JP2010211329A - Cash handling device and cash handling method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cash handling device and a cash handling method to prompt a person having inserted a bill to confirm the bill and to correct misjudgment of the person having inserted the bill even when there is mis-recognition of the person having inserted the bill. <P>SOLUTION: The cash handling device 10 includes a bill pickup part 11, an image display part 12, and a control part 25. The bill pickup part 11 picks up the bill inserted by the person. The image display part 12 displays at least part of a bill image 20 picked up by the bill pickup part 11. The control part 25 controls the image display part 12 according to pickups by the bill pickup part 11 and displays at least part of the image in a visible manner for the person having inserted the bill on the image display part 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cash handling apparatus and a cash handling method for reading the amount of inserted bills and storing the inserted bills.

  As a first prior art, a banknote movement monitoring system is disclosed in which an automatic banknote number reading device that reads banknote numbers of inserted or discharged banknotes is provided. In the bill movement monitoring system, the amount is read and stored in a computer, and the stored amount is displayed on a liquid crystal display (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the bill movement management system, the user's face is imaged with a security camera and recorded in a large-capacity memory.

  As a second conventional technique, an automatic transaction apparatus including a first imaging unit that images a customer to be operated, a second imaging unit that images a transaction medium such as a card and a passbook, and a unit that stores an image is disclosed. . The means for storing images in the automatic transaction apparatus combines and stores the customer image captured by the first image capturing means and the image of the transaction medium captured by the second image capturing means (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-8-147533 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-63917

  In the first prior art, the inserted banknote can be read by the automatic banknote number reading device and the amount of the inserted banknote can be displayed on the liquid crystal display. However, there is a problem that it is not possible to correct the belief of the person who entered it.

  Although the second conventional technology can achieve the crime prevention effect that the proof that the fraudulent customer has traded can be achieved, the transaction medium entered by the person who entered it is confirmed by the person who entered it unless it returns it. There is a problem that it is not possible to correct the belief of the person who entered it.

  An object of the present invention is to prompt a person who has entered a banknote to confirm a bill inserted, and to correct a belief of a person who has thrown in even if the person who has thrown it in has a misrecognition, and a cash handling method Is to provide.

  According to the present invention, the cash handling apparatus includes a banknote imaging unit, an image display unit, and a control unit. A banknote imaging part images the banknote thrown in by the thrower. The image display unit displays at least a part of the banknote image captured by the banknote imaging unit. A control part controls an image display part according to imaging by a bill image pick-up part, and displays an image of at least a part of a bill image on an image display part so that a thrower can recognize visually.

  Moreover, according to this invention, the cash handling method is comprised including a banknote imaging process and a banknote image display process. In the banknote imaging process, the banknote thrown by the thrower is imaged. In a banknote image display process, according to the imaging in a banknote imaging process, at least one part image of the banknote image imaged in the banknote imaging process is displayed with respect to a thrower.

  According to this invention, a banknote imaging part images the banknote thrown in by the thrower. The image display unit displays at least a part of the banknote image captured by the banknote imaging unit. Thereby, the thrower who inserted the banknote can visually recognize the banknote image of the inserted banknote and can confirm the denomination of the inserted banknote. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy between the amount that the investor believes to be inserted and the amount of money indicated as the amount of the inserted banknote, there is an error in the recognition of the inputor, or the amount of the inserted banknote is It is possible to clarify whether there is an error in the read device.

  In addition, it is possible to prompt the input person himself to understand which of the input person's recognition and the device that has read the amount of money is incorrect. Therefore, when there is a misrecognition of the input person, the misrecognition of the input person can be corrected. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a complaint regarding the cash handling apparatus from occurring based on the misrecognition of the input person.

  Moreover, a control part displays the image of at least one part of a banknote image on an image display part, and an image display part displays the said one part image so that a thrower can visually recognize. Thereby, the persuasive power with respect to a thrower can be ensured that the banknote thrown by the thrower and the banknote which the banknote image displayed on the image display part show are the same. The greater the time difference from when the thrower inserts the banknote to when the image display unit displays the banknote image, the lower the persuasive power for the inserter. By setting the time difference within a predetermined time, it is possible to prevent the persuasiveness of the thrower from decreasing.

  Moreover, according to this invention, in the banknote imaging process, the banknote thrown in by the thrower is imaged. At a banknote image display process, at least one part of the banknote image imaged in the banknote imaging process is displayed. Thereby, the thrower who inserted the banknote can visually recognize the banknote image of the inserted banknote and can confirm the denomination of the inserted banknote. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy between the amount that the investor believes to be inserted and the amount of money indicated as the amount of the inserted banknote, there is an error in the recognition of the inputor, or the amount of the inserted banknote is It is possible to clarify whether there is an error in the read device.

  In addition, it is possible to prompt the input person himself to understand which of the input person's recognition and the device that has read the amount of money is incorrect. Therefore, when there is a misrecognition of the input person, the misrecognition of the input person can be corrected. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a complaint regarding the cash handling apparatus from occurring based on the misrecognition of the input person.

It is a front view of the cash handling apparatus 10 which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the gas station automatic providing machine 14 carrying the cash handling apparatus 10 which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the image display part 12 in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing the electrical connection relationship of the banknote process part 19 in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the process of the cash handling method which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the image display part 12 in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the process which the display control part 32 in 2nd Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart showing the response | compatibility method when the complaint from a thrower arises using the cash handling apparatus 10 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the image display part 12 in 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, parts corresponding to matters already described in the forms preceding each form may be denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions may be omitted. When only a part of the configuration is described, the other parts of the configuration are the same as those described in the preceding section. Not only the combination of the parts specifically described in each embodiment, but also the embodiments can be partially combined as long as the combination does not hinder. Moreover, each embodiment is illustrated in order to embody the technique which concerns on this invention, and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The technical contents according to the present invention can be variously modified within the technical scope described in the claims. The following description also includes the description about the cash handling apparatus 10 and the cash handling method.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a front view of a cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The cash handling device 10 is a device that reads the amount of inserted bills and stores the inserted bills. The cash handling apparatus 10 includes a banknote imaging unit 11 and an image display unit 12. The banknote imaging unit 11 captures one or a plurality of banknotes inserted by the inserter. The image display unit 12 displays at least a part of each banknote image 20 imaged by the banknote imaging unit 11.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the automatic gas station providing machine 14 equipped with the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The cash handling apparatus 10 is provided as part of the checkout machine 13. The gas station checkout machine 13 is provided in the automatic gasoline supply machine 14. The checkout machine 13 is a device provided as at least a part of a POS (point of sales) system for a gas station. For example, a user of a gas station can access a car without help from a gas station staff. It is a device that injects gasoline by itself and pays according to the amount of gasoline injected. The checkout machine 13 is controlled in conjunction with a gasoline amount measuring device that measures the amount of gasoline injected. In the automatic gasoline providing machine 14, after the gasoline is injected, the amount is displayed according to the amount of the injected gasoline, and when the user is requested to pay, the payment is made first, and then the payment is made. There are cases where gasoline is supplied and injected according to the amount paid.

