JP2014071525A - Valuable-medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly and strictly manage a badly damaged or soiled valuable-medium by a valuable-medium processor.SOLUTION: A valuable-medium processor is composed of: denomination reception means for receiving input of a type of a valuable-medium when receiving the valuable-medium which is not capable of being received by a machine; storage means for storing the valuable-medium received by input by the denomination reception means; and control means for managing the number of valuable-mediums stored to the storage means by types on the basis of the input by the denomination reception means, determining whether or not the number of pieces of respective types of valuable-mediums stored to the storage means fulfills a preset collection condition as the condition for collecting the number of pieces of respective types of valuable-mediums stored to the storage means, and reporting this when the valuable-mediums fulfilling the collection condition exist.

Description

  The present invention relates to a valuable medium processing apparatus for performing a depositing / dispensing operation of money and securities, and more particularly to a valuable medium processing apparatus for managing damaged money and securities and collecting them at an appropriate timing.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, financial institutions such as banks have been carrying out cashier operations for managing money handled in banks. Cashier work is often performed by using a money handling device such as a cashier and the like from the viewpoint of safety, reliability and labor saving as much as possible. The money handling apparatus has a function of executing various processes related to valuable media such as deposit and withdrawal processing and management of securities such as coins, banknotes and checks (hereinafter collectively referred to as “valuable media”). By using the money handling apparatus, for example, the denomination of banknotes is automatically identified and the total amount is calculated, or each banknote is stored in a predetermined storage unit according to the identification result and managed. can do. Moreover, the money handling apparatus can distinguish and process a correct note that is a banknote that can be reused in the market and a non-reusable banknote that is a banknote that cannot be reused.

  In a financial institution, for example, a torn banknote or a partially missing banknote may be received from a customer. In this case, a damaged ticket that is severely damaged or soiled and cannot be transported normally even if it is inserted into a money handling device, or a ticket that is difficult to identify the denomination, etc., must be put into the money handling device. It is housed in a post (external box) provided near the apparatus. Information such as the denomination of the banknote stored in the post is confirmed by visual observation and manually input to the money handling apparatus (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Non-reusable tickets are collected from each financial institution and are eventually sent to the Bank of Japan.

JP 2003-150793 A

  However, there is no money handling apparatus that can strictly manage valuable media that are damaged or fouled so that they cannot be accepted by a machine by a method suitable for the processing, and realization of such a money handling apparatus is desired. Specifically, even a valuable medium that cannot be accepted by the machine, that is, whose denomination cannot be identified by the money handling apparatus, is stored and managed in the money handling apparatus from the viewpoint of safety, certainty, and labor saving. It is hoped that.

  Non-damaged bills, such as those that are sent to the Bank of Japan, are stored in designated storage units such as cabinets and safes managed by the cashier, and are managed by hand without using money handling equipment. However, the conventional method is a heavy burden on the manager. Specifically, for example, banknotes that are set to be counted once a day for manually managed banknotes are stored in cabinets etc. until they reach the number that can be sent to the Bank of Japan. Must be counted daily by type. For this reason, it is desired to manage the type and the number of the non-performing bills in the money handling apparatus as well as the genuine bills reused in the market.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a valuable medium processing apparatus capable of managing a valuable medium that is severely damaged or fouled and reliably collecting it at an appropriate timing. .

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a valuable medium processing apparatus that accepts an input of the type of the valuable medium when receiving the valuable medium that cannot be received by the machine. And means for storing the valuable medium received by the ticket type accepting means, and managing the number of valuable media stored in the storage means by type based on the input by the ticket type accepting means. And determining whether the number of each type of the valuable medium stored in the storage means satisfies a recovery condition set in advance as a condition to be recovered from the apparatus, and a valuable medium satisfying the recovery condition is determined. In some cases, control means for notifying this is provided.

  In the invention described above, the number of sheets to be collected from the apparatus is set for each type of valuable medium as the collection condition.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, as the collection condition, a storage period stored in the storage unit is set for each type of valuable medium, and the control unit is configured to store the valuable medium stored in the storage unit. Even when the number of sheets does not satisfy the recovery condition, it is determined that the recovery condition is satisfied if the storage period of the valuable medium satisfies the recovery condition.

  In the above invention, the present invention further includes communication means for receiving the number of stored valuable media stored in the external device according to the type of unacceptable valuable medium, and the control means is stored in the storage means. It is determined whether or not the collection condition is satisfied based on the total number of valuable media and the number received by the communication means.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, further comprises display means for displaying the number of valuable media stored in the storage means by type.

  In the present invention, valuable media that cannot be received by the machine can be stored and the number of stored sheets can be managed in the valuable medium processing apparatus, and these valuable media can be strictly managed. In addition, when the number of valuable media managed in the apparatus and the storage period satisfy a preset collection condition, this is notified, so that these valuable media can be reliably collected at an appropriate timing.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a money handling system including a valuable medium processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the money handling system of FIG. It is an internal block diagram of the valuable medium processing apparatus contained in the money processing system of FIG. It is an external view of the damage ticket input part of a valuable medium processing apparatus. It is a figure explaining the outline of the structure and operation | movement of a regulation guide in the non-payment ticket insertion part of FIG. It is a figure explaining other operation | movement of the regulation guide in the non-use ticket insertion part of FIG. It is a figure explaining the example of the sensor utilized with the non-use ticket insertion part of FIG. It is a figure explaining the outline of the structure and operation | movement of an unpaid ticket delivery mechanism. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the valuable medium processing device of FIG. 3. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing outline | summary performed with the valuable medium processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed on the operation display part. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the support information which consists of the image data and grid line which are displayed on the operation display part. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the support information which consists of the image data of a non-payment ticket displayed on an operation display part, and a grid line. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the image data and deposit data of the surface and back surface of a non-use ticket displayed on an operation display part. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the image data displayed on the operation display part, and the sample image regarding this image data. It is a front view of the conveyance auxiliary | assistant sheet | seat utilized at the time of throwing a slip into an apparatus. It is a side view of the conveyance auxiliary sheet of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the information input screen displayed on the operation display part at the time of a deposit | payment process of a damage ticket. It is a schematic diagram explaining the process outline | summary of a damage ticket including a damage ticket repair process. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the collection | recovery process performed with the valuable medium processing apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the payment processing performed with the valuable medium processing apparatus of FIG. It is a list | wrist which shows the bill type of a banknote. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the process regarding damage ticket collection | recovery.

  A valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example in which a valuable medium including securities such as coins, banknotes, and checks is processed using a money handling system including a valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that the valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present embodiment can target valuable media that are severely damaged or fouled, or valuable media that have an older version of banknotes such as old bills. Now, a damaged bill that is a damaged banknote will be described as a processing target.

(Overview of the entire money handling system)
First, a money processing system including a valuable medium processing device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIG. 1, in addition to the valuable medium processing device 500, the money handling system 1 includes a loose bill processing device 100, a bundled bill processing device 200, a loose coin processing device 300, a wrapping coin processing device 400, and an operation display unit 600. And a printer 700. As shown in FIG. 1, the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, the bundled banknote processing apparatus 200, the loose coin processing apparatus 300, the wrapping coin processing apparatus 400, and the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 are arranged in parallel and provided integrally.

  Here, the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the bundled banknote processing apparatus 200 are connected to each other so that banknotes can move back and forth between them. Also, the loose coin processing device 300 and the wrapping coin processing device 400 are connected to each other so that coins can go back and forth between them. Further, an operation display unit 600 that is an input device for inputting various types of information and an output unit for outputting various types of information on a display screen, and a printer, on the upper surface of the bulk coin processing unit 300 and the wrapping coin processing unit 400 700 is installed. In FIG. 1, only one operation display unit 600 is provided. However, for example, a structure in which two or more operation display units 600 are provided so as to be used according to input / output contents may be used.

  The loose banknote processing apparatus 100 can accommodate rose banknotes by denomination in the inside thereof, and the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 can be used to perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing of rose banknotes. It has become. As shown in FIG. 2, an identification unit 102 for identifying a banknote is provided in the machine body of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, and the identification unit 102 allows the denomination, correctness, and authenticity of the rose banknote. Etc. are to be identified.

  In the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, banknotes are processed based on identification results such as denomination and correctness by the identification unit 102. For this reason, the banknote accommodated in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is a banknote that can be identified by the identification unit 102, that is, can be accepted by the machine. Specifically, although the discriminating unit 102 can identify the type of ticket (classification in which the type of denomination and old and new are specified), etc., there is a non-performing ticket that is not suitable for distribution in the market due to the degree of damage or dirt. It is stored in the loose bill processing apparatus 100. On the other hand, a damaged ticket that cannot be recognized by the identifying unit 102 due to its severe damage or dirt, that is, a so-called non-machine-acceptable ticket, is discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and processed as a valuable medium as described later. Processed by apparatus 500.

  A bundled banknote forming unit (not shown) is provided inside the bundled banknote handling apparatus 200, and a predetermined number (for example, 100) of loose banknotes is sent from the loose banknote handling apparatus 100 to the bundled banknote handling apparatus 200. Then, the bills are formed by the bundle bill forming part. The bundled bills formed by the bundled bill forming unit are thrown out of the machine body from the bundled bill processing apparatus 200.

  The rose coin processing device 300 can store rose coins by denomination in the inside, and the rose coin processing device 300 can be used to perform rose coin deposit processing and withdrawal processing. It has become. In addition, a wrapping coin forming unit (not shown) is provided inside the wrapping coin processing apparatus 400, and a predetermined number (for example, 50) of loose coins are supplied from the wrapping coin processing apparatus 300 to the wrapping coin processing apparatus 400. When it is sent to, a wrapping coin is formed by the wrapping coin forming part. The wrapping coins formed by the wrapping coin forming unit are thrown out of the machine body from the wrapping coin processing apparatus 400.

  Further, in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, even if the damaged banknote or the valuable medium other than banknotes such as a check is put into the body of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, It cannot be stored inside and will be discharged outside the aircraft. Such a valuable medium that cannot be received by the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is put into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and stored in the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the money handling system 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the money handling system 1 includes a loose banknote handling apparatus 100, a bundled banknote handling apparatus 200, a loose coin handling apparatus 300, a wrapping coin handling apparatus 400, a valuable medium handling apparatus 500, and an operation display unit. In addition to the printer 600 and the printer 700, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 804, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 806, a storage unit 808, and an ID card reader 810 that is an input device for operator ID information are completed. It includes a command receiving unit 820, a permission command receiving unit 822 that receives a permission command after a completion command, a communication unit 802, and a control unit 800 that controls each of the above components.

  The control unit 800 can communicate with an external device such as a host computer via the communication unit 802. The ROM 804, RAM 806, and storage unit 808 store setting information of the money handling system 1, information on the money processing status and the amount of money in each device constituting the money handling system 1, and the like. The ID card reader 810 reads an ID card held by an operator. The control unit 800 confirms the authority of the operator based on the ID information of the ID card read by the ID card reader 810. The operation display unit 600 includes, for example, a touch panel, and functions as an input device for an operator to give various commands to each device of the money handling system 1, and the processing status of money in each device constituting the money handling system 1 It also functions as an output device that displays information related to the amount of money. In addition, the printer 700 is configured to print information on the money processing status, the amount of money, and the like in each device constituting the money handling system 1. Further, the completion command receiving unit 820 that receives a transaction completion command, and the permission command receiving unit 822 that receives a permission command that allows a slip to be inserted after the completion command is received by the completion command receiving unit 820 are: This is used to designate the timing at which the banknotes discharged from the machine are put into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500.

(Structure of valuable media processing equipment)
Next, the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 which comprises the money processing system 1 is demonstrated. The valuable medium processing device 500 is a banknote (damaged ticket) that is severely damaged or dirty and cannot be accepted by the device, a banknote (old ticket) that has been issued older than the currently issued banknote, and a valuable check such as a check. It is an apparatus for processing a medium, and is used for processing valuable media such as slips and checks that are discharged outside the machine body without being stored in the loose bill processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 as described above.

  The structure of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the side surface on the left side of the drawing is the front surface of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, and the side surface on the right side of the drawing is the back surface of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 includes a loading unit 10 for loading a valuable medium into the machine body, and a dispensing for throwing out a new ticket or the like stored in the machine body. A portion 60 is provided. Here, the “valuable medium” includes banknotes including non-performing bills and old banknotes, and specific securities other than banknotes. In addition, “specific securities” refers to securities of a preset type such as checks and bills. The input unit 10 and the output unit 60 are provided on the front surface of the valuable medium processing device 500 (the left side surface in FIG. 3). In addition, the feeding unit 10 is provided with a feeding mechanism 12, and valuable media that are thrown into the feeding unit 10 in a bundled state by an operator are fed into the body one by one by the feeding mechanism 12. Yes. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a conveyance unit 14 is provided in the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, and the valuable medium fed one by one by the feeding mechanism 12 from the input unit 10 is transferred by the conveyance unit 14. It is designed to be transported one by one.

  An imaging unit 16 is provided in the conveyance unit 14 downstream of the feeding mechanism 12. The imaging unit 16 captures a valuable medium put into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and acquires image data. In addition, the transport unit 14 is provided with a temporary storage unit 20, and the valuable medium thrown into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. The temporary storage unit 20 is of a tape winding system that winds a valuable medium between tapes. More specifically, the temporary storage unit 20 has a drum 20a that can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions, and a pair of tapes can be taken up and delivered by the drum 20a. As a result, the valuable medium sent from the transport unit 14 to the temporary storage unit 20 is sequentially wound and stored by the drum 20a one by one while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes. . Further, when the drum 20 a is reversed, the wound valuable media are fed out one by one and sent out to the transport unit 14.

