yen, and the banknote storage 213c stores 2,000 yen and 5,000 yen that are not used for payment. Allotted to store unfit banknotes.

The banknote handling section 210 having such a configuration operates as follows. First, in the case of deposit, the banknotes inserted into the banknote inlet / outlet 211 are separated one by one and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the acceptable banknotes are counted by denomination and sorted by denomination to be stored in the banknote storage 213a.
To 213c, respectively.

Further, the banknotes which are judged to be rejected by the recognition section 212 are sent to the banknote outlet 214 and returned. In the case of the change payment or the banknote payment in the withdrawal transaction, the banknotes of the designated denomination are sequentially delivered one by one from the banknote storages 213a and 213b and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 uses the denomination. Etc. are determined. as a result,
Banknotes that can be paid are counted by denomination, and the banknote entrance / exit 21
1 is transported and accumulated.

Then, after confirming that the amount of banknotes designated by the operator or authorized by the device has been accumulated in the banknote inlet / outlet 211, payment is made from the banknote inlet / outlet 211. Further, the banknotes determined to be rejected are sent to the reject box 14 and collected. When the banknote loading / recovery box 12 is mounted on the banknote processing unit 210 for banknote loading,
The banknotes are sequentially drawn out one by one from the banknote loading and collecting box 12 and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the bills that can be loaded are counted by denomination, and are sorted by denomination, and the bill storage 2
13a and 213b, respectively.

The banknotes determined to be rejected are sent to and stored in the reject box 14. Banknote storage 21
When collecting the bills 3a to 213c, the bill storage 2
Sheets are sequentially fed from 13a to 213c one by one and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the banknotes of which the denominations have been determined are counted according to the denominations and stored in the banknote loading / collecting box 12.

The banknotes that are determined to be rejected are sent to the reject box 14 and stored therein. As described above, the reject storage 14 is loaded with the banknotes from the banknote loading / collecting storage 12 to the banknote storages 213a and 213b or the banknote storage 2
Banknotes that have been determined to be rejected by the recognition unit 212 when the banknotes are collected from the banknote loading and collecting box 12 from the banknotes 13a to 213c,
And the recognition unit 21 when paying change or withdrawing transaction
The banknote determined to be rejected in 2 is stored.

Therefore, when the collection of bills is completed, each P
The number of banknotes collected from the OS register 2 and the ATM 3 is [the number of banknotes collected] = [the number of banknotes loaded] + [the number of banknotes deposited] − [the number of banknotes paid] = [the number of banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting warehouse] + [the inside of the reject bank] The total number of banknotes collected can be confirmed by counting and summing the banknotes stored in the banknote loading and collecting box 12 and the reject box 14, respectively.

FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing the structure of the coin processing unit 220 incorporated in the POS register 2 or ATM 3. The coin processing unit 220 includes a coin inlet 221 for inserting coins for each transaction, a coin outlet 222 for returning rejected coins among the inserted coins, and a coin storage (storage unit) 223a for storing coins by denomination. 223f, a coin loading / unloading box 15 for loading and collecting coins to and from these coin storage boxes 223a to 223f, a coin reject box 224 for storing reject coins generated during payment and loading of coins, and coin money The money inspection unit 225 is provided for determining the type, authenticity, and the like.

The coin denominations of the coin storages 223a to 223f are, for example, 1 yen for the coin storage 223a, 5 yen for the coin storage 223b, and coin storage 223c.
To the coin storage 223d, to the coin storage 223e to 100 yen, and to the coin storage 223f to allocate 500 yen. The coin processing unit 220 having such a configuration operates as follows.

First, in the case of deposit, the coins inserted into the coin inlet 221 are sent to the coin inspection unit 225 one by one, and the coin inspection unit 225 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the coins that can be received are counted by denomination, sorted by denomination, and stored inside the coin storages 223a to 223f, respectively. In addition, the coin that is determined to be rejected by the coin inspection unit 225 is sent to the coin outlet 222 and returned.

In the case of the change payment or the coin payment in the withdrawal transaction, the coin of the designated denomination is the coin storage 223.
Sheets are sequentially fed one by one from the lower side of a to 223f and sent to the coin inspection unit 225, and the coin inspection unit 225 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the payable coins are counted by denomination, transported to the coin outlet 222, and accumulated. Then, after confirming that coins of the amount designated by the operator or authorized by the device are accumulated in the coin inlet 211, the coins are paid out from the coin outlet 221.

Further, the coins judged to be rejected are sent to the coin reject box 224 and collected. When the coin loading / recovery box 15 is attached to the coin processing section 220 for coin loading, one coin is sequentially fed out from the lower side of the coin loading / recovery box 15 and sent to the coin inspection section 225. The money section 225 determines the denomination and the like. As a result, the loadable coins are counted by denomination, sorted by denomination, and stored in the coin storage boxes 223a to 223f, respectively.

The coins judged to be rejected are sent to and stored in the coin reject box 224. When collecting the coins in the coin storages 223a to 223f, the coins are sequentially fed out one by one from the lower side of the coin storages 223a to 223f and sent to the coin loading and collecting storage 15 as they are.
The coins are loaded and collected from above in the coin loading and collecting box 15.

When all the coin storage sheds 223a to 223f are emptied, coins are fed one by one from the lower side of the coin reject storage 224 and are sent to the coin loading and collecting storage 15 as they are, and the coin loading and storing storage 15 It is stored inside from above. Unlike banknotes, there are many denominations of coins, and because it is difficult to process at high speed, it takes longer to process the coins. However, as described above, when collecting coins, the coins are unloaded from the coin storage boxes 223a to 223f. Since all the coins are sent to and stored in the coin loading / collecting box 15 directly without passing through the coin inspection section 225, it is possible to shorten the collection processing time.

