JP4710909B2 - Cash loading collection system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for loading and collecting cash by a cash processing apparatus using a cash loading collection container or the like for a cash handling apparatus such as an ATM (automatic transaction apparatus) or a POS (point of sales) register. is there.

  For cash handling devices such as ATMs and POS registers, the work required to load the cash required for the operation of the device or to collect the cash for payment, etc., must be carried out by the staff at the location where those devices are installed. In recent years, ATMs, POS registers, etc. have been installed in convenience stores, etc., specializing in loading and collecting cash for cash handling devices such as ATMs, POS registers, etc. Management companies that are dealing with have emerged.

This management company is commissioned by a company that operates cash handling devices such as ATMs and POS registers, and visits the installation location of devices such as convenience stores to load and collect cash.
For the implementation, prepare dedicated safes individually for cash handling devices such as ATMs and POS registers, and fill these dedicated safes with the necessary cash in advance at the management company's facilities. They patrolled the installation location of each device, transferred to a cart, etc. at the installation location, transported to a cash handling device, replaced the safe, brought the replaced safe back in the delivery car, and settled each safe.

However, in the conventional technology described above, since the staff manually loads and unloads the safe between the delivery vehicle and the carriage, it takes time and effort to work, and other than the safe that is loading and unloading. There is a problem that there are many inadequacies in crime prevention such as not paying attention to the safe.
In addition, when exchanging a safe for a cash handling device, it is necessary to perform troublesome operations such as entering the breakdown of cash in the safe to be loaded. There is also the problem of being big.

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

  Therefore, the cash loading and collecting system of the present invention is incorporated into the cash handling device for depositing and withdrawing cash, the cash processing device for loading and collecting the cash with respect to the cash handling device, and the loading. A storage for storing the cash to be collected and the collected cash by denomination, at least one cash loading and recovery storage for storing cash and transferring between the cash handling device and the cash processing device, and rejecting the device A plurality of reject containers for storing the determined cash and transferring between the cash handling apparatus and the cash processing apparatus; and a moving means for mounting the cash loading recovery container and the reject warehouse to move to the cash handling apparatus. An exchange means that is incorporated in the cash handling apparatus and automatically exchanges a reject box with respect to the moving means, and is used to load cash into the cash handling apparatus. When storing and transferring in a cash loading / recovery box, the cash loading / recovery box has a cash processing device that stores the cash required for the cash loading / recovery box and the reject box attached to the transfer means. It is stored in the cash loading and collecting store, and the reject store is always empty when the reject store previously mounted on the moving means is replaced with another reject store by the replacing means and the cash handling apparatus is loaded with cash. The reject storage is supplied to the cash handling apparatus.

  According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the cash loading collection store stores the necessary cash from the storage in the cash processing device in the cash loading collection, and the rejection store has been mounted on the moving means until then. When automatically replacing a reject storehouse with another reject store by the replacement means and loading cash into the cash handling device, an empty reject store is always supplied to the cash handling device. When loading cash into the cash handling device, the rejection store removed from the previous cash handling device is no longer mistakenly used for the next cash handling device, and there is an effect that the rejection store can be used properly. It is done.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
The convenience store 1 is provided with a POS register (cash handling device) 2 for inputting merchandise sales data and an ATM (cash handling device) 3 for executing financial transactions such as payment and payment.
The POS register 2 is connected via a communication line such as a telephone line to a CVS center device 4 such as a computer provided in the CVS center for managing sales of the convenience store 1. Sales data is reported to the CVS center apparatus 4 via a communication line as necessary.

The CVS center device 4 stores the sales data reported from the POS register 2 in the storage means for each convenience store 1, accumulates it, performs aggregation processing, and performs inventory prediction and sales prediction from the breakdown of sales data. Command the location to deliver the item.
In addition, the CVS center device 4 stores the amount of cash stored in the POS register 2 in the storage means, and predicts the change reserve necessary for the collection and sale of the sales from the sales data and the state of change payment. The operation management center described later is instructed to load and collect cash.

  Here, ATM3 shows an example where it is installed in convenience store 1, but in general, ATM3 is owned and operated by a bank that is different from convenience store 1 that owns and operates POS register 2. Accordingly, the ATM 3 is connected to the financial center apparatus 5 by a computer or the like provided at the center of the financial institution via a communication line such as a telephone line.

The storage means of the financial center device 5 stores the account number, transaction content, balance, etc. of each customer as account data, and each time the customer conducts a transaction by operating the ATM 3, the transaction content is added and the balance is updated. Etc. are performed.
In addition, the current cash amount loaded in the ATM 3 is also stored as cash amount data in the storage means of the financial center device 5, and the financial center device 5 makes a transaction depending on the deposit and withdrawal status of the cash by this transaction. The required amount of funds is predicted, and the operation management company apparatus to be described later is instructed to load and collect cash according to the amount of cash remaining in the ATM 3.

  The operation management center device 6 such as a computer provided in the center of the operation management company is entrusted by the convenience store 1 or a financial institution to monitor the operating status of the POS register 2 or the ATM 3, and when a failure or the like occurs, When a maintenance staff is dispatched for recovery, or when cash collection or loading of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 is necessary, the convenience store 1 is visited and instructions are sent wirelessly to the delivery vehicle 7 that collects and loads cash. It is supposed to be issued.

  The storage means of the operation management center device 6 stores the POS register 2 and ATM 3 balance data and funds operation data. The POS register 2, ATM 3, and delivery vehicle 7 have built-in wireless communication means (for example, PHS) for data collection and instruction transmission by the operation management center device 6. The POS register 2, ATM 3, and delivery vehicle 7 can be directly communicated via the communication center 280 connected in the above.

The delivery car 7 counts and loads cash into a bill loading / recovery bank or a coin loading / recovery bank, which is a cash loading / recovery bank for loading or collecting cash in the POS register 2 or ATM 3. A cash processing device for counting and recovering cash from a loading / recovery warehouse or a coin loading / recovery warehouse is mounted.
The CVS center device 4, the financial center device 5, and the operation management center device 6 are connected via the Internet 9.

A description will be given of determination when changing the POS register 2 in the system described above or collecting the sales proceeds.
The CVS center device 4 monitors the amount of cash stored in the cash unit built in the POS register 2 installed in the convenience store 1. That is, from the breakdown of the change attached to the cash unit of the POS register 2 last time, the sales according to the sales so far, the breakdown of the change, and the change of the reserve from the future sales forecast, Judge whether there is any collection.

The method is described below.
(1) First, the breakdown A1 of the change reserve amount at the time of the previous change reserve loading, the breakdown A2 of the sales amount from the previous loading to the present, and the change A3 paid from the previous loading to the present Based on the above, a breakdown A of the current change reserve amount is calculated.
A = A1 + A2-A3
(2) Next, the breakdown A of the current change reserve, the estimated value B1 of sales from the present to the scheduled time for the next change reserve, and the next change reserve from the present Based on the predicted change B2 of the change to be paid before the scheduled change time, a predicted value B of the change reserve amount at the time when the change change reserve is scheduled to be loaded next time is calculated.

B = A + B1-B2
In the calculation of the forecast value B of the change reserve amount, the accuracy of the determination can be improved by adding the predicted value from the present to the next loading in order to calculate the breakdown of the balance and loading. it can.
(3) Next, the breakdown C of the change reserve to be loaded next time from the predicted value C1 of the sales amount and the predicted value C2 of the change until the next (next next) scheduled loading time. Is calculated. However, since an error may occur with respect to the predicted value at this time, a change change reserve value C3 is added to the predicted value.

C = C1-C2 + C3
(4) Based on these calculation results, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to load change reserves.
a. If the forecast value B of the change reserve amount at the time when the next change reserve is scheduled to be loaded is less than the breakdown change C of the change change reserve to be loaded next time (B <C), the change is insufficient until the next charge. Judge that it is necessary to load the next change.
b. The predicted value B of the change reserve amount at the time when the next change reserve is scheduled to be loaded is larger than the breakdown C of the change reserve to be loaded next time, and a predetermined balance (for example, breakdown of the change reserve to be loaded next time) If the value is equal to or less than twice the value of C) (C <B ≦ C × 2), it is determined that there is enough change and it is determined that the next change is unnecessary.
c. The predicted value B of the change reserve amount at the scheduled time when the next change reserve is to be loaded is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount (for example, a value twice the breakdown C of the change reserve to be loaded next time) (C × 2 ≦ B ), It is determined that the change is excessive, and it is determined that the change needs to be collected next time.

As the judgment reference for change reserve collection and collection, the estimated sales value C1 and the estimated change value C2 of the change from the next loading to the next scheduled loading time are used. Even if fluctuates, it is possible to always supply an optimal change without excess or deficiency. As described above, it is determined whether the change reserve is loaded or collected.
Of course, in the case of loading, the number of denominations is instructed in accordance with the “breakdown of the next change reserve”.

Further, the CVS center device 4 monitors the total sales amount of the POS register 2 and determines whether or not it is necessary to collect the sales.
(5) That is, by adding the sales D1 from the collection of the previous sales to the present and the predicted value D2 of the sales from the present to the next scheduled collection time, the total sales amount D until the next collection is calculated. calculate.

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

As shown in this figure, the previous loading amount, the deposit to date, the change to the present, and the current cash amount are managed by the breakdown of the number of denominations of banknotes and coins.
The current and next cash loading, the sales forecast for the next loading, and the change forecast are calculated based on the actual values of the same time zone of the previous day, the same day of the previous week, the same time zone, etc. To do.
In addition, reserves for change reserves are sufficiently secured so that temporary changes in change can be handled.

As described above, the CVS center device 4 determines whether or not the change reserve is loaded and collected, and the sale is collected. As a result, the POS register 2 needs to be loaded and collected and the sale is collected. If it is determined, the operation management center apparatus 6 is requested to load and collect change reserves and collect sales proceeds via the Internet 9.
However, as a result, when it is necessary to load and collect any one item of the reserve type of change money or sales, the other items are loaded and collected simultaneously. For example, when the change reserve is required to be loaded or collected, it will be collected even if the sales amount is less than a predetermined amount.

On the other hand, when it is necessary to collect sales, even if the change is sufficiently high, loading is performed according to the breakdown of the next change reserve.
As a result, it is possible to collect sales early and optimize change reserves, prevent extra cash from being stored in the POS register 2, and reduce the frequency of cash processing. .

On the other hand, the financial center device 5 also monitors the operating status of the ATM 3 installed in the convenience store 1, monitors the amount of cash stored in the cash unit built in the ATM 3, and loads cash as necessary. And the presence or absence of recovery. This will be described below.
(1) First, the current cash replenishment breakdown F1, the current transaction F2 from the previous loading to the present, and the current payment transaction F3 from the previous loading to the present cash Calculate the breakdown F of the amount in stock.

F = F1 + F2-F3
Note that the breakdown F2 of the payment transaction and the breakdown F3 of the payment transaction are reported to the financial center apparatus 5 via the telephone line sequentially every time transaction processing is performed from the ATM 3.
(2) Next, the breakdown F of the current cash balance, the predicted value G1 of the breakdown of the deposit transaction from the current time to the next scheduled loading time, and the payment transaction from the current to the next scheduled loading time Is used to calculate a cash value breakdown predicted value G at the time when the next loading is scheduled.

G = F + G1-G2
(3) Next, the predicted value H1 of the breakdown of payment transactions from the next loading to the next (next next) scheduled loading time, and the next loading scheduled time after the next loading The breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next time is calculated from the predicted value H2 of the breakdown of the payment transaction up to.
However, since an error may occur with respect to the predicted value at this time, the payment transaction reserve H3 is added to the predicted value.

H = H1-H2 + H3
(4) Based on these calculation results, it is determined whether or not there is a need to load and collect cash in ATM3.
a. If the estimated value G of the cash balance at the time when the next loading is scheduled is smaller than the breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next (G <H), the cash will not be loaded until the next loading unless the next cash is loaded. It is determined that there is a shortage, and it is determined that the next cash loading is necessary.
b. The predicted value G of the breakdown of the cash amount at the time when the next loading is scheduled is larger than the breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next time, and the banknote is 1.5 out of the predetermined amount (for example, the breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next time). Times) or less (H <G ≦ H × 1.5), it is determined that there is enough cash and it is determined that the next loading of cash is unnecessary.
c. The predicted value G of the breakdown of the cash amount at the time when the next loading is scheduled is equal to or greater than the predetermined amount (for example, of the breakdown H of the cash to be loaded next time, the bill is 1.5 times and the coin is three times the value) In the case of (H × 1.5 (or 3) ≦ G), it is determined that the cash is excessive, and it is determined that it is necessary to collect the cash next time.