  Also, in the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500, there are a specific securities storage unit 30 for storing specific securities such as checks and bills, and non-payment storage units 40 and 42 for storing non-use and old tickets. Each is provided. More specifically, the specified securities storage unit 30 is composed of three storage units: a first storage unit 30a, a second storage unit 30b, and a third storage unit 30c. The first storage unit 30a stores checks issued at other branches in the same bank as the bank where the money handling system 1 is installed. The second storage unit 30b and the third storage unit 30c store checks issued by a bank different from the bank where the money handling system 1 is installed. For example, the second storage unit 30b stores checks and the like issued at a location relatively close to the place where the money handling system 1 is installed, and the third storage unit 30c contains the money handling system 1. Checks, etc. issued at a place relatively far from the place where it is installed are stored. Each storage unit 30a, 30b and 30c of the specified securities storage unit 30 is an accumulation type storage unit, and checks sent from the transport unit 14 to the storage units 30a, 30b and 30c are already stored in the storage unit 30a, It is stored so as to be stacked on a check or the like stored in 30b, 30c.

  The damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42 store lost tickets and old tickets. Here, the non-payment storage unit 40 is a stacking type storage unit, and the non-use and old tickets sent from the transport unit 14 to the non-use ticket storage unit 40 are already stored in the non-use ticket storage unit 40. And stored so that they are stacked on top of the old ticket. On the other hand, the non-payment storage unit 42 is a tape winding type storage unit. More specifically, similarly to the temporary storage unit 20, the non-conventional ticket storage unit 42 has a drum 42a that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions. The slips and old bills sent from the transport unit 14 to the slip ticket storage unit 42 are sequentially wound and stored by the drum 42a one by one while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes. It has become. Further, when the drum 42 a is reversed, the wound tickets and old tickets that have been wound up are fed out one by one and sent to the transport unit 14.

  Note that the banknotes stored in the banknote storage units 40 and 42 include banknotes in various states with respect to the degree of damage and the necessity for repair. For example, a slip that needs to be repaired later is stored in a stack-type slip ticket storage unit 40. Here, the non-repairable ticket that needs to be repaired refers to, for example, one that has been torn or partially lost and is brought into a central financial institution after being repaired.

  In the valuable medium processing device 500, as shown in FIG. 3, the specific securities storage unit 30 for storing specific securities such as checks is disposed above the non-conventional bill storage units 40 and 42 for storing non-performing tickets and old tickets. The temporary storage unit 20 is provided above the specified securities storage unit 30 and the non-conformity storage units 40 and 42.

  In addition, a new ticket storage unit 50 for storing new tickets is provided in the body of the valuable medium processing device 500. More specifically, the new ticket storage unit 50 includes four storage units including a first storage unit 50a, a second storage unit 50b, a third storage unit 50c, and a fourth storage unit 50d. Yes. The first storage unit 50a has a new 10,000 yen bill, the second storage unit 50b has a new thousand yen bill, and the third storage unit 50c has a new five thousand yen bill. It is stored. Further, the operator can select the denomination of the new ticket stored in the fourth storage unit 50d. Each of the storage units 50a, 50b, 50c, and 50d is provided with a feeding mechanism 52a, 52b, 52c, and 52d, and the new tickets stored in the storage units 50a, 50b, 50c, and 50d are fed out. The mechanisms 52a, 52b, 52c, and 52d are fed one by one to the transport unit 14. The “new ticket” stored in the new ticket storage unit 50 refers to an official sealed ticket that has been delivered from a central bank to a financial institution such as a bank and has not yet been distributed to the market. As shown in FIG. 3, the new ticket storage unit 50 is provided in front of the specified securities storage unit 30 and the loss ticket storage unit 40 (left side in FIG. 3).

  The dispensing unit 60 is connected to the conveyance unit 14, and valuable media such as new tickets conveyed by the conveyance unit 14 are dispensed so as to be stacked by the dispensing unit 60. Further, the throwing unit 60 is provided with an impeller 62, and valuable media such as a new ticket sent from the transport unit 14 to the impeller 62 are sandwiched between a pair of blades forming the impeller 62. In this state, the impeller 62 is sent to the dispensing unit 60 by rotating in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. By providing such an impeller 62, valuable media such as new tickets accumulated in the dispensing unit 60 can be aligned. Further, the dispensing unit 60 is provided with a shutter 61a, and when the shutter 61a is opened, the operator can take out valuable media such as new tickets accumulated in the dispensing unit 60. it can. Further, the dispensing unit 60 is provided with a sampling detection unit 61b so that it can be detected that valuable media such as new tickets accumulated in the dispensing unit 60 have been extracted from the dispensing unit 60. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the transport unit 14 that transports the valuable medium within the machine body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 includes a first transport unit 14 a and a second transport unit 14 b. Here, the 1st conveyance part 14a conveys the valuable medium thrown into the body from the injection | throwing-in part 10 to the temporary storage part 20, the specific securities storage part 30, and the non-payment storage part 40. FIG. On the other hand, the second transport unit 14 b transports the new ticket stored in the new ticket storage unit 50 to the dispensing unit 60. Here, the transport path of the valuable medium in the first transport section 14a and the transport path of the new ticket in the second transport section 14b are provided independently of each other. That is, the first transport unit 14a is provided on the right side of the virtual line L shown in FIG. 3, and the second transport unit 14b is provided on the left side of the virtual line L. The first transport unit 14a and the second transport unit 14b are connected at a connection point 14p, but are independent from each other at other points.

  Further, a simple identification unit 64 is provided in the second conveyance unit 14 b in the conveyance unit 14. The simple identification unit 64 identifies only the denomination of the new ticket fed out from the new ticket storage unit 50 to the second transport unit 14b. Further, a door 18 is provided on the front surface (the left side surface in FIG. 3) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, and a person having specific authority can open the door 18 and access the inside of the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500. It is like that. By opening the door 18, a new ticket can be replenished to the new ticket storage unit 50 or a new ticket can be taken out from the new ticket storage unit 50.

(Structure of input part)
Next, the medium positioning apparatus 1000 that regulates the position of the valuable medium fed out into the machine body by the valuable medium input unit 10 in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 will be described. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the medium positioning device 1000. In the medium positioning apparatus 1000, a valuable medium to be input to the apparatus is placed on the stage 1001. Further, regulation guides 1002 and 1003 that can move according to the size of the valuable medium are provided on both sides of the stage 1001, and the valuable medium on the stage is positioned by the regulation guides 1002 and 1003. ing. The regulation guides 1002 and 1003 regulate valuable media fed out into the machine body from a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. At this time, the position of each regulation guide 1002 and 1003 can be automatically adjusted according to the size of the valuable medium by using the sensor 1006 provided in each regulation guide 1002 and 1003. This will be described later. To do.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the outline of the structure and operation of the medium positioning device 1000. The regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are each provided with a rack 1004 so as to protrude toward the other side. One pinion 1005 is provided so as to mesh with the two racks 1004. As the pinion 1005 rotates, the two racks 1004 move. Then, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are moved so as to approach or separate by the same amount, and stopped at a position according to the size of the valuable medium.

  FIG. 5A shows an initial position where the distance between the guides of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 is the widest. In accordance with the size of the valuable medium placed on the stage 1001 shown in FIG. 4 from this initial position, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are moved from both sides by the same distance to narrow the distance between the guides. Thereby, the position of the valuable medium is positioned at the center of the stage 1001 as shown in FIG. The regulation guides 1002 and 1003 have a function of positioning the valuable medium during feeding and regulating the movement of the valuable medium in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. Since the position of the valuable medium can be positioned at the center on the stage 1001 in this way, the feeding of the valuable medium into the machine body by the feeding mechanism 12 and the conveyance of the valuable medium in the machine body by the transport unit 14 are performed stably. be able to.

  Since the medium positioning device 1000 is formed by engaging one pinion 1005 with two racks 1004 provided in each guide, even if one of the regulation guides 1002 or 1003 is manually moved, The regulation guide 1003 or 1002 can be moved by the same amount. In addition, if the pinion 1005 is rotated using a driving device (not shown) such as a motor, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 can be automatically moved. At this time, if the number of rotations of the pinion 1005 is detected using an encoder or the like, the movement amounts of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 can be calculated.

  In the valuable medium processing device 500, for example, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are manually moved, the distance between the guides is calculated from the movement amount, and this distance is different from the size of the valuable medium designated as the processing target. In some cases, the operator can be notified of this and prompted for confirmation. When the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 move automatically, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 move and stop according to the size of the valuable medium designated in advance. For example, when placing a valuable medium different from the processing target on the stage 1001, the distance between the guides does not match the size of the valuable medium, and therefore the operator may recognize that the selection of the processing target banknote has been wrong. it can.

  Note that the method of moving the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 according to the size of the valuable medium is not limited to the mode of adjusting the distance between the guides based on the movement amount of each guide, but also the sensor 1006 provided in the regulation guides 1002 and 1003. You may be the aspect which utilizes. By detecting the end of the valuable medium by the sensor 1006 and stopping the restriction guides 1002 and 1003, the positions of the restriction guides 1002 and 1003 are adjusted according to each valuable medium even if the type of the valuable medium is not designated in advance. can do.

  In the case where the positions of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are automatically controlled, the movement between the guides starts at the initial position and stops when the distance between the guides matches the size of the valuable medium. After moving to a position that is narrower than the size by a predetermined value, the guide may be moved so that the distance between the guides is increased and stopped when the size matches the size of the valuable medium. In this way, by temporarily moving the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 to a position slightly narrower than the size of the valuable medium, the valuable medium bends so that the central portion swells with respect to both ends regulated by the guide, and the regulation guide 1002. And the valuable medium can be aligned so that both ends regulated by 1003 are aligned.

  In addition, when the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are once narrowed from the size of the valuable medium and then opened again, the distance between the guides is set to a predetermined value from the size of the valuable medium in addition to a mode of stopping according to the size of the valuable medium. Alternatively, it may be configured such that it opens to a position where it becomes wider and then closes again to stop according to the size of the valuable medium. That is, the movement of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 may be controlled to be narrowed, widened, and narrowed, and finally stopped according to the size of the valuable medium. Further, as described above, the operation of once narrowing or widening the distance between the guides from the size of the valuable medium is not limited to a mode in which the operation is performed only once.

  Furthermore, the stage 1001 on which the valuable medium regulated by the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 is placed is not limited to a flat shape. For example, when the distance between the guides is reduced, the stage 1001 is placed on the stage 1001. The central part of the stage may be formed so as to be higher than both ends so that the central parts of the plurality of valuable media bend in the same direction. By forming the shape of the stage 1001 so that the valuable medium is already slightly bent in a state where the valuable medium is in close contact with the stage 1001, when the distance between the guides is reduced, the valuable medium may be further bent at the initial stage. Since it bends so that it may become large, all valuable media can be bent in the same direction, and an end can be arranged more certainly.

  In addition, when narrowing the distance between the guides of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003, stop at a position that matches the size of the valuable medium, and once increase the distance between the guides, adjust the size to the size of the valuable medium again. An aspect may be sufficient. In addition, for example, an operation for temporarily reducing the distance between the guides from the size of the valuable medium in a certain valuable medium, and an operation of temporarily increasing the distance between the guides as the size of the valuable medium from another valuable medium is performed. In this manner, the operation of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 may be set according to the type of valuable medium.

  The movement of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 is not limited to a mode in which both guides are simultaneously moved by the same amount, and may be a mode in which one guide is moved one by one. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an operation example when the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are movable independently of each other. From the initial state shown in FIG. 6A, first, only one regulation guide 1002 located on the upper side of the figure moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the valuable medium is moved to the other regulation guide 1003 side located on the lower side. Move to contact. Thereafter, the regulation guide 1002 returns to the initial position and enters the state shown in FIG. When the valuable medium is detected by the sensors 1006 of both the regulating guides 1002 and 1003, the regulating guide 1002 determines that the width between the guides has reached the size of the valuable medium, stops, and reaches the initial position. It comes to return.

  Subsequently, as shown by arrows in FIG. 6B, the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are moved from both sides to position the valuable medium at the center of the stage 1001 as shown in FIG. In this case, both of the guides may be stopped when the valuable medium is detected by the sensors 1006 of both of the restriction guides 1002 and 1003, or when the valuable medium is brought into contact with the restriction guide 1003 by the restriction guide 1002. Since the size of the valuable medium is found from the distance between the guides, the movement amount of the restriction guides 1002 and 1003 from the initial position is calculated based on this size, and the restriction guides 1002 and 1003 are moved by this movement amount. Good.

  For example, a transmissive sensor is used as the sensor 1006 used for the regulation guides 1002 and 1003. If a transmissive sensor is used, a valuable medium that blocks light between the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit can be detected.

  However, the method and usage method of the sensor 1006 to be used are not limited to this. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of using the reflective sensor 1006a and the transmissive sensor 1006b for detecting a valuable medium. As shown in FIG. 7A, the transmissive sensor 1006b receives light from the light projecting unit when the stage 1001 has no valuable medium and there is a transparent medium that transmits light, and the light receiving unit is in the ON state. Thus, when there is an opaque medium, the light from the light projecting unit is blocked and turned off. On the other hand, when there is an opaque valuable medium on the stage 1001, the reflection type sensor 1006a receives light reflected from the valuable medium and reflected from the valuable medium, and the light receiving section is turned on. If not, it is turned off. Further, in the reflection type sensor 1006a, even when there is a transparent medium on the stage 1001, the reflection sensor 1006a is turned on when the medium reflects light.

  Valuable media such as banknotes and checks processed by the valuable media processing apparatus 500 are opaque. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the reflective sensor 1006a and the transmissive sensor 1006b, the ON / OFF state is between the state where there is no valuable medium on the stage 1001 and the state where the valuable medium is placed. The valuable medium can be detected by switching.

  In the valuable medium processing device 500, when the valuable medium is a damaged ticket that cannot be normally conveyed by the conveying unit 14 or a damaged ticket that is heavily soiled, a conveyance auxiliary sheet is used. Specifically, the sheet is put into the apparatus with a slipped sheet sandwiched between auxiliary conveyance sheets composed of two sheets. Thereby, the conveyance by the conveyance part 14 becomes possible irrespective of the state of a non-use ticket. Details of the conveyance auxiliary sheet will be described later.