Further, since there is a concern that the counting will be guaranteed at the time of collection because it does not go through the coin inspection section 225, the coin storage 223a ...
The coins in 223f are determined to be valid coins whose denomination has been determined by the coin inspection unit 225 at least at the time of receipt of deposit or loading, and in the case of payment, the coin inspection unit 225 determines the coin type. Even if a counting problem occurs in the collection process, it can be dealt with as an internal problem of the device, and it does not cause any trouble to the customer, so that the device can be operated without any trouble.

When the coins are collected, all the coins in the coin reject box 224 are also collected in the coin loading / collecting box 15. Therefore, the number of coins collected from each POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is [coin collected number] = [Number of coins loaded] + [Number of coins deposited]-[Number of coins paid] = [Number of coins in coin loading / collecting warehouse].

Therefore, by counting the coins stored in the coin loading and collecting box 15, the total number of coins collected can be confirmed. As described above, in the present embodiment, the reject banknotes stored in the reject storage 14 of the banknote processing unit 210 are collected together with the reject storage 14, and the reject coins stored in the coin reject storage 224 of the coin processing unit 220 are It is assumed that the coins are transferred to the coin loading and collecting box 15 and collected.

As a result, in the bill processing unit 210,
It is possible to prevent the occurrence of jams due to the transportation of rejected banknotes that are often folded or broken, and the coin processing unit 220 does not need to handle the coin reject box 224, which simplifies the processing. It will be. By the way, the banknote loading / collecting warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, the coin loading / recovering warehouse 15, and the loading reject warehouse 86 in the present embodiment are a mechanism section for carrying out the entrance and exit of bills and coins, and taking out and storing the bills and coins. Etc., and these are formed into a closed structure protected by a key.

The banknote loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the loading reject box 86 have the POS register 2 mounted therein.
A storage unit for storing main body information such as ATM and ATM3, and information about stored cash is built in, and the cash processing unit device 30 mounted on the POS register 2, ATM3, and delivery vehicle 7 is the storage unit. On the other hand, the information can be read and rewritten as necessary.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing the storage contents of the storage units provided in each cashbox used in this embodiment, that is, the banknote loading / collecting box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading / unloading box 15, and the loading reject box 86. The contents (data) stored in the storage unit are the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14,
The coin loading and collecting box 15 and the loading reject box 86 are different as described below.

FIG. 36 (a) shows the contents stored in the storage section 231 provided in the bill loading / collecting box 12, which is the bill loading / collecting box 12 in FIG.
Banknote loading / collecting box N, which is a registration number assigned to each
o, a main body number (identification information unique to the device) that is a registration number of the main body of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 in which the bill loading / collecting warehouse 12 is mounted, and a reject bin that is mounted in the same main body in combination with the bill loading / collecting warehouse 12 It is composed of a reject box No., which is a registration number of 14, and the number of banknotes of the denomination stored in the banknote loading and collecting box as a denomination breakdown.

FIG. 36 (b) shows the stored contents of the storage unit 231 provided in the reject store 14, which is the reject store number which is the registration number assigned to each reject store 14 and the POS in which the reject store 14 is installed. Register 2 or AT
The M3 main body is a registration number of the main body (identification information unique to the apparatus) and the number of banknotes (calculated value) of the denomination stored in the reject storage as a denomination breakdown.

FIG. 36 (c) shows the contents stored in the storage section 233 provided in the coin loading / collecting box 15, which is the coin loading / unloading box 15.
Coin loading and collecting box N, which is a registration number assigned to each
o, the main body number (identification information unique to the device) which is the registration number of the main body of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 in which the coin loading / collecting box 15 is mounted, and the coin loading / collecting box as a denomination breakdown. It is composed of the number of coins of each type.

FIG. 36D shows the contents stored in the storage section 234 provided in the loading reject storage 86. The loading rejection storage No., which is the registration number assigned to each loading rejection storage 86, and the loading storage 12 are installed. Cash processing device 30
The cash processing device No., which is the registration number of the main body, and the number of banknotes (estimated value) of the denomination stored in the loading reject storage as a denomination breakdown.

FIGS. 37 to 45 are flow charts showing the cash processing procedure in the above-mentioned structure, and the loading and collecting of cash will be described below in accordance with the step shown by S in these figures. In the convenience store 1, when the sales information is input to the POS register 2 according to the sale of the product (S1), the sales information is reported to the CVS center device 4 (S2).

The CVS center device 4 monitors the inventory of goods and the sales management as well as the change and the amount of reserves and sales according to the sales information from the POS register 2 (S).
3). Further, the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 reports the transaction information to the financial center device 5 when the transaction information is input according to the transaction by the operation of the customer (S4) (S5).

The financial center device 5 monitors the amount of reserve such as a transaction reserve at the same time as the process according to the transaction of the customer account according to the transaction information from the ATM 3 (S6). These C
The POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 are constantly monitored by the VS center device 4 and the financial center device 5. On the other hand, the operation management center device 6 starts a patrol process by the delivery vehicle 7 for loading and collecting cash in the POS register 2 and ATM 3 at a predetermined time (S7).

First, the operation management center device 6 requests the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 to instruct loading and recovery (S8). At this time, the scheduled visit time of this convenience store 1 and the scheduled visit time of the next time are notified. In the CVS center device 4,
Monitoring data for each POS register 2 up to that point,
According to the scheduled time of this visit and the next visit, the necessity of cash loading and collection for all the corresponding POS registers 2 is determined, and the number of loaded bills and coins of each POS register 2 is calculated (S9). .