As described above, the loading or collection of cash is determined.
In addition, the financial center apparatus 5 monitors the amount of cash in the ATM 3 according to the denomination, and the determination of the excess or deficiency of the cash is made for each denomination (10,000, 5,000, 2,000, 1,000, five hundred, hundred, five Every 10th, 10th, 5th, 1st).
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of cash amount data of ATM 3 monitored by the financial center device 5.

As shown in this figure, the previous loading amount, the payment up to now, the payment up to the present time, and the current stock amount are managed by the breakdown of the number of denominations of banknotes and coins.
For example, when it is determined that there is a shortage of cash based on the amount data of these denominations as in (4) a above, the predicted value of the breakdown of the cash amount at the time when the next loading is scheduled and the next time The breakdown of the cash to be loaded is compared, and if any one denomination is small, it is determined that the cash is insufficient, and it is determined that the next cash needs to be loaded.

On the other hand, when the excess of cash is determined as in c of (4) above, it is compared with each denomination as in the case of determining the lack of a. However, for banknotes, 1 of the breakdown of cash to be loaded next time The excess is determined on the basis of 5 times, and the excess is determined on the basis of 3 times the breakdown of the cash to be loaded next time.
As a result, when it is determined that any one denomination is excessive, it is determined that the next cash collection is necessary.

Here, by changing the criteria for judging banknotes and coins, the banknotes are expensive, so it is instructed to collect them early, and the time that funds are left in ATM3 is shortened, improving the operational efficiency of funds. Will be able to do.
Also, coins are less expensive than banknotes, and even if they accumulate in large quantities, the degree of hindrance to fund operation is low, so the frequency of collection processing should be reduced as much as possible, thereby improving the efficiency of collection work. Yes.

  As described above, the excess or deficiency of the cash of each denomination has been described in ATM3. However, if it is determined that any one denomination is insufficient or excessive, the financial center apparatus 5 determines that the charging or collection is necessary, and the ATM3 has a balance. A request is made from the financial center device 5 to the operation management center device 6 via the Internet 9 so that all denominations are loaded or collected so as to be a breakdown of the cash to be loaded next time.

Therefore, once loading or collection is performed, the amount of ATM 3 can be set to an optimum value for all denominations, and the processing frequency can be reduced compared with the case of loading and collecting only insufficient or excessive denominations. It can be greatly reduced.
In addition, the forecast of transactions from the present to the next loading and the forecast of transactions from the next loading to the next loading are based on the actual values of the same time zone of the previous day, the same day of the previous week, the same time zone, etc. Therefore, even if the transaction amount fluctuates depending on the time of day, day of the week, etc., it becomes possible to always load the optimum cash without excess or deficiency.

  As described above, the case where the cash is loaded into and collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 at the scheduled time has been described. However, when the customer unexpectedly visits the store, the change in the POS register 2 is more than expected. If payment is made or payment is higher than expected at ATM3, it is expected that there will be a shortage of change in POS register 2 or cash in ATM3 by the next loading.

In such a case, it is natural that a loading instruction is issued urgently.
For example, in the CVS center device 4 that monitors the POS register 2, when the change paid out per unit time exceeds a predetermined value, it is determined that there is a risk of change shortage, and emergency loading is performed on the Internet 9. The operation management center device 6 is instructed via
In addition, even in the financial center device 5 that monitors the ATM 3, when it is detected that a large amount of payment more than a predetermined amount has been made continuously, it is determined that there is a risk of insufficient cash payment, and emergency loading is performed on the Internet. The operation management center apparatus 6 is instructed via 9.

  When the operation management center device 6 receives an instruction from the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 to load or collect cash in the POS register 2 or ATM 3 of each convenience store 1, the money added to the notification of the instruction The totals of the denominations are summed up, and the delivery car 7 is instructed to visit the convenience store 1 via the communication center 280 wirelessly, and to load and collect cash in the POS register 2 and ATM 3, and the denomination breakdown The cash amount data based on the totaling result is transmitted to the delivery vehicle 7.

  The delivery vehicle 7 is equipped with a cash processing device and periodically circulates a plurality of convenience stores 1, and the operation management center device 6 loads and collects each cash from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of each convenience store 1. When the instruction and cash breakdown data are received, cash is loaded into the cash processing device at the operation management center, then each convenience store 1 is visited, and each visit is designated to the POS register 2 or ATM 3 respectively. The cash is loaded and collected by the cash processor.

At this time, with respect to the banknotes, the total amount of cash for loading the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 and loading the collected amount into the cash processing apparatus of the delivery vehicle 7 is smaller than when loading individually.
That is, generally, since the POS register 2 receives the sales proceeds, the cash collection instruction is often issued. On the other hand, in ATM3, the deposit payment transaction frequency is higher than the deposit transaction frequency. Loading instructions are often issued.

Accordingly, the delivery vehicle 7 can collect cash from the POS register 2 during the course of travel, and use the collected cash for cash to be loaded into the ATM 3.
Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of cash loaded in advance in the cash processing apparatus of the delivery car 7, thereby avoiding the risk of transporting a large amount of cash and operating the POS register 2 and ATM 3 with a small amount of cash. Since it becomes possible, the operational efficiency of cash can be improved.

However, it is only the banknotes that give the loading instructions after adding the cash required for the POS registers 2 and ATMs 3 of the plurality of convenience stores 1 as described above, and the coins are loaded for each POS register 2 or ATM 3 with a dedicated coin. Prepare collection boxes and prepare the amount of coins required for each.
The reason is,
(1) Generally, in both the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, coins are often used for payment as change and often cannot be interchanged.
(2) In ATM3, coins are sometimes deposited in large quantities, but this happens suddenly, and cash is prepared by relying on such sudden deposits of large numbers of coins. I can't do it.
(3) Since coins are smaller and heavier than banknotes, it is necessary to reliably take out coins and perform counting, etc., in order to carry out processing for interchange within the moving delivery car 7. A complicated mechanism is required.
(4) Since coins are small, even if the amount handled is reduced, the effect of improving capital efficiency is small. Etc.

Here, the structure and function of the delivery vehicle 7 will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the delivery vehicle 7, and a cash processing device 30 is mounted on the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7.
The cash processing device 30 includes a cash processing unit 10 that performs loading and collection of banknotes and coins and a counting process and storage associated therewith, and instructs the cash processing unit 10 to load and collect banknotes and The control part 20 which performs safety confirmation regarding communication and cash is provided.

Further, on the roof of the carrier bed of the delivery vehicle 7, position detection by a communication unit 21 for performing data communication with the outside by radio telephone and GPS (Global Positioning System) for detecting the current position of the delivery vehicle 7. Part 22 is mounted.
An operation display unit 27 is mounted on the driver's seat of the delivery vehicle 7, and instructions for loading and collecting cash, the status of the cash processing unit 10, and the like are displayed to a staff member in the driver's seat. ing.

The cash processing unit 10 is disposed on the rear side of the loading platform, and the cash processing unit 10 can be operated by opening the loading platform door 8. A personal recognition unit 23 is attached to the outer surface of the door 8 of the loading platform, and the locking means for locking the door 8 is unlocked only when it is determined that the person is registered in advance in the personal recognition unit 23. 8 can be opened.
For example, an iris (iris) is used as the recognition means of the personal recognition unit 23. For this reason, when the clerk opens the door 8, the clerk is photographed with a camera built in the personal recognition unit 23 to obtain iris information (image). It is determined whether or not the staff member is permitted to open the door 8 by matching the iris data created from the acquired iris information (image) and the previously registered iris data. To do.

By doing in this way, it can prevent that a suspicious person etc. open the door 8 and operate the cash processing part 10 illegally.
Here, the case where the iris is used as the recognition means of the personal recognition unit 23 has been described, but the same effect can be obtained by using biological information such as a personal fingerprint, palm print, and facial appearance as the recognition means.

However, in the case of pushing a cart, which will be described later, equipped with a safe to handle cash, or delivering goods sold at the convenience store 1 at the same time, the attendant often wears gloves. Not only does it take time to remove hands and remove gloves, but it also takes time before cash operations, which is undesirable for crime prevention.
In addition, as other means, there is personal recognition by voice, but it is not appropriate because the noise is loud on the street where the delivery car 7 stops.

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

The control unit 20 is also connected with a locking means for the door 8 of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7 and a security unit 24 that detects an abnormality in the cash processing unit 10 and transmits an alarm.
The safety unit 24 is interlocked with the engine of the delivery vehicle 7 and, when the vibration detection unit built in the security unit 24 detects abnormal vibration while the engine is stopped, determines that it is abnormal and issues an alarm. This alarm is reported to the operation management center apparatus 6 and, if necessary, the police station or the like from the communication unit 21 via the communication unit 280 via the control unit 20.

The security unit 24 is a mechanism for locking and unlocking the door 8 of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7 and receiving a cart mounted with a plurality of safes attached to the door 8 for loading and collecting cash. Also controls the part.
This mechanism will be described later.
The control unit 20 includes a main control unit 25, a power supply unit 26, a storage unit (not shown), and the like. The main control unit 25 includes a CPU, and the entire cash processing apparatus 30 based on data sent from each unit. And the data read from the storage unit provided in each safe such as a bill loading collection box and a coin loading collection box described later. The contents and the like are stored in the storage unit.

The power supply unit 26 converts a battery connected to the generator of the delivery vehicle 7 and supplies the power of the battery to each unit of the cash processing apparatus 30 and supplies it to the cash processing apparatus 30, and has a built-in battery. The built-in battery enables the cash processing apparatus 30 to operate even when the delivery car 7 is stopped.
For example, the cash processing unit 10 exchanges banknotes with the banknote storage 11, the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 for storing, for example, banknotes of four denominations of 10,000, 5,000, 2,000 and 1,000 in denominations. Receivable banknotes are received from the banknote transporting unit 13, the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 for connecting the banknote loading and collecting box (cash loading and collecting box) 12, the banknote storage box 11 and the banknote loading and collecting box 12 to move each other. Reject storage 14, coin loading / recovery warehouse (cash loading / recovery warehouse) 15 for transferring coins to / from the POS register 2 or ATM 3, these banknote loading / recovery warehouse 12, reject storage 14, and coin loading / recovery warehouse 15. A carriage 16 for moving between the delivery car 7 and the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 with the respective safes, etc., and a reject storage mounted on the carriage 16 It is constituted by an exchange unit 17 for automatically exchanging a 4 and the coin loading and recovering box 15.

A plurality of safes in the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 are prepared and used in common for the POS register 2 and the ATM 3, so that each safe has the same structure. Yes.
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the carriage 16.
The cart 16 is loaded with a bill loading / recovery box 12, a reject box 14, and a coin loading / recovery box 15. Here, three bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c, reject boxes 14a to 14c, and a coin loading / recovery box, respectively. The example which mounts 15a-15c is shown.

A normal convenience store 1 is often provided with one ATM 3 and three to four POS registers 2.
In addition, since the two POS registers 2 can share one POS register banknote processing unit, there are three banknote processing units in total, one ATM3 and two POS registers 2. That's fine.

In the case of a large-sized convenience store 1 exceeding this, the safe replacement operation described later is repeatedly performed by the carriage 16.
On the carriage 16, positioning mechanisms 71a to 71c for the bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c and positioning mechanisms 72a to 72c for the reject boxes 14a to 14c are attached.
These positioning mechanisms 71 a to 71 c and 72 a to 72 c are controlled by a cart security unit 73 provided on the lower surface of the cart 16, and hold the bill loading / recovery boxes 12 a to 12 c and the reject boxes 14 a to 14 c on the cart 16. ing.

The coin loading / recovery warehouses 15a to 15c are stacked on and connected to the reject warehouses 14a to 14c, respectively.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the carriage 16.
The cart security unit 73 includes a cart control unit 74 that controls each unit of the cart 16, a battery power unit 75 that supplies power to each unit of the cart 16, a communication unit 76 that communicates with the outside, and an abnormality. An alarm unit 78 for generating an alarm sound when it occurs is provided.

  The communication unit 76 is connected to a PHS 77 that transmits and receives data, and the alarm unit 78 is connected to a brake (braking mechanism) 79 that stops rotation of the carriage 16 and stops movement when an abnormality occurs. The cart control unit 74 is connected to a cash processing unit interface 80 for communicating with the cash processing unit 10 when the cart 16 is attached to the cash processing unit 10.

