JP3931165B2 - Paper sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is, for example, an automatic teller machine used in financial institutions, ticket machines at stations, voting ticket sales / winning ticket cash machines at public stadiums, certificate issuing machines at schools, change machines such as gas stations, etc. As described above, the present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus for taking in and out paper sheets by a user's operation.

  Hereinafter, a case where the paper sheet is a banknote and the paper sheet handling apparatus is an automatic cash transaction apparatus that takes in and out banknotes by a user's operation will be described as an example.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in ATMs used in financial institutions, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes and a recycling box for storing banknotes to be deposited / withdrawn with respect to the deposit / withdrawal port ( A denomination box) and a bill cassette (hereinafter simply referred to as a cassette) for loading bills into the recycle box and collecting bills from the recycle box.

  Here, a certain denomination is assigned to the cassette and operated, but this cassette is also used as a part of the temporary storage unit (temporary stacking unit), and the banknote of the temporary stacking unit. Is once returned to the deposit / withdrawal port, and then the bill storage process is performed.

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  For this reason, in the said prior art, a banknote cannot be directly accommodated in a cassette from a temporary stacking part, and a banknote cannot be drawn out from a cassette, leaving a banknote in a temporary stacking part. Therefore, although the operation | movement which returns the banknote of a temporary stacking part once to a deposit / withdrawal port must be performed, there existed a malfunction that the processing time of one transaction became long for the time of this operation | movement. In addition, during the operation of returning to the deposit / withdrawal port, the collection and storage and re-separation must be performed once more, so that there is a problem that the reliability is lowered accordingly.

  One object of the present invention is to eliminate the problems caused by the above prior art, and to provide a highly reliable paper sheet handling apparatus that can shorten the processing time of one transaction.

  The present invention has a transport path that includes a temporary storage section that transports banknotes and that temporarily transports banknotes that are transported from an entry / exit and that have been identified as depositable in a recycling box by a discrimination section. When loading banknotes into the recycle box, the temporary storage unit temporarily holds the banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit and the banknotes identified as double-feed or reject by the discrimination unit, and temporarily holds them from the cassette. When the feeding of banknotes is stopped, the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit are fed out.

  In particular, the temporary holding unit holds in the order of banknotes identified as multifeed or reject by the first denomination, a predetermined number of second denominations, banknotes identified as multifeed or reject by the first denomination, In addition, the discrimination unit re-discriminates the banknotes drawn out from the temporary holding unit, and the transport path transports the banknotes identified as depositable by the re-discrimination of the discrimination unit to the recycle box.

  It is possible to handle two denominations in one recycle box / one cassette, or eliminate the need to collect and separate banknotes that are not in good transport, or increase the loading rate by reducing rejects during loading. There are effects such as being able to.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention, here an example of an automatic cash transaction apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment opens and closes an entrance / exit 4 for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, a withdrawal port 25 for discharging banknotes to a customer, and opening / closing the entrance / exit 4. A deposit slot shutter 5 for recycling, a recycle box 1 for storing banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, a banknote cassette 2 detachable from the apparatus main body for collecting banknotes from the recycle box 1, and a banknote for transporting banknotes A plurality of transport paths 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, a discrimination unit 8 that discriminates banknotes being transported, and for detecting overlapping transport of banknotes being transported The multi-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and gates 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22 for switching the conveyance path are provided, and the banknote cassette 2 sets a thousand-yen bill and a five-thousand-yen bill into the apparatus from the outside. Used for recirculation And reflux note storage unit 2a, and the bill storage 2b ₁ for setting the apparatus yen bill bill from the outside, storage box for storing a rejected bill that can not be refluxed by breakage or forgery of bills by the discriminating section 8 (reject It is configured from the bill housing) 2b ₂ Metropolitan.

  The automatic teller machine configured in this way is to circulate various banknotes in the apparatus by attaching a banknote cassette 2 loaded with banknotes of 1,000 yen / 5,000 yen / 10,000 yen bills to the apparatus body. First, each operation at the time of deposit and withdrawal will be described.