Then, the CVS center device 4 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the result of calculation of the number of loaded denominations and the necessity of loading and collecting for all the POS registers 2 to be circulated this time (S10). Similarly, the financial center device 5
Then, according to the monitoring data for each ATM3 up to that point and the scheduled time of this visit and the next visit, the necessity of cash loading and collection for all the relevant ATM3 is judged,
In addition, the number of loaded bills and coins of each ATM 3 is calculated (S11).

Then, the financial center apparatus 5 notifies the operation management center apparatus 6 of the result of calculating the number of loaded coins of each denomination and the necessity of loading and collecting for all ATMs 3 to be circulated this time (S12). Incidentally, here, the operation management center device 6
At a predetermined time, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 are requested to load and collect instructions. However, there are more customers than expected and there is a large amount of payment transactions. If the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 determines that the change fund or the transaction reserve amount has decreased faster than expected, the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 sends the operation management center device 6 to the operation management center device 6. Loading,
An emergency request for collection is notified (S13).

Also in this case, similarly to this explanation (when the predetermined time comes), the POS register 2 installed in the convenience store 1 which needs to be urgently loaded and collected from the operation management center device 6. As for the ATM 3 and the ATM 3, as well as the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the other convenience store 1 that was scheduled to be patroled similarly to the convenience store 1, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 request the loading and withdrawing instructions. Shall be notified.

However, at this time, of the scheduled traveling times added to the request for the instruction of loading and recovery issued from the operation management center device 6, the scheduled traveling time this time is only one time set for emergency response. This is a special time, and the next scheduled tour time remains the original scheduled time. C based on this
The VS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 calculate the reserve necessary from the emergency response this time to the next scheduled tour time, and notify the operation management center device 6 of the reserve.

As a result, even in case of emergency, it is possible to instruct an appropriate number of bills and coins to be loaded. Further, although the time is earlier this time, the store is visited as planned and the next time is as scheduled. Since it is returned, it is possible to perform operation management systematically. The operation management center device 6 provides data on the necessity of loading and collecting from the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 and the loading and collecting number of bills and coins for each POS register 2 and each ATM 3 to be circulated this time. Upon receipt of the receipt, the circuit route is determined, and the number of bills and coins to be loaded in the cash processing device 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 is calculated (S14).

That is, of the initially planned traveling stores, those stores that do not need to be loaded or collected in either the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 are excluded from the traveling plan, and stores that require even one unit to be loaded and collected. With regard to the above, a plan is prepared so that all the ATMs 3 of the POS register 2 will be operated as planned. In this case, since the banknotes are loaded into and collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 for each convenience store 1, the POS register 2 and A of the convenience store 1 to be visited first.
The full amount of banknotes is required for TM3, but from the second store, banknotes collected up to that point can be used for loading. However, when there is a shortage of the collected bills at the convenience store 1 to be visited next, it is necessary to load the shortage into the cash processing device 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 in advance.

As described above, from the second store, the banknotes collected up to that point can be used for loading, so that the money efficiency can be improved, and since the minimum necessary number of banknotes can be circulated, there is an effect in crime prevention. . Next, the operation management center device 6
Based on the calculation result of the number of loaded bills, the number of loaded bills and coins of each POS register 2 or ATM 3 of each convenience store 1, and the total number of bills and the type of bills prepared in advance for loading. With the total number of coins of
Instructions for loading and collecting are sent to the delivery vehicle 7, and at the same time, instructions for the route of this round and the scheduled visit time are given (S15).
a).

This patrol plan is also notified to the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 as a loading and recovery schedule (S15b). According to the instruction from the operation management center device 6, the staff member of the delivery vehicle 7 loads the banknotes and coins into the banknote loading / recovering container 12 and the coin loading / recovering container 15 at the operation management center, and then, the cash processing unit of the cash processing device 30. Load 10 At this time, the number of banknotes based on the calculation result of the operation management center device 6 is set to the number of the banknotes that are expected to be collected in the middle of the carriage 16
The bill is loaded and loaded in the bill loading / recovery box 12 attached to (S16).

The storage section 231 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 stores the cash type breakdown of the banknotes to be loaded, and the cash processing apparatus 3 to be loaded as the main body No. in this storage section.
No. 0 is the bill loading and collecting box 1 as the reject box No.
The No. of the loading reject store 86 corresponding to No. 2 is written respectively. On the other hand, coins are for each POS register 2 and ATM.
The number of loaded sheets specified for each of the 3 is POS
Each of the register 2 and the ATM 3 is loaded into the coin loading / collecting box 15, and is loaded in line on the cart 16 and the supply table 131 of the cash processing unit 10 in the order of patrol.

That is, the coin loading and collecting warehouse 15 and the reject warehouse 14 are the cash processing unit 10 of the cash processing apparatus 30 and the carriage 1.
The POS register 2 and the ATM 3 to which they are to be attached have been decided when the coins are attached to the coins 6, and therefore the coin loading and collecting box 1
In the storage unit 233 of No. 5, the No. of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 in which the coin loading and collecting box 15 is mounted is written as the main body No. together with the breakdown of the coin type of the loaded coin.

Similarly, the storage unit 232 of the reject box 14 is also written with the number of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 in which the reject box 14 is mounted as the main body number.
It should be noted that the loading reject warehouse 86 is lined up and loaded at the head position of the supply table 131 of the cash handling section 10. The loading reject warehouse 86 is stored in the storage section 234 of the loading reject warehouse 86 as the cash handling machine No. No of the cash processing apparatus 30 to which is attached is written.