  The checkout machine 13 can handle payment media such as banknotes and coins, credit cards, prepaid cards, and the like, and when dealing with any payment media, the amount of gasoline provided is associated with the payment amount. The payment process can be performed. The checkout machine 13 is provided integrally with an automatic gasoline supply machine 14 and a gasoline amount measuring device that supply gasoline semi-automatically, and the automatic gasoline supply machine 14 is provided with a nozzle 15 for injecting gasoline.

  The size of the automatic gasoline providing machine 14 is determined by the Petroleum Federation, and the size of the settlement machine 13 provided integrally with the automatic gasoline providing machine 14 is also set by the Petroleum Federation. The settlement machine 13 is required to handle a plurality of types of payment media as its function, and the function required for the settlement machine 13 tends to become more complex year by year. Accordingly, the checkout machine 13 is required to be particularly small as compared with the checkout machine provided in other vending machines.

  In the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, the dimension D1 in the vertical direction Z is 335 millimeters (abbreviation “mm”), the dimension D2 in the horizontal direction X is 206 mm, and the vertical direction Z and the horizontal direction X are The vertical dimension Y in the longitudinal direction Y is 280 mm in the main body part of the cash handling apparatus 10, and the dimension in the longitudinal direction Y of the part that protrudes from the main body part of the cash handling apparatus 10 to the input side, such as a cover for discharging change When the cover of the portion for discharging change is opened by 59.2 mm, the size of the portion protruding from the main body portion of the cash handling apparatus 10 to the input side is set to about 73 mm.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment is provided as a part of the checkout machine 13 and handles banknotes and coins paid as cash. The cash handling apparatus 10 is formed with a bill insertion slot 16 when a user inserts a bill and a coin insertion slot 17 when a coin is inserted. The bills and coins are each read by a bill amount reading unit 18 that reads the amount of the bill and a coin amount reading unit that reads the amount of the coin. After being inserted, the banknote and the coin are stored in the banknote storage unit and the coin storage unit, respectively. The cash handling apparatus 10 includes a banknote processing unit 19 and a coin processing unit, and banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 16 are processed by the banknote processing unit 19, and coins input from the coin insertion slot 17 are It is processed by the coin processing unit. Therefore, the banknote storage unit is provided as a part of the banknote processing unit 19, and the coin storage unit is provided as a part of the coin processing unit.

  The bill amount reading unit 18 magnetically senses the inserted bill and reads the amount. From the bill amount reading unit 18 and the coin amount reading unit, a signal representing the read amount information is output and input to the main control unit 24. The main control unit 24 handles, as a signal, information on the amount of bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 16 and the amount of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 17. The internal structure of the cash handling apparatus 10 is determined on the assumption that the bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 16 and the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 17 are each inserted one by one.

  About the banknote formed in a rectangle, the direction perpendicular | vertical to the longitudinal direction and thickness direction is called a "width direction." The bill insertion slot 16 is formed as an opening defined in a rectangular shape having a length longer than the bill width direction and shorter than the bill length direction. In the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the longitudinal direction of the bill insertion slot 16 is determined in the left-right direction X, and the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 16 has a thickness direction substantially vertical. Input as Z. In the first embodiment, inserting a bill or coin into the bill insertion slot 16 or the coin insertion slot 17 is referred to as “insertion”.

  A banknote storage part is comprised including a some storage case, and the banknote thrown in from the banknote slot 16 is classified according to the money type, and is accommodated in the storage case according to the money type. In Japan, four types of banknotes are issued. Although four storage cases may be provided according to four types of banknotes, two storage cases are provided in the present embodiment. One of the two storage cases stores a thousand yen bill, and the other stores a 5,000 yen bill, a 10,000 yen bill, and a 2000 yen bill.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 further includes a change banknote case. The change banknote case is formed as a part of the banknote processing unit 19 and stores banknotes returned as change. Only the thousand yen bill is stored in the change bill case in advance, and all bills that need to be returned in the cash handling apparatus 10 are returned as a thousand yen bill. The more demanding functions of the gas station settlement machine 13 are, the more it is necessary to install more devices in a predetermined space. Therefore, the cash handling device 10 is required to be downsized. Therefore, once inserted, the bill is accommodated in the storage case and is not used for return as change, for example.

  The bill amount reading unit 18 indicates whether or not the entire bill passes through the bill insertion slot 16 and can be read as a bill before the insertion of the bill into the cash handling apparatus 10 is completed. It outputs to the main control part 24 as a signal. When the main control unit 24 receives a signal indicating that the bill can be read from the bill amount reading unit 18, the main control unit 24 allows the entire bill to be inserted into the cash handling apparatus 10. Further, when a signal representing information that the bill cannot be read is input from the bill amount reading unit 18, the insertion of the bill from the bill insertion slot 16 is rejected, and the cash handling apparatus 10 receives the bill from the bill insertion slot 16. Return banknotes to the outside.

  In response to a signal from the banknote amount reading unit 18, control from the main control unit 24 is performed, and once the insertion of the banknote into the cash handling apparatus 10 is finished, the inserted banknote is not returned. In other words, the cash handling device 10 has a device configuration in which banknotes cannot be recirculated inside. As a result, the cash handling apparatus 10 can be miniaturized and can be installed as a part of the checkout machine 13 having many functions.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 is formed so as to be openable in order to perform maintenance such as cash collection, change replenishment, apparatus part calibration, cleaning, and repair. In this embodiment, the cash handling apparatus 10 is formed as a part of the cash handling apparatus 10. The lid 21 is formed. The lid 21 is formed to be openable toward the side on which the bill insertion slot 16 is formed. Accordingly, the cash handling apparatus 10 can be opened by a person standing on the side where the input person is located. However, in order to open the lid 21 of the cash handling apparatus 10 and open the inside of the cash handling apparatus 10, it is necessary to release the closure by the lock 22 with the key, and the key for releasing the closure by the lock 22 is For example, it is assumed that it is held by a staff at a gas station.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 further includes a control unit 25, and the control unit 25 controls the image display unit 12 and images the banknote imaging unit 11 within a predetermined time after imaging by the banknote imaging unit 11. The image display unit 12 displays at least a part of the banknote image 20 of the banknote that has been used. Specifically, after imaging of one or more banknotes by the banknote imaging unit 11, at least a part of each banknote image 20 of the one or more banknotes is displayed within a predetermined time. For each banknote, the time from the end of imaging to the display of the banknote image 20 may be controlled in terms of time by measuring time, but time measurement and control may not be performed. Even if time measurement and control are not performed, it is sufficient if the time inevitably required by the processing speed of the cash handling apparatus 10 is within the predetermined time. In this embodiment, time measurement and control are not performed.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the image display unit 12 in the first embodiment of the present invention. The image display unit 12 is provided on a part of the surface of the lid 21 so as to be integrated with the lid 21, and is fixed to the lid 21. The image display unit 12 has, for example, a dimension in the left-right direction X of 12 centimeters (
centimeters, abbreviation “cm”) is set to 16 cm or less and the dimension of the vertical direction Z is set to, for example, 9 cm or more and 12 cm or less. Although it becomes easy to visually recognize by the thrower, it is difficult to reduce the size of the cash handling apparatus 10. In the present embodiment, the image display unit 12 includes a liquid crystal panel that performs liquid crystal display, a backlight, and the like. The size of the image display unit 12 in the front-rear direction Y perpendicular to the left-right direction X and the up-down direction Z is, for example, 12 cm. Set to:

  In other embodiments, the backlight may be omitted, but in the present embodiment, the display on the liquid crystal panel is easily visible by turning on the backlight. The backlight may be turned on at all times, but it is turned off when a predetermined time has elapsed since turning on, for the purpose of reducing the amount of power used or concealing information about banknotes inserted by others. Also good.

  The banknote imaging unit 11 includes a first imaging unit 26 and a second imaging unit 27. The first imaging unit 26 images one of the front and back of the inserted bill. The 2nd imaging part 27 images the other among the front surface and back surface of the inserted banknote. The control unit 25 recognizes the front or back surface of the banknote and the orientation. You may recognize all the front, back, and orientation. The image display part 12 displays the area | region where the banknote number 30 was printed among the banknote images 20 imaged by the banknote imaging part 11 so that it can read. The image display part 12 displays the area | region where the banknote number 30 was printed as an image.

  Specifically, the control unit 25 includes a recognizing unit 29, and the recognizing unit 29 recognizes the front or back surface of the banknote and the orientation. The control unit 25 rotates the banknote image 20 captured by the banknote imaging unit 11 according to the recognition result by the recognition unit 29 and causes the image display unit 12 to display the image. As will be described later, the control unit 25 may perform processes other than the rotation process. The rotation process includes a process of rotating at least one of the angles of 0 degrees and 360 degrees.

  The banknote imaging unit 11 is provided in the vicinity of the banknote insertion slot 16 and inside the cash handling apparatus 10 from the banknote insertion slot 16. In the state provided in the cash handling apparatus 10, the dimension in the left-right direction X of the first and second imaging units 26, 27 is set to be equal to or larger than the opening dimension in the longitudinal direction of the bill insertion slot 16. The first and second imaging units 26 and 27 are realized by line scanners, and each line scanner is installed with the banknote width direction, that is, the left-right direction X as a longitudinal direction. Since the line scanner can be formed to have a smaller dimension in the other direction compared to the longitudinal direction, the line scanner should be installed as a part of the cash handling apparatus 10 without increasing the size of the cash handling apparatus 10. Is possible.

  Since the opening dimension of the bill insertion slot 16 in the longitudinal direction is set shorter than the dimension of the bill in the longitudinal direction, the thrower inserts the bill with the width direction of the bill set in the left-right direction X. When banknotes are accepted one by one and inserted in a state where a plurality of banknotes are overlapped, the banknote amount reading unit 18 determines that reading is impossible, and rejects banknotes inserted into the inside from the banknote insertion slot 16. The front and back sides of the banknotes are referred to as “front surface” and “rear surface”, and for the current banknotes issued in Japan, the surface on the side where the banknote number 30 is printed is the front surface. Whether the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 16 is inserted with the front side facing upward or the back side is directed upward, the bill amount reading unit 18 determines that the bill can be read. Allow the insertion of banknotes.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection relationship of the banknote processing unit 19 in the first embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the cash handling apparatus 10 further includes an optical character recognition unit 28, and the control unit 25 further includes a recognition unit 29 and a display control unit 32. The optical character recognition unit 28 performs optical character recognition (abbreviated as “OCR”). Thereby, for example, the banknote number 30 and the money amount display printed on the banknote by printing are read. In the current banknote, for example, the banknote number 30 is printed at two places on one banknote, and any of the two banknote numbers 30 is printed on the front side of the banknote as a character with one on the upper side.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 recognizes the posture of the banknote by performing OCR by the optical character recognition unit 28. Information on the direction of the character read by the optical character recognition unit 28 is output from the optical character recognition unit 28 and input to the recognition unit 29 of the control unit 25. The recognition unit 29 determines and recognizes the direction of the image captured by the banknote imaging unit 11 based on the direction of the character read by the optical character recognition unit 28.

  Of the four sides forming the outer shape of the rectangular banknote, the side positioned on the side determined as the upper side for the number indicating the banknote number 30 is referred to as the “upper side”, and the side determined as the lower side for the number indicating the banknote number 30 The side located at is called the “lower side”. The upper side and the lower side are both long sides in the rectangle of the banknote. When a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 16, the posture of the bill with the front side facing upward and the upper side facing right is referred to as a “first posture”, the front side is facing upward, and the upper side is leftward. The posture of the banknote facing the head is referred to as a “second posture”. Also, the posture of the banknote with the front side facing downward and the upper side facing right is referred to as a “third posture”, and the posture of the banknote with the front side facing downward and the upper side facing left is defined as “4th This is referred to as “attitude”.

  A bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 16 is inserted in any one of the first to fourth postures. In any of these postures, the bill amount reading unit 18 determines that the bill can be read, and allows the bill to be inserted from the bill insertion slot 16. The banknote inserted from the banknote slot 16 is imaged by the first and second imaging units 26 and 27, and the banknote image 20 captured by the banknote imaging unit 11 is displayed in the optical character recognition unit 28 and the control unit 25. Input to the control unit 32. The recognition unit 29 provided in the control unit 25 determines whether the inserted banknote is in any of the first to fourth postures based on the result of the OCR process of the optical character recognition unit 28, and the first to first postures. Information indicating which of the four postures is output to the display control unit 32. From the determination result by the OCR process of the optical character recognition unit 28, the display control unit 32 determines which banknote image 20 is the front surface of the banknote among the information of the banknote image 20 from the first and second imaging units 26 and 27. Determine whether.