<Description of deposit operation>
The automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment performs the following operation by first performing a deposit operation by the operation panel or the like at the time of deposit transaction, and inserting and inserting banknotes into the deposit slot 4. The bill cassette 2, as shown in FIG. 2, and reflux note storage unit 2a for accumulating 5,000 yen bills bills and one thousand yen bills bills and bill storage 2b ₁ for accommodating the 10,000 yen bill banknotes, banknotes of damage Or a storage (rejected banknote storage) 2b ₂ that stores rejected banknotes that cannot be recirculated due to counterfeiting, etc., and when the banknotes are stored in the apparatus, the 1,000 yen to 10,000 yen bills are stored in the recycle banknote storage part 2a Set in the apparatus in the state set in the cabinet 2b ₁ .

  (1) The inserted banknote is drawn to the separation mechanism (not shown), and the deposit slot shutter 5 is closed.

  (2) The banknotes are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit and conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7.

  (3) Necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and damage of banknotes deposited by the discrimination unit 8 is performed, and the banknotes that can be deposited are temporarily stored in the time holding unit 12 through the gate 9, the conveyance path 10, and the gate 11. Hold on to.

  (4) The banknotes judged not to be deposited due to damage or the like in the discrimination unit 8 are transported and accumulated to the withdrawal accumulation unit 13 side through the gate 9 and returned to the user from the withdrawal port 25. At the same time, re-insertion is urged into the deposit port 4.

  (5) When all the deposited banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit 12 and a predetermined transaction that is operated by the user is established, the banknotes are again returned by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) at the exit of the temporary storage unit 12. They are separated one by one and conveyed again to the discrimination unit 8 through the plural sheet detection mechanism 7 via the conveyance path 14.

  (6) If the discriminating unit 8 determines that the bill is a thousand-yen bill, the recycle box 1 has a thousand yen through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18. Banknotes are conveyed and stored.

  (7) When it is discriminated as 5,000 yen by the discrimination in the discrimination section 8, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20 The banknotes are conveyed to the reflux banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2 and are collected and stored.

(8) If the discriminating unit 8 determines that the bill is a 000-yen bill, the cassette 2 passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 23. of the central repository 2b ₁ to convey the yen bill, to end the payment operations and integrated storage.

This automated teller machine according to the present embodiment by, the store thousand yen bill in the recycling box 1, Goshen yen bill to reflux bill storage unit 2a, the yen bill to the storage box 2b _1.

<Description of withdrawal operation>
Next, the operation during the withdrawal transaction will be described. The automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment performs the following operation when a user performs a withdrawal operation using an operation panel or the like.
This withdrawal operation
(1) Recycle box for storing the number of banknotes requested by the user 1 / Reflux banknote storage unit 2a / storage 2b _{1 in the} order of 1,000 yen bill / 5,000 yen bill / 10,000 yen bill A sheet separating mechanism (not shown) separates the sheets one by one in order.

(2) when separating from the reflux note storage box 2a and storing box 2b ₁ of the cassette 2 is conveyed to the discriminator 8 through transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, transport path 14 and the plurality detection mechanism 7, After the discrimination, the banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal accumulation unit 13 via the gate 9 and accumulated.

  (3) When separating from the recycle box 1, it is transported to the discrimination unit 8 through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, the transport path 14, and the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7, and after the discrimination The banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal accumulation unit 13 via the gate 9 and accumulated.

  (4) The withdrawal banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal accumulation unit 13 are collectively discharged from the withdrawal port 25 to the customer, and the withdrawal operation is completed.

(5) Note that banknotes that have not been identified as normal by the discrimination unit 8 in the above-described discrimination process are the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 26. through the houses to reject the bill storage 2b ₂ of the lower part of the cassette 2.

