JP5584028B2 - Banknote processing apparatus, banknote processing system, banknote information management server, banknote information management program, and banknote processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus such as provided in an automatic teller machine (ATM) or a money changer, and more specifically, a banknote processing apparatus, a banknote processing system, and banknote information for managing and managing traded banknotes and customers. The present invention relates to a management server, a bill information management program, and a bill processing method.

  Generally, when a banknote processing apparatus configured internally in an ATM, a money changer, or the like receives a banknote by deposit transaction, the banknote reading unit reads the unique information of the deposited banknote, and responds to the banknote deposit information read. The bills are stored or returned inside the device.

  With regard to the deposit transaction of banknotes, banknote information such as banknote serial numbers and customer ID information are stored in correspondence with each other so that the relationship between the banknotes handled and the customers can be verified. As a result, an apparatus has been proposed in which, when an automatic transaction is performed, if a financial trouble or complaint by a customer occurs, an apparatus can be immediately verified (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, there is a problem when the serial number portion is read from the banknote in the collation method in which the banknote handled in association with the banknote serial number and the customer ID information is matched with the customer. For example, there is a case where the shape of the banknote or the state of the front and back cannot be recognized due to the tearing, folding, or bending of the banknote. In this case, since the position of the portion where the serial number is printed cannot be specified, the character recognition of the serial number and the image of the serial number printing unit cannot be stored. In addition, when a banknote that cannot be recognized is handled, it becomes impossible to deal with any subsequent financial trouble or complaint.

  Furthermore, when a banknote is discriminated by a banknote discriminating unit that discriminates the unique information of the banknote, if the denomination or amount cannot be determined, an image of the banknote is stored before the banknote is collected in the collection box. Thereby, not only the denomination information of banknotes but also information on the degree of banknotes can be stored, and a banknote handling control method has been proposed that facilitates subsequent examination by a staff member of a financial institution (for example, Patent Document 2). reference).

  However, when banknote image information is stored, an image having a large data size is stored, communicated, and searched, which is a heavy operational burden on the memory and communication. Further, since a large amount of image information is stored, there is a problem of high cost.

  Furthermore, the image information and feature quantity data of the withdrawal banknotes and banknotes brought in from customers are stored, and the degree of similarity is obtained when verification of these banknotes becomes necessary, so the correspondence with the customers is clear Therefore, a paper sheet management system has been proposed that attempts to solve the problem (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

  However, in this case as well, in a storage system that handles large data such as banknote image information, storing the large data size, and further communicating and searching is a heavy burden on the operation of the memory and communication. In addition, if the data size is large, the search time becomes enormous and the burden on the system is large. For this reason, even if it can cope with correspondence with a banknote and a customer at the time of trouble occurrence, the time which makes a customer wait when dealings with a banknote becomes long, and service nature to a customer will fall.

JP 11-328493 A Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 6-101055 PCT / JP2008 / 064355

  In the prior art, there has been a problem of technical contents for improving convenience when managing these banknotes and customer information. Therefore, the present invention is based on the above-described problems, a banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing system that can reliably deal with a customer and banknotes while ensuring the convenience of an attendant, and can reduce the amount of handling data stored at the time of transaction. It aims at providing a bill information management server, a bill information management program, and a bill processing method.

This invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus for transaction processing bills, the transaction processing identification target identification information banknote as an identification target to be, and the information obtaining means you get the transport information during transportation, before Kijo paper identification status at the time identified by the obtaining means or the storage information type determining means for determining the information type to be stored for the identification target based on the conveyance status during transportation, information type determined in the storage information type determining means, Storage control means for storing information relating to the identification target as identification target storage information in storage means , wherein the storage information type determining means is information relating to the specific part of the identification target or information relating to the specific part of the identification target And information relating to the entire identification target is defined as the identification type .

  The present invention is a banknote processing apparatus, a banknote processing system, and a banknote that can reliably check the correspondence between a customer and banknotes, and can store a small amount of handling data for managing banknotes and customer information when trading banknotes. An information management server, a bill information management program, and a bill processing method can be provided.