  The recognition unit 29 in the control unit 25 determines which side of the four sides of the banknote appearing in the banknote image 20 is the upper side of the banknote from the determination result by the OCR process of the optical character recognition unit 28. Similarly, the data is output to the display control unit 32 in the control unit 25. Then, the display control unit 32 selects the banknote image 20 determined to be the front surface, and determines the direction determined to correspond to the upper side of the banknote in the banknote image 20 to be above the banknote image 20. Furthermore, the display control unit 32 outputs the banknote image 20 corresponding to the front surface of the banknote to the image display unit 12 by causing the orientation determined to be above the banknote image 20 to correspond to the upward direction in the image display unit 12. . Thereby, the banknote image 20 displayed on the image display unit 12 becomes an image corresponding to the front surface of the banknote, and the upper side of the banknote can be displayed on the upper side of the image display unit 12.

  The banknote imaging unit 11 includes a first imaging unit 26 and a second imaging unit 27. The first imaging unit 26 images one of the front and back of the inserted bill. The 2nd imaging part 27 images the other among the front surface and back surface of the inserted banknote. The recognizing unit 29 provided in the control unit 25 recognizes the front surface or the back surface and the orientation of the banknote, and determines one banknote image 20 determined in advance among the front surface and the back surface of each inserted banknote with respect to the image display unit 12. Display in the same orientation. This makes it possible to display the banknote images 20 for a plurality of banknotes in an orderly manner without restricting the direction in which the banknotes are inserted. Therefore, it is possible to easily read information about the captured banknote from the banknote image 20 displayed on the image display unit 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the image display unit 12 displays the entire front image of the inserted banknote and a part of the image including the area where the banknote number 30 is located in the banknote image 20. Compared to the banknote image 20 in which the entire banknote image 20 on the front side of the banknote is displayed in the image display unit 12, a partial image of the banknote including the area where the banknote number 30 is located is displayed enlarged. Of the banknote image 20 displayed by the image display unit 12, an image displaying at least an area where the banknote number 30 is located is displayed so that the banknote number 30 can be read. Thus, the inserted banknote and the banknote image 20 obtained by imaging the banknote can be distinguished from other banknotes and the banknote image 20 obtained by imaging the banknote. In other words, individual recognition of banknotes is possible.

  Since the image display unit 12 displays the area on which the banknote number 30 is printed as image information instead of count information or character information, individual banknotes are compared with the case where character recognition is performed and character information or count information is displayed. For example, it is possible to display information including information such as printing condition and dirt. Therefore, it is possible to display a large amount of information that enables individual recognition of inserted bills.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 is configured to further include an information storage unit 33, and the information storage unit 33 stores information of the banknote image 20 of the banknote imaged by the banknote imaging unit 11. The information storage unit 33 further stores information on the time when the captured banknote is inserted in association with the information of the banknote image 20 of the captured banknote. The banknote image 20 from the banknote imaging unit 11 is further output to the information storage unit 33. Although the banknote image 20 stored in the information storage unit 33 can be configured to store only the image of the front side of the banknote input via the display control unit 32, in the present embodiment, All the images imaged by the banknote imaging unit 11 are stored.

  In the cash handling apparatus 10, information of the banknote image 20 of the banknote imaged by the banknote imaging unit 11 is stored by the information storage unit 33, so that information on the denomination of the inserted banknote and individual recognition of the inserted banknote are performed. Can be stored in the information storage unit 33. Therefore, it is possible to accumulate information as evidence about the presence or absence of an error in reading the amount. Thereby, it can be prevented that the inserter claims that a banknote of a denomination different from the actually inserted banknote has been inserted.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 includes a timekeeping unit 34, and the timekeeping unit 34 is connected to the banknote imaging unit 11. The timer unit 34 includes a clock, and outputs information on the time at which the banknote imaging unit 11 performed imaging as a signal. A signal of this time information from the time measuring unit 34 is input to the information storage unit 33. The images of the front and back banknotes imaged from the same banknote that are input to the information storage unit 33 are grouped together with information that they are related to each other, and are further stored in the information storage unit 33 together with information about the time of insertion. Specifically, the information storage unit 33 includes a recording medium and a head for writing information on the recording medium. The banknote image 20 and time information are stored by writing a signal representing the information on a recording medium.

  The information storage unit 33 is realized including a non-volatile recording medium such as a flash memory. The recording medium included in the information storage unit 33 may not be a flash memory as long as it is realized by a non-volatile recording medium. Further, the information storage unit 33 is realized by a computer-readable recording medium, which enables analysis by the computer after information including image information is stored.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 further includes a temporary storage unit 36. The temporary storage unit 36 includes a storage medium and a writing head. The temporary storage unit 36 performs data write, read, rewrite, and erase processing operations on the storage medium by the writing head. The information stored in the temporary storage unit 36 is the banknote image 20 captured by the banknote imaging unit 11 and time information. Whereas the information storage unit 33 permanently stores one or a plurality of grouped banknote images 20 and time information, the temporary storage unit 36 is used for the time during which the thrower uses the checkout machine 13. Correspondingly, the banknote image 20 and time information are stored.

  The information storage unit 33 stores the information of the time when the captured banknote is inserted in relation to the information of the banknote image 20 of the captured banknote, so that the inserted banknote is based on the time when the banknote is inserted. It becomes possible to specify. Therefore, it becomes possible to identify the inserted bill in association with the operation of the inserter. As a result, it becomes possible to identify the denomination information of the inserted banknote and the information enabling individual recognition in association with the operation of the inserter, so that there is evidence for an error in reading the amount. Information can be read in association with the operation of the input person. Therefore, a plurality of pieces of highly credible information can be accumulated as evidence for specifying the banknote inserted by the inserter, as compared with the case where the information on the time when the captured banknote is inserted is not stored.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 further includes an input unit 38 and an input control unit 39. The input unit 38 includes a keyboard and a touch panel. The keyboard is disposed inside the cash handling apparatus 10 and can be operated by opening the lid 21 and opening the cash handling apparatus 10. This is used, for example, for calibration of the bill amount reading unit 18 and the coin amount reading unit, correction of the amount data read by the bill amount reading unit 18 and the coin amount reading unit, and the staff operates at the gas station. The touch panel is affixed to the surface of the image display unit 12 on the side of the input person, and senses the touch of a finger, and the input person operates the cash handling apparatus 10 by bringing the finger into contact with the touch panel.

  The input unit 38 is connected to the input control unit 39, and the input control unit 39 controls the input unit 38 based on a command from the control unit 25. For example, input mode switching and processing using a password for a function realizing security are performed.

  When the finger touches the touch panel when the input person touches the touch panel, the touch information is sent to the control unit 25 via the input control unit 39. Accordingly, for example, even when the backlight included in the image display unit 12 is turned off, the backlight is turned on when the information that the input person contacts is transmitted from the touch panel to the control unit 25. In other embodiments, for example, as shown in a second embodiment described later, the display content of the image display unit 12 may be changed according to the touch position of a finger on the touch panel.