<Description of device circuit configuration>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. This circuit receives instruction information such as deposit or withdrawal from the host device 29 (for example, the ATM main body), receives communication to the main control unit 46 and processing results from the main control unit 46, and transmits to the host device 29. According to the instructions from the line control unit 35, the sensor control unit 33 that reads a plurality of sensor information for monitoring the passage and remaining of the banknotes on the conveyance path and the fixed position of the actuator, etc., and communicates with the main control unit 46. A banknote that is transported by turning on or off the transport motor control unit 30 for turning on / off the transport path driving motor and the gates 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22 on the transport path according to an instruction from the main control unit 46. The gate control unit 32 for switching the destination of the banknotes, and necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, correctness, and the like of the banknotes being conveyed, and the main control unit 46 is notified of the discrimination results for each banknote and the transport destination. Identification part 8 , A separation motor control unit 31 for turning on / off a separation motor (feeding roller driving motor) in order to feed out banknotes from each banknote storage unit according to instructions from the main control unit 46, and banknotes in each sensor received from the main control unit 46 A sheet number management unit 28 that counts passages and stores the number of stacks (storage) and separation number; and a timer control unit 45 that monitors a timer of each control unit and communicates with the main control unit 46, and the number management unit 28, storage number 36 recycling box 1, the separating sheets 37 recycle box 1, storage number 38 of the cassette reflux note storage unit 2a, the cassette reflux note storage portion 2a of the separation sheets 39, the cassette yen bill storage 2b ₁ storing the number 40, stored number 41 of the reject bill storage 2b _2, separation number 42 of the deposit port 4, storage number 43 of the dispensing stacking section 13, a temporary holding It is constituted as to store the stored number 34, and the escrow unit separation number 44 parts 12.

<Description of bill loading operation>
Next, the bill loading operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing the bill loading operation of the apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart.

This automatic teller machine, each stacker (recycling box 1 by the number management unit 28 the management of loading the number of bills, cassette reflux bill storage unit 2a, cassette yen bill housing 2b _1, reject the bill storage 2b _2, deposit port 4, counting and storing banknotes stacked (stored) in the withdrawal stacking unit 13 and the temporary storage unit 12), recognizing the switching of denominations, and simultaneously loading two denominations with the configuration of one recycle box and one cassette. This will be described in detail below.

  First, the banknote loading operation starts when the clerk stuffs banknotes in the order of 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen from the top as shown in FIG.

  (1) When the cassette 2 is set in the apparatus main body, as shown in the operation state 1100 in FIG. 4A, the apparatus is operated by the conveyance motor control unit 30 in response to a loading operation instruction from the host apparatus 29. (Not shown) is turned ON, and the separation motor control unit 31 feeds out the bills set in the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 one by one by the separation mechanism unit (not shown). Then, it is transported to the discrimination section 8 through the transport paths 24 and 14 and the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7 (step 51 in FIG. 5).

  (2) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and damage of banknotes, and discriminates thousand yen of normal banknotes, 5,000 yen of normal banknotes, and other rejected banknotes ( Steps 52 and 53).

  (3) For the thousand yen banknote determined as a normal banknote, the gate control unit 32 turns each gate ON / OFF, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18 The bills are conveyed to the recycle box 1 which is a storage box for the thousand-yen bills, stacked and stored, and at the same time, the number of stored sheets is counted and stored (operation state 1101 in FIG. 4B).

  (4) The 5,000-yen banknote determined to be a normal banknote is also temporarily stacked on the temporary storage unit 12 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, and the gate 11 by the gate control unit 32 turning ON / OFF each gate (step) 56, operation state 1102 in FIG. 4C).

  (5) From the sensor information reported from the sensor control unit 33, the number of sheets stacked in the temporary storage unit 12 is counted and stored by the number management unit 28, and from the thousand yen bill to 5,000 yen. In order to recognize the change to the banknote, the present apparatus switches from 1,000 yen to 5,000 yen when the temporary holding unit stack number 34 stored in the number management unit 28 exceeds a prescribed number (for example, 3). The point is determined (step 57 in FIG. 5).

(6) Next, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) (step 58 in FIG. 5). Each gate is turned ON / OFF according to an instruction from the gate control unit 32, and 1,000 yen is stored in the recycle box 1, 5,000 yen is stored in the temporary storage unit 12, and the others are stored in the reject banknote storage 2b ₂ (steps 55 and 59). The number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 at this time is a charged number of 1,000 yen, and this is stored (step 55).

  (7) When all the bills being conveyed are stored by the above-described operation, the apparatus activates the separation motor control unit 31 again, and feeds the bills one by one from the separation mechanism unit of the cassette 2 (step 60). The sheet is conveyed to the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 19, the gate 20, and the conveyance paths 24 and 14. The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, true / false, correctness, etc. on the banknote (step 61), and controls each gate of the 5,000 yen banknote determined to be a normal banknote under the control of the gate control unit 32. Is turned on / off, the bill is transported to the recycle box 1 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18, and the top of the thousand yen banknotes stacked first. And temporarily stored (step 62 in FIG. 5, operation state 1103 in FIG. 4D).