Explanatory drawing which shows the outline of a banknote transaction system. The internal block diagram which shows the structure of the main data processing part of the automatic teller machine which comprises a banknote transaction system with a block. The internal block diagram which shows the conveyance path | route of the banknote of an automatic teller machine. The flowchart which shows the data processing procedure at the time of payment transaction. The flowchart which shows the procedure of conveyance of a banknote, and the image memory of a banknote. The flowchart which shows the data processing procedure at the time of withdrawal transaction. Explanatory drawing which shows typically the conveyance state of the banknote from a deposit opening to an identification part. The flowchart which shows the memory | storage selection state of banknote image information. The figure which shows a response | compatibility with the banknote conveyance conditions of banknote image storage. The figure which shows a response | compatibility with the banknote recognition result of banknote image memory | storage. Explanatory drawing which shows the storage content of various data. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between banknote image information and a banknote conveyance part. Explanatory drawing which shows the separate storage state of banknote image information. The flowchart which shows the relationship between an identification memory | storage part and banknote conveyance conditions. The display figure of the search screen showing the contents of transaction log search. The display figure of the search screen showing the contents of a transaction search result. The display figure of the search screen showing the content of the payment count of a transaction log. The display figure of the search screen showing the contents of the forgotten list. The display figure of the search screen showing the tracking contents of a bill. The display figure of the search screen showing the content of a search result. The display figure which shows an example of the image information of the whole surface image information of a banknote, and a serial number part.

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

  FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration example of a banknote transaction system 10. This banknote transaction system 10 is configured corresponding to banknote deposit / withdrawal transactions in an automatic teller machine 100 installed at a main branch of a bank.

  For example, a banknote transaction system 10 serving as a banknote processing system is configured by connecting the host computer HC of the center 1 and the automated teller machine 100 of each branch bank so that data can be transmitted and received via the Internet NW (communication line). . Further, in the center 1, the host computer HC is connected to the automatic teller machine 100 through a dedicated line so that data can be transmitted and received. The host computer HC in the center 1 functions as a banknote information management server that manages and manages the automatic teller machines 100 of the branch offices including the center 1.

  The host computer HC provided as the banknote information management server is an Internet NW as storage information acquisition means for acquiring storage information such as banknote trace data from the automatic teller machine 100, and output means for outputting the acquired storage information. And a data analyzer PC keyboard and mouse as input means for receiving at least one of the denomination or number of sheets based on the stored information.

Next, the main structure of the banknote processing apparatus internally comprised in the automatic teller machine 100 is demonstrated with reference to the control block diagram of FIG.
This automatic teller machine 100 includes a camera 115, a display operation unit 120, a passbook accepting unit 140, a card accepting unit 130, and a bill accepting / dispensing mechanism unit 110 corresponding to the front of the device. These are devices that are involved in the operation of a customer who requests a deposit / withdrawal transaction of banknotes, the display to the customer, and the delivery of banknotes / passbooks.

  The camera 115 is a photographing means for photographing an image showing a transaction operation of a customer who makes a transaction. For example, a CCD camera is provided on the front side of the apparatus.

  The banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110 receives a deposited banknote through a shutter 111 (see FIG. 3) that is installed on the front of the apparatus and is opened / closed, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The bill delivery operation of paying out the bill is executed.

  The display operation unit 120 has a touch panel function for touch-input on the display surface of the liquid crystal display, displays various character information / image information on the liquid crystal display, and is performed by the customer in accordance with the deposit / withdrawal transaction. Accept input operations.

  The card receiving unit 130 includes a card transport device and a card reading device, receives a magnetic stripe card or an IC built-in card inserted by a customer during a deposit / withdrawal transaction, and returns the card after the deposit / withdrawal transaction process. The card receiving unit 130 is additionally provided with a statement issuing device for entering a deposit / withdrawal item into a statement slip and issuing a statement slip.

  The passbook accepting unit 140 includes a passbook transport device, a passbook reading device, and a passbook printing device, and accepts a passbook inserted by a customer (payment / withdrawal trader) in place of or together with the card. After the deposit / withdrawal transaction process, the bankbook is returned after filling in the deposit / withdrawal transaction details.