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

  The coin loading / recovery boxes 15a to 15c are stacked on the reject boxes 14a to 14c, respectively, and are connected and integrated. When the bill loading / recovery stores 12a to 12c and the reject stores 14a to 14c are fixed by the positioning mechanisms 71a to 71c and 72a to 72c, respectively, the cart control unit 74 is provided in the bill loading / recovery stores 12a to 12c and the reject stores 14a to 14c. The data written in the stored storage unit can be read out.

  Further, when the cart control unit 74 detects that the connection with the cash processing unit 10 is disconnected by the cash processing unit interface 80, the communication unit 76 stores the position of the cart 16 on the map at that time in the PHS 77, and thereafter periodically When the position is checked by the PHS 77 and it is detected that the carriage 16 has moved far from the initially stored position, it functions as a determination means for determining that an abnormal situation has occurred.

  In other words, the distance traveled by the carriage 16 lowered from the delivery car 7 is usually within several tens of meters, so that it is determined that an abnormal situation such as theft has occurred when the distance traveled beyond that distance. When such an abnormal situation occurs, the cart control unit 74 instructs the alarm unit 78 to generate an alarm, and operates the brake 79 to brake the cart 16 so that it cannot move.

Further, the communication unit 76 is instructed by the PHS 77 to make an emergency notification to the operation management center device 6 about the occurrence of an abnormal situation and the current position of the carriage 16.
In this way, even if the cart 16 is stolen, etc., the abnormal situation is automatically determined and an alarm sound is generated, and the occurrence of the abnormal situation and the current state of the carriage 16 are reported to the operation management center device 6. Call emergency location.

In this example, the determination is made based on the detection of the current position by the PHS 77. However, an abnormal situation occurs when, for example, an attendant carries a transmitter and measures the distance between the position of the attendant by the transmitter and the carriage 16. It may be determined whether or not there is.
In addition, when the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 banknote loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14 or the coin loading / recovery box 15 is exchanged, the POS 77 communicates with the corresponding POS register 2 or ATM 3, and the POS register 2 or ATM 3 is exchanged. Only when it is ready, the necessary bill loading / recovery is performed by instructing the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72 such as the corresponding bill loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 on the carriage 16 to be released. Only the storage 12, the rejection storage 14, etc. can be exchanged, thereby preventing operational mistakes and improving crime prevention.

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

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the bill loading / recovery boxes 12 a to 12 c, the reject boxes 14 a to 14 c and the coin loading / recovery boxes 15 a to 15 c fixed on the carriage 16 are integrated with the carriage 16 to the cash processing unit 10. It is connected to the banknote transport unit 13 by moving from below to above, so that a loading / unloading port that enables loading / unloading with the cart 16 is provided on the lower surface of the cash processing unit 10. Is provided.

In this case, the bill loading / recovery transport paths 81a to 81c of the banknote transport unit 13 are the banknote entrances / exits 82a to 82c of the bill loading / recovery stores 12a to 12c, and the reject storage transport paths 83a to 83c of the banknote transport unit 13 are the reject storage 14a. Are connected to banknote entrances 84a to 84c.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the connected state. Here, the handle and wheels of the carriage 16, the carriage security portion 73, etc. are omitted for easy understanding of the figure.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a banknote recognition unit 85 that recognizes the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, etc., of the banknote to be transported is arranged in a part of the banknote transport unit 13, and the banknote storage 11 There are four banknote storages 11a to 11d for storing banknotes of four denominations of 10,000, 5,000, 2,000, and 1000 in their denominations, and furthermore, banknotes from these banknote storages 11a to 11d are provided. A loading reject box 86 for storing reject banknotes generated when the necessary number of sheets is taken out and loaded into the banknote loading and collecting boxes 12 a to 12 c is disposed below the banknote recognition unit 85.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the operation of the bill storage 11 and its peripheral part.
On the upper side of the banknote storage 11 (11a to 11d), a banknote storage entry and transport path 13a is disposed, and on the lower side, a banknote storage and discharge transport path 13b is disposed and stored in the banknote storage 11 and stored. The bills are conveyed from the left side of the figure through the bill storage case entrance conveyance path 13a.
A blade 91 that guides the banknotes to be conveyed to the banknote storage 11 side is disposed in the middle of the banknote storage entrance transport path 13a. If necessary, the banknotes are transferred from the banknote storage entrance transport path 13a. The banknotes are guided to the entrance 94 provided on the upper side of the banknote storage 11 and stored in the banknote storage 11.

On the other hand, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 11 are separated one by one by a separation roller 92 from the outlet provided on the lower side of the banknote storage 11, and sent to the banknote storage discharge conveyance path 13b. It is.
A blade 93 is disposed at a junction between the separation roller 92 and the bill storage bin discharge conveyance path 13b, and the bills fed into the bill storage bin discharge conveyance path 13b are guided to the right side of the drawing. .

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a banknote storage state of the banknote storage 11.
The banknotes P1 that have entered from the entrance 94 of the banknote storage 11 are stacked so as to be stacked horizontally, and the stacked banknotes are pushed down below the separation roller 92 by a push-down plate (not shown).
When the push-down plate enters the banknote P1, it is retracted to the ceiling portion of the banknote storage 11 so as not to hinder the entry.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the operation of the bill storage 11 and its peripheral part.
A bill loading / recovery conveyance path 13c is arranged on the upper side of the bill loading / recovery box 12 (12a to 12c). It is conveyed from the left side.
A blade 101 that guides the banknotes being conveyed to the banknote loading / recovery warehouse 12 side is disposed in the middle of the banknote storage / conveyance path 13c. The bill is loaded into the bill loading / recovery box 12.

A direction changing path 13d is provided between the blade 101 and the bill loading / recovery box 12, and the banknote that is guided downward by the blade 101 and enters the direction changing path 13d is conveyed while rotating leftward in the traveling direction. The
When the banknote is rotated 90 degrees, the direction change path 13d sets the transport direction to the horizontal direction, transports the banknote in the back direction of the drawing, and enters the banknote from the banknote inlet / outlet 82 provided at the upper part of the banknote loading / recovery box 12. It is stored in the loading / recovery box 12.

On the other hand, a separation unit that separates and feeds out stored banknotes one by one is provided inside the banknote entrance / exit 82 of the banknote loading / recovery box 12. The banknote enters the direction changing path 13d, is sent to the banknote loading / recovery transport path 13c through the reverse path, and is transported to the left in the figure by the banknote loading / recovery transport path 13c.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a bill storage state of the bill loading / recovery box 12.

The banknote P2 which entered from the banknote entrance / exit 82 of the banknote storage 11 is horizontally accumulated on a vertically movable stage provided in the banknote storage 11, and the accumulated banknote P2 is moved to the uppermost position by the vertical movement of the stage. The position is always kept at a predetermined position.
FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the operation of the reject store 14 and its peripheral part.
A reject transport path 13e is disposed above the reject store 14 (14a to 14d), and banknotes stored and stored in the reject store 14 are transported from the left side of the reject transport path 13e.

In the middle of the reject transport path 13e, a blade 111 for guiding the transported banknote to the reject box 14 side is disposed, and the banknote is guided from the reject transport path 13e to the reject box 14 side as necessary. It is like that.
The banknotes guided by the blade 111 are transported downward by the reject storage transport path 83 and stored in the reject storage 14 from the banknote port 84 provided on the upper side of the reject storage 14.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the banknote storage state of the reject store 14, and as shown, the banknotes P3 that have entered from the banknote port 84 of the banknote storage 11 are stacked so as to be stacked horizontally.
Note that the loading reject store 86 (see FIG. 9) has the same structure as the reject store 14, and banknotes are stored and stored in the same manner as the reject store 14.
Next, an operation when the operation management center apparatus 6 instructs the delivery vehicle 7 to load or collect cash in the cash processing apparatus 30 will be described.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a storing operation of banknotes in the cash processing apparatus 30.

The banknote loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c are loaded with necessary banknotes in accordance with instructions from the operation management center device 6 and connected to the cash processing unit 10 as described above.
And if a staff member instruct | indicates transfer of a banknote by the operation display part 27, the transfer of the banknote from each banknote loading collection | recovery storage 12a-12c to the banknote storage 11a-11d of the cash processing part 10 by control of the main control part 25 will be carried out. Is done.

For example, when transferring a thousand banknotes from the banknote loading / recovery box 12a, the banknotes fed one by one by the separation unit in the banknote loading / recovery box 12a are transferred by the blade 101a via the direction change path and are transferred by the blade 101a. It is guided to 13c, is conveyed in the left direction of the figure, and passes through the banknote recognition unit 85.
At that time, when the banknote recognition unit 85 determines the denomination and conveyance state of the banknote, and the denomination is 1000 yen and is determined to be normal, the banknote is further sent to the left by the guidance of the blade 121. For example, when the banknote storage 11a is designated as the movement destination, the banknote is guided by the blade 91a and stored in the banknote storage 11a.

  If the banknote recognition unit 85 detects, for example, that two sheets are stacked or the denomination cannot be determined due to dirt or the like, the banknote is guided downward by the blade 121 as a reject banknote, and is further guided by the blades 122, 124, and 125. It is transported and stored in the loading reject box 86. Ten thousand, five thousand and two thousand banknotes are also sorted and stored in the banknote storages 11b to 11d previously designated as destinations by the same operation.

When all the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery box 12a are transferred to the banknote storage boxes 11a to 11d, the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery boxes 12b and 12c are sequentially transferred to the banknote storage boxes 11a to 11d by the same operation.
However, if the amount of cash to be prepared is enough to enter, for example, one bill loading / recovery box 12a, the bill loading / loading boxes 12b and 12c may be emptied and connected to the cash processing unit 10.

At this time, the reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 that are assigned to the convenience store 1 that is scheduled to visit first are mounted on the carriage 16, and the details will be described later.
FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of loading cash from the cash processing apparatus 30 to the bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c.

Before the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the convenience store 1, the cash processing device 30 is preliminarily instructed by the operation management center device 6 to be loaded into the POS register 2 or ATM 3 installed in the corresponding convenience store 1. Are loaded into the bill loading / recovery box 12.
Here, for example, when a predetermined number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 11d is loaded into the banknote loading / recovery box 12a, first, banknotes are fed out from the lower part of the banknote storage 11d, and the fed banknotes are blades. It is guided to 92b and sent to the bill storage bin discharge conveyance path 13b.

And a banknote passes the blades 122 and 121 further, and is conveyed by the banknote recognition part 85, and when this banknote recognition part 85 is passed, detection of a conveyance state, determination of a money type, etc. are performed.
As a result, when it is determined that the banknote of 10,000 yen has been transported normally, the banknote passes through the blade 123 and is transported in the right direction on the banknote loading and collecting warehouse transport path 13c, and further downward by the blade 101a. It is guided, passes through the direction changing conveyance path, and is loaded into the bill loading / recovery box 12a.

Also, the banknote recognition unit 85 detects that two sheets are stacked, or the banknote whose denomination cannot be determined due to dirt or the like is guided downward by the blade 123 as a reject banknote, and is further loaded and rejected by guidance of the blades 124 and 125. It is conveyed to 86 and stored.
In this way, a necessary number of 10,000 yen banknote loading and collecting box 12a is loaded, and similarly, the necessary number and denominations of banknotes are loaded from the banknote storage boxes 11b to 11d into the banknote loading and collecting box 12a.

In addition, bills are similarly loaded into the bill loading / recovery boxes 12b and 12c.
Note that the banknotes stored in the loading reject box 86 are taken out and counted by a predetermined staff after all work is completed.
Thereby, it becomes possible to confirm the coincidence of the counts in the scrutinization.
On the other hand, when the delivery vehicle 7 visits the convenience store 1, after collecting banknotes from the POS register 2 or ATM 3, the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery box 12 (12 a to 12 c) are transferred to the banknote storage box 11 ( 11a to 11c).

At this time, the bill 16 is loaded with bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c, reject boxes 14a to 14c, and coin loading / recovery boxes 15a to 15c collected from the POS register 2 or the ATM 3.
FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing the collection operation of banknotes to the cash processing unit 10.
First, when the bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c are connected to the cash processing unit 10 and the clerk instructs to transfer the banknotes by the operation display unit 27, each of the bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c is controlled by the main control unit 25. The banknotes are collected from the banknote storages 11 a to 11 d of the cash processing unit 10.

