JP2018013892A - Currency processing system and currency processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To highly efficiently acquire a time to replace a storage cassette in a currency processing system for transferring currency between a change machine and a currency deposit/withdrawal machine via the storage cassette.SOLUTION: A storage cassette 300 includes an IC tag 304 and stores use result data representing the use result of the storage cassette 300, in an IC tag 304. When paper money as sale proceeds is stored in the storage cassette 300 (1), a change machine 200 updates use result data of the IC tag 304 (2). Later, the storage cassette 300 is transferred (3) and mounted on a currency deposit/withdrawal machine 100. The currency deposit/withdrawal machine 100 deposits the currency from the mounted storage cassette 300 (4), reads the use result data from the IC tag 304 (5), and, after performing an update relating to the deposit processing, determines whether or not to replace the storage cassette 300 (6).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling system and a money handling method for transferring money between a change machine and a money depositing / dispensing machine via a storage cassette, and in particular, can efficiently grasp when a storage cassette should be replaced. The present invention relates to a money handling system and a money handling method.

  Conventionally, stores in commercial facilities such as supermarkets and convenience stores have a front area where merchandise shelves are installed and a backyard area where customers cannot enter.

  A POS (Point Of Sales) terminal and a change machine are installed at the checkout office in the front area (hereinafter simply referred to as “cash register”), and the money received from the customer is handed over to the cashier in exchange for the product. In addition to processing, money is withdrawn as change. On the other hand, a money depositing / dispensing machine is installed in the backyard area of the store, and with this money depositing / dispensing machine, money as sales proceeds collected from the change machine should be deposited and prepared in the change machine. Withdraw money from the change reserve.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various money handling systems in which such change machines and money depositing and dispensing machines are combined are known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses at least one change machine, a money depositing / withdrawing machine (cash processing apparatus) for depositing money collected from the change machine, and a change for each denomination held in the change machine. A cash management system including a cash data management device that manages information on the number of coins in stock, information on the number of coins required for each denomination in a change machine, and deposit amount information in a money deposit / withdrawal machine is disclosed.

  According to this patent document 1, when collecting the sales of the change machine, the cashier person removes the storage cassette to which the sales have been transferred from the change machine, and attaches the removed storage cassette to the money depositing / dispensing machine. Then, the sales proceeds in the storage cassette are stored in the money deposit / withdrawal machine. In addition, when the change machine is replenished with change reserves, the storage cassette to which the money to be changed is transferred is removed from the money deposit / withdrawal machine, and the change cassette is attached to the change machine to prepare for change in the storage cassette. Gold is replenished.

Patent No. 5125136

  However, since this storage cassette also has a lifetime, repeated use of the same storage cassette may cause a failure. This is because the storage cassette is provided with constraints such as the life of the storage cassette itself and the limitation of the number of times of writing of the IC tag attached to the storage cassette. In particular, in a cash register in which customers frequently line up among a plurality of cash registers arranged in a store, the usage frequency of the storage cassette increases, which may cause an unexpected failure.

  Therefore, in stores, it is necessary to periodically replace the storage cassette with a new storage cassette. However, if the storage cassette that is not used frequently is replaced with a storage cassette that is used frequently, the storage cassette can be used sufficiently. Will not be used sufficiently and is not efficient. For this reason, how to grasp the time when each storage cassette should be replaced is an important issue.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a money handling system and a money handling method capable of efficiently grasping when a storage cassette should be replaced. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a change machine that performs a storage process of money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process of money to be changed, and at least sales proceeds in the change machine. A money handling system for receiving and transferring money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be mounted on the change machine and the money handling device, respectively. The storage cassette has at least a non-volatile storage unit, and the change machine has a usage record related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the storage cassette is mounted or removed. At least a first update unit for updating information, and the money handling apparatus is provided with a life information storage unit for storing life information related to the life of the storage cassette, and the storage cassette A second update unit that updates the use record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit, and a notification that performs a predetermined notification based on the use record information and the lifetime information. Part.

  Further, the present invention comprises a change machine that performs storage processing of money according to the settlement process of goods and a payout process of money as change, and a money processing device that stores at least the sales proceeds in the change machine, A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be attached to each of the change machine and the money handling device, wherein the storage cassette is at least nonvolatile. And the money handling apparatus includes a first update unit that updates usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the storage cassette is attached or removed. The change machine includes at least a life information storage unit that stores life information relating to a life of the storage cassette, and a front when the storage cassette is attached or removed. It has a 2nd update part which updates the use performance information which concerns on the storage cassette memorize | stored in the memory | storage part, and the alerting | reporting part which performs predetermined alerting | reporting based on the said use track record information and the said lifetime information. .

  In the present invention according to the present invention, the storage unit is a non-volatile storage unit provided in an IC tag attached to the storage cassette.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above invention, the usage record information includes the number of times of writing to the storage unit of the IC tag, and the lifetime information includes an upper limit number of times that can be written to the storage unit of the IC tag. It is characterized by that.

  Further, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the usage record information includes a total number of coins transported to the storage cassette, a total number of rotations of transport rollers in the storage cassette, and / or a total number of times the storage cassette is attached / detached. The life information includes an upper limit number of moneys that can be transported to the storage cassette, an upper limit number of rotations of a transport roller in the storage cassette, and / or an upper limit number of times to attach and detach the storage cassette.

  Further, in the present invention according to the present invention, the notification unit performs a predetermined notification when the usage record included in the usage record information reaches a predetermined ratio with respect to an upper limit value included in the lifetime information. It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, the money handling apparatus or the change machine further includes a life information acquisition unit that acquires the life information from a predetermined management device and stores the life information in the life information storage unit. It is characterized by that.

  Further, in the present invention according to the present invention, the money handling apparatus or the change machine is stored in a use record information storage unit that stores use record information of a plurality of storage cassettes, and in the use record information storage unit. A specifying unit that specifies a storage cassette with a low usage record among the usage record information of each storage cassette; and the notification unit includes a use record included in the use record information with respect to an upper limit value included in the life information. When a predetermined ratio is reached, it is notified that the storage cassette specified by the specifying unit is replaced with a storage cassette with a low usage record.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the use record information storage unit stores use record information of a plurality of storage cassettes including a spare cassette not associated with each change machine.

  Further, the present invention provides a change machine that performs a storage process of money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process of money to be changed, a money processing apparatus that stores at least the sales in the change machine, and a predetermined management device A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be respectively attached to the change machine and the money handling device. The processing device or the change machine, when the storage cassette is mounted or removed, updates the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the nonvolatile storage unit provided in the storage cassette. Based on the determination result notified from the management device, the determination requesting unit for making a determination request including the usage record information updated by the updating unit to the predetermined management device The management device includes a life information storage unit that stores life information relating to the life of the storage cassette, and a determination request from the money handling device or the change machine. And a determination result notification unit that notifies a determination result by the determination unit to the money handling apparatus or the change machine, based on the usage record information and the life information. It is characterized by having.

  Further, the present invention provides a change machine that performs a storage process of money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process of money to be changed, a money processing apparatus that stores at least the sales in the change machine, and a predetermined management device A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be respectively attached to the change machine and the money handling device. When the storage cassette is attached or removed, the processing device or the change machine notifies the management device of cassette identification information stored in a non-volatile storage provided in the storage cassette. And a notification unit that performs predetermined notification based on the determination result notified from the management device, wherein the management device stores life information relating to the life of the storage cassette. Based on the information storage unit, the usage record information storage unit that stores the usage record information related to the storage cassette in association with the cassette identification information of the storage cassette, and the cassette identification information notified from the money handling apparatus or the change machine The update unit that updates the use record information stored in the use record information storage unit, and the use restriction of the storage cassette based on the use record information and the life information stored in the use record information storage unit It has a determination part which performs determination, and a determination result notification part which notifies the determination result by the determination part to the money handling apparatus or the change machine.

  Further, the present invention comprises a change machine that performs storage processing of money according to the settlement process of goods and a payout process of money as change, and a money processing device that stores at least the sales proceeds in the change machine, A money handling method for a money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be respectively attached to the change machine and the money handling device, wherein the money handling device A storage step of storing life information relating to the life of the storage cassette in the life information storage unit, and a non-volatile provided in the storage cassette when the change machine is mounted or removed. A first update step of updating the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit of the sex, and the money handling apparatus when the storage cassette is attached or A second update step of updating the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit, and the money handling apparatus, based on the usage record information and the life information, And a notification step for performing notification.

  Further, the present invention comprises a change machine that performs storage processing of money according to the settlement process of goods and a payout process of money as change, and a money processing device that stores at least the sales proceeds in the change machine, A money handling method for a money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be attached to the change machine and the money handling device, respectively. A storage step for storing life information relating to the life of the storage cassette in a life information storage unit; and a non-volatile unit provided in the storage cassette when the money handling apparatus is mounted or removed. A first update step of updating the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit, and the change machine when the storage cassette is mounted or removed. A second update step of updating the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit, and the change machine performs a predetermined notification based on the usage record information and the life information. And a notification step.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the money handling system which transfers money between a change machine and a money depositing / withdrawing machine via a storage cassette, it is possible to efficiently grasp when the storage cassette should be replaced.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of the money handling system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the money depositing and dispensing machine. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote processing unit in the money depositing and dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a coin processing unit in the money depositing and dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the money depositing and dispensing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of threshold data and cassette management data. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the change machine and the POS register in the money handling system. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote processing unit in the change machine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a coin processing unit in the change machine shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of the change machine and the POS register shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the storage cassette shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of IC tag data written to the IC tag. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the money handling system. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the money depositing and dispensing machine. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the cassette exchange process. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a screen example in the cassette exchange process. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the change machine determines whether or not the storage cassette needs to be replaced based on the usage record. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server holds threshold data. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server performs holding of threshold data and determination of necessity of replacement of the storage cassette. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server performs processing related to threshold data and usage record data.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a money handling system and a money handling method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Concept of money handling system>
First, the concept of the money handling system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of the money handling system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the money handling system includes a change machine 200 and a money deposit / withdrawal machine 100.