  Opening / closing of the shutter 111 in the banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110, display on the display operation unit 120, card acceptance / return in the card acceptance unit 130, and passbook acceptance / printing / return in the passbook acceptance unit 140 are described later. This is executed based on a control signal from 200.

  The card accepting unit 130 reads the deposit / withdrawal transaction from the card, and the passbook accepting unit 140 reads the deposit / withdrawal transaction from the magnetic stripe of the passbook. The read deposit / withdrawal trader is output to the control unit 200 together with a signal corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal transaction operation actually performed by the customer in the display operation unit 120, and is output to the host computer HC through the communication unit 202.

  This deposit / withdrawal transactioner is information created after confirming the identity of the customer as data specific to the customer, such as when the account is opened, and is read from the inserted card or passbook. (For example, input of a personal identification number, biometric identification data such as a fingerprint or a vein pattern).

  The timepiece 210 corrects the time through the network NW described above so that the time is the same as the timepiece built in the host computer HC periodically, for example, once per hour. At the time of deposit / withdrawal transaction, the time of the clock 210 is stored as deposit / withdrawal transaction information.

  The control unit 200 is configured using a computer, and configures a communication unit 202, a higher-level storage unit 206, a deposit / withdrawal transaction transaction identification unit 208, and a clock 210 in cooperation with a CPU, a RAM / ROM, a program, and the like.

  The communication unit 202 is connected to the Internet NW and transmits customer transaction information, banknote trace data stored in the higher-level storage unit 206 described later to the host computer HC, and banknote trace search from the host computer HC. Involved in receiving data.

  The automatic teller machine 100 includes a bill transport unit 150, a bill reading unit 160, and a storage unit 170, in addition to the control unit 200 responsible for overall control of the device, in addition to the above-described devices related to the customer. The control unit 200 controls not only depositing banknotes but also accepting and dispensing cards and bankbooks associated with depositing banknotes and determining the authenticity of banknotes while performing data transmission and reception with these devices.

Next, the conveyance and storage of the banknote in the banknote conveyance part 150, the banknote reading part 160, and the storage part 170 (refer FIG. 3) are demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 3, the banknotes are conveyed between a banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110 that receives a deposited banknote and a banknote that is dispensed, and a storage unit 170 that stores the banknote. The bill acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110 includes a bill insertion hopper 112 below the shutter 111 and a bill dispensing stacker 114.

  The bill insertion hopper 112 receives a deposited bill inserted by a customer at the time of depositing, and a bill returned to the customer is conveyed to the bill dispensing stacker 114. At the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal banknote is dispensed to the banknote dispensing stacker 114.

  The temporary storage 116 temporarily stores the banknote identified as a true banknote as a result of identifying the banknote by the banknote reading unit 160. The storage unit 170 is divided into a collection store 172 and each storage store 173.

  The storage 173 prepares banknotes that can be handled by the automatic teller machine 100 for each denomination, and stores and stores deposited banknotes for each denomination. In this embodiment, since it is assumed that bills of three kinds of denominations are handled, three storage boxes 173 are prepared.

The forgetting collection box 176 collects and stores banknotes when a customer forgets to return banknotes for deposit transactions or banknotes for withdrawal transactions.
The collection box 172 collects and stores banknotes that are not withdrawn again for reasons such as dirt or tearing, during deposit or withdrawal transactions. Further, when the forgotten collection bank 176 is full and the forgotten collection banknote cannot be stored, the forgotten collection banknote is collected and stored in the collection box 172.

  A banknote passage sensor 155 that detects passage of banknotes and a switching gate 156 that switches the conveyance direction of banknotes are installed at banknote entrances of the collection box 172, the storage box 173, and the forgotten collection box 176. The detection signal of the banknote passage sensor 155 and the denomination determination signal read by the banknote reading unit 160 are output to the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 (see FIG. 2), and the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 is based on these signals. The switching gate 156 is driven. As a result, the deposited banknote is transported to and stored in the recovery box 172, the storage box 173, or the forgotten collection box 176.