Here, when recovering banknotes from the banknote loading / recovery box 12a, the banknotes are separated one by one by the separation unit inside the banknote loading / recovery box 12a and fed out, and the fed banknotes pass through the direction change conveyance path. The blade 101a is guided to the bill loading / recovery conveyance path 13c, is conveyed in the left direction in the figure, and passes through the bill recognition unit 85.
At that time, the banknote recognition unit 85 determines the denomination and conveyance state of the banknote, and the banknote determined to be normal is further sent to the left by the guidance of the blade 121, and then the banknote storage 11a according to the denomination. To 11d and collected respectively.

For example, when a banknote determined to be 1,000 yen is stored in the banknote storage 11a, the banknote that has passed through the banknote recognition unit 85 is guided to the storage entry transport path 13a by the blade 121, and further guided by the blade 91a to be stored in the banknote storage. 11a.
Ten thousand, five thousand and two thousand banknotes are also sorted and collected in the banknote storages 11b to 11d by the same operation.

In this collecting operation, the banknote recognition unit 85 detects, for example, that two sheets are stacked, or the banknote whose denomination cannot be discriminated due to dirt or the like is guided downward by the blade 121 as a reject banknote, and further, the blades 122, 124, 125 Is sent to the reject conveyance path 13e.
Since it is mounted on the carriage 16 in the same order corresponding to the reject boxes 14a to 14c and the bill loading / recovery boxes 12a to 12c recovered from the same POS register 2 or ATM 3, it is sent to the reject transport path 13e. The bills are guided downward by the blade 111a corresponding to the bill loading / recovery box 12 and stored in the reject box 14a.

When all the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery box 12a are collected in the banknote storage boxes 11a to 11d and the reject box 14a, the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery boxes 12b and 12c are sequentially turned into the banknote storage boxes 11a to 11d and the reject box 14b. , 14c.
FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing the replacement unit 17.
The exchange unit 17 stores, for example, one loading reject box 86, five reject boxes 14d to 14h, and five coin loading collection boxes 15d to 15h. The coin loading collection boxes 15d to 15h are They are superimposed on the corresponding reject containers 14d to 14h and are connected by connection mechanisms.

Further, the size (outer shape) of the loading reject box 86 is formed to be equal to the size of connecting one reject box 14 and the coin loading collection box 15. The loading reject box 86, the reject boxes 14d to 14h, and the coin loading and collecting boxes 15d to 15h are arranged in a line on the supply table 131 and mounted in the exchange unit 17.
The supply stand 131 is constituted by a belt conveyor or the like, and supplies the loading reject storage 86, the rejection storages 14d to 14h, and the coin loading collection storages 15d to 15h to the adjacent carriers 132 as necessary.

The carrier 132 can be loaded with either the loading reject box 86 or a pair of connected reject box 14 and coin loading / recovery box 15.
The carrier 132 is provided with a positioning mechanism 133. The positioning mechanism 133 fixes the loading reject storage 86 or the rejection storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 supplied from the supply base 131 at predetermined positions on the carrier 132. When the reject warehouse 14 and the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 are loaded onto and unloaded from the carriage 16, the movement is performed.

The carrier 132 is attached to one end of a conveyor constituting the moving table 134. With the position as a reference position, the other end of the moving table 134 is rotated with the rotation of the conveyor while the reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are placed. Can be moved to.
Of course, it is possible to move in the opposite direction.
When the reject box 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 are moved to a position corresponding to a predetermined position of the carriage 16, the positioning mechanism 133 moves the reject box 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 in the direction toward the back of the drawing sheet. It is exchanged for a loading reject box 86 or a reject box 14 and a coin loading / recovery box 15.

When the carrier 132 returns to the reference position, the rejected storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery 15 exchanged are pushed up by a push-up mechanism 135 disposed below the reference position, and the rejected storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery 15 being pushed up are It is pushed out onto the collection table 137 by the receiving mechanism 136 disposed above.
The reject storage 14 and the coin loading recovery storage 15 recovered as described above can be sequentially arranged on the recovery table 137.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing the relative positional relationship of each component in the cash processing unit 10.
As shown in this figure, the exchange unit 17 is disposed on the front side of the banknote transport unit 13 and the carriage 16.
The moving table 134 can move the loading reject box 86 to a position corresponding to the banknote transport unit 13 at the reference position of the carrier 132, and the reject boxes 14 a to 14 c on which the carrier 132 is loaded on the carriage 16, and coin loading and collection. It can move to a position corresponding to the warehouses 15a to 15c.

21 to 25 are schematic perspective views showing the operation of the exchange unit 17 in the cash processing unit 10.
First, the operation of mounting the loading reject box 86 on the banknote transport unit 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the supply stand 131 rotates the belt conveyor and moves it to the right in the figure, the loading reject box 86 mounted on the rightmost side of the belt conveyor is pushed out and moved onto the carrier 132 and loaded by the positioning mechanism 133. The reject box 86 is fixed at a predetermined position on the carrier 132.

And this positioning mechanism 133 pushes out the loading rejection store | warehouse | chamber 86 to the direction of arrow A, and this moves the loading rejection store | warehouse | chamber 86 to the banknote conveyance part 13 side.
The banknote transport unit 13 is provided with a positioning unit (not shown), and fixes the loading reject box 86 at a predetermined position.
Next, the operation | movement which collect | recovers the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14i and the coin loading collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 15i on the trolley | bogie 16 is demonstrated using FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 22, a reject box 14i is mounted on a carriage 16 connected to the banknote transport unit 13, and a coin loading / recovery box 15i is stacked and connected on the reject box 14i.
The carrier 132 is moved from the reference position to the position opposite to the reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery 15i by the moving table 134, and the positioning mechanism 133 protrudes toward the cart 16 side, and the reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery 15i are moved by the arrow B. As shown, when the carrier 132 is pulled up on the carrier 132, the carrier 132 is returned to the reference position by the movable table 134.

As shown in FIG. 23, when the carrier 132 returns to the reference position, the positioning mechanism 133 releases the reject storage 14i and the coin loading / recovery storage 15i from the previously fixed state, so that the push-up bar 138a, 138b protrudes upward, thereby pushing up the reject box 14i and the coin loading / recovery box 15i.
The pushed-up reject box 14i and coin loading / recovery box 15i are accommodated in a receiving mechanism 136 disposed above, and pushed out onto a collecting table 137 indicated by an arrow C by a pushing mechanism provided in the receiving mechanism 136.

Here, the recovery table 137 rotates the belt conveyor, moves the reject storage 14i and the coin loading recovery storage 15i to predetermined positions, and ends the recovery of the rejection storage 14i and the coin loading recovery storage 15i.
Similarly, the reject storage 14j and the coin loading / recovery storage 15j, the rejection storage 14k and the coin loading / recovery 15k on the cart 16 shown in FIG. To new reject boxes 14d to 14h and coin loading / recovery boxes 15d to 15h respectively connected thereto are supplied onto the carriage 16 by the carrier 132 and the moving table 134, and are fixedly mounted.

As described above, the reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 are sequentially exchanged between the cash processing unit 10 and the cart 16, and the delivery vehicle goes around the convenience store 1 while cashing the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 In order to load and collect the card, the reject box 14 and the coin loading and collecting box 15 are exchanged between the POS register 2 or ATM 3 and the carriage 16.
When all scheduled replacement operations are completed, the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center, and all the reject boxes 14 and the coin loading collection boxes 15 are removed from the cash processing unit 10 and collected.

That is, as shown in FIG. 25, the used reject storage 14i-14m, coin loading recovery storage 15i-15m, and loading rejection storage 86 recovered from the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of each convenience store 1 are on the recovery table 137. Has been recovered.
However, at this time, the reject containers 14n, 14p, 14q and the coin loading recovery containers 15n, 15p, 15q that cannot be recovered on the recovery table 137 are carried to the operation management center while being mounted on the cart 16.

In addition, the arrangement order of the individual reject boxes 14i to 14q and the coin loading / recovery boxes 15i to 15q varies depending on the operation thereof.
Furthermore, although the figure shows the state when the reject boxes 14i to 14q and the coin loading collection boxes 15i to 15q are all used, the number of target POS registers 2 and ATM3 is small, and the reject box 14i-14q and coin loading / recovery warehouses 15i-15q are partially unused, the work is completed, and the unused rejection warehouse 14 and coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 remain mounted on the supply stand 131 at the operation management center. to recover.

FIG. 26 is a schematic perspective view showing a transfer state of the rejection store 14 and the like.
The supply stand 131 and the collection stand 137 of the exchange unit 17 can be removed from the exchange unit 17 while the reject store 14, the coin loading / recovery store 15, and the loading reject store 86 are mounted.
Accordingly, the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center, collects the rejection store 14 and the coin loading collection store 15 collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 and stores them in the rejection store 14 and the coin loading collection store 15. When confirming the cash that has been made, as shown in FIG. 26, the reject box 14, the coin loading collection box 15, and the loading rejection box 86 can be lowered from the delivery vehicle 7 together with the supply table 131 and the collection table 137. .

In order to newly load and collect cash in the POS register 2 and ATM 3 according to instructions from the operation management center device 6, an empty reject box 14 and coins are stored even when traveling around the delivery vehicle 7. The coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 and the empty loading rejection warehouse 86 can be loaded on the delivery vehicle in a state of being mounted on the supply stand 131 and mounted on the exchange unit 17.
In FIG. 25, the reject boxes 14n, 14p, 14q and the coin loading / recovery boxes 15n, 15p, 15q mounted on the carriage 16 are removed from the cash processing unit 1 together with the bill loading / recovery box 12 together with the carriage 16. Get off the delivery car 7 and check the cash.

Here, the positioning mechanism 133 of the carrier 132 of the exchange unit 17 and the related mechanism will be described.
FIG. 27 is a schematic perspective view of the reject box 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15.
A pair of protrusions 161 and 162 for integration are provided on both outer sides of the reject store 14 and the coin loading / recovery store 15 respectively, and the coin load / recovery store 15 is stacked on the reject store 14. In this state, the reject fitting 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 are integrally coupled by fitting the connection fitting 163a to one of the projections 161 and 162 and fitting the fitting fitting 163b to the other projection 161 and 162. Fix it.

Thus, since the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14 and the coin loading collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 15 are integrated, what is necessary is just to position and fix either one to the trolley | bogie 16 grade | etc.,. Here, in order to fix the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14, the protrusions 164a and 164b for positioning are provided in the both outer sides of the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14. FIG.
FIG. 28 is a schematic perspective view showing positioning of the reject box 14.
As shown in this figure, positioning and fixing are performed by the positioning mechanism 133 of the carrier 132 and the positioning mechanism 72 of the carriage 16 by using the positioning protrusions 164a and 164b provided on both outer sides of the reject container 14. That is, the reject box 14 is sent from the supply base 131 to the carrier 132 in the direction of arrow D as described above.

As a result, when the reject box 14 reaches the positioning mechanism 133, the arcuate claws 171a and 171b of the positioning mechanism 133 rotate from the position of the solid line to the position of the broken line in the direction of the arrow E to the protrusions 164a and 164b of the reject box 14. Thus, the reject box 14 is positioned and fixed on the carrier 132.
The claws 171a and 171b are provided on shafts on the rail 172. The rail 172 can move in the direction of arrow F with the claws 171a and 171b engaged with the protrusions 164a and 164b of the reject box 14. Yes.

  The movement of the rail 172 pushes the reject store 14 to the reject store mounting position on the carriage 16. A positioning mechanism 72 is provided on the carriage 16, and when the reject storage 14 is sent to the reject storage mounting position by the rail 172, the arc-shaped claws 173a and 173b of the positioning mechanism 72 are moved from the position indicated by the solid line to the arrow G. It rotates to the position of the broken line in the direction and engages with the protrusions 164a, 164b of the reject box 14, whereby the reject box 14 is positioned and fixed on the carriage 16.

At the same time, the claws 171a and 171b of the positioning mechanism 133 of the carrier 132 rotate in the direction opposite to the arrow E to open the reject box 14, and the claws 171a and 171b move in the direction opposite to the arrow F together with the rail 172. To return to the original position.
The reject box 14 is moved from the carrier 132 to the carriage 16 as described above, but the reject box 14 can be moved from the carriage 16 to the carrier 132 in the reverse procedure.

FIG. 29 is a plan view of the reject container 14.
As shown in FIG. 29 (a), the protrusion 164b of the reject box 14 is provided with a V-shaped groove for improving positioning accuracy.
Further, as shown in FIG. 29B, the claws 171a and 171b of the positioning mechanism 133 and the claws 173a and 173b of the positioning mechanism 72 are engaged with the protrusions 164a and 164b of the reject box 14 at different positions. The reject box 14 can be delivered between the carrier 132 and the carriage 16.