  4, the control unit 25, the optical character recognition unit 28, the information storage unit 33, the temporary storage unit 36, and the input control unit 39 are integrally formed by being mounted on one substrate 40. The The substrate 40 is specifically a RAM board. In the block diagram of FIG. 4, a range mounted on one substrate 40 is represented by a two-dot chain line. This board | substrate 40 is arrange | positioned inside the cash handling apparatus 10 which can be opened by releasing the closure by the lock 22.

  The banknote imaging unit 11, the optical character recognition unit 28, the information storage unit 33, the input control unit 39, and the temporary storage unit 36 are connected to the control unit 25 and controlled by the control unit 25. In particular, the optical character recognition unit 28 is connected to the recognition unit 29 in the control unit 25, and the character recognition result output from the optical character recognition unit 28 is input to the recognition unit 29 of the control unit 25. The image display unit 12 is controlled by a display control unit 32 provided in the control unit 25, and the input unit 38 is controlled by an input control unit 39. The bill amount reading unit 18 is connected to the main control unit 24, and the main control unit 24 is connected to the control unit 25 provided on the substrate 40.

In another embodiment, one or more of the main control unit 24, the optical character recognition unit 28, the input control unit 39, and the temporary storage may be integrated with the control unit 25 and realized as a single component. Is possible. In this case, a single component including the control unit 25 is, for example, an integrated circuit (
integrated circuit (abbreviated as “IC”)) and a program for providing a function thereto.

  According to 1st Embodiment, the banknote imaging part 11 images the banknote thrown in by the thrower. The image display unit 12 displays at least a part of the banknote image 20 captured by the banknote imaging unit 11. Thereby, the thrower who inserted the banknote can visually recognize the banknote image 20 of the inserted banknote, and can confirm the denomination of the inserted banknote. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy between the amount that the investor believes to be inserted and the amount of money indicated as the amount of the inserted banknote, there is an error in the recognition of the inputor, or the amount of the inserted banknote is It is possible to clarify whether there is an error in the read device. In addition, it is possible to prompt the input person himself to understand which of the input person's recognition and the device that has read the amount of money is incorrect. Therefore, when there is a misrecognition of the input person, the misrecognition of the input person can be corrected. Thereby, it can prevent that the complaint regarding the cash handling apparatus 10 generate | occur | produces based on an input person's misrecognition.

  Moreover, the cash handling apparatus 10 is further comprised including the control part 25, and the control part 25 controls the image display part 12, and after imaging by the banknote imaging part 11, it is the banknote imaging part 11 within a predetermined time. The image display unit 12 displays at least a part of the banknote image 20 of the banknote imaged by the above. Thereby, the persuasive power with respect to a thrower can be ensured that the banknote thrown by the thrower and the banknote which the banknote image 20 displayed on the image display part 12 show are the same. The greater the time difference from when the thrower inserts the banknote to when the image display unit 12 displays the banknote image 20, the lower the persuasive power for the inserter. By setting the time difference within a predetermined time, it is possible to prevent the persuasiveness of the thrower from decreasing.

  Moreover, according to 1st Embodiment, the image display part 12 displays the area | region where the banknote number 30 was printed among the banknote images 20 imaged by the banknote imaging part 11 so that it can read. This is easier to read if the enlarged display is performed, and is easier to read if the resolution of the image and the liquid crystal panel is higher. On the contrary, if the display is made small enough to be legible and the resolution of the image and the liquid crystal panel is lowered, the apparatus of the image display unit 12 can be simplified, the processing speed can be improved, and the cash handling apparatus 10 can be miniaturized. However, the area where the banknote number 30 is printed is displayed in a legible manner.

  Thereby, information enabling individual recognition of inserted bills can be displayed. Therefore, it is possible to display information as evidence about the presence or absence of an error in reading the amount. Thereby, it can be prevented that the thrower insists that a bill of a denomination different from the bill that was actually thrown is thrown.

  According to the first embodiment, the banknote imaging unit 11 includes the first imaging unit 26 and the second imaging unit 27. The first imaging unit 26 images one of the front and back of the inserted bill. The 2nd imaging part 27 images the other among the front surface and back surface of the inserted banknote. The recognition unit 29 recognizes the front surface or the back surface of the banknote and the orientation. Thereby, it becomes possible to recognize the position of the specific area | region in a banknote. Therefore, it becomes possible to extract the area | region where the banknote number 30 was printed among the banknote images 20, without restrict | limiting the direction into which a banknote is thrown in. Thereby, it is possible to easily display the area where the banknote number 30 is printed in a legible manner.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the steps of the cash handling method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The cash handling method is a method of reading the amount of inserted bills and storing the inserted bills. The cash handling method includes a banknote imaging process and a banknote image display process. In the banknote imaging process, the banknote thrown by the thrower is imaged. At a banknote image display process, at least one part of the banknote image 20 imaged in the banknote imaging process is displayed. Specifically, in the banknote image display step, at least a part of the image of the other banknote image is displayed to the input person even in the banknote imaging step according to the image pickup in the banknote imaging step. In the present embodiment, the cash handling method is performed using the cash handling apparatus 10.

  Specifically, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the cash handling process includes a banknote reading process, a banknote determination process, a banknote imaging process, an optical character recognition process, an image processing process, and a banknote image display process. And a checkout process. This process is started by the insertion of banknotes by the inserter. After the start of this process, the process proceeds to the bill reading step of step a1, and the bill amount reading unit 18 reads the bill. The bill amount reading unit 18 attempts to read at least a bill inserted by a magnetic sensor. The bill amount reading unit 18 outputs a reading result obtained by reading. A signal output from the bill amount reading unit 18 is transmitted to the main control unit 24.

  Next, the process proceeds to the banknote determination process in step a2, and the main control unit 24 determines the reading result from the banknote amount reading unit 18 to determine whether the banknote has been successfully read. Specifically, the denomination of the read banknote is determined by comparison with basic data prepared in advance for the current four types of banknotes. This determination is completed before the entire bill has passed through the bill insertion slot 16, and the process proceeds to the next step. In this bill judgment step, if it can be judged as any one of the four denominations, it is judged that it can be read, and if it cannot be judged as any of the current denominations, it is judged that reading is impossible. . If it is determined that the reading is impossible, the process proceeds to the next step a3, which returns the banknote.

  The return of the banknote in the banknote return process of step a3 is performed by refusing insertion from the banknote insertion slot 16. When a roller for assisting or preventing the entry of the banknote into the cash handling apparatus 10 is disposed at the banknote insertion slot 16, the banknote is positively rotated by rotating the roller in the opposite direction to that for assisting the entry. May be discharged and returned. After the banknote return process in step a3, the present process is terminated, and a standby state is maintained until the present process is started by inserting the banknote into the banknote insertion slot 16 again.