  The change machine 200 is installed at a cash register in a front area where merchandise shelves are installed in a store of a commercial facility such as a supermarket or a convenience store, and performs deposit processing of money handed over from the customer to the cashier in exchange for the merchandise. At the same time, it is a device for performing a withdrawal process of money as change.

  The money depositing / dispensing machine 100 is installed in a backyard area of a store, and performs a process of depositing sales collected from the change machine 200 and a process of dispensing a change reserve to be replenished to the change machine 200. It is a processing device.

  The change machine 200 and the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 can each be equipped with a storage cassette 300. When the person in charge collects the sales proceeds from the change machine 200, the change machine 200 stores the banknotes as the sales proceeds in the storage cassette 300, then removes the storage cassette 300, and the person in charge brings the removed storage cassette 300 with it. Then, it moves to the place of the money depositing and dispensing machine 100. After that, when the storage cassette 300 is mounted on the money depositing / dispensing machine 100, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 pays out banknotes from the storage cassette 300 and deposits them. In addition, when the change machine 200 is replenished with the change reserve, after the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 stores the banknote as the change reserve in the storage cassette 300, the storage cassette 300 is removed and the removed storage cassette 300 is in charge. A person brings and moves to the place of the change machine 200. Thereafter, when the storage cassette 300 is attached to the change machine 200, the change machine 200 pays out banknotes from the storage cassette 300 and deposits them.

  The storage cassette 300 is provided with an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag 304 having a nonvolatile storage unit. The money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the change machine 200 can write data to the IC tag 304 and read data from the IC tag 304. When storing banknotes in the storage cassette 300, the stored banknote money Banknote amount data indicating the seed and quantity is written in the IC tag 304. When the banknote is fed out from the storage cassette 300, the banknote quantity data is read out from the IC tag 304, and it is determined whether or not it matches the denomination and quantity of the fed out banknote.

  Further, the change machine 200 and the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 write usage record data indicating the usage record of the storage cassette 300 in the IC tag 304. Moreover, the money depositing / withdrawing machine 100 reads the usage record data from the IC tag 304 and determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced. The results of use of the storage cassette 300 include the total number of banknotes transported by the storage cassette 300, the total number of rotations of rollers for feeding out banknotes, the total number of attachment / detachment of the storage cassette 300, the number of times of writing to the storage unit of the IC tag 304, and the like. Can be used.

  FIG. 1 shows operations of the change machine 200 and the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 when the sales proceeds are collected from the change machine 200. When collecting the sales proceeds from the change machine 200, first, the change machine 200 stores the banknotes that become the sales proceeds in the storage cassette 300 (1), and updates the usage record data of the IC tag 304 (2). Specifically, the number of banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required to feed out the banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of cassette detachments and tag writings. The usage record data is updated by adding.

  Thereafter, the cashier person removes the storage cassette 300 from the change machine 200 and transports it to the backyard (3), and attaches the storage cassette 300 to the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 located in the backyard. The money depositing / dispensing machine 100 pays out bills by paying out bills from the installed storage cassette 300 and storing them in the bill storage units 134 and 136 corresponding to the denomination of the bills (4).

  Further, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 reads the usage record data from the IC tag 304 (5), updates the deposit processing, and determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced (6). Specifically, the number of banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required for feeding out the banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of cassette detachments and tag writings. After updating the usage record data by adding, the comparison is made with the exchange threshold value set for each of the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments and detachments, and the number of times of writing.

  As a result of the comparison, if any of the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments or the number of doug writings has reached the replacement threshold value, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 issues a notification recommending replacement of the storage cassette 300. . The money depositing / dispensing machine 100 manages the usage record data for a plurality of storage cassettes 300 used in the store. Among the plurality of storage cassettes 300, the storage cassette 300 that is used less frequently, that is, has a low usage record. Is designated as a replacement destination, and a notification is made to recommend replacement of the storage cassette 300.

  As described above, the money handling system according to the present embodiment includes the IC tag 304 having the nonvolatile storage unit in the storage cassette 300 for transferring money between the change machine 200 and the money depositing and dispensing machine 100. When the storage cassette 300 is attached to the change machine 200 and the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100, the usage record data of the IC tag 304 is updated, and the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 needs to replace the storage cassette 300 based on the use record data. Since the determination is made and notification is made, it is possible to efficiently grasp when the storage cassette 300 should be replaced.

  For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the money handling system stops because the storage cassette 300 reaches the end of its life, which is the endurance limit, and it becomes impossible to deposit or withdraw sales or change reserves.

  In addition, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 integrates and manages the usage results of the plurality of storage cassettes 300, and exchanges the storage cassettes 300 used at the frequently used cash register with the storage cassettes 300 used at the less frequently used cash register. Can be made. For this reason, it is possible to average the usage results of the plurality of storage cassettes 300 and efficiently operate them, and to extend the period in which the money handling system can be operated without purchasing a new storage cassette 300.

<Configuration of money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and change machine 200>
Next, the structure of the money depositing / withdrawing machine 100 and the change machine 200 in this money handling system will be described.

  First, the structure of the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 provided in the backyard area of the store will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 101. In the casing 101, a bill depositing process and a dispensing process are performed. Banknote processing unit 110 to be performed, coin processing unit 150 to perform coin deposit processing and withdrawal processing, and wrapping coins (a certain number of coins of the same denomination (for example, 20 or 50) are bundled in a rod shape to form a film or packaging Each of the wrapping coin storage units 180 is stored. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote processing unit 110 and the coin processing unit 150 are arranged so as to be lined up on the left and right when the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 is viewed from the front side. A wrapping coin storage unit 180 is disposed below.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the banknote handling unit 110 is provided below the banknote receiving unit 120 on the front side of the housing 101 and the banknote receiving unit 120 provided in the right region on the front side of the housing 101. A plurality of banknote storage units capable of storing banknotes and storing stored banknotes inside the housing 101. Parts 134 and 136. In FIG. 3, the right side surface of the housing 101 is the front surface of the banknote processing unit 110, and the leftward direction in FIG. 3 is the depth direction of the banknote processing unit 110.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the transport unit 130 includes a circular transport unit 130 a and a plurality of connection transport units 130 b that are arranged at a central position in the upper part of the housing 101. In addition, a bill receiving unit 120, a bill dispensing unit 122, a withdrawal and rejection unit 124, a cassette mounting unit 126 capable of detachably mounting a storage cassette 300, which will be described later, a collection cassette 140, and two banknote storage units 134 and 136, respectively. These are arranged so as to surround the circumferential conveyance unit 130a.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the plurality of connection conveyance units 130 b causes a bill receiving unit 120, a bill dispensing unit 122, a withdrawal reject unit 124, a cassette mounting unit 126, a collection cassette 140, and two bill storage units 134. 136 is connected to the circulating conveyance unit 130a. The circulation unit 130a is provided with an identification unit 132. The identification unit 132 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, conveyance state, and the like of the banknote conveyed by the circulation unit 130a. Do.

  The circulating transport unit 130a can transport banknotes one by one in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Moreover, in the conveyance part 130, the path | route switching part (not shown) which switches the conveyance path | route of a banknote between the circumference conveyance part 130a and each connection conveyance part 130b is arrange | positioned along the circumference conveyance part 130a.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, on the front surface of the housing 101, a banknote receiving port 120 a of the banknote receiving unit 120 and a banknote outlet 122 a of the banknote paying unit 122 are provided. Further, a door 126a is provided on the front side of the cassette mounting portion 126. By opening the door 126a, the storage cassette 300 can be mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126, or the storage cassette 300 can be taken out from the cassette mounting portion 126. Can be.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cassette mounting unit 126 includes a writing unit 128 that writes various information to the IC tag 304 attached to the storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126 and the IC tag 304. A reading unit 129 for reading various information is provided. Details of the information written to the IC tag 304 by the writing unit 128 and the information read from the IC tag 304 by the reading unit 129 will be described later. Each denomination stored in the storage cassette 300 is stored in the memory of the IC tag 304. Is stored.

  The banknote receiving unit 120 is provided with a banknote feeding mechanism 121. When it is detected that one or more banknotes are inserted into the banknote receiving port 120a, the banknote feeding mechanism 121 is driven, The banknotes are fed one by one to the circulating conveyance unit 130a via the connection conveyance unit 130b.

  The banknote payout unit 122 discharges the banknotes fed from the banknote storage units 134 and 136 to the circulation conveyance unit 130a to the outside of the housing 101 through the banknote outlet 122a.