Further, when the reject box 14 is fixed on the carriage 16, the claw 173b is inserted into the V-shaped groove of the protrusion 164b, thereby improving the positioning accuracy of the reject box 14 with respect to the carriage 16, and the cash processing section. The relative position with respect to the ten bill transport units 13 can be ensured with high accuracy, and the bills to be transported can be stored without any trouble.
Since the coin loading / recovery box 15 is fixed on the reject box 14, the coin loading / recovery box 15 is also moved integrally with the reject box 14, and positioning is as accurate as the reject box 14. .

30 is a perspective view showing a state before the carriage 16 is loaded on the delivery vehicle 7, and FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing the loaded state.
As shown in FIG. 30, when the cart 16 is loaded on the delivery vehicle 7, the door 8 at the rear of the loading platform of the delivery vehicle 7 is opened, and the cart 16 is matched to the cash processing unit 10 of the cash handling machine 30 mounted on the loading platform. Is pushed under the loading platform from the rear side of the delivery vehicle 7.

A cart lifting mechanism 191 controlled by the security unit 24 is provided inside the door 8. When the door 8 is closed with the cart 16 pushed in, the cart 16 is shown in FIG. 30 by the cart lifting mechanism 191. Thus, it is pulled up and fixed so as to be stored in the cash processing unit 10.
In this way, the cash processing unit 10 is loaded with the carriage 16, the bill loading / recovery box 12 mounted on the carriage 16, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 from the lower side.

Therefore, since the rear surface of the cash processing unit 10 does not require an opening and can be a closed surface, the inside of the cash processing unit 10 cannot be seen even when the door 8 is opened, and thus the crime prevention property is improved. It will be a thing.
FIG. 32 is an enlarged perspective view of a state where the door at the rear of the delivery vehicle is opened, and FIG. 33 is an enlarged perspective view of a state where the door is closed.

  As shown in FIG. 32, the cart lifting mechanism 191 provided inside the door 8 moves the hooks 192a and 192b by pulling up the horizontal portion of the handle of the cart 16 and moves the hooks 192a and 192b up and down. The elevating unit 193 and a rail unit 194 that guides the elevating of the elevating unit 193 are configured. The elevating unit 193 is guided by the rail unit 194 and ascends from a position indicated by a solid line to a position indicated by a broken line.

  Further, guides 195a and 195b for guiding the vertical portion of the handle of the carriage 16 are attached to the rear end surface of the cash processing unit. When the carriage 16 is pushed under the loading platform from the rear side of the delivery vehicle 7 and the door 8 is closed, the hook portions 192a and 192b of the carriage lifting mechanism 191 are caught by the horizontal portion of the handle of the carriage 16, and the lifting portion 193 causes the hook portion. When 192a and 192b are raised, the carriage 16 is pulled up by the hook portions 192a and 192b.

At this time, the vertical portion of the handle of the carriage 16 is guided by the guides 195a and 195b, and the carriage 16 is pulled up in a stable state while maintaining a horizontal state.
And if the raising / lowering part 193 moves to the uppermost end of the rail part 194, as shown in FIG. 33, the banknote loading collection | recovery warehouse 12, the rejection warehouse 14, and the coin loading collection | recovery warehouse 15 will be accommodated in the cash processing part 10, as shown in FIG. It will be fixed and it will be in the state which can operate | move of FIG.

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

  The banknote processing unit 210 includes a banknote entrance / exit 211 for inputting and paying banknotes for each transaction, a banknote exit 214 for discharging banknotes to be returned to the customer due to inability to judge, etc. The recognition part 212 which judges etc., The banknote storage (storage part) 213a, 213b, 213c which stores a banknote according to money type, The banknote loading collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber for performing loading and collection | recovery of these banknotes with respect to these banknote storage 213a-213c 12. A reject box 14 is provided for storing reject banknotes generated when bills are paid or loaded.

Here, in the case of the POS register 2, the banknote storages 213a to 213c of the banknote processing unit 210 store, for example, a thousand yen banknote in the banknote storage 213a and a 2000 yen banknote in the banknote storage 213b, respectively. The storage 213c is assigned so as to store 5,000 yen, 10,000 yen and banknotes that are not used as change.
In the case of ATM3, for example, the banknote storage 213a stores 1,000 yen bills, the banknote storage 213b stores 10,000 yen banknotes, and the banknote storage 213c does not use 2,000 yen and 5,000 yen. And banknotes of non-performing bills are allocated.

The banknote processing unit 210 having such a configuration operates as follows.
First, in the case of depositing, banknotes inserted into the banknote entrance / exit 211 are separated one by one and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 determines the denomination and the like.
As a result, receivable banknotes are counted by denomination, sorted by denomination, and stored in the banknote storages 213a to 213c, respectively.
Moreover, the banknote determined as the rejection by the recognition part 212 is sent to the banknote exit 214, and is returned.

In the case of a change payment or a payment of a banknote in a withdrawal transaction, banknotes of a specified denomination are sequentially fed out one by one from the banknote storages 213a and 213b and sent to the recognition unit 212. Etc. are determined.
As a result, the payable banknotes are counted by denomination and are conveyed to the banknote entrance / exit 211 and accumulated.

And it is paid from the banknote entrance / exit 211, after confirming that the banknote of the money designated by the operator or approved by the apparatus was accumulated in the banknote entrance / exit 211.
Moreover, the banknote determined to be rejected is sent to the reject store 14 and collected.
When the bill loading / recovery box 12 is loaded into the banknote processing unit 210 for loading bills, the banknotes are sequentially fed out one by one from the bill loading / recovery box 12 and sent to the recognition unit 212. Species etc. are determined.

As a result, the bills that can be loaded are counted by denomination, sorted by denomination, and stored in the banknote storages 213a and 213b, respectively.

Moreover, the banknote determined to be rejected is sent to the reject box 14 and stored therein. When collecting the banknotes in the banknote storages 213a to 213c, the banknotes are stored one by one from the banknote storages 213a to 213c and sent to the recognition unit 212, and the recognition unit 212 determines the denomination and the like.
As a result, the banknotes whose denominations are found are counted by denomination and stored in the banknote loading and collecting box 12.
Moreover, the banknote determined to be rejected is sent to the reject box 14 and stored therein.

In this manner, the reject box 14 is loaded with banknotes from the banknote loading / recovery box 12 to the banknote storage boxes 213a and 213b or when the banknotes are collected from the banknote storage boxes 213a to 213c to the banknote loading / recovery box 12. The banknote determined to be rejected and the banknote determined to be rejected by the recognizing unit 212 during the change payment or withdrawal transaction are accommodated.
Therefore, when the collection of banknotes is completed, the number of banknotes collected from each POS register 2 or ATM 3 is
[Number of bills collected] = [Number of bills loaded] + [Number of bills deposited]-[Number of bills paid] = [Number of bills in bill loaded collection cabinet] + [Number of bills in reject cabinet]
Therefore, if the banknotes stored in the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 are counted and added together, the total number of banknotes collected can be confirmed.

FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the coin processing unit 220 built in the POS register 2 or ATM 3.
The coin processing unit 220 includes a coin inlet 221 for inserting coins for each transaction, a coin outlet 222 for returning rejected coins among the inserted coins, and a coin storage (storage unit) 223a to store coins by denomination. 223f, a coin loading / recovery box 15 for loading and collecting coins to / from these coin storages 223a to 223f, a coin reject box 224 for storing reject coins generated when paying or loading coins, and coin gold A check unit 225 for determining seeds, authenticity, and the like is provided.

Here, as the denominations of the coin storages 223a to 223f, for example, the coin storage 223a has 1 yen, the coin storage 223b has 5 yen, the coin storage 223c has 10 yen, and the coin storage 223d has 50 yen, 100 yen is allocated to the coin storage 223e, and 500 yen is allocated to the coin storage 223f.
The coin processing unit 220 having such a configuration operates as follows.

First, in the case of deposit, coins inserted into the coin entrance 221 are sent one by one to the check unit 225, and the check unit 225 determines the denomination and the like.
As a result, receivable coins are counted by denomination, sorted by denomination, and stored in the respective coin storages 223a to 223f from above. Moreover, the coin determined to be rejected by the coin check unit 225 is sent to the coin outlet 222 and returned.

In the case of a change payment or a coin payment in a withdrawal transaction, coins of a specified denomination are sequentially drawn out one by one from the lower side of the coin storages 223a to 223f and sent to the check unit 225. In part 225, the denomination or the like is determined.
As a result, the payable coins are counted by denomination and transported to the coin outlet 221 for accumulation.

Then, after confirming that coins of the amount designated by the operator or authorized by the apparatus are accumulated in the coin insertion / exit 221, the coin is paid from the coin exit 222.
Moreover, the coin determined to be rejected is sent to the coin reject box 224 and collected. When the coin loading / recovery box 15 is loaded into the coin processing unit 220 for loading coins, coins are sequentially fed one by one from the lower side of the coin loading / recovery box 15 and sent to the checking unit 225. The money type 225 determines the denomination and the like.

As a result, the coins that can be loaded are counted according to denomination, sorted into denominations, and stored in the coin storages 223a to 223f, respectively.
Moreover, the coin determined to be rejected is sent to the coin reject box 224 and stored. When collecting coins in the coin storage bins 223a to 223f, coins are fed one by one from the bottom of the coin storage bins 223a to 223f, and sent to the coin loading and collecting bin 15 as they are. It is housed inside from above.

When all the coin storages 223a to 223f are emptied, coins are fed one by one from the lower side of the coin reject storage 224 and sent to the coin loading / recovery box 15 as they are. Stored inside.
Unlike coins, coins have many denominations, and it is said that processing time is longer than that of banknotes because high-speed processing is difficult. As described above, coins are collected from coin storage boxes 223a to 223f. Since all the coins are sent directly to the coin loading / recovery box 15 and stored without passing through the checking unit 225, the processing time for the collection can be shortened.

  In addition, since the counting is not guaranteed at the time of collection because it does not go through the quarantine unit 225, the denomination of the coins in the coin storages 223a to 223f is determined at the quarantine unit 225 at least upon receipt of deposit or loading. Since it is determined as a valid coin, and in the case of payment, the denomination unit 225 performs denomination determination, etc., so that even if a problem in counting occurs in the collection process, it can be processed as a problem inside the device. It is possible to operate the apparatus without any trouble because it does not bother the customer.

When the coin collection is completed, all the coins in the coin reject box 224 are also collected in the coin loading collection box 15, so the number of coins collected from each POS register 2 and ATM 3 is
[Number of coins collected] = [Number of coins loaded] + [Number of coins received]-[Number of coins paid] = [Number of coins in the coin loaded collection box]
It becomes.

Therefore, if the coins stored in the coin loading / recovery box 15 are counted, the total number of coins collected can be confirmed.
As described above, in this embodiment, the reject banknotes stored in the reject store 14 of the banknote processing unit 210 are collected together with the reject store 14, and the reject coins stored in the coin reject store 224 of the coin processing unit 220 are coins. It is assumed that it is transferred to the loading collection box 15 and collected.

Thereby, in the banknote processing part 210, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a jam due to the conveyance of reject banknotes that are often broken or damaged, and the coin processing part 220 does not require handling of the coin reject box 224. As a result, processing is simplified.
By the way, the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15, and the loading / rejection warehouse 86 in the present embodiment are an entrance / exit of banknotes and coins, a mechanism unit for taking out and storing banknotes and coins, and the like. These are formed in a sealed structure protected by a key.

  In addition, the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 and the loading / rejection warehouse 86 are related to main body information such as the POS register 2 and ATM 3 in which they are mounted, and cash stored therein. A storage unit for storing information is built-in, and the POS register 2, the ATM 3, and the cash processing unit device 30 mounted on the delivery car 7 can read and rewrite information to the storage unit as necessary. It is like that.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing the storage contents of the storage units provided in the respective safes used in this embodiment, that is, the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading / recovery box 15, and the loading / rejection box 86. The contents (data) to be executed are different in the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15, and the loading reject warehouse 86 as described below.
36A shows the storage contents of the storage unit 231 provided in the banknote loading / recovery box 12, and the banknote loading / recovering box No. , The main body No. which is the registration number of the main body of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 to which the bill loading / recovery box 12 is mounted. (Identification information unique to the apparatus), a reject box No. which is a registration number of the reject box 14 to be mounted on the same main body in combination with the bill loading / recovery box 12. , And the number of banknotes of the denomination stored in the banknote loading / recovery box as the breakdown of denominations.