  After it is determined that reading is possible in the banknote determination process in step a2, the process proceeds to the banknote imaging process in step a4, and the banknote imaging unit 11 captures the banknote. A banknote is imaged by the first and second imaging units 26 and 27 arranged in the middle of the banknote transport path from the banknote slot 16 to the storage case. The captured image information is sent as a signal to the optical character recognition unit 28 and the control unit 25, and is sent from the control unit 25 to the temporary storage unit 36 and the information storage unit 33.

  Next, the process proceeds to the optical character recognition process in step a5, and the optical character recognition unit 28 recognizes the character printed on the image of the banknote imaged in the banknote imaging process. Character recognition is performed for at least the banknote number 30, thereby determining the posture of the banknote and specifying the position of a part of the image corresponding to the area where the banknote number 30 is printed in the banknote image. The recognizing unit 29 of the control unit 25 that has received the result of character recognition from the optical character recognizing unit 28 determines whether the image captured by the first or second imaging unit 26 or 27 is an image corresponding to the front surface of the banknote. Make a decision. Information about the position of the area where the banknote number 30 is printed and information about which position the banknote is in the first to fourth positions are output to the display control unit 32.

  Next, the process proceeds to the image processing step of Step a6, and the display control unit 32 performs image processing. In the image processing step, an image corresponding to the front surface of the banknote is selected from the banknote images 20 from the first and second imaging units 26 and 27 and displayed on the image display unit 12 by controlling the posture of the image. The direction of the banknote image 20 is made to correspond to the top and bottom of the banknote. Specifically, since the image corresponding to the front surface of the banknote can take two kinds of postures, it is determined whether or not to rotate the image at an angle of 180 degrees. The image is rotated at an angle, and if not required, the image is output to the image display unit 12 without performing a rotation process.

  Next, the process proceeds to the image display process of step a7, and the banknote image 20 is displayed by the image display unit 12. In the present embodiment, an image corresponding to the entire banknote and an image of a portion corresponding to the area where the banknote number 30 is printed are displayed on the image display unit 12. This display is performed within a predetermined time after the bill imaging process is performed. This time is set to any value within a range of 1 second. Although there is a restriction on the device configuration due to the transmission speed or the like, the shorter the time, the clearer the correspondence between the captured banknote and the banknote image 20 can be clearly shown to the input person.

  The image display unit 12 can display a banknote image 20 corresponding to a predetermined number of displayed banknotes. This number may be one or may be determined as any one of a plurality. The inserted banknotes are determined to be the banknotes related to one-time payment based on the number of banknotes inserted until the fee settlement is completed. However, in order to avoid an infinite loop due to device malfunction or artificial mischief, a predetermined time, for example, 3 minutes is set as an upper limit, and the time for one payment is limited.

  The image display unit 12 is controlled by the display control unit 32 and sequentially displays the banknote images 20 corresponding to the inserted banknotes in the inserted order. When the number of banknotes inserted for a single payment is larger than the predetermined number displayed on the image display unit 12, the banknote image 20 displayed on the image display unit 12 is inserted earliest. By sequentially erasing from the banknote image 20 corresponding to the banknotes and displaying the banknote image 20 corresponding to the banknotes inserted late, there is no need to limit the number of banknotes to be paid.

  Next, the process proceeds to a settlement process in step a8, and a settlement process is performed including a reading result from the coin reading unit of the coin processing unit and information on the amount of gasoline provided. Thereafter, the cash handling method ends. After the settlement is completed, display by the image display unit 12 is continued within a predetermined range of several seconds to several minutes, and then the backlight of the image display unit 12 is turned off. Thereby, the inserter confirms the banknotes inserted by the banknote image 20 and, after the inserter leaves from the vicinity of the cash handling apparatus 10, the other person has an opportunity to obtain information on the payment status of the inserter. The increase can be suppressed.

  In the prior art, money amount information read from a banknote is processed as count information and displayed to a thrower as character information with numbers. In the case where the amount information is displayed only as character information as in the prior art, the amount of the banknote actually inserted by the inserter coincides with the amount displayed as the character information. The persuasive power is small as compared with the case where image display is performed. Therefore, when there is a difference between the amount of the banknote believed by the inserter and the amount displayed as the character information, the inserter can easily predict that there is a problem with the device that reads the amount of the banknote.

  Although it is conceivable that the input person tries to return the inserted banknote in order to confirm his / her recognition, the adjustment machine 13 used in the POS system of the gas station is required to be downsized. 13 banknotes cannot be recirculated inside. Therefore, the banknote thrown into the thrower is stored in the storage case, and the same banknote cannot be returned. Even if an inserter inserts a 10,000 yen bill and presses a return button for giving a return command, ten thousand yen bills stored for change are returned.

  If the last inserted banknote can be held in the predetermined buffer stock position until the settlement is completed, the staff of the gas station arrives at the settlement machine 13 where the thrower is located and locks it. If the device is opened by releasing the closing by the 22, the last inserted bill can be identified and presented to the inserter. However, in the cash handling device 10 that is particularly required to be downsized, a buffer stock is provided. There is no space. Therefore, for example, which banknote was inserted last in a thousand yen bill stored in a separate storage case and the last banknote inserted in a 10,000 yen bill was inserted late. I can't even judge.

  As with the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, if information about the inserted banknote is stored as log data including image information, information on the order of insertion can be obtained even after the insertion is completed. Analysis can be performed while referring to information that enables individual recognition of banknotes. Accordingly, it can be clarified which side of the recognition of the thrower and the operation of the apparatus is wrong.

  In addition, when the cash handling apparatus 10 performs a normal operation, the banknote image 20 is displayed as an image to the inserter and prompts confirmation, so that even if the inserter does not ask for the return of the banknote, You can know if you inserted the bill. Further, by displaying the banknote image 20 on the image display unit 12 as image information, information other than the money amount information, for example, banknote number 30 and information such as dirt can be shown to the input person. Thereby, the persuasive power to the input person can be increased as compared with the case where the amount is displayed only as character information.

  A banknote that is different from the inserted banknote as a result of a malfunction in either the banknote imaging unit 11 or the image display unit 12, just as the inserter thinks that the device that reads the money amount is malfunctioning. When it is thought that the image 20 is displayed on the image display unit 12, the staff at the gas station releases the lock of the cash handling device 10 by the lock 22 and opens the inside of the cash handling device 10. You can renew bills. Even when it is not possible to specify which banknote was inserted last due to the plurality of storage cases, the banknote image 20 displayed on the image display unit 12 and the storage case that may have been inserted last It is possible to identify which banknote was inserted last by comparing with the banknote.