  The withdrawal reject unit 124 withdraws banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 132 due to a conveyance abnormality such as double feeding or skewing among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage units 134 and 136 during the withdrawal process. Store as reject banknotes. Of the banknotes taken into the housing 101 from the banknote receiving unit 120, banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 132 due to contamination or the like during the depositing process are returned to the banknote dispensing unit 122 as deposit reject banknotes. .

  Each banknote storage unit 134, 136 stores banknotes in denomination based on the identification result of the identification unit 132. These banknote storage units 134 and 136 store banknotes to be dispensed from the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 as banknotes for change reserves to the change machine 200. For example, the bill storage unit 134 stores a thousand yen bill, and the bill storage unit 136 stores a five thousand yen bill. The 10,000 yen bill is stored in a collection cassette 140 described later. Moreover, each banknote storage part 134,136 is each provided with the banknote feeding mechanism 135,137, and the banknote accommodated in these banknote storage parts 134,136 is connected by each banknote feeding mechanism 135,137. Each sheet is fed out one by one to the circumferential conveyance unit 130a via the conveyance unit 130b.

  A collection cassette 140 is accommodated in a lower area inside the casing 101, and banknotes to be collected by the security company are accommodated in the collection cassette 140. Specifically, the banknote identified by the identification unit 132 is sent from the circulation conveyance unit 130a to the collection cassette 140 via the connection conveyance unit 130b. Further, a door 140a is provided on the front side of the collection cassette 140, and the collection cassette 140 can be accommodated inside the casing 101 by opening the door 140a, and the collection cassette 140 can be taken out from the inside of the casing 101. can do.

  Next, the configuration of the coin processing unit 150 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the coin processing unit 150 is provided below the coin receiving unit 152 on the front side of the housing 101 and the coin receiving unit 152 provided in the left region on the front side of the housing 101. And a plurality of storing and feeding units 160 capable of storing coins inside the casing 101 and feeding out the stored coins.

  The coin receiving unit 152 takes the coins received through the coin insertion slot one by one into the housing 101 in a one-layer, one-row state. Specifically, the coin receiving unit 152 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism 153 (see FIG. 5) including a feeding belt or the like. When a coin received by the coin receiving unit 152 is detected, the coin feeding mechanism 153 is driven. As a result, coins are fed one by one into the housing 101 by the coin feeding mechanism 153. As shown in FIG. 4, the coin receiving unit 152 is connected to a deposit transport unit 154 that transports the coins fed into the housing 101 by the coin receiving unit 152.

  As shown in FIG. 4, an identification unit 156 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front / back, conveyance state, etc. of the coin is provided in the middle of the deposit conveyance unit 154, and a first branch unit 158 is provided. It has been. Based on the coin identification result by the identification unit 156, the first branching unit 158 branches the coins (rejected coins, etc.) to be dispensed from the coin dispensing unit 166 from the deposit conveyance unit 154 and guides it to the withdrawal conveyance unit 162. .

  On the other hand, coins (normal coins or the like) to be stored in the housing 101 are transported to each storage and feeding unit 160 by the deposit transport unit 154. The storage and feeding unit 160 is configured to store coins by denomination and to be able to pay out the stored coins. For example, six storage and feeding units 160 corresponding to six denominations of coins distributed in Japan (500 yen coin, 100 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 10 yen coin, 5 yen coin and 1 yen coin). The coins are stored for each denomination in the storing and feeding unit 160 in ascending order from the upstream side (that is, the lower side in FIG. 4) of the deposit conveyance unit 154. In addition, the storage and feeding unit 160 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism (not shown) that feeds the coins stored in the storage and feeding unit 160 one by one to the dispensing transport unit 162.

  The withdrawal conveyance unit 162 conveys the coins fed out from the storage and feeding unit 160 to the coin dispensing unit 166. Further, the withdrawal conveyance unit 162 conveys the reject coins branched from the deposit conveyance unit 154 by the first branch unit 158 to the coin dispensing unit 166.

  A recovery cassette 170 is accommodated in a lower area inside the casing 101, and coins to be recovered by the security company are stored in the recovery cassette 170. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a second branching portion 164 is provided in the middle of the dispensing transport unit 162, and is branched from the withdrawal transporting unit 162 by the second branching unit 164. Coins are sent to the collection cassette 170 and stored in the collection cassette 170. Further, a door 170 a is provided on the front side of the collection cassette 170, and the collection cassette 170 can be accommodated inside the casing 101 by opening the door 170 a and the collection cassette 170 can be taken out from the inside of the casing 101. can do.

<Configuration of control system in money depositing / dispensing machine 100>
Next, the structure of the control system in such a money depositing and dispensing machine 100 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system in the money depositing / dispensing machine 100. As shown in FIG. 5, a control unit 102 is provided inside the housing 101 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100, and the control unit 102 controls the bill processing unit 110, the coin processing unit 150, and the wrapping coin storage unit 180. Each component is controlled.

  Specifically, the control unit 102 includes a bill feeding mechanism 121 of the banknote processing unit 110, a transport unit 130, an identification unit 132, a bill feeding mechanism 135, 137, a cassette mounting unit 126, a writing unit 128, a reading unit 129, and the like. Are connected, and the identification information of the banknote by the identification unit 132 and the information read by the reading unit 129 from the IC tag 304 provided in the storage cassette 300 are sent to the control unit 102, and the control unit 102 performs banknote processing. By sending a command signal to each component of the unit 110, these components are controlled.

  Further, the control unit 102 includes a coin feeding mechanism 153, a depositing and conveying unit 154, an identification unit 156, a first branching unit 158, each storing and feeding unit 160, a dispensing and feeding unit 162, and a second branching unit 164 of the coin processing unit 150. Etc. are connected, and the identification information of the coin by the identification unit 156 is sent to the control unit 102, and the control unit 102 sends a command signal to each component part of the coin processing unit 150 to control these component parts. I do.

  The control unit 102 is connected to the lock mechanism 184 of the wrapping coin storage unit 180, the weight scale 186, and the like, and the measurement result of the wrapping coins by the weight scale 186 is sent to the control section 102. The lock mechanism 184 is controlled by sending a command signal to the lock mechanism 184.

  The lock mechanism 184 is a mechanism that locks the drawer portion of the wrapping coin storage unit 180 inside the housing 101. When the drawer portion is locked inside the housing 101, the drawer portion is placed inside the housing 101. Cannot be pulled out to the near side, and the storage and removal of the wrapping coins is restricted. The weigh scale 186 measures the weight of the wrapping coins stored in the wrapping coin storage unit 180. Based on the weight of the wrapping coins measured by the weighing scale 186, the number of wrapping coins stored in the wrapping coin storage unit 180 is detected by the control unit 102.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an operation display unit 104, a communication unit 105, a storage unit 106, and a cash management unit 107 are connected to the control unit 102.

  The operation display unit 104 includes a touch panel or the like provided on the upper portion of the housing 101, and is stored in each of an operation screen for an operator to operate, a banknote processing unit 110, a coin processing unit 150, and a wrapping coin storage unit 180. Information relating to the amount of money being displayed is displayed on the operation display unit 104. Further, in such an operation display unit 104, the operator can input various commands to the control unit 102 by touching an operation button on the operation screen. The communication unit 105 can send and receive signals to and from various devices provided inside and outside the store.

  The storage unit 106 has various information such as information on the amount of money stored in each of the banknote processing unit 110, the coin processing unit 150, and the wrapping coin storage unit 180, and the processing history of money in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100. Information is stored. Further, threshold data 106 a indicating the replacement threshold of the storage cassette 300 and cassette management data 106 b for managing the storage cassette 300 used in the store are stored in the storage unit 106.

  Further, the control unit 102 includes a cassette management unit 102a, a cassette replacement notification unit 102b, and a replacement destination cassette specifying unit 102c. The cassette management unit 102a associates the identification information of the storage cassette 300 with the identification information of the cash register in which the storage cassette 300 is used and the usage record data of the storage cassette 300, and stores them in the storage unit 106 as cassette management data 106b. Perform the process.

  In addition, the cassette management unit 102a causes the reading unit 129 to read the usage record data from the IC tag 304, and when the withdrawal or payment from the storage cassette 300 is performed, the usage record according to the processing related to the withdrawal or payment. After updating the data, the usage record data of the IC tag 304 and the usage record data of the cassette management data 106b are rewritten.

  The cassette replacement notification unit 102b is a processing unit that determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced, and notifies when the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced. Specifically, the cassette replacement notification unit 102b compares the usage record data updated by the cassette management unit 102a with the replacement threshold indicated by the threshold data 106a to make a determination.

  The cassette replacement notifying unit 102b recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300 if any of the number of transported usage data, the number of roller rotations, the number of times of cassette attachment / detachment, or the number of times of writing is reached. I do.

  The replacement-destination cassette specifying unit 102c refers to the cassette management data 106b when the cassette replacement notification unit 102b performs notification that recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300, and is used less frequently among the other storage cassettes 300. That is, the storage cassette 300 having the largest difference between the usage record data and the replacement threshold is specified as the replacement destination. And the presentation which recommends replacement | exchange with the storage cassette 300 specified as an exchange destination is added to the content of alerting | reporting.