  The banknote transport unit 150 transports banknotes between the above-described banknote acceptance / payout mechanism unit 110 and the storage unit 170 along a deposit path 152, a payout path 153, and a forgotten collection path 154 described below.

  The deposit path 152 includes a first half deposit path as a temporary storage path from the banknote insertion hopper 112 of the banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism section 110 to the temporary storage section 116 via the banknote reading section 160, and a banknote from the temporary storage section 116. It is composed of a second half deposit path as a storage path from the reading unit 160 to the collection box 172 and the storage box 173 of the storage unit 170.

  The payout path 153 includes a path from the collection box 172 or the storage box 173 of the storage unit 170 through the banknote reading unit 160 to the banknote discharge stacker 114 of the banknote acceptance / payout mechanism unit 110.

  The forgotten collection path 154 includes a path from the banknote insertion hopper 112 of the banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism section 110 to the forgotten collection collection box 176 via the banknote reading section 160.

  The banknote transport unit 150 receives a command from the control unit 200, specifically a control command from the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151, drives a transport motor (not shown), and transports the banknotes by a transport belt that rotates in conjunction with the output of the transport motor. Transport.

  When the depositor inserts banknotes into the banknote insertion hopper 112 of the banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism section 110, the banknote transport unit 150 separates the banknotes inserted one by one from the banknote insertion hopper 112 and takes them into the interior. One by one is sent to the first half deposit path of the deposit path 152. The deposited banknote sent out in this way reaches the banknote reader 160 after the banknote passage sensor 155 in front of the banknote reader 160 detects the passage of the banknote.

  In the banknote reading unit 160, the deposited banknote is read and scanned by the scanner unit 161, and the scan result is used by the banknote determination unit 163 to determine the denomination of the banknote, its authenticity, or the usage status of the banknote such as tearing. To do.

  The scanner unit 161 is provided as image information acquisition means for acquiring image information of banknotes when identifying banknotes, and serial number image information 161b (see FIG. 21B). The serial number image information acquisition process acquired as reference) and the entire image information acquisition process that acquires the image of at least one side of the banknote as the entire image information 161a (see FIG. 21A). ing.

  The identification control unit 162 outputs the above-described determination result for each banknote to the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 via the internal communication unit B706, and the deposited banknote is continuously transported by the banknote transport unit 150.

  The deposited banknotes for which the banknotes are determined to be true banknotes by the banknote determination unit 163 are conveyed to the temporary storage 116. Here, the transaction is temporarily stored until the transaction is completed, and is transferred to the storage unit 170 after the transaction is completed. When the banknotes are transported to the temporary storage 116, the switching gate 156 at the branching position with the dispensing path 153 before the banknote dispensing stacker 114 is driven and controlled.

  On the other hand, banknotes that cannot be denominated and that are determined to be fake banknotes, banknotes that are determined to be abnormal in size, etc. are returned to the banknote dispensing stacker 114 through the dispensing path 153 by switching the switching gate 156. Thereby, a banknote is returned to a depositor.

  The deposited banknotes transported to the temporary storage 116 are transported to the storage unit 170 along the latter half of the deposit path 152. In other words, the deposited banknote transported to the temporary storage 116 is returned to the banknote reading unit 160 by the switching gate 156 after the banknote passage sensor 155 detects the banknote passing in front of the banknote, and this banknote reading unit is renewed. Scanned at 160.

  By this scanning, the denomination of the banknote being conveyed to the storage unit 170 and the usage status of the banknote are known. Accordingly, the deposited banknotes transported to the temporary storage 116 are transported to the recovery store 172 and the storage 173 of the storage unit 170 along the above-described second half deposit path according to the scan result.

  In this case, if the banknote is read as an inappropriate banknote that cannot be withdrawn again because the banknote is dirty or torn, it is determined that the banknote should be collected, and the banknote is conveyed to the collection box 172 and stored. On the other hand, appropriate banknotes are stored in the storage 173. Bills are conveyed to the storage 173 corresponding to each denomination.