  Since the banknotes of the same denomination are printed and manufactured in a similar design, if information that enables individual recognition of banknotes is not accumulated as in the prior art, the last inserted banknote is It cannot be identified and determined. On the other hand, in the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, since individual recognition of banknotes is also possible, it is finally inserted by performing display by the image display unit 12 and taking out the banknotes inside the cash handling apparatus 10. It is possible to specify a single bill. Further, such identification and confirmation of banknotes is performed by taking out information stored together with the image information even after the display on the image display unit 12 is finished, and using the image display unit 12 or another device such as a computer as image data. This is made possible by reproducing the image so as to be visible.

  Furthermore, since the amount information of the inserted banknote is included in both the reading result of the banknote amount reading unit 18 and the banknote image 20, if the banknote amount reading unit 18 has a problem, this problem is clear and easy. Can be found in. Since the image display unit 12 displays the banknote image 20 for the input person to prompt confirmation, the trouble of the banknote amount reading unit 18 is not only a person who calibrates the cash handling apparatus 10 but also a user of the checkout machine 13. It is also possible to find a banknote inserter.

  Moreover, since the information of the banknote image 20 can be further added to the recognition by the inserter and the reading result by the banknote amount reading unit 18 as information on the amount of the banknote, about the inserted banknote by adding this configuration Can be a lot of information. Therefore, it is possible to provide a judgment material for objectively judging which information is correct even when inconsistency occurs between information.

  According to the first embodiment, in the banknote imaging step, a banknote thrown by the thrower is imaged. At a banknote image display process, at least one part of the banknote image 20 imaged in the banknote imaging process is displayed. Thereby, the thrower who inserted the banknote can visually recognize the banknote image 20 of the inserted banknote, and can confirm the denomination of the inserted banknote. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy between the amount that the investor believes to be inserted and the amount of money indicated as the amount of the inserted banknote, there is an error in the recognition of the inputor, or the amount of the inserted banknote is It is possible to clarify whether there is an error in the read device. In addition, it is possible to prompt the input person himself to understand which of the input person's recognition and the device that has read the amount of money is incorrect. Therefore, when there is a misrecognition of the input person, the misrecognition of the input person can be corrected. Thereby, it can prevent that the complaint regarding the cash handling apparatus 10 generate | occur | produces based on an input person's misrecognition.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a front view of the image display unit 12 in the second embodiment of the present invention. The cash handling apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment is similar to the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, and will be described below with a focus on differences between the second embodiment and the first embodiment. The image display unit 12 can display a banknote image 20 corresponding to a plurality of banknotes, and the image display unit 12 is selected when the thrower selects one of the displayed banknote images 20. The bill image 20 is enlarged and displayed. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the entire banknote image 20 is displayed on the image display unit 12. FIG. 6B shows a state in which the banknote image 20 selected by the inserter is displayed in an enlarged manner. FIG.6 (c) represents the state by which the banknote number 30 was enlargedly displayed by operation of the thrower.

  The cash handling apparatus 10 further includes an input unit 38 that inputs information represented by the operation to the control unit 25 by the operation of the inserter, and the image display unit 12 has the banknote number 30 according to the information represented by the operation of the inserter. Can be enlarged and displayed. The input unit 38 includes, for example, a touch panel, and the touch panel is affixed to the surface on the input side of the image display unit 12. Since the cash handling apparatus 10 includes the optical character recognition unit 28, the cash handling apparatus 10 can recognize an area where the banknote number 30 is printed. When the input person presses a part of the touch panel close to the part displaying the image of the area where the banknote number 30 is printed in the image display unit 12, the control unit 25 performs this operation on the banknote number 30 by the input person. The image of the area where the banknote number 30 is printed is enlarged and displayed.

  With these configurations, the inserter can confirm that at least a portion related to the image display in the cash handling apparatus 10 is operating normally without inserting a new banknote. Therefore, as compared with the case where the display format is not changed according to the operation of the inserter, the persuasive power for the inserter can be increased as to which banknote has been inserted. Further, when the inserter inserts a new banknote, the banknote number 30 of the newly inserted banknote can be confirmed by operating and visually checking the image display unit 12 by the inserter. As a result, the input person can check information that should not be derived from the device configuration inside the cash handling apparatus 10 via the cash handling apparatus 10, so that the reliability of normal operation of the cash handling apparatus 10 can be improved. Can be high.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the display control unit 32 in the second embodiment of the present invention. This process is a process performed by the display control unit 32 in the banknote image display process shown as step a7 in FIG. 5 and is started when imaging of a plurality of banknotes is completed. After the start of this process, the process proceeds to the coordinate determination step of step b1, and the coordinates in each banknote image 20 are determined. Next, it transfers to the banknote number area | region extraction process of step b2, and the operation | work of the area | region where the banknote number 30 is printed is extracted. Similar to the first embodiment, this may be determined based on the information signal from the optical character recognition unit 28, but in the second embodiment, it is determined based on each denomination information. If the denomination of a banknote is specified with respect to the banknote image 20, the position of the area | region where the banknote number 30 is printed about the banknote of each denomination can be specified.

  Next, the process proceeds to a reduced image preparation process in step b3, and a so-called thumbnail is created. Since the thumbnail, that is, the reduced image has a small data amount, the display speed can be increased, and the processing speed when displaying the plurality of banknote images 20 on the image display unit 12 can be increased. Next, the process proceeds to the insertion detection step of step b4, and it is detected whether or not a new banknote has been inserted by the inserter. This is performed by acquiring a signal from the bill amount reading unit 18 via the main control unit 24 and the control unit 25, and if detected, from the coordinate determination step of step b1 to the reduced image preparation of step b3. Repeat the process up to the process. If a newly inserted banknote is not detected in step b4, this process ends. This process can also be performed by the control unit 25.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a handling method in the case where a complaint from the input person is generated using the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This correspondence method can be read from the image displayed in the banknote number enlarging process for enlarging and displaying the image of the area where the banknote number 30 is printed, the banknote removing process for taking out the banknote from the storage case, and the banknote number enlarging process. It is comprised including the banknote number comparison process which compares the banknote number 30 with the banknote number 30 printed on the banknote taken out in the banknote extraction process, and the correction means selection process which selects the means for resolution of a complaint.

  This process is started when the attendant receives a complaint from the input person. Next, it transfers to the banknote number expansion process of step c1, and when an attendant operates the input parts 38, such as a touch panel, the image of the area | region where the banknote number 30 is printed is expanded and displayed. This display is performed using the image display unit 12. Next, it transfers to the banknote extraction process of step c2, and takes out a banknote from a storage case. This is done by unlocking the lock 22 with a key and opening the storage case inside the cash handling apparatus 10. At this time, the clerk takes out the bill that may have been inserted most recently. In the case where there are a plurality of storage cases, this bank note is the number of banknotes corresponding to the number of storage cases.