  Since the conveyance auxiliary sheet is formed of a transparent or translucent sheet so that an image of a slipped sheet sandwiched between two sheets can be taken, as shown in FIG. 7A, a transmissive sensor 1006b is used. Then, the sheet end placed on the stage 1001 cannot be detected, and is turned off. On the other hand, since the conveyance auxiliary sheet reflects a part of the light, the reflective sensor 1006a is turned on. As a result, the reflection type sensor 1006a is switched from the OFF state to the ON state, so that it is detected that the medium is placed on the stage 1001, and at this time, the transmission type sensor 1006b remains in the ON state. It can be recognized that the medium is a transparent conveyance auxiliary sheet.

  That is, if only the reflective sensor 1006a is used, it cannot be accurately determined whether the detected medium is an opaque valuable medium or a transparent conveyance auxiliary sheet. If only the transmissive sensor 1006b is used, it is transparent whether there is no medium. It is not possible to accurately determine whether a correct conveyance assist sheet exists. Therefore, in the medium positioning apparatus 1000, by using both the reflection type sensor 1006a and the transmission type sensor 1006b, as shown in FIG. 7A, the stage 1001 has no medium and an opaque valuable medium is mounted. It is possible to recognize each of a placed state and a state where a transparent conveyance auxiliary sheet is placed.

  Specifically, in the medium positioning apparatus 1000, each of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 includes both the reflective sensor 1006a and the transmissive sensor 1006b. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7B, when the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are in the initial position and the sensors 1006a and 1006b are separated from the valuable medium or the conveyance auxiliary sheet, FIG. A detection result in the absence of the medium is obtained. In contrast, as shown in FIG. 7C, when the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 sandwich the valuable medium from both sides, the detection result corresponding to the valuable medium in FIG. 7A is obtained. Further, as shown in FIG. 7D, in the state where the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 sandwich the conveyance auxiliary sheet from both sides, the detection result corresponding to the conveyance auxiliary sheet of FIG. 7A is obtained. Thereby, even when a valuable medium is placed on the stage 1001 or when a conveyance auxiliary sheet is placed, this is correctly detected, and the positions of the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 are set according to the detected medium. be able to.

  In the case where a valuable medium or a conveyance auxiliary sheet is placed obliquely with respect to the regulation guides 1002 and 1003, the reflection type sensor 1006a or the transmission type sensor 1006b detects this with either one of the guides. There is. Even in this case, by comparing the detection results between the sensor of the regulation guide 1002 and the sensor of the regulation guide 1003, it can be recognized that the valuable medium or the conveyance auxiliary sheet is placed obliquely on the stage 1001. It is like that.

  The valuable medium that is placed on the stage 1001 by the input unit 10 and whose position is regulated in the center of the stage 1001 by the regulation guides 1002 and 1003 is fed out one by one by the feeding mechanism 12. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the structure and operation of the feeding mechanism 12. The feeding mechanism 12 includes a pick roller 1010 for moving the valuable medium placed on the stage 1001 in the feeding direction (right side in the drawing), a feed roller 1011 for feeding the valuable medium into the machine body, and a lower part of the feed roller 1011. It has a belt 1012 wound around a plurality of rollers on the side and a support portion 1013 for supporting a valuable medium from below. As shown in FIG. 8A, when only one valuable medium is fed, the pick roller 1010 and the feed roller 1011 are driven to rotate counterclockwise in the drawing and wound around a plurality of rollers. The belt 1012 is driven clockwise. Thereby, one valuable medium can be reliably sent out to the machine body. When feeding a plurality of bundled valuable media, as shown in FIG. 8B, the pick roller 1010 and the feed roller 1011 are driven counterclockwise in the drawing and the belt 1012 is counterclockwise. To drive. That is, while the pick roller 1010 and the feed roller 1011 feed the first valuable medium into the machine body, the belt 1012 returns the reverse belt to the stage 1001 so that the second and subsequent valuable media are not fed into the machine body. Function as. As a result, only the uppermost one of the bundle-like valuable media can be separated from the other valuable media and sent out into the machine. As described above, in the feeding mechanism 12, the rotation direction of the belt 1012 is controlled depending on whether the valuable medium placed on the stage 1001 is one sheet or a plurality of sheets, and the valuable medium is surely moved one by one. It comes out to the body. Whether the designated medium is a single sheet or a plurality of sheets is recognized based on whether the designated operation mode is the single sheet capture mode or the batch capture mode. Details of the operation mode will be described later.

(Function and operation of valuable media processing device)
Next, the function of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 will be described by taking as an example the case where the valuable medium to be processed is a banknote. FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the valuable medium processing device 500 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the valuable medium processing device 500 is provided with a control unit 80, and each component of the valuable medium processing device 500 is controlled by the control unit 80. The control unit 80 includes the image pickup unit 16, the transport unit 14, the specified securities storage unit 30, the non-performing ticket storage units 40 and 42, the new ticket storage unit 50, the input unit 10, the dispensing unit 60, the temporary unit illustrated in FIG. 3. A holding unit 20 or the like is connected. As described above, the imaging unit 16 captures the valuable medium put into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 to obtain image data, and the image data obtained by the imaging unit 16 is sent to the control unit 80. Are stored in the storage unit 82. The control unit 80 includes components such as the transport unit 14, the specified securities storage unit 30, the non-performing ticket storage units 40 and 42, the new ticket storage unit 50, the input unit 10, the dispensing unit 60, and the temporary storage unit 20. These commands are controlled by sending a command signal to. In addition, a storage unit 82 and a communication unit 84 are connected to the control unit 80. The storage unit 82 stores setting information related to the valuable medium processing device 500 and information related to the amount of the valuable medium stored in the specific securities storage unit 30, the non-performing ticket storage units 40 and 42, the new ticket storage unit 50, and the like. It is like that. The control unit 80 transmits and receives signals to and from the control unit 800 of the money handling system 1 via the communication unit 84. Thereby, the valuable medium processing device 500 can acquire and use information on the banknotes processed by the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the banknotes stored therein.

  Further, the control unit 80 includes a ticket type accepting unit 85 for accepting the denomination and issue time of the non-performing ticket, a value accepting unit 86 for accepting the value of the non-performing ticket, and support for determining the value of, for example, a grid line described later. An output means 87 for outputting information, a calculation means 88 for calculating the validity or revocation rate of a non-performing bill for a genuine note, a discrimination means 89 for discriminating a ticket type, and information displayed on the operation display unit 600 as an entire transaction Selecting means 90 for selecting whether to use one valuable medium or a piece of valuable medium, a slippery state receiving means 92 for receiving information on the state of a slippery indicating whether or not repair is necessary, and a person having specific authority A setting unit 93 for setting, a deposit data creating unit 95 for creating deposit data from image data obtained by the imaging unit 16, and a bill information receiving unit 96 for receiving bill information are connected. Details of the function of each part will be described later.

  Next, the operation of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 shown in FIGS. 3 and 9 will be described below. Each operation shown below is performed by the control unit 80 controlling each component of the valuable medium processing device 500.

  First, the case of depositing a slip or old ticket into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. A slip or an old ticket that could not be stored in the body of the loose bill processing apparatus 100 is put into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500. That is, the valuable medium processing device 500 processes a damaged ticket or an old ticket that cannot be received by the loose banknote processing device 100.

  First, the operator causes the ID card reader 810 of the money handling system 1 shown in FIG. 2 to read the owned ID card (STEP 101). The control unit 800 of the money handling system 1 confirms the authority of the operator based on the ID information of the ID card read by the ID card reader 810. Next, the operator operates the operation display unit 600 of the money handling system 1 to select the deposit mode (STEP 102). Specifically, the operation display unit 600 includes a “single-sheet capture mode (a mode for capturing a valuable medium placed on the input unit 10 one by one)” and a “collective capture mode (for the input unit 10) as the deposit mode. Three modes are displayed: a mode in which a plurality of placed valuable media are sequentially fetched one by one) and a “re-take-in mode (a mode in which a slip is retaken)”, and the operator can select from these three modes. Select one mode. Thereafter, when the operator inserts a slip or an old ticket into the input unit 10 of the valuable medium processing device 500, the payout mechanism 12 takes in the slip or old ticket one by one into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 (STEP 103). ), And is transported by the first transport unit 14a of the transport unit 14. Thereafter, the loss ticket and the old ticket are imaged by the imaging unit 16 and image data is acquired. Then, the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing device 500 determines whether there is any abnormality in the damaged or old bills inserted into the machine body (STEP 104). If there is no abnormality (state that cannot be accepted in the aircraft, for example, abnormal conveyance such as skew feeding or double feeding) in the damaged ticket or old ticket (“YES” in STEP 104), the image data of the damaged ticket or old ticket Is acquired by the control unit 80 and stored in the storage unit 82 or the like (STEP 107). Then, the damaged or old ticket determined to have no abnormality is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 20 and temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20 (STEP 108). On the other hand, when there is an abnormality in the slipped ticket or the old ticket inserted into the aircraft (“NO” in STEP 104), the slipped ticket or the old ticket is thrown out by the first transport unit 14a of the transport unit 14. Is returned to the outside of the machine (STEP 105). Here, when the single-sheet capture mode is selected when the deposit mode is selected (“YES” in STEP 106), the deposit operation in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 ends. On the other hand, if the single capture mode is not selected when the deposit mode is selected, and the batch capture mode or the recapture mode is selected instead (“NO” in STEP 106), it is input to the input unit 10. The damaged bills and old bills are taken one by one into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 by the feeding mechanism 12, and each processing is continued.

  When a damaged ticket or an old ticket is held in the temporary holding unit 20 (STEP 108), the operation display unit 600 displays the image data of the damaged ticket or the old ticket captured by the imaging unit 16 (STEP 109). And an operator inputs payment data by the operation display part 600 based on the image data of the damaged ticket and old ticket displayed on the operation display part 600 (STEP110). Here, the deposit data refers to the bill type and value of the banknote. The bill type of banknote refers to the type of banknote denomination and old and new types. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 22, the combination of the issue time (A to E) and the denomination is combined. Say. In banknotes of various ticket types as shown in FIG. 22, ticket types other than D 2000 yen, E 1000 yen, E 5000 yen, and E 10,000 yen are called “old tickets”.

  Moreover, if the value of a banknote is demonstrated concretely, the value of the correct ticket which does not have a defect will become equivalent to the money type of this banknote. On the other hand, the value of a non-performing banknote (a banknote that does not maintain the shape of a rectangular banknote or has a hole) is not equivalent to the denomination depending on the level of the defect. Therefore, it is routinely performed at financial institutions such as banks to exchange for bills corresponding to the value. More specifically, the criteria for determining the value of banknotes that are partially broken and missing are defined by, for example, the central bank (the Bank of Japan in the case of Japan). For example, for a banknote that is partially broken and missing, if the ratio of the remaining area of the banknote is 2/3 or more, it is worth the total amount of the denomination of the banknote, and the ratio of the remaining area of the banknote Is 2/5 or more and less than 2/3, it is worth half the price of the denomination of the banknote. On the other hand, when the ratio of the remaining area of the banknote is less than 2/5, the value of the banknote has expired and is treated as having no value. Specifically, for example, if a portion of the 10,000-yen bill that is partially broken and is missing and the ratio of the remaining area of the 10,000-yen bill is 2/3 or more, it will be 10,000 yen for a regular ticket at a bank, etc. Can be exchanged for bills, and if the remaining area of 10,000 yen bills is 2/5 or more and less than 2/3, exchange it with a 5,000 yen bill at a bank etc. Is possible. In this case, the value of the banknote is 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen, respectively. On the other hand, if most of the 10,000 yen bill is torn and missing, and the percentage of the remaining area of the 10,000 yen bill is less than 2/5, the value of the 10,000 yen bill is regarded as 0, and It cannot be exchanged for a bill.

  Returning to FIG. 10, when the operator inputs deposit data such as a ticket type and value through the operation display unit 600 (STEP 110), the operation display unit 600 includes the receipt data and the image data of the lost ticket and the old ticket in parallel. (STEP 111). In this case, the deposit data and the image data are processed in association with each other, including data displayed as shown in FIG. 11 described later, and stored in the storage units 82 and 808.

  Thereafter, all of the slips and old tickets inserted into the input unit 10 are taken into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500, and after these slips and old tickets are held in the temporary storage unit 20, the operation display unit 600 is displayed. Is displayed asking for confirmation of the deposit data. When the operator issues an instruction for confirming the deposit data (“YES” in STEP 112), the lost or temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 is stored in the first transport unit 14a of the transport unit 14. The sheets are conveyed one by one, and are classified and stored in the non-conventional bill storage units 40 and 42 (STEP 113). Thereafter, the input deposit data is stored in the storage unit 808 of the money handling system 1 or the storage unit 82 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 (STEP 114). On the other hand, when the operator corrects the deposit data instead of confirming the deposit data (“NO” in STEP 112), the input deposit data is corrected (“YES” in STEP 115) ( (STEP 117). Thereafter, the operation display unit 600 displays a message requesting confirmation of the corrected payment data. On the other hand, when the deposit data is not corrected and an instruction to return a damaged ticket or old ticket is input from the operation display unit 600 (“NO” in STEP 115), the deposit is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20. Damaged tickets and old tickets are transported to the dispensing unit 60 by the first transport unit 14a of the transport unit 14 and returned to the outside of the machine (STEP 116). In this way, the operation of depositing a slip or old ticket into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is completed.

(Discarded ticket collection processing)
In the valuable medium processing device 500, when a new slip is newly deposited, it is determined whether or not this slip satisfies the collection conditions set in advance, and the collection is possible after satisfying the collection conditions. This is notified to the operator. This process is a process performed by the control unit 800 of the money handling system 1 or the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 following the depositing operation to the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this process will be described.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of processing for determining whether or not the collection condition is satisfied. As shown in FIG. 10, when the deposit data relating to the non-performing bill is confirmed and stored in the storage unit 808 of the money handling system 1 or the storage unit 82 of the valuable medium processing device 500, the process shown in FIG. 23 is started. . First, information relating to the type of banknotes newly deposited into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is acquired from the deposit data determined in the depositing process to the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 (STEP 120). Subsequently, the number data of each newly deposited ticket type is acquired. Specifically, each time a new slip is received into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, the number data of each ticket type that is accumulated and stored is read from the storage unit 808 or the storage unit 82 (STEP 121). ). Thereby, the number of each ticket type updated by the deposit process to the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is determined. The number-of-sheets data acquired here is number-of-damaged sheet number data in a repair unnecessary state, which will be described later. That is, the total number of non-repairable slips that have already been torn or the like is acquired as the latest information on the recoverable slips.