  At the time of banknote withdrawal, banknotes of the denomination designated from any one of the banknote storage boxes 173 are separated and fed out one by one and conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160. The banknote reading unit 160 confirms the state of the banknote, and the banknote determined to be an appropriate withdrawal banknote is conveyed to the banknote dispensing stacker 114. Other bills are conveyed to the temporary storage 116. Thereafter, the bills conveyed to the temporary storage 116 are again conveyed to the bill reading unit 160 and read. Depending on the reading result, the banknotes are collected in the storage 173 or collected in the collection 172.

  In the banknote dispensing stacker 114, if the customer does not receive the banknote after a certain period of time, the push plate is driven to move the banknote that has been dispensed from the space of the banknote dispensing stacker 114 to the space of the banknote insertion hopper 112. The banknotes are conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160 while being detected by the banknote passage sensor 155 via the deposit path 152 and then read into the banknote reading unit 160, and then transported and stored in the forgotten collection box 176.

Next, in the control unit 200, the banknote transport unit 150, and the banknote reading unit 160, a procedure for storing banknote serial numbers and banknote image information will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure during a deposit transaction.
In this depositing process, first, it waits until there is a deposit transaction by the depositor (step S100). The presence / absence of the deposit transaction is displayed on the display operation unit 120 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 by inserting the card into the card accepting unit 130 by the depositor, inserting the passbook by the depositor into the passbook accepting unit 140. The operation of deposit acceptance is determined by the operation of the depositor.

  When there is a deposit transaction by the depositor, the control unit 200 reads the deposit operation by the depositor (step S102), and specifies the depositor based on the result of reading the card or passbook described above (step S104).

  Usually, when depositing banknotes, a predetermined input operation is required from the depositor because it is performed on the bank account of the depositor who requests the deposit transaction or the account of the transfer destination desired by the depositor himself. It is done. For example, since the personal identification number is individually assigned to the depositor, the creditor who requests the banknote deposit transaction is required to input the personal identification number.

  The control unit 200 interprets the password input operation performed by the depositor on the display operation unit 120, and identifies the depositor by matching the password. In this identification, the depositor identification data stored in the data storage unit HCM of the host computer HC, that is, the individual depositor data for each depositor added to the card or passbook, and the password data predetermined for each depositor, Is referred to.

  In this case, if the entered password and the individual creditor data of the card or passbook do not match, a message such as an incorrect input of the password is displayed on the display screen of the display operation unit 120.

  Following the identification of the depositor, the control unit 200 instructs the bill transport unit 150 to accept bills so as to accept the deposit of bills. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 performs release control or the like of the shutter 111 in the bill acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110, and causes the customer to insert the deposited bill and receive the deposited bill (step S106).

  That is, the received banknotes received with the shutter 111 closed are received one by one in the deposit path 152 as described above and conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160 to read the image of the banknotes (step S108).

Here, the banknote conveyance and banknote image reading operation in step S108 are shown in the flowchart of FIG.
The banknote reading unit 160 scans the deposited banknotes being transported (step S200) one by one with the built-in scanner unit 161 (step S202), and outputs the scan result to the banknote determination unit 163. .

  The banknote determination unit 163 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote, and when the denomination is unknown or cannot be determined as a true banknote, or the conveyed banknote is dirty, torn, folded, or two banknotes. If it is determined to be unsuitable to be stored in the temporary storage 116 such as when it is transported in an overlapping manner, an instruction to return the banknote to the depositor is output to the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 (step S204).

  The scan result is further output to the serial number extraction unit 165, and image information of the serial number portion printed on the banknote is extracted and stored in the serial number recognition unit 166 and the identification storage unit 167. The serial number recognition unit 166 performs character recognition of the serial number using the serial number image, and stores the character recognition result in the identification storage unit 167 (step S206). Here, the image information of the serial number portion refers to image information of a peripheral partial region including the serial number.

  If the banknote matches the banknote image storage condition based on the banknote recognition result described above, the image information of the entire banknote is stored in the identification storage unit 167 (steps S208 and S210). The bill image storage condition will be described later with reference to FIGS. The data stored in the identification storage unit 167 will be described later with reference to FIG. Such a process is repeated until all the banknotes deposited in the banknote insertion hopper 112 are conveyed (step S212).