  Next, an example of threshold data 106a and cassette management data 106b will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the threshold data 106a and the cassette management data 106b.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the threshold data 106a is data in which the upper limit value and the replacement threshold value are associated with each other for the number of transported cassettes 300, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments, and the number of tag writes. The use upper limit value is a design upper limit value, and is a value indicating the durability limit, that is, the life of the storage cassette 300. The replacement threshold value is calculated as a predetermined ratio with respect to the use upper limit value. In the example of FIG. 6, 90% of the use upper limit value is used as the replacement threshold, but this ratio can be arbitrarily determined. Different ratios may be used for the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette detachments and the number of tag writes.

  Specifically, the threshold value data 106a shown in FIG. 6 has the replacement threshold value for the number of transported sheets set to “20000”, the replacement threshold value for the roller rotation number is set to “80000”, the replacement threshold value for the number of cassette attachment / detachment is set to “300”, The threshold value for tag write count is set to “5000”. For this reason, the replacement threshold for the number of transported sheets is “18000”, the replacement threshold for the number of roller rotations is “72000”, the replacement threshold for the number of cassette attachment / detachment is “270”, and the replacement threshold for the number of tag writings is “ 4500 ".

  The cassette management data 106b is data in which a cash register ID, which is identification information of a cash register, and usage record data are associated with a cassette ID, which is identification information of a storage cassette. The usage record data includes the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette detachments and the number of tag writings.

  Specifically, the cassette management data 106b shown in FIG. 6 includes the cassette ID “C001”, the register ID “R001”, the number of transported sheets “10000”, the number of rotations of the roller “36000”, the number of cassette attachment / detachment “27”, The number of loadings “28” is associated.

  Also, the registration ID “R002”, the number of transported sheets “18010”, the number of roller rotations “70000”, the number of cassette attachment / detachment “240”, and the number of tag writing “330” are associated with the cassette ID “C002”.

  Further, the registration ID “R013”, the number of transported sheets “5000”, the number of rotations of the roller “6000”, the number of cassette attachment / detachment “15”, and the number of tag writing “21” are associated with the cassette ID “C021”.

<Configuration of change machine 200>
Next, a detailed configuration of the change machine 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7 and the like, the change machine 200 according to the present embodiment includes a coin processing unit 250 and a wrapping coin storage unit 280 arranged so as to be lined up and down, and adjacent to the coin processing unit 250 and the wrapping coin storage unit 280. The banknote processing unit 210 is arranged so as to be lined up, and a POS register 290 is placed above the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250. The banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250 each perform deposit / withdrawal processing of coins and banknotes. Moreover, the wrapping coin storage unit 280 stores the wrapping coins of each denomination so that they can be taken out. The POS register 290 is used as a management device that manages the change machine 200.

  First, the configuration of the banknote processing unit 210 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the banknote processing unit 210 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 212, a banknote receiving unit 220 provided on the front side of the casing 212, and a banknote receiving unit on the front side of the casing 212. A banknote dispensing section 222 provided below the section 220, a transport section 230 for transporting banknotes one by one inside the housing 212, and storing banknotes inside the housing 212 and feeding out stored banknotes A plurality of possible banknote storage units 234, 236, and 238 are provided. In FIG. 8, the right side surface of the housing 212 is the front surface of the banknote processing unit 210, and the leftward direction in FIG. 8 is the depth direction of the banknote processing unit 210.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the transport unit 230 includes a circular transport unit 230 a and a plurality of connection transport units 230 b that are arranged at the center position of the housing 212. In addition, a bill receiving unit 220, a bill dispensing unit 222, a withdrawal reject unit 224, a cassette mounting unit 226 capable of detachably mounting a storage cassette 300, which will be described later, and three banknote storage units 234, 236, and 238 are each conveyed in a circular manner. It arrange | positions so that the part 230a may be surrounded.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, each of the plurality of connection conveyance units 230b causes a bill receiving unit 220, a bill dispensing unit 222, a withdrawal rejection unit 224, a cassette mounting unit 226, and three bill storage units 234, 236, and 238. Are connected to the orbiting conveyance unit 230a. The circulation unit 230a is provided with an identification unit 232. The identification unit 232 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, conveyance state, and the like of the bills conveyed by the circulation unit 230a. Do.

  The circulating transport unit 230a can transport banknotes one by one in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Moreover, in the conveyance part 230, the path | route switching part (not shown) which switches the conveyance path | route of a banknote between the circulation conveyance part 230a and each connection conveyance part 230b is arrange | positioned along the circulation conveyance part 230a.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the front face of the housing 212 is provided with a banknote receiving port 220 a of the banknote receiving unit 220 and a banknote outlet 222 a of the banknote paying unit 222. In addition, a door 226a is provided on the front side of the cassette mounting portion 226. By opening the door 226a, the storage cassette 300 can be mounted on the cassette mounting portion 226, or the storage cassette 300 can be removed from the cassette mounting portion 226. Can be.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the cassette mounting unit 226 includes a writing unit 228 for writing various information to the IC tag 304 provided in the storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 226 and the IC tag. A reading unit 229 for reading various information from 304 is provided.

  The banknote receiving unit 220 is provided with a banknote feeding mechanism 221. When it is detected that one or a plurality of banknotes are inserted into the banknote receiving port 220a, the banknote feeding mechanism 221 is driven to drive the banknote. Are fed out one by one to the circumferential conveyance unit 230a via the connection conveyance unit 230b.

  The banknote payout unit 222 is configured to discharge the banknotes fed from the banknote storage units 234, 236, and 238 to the circulation transport unit 230a to the outside of the housing 212 through the banknote outlet 222a.

  The withdrawal rejection unit 224, among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage units 234, 236, and 238 during the withdrawal process, cannot identify a banknote that cannot be identified by the identification unit 232 due to a conveyance abnormality such as double feeding or skew feeding. It is stored as a withdrawal reject bill. Of the banknotes taken into the housing 212 from the banknote receiving unit 220, banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 232 due to contamination during the deposit process are returned to the banknote dispensing unit 222 as deposit reject banknotes. The

  Each banknote storage unit 234, 236, 238 stores banknotes in denomination based on the identification result of the identification unit 232. These banknote storage units 234, 236, and 238 store banknotes that are deposited into the banknote processing unit 210 and banknotes that are to be withdrawn as change. For example, a thousand yen bill is stored in the bill storage unit 234, a two thousand yen bill and a five thousand yen bill are stored in a mixed state in the bill storage unit 236, and a ten thousand yen bill is stored in the bill storage unit 238. The Moreover, each banknote storage part 234, 236, 238 is provided with the banknote feeding mechanism 235, 237, 239, respectively, and the banknote stored in these banknote storage parts 234, 236, 238 is each banknote feeding mechanism. The sheets 235, 237, and 239 are fed out one by one to the circumferential conveyance unit 230a via the connection conveyance unit 230b.

  Next, the configuration of the coin processing unit 250 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the coin processing unit 250 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 251, a coin receiving portion 252 provided on the front surface side of the housing 251, and coin receiving on the front surface side of the housing 251. A coin dispensing unit 266 provided below the unit 252 and a plurality of storage and feeding units 260 capable of storing coins inside the housing 251 and feeding out the stored coins are provided.

  The coin receiving unit 252 takes the coins received via the coin insertion slot one by one in the case 251 in a one-layer, one-row state. Specifically, the coin receiving unit 252 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism 253 (see FIG. 10) including a feeding belt or the like. When a coin received by the coin receiving unit 252 is detected, the coin feeding mechanism 253 By being driven, the coins are fed one by one into the housing 251 by the coin feeding mechanism 253. As shown in FIG. 9, the coin receiving unit 252 is connected to a deposit transport unit 254 that transports the coins fed into the housing 251 by the coin receiving unit 252.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the middle of the deposit transport unit 254, an identifying unit 256 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front / back, and transport state of a coin, and a branching unit 258 are provided. Yes. The branching unit 258 branches the coins to be paid out from the coin payout unit 266, such as reject coins, from the depositing and transporting unit 254, and guides them to the withdrawal and transporting unit 262 based on the coin identification result by the identifying unit 256.

  On the other hand, coins to be stored in the housing 251 such as normal coins are transported to the storage and feeding sections 260 by the deposit transport section 254. The storing and feeding unit 260 is configured to store coins by denomination and to be able to pay out the stored coins. For example, six storage and feeding sections 260 corresponding to six denominations of coins distributed in Japan (500 yen coin, 100 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 10 yen coin, 5 yen coin and 1 yen coin). The coins are stored for each denomination in the storing and feeding unit 260 in ascending order from the upstream side of the deposit transport unit 254 (that is, the lower side in FIG. 9). In addition, the storage and feeding unit 260 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism (not shown) that feeds the coins stored in the storage and feeding unit 260 one by one to the dispensing transport unit 262.

  The withdrawal conveyance unit 262 conveys the coins fed out from the storage and feeding unit 260 to the coin dispensing unit 266. Further, the withdrawal transport unit 262 transports the reject coins branched from the deposit transport unit 254 by the branching unit 258 to the coin dispensing unit 266.

<Configuration of POS register>
Next, the configuration of the POS register 290 will be specifically described. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the POS register 290 includes a POS control unit 291, a display unit 293 such as a monitor and an operation unit 294 such as operation keys connected to the POS control unit 291.