  Subsequently, the number information of the banknotes stored in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is acquired for each type of banknote whose number information has been updated by the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 (STEP 122). Then, for each type of ticket, the total number of damaged tickets that can be collected from the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and the number of damaged tickets stored in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is calculated (STEP 123). That is, the total number of banknotes that can be collected from each device constituting the money handling system 1 is calculated for each ticket type.

  Then, it is determined whether or not there is a recoverable slip (STEP 124). Here, the case where there is a recoverable non-existent ticket means that there is a non-existent ticket type in which the total number of sheets stored in the entire money handling system 1 has reached a predetermined number set in advance as a recovery condition. And the case where the banknote of the bill type in which the storage period reached the predetermined period previously set as collection | recovery conditions starting from the time when the 1st banknote was stored in the money handling system 1 is said.

  Specifically, for example, when collection conditions are set so as to be collected when the number of banknotes of E-thousand-yen bills reaches 100, they are stored in the valuable medium processing device 500. When the total number of E-tickets in 10,000 yen bills and the stored number of E-tickets in 10,000-yen bills processing equipment 100 reaches 100, the collection conditions can be met and collected. It is determined that In addition, for example, even if the number of non-performing C-tickets for 10,000 yen bills is set to be 50, it is set to be collected. When the period after the loss ticket of the 10,000 yen bill C ticket is stored exceeds a period of one year set in advance as a collection condition, it is determined that the collection condition is satisfied and the collection is possible. In addition, the number of sheets and the period used as the determination criteria can be set for the ticket type. For this reason, for example, for a ticket type with a small number of circulation in the market, the reference number of sheets can be set smaller than other ticket types, or the reference period can be set longer than other ticket types.

  As a result of the determination, when there is a non-recoverable ticket that satisfies the collection condition (“YES” in STEP 124), the operator displays information on the operation display unit 600 or makes a predetermined sound, thereby (STEP 125). On the other hand, when there is no recoverable slip (STEP 124 "NO"), the process is terminated. Regarding the number of stored sheets, the number of stored sheets stored in the storage unit 808 and the storage unit 82 is updated based on the number of sheets remaining in the apparatus after the collection of the slip. In addition, when the slip is not collected, the stored number information is maintained. With regard to the starting point of the collection period calculation, there is a possibility that it will not be collected while confirming that the specified period has passed. If not, the notification is updated after a predetermined time or after the notification is canceled by a predetermined operation to start from the notification date.

  In addition, although the case where a banknote was received in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and the number of stored banknotes was updated was described here as an example, this embodiment is not limited to this, The same processing is performed when the number of stored slips stored in the processing apparatus 100 is updated. In addition, although the case where the number of sheets is judged only for a non-repairable state non-repaired state in which the repair is unnecessary or the repair is necessary but has already been repaired and can be collected has been described as an example. The present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, it is determined whether or not a predetermined number of sheets including the number of non-repairable damaged sheets that are in a state of repair is reached, and the number of non-repairable tickets and the repair work It may be a mode for notifying that it can be collected by performing.

  Also, the method for reporting information related to the collection of non-conforming tickets is not limited to the above description. For example, the current total number of banknotes is always displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 600, and when the total number is reached, there is a banknote that can be collected and the storage area of the banknote to be collected. May be displayed, or while other processing is being performed, only information that there is information to be notified is displayed in the corner on the screen, and an operator who has confirmed this performs a predetermined operation. In this case, information regarding recoverable slips may be displayed. Further, the display may be an aspect in which only the information of the ticket types that can be collected may be displayed, or an aspect in which the number information of each ticket type is displayed. Furthermore, in addition to a mode of displaying and notifying on the operation display unit 600, a mode of transmitting information to a computer terminal or a portable terminal such as a superior or the like may be used.

  In addition, the number of damaged bills in both the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is added and the determination is made based on the total number. For example, only the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 or the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is used. It is also possible to make a determination based on the number of damaged tickets stored in each device. Each of these setting items can be freely set.

  It is also possible to set the priority order of the devices to be collected at the time of collecting the slip. For example, giving priority to the collection from the valuable medium processing device 500, only when the number of recoverable banknotes stored in the valuable medium processing device 500 is less than a predetermined number set in advance as a collection condition, The aspect which collect | recovers the missing ticket from the apparatus 100 may be sufficient. In this case, the processing (STEPs 122 and 123) related to the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. That is, when a predetermined number of banknotes can be collected from the preferential value medium processing device 500, the processing related to the banknote processing device 100 can be omitted and the processing can be performed at high speed. Moreover, since priority can be set arbitrarily, it can also be set as the setting which gives priority to the recovery of the damaged bill from the bulk-medium processing apparatus 100 over the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, for example. Specifically, only when the number of recoverable banknotes stored in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is confirmed in advance, and the number of banknotes is less than a predetermined number set as a recovery condition, it is valuable. The number of recoverable slips stored in the medium processing apparatus 500 is confirmed, and when the total number satisfies the recovery conditions, these slips are recovered. By setting in this way, for example, when it is not desired to leave a damaged bill as much as possible in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, it is possible to preferentially collect the damaged banknote stored in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100.

  As described above, it is determined that the recovery of the non-conforming ticket is possible when the predetermined number of sheets has been reached or when the predetermined period has passed. In addition, the number of sheets and the period serving as a determination criterion can be set for the ticket type. Thereby, according to the operation | movement of the bank etc. which use the circulation amount in the market and the money processing system 1, the timing of a damage ticket collection | recovery can be set flexibly. Further, when there is a recoverable slip, this is automatically determined and notified, so there is no need to check whether there is a recoverable slip. In addition, for ticket types with a small amount of circulation in the market, even if the predetermined number of sheets is not reached, a notification is given when a predetermined period has elapsed, so it is possible to consider whether or not to collect them. At this time, even if it is determined not to be collected, the notification is made if the predetermined period elapses again starting from the notification date, so the forgotten that it is stored in the device and the damaged ticket is left in the device. Can be avoided.

  Next, the flow of recovery processing for recovering a slip or old ticket from the valuable medium processing device 500 will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. In the recovery processing of the non-use ticket and the old ticket from the valuable medium processing device 500, the non-use ticket and the old ticket stored in the non-payment storage section 42 of the tape take-up method among the two non-use ticket storage sections 40 and 42 are recovered. The details will be described later.

  First, the operator causes the ID card reader 810 to read the owned ID card (STEP 201). The control unit 800 confirms the authority of the operator based on the ID information of the ID card read by the ID card reader 810. Next, the operator inputs the collection data through the operation display unit 600 (STEP 202). Here, the collection data may be image data of a slip or an old ticket stored in the tape take-up type slip ticket storage unit 42, or the number of banknotes to be collected for each type of ticket. Alternatively, it may be information relating to the number of each denomination (for example, information that collects 30 thousand yen bills of D tickets). Details of image data acquisition and value input related to the collection data will be described later.

  When the collection data is input, the damaged ticket and the old ticket are fed one by one from the damaged ticket storage unit 42 to the first conveying unit 14a of the conveying unit 14 (STEP 203). Here, when the non-use ticket or the old ticket manipulated from the non-use ticket storage unit 42 is the one to be collected (“YES” in STEP 204), the image data (recovery of the non-use ticket or the old ticket to be collected) Image) is acquired by the imaging unit 16 (STEP 205). Then, the image data (payment image) in the deposit process shown in FIG. 10 and the image data to be collected are displayed and compared (STEP 206). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is an abnormality in the comparison result (STEP 207). If there is an abnormality (“NO” in STEP 207), it is notified as an error (STEP 208). On the other hand, if there is no abnormality (“YES” in STEP 207), the lost or old ticket to be collected is held in the temporary holding unit 20 (STEP 209).

  The processing (STEP 205 to STEP 208) from the acquisition of the recovery image of the non-conformity ticket to be collected to the determination of the presence or absence of abnormality compared to the deposit image is what the non-conformity ticket or old ticket to be collected should actually be collected. It is for confirming that there is. The banknotes stored in the tape take-up type non-conformity storage unit 42 are managed based on the storage order. For this reason, if a jam or the like occurs and the consistency between the actual banknotes fed out from the damaged bill storage unit 42 and the managed data cannot be obtained, the banknotes to be collected cannot be accurately withdrawn. In order to avoid such a situation, it is confirmed that the deposit image, which is an image of the banknote to be paid out from the non-payment storage unit 42, and the collection image, which is an image of the banknote that is actually drawn out, are compared and matched. It has become. These determinations are automatically performed using an image matching technique, but can also be performed by visual confirmation by an operator. When it is determined that the images do not match and an error has been notified (STEP 208), the deposit image and the banknotes stored in the non-contained bill storage unit 42 are separately confirmed, Processing for ensuring consistency is performed.

  When the slip or old ticket manipulated from the slip ticket storage unit 42 is not a collection target (“NO” in STEP 204), the bill is stored in the temporary storage unit 20 (STEP 210). Then, it is determined whether or not all banknotes to be collected have been collected (STEP 211). Here, when the banknotes for collection | recovery object are not yet obtained ("NO" of STEP211), it returns to STEP203 and the next loss ticket and the old ticket are drawn out. On the other hand, when the banknotes for collection are obtained (“YES” in STEP 211), the collection data is transmitted to the computer terminal or portable terminal of the person in charge in order to obtain the approval of the person in charge for collecting the banknotes ( (STEP 212). Then, it is determined whether or not an approval result by the responsible person is obtained (STEP 213), and the process is interrupted until the approval result is obtained ("NO" in STEP 213).

  When the approval result by the person in charge is obtained (“YES” in STEP 213), a process of feeding and moving the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 20 is started (STEP 214). Here, when the collection process is approved by the person in charge, among the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 20, the banknote that is the target of the recovery process is regarded as the approved medium, and the banknote that is not the target of the recovery process. Is a non-approved medium. If the collection process is not approved by the person in charge, all banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 20 are set as non-approved media.

  When the banknote is paid out from the temporary storage unit 20, it is determined whether the banknote is an approved medium or an unapproved medium (STEP 215). If the medium is an approved medium (“YES” in STEP 215), the banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing unit 60 and accumulated (STEP 216). On the other hand, when the medium is not an approved medium but a non-approved medium (“NO” in STEP 215), the banknote is conveyed and stored in the non-payment storage unit 42 (STEP 217). At this time, in the storage unit 808 and the storage unit 82, the data on the damaged ticket and the old ticket stored in the damaged ticket storage unit 42 is updated (STEP 218). In this way, until all the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 20 are fed out, the process of storing the approved medium to the dispensing unit 60 and collecting the non-approved medium back to the non-payment storage unit 42 is repeated. (“NO” in STEP 219).

  When all banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 219), it is determined whether or not there is a medium to be collected in the dispensing unit 60 (STEP 220). At this time, if the responsible person has approved the collection process first, banknotes to be collected are accumulated in the dispensing unit 60, and if the collection process is not approved, the dispensing unit 60 is informed. Is in a state where there is no bill to be collected. When there is no medium in the dispensing unit 60 (“NO” in STEP 220), the processing ends with the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 20 being returned to the non-payment storage unit 42, and the non-payment is not collected. It will be.

  On the other hand, when there is a bill to be collected in the dispensing unit 60 (“YES” in STEP 220), the shutter 61a provided in the dispensing unit 60 is opened (STEP 221), and the collected bill is collected from the dispensing unit 60. Can be taken out. Then, when the operator collects the slip from the dispensing unit 60 and this is detected by the sampling detection unit 61b provided in the dispensing unit 60 (“YES” in STEP 222), the shutter 61a is closed. (STEP223).

(Processing related to deposit data)
Returning to FIG. 10, when performing deposit processing for depositing a slip into the valuable medium processing device 500, processing for acquiring and displaying the image data of the slip, and processing for inputting the deposit data based on the image data (STEP 110) It is important to do exactly. Input data including deposit data is processed in association with image data and stored in storage units 82 and 808. A specific mode of the deposit data input process will be described here with reference to FIGS. 9 and 11 to 15.

  In the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, as shown in FIG. 9, a ticket type receiving means 85, a value receiving means 86, an output means 87, and a calculating means 88 are provided. These ticket type accepting means 85, value accepting means 86, output means 87, and calculating means 88 are connected to the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing device 500, and are accepted by the ticket kind accepting means 85 and the value accepting means 86. Various types of information are sent to the control unit 80. Further, when the control unit 80 gives a command to the output unit 87, the output unit 87, as will be described later, provides support information (in other words, an operator for assisting a process in which the operator determines the value of the non-use ticket). Useful reference information) is output. Hereinafter, each of the ticket type receiving means 85, the value receiving means 86, the output means 87, and the calculating means 88 will be described.

  When a valuable ticket is inserted into the insertion unit 10 in the valuable medium processing device 500, the defective ticket is fed into the machine body by the feeding mechanism 12 and conveyed by the conveying unit 14. Then, the banknotes drawn out into the machine body are imaged by the imaging unit 16, and image data of the captured banknotes is acquired. In the present embodiment, both the front and back surfaces of the banknote are imaged by the imaging unit 16, and the respective image data on the front and back surfaces are acquired. Thereafter, the damaged ticket imaged by the imaging unit 16 is transported to the temporary holding unit 20 and temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 20. When the damaged ticket is held in the temporary holding unit 20, the image data of the damaged ticket is displayed on the operation display unit 600. The operator inputs deposit data through the operation display unit 600 on the basis of the image data of the damaged ticket displayed on the operation display unit 600. Specifically, the bill type, value, etc. of the banknote (damaged bill) are input as the deposit data.