  (8) When the banknote is a reject banknote or a normal banknote other than 5,000 yen in the step 61, each gate is turned ON / OFF by the control of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15 Then, the banknote is transported and stored in the reject banknote storage 27 through the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 23, and the transport path 26 (step 63).

  (9) When the payout of the banknotes in the reflux banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 is completed and the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by an empty detection sensor (not shown) (step 64), the separation motor control unit 31 stops. An instruction is given to stop the separation (step 65).

  (10) Here, the number management unit 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 (step 66), and further stores the number stored in step 55 from the total number (stored in the recycle box 1). The number obtained by subtracting the number of thousand yen bills (the number of five thousand yen bills stored in the recycle box 1) is calculated and stored (step 67).

  (11) Next, the apparatus stops the above-described separation and starts the separation motor control unit 31 to separate the five thousand yen bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 one by one (step 68), and the conveyance path 14 is conveyed to the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discrimination unit 8. Next, when it is determined that the banknote is a normal bill of 5,000 yen as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 8, each gate is turned on / off according to an instruction from the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the conveyance path 10, the gate 11, the conveyance path 15, Through the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20, the banknotes are transported to the reflux banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 in which the banknotes are first set, stacked, stored, and simultaneously stored. (Step 69, FIG. 4 (e) operation state 1104). By detecting the end of bill feeding in the temporary storage unit 12, the apparatus gives a stop command to the separation motor control unit 31, stops the separation motor, and ends the separation. The number of sheets stored in the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 at this time is stored (step 70). That is, this apparatus counts five thousand yen banknotes held in the temporary storage 12, and moves to the reflux banknote storage 2a.

  (12) Next, the separation motor control unit 31 is activated from the recycle box 1 in which 5,000 yen banknotes are temporarily stored, and is separated one by one by the number stored in step 67 (the number of 5,000 yen banknotes stored). (Step 71), each gate is turned ON / OFF according to the instruction of the gate control unit 32, and stacked at the tip of the reflux banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20 ( The five thousand yen bills in the recycle box 1 are transported and collected and stored on the five thousand yen bills (from the temporary storage unit 12) (step 72).

  (13) Next, when the sensor control unit 33 detects from the sensor information that the number of separations from the recycle box 1 matches the number stored in step 58, it gives a stop command to the separation motor control unit 31 and stops the separation motor. And the separation ends. At the same time, it is confirmed that the number of sheets stored in the recirculating banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 matches the number of sheets separated from the recycle box 1 (step 73, FIG. 4 (f) operation state 1105). Finally, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30 to stop the transport path drive motor (not shown).

Thus, the loading operation is completed, and it is possible to handle two denominations in one recycle box and one cassette. In other words, according to the present embodiment, a five-yen bill is stored in the circulating bill storage unit 2a of the bill cassette 2, a thousand-yen bill is stored in the recycle box ₁ , a 10,000-yen bill is stored in the bill storage 2b ₁ of the bill cassette 2, and a storage. (Reject banknote storage) 2b ₂ stores reject banknotes separately, whereby transactions such as withdrawal and payment to customers can be performed by denomination.

<Description of bill collection operation>
Next, the banknote collection | recovery operation | movement of the automatic teller machine by this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing the banknote collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.

  This bill recovery operation is started by a recovery operation instruction from the host device 29 in the operation state 1105 shown in FIG. 6A, and is executed according to the following procedure.

(1) In this apparatus, when the collection operation is instructed, the main control unit 46 turns on a conveyance path drive motor (not shown) by the conveyance motor control unit 30 and is stored in the recycle box 1. The separation motor control unit 31 activates the separation motor to feed the yen bills one by one (step 75 in FIG. 7), and serves as a storage for 5,000 yen bills through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20. conveying the thousand yen bill bills reflux bill vault 2a ₁ of the cassette 2 which are, to be integrated on a 5000 yen note (step 76 in FIG. 7, and FIG. 6 (b) operation state 1106).