  Next, it transfers to the banknote number comparison process of step c3, and the banknote number 30 expanded and displayed on the image display part 12 and the banknote number 30 of the banknote taken out from the storage case are compared. If they match, it is a persuasive material to convince the investor that the display is not malfunctioning. Next, the process proceeds to the correction means selection step of step c4, and the correction means is selected. If the banknote number 30 displayed on the image display unit 12 and the banknote number 30 of the banknote stored in the storage case do not match (condition 1), the trouble of the cash handling apparatus 10, a paper jam related to the banknote, etc. It is suggested that an irresponsible abnormality has occurred, and a corrective action (step c5) is taken. Specifically, cash is refunded to the input person, use of the cash handling apparatus 10 is stopped, or the cash handling apparatus 10 is repaired. If the banknote number 30 displayed on the image display unit 12 and the banknote number 30 of the banknote stored in the storage case match (condition 2), the insertion order is clarified and explained to the input person. Consent is urged (step c6). Thereafter, this process ends.

  For other banknotes inserted by the inserter, the banknote number 30 and the storage case of other banknotes displayed on the image display unit 12 can be obtained by repeating the banknote number expansion process in step c1 to the banknote number comparison process in step c3. From the banknote number 30 of the banknotes inserted in, the order of insertion of the banknotes inserted can be clarified.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 9 is a front view of the image display unit 12 in the third embodiment of the present invention. The cash handling apparatus 10 according to the third embodiment is similar to the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, and will be described below with a focus on differences between the third embodiment and the first embodiment. The banknote imaging unit 11 captures a plurality of banknotes that are input all at once or in succession, and the image display unit 12 displays a predetermined partial area for each captured banknote image 20 side by side. Specifically, the control unit 25 controls the image display unit 12 to display the predetermined partial areas side by side on the image display unit 12.

  In the case of the current banknote, a number representing the denomination is printed within a range of 3 cm from the end in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. The image display part 12 displays a part of image corresponding to the range within 3 cm from the edge part of the banknote among the banknote images 20 side by side. This makes it possible to display a predetermined part larger and to reduce the size of a region used for display in the image display unit 12 as compared with a case where the entire captured images of a plurality of banknotes are displayed side by side. Can be achieved. Therefore, the image display unit 12 can be miniaturized.

(Modification)
In 1st-3rd embodiment, even if a banknote is thrown in by any attitude | position of the 1st-4th attitude | position, the banknote money amount reading part 18 can read a banknote, and the banknote imaging part 11 is 1st and Although the bills inserted using the second imaging units 26 and 27 are to be read, only when the bill is inserted in a posture in which the front face of the bill is directed upward among the first to fourth postures, or the bills It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the bill amount reading unit 18 reads a bill only when it is inserted in a posture in which the back surface is directed upward.

  By setting it as such a structure, it becomes possible to abbreviate | omit either one among the 1st and 2nd imaging parts 26 and 27 provided as a part of banknote imaging part 11. FIG. Moreover, the display control part 32 does not need to select one from the images corresponding to the front surface and the back surface of a banknote.

  Furthermore, the display control part 32 makes it the structure which reads the banknote thrown in any one attitude | position in the 1st-4th attitude | position, and returns the banknote thrown in another attitude | position by a banknote return process. A configuration for rotating the image 20 can be omitted. Moreover, it becomes possible to abbreviate | omit the process which extracts the area | region where the banknote number 30 was printed.

  Even when the banknote imaging unit 11 has only one of the first and second imaging units 26 and 27, the banknote amount only when the banknote imaging unit 11 is inserted in a specific posture among the first to fourth postures. By setting the reading unit 18 to read the banknote, the image display unit 12 displays the area where the banknote number 30 is printed in the banknote image 20 captured by the banknote imaging unit 11 in a legible manner. It is possible. As a result, it is possible to display information that enables individual recognition of the inserted banknotes, and it is possible to prevent the input person from asserting that a banknote of a denomination different from the banknote that was actually inserted is inserted. It becomes.

  In 1st-3rd embodiment, although the money type of the banknote demonstrated as what was 4 types, the money type of a banknote is not limited to 4 types. For example, when it is assumed that both an old banknote and a new banknote are inserted, information on the format, especially the position of the banknote number 30 is stored in advance in advance for a banknote of more than 4 types. By storing in 36, any banknote can be handled. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which handles the remaining three types of banknotes, without performing the handling of a predetermined kind, for example, a 2000 yen bill.

  Although the cash handling apparatus 10 in the first to third embodiments is used for the settlement machine 13 of the gas station, other settlement machines, for example, vending machines that automatically sell food and drinks, automatic cash deposits. The present invention can also be applied to an automated teller machine (abbreviated as “ATM”). Since the cash handling device 10 according to the first to third embodiments is a device that can be downsized, it can be used for a checkout machine that requires downsizing and also in a checkout machine that does not require downsizing. Yes, a highly versatile cash handling device can be realized.

  The image display unit 12 is fixed to the lid 21. Accordingly, the entire cash handling apparatus 10 can be integrally formed, and the cash handling apparatus 10 can be easily transported and installed as compared with the case where the cash handling apparatus 10 is composed of a plurality of separate parts. it can. However, in other embodiments, the image display unit may be provided apart from the lid 21 and fixed to another part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cash handling apparatus 11 Banknote imaging part 12 Image display part 18 Banknote amount reading part 19 Banknote processing part 24 Main control part 25 Control part 26 1st imaging part 27 2nd imaging part 28 Optical character recognition part 29 Recognition part 32 Display control part 33 Information storage

Claims (5)

A banknote imaging unit for imaging a banknote inserted by a thrower;
An image display unit for displaying at least a part of an image of the banknote image captured by the banknote imaging unit;
A control unit that controls the image display unit in accordance with the image pickup by the banknote imaging unit, and causes the image display unit to display the at least a part of the banknote image so as to be visually recognized by a thrower. A cash handling device. The banknote imaging unit includes a first imaging unit that images one of the front and back surfaces of the inserted banknote, and a second imaging unit that images the other.
The said control part is provided with the recognition part which recognizes the front surface or back surface, and direction of a banknote, Furthermore, the banknote image imaged by the said banknote imaging part is rotated according to the recognition result by the said recognition part, The said image display part The cash handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cash handling apparatus is displayed.   The said image display part displays the area | region where the banknote number was printed among the banknote images imaged by the said banknote imaging part so that it can read, The cash handling apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The banknote imaging unit captures a plurality of banknotes that are input all at once or continuously,
The said control part arranges a predetermined partial area | region about each imaged banknote image, and displays it on the said image display part, The cash handling apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. A banknote imaging process for imaging a banknote thrown by a thrower;
A cash handling method comprising: a banknote image display step of displaying at least a part of an image of the banknote image captured in the banknote imaging step to a thrower in accordance with imaging in the banknote imaging step. .

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