  When the operator inputs the deposit data using the operation display unit 600, the operation display unit 600 including the touch panel displays the image data of the damaged ticket imaged by the imaging unit 16, and FIG. An operation screen as shown is displayed. On this operation screen, information for selecting the denomination, its issue date, the value of the non-performing ticket, necessity of repair, necessity of appraisal is displayed. Then, the operator first inputs the denomination (denoted as “amount” in FIG. 11) of the banknote inserted in the input unit 10. Specifically, when the operator's finger touches each denomination (amount) displayed on the operation display unit 600, the amount of the lost ticket is selected. In this case, if the denomination of the denomination is determined by the processing such as OCR by the control unit 80 based on the image data of the non-use ticket imaged by the imaging unit 16, the operation display Among the denominations (amounts) displayed on the part 600, the denominations (amounts) that match the discrimination results are highlighted in color and displayed so as to be distinguishable from other denominations.

  Next, the operator selects the issuance time of the non-use ticket inserted into the insertion unit 10. Specifically, when the operator's finger touches any one of “A ticket” to “E ticket” displayed on the operation display unit 600, the issuance time of the damaged ticket is selected. The A ticket to E ticket displayed on the operation display unit 600 in FIG. 11 correspond to the date of issuance of the damaged ticket in FIG. In other words, when the operator selects “10,000 yen bill” in the amount of money and selects “E ticket” for the issuance time, the ticket type is E 10,000 yen ticket (the issue date is November 1, 2004). Is input. In this way, the ticket type accepting unit 85 accepts the ticket type of the slipped ticket input from the operation display unit 600.

  Next, the operator uses the operation display unit 600 to select the value of the banknote inserted into the insertion unit 10. Specifically, the value of the damaged ticket is selected by touching one of the “full amount”, “half price”, and “revocation” displayed on the operation display unit 600 with the finger of the operator. The value of the damaged ticket input by the operation display unit 600 is received by the value receiving means 86. In addition, the operator inputs information on whether or not to repair the damaged bill inserted into the insertion unit 10 through the operation display unit 600. Specifically, whether or not to repair the damaged ticket by touching one of the “repair: required” or “repair: no” displayed on the operation display unit 600 with the finger of the operator. A selection is made. In addition, the operator inputs information on whether or not to appraise the slip that has been inserted into the insertion unit 10 through the operation display unit 600. Specifically, whether or not to appraise a non-performing ticket by touching either of “Appraisal: Required” or “Appraisal: No” displayed on the operation display unit 600. A selection is made.

  In addition, about the selection of the item in an operation screen, when the information which concerns on the money type of a banknote is received when the banknote type of a banknote is received by the ticket type reception means 85, among several candidates which relate to the new and old of a banknote Only the item corresponding to the denomination is displayed on the operation display unit 600. Specifically, on the operation screen shown in FIG. 11, for example, when a 2000 yen bill is selected as the denomination (amount), only the D ticket is displayed from the A ticket to the E ticket, and the other A Tickets, B tickets, C tickets, and E tickets cannot be selected. This is because, as shown in FIG. 22, there are only D 2000 yen bills as the 2000 yen bill type. Similarly, on the operation screen shown in FIG. 11, for example, when a 10,000 yen bill is selected as the denomination (amount), only the C ticket, the D ticket, and the E ticket are displayed as the issuance time. Other A tickets and B tickets cannot be selected. This is because, as shown in FIG. 22, there are only C 10,000 yen, D 10,000 yen and E 10,000 yen as the types of 10,000 yen bills. In this way, on the display screen of the operation display unit 600 as shown in FIG. 11, when information related to the denomination of the banknote is received, only the one corresponding to the denomination among the plurality of candidates related to the new and old banknotes. It is displayed on the operation display unit 600. For this reason, the operator can quickly and reliably select the ticket type.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the output means 87 outputs the image data of the damaged ticket obtained by the imaging unit 16 and support information for assisting the operator in determining the value of the damaged ticket, The output information is displayed on the operation display unit 600. Here, the support information for assisting the operator in determining the value of the banknote is, for example, vertical and horizontal grid lines at predetermined intervals as shown in FIG. The operator refers to such a grid-like line, and determines the ratio of the effective area or the invalid area of the banknote in the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 with respect to the entire area of the undamaged banknote. . If the ratio of the effective area of the non-performing ticket is 2/3 or more of the total area, the non-performing ticket is worth the full amount of the denomination, and the operator must enter “full amount” when entering the value. select. Similarly, if the proportion of the effective area is 2/5 or more and less than 2/3, the non-performing ticket is worth half the price of the denomination, and the operator inputs the value. Select “half price”. On the other hand, when the ratio of the remaining area of the banknote is less than 2/5, it is determined that the value of the banknote has expired and has no value, and the operator performs “revocation” when inputting the value. select. As described above, the support information including the grid lines shown in FIG. 12 is helpful when the operator inputs the value of the bill through the operation display unit 600. Note that a plurality of grid lines as shown in FIG. 12 are prepared for each type of banknote, and when a banknote type is received by the banknote accepting unit 85, Corresponding grid lines are displayed on the operation display unit 600.

  FIG. 13 shows the display contents when the image data of the damaged bill that has been broken by about half is displayed on the operation display unit 600. As shown in FIG. 13, even when about half of a non-performing ticket is torn and missing, the support information made up of a grid line is operated so as to correspond to the entire area of the correct note corresponding to the type of the non-performing ticket. It is displayed on the display unit 600. The operator can quickly and surely determine how much of the damaged bill is missing by the grid line drawn so as to cover the damaged bill.

  The slips inserted into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 are in a state where the front and back directions and the top and bottom directions are different. For this reason, the front and back and the top and bottom of the image data fed out into the apparatus and picked up by the image pickup unit 16 are in a disjoint state. However, since the image data of the front surface and the back surface are acquired separately, the image of the front surface or the back surface can be selected and used regardless of the direction of the banknote. Moreover, even if the top and bottom of the image data is scattered, the top and bottom directions can be easily aligned by rotating the image data. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 13, the image data displayed on the operation display unit 600 selects the front and back and the top and bottom so that it is easy to see for the viewer regardless of the direction and direction of the banknote imaged by the imaging unit 16. Can be displayed.

  In the valuable medium processing device 500, the front / back direction and the top / bottom direction of the actual damaged ticket stored in the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42 can be matched with the image data. For example, when using the image data on the surface of a slipper so that the top direction is upward, the reversal mechanism for aligning the front and back and the top and bottom provided on the device is used to remove the slip on the surface. In the state, the top and bottom directions are aligned and stored in the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42. For this reason, when taking out a slip from the slip-ticket storage unit 40 or 42 and comparing it with the image data displayed on the operation display unit 600, the actual slip is matched with the image data displayed on the screen as in the past. There is no need to turn it upside down or to change the direction of the top and bottom, and the comparison work can be performed easily. In addition, the process which reverses a non-use ticket is not restricted to the aspect performed using a special inversion mechanism, For example, you may perform it by performing the switchback conveyance using the three-way branch of a conveyance path.

  Moreover, in the calculation means 88 connected to the control part 80 as shown in FIG. 9, the effective area of the banknote in the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging part 16 with respect to the whole area of the banknote which is not damaged. Alternatively, the ratio of the expired area is calculated. More specifically, for example, the calculating unit 88 uses the imaging unit 16 to calculate the number of pixels of the image data of the damaged bill obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the correct ticket (undamaged banknote) for the ticket type of the damaged ticket. By comparing the number of pixels of the image data when the image is taken, the ratio of the effective area or the invalid area of the non-performing ticket is calculated. The output means 87 outputs the ratio calculated by the calculation means 88 in addition to the support information composed of grid lines. More specifically, for example, when a lossy ticket that is broken and broken about half as shown in FIG. 13 is imaged by the imaging unit 16 and held in the temporary holding unit 20, the operation display unit 600 is damaged. The ticket image data and the support information including the grid lines are displayed, and the ratio of the effective area calculated by the calculation unit 88 is displayed. For example, information that “the ratio of the effective area is 58%” is displayed on the operation display unit 600. Such information relating to the effective area or the invalid area ratio of the non-performing bill calculated by the calculating means 88 can be referred to when the operator inputs the value of the bill through the operation display unit 600. In addition to the area ratio, the operation display unit 600 can also display the value of a non-use ticket corresponding to this area. Specifically, for example, in addition to the display of “effective area ratio 58%”, information of “equivalent to half price” is displayed. Details of the screen display will be described later.

  Then, when the operator inputs the deposit data through the operation display unit 600, as shown in FIG. 14, the image data of the damaged ticket obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the ticket type of the damaged ticket received by the ticket type receiving means 85. Is output by the output means 87, and the output information is displayed on the operation display unit 600. Specifically, when the operator inputs the deposit data through the operation display unit 600, the operation display unit 600 displays the deposit data (image slip) and the image data of the damaged ticket in parallel. Here, the deposit data includes the ticket type of the damaged ticket received by the ticket type receiving means 85 and the value of the damaged ticket received by the value receiving means 86. Further, when the imaging unit 16 images both the front and back sides of the banknote, the operation display unit 600 displays the image data of the front and back sides of the banknotes, respectively. This makes it easy for the operator to find an input error by visually confirming the operation display unit 600 after inputting the deposit data, and prevents the ticket type and value of the lost ticket from being input by mistake. Can do.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the deposit data includes a processing date, a processing time, an operator ID (information read by the ID card reader 810 and the ID strength read by the operator), and the ticket type And information such as value. That is, the ticket type of the damaged ticket in the deposit data shown in FIG. 14 is input to the ticket type accepting means 85 by the operator inputting the type and issue time of the damaged ticket on the display screen of the operation display unit 600 shown in FIG. 14 is the ticket type of the accepted slip, and the value of the slip in the deposit data shown in FIG. 14 is input to the value accepting means 86 by the operator inputting the value of the slip on the operation display unit 600 shown in FIG. It is the value of the accepted slip. As described above, the deposit data displayed on the operation display unit 600 includes the ticket type and value of the lost ticket received by the ticket type receiving means 85.

  The operation display unit 600 may be configured to display the image data of one piece of a slip and the deposit data of the slip, or all obtained by the imaging unit 16 in one transaction. It is also possible to display a list of the image data of the non-performing ticket and each deposit data (image slip) corresponding to each image data of the non-slip ticket. As another example, selection means for selecting whether to display the image data of the damaged tickets obtained by the imaging unit 16 one by one or to display a list of all the image data of the damaged tickets in one transaction. 90 (see FIG. 9) is provided, and the operation display unit 600 displays the image data of the banknote and the deposit data corresponding to the image data by the method selected by the selection means 90. It may be. In the case of displaying a list, the number of displayed slips simultaneously displayed on the screen can be designated by operating the selection means 90.

  In addition, in the operation display unit 600, instead of displaying both the deposit data (including the ticket type of the damaged ticket accepted by the ticket type accepting unit 85) and the image data of the damaged ticket, the deposited data is displayed. In addition, only one of the image data of the banknote and the non-conforming ticket may be displayed on the screen and displayed while switching the deposit data and the image data.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the ticket type (denomination and issue time) of the slip is determined based on the image data of the slip obtained by the imaging unit 16. A discriminating means 89 is provided. In the operation display unit 600, when the ticket type of the damaged ticket determined by the determining means 89 and the ticket type of the damaged ticket received by the operator and received by the ticket type receiving means 85 are different, Is displayed so that the banknote can be recognized. For example, the deposit data of a damaged ticket having a different ticket type determined by the determining means 89 and the ticket type received from the operator is displayed in a color different from the deposit data of the matched ticket. Specifically, when the ticket type of the damaged ticket determined by the determining unit 89 matches the ticket type of the damaged ticket received by the ticket type receiving unit 85, the background of the deposit data is displayed in white, for example. Is done. On the other hand, in order to issue a warning to the operator when the ticket type of the damaged ticket determined by the determining means 89 and the ticket type of the damaged ticket received from the operator by the ticket type receiving means 85 are different. The background of the deposit data is displayed in red, for example. If the determination result by the determination means 89 and the input result by the operator are different, in addition to changing the display method of the deposit data, a message prompting the operator to confirm is displayed on the operation display unit 600. .

  Further, in the control unit 80, the value of the non-performing ticket is determined based on the information regarding the type of the non-performing ticket determined by the determining unit 89 and the ratio of the effective area or the invalid area calculated by the calculating unit 88. May be automatically calculated. Then, when the operator inputs the value of the non-issued ticket on the operation screen of the operation display unit 600 shown in FIG. 11, the value of the non-use ticket accepted by the value accepting means 86 and automatically calculated by the control unit 80. If the value of the non-payment is different, a warning is issued to the operator, so that the background of the deposit data displayed on the operation display unit 600 is different from the background of the deposit data when both values are the same. Is displayed. In addition, a message for prompting the operator to confirm is displayed on the operation display unit 600.

  As described above, after the operator has completed the input of the deposit data, if there is a possibility that the deposit data has an error, a message for prompting the operator to confirm is displayed on the operation display unit 600. The operator can check the deposit data at two timings, “when selecting the type and value of the non-performing ticket” and “when completing the input”. For this reason, it becomes possible to more reliably prevent an input error in the deposit data.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the insertion unit 10 for inserting a non-consumable ticket into the machine body, and the imaging unit 16 that captures the image of the ticket inserted into the machine body by the insertion unit 10 and acquires image data. A ticket type accepting unit 85 that accepts a ticket type of a non-performing ticket, a value accepting unit 86 that accepts a value of a non-performing ticket, image data of a non-performing ticket obtained by the imaging unit 16, and a ticket type accepting unit 85. Corresponding to the ticket type, there is provided a valuable medium processing device 500 having output means 87 for outputting support information for supporting the process of determining the value of the damaged ticket. As described above, since the support information for supporting the process of determining the value of the banknote by the operator is output, the output support information can be displayed together with the image data, for example, on the operation display unit 600. Even if it is not a specialized operator who judges the value of a banknote, the value judgment can be accurately performed with reference to the output assistance information about the damaged ticket which is partially broken and missing.