(2) When the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by the empty detection sensor of the recycle box 1 by the above operation (step 77), a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 and the separation is stopped (step 78). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path driving motor (not shown) is stopped, and the collecting operation is finished.
Thus apparatus according to the present embodiment, five thousand yen bill banknotes circulating banknote storage portion 2a of the bill cassette 2 during normal transactions as mentioned above, yen bill bill into the bill storage 2b _1, storages (rejected bill storage ) 2b ₂ stores reject banknotes, 1000-yen banknotes are stored in the recycle box 1, 1000-yen banknotes are stored in the recycling box 1 during the collecting operation, and the 1000-yen banknotes are stored in the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the banknote cassette 2. The bills can be easily collected by storing all the bills in the bill cassette 2 and pulling them out from the apparatus main body. Thereby, the cash automatic transaction apparatus with a small size, a low price, and easy operation can be provided.

<Explanation of scrutiny>
In the collecting operation, the amount collected in the cassette 2 is not fixed, that is, not scrutinized, but it can be scrutinized and collected by the following method, which will be described with reference to FIGS. . FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing the banknote scrutiny collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart.

  This bill scrutinization operation is started by a scrutinization collection operation instruction from the host device 29 and is executed according to the following procedure.

  (1) When the collection operation is instructed, this apparatus first performs the above-described collection operation (steps 75 to 76 in FIG. 9), and then all of the items stored in the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 Banknotes (thousand-yen banknotes and 5,000-yen banknotes) are started one by one by starting the separation motor by the separation motor control unit 31 (step 79), and the discrimination unit through the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24 and the transport path 14 8, and the banknote whose denomination is determined by the discrimination unit 8 passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18, and the banknote is transferred to the recycle box 1. Transport and accumulate (step 81, FIG. 8A operating state 1107). At this time, the apparatus counts and stores the number of denominations of the denomination determination result in the discrimination unit 8 (step 80).

  (2) Next, when the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by the empty detection sensor of the recirculation banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 82), this apparatus gives a stop command to the separation motor control unit 31 and performs separation. Stop (step 83). Next, all the banknotes (5,000 yen banknotes and 1000 yen banknotes) stored in the recycle box are started one by one by the separation motor control unit 31 (step 84), the conveyance path 17, the gate 18, the bills are transported and accumulated in the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 through the transport path 19 and the gate 20 (step 85, FIG. 8 (b) operation state 1108).

(3) At this time, it is confirmed that the total number of denominations stored in step 80 matches the number of stacks of the cassette 2 in the return bill storage 2a (step 88), and the sensor control unit 33 recycles. When the sky is detected by the sky detection sensor of the box 1, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31, and the separation is stopped (steps 86 and 87). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path drive motor (not shown) is stopped, and the scrutinization operation is terminated.

  As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can also easily examine the amount of money collected in the cassette 2.

<Description of banknote error set prevention operation>
Next, a control operation for preventing an attendant in the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment from erroneously setting a banknote in the cassette 2 and being erroneously stacked will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (1) The 5,000-yen banknote should be set up so that the clerk should set the recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 with the thousand-yen banknote up and the 5,000-yen banknote down as shown in FIG. When the bill is set in reverse such that the thousand-yen bill is placed below and the bill cassette 2 is loaded into the main body, the five-yen bill set above the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 is loaded in the same manner as the depositing operation described above. It is paid out.

(2) In this case, this apparatus conveys the banknote to the temporary storage part 12 and stacks it by determining with the discrimination part 8 that it is a 5,000 yen banknote of a normal banknote. In the present embodiment, the upper limit number of sheets to be stacked in the temporary storage unit 12 is determined (for example, 15 sheets), and the cassette is placed when the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary storage unit 12 matches the upper limit number of the temporary storage unit 12. 2 is stopped, and the operator is informed that loading into the apparatus is stopped. This can prevent an abnormal state due to an erroneous stack or banknote jam.

  (3) In addition, the same applies to the case where a set of 1,000 yen bills and 5,000 yen bills is mixed at random in the denomination banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2. Based on the result of the banknotes drawn out from the banknote storage 2a being judged by the discrimination unit 8, the stacking is sorted into the recycle box 1 and the temporary storage unit 12, and the stack number of the temporary storage unit 12 reaches the upper limit number of the temporary storage unit 12. Then, by stopping the feeding, it is possible to prompt the operator for an abnormal state.

  With the above control, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can be easily redone by calling the attendant's attention even if the attendant mistakenly sets a bill in the cassette in one recycle box / one cassette operation. .