  The operation unit 294 can be operated by an operator, and can give various commands to the POS control unit 291. In addition, the display unit 293 displays information such as the processing status of banknotes and coins in the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250, and the amount of banknotes and coins stored in the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250. . Further, the POS register 290 is provided with an additional display unit 293a that can be visually recognized by the customer. In addition to displaying various information on the display unit 293, or in addition to the display on the display unit 293, an additional display unit is provided. The display may be performed in the part 293a.

  The POS register 290 is provided with a card reader 296 and a printing unit 297 (see FIG. 10, not shown in FIG. 7). The card reader 296 acquires information on the ID, authority, etc. of the operator by reading an ID card carried by an operator such as a cashier. The printing unit 297 includes, for example, a printer, and prints information such as banknotes and coins stored in the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250 on the receipt in addition to the sales receipt and the total receipt.

<Configuration of control system of change machine 200>
Next, the configuration of the control system of the change machine 200 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the coin processing unit 250 includes a host control unit 202 and a coin control unit 250a, and the host control unit 202 and the coin control unit 250a are connected to each other.

  Moreover, the banknote processing unit 210 has a banknote control unit 210 a, and the banknote control unit 210 a is connected to the upper control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250. The wrapping coin storage unit 280 has a wrapping coin control unit 280 a, and the wrapping coin control unit 280 a is connected to the upper control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250. A POS control unit 291 provided in the POS register 290 is also connected to the upper control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250. Although not shown, the POS control unit 291 of the POS register 290 is communicably connected to a host terminal such as a store server.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the upper control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250 includes a communication unit 203, an operation display unit 204 for communicating with each of the banknote processing unit 210, the wrapping coin storage unit 280 and the POS register 290. A cassette data update unit 205 and a storage unit 208 are connected to each other.

  The host control unit 202 transmits and receives signals to and from the bill control unit 210a of the bill processing unit 210, the wrapping coin control unit 280a of the wrapping coin storage unit 280, and the POS control unit 291 of the POS register 290 through the communication unit 203. .

  The operation display unit 204 includes a touch panel or the like provided on the upper surface of the casing 251 of the coin processing unit 250, and includes an operation screen for operation by the operator, a bill processing unit 210, the coin processing unit 250, and a wrapping coin storage unit. Information on the amount of money stored in each of the 280 is displayed on the operation display unit 204. In such an operation display unit 204, the operator can input various commands to the upper control unit 202 by touching an operation button on the operation screen with a finger.

  The cassette data updating unit 205 causes the reading unit 229 of the banknote processing unit 210 to read the usage record data from the IC tag 304, and when performing withdrawals or deposits from the storage cassette 300, the cassette data update unit 205 performs processing related to withdrawals or deposits. Update usage data accordingly. Then, the writing unit 228 of the banknote processing unit 210 writes the updated usage record data to the IC tag 304.

  In the storage unit 208, various information such as information relating to the amount of money stored in each of the banknote processing unit 210, the coin processing unit 250, and the packaging coin storage unit 280, and the processing history of money in the change machine 200. Is memorized.

  In addition, the banknote control unit 210a of the banknote processing unit 210 includes a communication unit 240, a banknote feeding mechanism 221, a transport unit 230, an identification unit 232, banknote feeding mechanisms 235, 237, and 239, a cassette mounting unit 226, a writing unit 228, A reading unit 229 and the like are connected, and banknote identification information by the identification unit 232 and information read by the reading unit 229 from the IC tag 304 provided in the storage cassette 300 are sent to the banknote control unit 210a and banknotes The control unit 210a controls these components by sending a command signal to each component of the banknote processing unit 210. Moreover, the banknote control part 210a transmits / receives a signal with respect to the high-order control part 202 of the coin processing unit 250 by the communication part 240. FIG.

  The coin control unit 250a of the coin processing unit 250 is connected to a coin feeding mechanism 253, a deposit transport unit 254, an identification unit 256, a branching unit 258, each storing and feeding unit 260, a withdrawal transport unit 262, and the like. The coin identification information by the identification unit 256 is sent to the coin control unit 250a, and the coin control unit 250a sends a command signal to each component part of the coin processing unit 250 to control these component parts.

  In addition, a communication unit 289, a detection unit 284, a lock mechanism 286, a storage unit 288, and the like are connected to the wrapping coin control unit 280a of the wrapping coin storage unit 280. While being sent to the control unit 280a, the wrapping coin control unit 280a controls the lock mechanism 286 by sending a command signal to the lock mechanism 286.

  The detection unit 284 detects the number of wrapping coins stored in the wrapping coin storage unit 280 for each denomination using an optical sensor or the like. The lock mechanism 286 is a mechanism for locking the storage drawer in the housing 281 when the storage drawer of the wrapping coin storage unit 280 is completely stored in the housing 281. When the lock mechanism 286 locks the storage drawer inside the housing 281, the storage drawer cannot be pulled out from the housing 281, so that the wrapping coins cannot be taken out from the storage drawer 282.

  In addition, the wrapping coin control unit 280 a transmits and receives signals to and from the upper control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250 through the communication unit 289. Further, information on the amount of the wrapping coins stored in the storage drawer 282 of the wrapping coin storage unit 280 is stored in the storage unit 288.

  In addition, a display unit 293, an operation unit 294, a storage unit 295, a communication unit 292, a card reader 296, a printing unit 297, and the like are connected to the POS control unit 291 of the POS register 290 so that they can communicate with each other. A command input to the operation unit 294 is sent from the operation unit 294 to the POS control unit 291, and information related to an ID card of an operator such as a cashier in charge read by the card reader 296 is sent to the POS control unit 291. It is done.

  The POS control unit 291 displays various information on the display unit 293 by sending a command to the display unit 293. Note that the POS control unit 291 can cause the additional display unit 293a to display instead of displaying various information on the display unit 293 or in addition to the display on the display unit 293.

  Further, the POS control unit 291 causes the printing unit 297 to print various information on a receipt or the like by sending a command to the printing unit 297. In addition, the POS control unit 291 transmits and receives signals to and from a higher-level terminal (not shown) such as a higher-level control unit 202 of the coin processing unit 250 and a store server by the communication unit 292.

  In the storage unit 295, the processing status of coins and banknotes in the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250 transmitted from the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250, the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250, packaging Various information such as the amount of coins, bills, and wrapping coins stored in the coin storage unit 280 is stored.

<Configuration of storage cassette 300>
Next, the structure of the storage cassette 300 for delivering a banknote between the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 and the change machine 200 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the storage cassette 300 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 301, and banknotes are stored in a stacked state inside the casing 301. Further, as described above, the storage cassette 300 is detachably mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the cassette mounting portion 226 of the change machine 200, respectively.

  Further, an opening 302 is formed on the side surface of the casing 301 of the storage cassette 300, and when the storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the cassette mounting portion 226 of the change machine 200. The bills are sent to the inside of the storage cassette 300 through the opening 302 from the transport unit 130 provided in the banknote processing unit 110 of the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 or the transport unit 230 provided in the banknote processing unit 210 of the change machine 200. Or banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 are fed through the opening 302 to the transport unit 130 of the banknote processing unit 110 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the transport unit 230 of the banknote processing unit 210 of the change machine 200. .

  More specifically, a bill feeding mechanism that feeds the bills stored in the storage cassette 300 out of the casing 301 from the opening 302 is provided inside the storage cassette 300. Further, when the storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting part 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the cassette mounting part 226 of the change machine 200, the banknote processing unit 110 side of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the banknote of the change machine 200. Power is transmitted from the processing unit 210 side to the bill feeding mechanism of the storage cassette 300.

  As described above, when the storage cassette 300 is taken out from the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the cassette mounting portion 226 of the change machine 200, the banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 are fed out of the casing 301. Therefore, the security of banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 can be improved.

  An IC tag 304 is provided on the side surface of the casing 301 of the storage cassette 300. When the storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the cassette mounting unit 226 of the change machine 200, the writing unit provided in the cassette mounting unit 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100. 128 or a writing unit 228 provided in the cassette mounting unit 226 of the change machine 200, and various information is written to the IC tag 304, or a reading unit 129 or a change machine provided in the cassette mounting unit 126 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100. Various information can be read from the IC tag 304 by a reading unit 229 provided in the 200 cassette mounting unit 226.

  Specifically, identification information of the storage cassette 300, identification information of a cash register in which the storage cassette 300 is used, usage record data of the storage cassette 300, and the like are written in the IC tag 304. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the IC tag data 304a written to the IC tag 304.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the IC tag data 304a is data in which a cash register ID that is identification information of a storage cassette is associated with a cash register ID that is identification information of a cash register and usage record data. The usage record data includes the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette detachments and the number of tag writings.

  Specifically, the IC tag data 304a shown in FIG. 12 includes a cassette ID “C001”, a register ID “R001”, the number of transported sheets “10000”, the number of roller rotations “36000”, the number of times of cassette attachment / detachment “27”, The number of loadings “28” is associated.

<Treatment procedure of money deposit / withdrawal machine>
Next, the operation of the money handling system will be described. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the money handling system. First, the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 stores the threshold data 106a in the storage unit 106 (step S11). Next, the change machine 200 deposits / withdraws banknotes into / from the storage cassette 300 (step S21), and updates the usage record data of the IC tag 304 (step S22).