  Here, the support information output by the output means 87 is the effective area or the revoked surface of the damaged ticket in the image data obtained by the imaging unit 16 with respect to the entire area of the banknote of the ticket type received by the ticket type receiving means 85. This is information for assisting the operator in determining the ratio of precision. More specifically, the support information is a vertical and horizontal grid line with a predetermined interval as shown in FIG. In addition, as support information, if the operator can assist the operator in determining the effective area or the ratio of the revoked area, it is possible to determine the area ratio other than the grid line as shown in FIG. A thing may be used.

  In addition, as described above, the ratio of the effective area or the invalid area of the damaged ticket in the image data of the damaged ticket obtained by the imaging unit 16 to the entire area of the banknote of the ticket type received by the ticket type receiving means 85 is: It is automatically calculated by the calculating means 88, and the output means 87 outputs the ratio calculated by the calculating means 88. As a result, the operator can determine the value of the slipped ticket by referring to the ratio calculated by the calculation means 88 in addition to the support information.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the insertion unit 10 for inserting a non-use ticket into the machine body, the imaging unit 16 for imaging the non-use ticket inserted into the machine body by the insertion unit 10 and acquiring image data, and the non-use ticket Ticket type accepting means 85 for accepting the ticket type, and the image data of the damaged ticket obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the deposit data input by the operator (specifically, the damaged ticket accepted by the ticket type accepting means 85) A valuable medium processing apparatus 500 having an output means 87 for outputting the ticket type) is provided. As described above, by outputting the image data of the damaged ticket and the ticket type of the damaged ticket received by the ticket type receiving means 85, the output information can be displayed on the operation display unit 600, for example. Therefore, it becomes easy to visually detect an input error by comparing the contents of the input payment data with the image data of the damaged ticket, and it is possible to prevent an input error with respect to the ticket type of the damaged ticket.

  In the present embodiment, the information output by the output unit 87 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is displayed on the operation display unit 600. However, the present invention is not limited to such an aspect. For example, a display unit is provided on the valuable medium processing device 500 itself (specifically, the front surface or the upper surface of the casing of the valuable medium processing device 500), and information output by the output unit 87 is displayed on the display unit. It may be displayed. Alternatively, the data may be output to an external terminal or the printer 700.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment, when the ticket type accepting unit 85 accepts the ticket type of the non-performing ticket and when the value accepting unit 86 accepts the value of the non-use ticket, the accepted ticket type of the non-use ticket And the new ticket of the money amount corresponding to value may be conveyed from the new ticket storage part 50 to the throwing-out part 60, and may be thrown out of this body from this throwing-out part 60. In such a case, a new ticket corresponding to the value of the damaged ticket taken into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500 when the damaged ticket is inserted into the input unit 10 of the valuable medium processing device 500 is used as a valuable medium. It becomes possible to withdraw money from the processing apparatus 500.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment, when the value of the slip received by the value receiving means 86 is 0, the slip is not stored in the slip storage unit 40, 42. The slipped ticket determined to have a value of 0 may be transported from the temporary holding unit 20 to the throwing unit 60 and thrown out of the aircraft from the throwing unit 60.

  Moreover, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 of this embodiment, after an operator inputs payment data with the operation display part 600, as shown in FIG. 15, the banknote corresponding to the ticket type received by the ticket type reception means 85 is shown. Is displayed on the operation display unit 600 in parallel with the image data of the non-performing bill obtained by the imaging unit 16. May be. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether or not the bill type of the banknote input by the operator through the operation display unit 600 is correct by comparing the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 with the sample image of the banknote. it can. That is, when the banknote type entered by the operator through the operation display unit 600 is incorrect, the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the sample image of the banknote are different from each other. The operator can notice an input error of the bill type.

  In addition, when both the front and back sides of the banknote are imaged by the imaging unit 16 and the image data of the front and back sides of the banknote are respectively displayed on the operation display unit 600, a sample of banknotes is displayed. About the image, the sample image of both the front and back of a banknote may be displayed on the operation display part 600, respectively. By displaying a sample image on the back side of banknotes, such as D 10,000 yen tickets and E 10,000 yen tickets, where it is difficult to determine the bill type (specifically, issuance time) only on the surface of the banknotes, An operator's input mistake about a ticket type can be prevented more reliably. Details of the screen display will be described later.

  Moreover, when the sample image of the banknote corresponding to the ticket type received by the ticket type reception means 85 is displayed on the operation display unit 600, the specific part of the sample image of the banknote is the other part. It may be displayed in a different manner. Moreover, also about the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging part 16, this specific part may be displayed in a different aspect from another part. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, the image is displayed on the operation display unit 600 in a state in which a specific portion of the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the sample image of the banknote is surrounded by a double circle. You may come to be. Here, the specific part surrounded by the double circle in the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 or the sample image of the banknote is a place having a characteristic characteristic for determining the banknote type of the banknote. is there. That is, when comparing the image data of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 with the sample image of the banknote, the operator uses the image data and the sample image of the banknote obtained by the imaging unit 16 in a double circle. By intensively checking the enclosed specific portion, it is possible to determine in a short time whether or not the bill type of the banknote input by the operation display unit 600 is correct.

  In the above description, the case where a slip is inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 has been described, but the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, even when a valuable medium other than a damaged ticket (specifically, for example, a banknote other than a damaged ticket, a check, a bill, or the like) is inserted into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, the same processing as the above-described processing can be performed. It has become. That is, in order to assist the operator in determining the value of the valuable data corresponding to the image data obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the ticket type received by the ticket type receiving means 85 regardless of the type of the valuable medium. Is output by the output means 87. In the present embodiment, the image data obtained by the imaging unit 16 and the ticket type received by the ticket type receiving unit 85 may be output by the output unit 87.

(Conveyance auxiliary sheet)
In the present embodiment, among the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, the banknotes with a large degree of damage are transported auxiliary sheets shown in FIG. 16 and the like before being inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500. It is accommodated in 900 (carrier sheet). The slipped sheets are put into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 while being accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, and are stored in the loss ticket storage units 40 and 42 while being accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900. It is designed to be stored. Details of such an embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 9, 16, and 17.

  Details of the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. 16 is a front view of the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, and FIG. 17 is a view of the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 shown in FIG. 16 as viewed from the side. Note that, in FIG. 16 and the like, a non-use ticket stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is indicated by a reference symbol P. The conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is composed of a pair of sheets 902 and 904 that are accommodated with a non-conventional ticket interposed therebetween. The pair of sheets 902 and 904 are pasted to each other in a pasting area 906 (indicated by hatching in FIG. 16). Yes. Further, at least one surface of the pair of sheets 902 and 904 is transparent or translucent. Specifically, an IR (infrared) cut film that transmits visible light is used as the pair of sheets 902 and 904. As a result, when the slipped paper accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is conveyed by the conveyance unit 14 in the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and imaged by the imaging unit 16, it remains damaged while being accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900. A visible light image of the ticket can be acquired. In addition, when each of a pair of sheet | seats 902 and 904 is transparent or semi-transparent, it becomes possible to acquire the visible light image of both surfaces of the damaged ticket accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900. Further, the conveyance unit 14 is provided with a conveyance control sensor for detecting the valuable medium and controlling the conveyance of the valuable medium. By detecting the IR cut film, such a conveyance control sensor It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a trap such as a branching error or a jam in the conveyance of the damaged ticket in the conveyance unit 14.

  In the present embodiment, as a portion detected by the conveyance control sensor provided in the conveyance unit 14, light having a specific wavelength such as an IR cut film is formed on at least a partial region or the entire surface of the pair of sheets 902 and 904. However, the present invention is not limited to such an example. As another aspect, a detected portion that reflects light having a specific wavelength may be provided on at least a partial region or the entire surface of the pair of sheets 902 and 904.

  In addition, the pair of sheets 902 and 904 in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 are not necessarily transparent or translucent. As the pair of sheets 902 and 904, a material that does not transmit light may be used. In this case, image data cannot be acquired by the imaging unit 16 in the machine for the slips stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, but before being put into the machine of the valuable medium processing device 500, the sheet 902, By directly writing in 904 information (ticket type and value) on the slipped sheet accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, when the slipped ticket is collected from the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500, Information can be confirmed immediately.

  In the present embodiment, the single sheet take-in mode is selected, and the slips stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 are inserted one by one into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 and stored in the slip ticket storage units 40 and 42. In the case of storing, when the slip card inserted into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500 is temporarily held on the transport path of the transport unit 14 and the operator gives a confirmation command by the operation display unit 600, On the transporting path of the transporting part 14, the lost tickets that have been temporarily held are stored in the slippery storing parts 40 and 42. On the other hand, when the batch take-in mode is selected and the slips stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 are put together into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 and stored in the slip-ticket storage units 40 and 42, When the slip card inserted into the body of the medium processing device 500 is transported to the temporary storage unit 20 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, the operator gives a confirmation command through the operation display unit 600. The temporary holding unit 20 is configured to store the lost tickets temporarily held in the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the slips stored in the transport auxiliary sheet 900 are transported by the transport unit 14 in the body of the valuable medium processing device 500, image data obtained by capturing the slips by the image capturing unit 16 is obtained. It is supposed to be acquired. The image data picked up by the image pickup unit 16 is also used for identification processing of a slipped sheet accommodated in the auxiliary conveyance sheet 900.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the step of storing the damaged ticket in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, the step of throwing the defective ticket stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500, and the valuable medium There is provided a method for processing a slip, comprising a step of transporting a slip inserted in the machine body of the processing apparatus 500 and accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 into the fuselage and storing the slip in the fuselage. According to such a method for processing a slip, a slip that is partially broken and lost can be stored and managed in the body of the valuable medium processing device 500. Moreover, in this embodiment, the conveyance assistance sheet | seat 900 used with such a processing method of a damaged ticket is provided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the defective card is identified by picking up an image by the image pickup unit 16 of the bad ticket stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 that has been inserted into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500. .

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is composed of a pair of sheets 902 and 904 that are accommodated with a slipped sheet interposed therebetween. In addition, the conveyance assistance sheet | seat of this embodiment is not limited to the thing of the aspect which accommodates a loss ticket. As another example, a conveyance assisting sheet is attached to a slip, and the slipped sheet with the transport assisting sheet attached is put into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500, and the slipped sheet with the transport assisting sheet attached thereto. It may be configured to be transported in the machine body and stored in the machine body. Even in this case, it is possible to store and manage a damaged ticket that is partially broken and stored in the body of the valuable medium processing device 500.

  In the present embodiment, at least one surface of the pair of sheets 902 and 904 of the auxiliary conveyance sheet 900 may be transparent or translucent. As a result, it becomes possible for the image pickup unit 16 to pick up images of the slipped sheets accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900. Moreover, both surfaces of a pair of sheet | seats 902 and 904 are transparent or semi-transparent, and light of a specific wavelength is interrupted | blocked or reflected in the at least one part area | region in at least one sheet of a pair of sheet | seats 902 and 904. A portion to be detected (specifically, for example, an IR cut film) may be provided. In this case, when the conveyance control sensor provided in the conveyance unit 14 detects the detected portion of the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, when the non-contained ticket stored in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is conveyed by the conveyance unit 14. It is possible to prevent troubles such as branching mistakes and jams.

  In the above description, a non-use ticket has been described as an example of the valuable medium accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, but the present invention is not limited to such an example. As paper sheets accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, banknotes other than non-payable bills, checks, bills, and the like may be used. Further, in this embodiment, depending on the type of valuable medium (banknote, check, bill, etc.) to be put into the machine body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, paper is provided on the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 of different types, specifically different sizes. The leaves may be accommodated.

(Slip ticket repair work)
The state of the damaged bill that cannot be stored inside the loose bill processing apparatus 100 and is discharged outside the body of the separate bill processing apparatus 100 is a repair-necessary state in which the degree of damage is large and repair using a cellophane tape or the like is required. , It can be divided into repair-free states that do not require much repair and do not need to be repaired. Details of these modes will be described below with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 according to the present embodiment includes a non-use ticket status receiving unit 92 and a setting unit 93. The slipped state receiving unit 92 and the setting unit 93 are respectively connected to the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing device 500, and the information received by the slipped state receiving unit 92 and the information set by the setting unit 93 are controlled. It is sent to the section 80. Hereinafter, each of the non-performing bill status receiving unit 92 and the setting unit 93 will be described in detail.

  The damaged ticket status receiving means 92 is configured to receive information related to the status of the damaged ticket. Here, the state of the slip that is received by the slip state receiving unit 92 is a repair-necessary state in which the repair of the slip is necessary and a repair-unnecessary state in which the repair of the slip is unnecessary. As a method for causing the non-performing ticket status accepting unit 92 to accept a non-slip ticket state, there are a manual operation method and a method for automatically performing a receiving process.

  As a method for causing the non-performing ticket status accepting unit 92 to accept the non-use of the non-use ticket, the non-use of the non-use ticket is inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 and imaged by the imaging unit 16, and the operator then performs FIG. When inputting the deposit data using the operation screen of the operation display unit 600 as shown in FIG. 4, touching either “repair: required” or “repair: no” displayed on the operation display unit 600 causes a loss. You can enter the ticket status. That is, when the user touches “Repair: Necessary” on the operation display unit 600 shown in FIG. 11, information indicating that the state of the damaged ticket is in a state that requires repair is received by the damaged ticket state receiving unit 92. On the other hand, when “Repair: No” is touched, information indicating that the state of the damaged ticket is a repair unnecessary state is received by the damaged ticket state receiving means 92.

  Further, a method for causing the non-performing ticket status receiving unit 92 to automatically receive the non-slip ticket state will be described below. For example, the fact that the slipped sheet inserted into the machine body by the input unit 10 is accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900 is determined by the sensor 1006 of the medium positioning device, the conveyance control sensor provided in the conveyance unit 14, the imaging unit 16, and the like. When detected, information indicating that the state of the damaged bill is in a state requiring repair is received by the damaged ticket state receiving means 92. On the other hand, when it is detected that the slipped sheet is not accommodated in the conveyance auxiliary sheet 900, information that the state of the slipped sheet is in a repair unnecessary state is received by the slipped state receiving unit 92.