When the loading of the banknote loading / collecting warehouse 12 and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15 loaded with cash is completed as described above, the staff member of the delivery vehicle 7 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the start of circulation. It is transmitted (S17), and thereafter, the operation management center device 6 monitors the patrol status of the delivery vehicle 7. When the delivery vehicle 7 starts patrol (S1
8) First, the loading reject box 86 is moved from the supply table 131 onto the carrier 132, and pushed out toward the banknote transport unit 13 side by the carrier 132 to be fixed at a predetermined position.
At this point, the cash processing unit 10 confirms that the main body No. written in the storage unit 231 of the bill loading / recovery storage 12 and the storage unit 234 of the loading reject storage 86 is its own No (S19).

[0167] The cash processing device 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 17
At the time when the banknote loading / collecting box 12 is loaded in the cash processing section 10, the banknote loading / collecting box 12 mounted on the dolly 16 is loaded with the banknotes required for the current round.
These banknotes are sorted according to denomination and stored in the banknote storage 11 of the cash processing unit 10 (S20). Next, the number of banknotes of the specified denomination for the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 to be visited in this patrol first is paid out from the banknote storage 11 and the banknote loading / recovery box on the carriage 16 is delivered. 12 is loaded (S21).

When the bills have been loaded, the cash processing section 10
Thus, the contents of the storage unit of the bill loading and collecting box 12 are rewritten. That is, the main body No is the bill loading and collecting box 1
2 of the POS register 2 and ATM 3 N to be installed
In addition, the reject storage No. is the bill loading / recovery storage 12
In the No. of the reject box 14 used corresponding to, the denomination breakdown is rewritten with the number of bills of the denomination loaded this time.

In this patrol, the POS register 2 of the first convenience store 1 to visit first.
Since the reject box 14 and the coin loading / collecting box 15 that are to be installed in the ATM 3 and the ATM 3 are already installed in the predetermined positions on the carriage 16, the cash processing unit 10 uses the storage unit 232 of the reject box 14 and the coins. Storage unit 2 of loading and collecting box 15
It is confirmed that the main body No. written in 33 is the No. of the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first store.

With the above, preparation for the first convenience store 1 is completed. On the other hand, the CVS center device 4 is
The OS register 2 (S22), and the financial center apparatus 5 instructs the ATM 3 to prepare for collection (S22).
23) At that time, at the same time, the change amount and the cash amount necessary for the payment transaction by the time when the delivery vehicle 7 visits is notified as the residual value number.

The cash to be collected is POS register 2 and AT.
Banknote storage 213 of banknote processing unit 210 built in M3
The coins are stored in the coin storage 223 of the coin processing unit 220 by denomination, and the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 receive the banknotes and coins in the banknote loading / collecting box 12 by the instruction of the preparation for collection and the notification of the remaining value number. The coins in the coin loading / collecting bin 14 are left in the bill loading / unloading bin 12 and the coin loading / unloading bin 15, respectively, by the number of residual values required for change or payment transaction by the time the delivery vehicle 7 visits. Yes (S24, S2
5).

In this case, the number of residual values notified from the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 to the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is set to be a sufficient number so that cash out will not occur before the delivery vehicle 7 visits. There is. Further, the collection here is performed by the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 220 between sales processing in which payment and change is not released and between transactions.
It will be held in the spare time.

As described above, by collecting the bills in the bill loading / collecting box 12 and the coins in advance, a part of the coins in the coin loading / collecting box 15 can be collected, so that the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the convenience store 1. The collection process performed by stopping the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 can be performed in a short time with a small number of sheets, and the stop time of the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 can be shortened. The waiting time can also be shortened.

Further, the timing of executing the partial recovery in advance is determined according to the scheduled traveling time notified from the operation management center device 6, so that the partial recovery may be performed immediately before the scheduled traveling time, for example. For example, the remaining number of sheets can be set to the minimum number, and the collection process performed after the delivery vehicle 7 visits can be performed in a shorter time. Further, since the time required for the collection process can be shortened, the time required to wait with the banknote loading / collecting warehouse 12 and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15 exchanged by the clerk can be shortened, and the crime prevention performance can be improved.

Here, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 are used to instruct the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 about the remaining value number, but the remaining value number is set in advance for each POS register 2 and ATM 3. You may keep it. When the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the convenience store 1, a staff member of the delivery vehicle 7 operates the operation display unit 27 to instruct the cash processing device 30 to start cash collection and loading work, and to the operation management center device 6. On the other hand, the arrival at the convenience store 1 is reported (S26).

At this time, the delivery vehicle 7 informs the operation management center device 6 of the current location detected by the position detection unit 22 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7. In the operation management center device 6, the time when this arrival is received is acquired by the timer, stored in the time storage unit, and based on the current location of the delivery vehicle 7, the first convenience store 1 in which the delivery vehicle 7 travels. If it is confirmed that it is normal, it is approved that cash collection and loading work for the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 in the tour are carried out (S27). ), And the delivery vehicle 7 is notified of the permission of loading and unloading of the cart 16 equipped with the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the like, and the permission of loading and collecting cash (S2).
8).

The work of the delivery vehicle 7 is started based on this work permission. First, in order to load cash into the POS register 2 or ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 from the delivery vehicle 7 to the operation management center device 6, its main unit number is changed.
And the loading information such as the number of bills loaded in the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the number of coins loaded in the coin loading and collecting box 15 are read from the storage units 231 and 233 and notified to the operation management center device 6.