  Thereafter, the storage cassette 300 is removed from the change machine 200 and transported, and attached to the money depositing / dispensing machine 100. The money depositing / dispensing machine 100 performs banknote depositing / withdrawing processing on the storage cassette 300 (step S12), updates the usage record data of the IC tag 304 (step S13), and based on the usage record data and the threshold data 106a. Accordingly, a notification regarding replacement of the storage cassette is made (step S14).

  Thereafter, the storage cassette 300 is removed from the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and transported, and attached to the change machine 200. Thereafter, deposit / withdrawal by the change machine 200 (step S23), usage record data update (step S24), transport of the storage cassette, deposit / withdrawal by the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 (step S15), usage record data update (step S16) and notification. (Step S17) is repeated.

<Treatment procedure of money deposit / withdrawal machine>
Next, the processing procedure of the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100. First, when the storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126, the banknote handling unit 110 operates the banknote feeding mechanism of the storage cassette 300 to pay out the banknotes from the storage cassette 300, and the banknotes corresponding to the denominations. Depositing is carried out by transporting and storing in the storage units 134 and 136 (step S101). Further, the reading unit 129 reads the usage record data from the IC tag 304 of the storage cassette 300 (step S102).

  The cassette management unit 102a updates the usage record data read by the reading unit 129 according to the processing related to payment (step S103). Specifically, the number of banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required for feeding out the banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of cassette detachments and tag writings. Use result data is updated by adding. Note that the cassette management unit 102a rewrites the usage record data of the IC tag 304 and the use record data of the cassette management data 106b with the updated use record data.

  The cassette replacement notification unit 102b compares the usage record data updated by the cassette management unit 102a with the replacement threshold value shown in the threshold value data 106a, and compares the usage record data transport number, roller rotation number, cassette attachment / detachment number, It is determined whether any of the number of writings has reached the corresponding replacement threshold (step S104).

  If any one of the number of used results data transported, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments or the number of doug writings reaches the corresponding replacement threshold value (step S104; Yes), the cassette replacement notification unit 102b performs the cassette replacement process. (Step S107), and the process ends. Details of this cassette exchange processing will be described later.

  If none of the number of used results data transported, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments, or the number of doug writings has reached the corresponding replacement threshold value (step S104; No), the banknote handling unit 110 Withdrawing banknotes as change reserves from 136 and storing them in the storage cassette 300 is performed (step S105).

  The cassette management unit 102a updates the usage record data according to the processing related to withdrawal. Specifically, the number of banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required for storing banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of tag writings. The usage record data is updated, the usage record data of the IC tag 304 and the use record data of the cassette management data 106b are rewritten (step S106), and the process is terminated.

  Note that the number of cassette attachments / detachments is not added at the time of withdrawal. Further, when the change reserve is not withdrawn, the number of transported sheets and the number of roller rotations related to the withdrawal are not added. For this reason, it is not necessary to update the usage record data, and the tag write count is not added. Furthermore, if it is not necessary to operate the banknote feeding mechanism of the storage cassette 300 when storing banknotes in the storage cassette 300, it is not necessary to add the number of transported sheets and the number of roller rotations even when making a withdrawal. Step S106 can be omitted.

<Cassette replacement process>
Next, details of the cassette replacement process shown in FIG. 14 will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the cassette exchange process. When the cassette replacement process is started, the replacement-destination cassette specifying unit 102c refers to the cassette management data 106b and uses the storage cassette 300 that is currently installed, that is, the storage cassette 300 other than the replacement-source storage cassette 300. The storage cassette 300 having the smallest difference between the usage record data and the replacement threshold is specified as the replacement destination (step S201).

  For example, if the number of transported storage cassettes exceeds the replacement threshold, the storage cassette 300 having the smallest transport number among other storage cassettes 300 is specified as the replacement destination. At this time, it may be a condition for specifying as an exchange destination that none of the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments, and the number of tag writings has reached the exchange threshold. An arbitrary evaluation such as calculating the evaluation value of the usage record of the storage cassette 300 from the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachment / detachment times, and the number of tag writings, and specifying the storage cassette 300 having the smallest evaluation value as the replacement destination. The exchange destination can be specified by the method.

  After step S201, the cassette exchange notification unit 102b controls to display on the operation display unit 104 a screen for recommending replacement between the exchange-destination storage cassette 300 and the exchange-destination storage cassette 300 being installed (step S202).

  After step S202, the cassette replacement notification unit 102b determines whether an operation indicating the start of replacement of the storage cassette 300 has been received (step S203). If an operation indicating the start of replacement is received (step S203; Yes), the cassette replacement notification unit 102b displays an operation screen for rewriting the register ID of the storage cassette 300 that is being replaced (step S204). .

  After step S204, the cassette exchange notification unit 102b determines whether or not a rewrite execution operation has been accepted (step S205). If a rewrite execution operation has been received (step S205; Yes), the cassette exchange notification unit 102b rewrites the register ID of the exchange cassette that is currently being replaced with the register ID of the exchange cassette 300 that is the exchange destination (step S206). . The rewriting of the register ID is performed on the IC tag data 304a of the IC tag 304 and the cassette management data 106b of the storage unit 106.

  After step S206, the cassette exchange notification unit 102b displays a screen for requesting installation of the replacement storage cassette 300 (step S207), and determines whether or not the replacement storage cassette 300 is installed (step S208). . If the exchange-destination storage cassette 300 is not attached (step S208; No), the process goes to step S208 to wait for the exchange-destination storage cassette 300 to be attached.

  If the exchange destination storage cassette 300 is attached (step S208; Yes), the cassette exchange notification unit 102b displays an operation screen for rewriting the register ID of the exchange destination storage cassette 300 that is being attached (step S208; Yes). Step S209).

  After step S209, the cassette exchange notification unit 102b determines whether or not a rewrite execution operation has been accepted (step S210). If the rewrite execution operation is received (step S210; Yes), the cassette replacement notification unit 102b sets the register ID of the storage cassette as the replacement destination being attached to the register ID associated with the storage cassette 300 as the replacement source. Rewriting is performed (step S211). The rewriting of the register ID is performed on the IC tag data 304a of the IC tag 304 and the cassette management data 106b of the storage unit 106.

  After step S211, if the operation indicating the start of replacement is not accepted (step S203; No), the registration ID rewrite execution operation is not accepted for the replacement source (step S205; No), or the registration ID of the replacement destination is When the rewrite execution operation is not accepted (step S210; No), the cassette replacement notification unit 102b ends the cassette replacement process.

  Next, a screen example in the cassette exchange process will be described. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a screen example in the cassette exchange process. FIG. 16A shows an example of a screen whose display is controlled in step S202 of FIG. In this screen example, the message “The usage record of the storage cassette has reached the standard for replacement. (Storage cassette ID C002). Please replace it with the cassette of No. 13 cash register”, “Replace” and “ The “Do not replace” operation button is displayed. The operation for the “exchange” operation button is an operation indicating the start of replacement.

  When the “exchange” operation button is operated, an operation screen shown in FIG. 16B is displayed. This operation screen is an operation screen for rewriting the register ID of the storage cassette 300 as a replacement source, and corresponds to the screen whose display is controlled in step S204 of FIG.

  Specifically, on the operation screen shown in FIG. 16B, a message “Do you want to rewrite the registration ID of the storage cassette (C002)?” And operation buttons “Yes” and “No” are displayed. . The operation for the “Yes” operation button is a rewrite execution operation.

  When the “Yes” operation button is operated, the register ID of the exchange cassette 300 is rewritten, and the screen shown in FIG. 16C is displayed. This screen is a screen for requesting mounting of the storage cassette 300 selected as the replacement destination, and corresponds to the screen whose display is controlled in step S207 of FIG.

  Specifically, on the operation screen shown in FIG. 16C, a message “Please set the storage cassette (C021) of No. 13 cash register” is displayed.

  When the operator removes the storage cassette 300 with the cassette ID “C021” from the cashier 200 with the cash register ID “R13” and attaches it to the money depositing / dispensing machine 100, the operation screen shown in FIG. Is done. This operation screen is an operation screen for rewriting the cash register ID of the storage cassette 300 that is the replacement destination, and corresponds to the screen whose display is controlled in step S209 of FIG.

  Specifically, on the operation screen shown in FIG. 16D, a message “Do you want to rewrite the registration ID of the storage cassette (C021)?” And operation buttons “Yes” and “No” are displayed. . The operation for the “Yes” operation button is a rewrite execution operation. When the “Yes” operation button is operated, the cash register ID of the storage cassette 300 that is the replacement destination is rewritten. In this way, the registration ID is exchanged by rewriting the registration ID of the storage cassette 300 as the replacement source and the registration ID of the storage cassette 300 as the replacement destination. Thereafter, the replacement storage cassette 300 and the replacement storage cassette 300 are used based on the new register ID, and therefore the replacement storage cassette 300 that has approached the endurance limit is used at a less frequently used register. be able to.

<Configuration in which the change machine determines whether or not the storage cassette needs to be replaced based on the usage record>
In the description so far, the description has been given of the configuration in which the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced based on the usage record, but the change machine 200 determines the need for the storage cassette 300 based on the usage record. It is good also as a structure which determines the necessity of exchange of this.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the change machine determines whether or not the storage cassette needs to be replaced based on the usage record.