  Further, for example, the control unit 80 determines whether the slip inserted into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500 is in a repair-needed state or a repair-unnecessary state based on the image data of the slipped image captured by the imaging unit 16. You may make it judge automatically.

  In the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment, each slip inserted into the body by the loading unit 10 is stored in each slip based on the information on the state of the slip received by the slip state receiving means 92. The units 40 and 42 are sorted and stored. More specifically, when the state of the slip received by the slip state receiving unit 92 is a state requiring repair, the slip is stored in the stacking form slip storage unit 40 and the slip state receiving unit 92. When the state of the received slip is in a state that does not require repair, the slip is stored in the slip-winding storage section 42 of the table winding system. In this way, for the slips inserted into the aircraft by the input unit 10, the repair required state and the repair unnecessary state can be sorted and stored in the separate storage units 40 and 42. become able to. Note that the reason why the repair-needed slips are stored in the stacking-type slip ticket storage unit 40 is that the repair-needed slips are stored in the tape-winding-type slip ticket storage unit 42. This is because when such a slip is sandwiched between a pair of tapes and wound up by the drum 42a, there is a possibility that the slip may be further damaged or a jam may occur. It is. For this reason, the damaged bills in a repair-necessary state with a high degree of damage are returned to the stacking-type slip ticket storage section 40 and stored in the banknote storage section 40 so as to be simply stacked. In addition, since it is necessary to carry out repair work later on the damaged tickets in the repair required state, stacking-type damaged tickets are stored so that all repair required slips can be easily removed from the storage section at the start of the repair work. The unit 40 is accommodated.

  After the non-repairable slips are stored in the stacking-type slip ticket storage unit 40, the operator takes out the slips stored in the slip ticket storage unit 40 from the machine body and repairs them using a cellophane tape or the like. Perform repair work. Only the operator having a specific authority can take out the damaged ticket stored in the stacking-type damaged ticket storage unit 40 from the machine body. More specifically, the operator has his / her ID card read by the ID card reader 810, and the authority of the operator is confirmed based on the ID information of the ID card read by the ID card reader 810. Only an operator having a specific authority can take out the slips stored in the slip ticket storage unit 40 from the inside of the valuable medium processing device 500. Information regarding an operator having a specific authority can be set by the setting means 93. More specifically, the setting display unit 93 is provided with specific authority by inputting, via the operation display unit 600, ID information of an operator who can take out a slip from the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500 and information regarding the authority. Information related to the operator having is set.

  As described above, the repair-needed slips stored in the stacking-type slip ticket storage unit 40 are taken out from the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500 and repaired by the operator, and then repair is not required. It is reintroduced into the machine body from the input unit 10 as a state slip. Then, the non-repairable non-repairable ticket is stored in a non-repairable-pick-up non-reserved ticket storage unit 42. Here, the image-capturing unit 16 converts the slip that was first inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 and the slip that was again inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 after the repair. By taking an image, it is possible to obtain both the image data of the damaged ticket before repair and the image data of the damaged ticket after repair. Then, in the storage unit 808 of the money handling system 1 and the storage unit 82 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, the image data of the non-repaired ticket and the image data of the non-repaired ticket are stored in association with each other. It has become. As described above, since the image data of the damaged ticket before and after the repair can be associated and stored in the storage unit 808 or the storage unit 82, it is easy to track any fraud or the like when the damaged ticket is repaired. become. In order to confirm that the image data before and after the restoration is the same for the same slip, information such as the serial number of the slip is used.

  The image data is not limited to a mode in which both the image data before and after the repair are left when the repaired slip is re-inserted into the valuable medium processing device 500 and the image data of the slip is obtained. Only the image data after restoration may be stored in the storage unit 808 or the storage unit 82. In this case, the repaired state stored in the storage unit 808 or the storage unit 82 is stored when the damaged banknote stored in the integrated-type banknote storage unit 40 is taken out of the valuable medium processing device 500. The image data of the previous banknote may be automatically deleted.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the insertion unit 10 for inserting a non-performing ticket into the aircraft, the plurality of non-consecutive ticket storing units 40 and 42 for storing the non-slip ticket, and the loss for receiving information on the state of the non-slip ticket. A ticket status receiving unit 92, and based on the information on the status of the slipped ticket received by the slipped ticket status receiving unit 92, the slipped card inserted into the body by the loading unit 10 is stored in each of the slipped ticket storage units 40, 42. A valuable medium processing apparatus 500 that is sorted and stored is provided. According to such a valuable medium processing device 500, the slips inserted into the machine are distributed and stored in the respective slip storage units 40, 42 based on the received information on the state of the slips. ing. Because the storage location can be changed according to the state of the slipped card inserted into the aircraft, it is possible to prevent the mixed storage of slipped tickets in various states in the same storage part, and the operator can efficiently Processing can be performed.

  Next, an example of a screen display displayed on the operation display unit 600 when inputting the deposit data related to the banknote before and after repairing the banknote will be described. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when a 10,000 yen bill slip is inserted. As described above with reference to FIGS. 11 to 15, on the screen, an amount (denomination) that needs to be input as deposit data, a ticket type, a value, a button indicating the necessity of repair, and the like are displayed. . On the screen, selectable buttons and non-selectable buttons are displayed so as to be distinguishable. For this reason, the operator can input all the deposit data by selecting them while confirming only selectable buttons in order from the left side of the screen.

  Specifically, since the image data of the banknote for which the deposit data is input is displayed at the bottom of the screen, the operator visually confirms the image data of the banknote. Then, when recognizing that the loss ticket is a 10,000 yen bill, the button corresponding to 10,000 yen is selected with the amount on the left side of the screen. At this time, if it is determined by the determining means 89 that there is a high possibility that the lost bill is a 10,000 yen bill, the button corresponding to the 10,000 yen bill is distinguished from the buttons corresponding to other denominations. By emphasizing it as possible, or by displaying a sample image of a 10,000 yen bill as a reference image on the right side of the screen, the operator's judgment is assisted. If the denomination cannot be determined by the determining means 89, an image of each denomination is displayed on the right side of the screen to assist the operator's determination.

  Thus, when the amount is selected, a sample image of each ticket type corresponding to the selected amount is displayed on the right side of the screen in order to assist the selection of the next ticket type. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18, when a ten thousand yen bill is selected, the buttons of C ticket to E ticket that can be selected as the ticket type corresponding to the 10,000 yen bill are highlighted. A sample image corresponding to each ticket type is displayed as a reference image on the right side of the screen. At this time, sample images of both the front and back surfaces are displayed for the ticket types that are difficult to determine from the back image, such as D ticket and E ticket, but easy to determine from the back image. . Since images on both the front and back sides of the slipped sheet are displayed at the bottom of the screen, the operator can easily determine the type of the slipped sheet by comparing these images. In this case, for example, if the ticket type can be easily distinguished by comparing the image on the left or right side of the watermark on the back side, such as a D note and an E ticket of 10,000 yen bills, It is displayed as a part surrounded by double circles.

  Subsequently, when a ticket type is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 18, a screen for selecting the value of the damaged ticket is displayed. On the screen, the ratio of the automatically calculated remaining area and the value corresponding to this ratio are displayed at the top of the slipped image, so the operator can select the value based on this information. it can. In addition, a grid-like line for assisting value determination is displayed on the slipped ticket image. Each grid is displayed in such a manner that a grid in which banknotes remain in the entire grid, a grid of missing parts in which no banknotes are included in the grid, and a grid in which banknotes are partially included in the grid are displayed. It has become. Thus, the operator can calculate the remaining area from the number of the respective grids, and can verify the automatically calculated ratio of the remaining area.

  When the ticket type is selected in this manner, information regarding whether or not the repair is necessary and information regarding whether or not the appraisal is necessary are subsequently selected. In this case as well, information on conditions that require repair or appraisal is displayed on the screen, or a sample image of banknotes that require repair or appraisal is displayed on the screen. It is designed to assist the judgment by employees.

  In this way, information for assisting the judgment by the operator is displayed on the screen, so that the operator can easily and reliably input the deposit data relating to the damaged ticket. Note that the input operation related to the amount, ticket type, and value is not limited to the mode of selecting by touching the button of the amount or ticket type on the screen, but the mode of selecting by touching the sample image displayed on the screen. I do not care. Specifically, from the sample images displayed on the right side of the screen, the denomination and ticket type are selected by selecting and touching the image that is determined to be the same as the non-payment ticket displayed at the bottom of the screen. It may be an aspect.

  Next, an outline of the process from receipt of a damaged ticket to repairing will be described. FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the process of processing related to a slip. First, when a slip is inserted into the valuable medium processing device 500, the inserted slip is imaged by the imaging unit 16 and image data is acquired (A1). Next, as described with reference to FIG. 18, the operation display unit 600 inputs information relating to the value of the slipped ticket and necessity of repair as the deposit data (A2). If the damaged ticket does not need to be repaired, it is stored in the tape-winding-type damaged ticket storage section 42, and if the damaged ticket needs repair, it can be easily removed during repair work. It is stored in the storage unit 40 (A3). At this time, the data relating to the damaged ticket that needs to be repaired is attached with a repair target flag indicating that it is the data of the slipped ticket that needs to be repaired, and is stored so as to be distinguishable from other data.

  Subsequently, at a predetermined timing, a damaged ticket to be repaired is taken out from the damaged ticket storage unit 40 in which a damaged ticket requiring repair is stored, and the repaired work is performed (A4). After the repair work has been completed, the slip is again put into the valuable medium processing device 500, and the image data of the repaired slip is acquired by the imaging unit 16 (A5). When the image data of the damaged bill after the repair is acquired, both the image data before the repair and the image data after the repair are displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 600 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the data before restoration corresponding to the data after restoration is searched only for the data to which the restoration target flag is previously attached based on the data such as the denomination and serial number, the data is restored in a short time. Corresponding data can be acquired.

  After it is confirmed by the operator that the data before and after the repair is the same, the data before the repair and the data after the repair are associated and stored in the storage unit 82. (A6). Through the above steps, the image data before repair and the image data after repair can be stored in association with the payment data. Whether or not to retain the data before repair and how to handle the damaged ticket after repair are determined by the operator. For example, the data before the repair can be discarded, or a storage unit other than the non-slip ticket storage units 40 and 42 can be designated as the storage destination of the post-repair ticket.

  In the present embodiment, the state of the slip that is received by the slip state receiving means 92 is divided into a repair required state that requires repair of the slip and a repair unnecessary state that does not require repair of the slip. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, information relating to other types of states in the non-performing ticket is received by the non-performing ticket state accepting unit 92, and the non-performing slip stored in the airframe based on the information relating to the state of the accepted non-performing ticket. The parts 40 and 42 may be sorted and stored.

  Further, in the above description, the case where a slip is inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 is described, but the present invention is not limited to such an example. For example, even when a valuable medium other than a damaged ticket (specifically, for example, a banknote, a check, a bill, etc. other than a damaged ticket) is inserted into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, the same processing as the above-described processing is performed. It has become. That is, in the paper sheet processing apparatus having a plurality of storage units, information on the state of the paper sheet is received, and the information is input into the body based on the received information on the state of the paper sheet. The paper sheets may be sorted and stored in each storage unit.

  Note that, as described with reference to FIG. 23, the recovery timing of the damaged ticket is determined based on the number of damaged tickets processed in the repair unnecessary state and the number of damaged tickets required in the repaired state. Then, as described with reference to FIG. 20, the collected non-use ticket is finally sent to the central bank (the Bank of Japan in the case of Japan).

(Payment data creation by equipment)
Next, details of each process related to the above-described deposit data creation will be described. In the money handling system 1 in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a completion command receiving unit 820 and a permission command receiving unit 822 are provided. Moreover, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the deposit data creation part 95 and the banknote information reception means 96 are each provided. And when the banknote discharged | emitted from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is thrown into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, this banknote is imaged by the imaging part 16, and the image data of the said banknote is obtained. . Here, the imaging unit 16 also functions as a reading unit that reads data of banknotes inserted into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500. Further, in the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment, the deposit data creating unit 95 creates deposit data based on the banknote data read by the reading unit that is the imaging unit 16. Specifically, the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment is provided with banknote information receiving means 96 that receives information related to banknotes inserted into the machine body by the insertion unit 10, specifically, the banknote type and value of banknotes. The deposit data creating unit 95 receives the banknote data read by the reading unit (specifically, image data of the banknote imaged by the imaging unit 16) and the information received by the banknote information receiving unit 96. It is designed to create deposit data that includes.

  Specifically, when the banknote taken into the body of the valuable medium processing device 500 is imaged by the imaging unit 16 and sent to the temporary storage unit 20, as described above, the operation display unit 600 is displayed by the imaging unit 16. The image data of the captured banknote is displayed, and an operation screen as shown in FIG. 11 or 18 is displayed. Then, while viewing the image data displayed on the operation display unit 600, when the operator inputs the bill type (denomination and issue time) and value of the bill through the operation display unit 600, Information about the value is received by the bill information receiving means 96. Then, the deposit data creation unit 95 creates deposit data including banknote image data and image slips as shown in FIG. Here, the image slip includes information such as processing date, processing time, operator ID, ticket type, value, etc., but at least part or all of these data is created by the deposit data creation unit 95 as deposit data. Is done.

  In the money handling system 1 according to the present embodiment, the banknote processing result by the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the deposit data obtained by the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 808. Yes. Note that instead of the storage unit 808, the banknote processing result of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the deposit data obtained by the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 are stored in the storage unit 82 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 in association with each other. It may be like this. Here, the processing result of the banknote by the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is obtained based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification unit 102 of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100.

  In addition, the operation display unit 600 displays the cause of discharge of the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100. Here, examples of the cause of discharge of the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 include counterfeit bills, damaged bills, old bills, conveyance abnormalities, and the like. That is, in the rose banknote processing apparatus 100, the identification unit 102 is a counterfeit note, a badly damaged or dirty bill, a banknote identified as an old ticket, or a banknote identified by the identification unit 102 as being abnormal in transport, Although it is not stored in the body of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and is discharged outside the body of the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, the cause of the discharge of the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is displayed on the operation display. Part 600 is displayed.