That is, the cash processing section 10 of the cash processing apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 is used for loading cash into the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1, and the storage section of the bill loading / recovery box 12. Loading information such as the main body No., the number of banknotes loaded in the banknote loading and collecting box 12, the number of coins loaded in the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the like are read from the storage unit 231 of the coin loading and collecting box 15 and the read information. Is notified from the delivery vehicle 7 to the operation management center device 6. (S29) Next, when an attendant of the delivery vehicle 7 stands in front of the door 8 of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7 in order to dismount the cart 16 on which the bill loading / recovering warehouse 12, the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 and the like are mounted, The individual recognition unit 23 provided on the door 8 acquires the iris of the clerk and checks whether it is a registered clerk (S30a).

If it is confirmed by this check that the person is a valid employee, the control section 20 of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7 instructs the security section 24 to dismount the cart 16. In response to this instruction, the security unit 24 pulls up the truck 16 until then, the truck lifting mechanism 191.
Is operated to lower the carriage 16 (S30b). Then, when the truck 16 gets down to the ground, the security unit 24 unlocks the door 8 of the delivery vehicle 7 based on the loading / unloading permission, whereby the clerk opens the door 8 and pulls the truck 16 out.

From this point on, the truck 16 stores the current location by the PHS 77, and the truck controller 74 determines whether or not an abnormal situation such as theft has occurred based on the movement of the current location thereafter. Here, the clerk moves the cart 16 to carry the bill loading and collecting box 12, the coin loading and collecting box 15, etc. to the convenience store 1 (S31), and upon arrival at the POS register 2 in the convenience store 1, the clerk P
The operation panel of the OS register 2 is operated to input the start of cash collection (S32).

As a result, the POS register 2 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the start of cash collection (S3
3), and collect all the banknotes in the banknote storage 213 of the banknote processing unit 210 in the banknote loading / collecting box 12 (S3).
4). The reject banknotes generated in this recovery process are stored in the reject box 14.

At the same time, all coins in the coin storage 223 and the coin reject storage 224 of the coin processing unit 220 are collected in the coin loading / collecting storage 15. These banknote loading and collecting box 1
As described above, some of the bills and coins have already been collected in the coin loading / collecting box 15 and the coin loading / collecting box 15, so that the collection at this time is completed in a short time.

Banknote and coin storage 2 of banknote storage 213
When all the coins in 23 and the coin reject box 224 are collected, the POS register 2 notifies the CVS center device 4 of the collected amount (S35a), and the money type breakdown of the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 is performed. The number of banknotes collected is written into the storage section 233 of the coin loading / collecting box 15 and the number of coins collected is written into the storage section 232 of the reject loading box 14. The number of denominations calculated based on the original is written.

At this point, the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 can be removed from the POS register 2 (S35b). On the other hand, when the operation management center device 6 receives the cash collection start notification from the POS register 2, the operation management center device 6 notifies the dolly 16 of the body number of the POS register 2 via the PHS 77 (S36), and the dolly control unit 74 notifies this. Of the banknote loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 mounted on the carriage 16 according to the above, the positioning mechanism 71 corresponding to the banknote loading and collecting box 12 and the reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 used this time. , 72 are unlocked and removed from the carriage 16 (S37) (S38).

As described above, since the locking of the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72 is unlocked in accordance with the notified body number, erroneous operation by the clerk can be prevented, and the crime prevention property becomes excellent. Next, the clerk operates the banknote loading / collecting box 12 and the reject box 14, the coin loading / collecting box 15 and the banknote loading / collecting box 12 and the reject box 1 on the carriage 16 in the POS register 2.
4. Exchange the coin loading and collecting box 15 (S39).

That is, the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 1 in which the locking of the positioning mechanisms 71, 72 is released.
4. Remove the coin loading and collecting box 15 from the dolly
The banknote loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are extracted from the S register 2, and the extracted banknote loading and collecting box 12 and the reject box 14 are carried by the carriage 16
It is attached to the positions of the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 which are removed from above, and P is placed on the reject box 14.
The coin loading and collecting box 15 removed from the OS register 2 is placed and integrated.

As a result, the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the reject box 14 mounted on the trolley 1 are positioned by the positioning mechanisms 71 and 7.
2 automatically locks and locks. Then the clerk
The banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14, the coin loading / unloading box 15, the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 220 of the POS register 2 that have been removed from the dolly 16 are mounted (S40).

As described above, the bill loading / recovering warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, and the coin loading / recovering warehouse 15 are exchanged with respect to the POS register 2. The settlement of the transfer of funds by exchanging these safes is as follows. Done. When the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 extracted from the POS register 2 are mounted on the dolly 16 as described above, the trolley control unit 74 causes the banknote loading and collecting box 12 currently installed. Storage unit 231 of the coin storage unit 232, storage unit 232 of the reject storage unit 14 and storage unit 2 of the coin loading and storing storage unit 15
The main body number and the denomination breakdown are read out from 33,
The communication unit 76 reports the cash collection data to the operation management center device 6 via the PHS 77 (S41).

The operation management center device 6 sends a P to the CVS center device 4 based on the cash collection data received from the carriage 16.
Notify the amount of money collected from the OS register 2 (S42),
The CVS center device 4 confirms whether or not the notified recovery amount and the recovery amount already reported from the POS register 2 in S35a match (S43). As a result, when the collected amounts of money match and it is determined that the collected amount of money is valid, the CVS center device 4 sends a collection confirmation notice to the operation management center device 6 (S44a), and in response, the operation management center device 6 sends a CVS. Deposit processing of the collected amount is performed on the center device 4 (S44b).

At this point, the collection process for the POS register 2 of the first convenience store 1 is completed (S
45), the collected cash is settled as having been moved to the operation management center device 6. On the other hand, as described above, the trolley 1
When the banknote loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 removed from 6 are attached to the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 220 of the POS register 2, P
The OS register 2 is loaded from the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 that is currently mounted in the banknote processing unit 210 to the banknote loading / collecting box N.
o, main body number, and denomination breakdown are read out, and similarly, the reject storage and main body number are stored in the storage unit 232 of the reject storage 14.
From the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15, the coin loading / unloading warehouse No., the body No., and the denomination breakdown are read out.