  FIG. 36B shows the storage contents of the storage unit 232 provided in the reject store 14, and the reject store No. which is a registration number assigned to each reject store 14. , The registration number of the main body of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 in which the reject box 14 is mounted. (Identification information unique to the apparatus) and the number of banknotes (calculated values) of the money type stored in the reject box as a breakdown of the money type.

  FIG. 36 (c) shows the storage contents of the storage unit 233 provided in the coin loading / recovery box 15, and the coin loading / recovery number No. that is a registration number assigned to each coin loading / recovery box 15. , The main body No. which is the registration number of the main body of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 to which the coin loading / recovery box 15 is mounted. (Identification information peculiar to the apparatus) and the number of coins of the denomination stored in the coin loading and collecting box as the breakdown of denominations.

  FIG. 36D shows the storage contents of the storage unit 234 provided in the loading reject store 86, and a loading reject store No. which is a registration number assigned to each loading reject store 86. , The cash processing apparatus No. which is the registration number of the main body of the cash processing apparatus 30 to which the loading storage 12 is attached. , And the number of banknotes (estimated value) of money type stored in the loading reject box as a breakdown of money type.

FIG. 37 to FIG. 45 are flowcharts showing the cash processing procedure in the above-described configuration. Hereinafter, the loading and collection of cash will be described according to the steps indicated by S in these drawings.
In the convenience store 1, when sales information is input to the POS register 2 according to the sale of the product (S1), the sales information is reported to the CVS center device 4 (S2).
The CVS center device 4 monitors the stocks of merchandise, sales management, and the amount of change, reserves, sales, etc. in accordance with the sales information from the POS register 22 (S3).

Moreover, ATM3 of the convenience store 1 will report the transaction information to the financial center apparatus 5, if transaction information is input according to the transaction by a customer's operation (S4) (S5).
In accordance with the transaction information from the ATM 3, the financial center apparatus 5 monitors the amount of the transaction reserve, etc. simultaneously with the processing according to the transaction of the customer account (S6).
Monitoring of the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the convenience store 1 by the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 is always performed.

On the other hand, the operation management center device 6 starts a patrol process by the delivery vehicle 7 for loading and collecting cash in the POS register 2 and ATM 3 at a predetermined time (S7).
First, the operation management center device 6 issues a request for instructions regarding loading and collection to the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 (S8).
At this time, the current scheduled visit time and the next scheduled visit time of each convenience store 1 are notified. The CVS center device 4 determines the necessity of loading and collecting cash for all corresponding POS registers 2 according to the monitoring data for each POS register 2 up to this point and the current and next scheduled visit times. For the register 2, the number of bills and coins loaded by denomination is calculated (S9).

Then, the CVS center device 4 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the calculation result of the number of loaded coins by type of money and the necessity of loading and collecting for all the POS registers 2 to be visited this time (S10).
Similarly, the financial center apparatus 5 determines the necessity of loading and collecting cash for all corresponding ATMs 3 according to the monitoring data for each ATM 3 up to that point and the scheduled next visit time and the banknote for each ATM 3. Then, the number of coins loaded by denomination is calculated (S11).

Then, the financial center apparatus 5 notifies the operation management center apparatus 6 of the result of calculating the number of loaded items by denomination and the necessity of loading and collecting for all ATMs 3 to be visited this time (S12).
Here, when the operation management center device 6 reaches a predetermined time, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 are requested to instruct loading and collection. However, there are more customers than expected, If the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 determines that the change reserve or the transaction reserve has decreased more quickly than expected due to reasons such as a large amount of payment transaction, the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 notifies the operation management center apparatus 6 of an urgent request for loading and collection (S13).

  Also in this case, as in this explanation (when the predetermined time comes), the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 installed in the convenience store 1 that is urgently loaded and collected from the operation management center device 6 are used. Of course, as with the convenience store 1, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 are notified of a request for loading and collecting the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of other convenience stores 1 that have been scheduled for patrol. Shall.

However, of the scheduled tour time added to the request for loading / recovery issued from the operation management center device 6 at this time, the scheduled tour time this time is a special one-time time set for emergency response. The next scheduled tour time remains the original scheduled time.
Based on this, the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 calculate a reserve required from the current emergency response to the next scheduled tour time, and notify the operation management center device 6 of the reserve.

As a result, even if it is an emergency response, it is possible to instruct the number of bills and coins to be loaded in an appropriate amount. Operation management can be performed systematically.
The operation management center device 6 determines whether or not it is necessary to load and collect from the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5, and data on the number of bills and coins loaded and collected for each POS register 2 and each ATM 3 circulating this time. If it receives, the regular route of a circulation will be determined and the number of money types of the banknote and coin loaded into the cash processing apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 will be calculated (S14).

That is, of the stores that are initially planned to be visited, stores that do not need to be loaded or collected in either the POS register 2 or ATM 3 are excluded from the circulation plan, and those that require loading or collecting even one unit are POS. A plan is created so that the total number of ATMs 3 in register 2 can be operated as planned.
In this case, since the banknotes are loaded and collected into the POS register 2 and ATM 3 for each convenience store 1, the banknotes loaded into the POS register 2 and ATM3 of the convenience store 1 to be visited first are all required. From the second store, the bills collected so far can be loaded.

However, when there is a shortage in the convenience store 1 to be visited next with the collected banknotes, the shortage needs to be loaded into the cash processing apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 in advance.
In this way, since the banknotes collected up to that point can be loaded from the second store, it is possible to improve the efficiency of funds and to circulate with the minimum necessary banknotes.
Next, the operation management center device 6 prepares in advance for loading the number of bills and coins for each POS register 2 and ATM 3 of each convenience store 1 based on the calculation result of the number of loaded sheets, and for loading. In addition to the total number of banknotes by type of money and the total number of coins by type of money, instructions for loading and collection are transmitted to the delivery car 7, and at the same time, the route for the current tour and the scheduled visit time are instructed (S15a).

This traveling plan is also loaded into the CVS center device 4 and the financial center device 5 and notified as a collection schedule (S15b).
In accordance with an instruction from the operation management center device 6, a staff member of the delivery vehicle 7 loads banknotes and coins into the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 at the operation management center, and then the cash processing unit of the cash processing apparatus 30. Load 10

At this time, based on the calculation result of the operation management center device 6, the banknotes are loaded and loaded in the banknote loading / recovery box 12 mounted on the carriage 16 with the expected number of banknotes collected in the middle (S 16).
In the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / recovery box 12, the breakdown of the denomination of the banknotes to be loaded is written. No. of the cash processing apparatus 30 loaded as , Reject box No. No. of the loading reject storage 86 corresponding to the banknote loading / recovery storage 12. Are written respectively.

On the other hand, coins are loaded into the coin loading / recovery box 15 for each POS register 2 and ATM 3 and the number of coins instructed to each POS register 2 and ATM 3 is loaded on the supply base 131 of the cart 16 and the cash processing unit 10. Are loaded in the order in which they travel.
That is, the coin loading / recovery store 15 and the reject store 14 have the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 to be mounted when they are mounted on the cash processing unit 10 and the carriage 16 of the cash processing apparatus 30, and therefore the coin loading / recovery store 15. In the storage unit 233, the main body No. is stored together with the breakdown of the type of coins loaded. No. of POS register 2 or ATM 3 to which the coin loading / recovery box 15 is attached. Is written.

Similarly, the storage unit 232 of the reject box 14 also has a main body No. No. of POS register 2 or ATM 3 to which the reject box 14 is attached. Is written.
Note that the loading reject box 86 is stacked and loaded at the leading position of the supply stand 131 of the cash processing unit 10, and the cash processing apparatus No. No. of the cash processing apparatus 30 to which the loading rejection store 86 is attached. Is written.

When the loading of the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12 and the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 loaded with cash is completed as described above, a staff member of the delivery car 7 sends a notification of the start of patrol to the operation management center device 6 ( S17) Thereafter, the operation management center device 6 monitors the traveling status of the delivery vehicle 7.
When the delivery car 7 starts patrol (S18), first, the loading reject box 86 is moved from the supply base 131 onto the carrier 132, and is pushed out by the carrier 132 toward the banknote transport unit 13 to be fixed at a predetermined position. At the time, the cash processing unit 10 stores the main body No. 2 written in the storage unit 231 of the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the storage unit 234 of the loading reject box 86. Is my No. (S19).

When the banknote loading / recovery box 12 is loaded on the cash processing unit 10 of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 17, the banknotes necessary for the current round are loaded into the banknote loading / recovery box 12 mounted on the carriage 16. Are loaded, these banknotes are sorted and stored in the banknote storage 11 of the cash processing unit 10 according to denomination (S20).
Next, the number of banknotes of the denomination instructed to the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 to be visited for the first time in this patrol is drawn out from the banknote storage 11, and the banknote loading / recovery box on the cart 16 is collected. 12 is loaded (S21).

  When the loading of the bills is completed, the cash processing unit 10 rewrites the contents of the storage unit of the bill loading / recovery box 12. That is, the main body No. No. of the POS register 2 or ATM 3 to which the bill loading / recovery box 12 is to be mounted. In addition, reject box No. No. of the rejection store 14 used corresponding to the bill loading / recovery store 12. In addition, the breakdown by denomination is rewritten to the number of banknotes of the denomination loaded this time.

  In this tour, the reject store 14 and the coin loading / recovery store 15 to be installed in the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 to be visited first are already installed at predetermined positions on the carriage 16. Therefore, the cash processing unit 10 stores the main body No. 2 written in the storage unit 232 of the reject box 14 and the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / recovery box 15. No. of POS register 2 and ATM3 of the first store. Make sure that

Thus, the preparation for the first convenience store 1 is completed. On the other hand, the CVS center device 4 instructs the POS register 2 (S22), and the financial center device 5 instructs the ATM 3 to prepare for collection (S23). Notify the amount of cash required for change and payment transactions as the number of remaining values.
The cash to be collected is stored in denominations in the banknote storage 213 of the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin storage 223 of the coin processing unit 220 built in the POS register 2 and ATM3, and the POS register 2 and ATM3 are recovered. By the preparation instruction and the notification of the number of remaining values, the banknotes in the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the coins in the coin loading / recovery box 15 are left for the change and payment transaction required by the delivery vehicle 7 to be visited. The bills and coins are collected in the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 while leaving the value number of sheets (S24, S25).

In this case, the number of remaining values notified from the CVS center device 4 or the financial center device 5 to the POS register 2 or the ATM 3 is set to a sufficient number that does not cause a cash out before the delivery vehicle 7 visits. Moreover, collection | recovery here is performed in the idle time of the banknote process part 210 and the coin process part 220 between the sales processes in which payment or change discharge is not performed, and between transactions.
In this way, the banknotes in the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the coins are partially collected in advance in the coin loading / recovery box 15, so that the POS register 2 after the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the convenience store 1. In addition, the collection process performed by stopping ATM3 can be performed in a short time with a small number of sheets, and the stop time of the POS register 2 and ATM3 can be shortened, thereby improving operating efficiency and customer waiting time. It can be shortened.

  In addition, since the timing for executing the partial collection in advance is determined in correspondence with the scheduled traveling time notified from the operation management center device 6, for example, if the partial collection is performed immediately before the scheduled traveling time, The number of value sheets can also be set to the minimum number, and the collection process performed after the delivery vehicle 7 visits can be performed in a shorter time. Further, since the time for the collection process can be shortened, the time for waiting with the banknote loading / recovery box 12 or the coin loading / recovery box 15 exchanged by the attendant is shortened, and the crime prevention property is improved.

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

At this time, the delivery vehicle 7 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the current location detected by the position detection unit 22 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7.
In the operation management center device 6, the time when this arrival is received is obtained by a timer and stored in the time storage unit. Based on the current location of the delivery vehicle 7, the convenience store 1 is the first store in which the delivery vehicle 7 makes a patrol. If it is confirmed that it has arrived as scheduled, it is confirmed that it is normal, and the work for collecting and loading cash to the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 of the patrol is approved (S27). ), The delivery vehicle 7 is notified of permission for loading and unloading the carriage 16 with the banknote loading cabinet 12 and the like mounted thereon and for loading and collecting cash (S28).

  Based on this work permission, the work of the delivery vehicle 7 is started. First, in order to load cash into the POS register 2 or ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 from the delivery car 7 to the operation management center apparatus 6, the main body No. And loading information such as the number of bills loaded in the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the number of coins loaded in the coin loading / recovery box 15 are read from the storage units 231 and 233 and notified to the operation management center device 6.