  Moreover, in the money handling system 1 of this embodiment, it can be selected whether the banknote discharged | emitted from the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 will be thrown into the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 immediately, or thrown in later. It has become. More specifically, in the money handling system 1 of the present embodiment, a completion command receiving unit 820 and a permission command receiving unit 822 are provided, and the completion command receiving unit 820 receives a completion command for one transaction. ing. More specifically, when the operator inputs a completion command for one transaction using the operation display unit 600, the completion command reception unit 820 receives the completion command. Whether or not the permission command receiving unit 822 permits the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 to be inserted into the valuable medium processing device 500 after the completion command receiving unit 820 receives the completion command. The command is accepted. More specifically, the operation display unit 600 can input whether or not to permit the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 to be inserted into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 after completion of one transaction. When the operator inputs a command for permission, the permission command receiving means 822 receives this command. Thus, when the permission command is received by the permission command receiving unit 822, the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing device 100 are transferred to the valuable medium processing device 500 even after the completion command is received by the completion command receiving unit 820. It becomes possible to input. By providing the completion command receiving unit 820 and the permission command receiving unit 822 as described above, the banknote processing apparatus 100 discharges the banknote processing device 100 depending on the operational status of the bank or the like in which the money processing system 1 is provided and the degree of business congestion. It is possible to select whether the banknotes are immediately inserted into the machine body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 or later.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the money handling system 1 includes the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 into which banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 are inserted, and is a valuable medium. The processing unit 500 inserts a bill into the machine body, and a reading unit that reads the data of the banknote inserted into the machine body by the insertion unit 10 (specifically, the banknote is imaged by imaging the banknote) An image pickup unit 16) that acquires data, and a deposit data creation unit 95 that creates deposit data based on the bill data read by the reading unit. The money processing system 1 is provided in which the processing result of banknotes by the processing device 100 and the deposit data obtained by the valuable medium processing device 500 are stored in association with each other. It has become. Moreover, according to this embodiment, it is the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 into which the banknote discharged | emitted from the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 is thrown in, Comprising: The processing result of the banknote by the rose banknote processing apparatus 100, and payment to the memory | storage part 82 A valuable medium processing device 500 is provided in which the deposit data obtained by the data creation unit 95 is stored in association with each other. As described above, since the banknote processing result by the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 and the deposit data obtained by the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 808 and the storage unit 82, While being able to perform strict management of the discharged banknotes, it is possible to clarify which transaction the banknotes inserted into the valuable medium processing device 500 belong to.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the discriminating unit 102 for discriminating banknotes is provided in the loose banknote processing apparatus 100, and the banknote processing result by the bulk banknote processing apparatus 100 is the banknote classification result by the identifying unit 102. To get it. In addition, the valuable medium processing device 500 is provided with banknote information receiving means 96 that receives information (specifically, banknote type and value of banknotes) related to the banknotes inserted into the machine body by the input unit 10. The deposit data obtained by the medium processing device 500 includes banknote data obtained by the reading unit (specifically, banknote image data obtained by the imaging unit 16) and information received by the banknote information receiving unit 96. It comes to include.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the cause of discharge of the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 is displayed on the operation display unit 600. Accordingly, it is possible to determine whether or not the banknote can be deposited by the valuable medium processing device 500 from the banknote discharge cause displayed on the operation display unit 600. From the banknotes discharged from the banknotes, banknotes to be inserted into the valuable medium processing device 500 can be selected.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, after the transaction completion command is received by the completion command receiving unit 820 by the permission command receiving unit 822, the banknotes discharged from the loose banknote processing apparatus 100 are inserted into the valuable medium processing apparatus 500. A command to allow or not to accept is accepted. For this reason, the banknote discharged | emitted from the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 is immediately injected | thrown-in to the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 by the operational condition of the bank etc. with which the money processing system 1 was provided, or the congestion of work, or later. It is possible to select whether to input.

  In the above description, the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 that processes rose banknotes and the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 into which banknotes discharged from the rose banknote processing apparatus 100 are input are described as examples. The valuable medium to be processed by the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the invention is not limited to bills. For example, a mode in which checks and bills other than banknotes are processed as a valuable medium may be used. Even in this case, there are two paper sheet processing apparatuses, a first paper sheet processing apparatus and a second paper sheet processing apparatus into which the paper sheets discharged from the first paper sheet processing apparatus are input. In the storage unit used in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the processing result of the paper sheets by the first paper sheet processing apparatus and the deposit data obtained by the second paper sheet processing apparatus are stored. Are stored in association with each other.

(Flow chart related to other processing)
Next, the process of withdrawing a new ticket from the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. In the process of withdrawing a new ticket from the valuable medium processing device 500, the 10,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, and thousand yen of the new ticket stored in each of the storage units 50a, 50b, 50c, and 50d of the new ticket storage unit 50 are used. Bills will be withdrawn.

  First, the operator causes the ID card reader 810 to read the ID strength he possesses (STEP 301). The control unit 800 confirms the authority of the operator based on the ID information of the ID card read by the ID card reader 810. Next, the operator inputs withdrawal data through the operation display unit 600 (STEP 302). Here, the withdrawal data refers to information related to the total amount of banknotes to be withdrawn and the number of denominations. When the withdrawal data is input, new tickets are manipulated one by one from the storage units 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d of the new ticket storage unit 50 to the second transport unit 14b of the transport unit 14 (STEP 303). . Then, the denomination of the new ticket that has been manipulated is identified by the simple identification unit 64. If there is no abnormality in the identification result of the new ticket by the simple identification unit 64 (“YES” in STEP 304), the new ticket is conveyed to the dispensing unit 60 by the second conveyance unit 14b of the conveyance unit 14. These are accumulated in the dispensing unit 60 (STEP 305). On the other hand, when there is an abnormality in the identification result of the new ticket by the simple identification unit 64 (“NO” in STEP 304), the new ticket is transported to the temporary storage unit 20 by the transport unit 14, and the temporary storage unit 20 It is stored (STEP 306). Such an operation is performed until the number of new tickets accumulated in the dispensing unit 60 reaches the number of withdrawals based on the inputted withdrawal data (“NO” in STEP 307). When the number of new tickets accumulated in the dispensing unit 60 reaches the number of withdrawals (“YES” in STEP 307), the shutter 61a provided in the dispensing unit 60 is opened, and the operator exits the dispensing unit 60. The gold bill can be taken out (STEP 308). When the withdrawal detection unit 61b provided in the dispensing unit 60 detects that the withdrawal banknote has been removed from the dispensing unit 60 (“YES” in STEP 309), the shutter 61a is closed (STEP 310). ).

  Thereafter, the new ticket stored in the temporary storage unit 20 is fed out to the transport unit 14 (STEP 311), and the manipulated new ticket is stored in each of the storage units 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d of the new ticket storage unit 50. (STEP 312). Thereafter, in the storage unit 808 and the storage unit 82, the amount of the new ticket stored in each storage unit 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d of the new ticket storage unit 50 is updated, and the withdrawal data is stored in the storage unit 808. Or stored in the storage unit 82 (STEP 313).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the insertion unit 10 for inputting a valuable medium into the machine body, the non-conventional card storage units 40 and 42 for storing the non-use and old tickets, and the input unit 10 are used to input the machine body. The first transport unit 14a that transports the damaged and old tickets to the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42, the new ticket storage unit 50 that stores the new ticket, and the new ticket is thrown out of the aircraft. A valuable medium processing apparatus 500 having a dispensing unit 60 for carrying out and a second transport unit 14b for transporting a new ticket stored in the new ticket storage unit 50 to the dispensing unit 60 is provided. It has become. According to such a valuable medium processing device 500, the slips and old tickets thrown into the machine are stored in the card storage unit 40, and the new tickets stored in the card storage unit 50 are thrown out of the machine. Compared to the case where a new ticket dispenser for dispensing new tickets is provided separately from the currency processing apparatus for storing lost or old tickets, the valuable medium processing device 500 becomes a compact structure and can save space.

  Note that in the valuable medium processing device 500 of the present embodiment, the non-use ticket storage units 40 and 42 are not limited to storing both non-use tickets and old tickets. The damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42 may store either one of the banknote or the old ticket, respectively. Further, the stacking-type non-conventional ticket storage unit 40 may store the old ticket, and the tape winding-type non-conventional ticket storage unit 42 may store the non-conventional ticket. On the contrary, the non-consolidated-type non-contained ticket storage unit 40 may store non-conforming tickets, and the tape-winding type non-conforming ticket storage unit 42 may store old cards.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the new ticket storage unit 50 is disposed in front of the machine body (left side in FIG. 3) with respect to the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42 in the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500. Thereby, when it is desired to replenish a new ticket for withdrawal into the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500, the door 18 on the front surface of the machine body is compared with the case where the new ticket storage unit 50 is provided in the interior of the machine body. The new ticket can be stored in the new ticket storage unit 50 quickly and easily just by opening the box.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the machine body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 500, the valuable medium thrown into the machine body by the loading unit 10 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 provided above the non-payment ticket storage units 40 and 42. Has been put on hold. For this reason, the operator can select whether the valuable medium is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 and stored in the damaged ticket storage units 40 and 42 or returned to the outside of the machine body.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a specific securities storage unit 30 for storing specific securities is provided, and specific securities (for example, checks, bills, etc.) out of the media inserted into the machine body by the input unit 10 are provided. ) Is conveyed to the specified securities storage unit 30 by the first conveyance unit 14a.

  At this time, in the body of the valuable medium processing device 500, the specified securities storage unit 30 is disposed above the non-conventional ticket storage units 40 and 42, and the new ticket storage unit 50 is the non-conventional ticket storage units 40 and 42. And it is arrange | positioned rather than the specific securities storage part 30 ahead of the body. Further, in the machine body of the valuable medium processing device 500, the temporary storage unit 20 that temporarily holds the valuable medium input into the machine body by the input unit 10 is disposed above the specific securities storage unit 30.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 of the present embodiment, the accumulation method specific securities storage unit 30 and the non-conformity storage unit 40 are arranged above the non-conventional storage unit 42 of the tape winding type, thereby integrating the unit. This facilitates manual collection of specific securities and non-conformity tickets from the specific securities storage unit 30 and the non-conformity storage unit 40.

  In the present embodiment, the valuable medium transport path in the first transport section 14a and the new ticket transport path in the second transport section 14b are provided independently of each other. As a result, the transport path for new tickets is different from the transport path for valuable media such as non-performing tickets, old tickets, and checks. The new ticket can be dispensed from the dispensing unit 60 in a clean state.

  In the present embodiment, the non-conventional ticket storage unit includes a stacking-type non-contained ticket storage unit 40 in which non-conventional tickets and / or old tickets are stacked in a stacked state, and a pair of non-conforming tickets and / or old tickets. And a wound-winding ticket storage section 42 of a tape winding type that is wound around a drum 42a while being sandwiched between the two. In the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to such an example, and the valuable medium processing apparatus 500 is not provided with the tape take-up-type loss ticket storage unit 42, and is not damaged and / or old. It is also possible to provide only a stacking-type damaged ticket storage unit 40 that is stacked in a stacked state. Further, in the valuable medium processing device 500 of still another configuration, there is no stacking-type banknote storage unit 40 in which banknotes and / or old banknotes are stacked in a stacked state. Only the type of non-conformity storage unit 42 may be provided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been given by taking the banknote as an example, but the processing target is not limited to this, and for the commemorative coin, the old coin, etc., a heavily damaged or heavily damaged coin is used. It is also possible to process.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money processing system 10 Input part 12, 52a-52d Feeding mechanism 14 Conveying part 16 Imaging part 20 Temporary holding | maintenance part 20a, 42a Drum 30 Specified securities storage part 40, 42 Damaged ticket storage part 50 New ticket storage part 60 Throwing part 61a Shutter 61b Extraction detection unit 64 Simple identification unit 80, 800 Control unit 82, 808 Storage unit 84, 802 Communication unit 85 Ticket type reception unit 86 Value reception unit 87 Output unit 88 Calculation unit 89 Discrimination unit 90 Selection unit 92 Damaged ticket state Accepting means 93 Setting means 95 Deposit data creation section 96 Bill information receiving means 100 Bulk bill processing apparatus 102 Identification section 200 Bundled bill processing apparatus 300 Bulk coin processing apparatus 400 Packaging coin processing apparatus 500 Valuable medium processing apparatus 600 Operation display section 700 Printer 810 ID card reader 820 Completion command receiving means 822 Permit command reception It means 900 conveying auxiliary sheet 1000 medium positioner 1001 Stage 1002 and 1003 control guide 1006 sensor 1010 pick roller 1011 feed roller 1012 Belt

Claims (5)

Ticket type accepting means for accepting an input of the type of the valuable medium when accepting a valuable medium that cannot be accepted by the machine;
Storage means for storing the valuable medium received by the ticket type reception means;
The number of valuable media stored in the storage means is managed by type based on the input from the ticket type accepting means, and the number of each type of valuable medium stored in the storage means is collected from the apparatus. A valuable medium processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that determines whether or not a collection condition that is set in advance as a power condition is satisfied, and notifies that there is a valuable medium that satisfies the collection condition .   2. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of sheets to be collected from the apparatus is set as the collection condition for each type of valuable medium. As the collection condition, a storage period stored in the storage means is set for each type of valuable medium,
The control means determines that the recovery condition is satisfied if the storage period of the valuable medium satisfies the recovery condition even when the number of valuable media stored in the storage means does not satisfy the recovery condition. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: It further comprises a communication means for receiving the number of stored pieces of valuable media stored in the external device that cannot be accepted by the machine,
The control means determines whether or not the collection condition is satisfied based on a total number of valuable media stored in the storage means and the number of valuable media received by the communication means. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to 1, 2, or 3.   5. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the number of valuable media stored in the storage means by type.

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