  FIG. 17 shows operations of the change machine 200a and the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100a when the change machine 200a is replenished with the change reserve from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100a. When replenishing a change reserve to the change machine 200a from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100a, the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100a first stores banknotes as a change reserve in the storage cassette 300 (1), and uses of the IC tag 304 are recorded. Update the data (2). Specifically, the number of banknotes stored in the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required to feed out the banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of cassette detachments and tag writings. The usage record data is updated by adding.

  Thereafter, the storage cassette 300 is removed from the money depositing / dispensing machine 100a and transported to the cash register (3), and is attached to the change machine 200a located at the cash register. The change machine 200a pays out bills by paying out bills from the attached storage cassette 300 and storing them in the bill storage units 234, 236, and 238 corresponding to the denominations of the bills (4).

  Further, the change machine 200a reads the usage record data from the IC tag 304 (5), updates the deposit processing, and determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced (6). Specifically, the number of banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 300 is added to the number of transported sheets, the number of rotations of the rollers required for feeding out the banknotes is added to the number of roller rotations, and 1 is added to the number of cassette detachments and tag writings. After updating the usage record data by adding, the comparison is made with the exchange threshold value set for each of the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments and detachments, and the number of times of writing.

  As a result of the comparison, if any of the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachment / detachment times, or the number of doug writings has reached the replacement threshold, the change machine 200a issues a notification that recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300.

  In this way, the change machine 200a determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced based on the usage record data and notifies the user, thereby efficiently grasping when the storage cassette 300 should be replaced.

  In such a configuration, the change machine 200a further includes a processing unit that holds threshold data in the storage unit 208, and determines and notifies whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced. Moreover, the money depositing / withdrawing machine 100a only needs to be able to update the usage record data, and does not need to have a processing unit or data regarding the management of the cassette.

  In addition, if it is set as the structure which uses the money depositing / withdrawing machine 100 and change machine 200a which have a process part and data regarding management of a cassette, both of the money depositing / withdrawing machine 100 and the change machine 200a of the storage cassette 300 based on a use track record are used. It is possible to determine whether or not replacement is necessary.

<Modification using management server>
In the description so far, the configuration has been described in which the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 or the change machine 200a holds the threshold value data 106a and determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced by comparing with the usage record data. You may comprise so that the function of the deposit or withdrawal machine 100 or the change machine 200a may be performed by another device.

  FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server 400 holds threshold data. In the configuration shown in FIG. 18, the money depositing and dispensing machine 500 is connected to the management server 400 so as to be communicable. When the change cassette 600 stores the storage cassette 300 storing banknotes to be sold into the money depositing / dispensing machine 500 (1), the money depositing / dispensing machine 500 deposits banknotes and reads usage record data from the IC tag 304. (2).

  Furthermore, the money depositing and dispensing machine 500 receives threshold data from the management server 400 (3). The money depositing / dispensing machine 500 updates the usage record data read from the IC tag 304 with respect to the depositing process, and compares it with the threshold data received from the management server 400, thereby requiring the exchange of the storage cassette 300. Judgment is made (4). As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500 issues a notification that recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300.

  As described above, when the money depositing / dispensing machine 500 acquires threshold data from the management server 400, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500 does not need to hold the threshold data and can centrally manage the threshold data. Note that the change machine 600 is connected to the management server 400, and the change machine 600 obtains threshold data from the management server 400 and compares it with the usage record data read from the IC tag 304, so that a notification recommending replacement of the storage cassette 300 is issued. It is also possible to do this.

  FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server 400a performs threshold data retention and determination of whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced. In the configuration shown in FIG. 19, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a is connected to the management server 400a in a communicable manner. When the change machine 600a mounts the storage cassette 300 storing banknotes to be sold into the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a (1), the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a deposits banknotes and reads usage record data from the IC tag 304. (2).

  Furthermore, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a updates the usage record data read from the IC tag 304 with respect to the depositing process and transmits the updated data to the management server 400a (3). The management server 400a determines whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced by comparing the usage record data received from the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a with the threshold data held by the own device (4). The management server 400a notifies the determination result to the money depositing and dispensing machine 500a (5). When the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a is notified of the determination result that the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a issues a notification that recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300 (6).

  Thus, if the management server 400a is configured to hold the threshold data and determine whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced, the processing load on the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a can be reduced. Note that the change machine 600a and the management server 400a are connected, the change machine 600a transmits usage record data to the management server 400a, and receives a determination result notification from the management server 400a to notify the exchange of the storage cassette 300. Is also possible.

  FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in which the management server 400b performs processing related to threshold data and usage record data. In the configuration shown in FIG. 20, the cassette ID is stored in the IC tag 304, but it is not necessary to store the usage record data.

  The money depositing / dispensing machine 500b is communicably connected to the management server 400a, and when the change cassette 600b mounts the storage cassette 300 storing the bills to be sold into the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b (1), depositing the banknotes. At the same time, the cassette ID is read from the IC tag 304 (2).

  Furthermore, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b attaches data indicating the processing contents of depositing to the cassette ID read from the IC tag 304, and transmits the data to the management server 400b (3). The management server 400b retains threshold data and retains usage record data of each storage cassette 300 in association with the cassette ID.

  When the management server 400b receives the cassette ID and the data indicating the processing contents of the deposit from the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b, the management server 400b updates the usage record data held by the own device (4). Then, it is determined whether or not the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced by comparing the updated usage record data with the threshold data held by the apparatus (5). The management server 400b notifies the result of the determination to the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b (6). When the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b is notified of the determination result that the storage cassette 300 needs to be replaced, the money depositing / dispensing machine 500b issues a notification that recommends replacement of the storage cassette 300 (7).

  Thus, if the management server 400b is configured to perform processing related to the threshold data and the usage record data, the processing load on the money depositing / dispensing machine 500a can be reduced, and the usage record data and the threshold data can be centrally managed. Note that the change machine 600b and the management server 400b are connected, the change machine 600b transmits data indicating the cassette ID and the processing contents of the deposit to the management server 400b, receives the determination result notification from the management server 400b, and replaces the storage cassette 300. It is also possible to make a notification that recommends.

  As described above, in the money handling system according to the present embodiment, the IC tag 304 having a nonvolatile storage unit in the storage cassette 300 for transferring money between the change machine 200 and the money depositing and dispensing machine 100. When the storage cassette 300 is attached to the change machine 200 and the money depositing / dispensing machine 100, the usage record data of the IC tag 304 is updated, and the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 replaces the storage cassette 300 based on the usage record data. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently grasp the time when the storage cassette 300 should be replaced.

  For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the money handling system stops because the storage cassette 300 reaches the end of its life, which is the endurance limit, and it becomes impossible to deposit or withdraw sales or change reserves.

  In addition, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 integrates and manages the usage results of the plurality of storage cassettes 300, and exchanges the storage cassettes 300 used at the frequently used cash register with the storage cassettes 300 used at the less frequently used cash register. Can be made. For this reason, it is possible to average the usage results of the plurality of storage cassettes 300 and efficiently operate them, and to extend the period in which the money handling system can be operated without purchasing a new storage cassette 300.

  Further, the same effect can be realized even if the change machine or the management server is configured to perform processing related to threshold data retention and usage record data.

  In addition, the money processing system mentioned above and the money processing apparatus and change machine provided in such a money processing system are not limited to the above aspects, and various changes can be made.

  For example, a plurality of storage cassettes 300 may be divided into groups, and the storage cassettes 300 may be exchanged between storage cassettes 300 belonging to the same group. If such a configuration is used, it is possible to equalize the use results for each group, and it is possible to stop the use of the storage cassette 300 or add a new one for each group.

  The plurality of storage cassettes 300 may include a spare storage cassette 300. The spare storage cassette 300 is not associated with a cash register ID, but can be selected as a replacement destination.

  Further, when the replacement storage cassette 300 cannot be selected, such as when the usage record of all storage cassettes 300 has reached the replacement threshold, the operator may be notified.

  In this embodiment, the case where the number of transported sheets, the number of roller rotations, the number of cassette attachments / detachments and the number of tag writings are used as examples of use has been described as an example. May be. Also, other parameters can be used as usage records.

  The replacement threshold can be changed as appropriate. For example, even before the replacement threshold is reached, if the frequency of occurrence of errors increases, the replacement time may be advanced by lowering the corresponding replacement threshold. Specifically, it is desirable to change the replacement threshold corresponding to the error that has occurred. In other words, if the frequency of occurrence of errors related to conveyance increases, the exchange threshold for the number of conveyances is lowered, and if the frequency of occurrence of errors related to read / write of the IC tag 304 increases, the exchange threshold for the number of tag writes can be lowered. Good.

  Further, the history of errors that have occurred may be written into the IC tag 304 for management. Further, a use prohibition threshold value for prohibiting the use of the storage cassette 300 may be further provided, and the use of the storage cassette 300 whose usage record has reached the use prohibition threshold value may be prohibited instead of being replaced. The use can be prohibited by writing information indicating the use prohibition in the IC tag 304.