  That is, the cash processing unit 10 of the cash processing apparatus 30 of the delivery vehicle 7 stores the storage unit 231 and the coins of the bill loading / recovery box 12 used for loading cash into the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1. From the storage unit 233 of the loading / recovery box 15, the main body No. And loading information such as the number of bills loaded in the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the number of coins loaded in the coin loading / recovery box are read out, and the read information is notified from the delivery vehicle 7 to the operation management center device 6.

Next, when an attendant of the delivery vehicle 7 stands in front of the loading platform door 8 of the delivery vehicle 7 in order to lower the carriage 16 on which the bill loading collection store 12 and the coin loading collection store 15 are mounted, the door 8 The iris of the clerk is acquired by the provided personal recognition unit 23, and it is checked whether or not the clerk is registered (S30a).
If it is confirmed by this check that the person is a valid clerk, the control unit 20 of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7 instructs the security unit 24 to lower the cart 16, and this instruction Thus, the security unit 24 operates the carriage lifting mechanism 191 that has been raised until then, and lowers the carriage 16 (S30b).

When the carriage 16 gets down to the ground, the security section 24 unlocks the door 8 of the delivery car 7 based on the loading permission, and the clerk opens the door 8 and pulls out the carriage 16. From this point of time, the carriage 16 stores the current location by the PHS 77, and the carriage control unit 74 determines whether or not an abnormal situation such as theft has occurred based on the subsequent movement of the current location.
Here, the clerk moves the carriage 16 to transport the bill loading / recovery box 12, the coin loading / recovery box 15 and the like to the convenience store 1 (S31). When the clerk arrives at the POS register 2 in the convenience store 1, the clerk The start of cash collection is input by operating the operation panel of the register 2 (S32).

As a result, the POS register 2 notifies the operation management center device 6 of the start of cash collection (S33), and collects all banknotes in the banknote storage 213 of the banknote processing unit 210 in the banknote loading / recovery box 12. (S34).
The reject banknote generated in this collection process is stored in the reject store 14. At the same time, all coins in the coin storage 223 and the coin reject storage 224 of the coin processing unit 220 are recovered in the coin loading recovery container 15.

Since the banknotes and coins are already collected in advance in the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the coins loading / recovery box 15 as described above, the collection at this time is completed in a short time.
When all the banknotes in the banknote storage 213 and the coins in the coin storage 223 and the coin rejection 224 are collected, the POS register 2 notifies the CVS center device 4 of the collection amount (S35a) and collects and collects the banknotes. The number of banknotes collected in the breakdown of money type in the storage unit 231 of the storage 12 and the number of coins recovered in the breakdown of money type in the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / recovery 15 are written, and the storage unit 232 of the reject storage 14 is further written. The number of denominations calculated based on the number of loaded sheets, the number of transactions, and the number of collected sheets is written.

Here, the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 can be extracted from the POS register 2 (S35b).
On the other hand, upon receipt of the cash collection start notification from the POS register 2, the operation management center device 6 transmits the main body number of the POS register 2 to the cart 16 via the PHS 77. (S36), the trolley controller 74, in accordance with this notification, out of the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 mounted on the trolley 16, uses the bill loading / recovery box 12 used this time. The locking of the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72 corresponding to the reject storage 14 and the coin loading / recovery storage 15 is unlocked to be removed from the carriage 16 (S37).

In this way, the notified main body No. Accordingly, the locking of the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72 is unlocked, so that an erroneous operation by an attendant can be prevented and the crime prevention property is excellent.
Next, the clerk exchanges the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 in the POS register 2, the coin loading / recovery box 15, the bill loading / recovery box 12 on the carriage 16, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 (S 39). .

  That is, the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 released from the locking of the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72 are removed from the cart, and the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 and the coin loading are removed from the POS register 2. The collection box 15 is extracted, and the extracted bill loading collection box 12 and reject box 14 are mounted at the positions of the bill loading collection box 12 and the rejection box 14 removed from the carriage 16, and the POS register is further placed on the rejection box 14. The coin loading / recovery box 15 extracted from 2 is placed and integrated.

Thereby, the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14 mounted on the carriage 1 are automatically fixed and locked by the positioning mechanisms 71 and 72. Subsequently, the clerk attaches to the bill loading / recovery box 12 and the reject box 14, the coin loading / recovery box 15, the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 220 of the POS register 2 that have been removed from the cart 16 (S40).
As described above, the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 are exchanged with respect to the POS register 2. The settlement of the transfer of funds by exchanging these safes is performed as follows.

  As described above, when the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 extracted from the POS register 2 are mounted on the cart 16, the cart control unit 74 is mounted on the bill loading / recovery box 12 that has just been installed. No. storage unit 231, the storage unit 232 of the rejection store 14, and the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / recovery unit 15 respectively. And the breakdown by denomination are reported to the operation management center device 6 via the PHS 77 by the communication unit 76 as cash collection data (S41).

The operation management center device 6 notifies the CVS center device 4 of the amount collected from the POS register 2 based on the cash collection data received from the cart 16 (S42), and the CVS center device 4 has already notified the collection amount thus notified. It is confirmed whether or not the collection amount received from the POS register 2 in S35a matches (S43).
As a result, when it is determined that the collected amounts match and are valid, the CVS center device 4 transmits a collection confirmation notification to the operation management center device 6 (S44a), and the operation management center device 6 sends a CVS as a response. Deposit processing of the collected amount is performed on the center device 4 (S44b).

At this time, the collection process for the POS register 2 of the first convenience store is completed (S45), and the collected cash is settled as having been transferred to the operation management center device 6.
On the other hand, when the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15 removed from the carriage 16 as described above are attached to the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 220 of the POS register 2, the POS register 2 Is stored in the banknote handling unit 210 from the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading and collecting unit 12. , Body No. , Read the breakdown by denomination, and similarly from the storage unit 232 of the reject store 14, the reject store and the main body No. , Coin loading / recovery box No. 1 from storage unit 233 of coin loading / recovery box 15. , Body No. Read the breakdown by type.

And the main body No. written in these storage units 231 to 233. No. of the POS register 2 itself. The reject box No. written in the storage unit 231 of the bill loading / recovery box. Is the No. of the reject box 14 attached to the POS register 2 at the same time. Make sure it matches.
As a result of these confirmations, if all are determined to be normal, the POS register 2 calculates the amount of money loaded this time from the breakdown of money types in the bill loading collection box 12 and the breakdown of money types in the coin loading collection box 15, and the CVS center device 4 The calculated amount is reported to (S46).

  The CVS center device 4 confirms that the loading amount instructed to the operation management center device 6 in S10 matches the loading amount reported from the POS register 2 this time (S47). When it is determined that there is, a loading confirmation notification with the loading amount added is transmitted to the operation management center device 6 (S48a), and the CVS center device 4 carries out a process of depositing the loading amount from the CVS center device 4.

When the operation management center device 6 receives the loading confirmation notification from the CVS center device 4, it confirms that the loading amount added thereto matches the loading amount for the POS register 2 instructed to the delivery vehicle 7 in S15. If it is determined that the amount is valid (S49), the loading operation for the POS register 2 is completed at this point (S50).
As a result, the loaded cash is transferred to the POS register 2, and the loading process to the POS register 2 is completed assuming that the cash is transferred to the CVS center device 4 that manages the POS register 2.

As described above, by exchanging the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, and the coin loading / recovery box 15, payment is performed at the same time as the transfer of cash, so that cash and its management responsibility can be transferred simultaneously. In addition, the burden of interest will be clarified, and the insurance burden in the event of theft will be easy to understand.
In the POS register 2, the banknotes are sorted and stored in the banknote storage 213 of the banknote processing unit 210 from the mounted banknote loading / recovery box 12, and the reject banknotes generated at that time are stored in the reject box 14.

At the same time, coins are sorted and stored in the coin storage 223 of the coin processing unit 220 from the coin loading / recovery box 15, and the reject coins generated at that time are stored in the coin reject box 224 (S 51).
When the transfer and storage of all banknotes and coins is completed as described above, the cash collection and loading process in the POS register 2 is completed (S52).

Next, the clerk moves the carriage 16 to the ATM 3 installed in the same convenience store 1 and performs a collection and loading process of banknotes and coins on the ATM 3 in the same procedure as in the POS register 2.
However, in the case of the POS register 2, payment processing is performed by exchanging amount data and the like between the CVS center device 4 and the operation management center device 6, but in the case of ATM 3, the operation is performed with the financial center device 5. Payment processing is performed by exchanging amount data and the like with the management center device 6.

41 and 42, the procedure is the same as that of the POS register 2 from the input of the ATM 3 to the collection start (S53) to the end of the ATM cash collection and loading.
As described above, the cash collection and loading process for the POS register 2 and ATM installed in the first convenience store 1 is completed.

Thereafter, the clerk moves the carriage 16 to the delivery car 7 (S55). When standing in front of the door 8 of the delivery car 7, the clerk's iris is acquired and registered by the personal recognition unit 23 provided on the door 8. It is checked whether or not it is an attendant (S56a).
If this check confirms that the person is a valid clerk, the control unit 20 of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7 instructs the security unit 24 to open the door 8 and accept the cart 16. To do.

When the clerk opens the door 8 and pushes the carriage 16 into the delivery car 7 to a predetermined position under the loading platform and closes the door 8, the security unit 24 lifts the carriage 16 by the carriage lifting mechanism 191 to the cash processing unit 10. Connect (S56b).
As a result, the main control unit 25 of the cash processing unit 10 receives the main body No. from the storage unit 231 of the collected banknote loading / recovery box 12 and the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / recovery box 15 mounted on the carriage 16. The stored contents such as the breakdown of the money type and the like are read out, stored in the storage unit of the cash processing unit 10, and then the banknotes are sequentially drawn out from the banknote loading / recovery box 12, and the banknotes are sorted and stored in the banknote storage 11 by money type (S57).

The reject banknote generated at this time is stored in the reject box 14.
When all the banknotes are collected from the banknote loading / recovery box 12 and are emptied, the main body No. , Reject box No. The data of the breakdown by type is cleared, but the number of collected sheets at this time is also counted for each type of money and stored in the storage unit of the cash processing unit 10.

  When the collection of banknotes from all the banknote loading / recovery boxes 12 collected from the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 is completed as described above, each banknote loading / recovery box 12 is sent from the cash processing device 30 to the operation management center device 6. The number of banknotes collected by money type collected from the banknote storage 11 and the main body No. At the same time, the main body No. 2 read from the storage unit 233 of the coin loading / recovery box 15 is read. The breakdown by type of money is also reported (S58).

  Note that the number of banknotes collected here is not necessarily POS because when a reject banknote is generated during recovery from the banknote loading / recovery box 12 to the banknote storage box 11, a part of the recovered banknote is stored in the reject box 14. It does not match the amount of money collected from the register 2 or ATM, and the amount of money collected by the operation management center device 6 reported in S58 this time and the total value of rejected banknotes stored in the reject box 14 are applicable. The total amount of money collected from the POS register 2 or ATM 3 is equivalent to the amount reported and settled from the POS register 2 or ATM.

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

This completes the cash collection and loading process for the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 in the operation management center device 6 (S60).
During this time, the operation management center device 6 monitors the status of the replacement work, and determines whether the delivery car 7 or the carriage 16 has encountered an abnormal situation such as theft.
In other words, the cart 16, the POS register 2, the ATM 3, etc. sequentially report the status and data corresponding to the progress of the work, but the operation management center device 6 monitors the time etc., for example, Whether or not an abnormal situation has occurred is monitored by monitoring the time until the bill loading / recovery store 12 or the reject store 14 is removed from the cart and another bill loading / recovery store 12 or the reject store 14 is mounted on the cart 16. Further, based on the detection position of the position detection unit 22 mounted on the delivery car 7, it is monitored whether the delivery car 7 has moved from a predetermined position to an unscheduled position to determine whether or not an abnormal situation has occurred. To do.

Further, it is stored in the time storage unit, and whether or not an abnormal situation has occurred is determined based on whether or not the loading and collecting operation is completed within a predetermined time from the time.
Next, the delivery vehicle moves to the convenience store 1 of the second store, and during this movement, the cash processing unit 10 of the cash processing device 30 prepares for the cash loading to the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1. Is called.

First, the reject store 14 and the coin loading / recovery store 15 collected from the POS register 2 or ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 attached to the cart 16 are replaced with the POS register 2 or ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1. Are replaced with the reject 14 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 (S61).
That is, the collected reject 14 and coin loading / recovery box 15 are received from the carriage 16 by the carrier 132 of the exchange unit 17 and stored on the collection table 137 by the receiving mechanism 136.