<Explanation of change operation>
Next, in the case where the change of the ticket vending machine or the like must be taken out, the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit 12 before being stored in the respective denomination storage boxes, that is, the recycling box 1 and the cassette 2. An explanation will be given of the money change dispensing operation with reference to FIGS.

  (1) In the case of the transaction, the apparatus first holds the banknote deposited by the depositing operation in the temporary storage unit 12 after discrimination. When the user confirms the deposit amount and confirms the purchase amount (in the case of a ticket vending machine, presses the amount button on the purchase ticket), a change dispensing instruction is instructed from the host device 29. Here, the withdrawal operation is performed while the banknotes are held in the temporary holding unit 12. At this time, since the transport drive source of the temporary storage unit 12 is a drive source different from the transport drive source of the entire apparatus, the temporary storage unit 12 is not affected even if the withdrawal operation is performed.

(2) After the withdrawal operation is completed and the user receives the change, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 12 are separated again one by one by the separation mechanism unit at the exit of the temporary storage unit 12, and the transport path 14, the sheet is conveyed again to the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discrimination unit 8. If the result of discrimination in the discrimination unit 8 is 1,000 yen, the recycling box 1 which is a storage box for thousand yen bills through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18. The bills are transported and stored in a stack. Moreover, if the discrimination result of the discrimination part 8 is 5,000 yen, it will be 5,000 yen through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20. The banknotes are transported to the reflux banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2, which is a banknote storage, and collected and stored. Furthermore, if the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 8 is 10,000 yen, it can be stored in a 10,000 yen bill storage through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22 and the transport path 23. The bills are transported to the central storage 3 of a certain cassette 2 and collected and stored, and the change dispensing operation is completed.
The automatic teller machine according to the embodiment does not have to wait for the user for the time of the operation of storing the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 12 to each storage location (1, 2a, 3), and the time for replacement of the user is saved. It is possible to store bills that have been used and deposited.

<Description of loading operation with banknote re-discrimination>
Next, the banknote re-differentiation loading operation according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is an operation diagram showing a bill re-identification loading operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart.

  In this bill loading operation, the device rejects a bill that has been judged to be double-fed by the multiple-sheet detection mechanism 7 and a bill that has been identified as a reject bill by the discriminator 8 during loading from the cassette 2 into the recycle box 1. The number of reject bills being loaded is reduced as much as possible to increase the loading rate, and the apparatus is operated efficiently.

  In particular, the temporary storage unit 12 of the present apparatus does not need to collect and separate banknotes in a badly conveyed state of deposited banknotes, for example, banknotes in a state of being skewed (tilted), etc. It is possible to perform re-discrimination of a banknote discriminated as a reject banknote by the discrimination unit 8 without lowering reliability. Hereinafter, this re-differentiation loading operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (1) In the same manner as the loading operation, the clerk stuffs banknotes into the cassette 2, is set in the apparatus main body (FIG. 10 (a) operation state 1100), and when the loading operation with re-discrimination is instructed from the host apparatus 29, this apparatus Pays out banknotes from the recirculating banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 (step 51 in FIG. 11), passes the fed banknotes through the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, and the transport path 14, and detects the plural sheets. It conveys to the part 8. Here, when it is determined that the bill is a normal thousand yen bill (step 52), the bill is transported to the recycle box 1 and collected and stored (step 54). 9. Hold in the temporary holding unit 12 through the transport path 10 and the gate 11 (FIG. 10B, operating state 1109, step 91).

  (2) Further, as described in the loading operation, when the denomination is switched to 5,000 yen, the 5,000 yen banknote is continuously held after the reject banknote previously held in the temporary holding section 12 (FIG. 10 (c ) Operation state 1110), when the reserved number of 5,000 yen bills reaches the specified number, the feeding from the cassette 2 is stopped (steps 92 and 93).

(3) The number of stored recycle boxes 1 at this time is stored (step 55), and then a 5,000 yen bill is fed out from the cassette 2 (step 61). 1 is temporarily stored (steps 61 and 62),
The banknote determined to be double-fed or rejected is subsequently held after the reject banknote and the 5,000 yen banknote previously held in the temporary holding unit 12 (step 94, FIG. 10 (d) operation state 1111). When the cassette 2 becomes empty, the feeding operation is stopped (steps 64 and 65).