Then, the main body No. written in these storage units 231 to 233 is the No. of the POS register 2 itself, and the reject store No. written in the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / collecting store 12 is the same. The POS
It is confirmed that the number matches the No. of the reject box 14 attached to the register 2. As a result of these confirmations, when it is determined that all are normal, the POS register 2 calculates the amount loaded this time from the money type breakdown of the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the coin type breakdown of the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the CVS center device 4
The calculated amount is reported to (S46).

In the CVS center device 4, the loading amount instructed to the operation management center device 6 in S10 and the current PO
It is confirmed that the loaded amounts reported from the S register 2 are the same (S47), and if it is determined that the amounts are valid by this confirmation, a loading confirmation notification with the loaded amount added is given to the operation management center device 6. Is transmitted (S48a), and at the same time, the loaded amount of money from the CVS center device 4 to the operation management center device 6 is deposited. (S48b) When the operation management center device 6 receives the loading confirmation notification from the CVS center device 4, the loading amount added thereto matches the loading amount for the POS register 2 instructed to the delivery vehicle 7 in S15. Confirm that (S4
9) If it is determined that this amount is valid, the loading operation for the POS register 2 is completed at this point (S5).
0).

As a result, the loaded cash is moved to the POS register 2 and the loading process to the POS register 2 is completed as if it was moved to the CVS center device 4 that manages the POS register 2. By exchanging the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading and collecting box 15 as described above,
Since the settlement is done at the same time as the transfer of cash, it is possible to transfer the cash and its management responsibility at the same time, and the destination of the interest rate is clarified and the insurance burden in case of theft is easy to understand. Will be things.

In the POS register 2, the banknote loading / collecting box 12 installed to the banknote storage box 213 of the banknote processing unit 210.
The banknotes are sorted by denomination and stored, and the reject banknotes generated at that time are stored in the reject box 14. At the same time, coins are sorted according to denomination and stored in the coin storage 223 of the coin processing unit 220 from the coin loading / collecting storage 15 that is mounted, and the reject coins generated at that time are stored in the coin reject storage 224 (S51).

When all the banknotes and coins have been moved and stored, the cash collection and loading processing in the POS register 2 is completed (S52). Next, the staff member carries a trolley 16 to the ATM 3 installed in the same convenience store 1.
And move A, and follow the same procedure as for POS register 2.
Banknotes and coins for TM3 are collected and loaded.

However, in the case of the POS register 2, CV
Although the amount data and the like are exchanged between the S center device 4 and the operation management center device 6 to perform settlement processing, in the case of ATM 3, the amount data is exchanged between the financial center device 5 and the operation management center device 6. Etc. are given and received, and the settlement process is performed.
As shown in FIGS. 41 and 42, the procedure is the same as that of the POS register 2 from the collection start input (S53) to the ATM 3, the ATM cash collection, and the loading end, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

As described above, the cash collection and loading processing for the POS register 2 and ATM installed in the first convenience store 1 is completed. After that, the clerk moves the truck 16 to the delivery vehicle 7 (S55), and the delivery vehicle 7
When standing in front of the door 8, the individual recognizing unit 23 provided in the door 8 acquires the iris of the clerk and checks whether it is a registered clerk (S56a).

If it is confirmed by this check that the person is a valid employee, the control unit 20 of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7 opens the door 8 to the security unit 24 and accepts the truck 16. To instruct. When the clerk opens the door 8 and pushes the dolly 16 into the delivery vehicle 7 under the loading platform to a predetermined position and closes the door 8, the security unit 24 pulls up the dolly 16 by the dolly lifting mechanism 191 and transfers it to the cash processing unit 10. It connects (S56b).

Accordingly, the main control unit 25 of the cash processing unit 10
Is a storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 collected on the carriage 16 and a storage unit 23 of the coin loading / collecting box 15
The storage contents such as the main body No. and the denomination breakdown are stored in the storage unit of the cash processing unit 10, and then the bills are sequentially fed out from the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the bills are categorized into the bill storage box 11. And store them (S5
7). The reject banknotes generated at this time are stored in the reject box 14.

When all the banknotes have been collected from the banknote loading / collecting box 12 and become empty, the storage section 23 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 becomes empty.
The data of the main body No., the reject store No., and the breakdown by denomination written in 1 are cleared, but the number of collected sheets at this time is also counted by the denomination and stored in the storage unit of the cash processing unit 10. When the collection of the banknotes from all the banknote loading / collecting boxes 12 collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is completed as described above, the banknote loading / collecting boxes 12 are transferred from the cash processing apparatus 30 to the operation management center apparatus 6. From the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / collecting storage 15 at the same time as reporting the number of collected bills of each denomination to the bill storage 11 and the main body No. of the storage unit 231 of each bill loading / collecting storage 12. And a breakdown by denomination are also reported (S58).

It should be noted that the number of banknotes collected here is such that when a reject banknote is generated during recovery from the banknote loading / collecting box 12 to the banknote storage box 11, a part of the collected banknotes is rejected by the reject box 1
Since it is stored in 4, the POS register 2 and AT
The amount when collected from M does not match, and this time S58
The total amount of money collected from the corresponding POS register 2 or ATM 3 is the sum of the amount of money collected by the operation management center device 6 and the total amount of rejected banknotes stored in the reject box 14. This is equivalent to the amount reported and settled by ATM.