  Further, for the data written in the IC tag 304 of the storage cassette 300 whose usage record approaches the replacement threshold, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 may hold a backup.

  In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a money depositing / dispensing machine provided in a store's backyard. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various money handling apparatuses. can do.

  Also, a coin storage cassette for storing coins and feeding out the stored coins may be detachably attached to the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the change machine 200, respectively.

  In this case, since coins can be transferred between the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 and the change machine 200 by using such a coin storage cassette, the coin as the sales collected from the change machine 200 is used. Further, since it is possible to prevent the coins to be replenished as change reserves from the change machine 200 withdrawn from the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 from being touched by the operator, security can be improved.

  The money handling system and the money handling method according to the present invention efficiently grasp when the storage cassette should be replaced in the money handling system for transferring money between the change machine and the money depositing / dispensing machine via the storage cassette. Useful for.

100, 100a, 500, 500a, 500b Money depositing / dispensing machine 101 Case 102 Control unit 102a Cassette management unit 102b Cassette exchange notification unit 102c Replacement destination cassette specifying unit 104 Operation display unit 105 Communication unit 106 Storage unit 106a Threshold data 106b Cassette management Data 107 Cash management unit 110 Banknote processing unit 120 Banknote receiving unit 120a Banknote receiving port 121 Banknote feeding mechanism 122 Banknote dispensing unit 122a Banknote outlet 124 Withdrawal rejection unit 126 Cassette mounting unit 126a, 140a, 170a Door 128 Writing unit 129 Reading unit 130 Conveying unit 130a Circulating conveying unit 130b Connection conveying unit 132 Identification unit 134, 136 Bill storage unit 135, 137 Bill feeding mechanism 140 Collection cassette 150 Coin processing unit 152 Coin receiving unit 153 Coin feeding mechanism 1 4 Depositing conveyance unit 156 Identification unit 158 First branching unit 160 Storage feeding unit 162 Dispensing conveyance unit 164 Second branching unit 166 Coin dispensing unit 170 Collection cassette 180 Packaging coin storage unit 200, 200a, 600a, 600b Change machine 202 Upper level control Unit 203 communication unit 204 operation display unit 205 cassette data update unit 208 storage unit 210 banknote processing unit 210a banknote control unit 212 housing 220 banknote receiving unit 220a banknote receiving port 221 banknote feeding mechanism 222 banknote dispensing unit 222a banknote outlet 224 Rejecting unit 226 Cassette mounting unit 228 Writing unit 229 Reading unit 230 Conveying unit 230a Circulating conveying unit 230b Connection conveying unit 232 Identification units 234, 236, 238 Bill storage units 235, 237, 239 Bill feeding mechanism 240 Communication unit 250 Coin processing unit 250a Coin control unit 252 Coin receiving unit 253 Coin feeding mechanism 254 Deposit conveyance unit 256 Identification unit 258 Branching unit 260 Storage feeding unit 262 Payment conveyance unit 266 Coin dispensing unit 280 Packaging coin storage unit 280a Packaging coin control unit 284 Detection unit 286 Lock mechanism 288 Storage unit 289 Communication unit 290 POS register 291 POS control unit 292 Communication unit 293 Display unit 294 Operation unit 295 Storage unit 296 Card reader 297 Printing unit 300 Storage cassette 301 Casing 302 Opening 304 IC tag 304a IC tag data 400, 400a, 400b Management server

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A change machine for storing money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process for money to be changed; and a money processing apparatus for storing at least the sales in the change machine, the change machine and the money process A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be mounted on each device,
The storage cassette has at least a nonvolatile storage unit,
The change machine is
When the storage cassette is mounted or removed, at least a first update unit that updates usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit,
The money handling apparatus includes:
A lifetime information storage unit for storing lifetime information relating to the lifetime of the storage cassette;
A second update unit that updates usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the storage cassette is attached or removed; and
A money handling system comprising: a notification unit that performs predetermined notification based on the usage record information and the life information. A change machine for storing money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process for money to be changed; and a money processing apparatus for storing at least the sales in the change machine, the change machine and the money process A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be mounted on each device,
The storage cassette has at least a nonvolatile storage unit,
The money handling apparatus includes:
When the storage cassette is mounted or removed, at least a first update unit that updates usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit,
The change machine is
A lifetime information storage unit for storing lifetime information relating to the lifetime of the storage cassette;
A second update unit that updates usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the storage cassette is attached or removed; and
A money handling system comprising: a notification unit that performs predetermined notification based on the usage record information and the life information.   The money processing system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is a non-volatile storage unit provided in an IC tag attached to the storage cassette.   The said use performance information contains the frequency | count of writing to the memory | storage part of the said IC tag, The said lifetime information contains the upper limit frequency | count which can be written in the memory | storage part of the said IC tag, Money handling system.   The usage record information includes the total number of coins transported to the storage cassette, the total number of rotations of the transport rollers in the storage cassette, and / or the total number of attachments / detachments of the storage cassette, and the life information is stored in the storage cassette. The upper limit number of sheets of money that can be transported, the upper limit number of rotations of a transport roller in the storage cassette, and / or the upper limit number of times to attach and detach the storage cassette are included. Money handling system.   The said alerting | reporting part performs predetermined alerting | reporting, when the use track record contained in the said use track record information reaches the predetermined ratio with respect to the upper limit contained in the said lifetime information. The money handling system according to any one of the above. The money handling apparatus or the change machine is
The money processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a life information acquisition unit that acquires the life information from a predetermined management device and stores the life information in the life information storage unit. . The money handling apparatus or the change machine is
A use record information storage unit for storing use record information of a plurality of storage cassettes;
Of the use record information of each storage cassette stored in the use record information storage unit, further comprising a specifying unit for specifying a storage cassette with a small use record,
The notification unit
When the usage record included in the usage record information reaches a predetermined ratio with respect to the upper limit value included in the lifetime information, a notification is made to replace the storage cassette with a low use record specified by the specifying unit. The money handling system according to claim 6 or 7.   9. The money handling system according to claim 8, wherein the usage record information storage unit stores usage record information of a plurality of storage cassettes including a spare cassette not associated with each change machine. A change machine that performs a storage process of money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process of money to be changed, a money processing apparatus that stores at least sales proceeds in the change machine, and a predetermined management device, A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be mounted on the change machine and the money handling device, respectively.
The money handling apparatus or the change machine is
When the storage cassette is mounted or removed, an update unit that updates the usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in the nonvolatile storage unit provided in the storage cassette;
A determination requesting unit for making a determination request including the usage record information updated by the updating unit with respect to the predetermined management device;
A notification unit that performs predetermined notification based on the determination result notified from the management device;
The management device
A lifetime information storage unit for storing lifetime information relating to the lifetime of the storage cassette;
A determination unit that performs a determination on the use restriction of the storage cassette based on the usage record information and the life information included in the determination request from the money handling apparatus or the change machine;
A money handling system comprising: a judgment result notifying part for notifying the money handling apparatus or the change machine of a judgment result by the judgment part. A change machine that performs a storage process of money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process of money to be changed, a money processing apparatus that stores at least sales proceeds in the change machine, and a predetermined management device, A money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via storage cassettes that can be mounted on the change machine and the money handling device, respectively.
The money handling apparatus or the change machine is
A notification unit for notifying the management device of cassette identification information stored in a non-volatile storage unit provided in the storage cassette when the storage cassette is mounted or removed;
A notification unit that performs predetermined notification based on the determination result notified from the management device;
The management device
A lifetime information storage unit for storing lifetime information relating to the lifetime of the storage cassette;
A use record information storage unit that stores use record information related to the storage cassette in association with cassette identification information of the storage cassette;
An update unit for updating the use record information stored in the use record information storage unit based on the cassette identification information notified from the money handling apparatus or the change machine;
A determination unit that performs a determination on the use restriction of the storage cassette based on the use record information and the life information stored in the use record information storage unit;
A money handling system comprising: a judgment result notifying part for notifying the money handling apparatus or the change machine of a judgment result by the judgment part. A change machine for storing money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process for money to be changed; and a money processing apparatus for storing at least the sales in the change machine, the change machine and the money process A money handling method for a money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be mounted on each device,
A storage step in which the money handling apparatus stores life information relating to the life of the storage cassette in a life information storage unit;
When the change machine is mounted or removed, a first update step of updating usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in a non-volatile storage unit provided in the storage cassette when the storage cassette is mounted or removed. When,
A second update step of updating the usage record information relating to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the money handling apparatus is mounted or removed;
The money processing method, wherein the money handling apparatus includes a notification step of performing a predetermined notification based on the usage record information and the life information. A change machine for storing money according to a settlement process of goods and a payout process for money to be changed; and a money processing apparatus for storing at least the sales in the change machine, the change machine and the money process A money handling method for a money handling system that exchanges money between the change machine and the money handling device via a storage cassette that can be mounted on each device,
A storage step in which the change machine stores life information relating to the life of the storage cassette in a life information storage unit;
When the money handling apparatus is mounted or removed, a first update is performed to update usage record information related to the storage cassette stored in a nonvolatile storage unit provided in the storage cassette. Steps,
A second update step of updating the usage record information relating to the storage cassette stored in the storage unit when the change cassette is mounted or removed, and
The money processing method, wherein the change machine includes a notification step of performing a predetermined notification based on the usage record information and the life information.

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