  (4) The number management unit 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 at this time (step 66), and the number stored in step 55 from this total number (stored in the recycle box 1). The number obtained by subtracting the number of thousand yen banknotes (the number of five thousand yen banknotes stored in the recycle box 1) is calculated and stored (step 67). Then, the calculated number of 5,000 yen bills is fed out from the recycle box 1 (step 95), and accumulated and stored in the reflux bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 96) (operation state 1112). After that, it is confirmed that the number of the recycle box 1 fed out matches the number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 97).

  (5) Next, this apparatus feeds out all the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 12 one by one (step 98), and transports the banknotes to the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discrimination unit 8 through the transport path 14. Again, a plurality of sheets are detected and identified (steps 99, 100, 104, and 105).

  (6) After re-discrimination, the banknote determined to be a normal thousand yen banknote is stored in the recycle box 1 (steps 99 and 101), and the banknote determined to be a normal 5,000 yen banknote is stored in the reflux banknote storage of the cassette 2 2a (steps 100 and 102). At this time, the number of stored sheets is counted for each storage location (1, 2a), and the stored number of sheets managed by the number management unit 28 is updated. Moreover, the banknote determined to be rejected even after re-discrimination is stored in the reject banknote storage 27 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 26 ( Step 103) (Operational state 1113).

  With the above operation, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can detect a plurality of sheets and perform identification twice, and can reduce the number of rejects during loading and increase the loading rate.

<Description of Device Configuration According to Other Embodiment>
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another example of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the depositing operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.

  In the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 and the withdrawal port 25 for discharging the banknotes to the customer, and is configured to switch between the deposit and withdrawal transport paths using the push plate 28, thereby temporarily holding the portion. No. 12 is used as a deposit reject storage unit, and the temporary holding unit 12 is a looped conveyance route passing through the discrimination unit 8. ) Can be identified any number of times, the acceptance rate of deposits is increased, and the troublesomeness of prompting the user to re-insert is reduced.

<Description of device operation>
The automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment performs the following operation by first performing a depositing operation with an operation panel or the like at the time of deposit transaction, and inserting and inserting bills into the deposit slot 4. See FIG.

  (1) The inserted banknote is drawn to the separation mechanism (not shown), and the deposit slot shutter 5 is closed.

  (2) The banknotes are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit (step 106 in FIG. 13), and conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7.

  (3) When the discrimination unit 8 makes necessary discriminations such as denomination, authenticity, and damage and determines that the bill is a normal thousand yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 17 Then, they are collected and stored in the recycling box 1 through the gate 18 (steps 107 and 108).

  (4) When the discrimination unit 8 determines that the bill is a normal 5,000 yen bill, the cassette passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20. 2 are accumulated and stored in the recirculating banknote storage 2a (steps 107, 109, 110).

  (5) The banknote determined to be rejected by the discrimination unit 8 is held in the temporary holding unit 12 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, and the gate 11 (steps 107, 109, and 111).

  (6) When all the deposited banknotes taken into the deposit slot 4 are separated and the deposit slot 4 becomes empty, the feeding of the banknotes from the deposit slot 4 is stopped (step 113), and then held in the temporary holding unit 12. The deposited deposit banknotes are fed one by one from the temporary storage unit 12 (step 114), and conveyed to the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 14.

  (7) In the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, this rejected banknote is re-identified, and the banknote determined to be normal is stored in the respective money type storage locations (5,000 yen banknotes into banknote cassette 2a, thousand yen banknotes). Are transported to the recycle box 1) and stored (steps 115 to 118).

  (8) The banknotes determined to be rejected after the re-identification are accumulated in the deposit port 4 with the push plate 28 opened (step 119). Here, it is possible to prompt the user to return the card once and re-insert it. Alternatively, it is possible to separate the sheets one by one and perform a depositing operation for discrimination (steps 120 to 123).

  As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment reduces the need to collect and separate banknotes that are poorly transported, such as deposit rejects, and allows the deposit port 4 and the withdrawal port 25 to be integrated. A reliable automatic teller machine can be provided.

  In the above embodiment, the recycle box 1 is described as a thousand yen banknote, and the recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 is described as a five thousand yen banknote. Other combinations of banknotes are possible.