Further, the number of collected bills reported in S58 is added to the number of bills used for loading the next convenience store 1 during the circulation. The operation management center device 6 is
It is confirmed that the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 to be visited next with the number of collected sheets reported from the cash handling apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 can be sufficiently loaded with the bill, and the cash handling apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 is loaded. Is notified that the work for the first convenience store 1 has been completed (S59).

As described above, the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 in the operation management center device 6
The cash collection and loading processing for the is completed (S60).
Further, during this period, the operation management center device 6 monitors the status of the replacement work and determines whether the delivery vehicle 7 or the dolly 16 encounters an abnormal situation such as theft. That is, dolly 1
6, the POS register 2, the ATM 3 and the like sequentially report the status and data corresponding to the progress of the work, but the operation management center device 6 monitors the time and the like with respect to these reports, for example, bill loading. It is determined whether or not an abnormal situation occurs by monitoring the time until the banknotes 12 and the reject box 14 are removed from the dolly and another bill loading and collecting box 12 and the reject box 14 are attached to the dolly 16. Further, by detecting the position detected by the position detection unit 22 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7, it is monitored whether the delivery vehicle 7 has moved from a predetermined position to an unplanned position, and it is determined whether or not an abnormal situation has occurred. Further, it is determined whether or not an abnormal situation has occurred depending on whether the loading / collecting work is completed within a predetermined time from the time stored in the time storage unit.

Next, the delivery vehicle moves to the second convenience store 1, and during this movement, the cash processing unit 10 of the cash processing apparatus 30 causes the PO of the second convenience store 1 to operate.
Preparations for cash loading to the S register 2 and ATM 3 are made. First, the reject store 14 collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 mounted on the dolly 16 and the coin loading and collecting store 15 are
POS register 2 and A of convenience store 1
The reject store 14 designated by TM3 and the coin loading / collecting store 15 are exchanged (S61).

That is, the reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15 that have been collected are received from the carriage 16 by the carrier 132 of the exchanging unit 17, and are stored on the collecting table 137 by the receiving mechanism 136. Next, the POS of the second convenience store 1 installed on the supply table 131.
The reject 14 for the register 2 and the ATM 3 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are pushed out onto the carrier 132 and are carried to a predetermined position of the carriage 16 by the carrier 132,
It is mounted on the carriage 16.

Next, the cash processing unit 10 visits this time 2
POS register 2 and A of convenience store 1
The banknotes corresponding to the number of banknotes instructed to TM3 are loaded from the banknote storage box 11 into the banknote loading and collecting box 12, and the storage contents of the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading and collecting box 12 are stored in the first convenience store 1. POS register 2 and ATM 3
It is rewritten in the same manner as the case of loading (S62).

With the above, preparations for the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1 are completed.
When the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the second convenience store 1, the arrival is reported to the operation management center device 6 as in the case of the first store (S63), and the POS register 2 and ATM are used.
The cash collection and loading operations for 3 are performed in the same manner as in the first store (S64).

Similarly, after the third store, cash is collected and loaded into the POS registers 2 and ATMs 3 of all convenience stores 1. All convenience stores 1
When the cash collection and loading processing for the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is completed (S65), the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center. When the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center (S66a), it reports the return to the operation management center apparatus 6, and in response to this report, the operation management center apparatus 6 cancels the monitoring of the patrol status of the delivery vehicle 7, This completes the patrol processing (S66b).

[0209] At this time, the last convenience store 1
The banknote loading / collecting box 12 collected from is mounted on the dolly 16. The banknotes in the banknote loading / collecting box 12 have already been transferred to and stored in the banknote storage box 11 of the cash processing section 10. Therefore, in order to extract and settle the banknotes collected by the patrol of the delivery vehicle 7, the clerk operates the operation display unit 27 of the delivery vehicle 7 and inputs the start of the end processing to the cash processing device 30 (S67a). .

As a result, the bills stored in the bill storage 11 are fed one by one, and the bill recognition unit 85 recognizes and counts the denominations, and then stores the bills in the bill loading / recovery box 12 ( S67b). This storage process is performed for each banknote storage 1
All the banknotes stored in the banknote 1 according to the denomination are stored in the banknote loading / collecting box 12, and a plurality of banknote loading / collecting boxes 12 are mounted on the carriage 16. When the bills are full, the bills are stored in the next bill loading / collecting store 12, so that the bills are stored in the bill loading / collecting store 1
The two are stored in order.

The reject bills generated during this process are stored in the loading reject box 86. When all the banknote storage boxes 11 are empty, the processing ends, and the stored contents of the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / collecting box 12 are rewritten. That is, the main body No. is the No. of the cash processing device 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7, the reject warehouse No. is the corresponding loading reject warehouse No. 86, and the money type breakdown is the denomination of the stored banknotes. Is written.

The counting result at this time is notified to the operation management center device 6 as the number of settlements (S67c).
Next, the loading reject store 86 is received from the banknote transport unit 13 by the carrier 132 of the exchanging unit 17, and the loading reject store 86 is further sent to the collection stand 137 by the receiving mechanism 136 to be collected (S68a).

When the cash is collected in the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the descent operation of the bill loading and collecting box 12 is completed, the cash handling apparatus 30 lowers the carriage 16 to the ground (S68b). The clerk opens the luggage carrier door 8 and pulls out the carriage 16. Furthermore, the clerk pulls out the collection stand 137 from the cash processing unit 10 together with the supply stand 131, and the reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the loading reject box 8 are shown.
The safes of No. 6 are lowered (S69), thereby completing the end processing (S70).