Subsequently, the reject 14 for the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1 mounted on the supply stand 131 and the coin loading / recovery box 15 are pushed out onto the carrier 132, and the carrier 132 causes the carriage 16 to It is carried to a predetermined position and mounted on the carriage 16.
Next, the cash processing unit 10 loads the bills corresponding to the number of sheets instructed to the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1 visited this time from the bill storage 11 into the bill loading collection box 12. Then, the contents stored in the storage unit 231 of the bill loading / recovery box 12 are rewritten in the same manner as in the case of loading the POS register 2 and the ATM 3 of the first convenience store 1 (S62).

Thus, the preparation for the POS register 2 and ATM 3 of the second convenience store 1 is completed. When the delivery vehicle 7 arrives at the second convenience store 1, the arrival is reported to the operation management center device 6 as in the first store (S 63), and cash is collected and loaded into the POS register 2 and ATM 3. The work is performed in the same manner as in the first store (S64).
Similarly, after the third store, cash is collected and loaded into the POS registers 2 and ATMs 3 of all convenience stores 1.

  When the cash collection and loading processes for the POS registers 2 and ATMs 3 of all convenience stores 1 are completed (S65), the delivery car 7 returns to the operation management center. When the delivery vehicle 7 returns to the operation management center (S66a), it reports the return to the operation management center device 6, and upon receipt of this report, the operation management center device 6 cancels the monitoring of the circulation status for the delivery vehicle 7, This completes the patrol process (S66b).

At this time, the bill loading / recovery box 12 collected from the last convenience store 1 is mounted on the carriage 16, but the banknotes in the bill loading / recovery box 12 are already transferred to the banknote storage 11 of the cash processing unit 10. Are stored.
Therefore, in order to extract and settle the banknotes collected by circulation of the delivery car 7, the clerk operates the operation display unit 27 of the delivery car 7 and inputs the start of the end process to the cash processing apparatus 30 (S67a). .

Thereby, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 11 are drawn out one by one, and after denomination and counting are performed by the banknote recognition unit 85, they are stored in the banknote loading and recovery box 12 (S67b).
In this storing process, all banknotes stored in each banknote storage 11 are stored in the banknote loading / recovery box 12, and a plurality of banknote loading / recovering boxes 12 are mounted on the carriage 16. Therefore, the banknotes are sequentially stored in the plurality of banknote loading and collecting boxes 12 so that the first banknote loading and collecting box 12 is filled when the first banknote loading and collecting box 12 is full.

Note that reject banknotes generated during this process are stored in the loading reject box 86. When all the banknote storages 11 are emptied, the process is terminated, and the stored contents of the storage unit 231 of the banknote loading / recovery box 12 are rewritten.
That is, the main body No. No. of the cash processing apparatus 30 mounted on the delivery vehicle 7. , Reject box No. Corresponds to the No. of the corresponding loading reject storage 86. However, the number of types of banknotes stored is written in the breakdown by type.

In addition, the count result at this time is notified to the operation management center device 6 as a settlement number (S67c).
Next, the loading rejection store 86 is received from the banknote transport unit 13 by the carrier 132 of the exchange unit 17, and the loading rejection store 86 is further sent to the collection table 137 by the receiving mechanism 136 for recovery (S68a).

When the preparation of the collection of the cash into the bill loading and collecting box 12 and the lowering operation of the bill loading and collecting box 12 is completed as described above, and the cash processing device 30 moves the cart 16 down to the ground (S68b), Open the door 8 of the loading platform and pull out the cart 16.
Further, the clerk withdraws the collection table 137 integrally with the supply table 131 from the cash processing unit 10, and lowers the safes of the reject storage 14, the coin loading collection storage 15, and the reject loading storage 86 (S69), thereby completing the process. The process is completed (S70).

Finally, the cash remaining in the respective safes of the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject 14, the coin loading / recovery box 15, and the loading / rejecting box 86 is settled.
That is, the bill loading / recovery warehouse 12, the reject warehouse 14, the coin loading / recovery warehouse 15 and the loading / rejection warehouse 86 are opened, and the cash stored therein is counted by a counting device or the like. Matching with the amount of money reported in etc. is performed.

  Hereinafter, the settlement contents of the bill loading / recovery box 12, the reject box 14, the coin loading / recovery box 15, and the loading / rejecting box 86 will be described.

The above result is notified to the operation management center device 6 as a settlement result (S71), whereby all cash balances are correctly reported, and the loading and collecting operations are completed (S73).
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the cash is loaded and collected with respect to the POS register 2 owned by the company operating the convenience store 1 and the ATM 3 held by the financial institution has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it can be applied to the loading and collection of cash with respect to various cash handling devices held by distribution institutions, credit sales companies, and other companies, and cash can be managed.

In the above-described embodiment, the convenience store 1 has been described as having a cash handling device. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a cash handling device installed in a public facility or the like in addition to a department store or a supermarket. is there.
In the above-described embodiment, the convenience store 1 has been described as having two types of cash handling devices, the POS register 2 and the ATM, but if one type of cash handling device is installed at one store, the cart 16 Only one bill loading / recovery box 12 to be mounted and used may be prepared.

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention described above, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the unrecognizable cash is stored in the reject store removed from the cash handling device along with the cash loading collection store, it is difficult to collect while counting with the cash processing device. The cash must be confirmed and counted, and therefore, a reject storage must be prepared for each cash handling device. However, in the inventions according to claims 7 to 9, the cash loading and recovery storage mounted on the moving means In addition to loading and collecting cash in the cash collection collection box, the reject collection box can be automatically replaced, so after collecting cash from the cash handling equipment, the next cash handling equipment When loading cash, the reject box removed from the previous cash handling device will not be mistakenly used for the next cash handling device. Securely together there is an advantage that it is selectively used in the reject box, reject box in respective storage portions of cash loading and recovering box and the reject box No. In order to check the correspondence between the cash loading and collection warehouse and the correctness of installation, even if a different rejection warehouse is installed, the wrong installation is detected immediately and replaced with the correct rejection warehouse. The effect that it can do is also acquired.

  Further, in the invention of claim 4, the reject storage is automatically exchanged with respect to the moving means by the exchange unit of the cash processing apparatus, and the reject storage taken from the moving means by this replacement is stored in the storage base and stored Since it is possible to move the reject store that has been separated from the exchange means while storing the reject store while moving the stand unit in a lump, when all work is finished and the reject store is removed from the cash processing apparatus and moved, The storage unit can be separated and moved easily without preparing another cart, etc., and the reject store is stored in advance when an empty reject store is installed in the cash processing device to prepare for loading work. Since it is possible to install the entire storage base part by mounting it on the base part, it is possible to obtain an effect that the work can be reliably performed in a short time.

Schematic showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows the example of the cash amount data of a POS register The figure which shows the example of the cash balance data of ATM Schematic perspective view of delivery vehicle Block diagram showing the configuration of the cash processing apparatus Schematic perspective view of trolley Block diagram showing the configuration of the dolly Schematic perspective view showing the internal structure of the cash processing unit The perspective view which shows the connection state of a cash processing part, banknote loading collection | recovery warehouse, etc. The perspective view which shows operation | movement of a banknote storage and its periphery part The perspective view which shows the banknote storage state of a banknote storage The perspective view which shows operation | movement of a bill loading collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber and its peripheral part A perspective view showing a bill storage state of a bill loading collection warehouse A perspective view showing the operation of the rejection store and its surroundings The perspective view which shows the banknote accommodation state of a rejection store | warehouse | chamber Explanatory drawing which shows the storing operation | movement of the banknote to a cash processing apparatus. Explanatory drawing which shows loading operation of cash to bill loading collection warehouse Explanatory drawing which shows the collection | recovery operation | movement of the banknote to a cash processing part. Schematic perspective view showing the exchange part The schematic perspective view which shows the relative positional relationship of each component of a cash processing part Schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange unit Schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange unit Schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange unit Schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange unit Schematic perspective view showing the operation of the exchange unit Schematic perspective view showing the transfer state of the reject storage etc. Schematic perspective view of reject storage and coin loading / recovery storage Schematic perspective view showing positioning of reject box Top view of reject warehouse The perspective view which shows the state before loading a trolley | bogie in a delivery vehicle. The perspective view which shows the state which loaded the trolley | bogie in the delivery vehicle. Enlarged perspective view with the door at the rear of the delivery car open Enlarged perspective view with the door at the rear of the delivery vehicle closed Block diagram showing the configuration of the banknote processing unit Block diagram showing the configuration of the coin processing unit The figure which shows the memory content of the memory | storage part in each safe The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the cash in an Example

Explanation of symbols

1 Convenience store 2 POS register 3 ATM
4 CVS Center Device 5 Financial Center Device 6 Operation Management Center Device 8 Door 7 Delivery Car 10 Cash Processing Unit 11 Banknote Storage 12 Banknote Loading Collection 3 Banknote Transporting Unit 14 Rejection Box 15 Coin Loading Collection 16 Cart 17 Exchanger 20 Control Unit 21 Communication unit 22 Position detection unit 23 Personal recognition unit 27 Operation display unit 30 Cash processing devices 71a to 71c Positioning mechanisms 72a to 72c Positioning mechanism 74 Carriage control unit 76 Communication unit 77 PHS
85 Recognizing unit 86 Loading rejection store 131 Supply stand 132 Carrier 137 Collection stand 133 Positioning mechanism 210 Banknote processing unit 212 Recognition units 213a to 213c Bill storage unit 220 Coin processing unit 225 Checking units 231 to 234 Storage unit

Claims (4)

A cash handling device for depositing and withdrawing cash;
A cash processing device for loading and collecting cash for the cash handling device;
Built-in in this cash processing device, a storage to store the cash to be loaded and the collected cash by denomination,
At least one cash loading and collecting storehouse for storing cash and transferring between the cash handling device and the cash processing device;
A plurality of reject storage units for storing cash determined to be rejected by the apparatus and transferring between the cash handling apparatus and the cash processing apparatus,
A means for moving to the cash handling apparatus by mounting the cash loading and collecting warehouse and the reject warehouse,
An exchange unit incorporated in the cash processing apparatus and automatically exchanges a reject storage for the moving unit;
Comprising
When storing and transferring cash in a cash loading collection container in order to load cash into the cash handling device, the cash loading collection container has a cash loading collection container and a reject container mounted on a moving means. The cash processing device stores the necessary cash from the storage in a cash loading collection,
When the reject store is replaced with another reject store by the replacement means and the cash handling device is loaded with cash, the reject store is always replaced with an empty reject store. A cash-loading and collecting system characterized by being supplied to The cash load collection system according to claim 1,
Cash provided in the reject store, which can be read and rewritten by a cash handling device or a cash processing device, and in which information identifying the reject store and information identifying which cash handling device the reject store is mounted are written A cash loading and collecting system comprising an information storage unit. The cash load collection system according to claim 1,
Cash information provided in the cash loading collection store, which can be read and rewritten by a cash handling device or a cash processing device, and in which information identifying the cash loading collection store and information relating to the cash stored in the cash loading collection store is written A storage unit;
When the reject storage mounted on the moving means is replaced with another reject storage by the replacement means, information for identifying the replaced reject storage is written in the cash information storage unit of the cash loading and recovery storage corresponding to the replaced reject storage. A cash loading and recovery system characterized by A cash handling device for depositing and withdrawing cash;
A cash processing device for loading and collecting cash for the cash handling device;
Built-in in this cash processing device, a storage to store the cash to be loaded and the collected cash by denomination,
At least one cash loading and collecting storehouse for storing cash and transferring between the cash handling device and the cash processing device;
A plurality of reject storage units for storing cash determined to be rejected by the apparatus and transferring between the cash handling apparatus and the cash processing apparatus,
A moving means for moving up the cash handling apparatus of coordination Okukuruma by mounting the cash loading and recovering box and the reject box,
An exchange unit incorporated in the cash processing apparatus and automatically exchanges a reject storage for the moving unit;
A storage unit provided in the replacement means for storing a reject storage to be replaced;
Comprising
When storing and transferring cash in a cash loading collection container in order to load cash into the cash handling device, the cash loading collection container has a cash loading collection container and a reject container mounted on a moving means. The cash processing device stores the necessary cash from the storage in a cash loading collection,
The reject store replaces the reject store previously mounted on the moving means with another reject store by the replacing means, and stores the reject store taken from the moving means by the replacement in the storage stand section. A cash loading and recovery system characterized in that it can be moved away from the exchange means while storing the reject box.

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