  If the temporary holding unit 12 is provided with a driving source different from the driving source for the entire conveyance path as in the above-described embodiment, the low-speed to the high-speed, the high-speed to the low-speed, and the stop are always required for the conveyance of the banknote in the temporary holding unit 12. Yes.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the temporary holding unit is provided as a transport route different from the entire transport path, and the separate transport route is a looped transport route passing through the discrimination unit, and the transport route is switched to the entrance. As a gate is provided, two types of paper sheets can be handled in a single recycle box and one cassette can be handled, and temporarily held paper sheets can be stored in post-processing, thus reducing the processing time for one transaction. There is an effect that it can be realized and the reliability can be improved.

  The present invention also has the following features. That is, an entry / exit for loading / unloading paper sheets, a recycle box for storing paper sheets to be loaded / unloaded, a paper box that is detachable from the main body of the apparatus, is loaded into the recycle box, and is removed from the recycle box. A bill cassette for collecting leaves, a discrimination part for discriminating paper sheets, a temporary holding part for temporarily holding paper sheets to be deposited and withdrawn, and a paper sheet from the entrance / exit through the discrimination part Paper sheet rejected by the discrimination unit in a paper sheet handling apparatus comprising a recycle box for storing paper, a temporary storage unit, and a first transport path for circulating paper sheets between the bill cassette or the recycle box A banknote cassette including a reject banknote storage for storing paper and a circulating banknote storage for storing paper to be circulated, and a paper sheet held in the temporary storage section through only the discrimination section. And a second transport path for transporting to the banknote cassette, the paper stored in the recycle box is returned to the circulating banknote storage through the first transport path, and the paper stored in the temporary storage section The first feature is that the leaves are returned to the circulating banknote storage of the banknote cassette via the second conveyance path. Further, according to the present invention, the second transport path has a drive source different from the first transport path, and the transport speed of the banknotes in the temporary storage unit is lower than the transport speed in the first transport path or The second feature is that the system is configured to adjust at high speed.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of this invention apparatus. It is a side view which shows the structure of the cassette in FIG. 1, and the banknote set state in the cassette. It is a control block diagram of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. It is an operation figure showing bill loading operation of the device same as the above. It is also a flowchart. FIG. 3 is an operation diagram showing a bill collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1. It is also a flowchart. FIG. 2 is an operation diagram showing a banknote scrutinizing and collecting operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1. It is also a flowchart. It is an operation | movement figure showing the banknote re-discrimination loading operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. It is also a flowchart. It is a block diagram which shows the other example of the automatic teller machine by this invention. It is a flowchart showing the payment operation | movement of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recycle box, 2 ... Banknote cassette, 3 ... Storage, 4 ... Deposit port, 5 ... Deposit port shutter, 6 ... Conveyance path, 7 ... Multiple sheet detection mechanism, 8 ... Discrimination part, 9, 11, 16, 18 , 20, 22 ... Gate 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 ... Conveyance path, 12 ... Temporary holding unit, 13 ... Withdrawal accumulation unit, 25 ... Withdrawal port, 27 ... Reject Banknote storage, 28 ... push plate.

Claims (2)

A deposit / withdrawal port for depositing and unloading banknotes;
A recycle box for storing banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn;
A banknote cassette which is detachable from the apparatus main body and stores banknotes;
A discrimination part for discriminating bills;
A conveyance path that includes a temporary holding unit that conveys banknotes and temporarily holds banknotes that are conveyed from the inlet / outlet and that are identified as depositable in the recycling box by the discrimination unit;
When loading banknotes from the banknote cassette into the recycle box, the temporary storage unit mixes banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit and banknotes identified as multi-feed or reject by the discrimination unit. and escrowed Te, feeding the paper money from the currency cassette is out repeatedly bills that are pending in the escrow unit to stop,
The banknote cassette stores a first denomination and a second denomination,
The temporary holding unit holds the banknotes identified as multifeed or reject by the first denomination, the predetermined number of second denominations, and banknotes identified as multifeed or reject by the first denomination. A bill handling apparatus characterized in that: The discrimination unit re-discriminates the banknotes drawn from the temporary holding unit,
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transport path transports a banknote identified as being depositable by re-discrimination by the discrimination section to the recycling box.

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