Finally, the banknote loading / collecting box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading / collecting box 15, and the loading reject box 8
The cash remaining in each of the six safes is settled. That is, these bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, reject warehouse 14,
Open the coin loading / collecting warehouse 15 and the loading reject warehouse 86, count the cash stored in each by a counting device, etc., and confirm the matching of the counting result with the amount of money reported during the patrol. (S71).

Below, the bill loading and collecting box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading and collecting box 15, and the loading reject box 86
The details of each settlement will be explained.

[0216]

[Equation 1]

[0217]

The above result is notified to the operation management center device 6 as the settlement result (S72), whereby the balance of all cash is correctly reported, and the loading and collecting work is completed (S73). In the above-described embodiment, cash is loaded into the POS register 2 owned by the company operating the convenience store 1 and the ATM 3 owned by the financial institution,
Although the case of performing collection has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and is applied to the loading and collecting of cash in various cash handling devices owned by distribution institutions, credit companies, and other companies. It is possible to use cash.

In the above-described embodiment, the cash handling device is installed in the convenience store 1. However, other than department stores and supermarkets,
The same can be applied to cash handling devices installed in public facilities and the like. In the above-mentioned embodiment, the convenience store 1 has been described as having two types of cash handling devices, a POS register 2 and an ATM.
When one type of cash handling apparatus is installed for one store, it is sufficient to prepare only one bill loading storage 12 to be mounted on the carriage 16 for use.

[0220]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the cash is loaded into the cash loading / collecting box, the unique identification information of the cash handling device to which the cash loading / collecting box is mounted and the cash loading / unloading box. The breakdown of the loaded cash is written in the storage section provided in the cash loading / collecting box, and when the cash is collected from the cash loading / collecting box, from the storage section of the cash loading / collecting box,
The unique identification information of the cash handling apparatus to which the cash loading / collecting box is mounted and the breakdown of the cash in the cash loading / collecting box written by the mounted cash handling apparatus are provided in the cash loading / collecting box. Read from the storage unit,
Loading and collecting cash for each cash handling device Since cash is managed, it is not necessary for each cash handling device to count the cash each time the cash handling device is loaded with the cash and output it to the paper, and the cash is collected. It is not necessary to count cash for each safe at the facility of the management company and total them, which facilitates the management of cash and shortens the management work time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of money amount data in a POS register.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of ATM inventory data.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a delivery vehicle.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cash processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a carriage.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a truck.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing an internal structure of a cash processing unit.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a connected state of a cash processing unit and a bill loading / recovery box or the like.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the operation of the banknote storage and its peripheral portion.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a bill storage state of the bill storage.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the operations of the bill loading / recovery box and its peripheral portion.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a banknote storage state of the banknote loading and collecting box.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the operation of the reject store and its peripheral portion.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a bill storage state of the reject box.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a bill storing operation in the cash processing apparatus.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing an operation of loading cash into the bill loading / recovery box.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a cash collection operation to the cash processing unit.

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing a replacement part.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing a relative positional relationship of each component of the cash processing unit.

FIG. 21 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange section.

FIG. 22 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange section.

FIG. 23 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange section.

FIG. 24 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange section.

FIG. 25 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange section.

FIG. 26 is a schematic perspective view showing a transfer state of a reject store or the like.

FIG. 27 is a schematic perspective view of a reject storage and a coin loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 28 is a schematic perspective view showing the positioning of a reject box.

FIG. 29 is a plan view of the reject store.

FIG. 30 is a schematic perspective view showing a state before loading a dolly on a delivery vehicle.

FIG. 31 is a schematic perspective view showing a state where a dolly is loaded on a delivery vehicle.

FIG. 32 is an enlarged perspective view of the state where the door at the rear of the delivery vehicle is opened.

FIG. 33 is an enlarged perspective view of the delivery vehicle with the door closed.

FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a bill processing unit.

FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a coin processing unit.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing storage contents of a storage unit in each safe.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a cash processing procedure in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Convenience store 2 POS register 3 ATM 4 CVS center equipment 5 Financial center equipment 6 Operation management center equipment 8 doors 7 delivery vehicles 10 Cash processing department 11 banknote storage 12 banknote loading and collecting box 13 Banknote transport section 14 reject warehouse 15 coin loading and collecting warehouse 16 dolly 17 Exchange Department 20 Control unit 21 Communications Department 22 Position detector 23 Personal Recognition Department 27 Operation display section 30 cash processing equipment 71a-71c Positioning mechanism 72a-72c Positioning mechanism 74 Cart control unit 76 Communication unit 77 PHS 85 Banknote recognizer 86 Loading Rejectory 131 supply stand 132 carriers 137 Collection stand 133 Positioning mechanism 210 Banknote processing unit 212 recognition unit 213a to 213c banknote storage 220 coin processing unit 225 Money Inspection Department 231-234 storage unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cash processing apparatus for collecting and loading cash into a cash loading / collecting warehouse mounted on a cash handling apparatus installed in a store or the like, wherein the cash is loaded when the cash is loaded into the cash loading / collecting warehouse. The unique identification information of the cash handling apparatus to which the loading and collecting box is attached and a breakdown of the cash loaded in the cash loading and collecting box are written in a storage unit provided in the cash loading and collecting box, and the cash loading and collecting box is loaded. At the time of collecting the cash, the unique identification information of the cash handling apparatus to which the cash loading and collecting box is attached and the cash in the cash loading and collecting box written by the cash handling apparatus from the storage section of the cash loading and collecting box. Read the breakdown of
A cash processing apparatus which manages loading and collecting cash for each cash handling apparatus. 2. The cash processing according to claim 1, wherein cash is loaded or collected by a common cash loading / collecting warehouse having the same structure for each cash handling apparatus owned by a plurality of different companies. apparatus.