  If the bill reading unit 160 determines that the bill cannot be read, the bill is returned to the bill dispensing stacker 114. A depositer removes the banknotes returned to the banknote payout stacker 114, and performs a depositing operation by performing a depositing count again.

Payment count end processing is when the amount of the deposit count is confirmed, when the depositor forgets to take back the returned banknote and the deposit count is not confirmed, and when the depositor cancels the deposit count The operation is different. When the depositor confirms the deposit amount, the deposit transaction is completed, and the control unit 200 prints the deposit transaction statement and returns the passbook or card to the depositor (step S110).

  Thereafter, banknote transport result information including additional information of banknotes such as banknote transport sources and transport destinations is transferred from the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 151 to the upper storage unit 206 via the internal communication line A702 and stored (see FIG. 2). . Thereafter, the banknote image information associated with each banknote transport information stored in the identification storage unit 167 is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168 and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 via the internal communication line C708. (Step S112).

  The banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage 116 is conveyed to the storage unit 170 below the banknote. At this time, the banknote image information is read and stored by the banknote reader 160 in the same manner as the processes of steps S200 to S212 shown in FIG. 5 (step S114).

  Thereafter, the image information of the read banknote is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168, and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 (step S116). If the depositor does not take out the returned banknote after a certain period of time and does not confirm the deposit, the forgetting to collect process is performed.

  If the forgotten collection is performed, the passbook or card is collected (step S110), and the image information stored in the identification storage unit 167 is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168, and stored in the upper storage. The data is transferred to the unit 206 (step S112). The banknote dispensing stacker 114 drives the push plate to move the dispensed banknote from the space of the banknote dispensing stacker 114 to the space of the banknote insertion hopper 112 and detects the banknote while detecting it by the banknote passage sensor 155 via the deposit path 152. After being transported to the reading unit 160 and reading the banknote image information, it is transported to and stored in the forgotten collection container 176. The banknotes in the temporary storage 116 are conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160 and read the banknote image information, and the banknotes are stored in the forgotten collection box 176 (step S114). Thereafter, the read banknote image information is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168 and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 (step S116).

In addition, when the deposit is canceled, the banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage 116 is first returned from the banknote acceptance / dispensing mechanism unit 110 and conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160 to read the banknote image information. The image information is compressed and encrypted in the same manner as described above, and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 (steps S110 to S116).

Next, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Similar to the deposit process described above, the process waits until a card or passbook is inserted (step S300). When the card or passbook is inserted by the withdrawal person, the withdrawal person is specified based on the reading result (step S302). Furthermore, an input operation (step S304) such as a withdrawal amount is performed by the withdrawal person, and banknotes are paid out from the storage 173 according to the inputted withdrawal information, and the operation at the time of depositing shown in FIG. Similarly to S200 to S212), the bill reading unit 160 reads the bill (step S306). When all banknotes have been read, a withdrawal slip is printed, and a termination process such as returning a bankbook or card to the withdrawal party is performed (step S308).

  Thereafter, the image information stored in the identification storage unit 167 is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168 and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 (step S310).

  If the dispenser does not receive the dispensed banknote after a certain period of time, the forgotten collection process is performed. First, an end process for collecting a bankbook or a card is performed (step S308). The dispensed banknotes that have not been received are conveyed to the banknote reading unit 160, read the banknote image information (step S312), and then stored in the forgotten collection box 176. Thereafter, the image of the read banknote is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168 and transferred to the upper storage unit 206 (step S314).

Next, a processing operation for storing an image of a banknote will be described.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view schematically showing a banknote conveyance state from the banknote insertion hopper 112 to the banknote reading unit 160 with respect to the deposit path 152 at the time of banknote deposit counting. Although it is desirable in operation to scan the front and back of the banknote in the scanner section of the banknote reading section 160, the embodiment is described with a single-sided view of the banknote.

  The bill is conveyed from the bill insertion hopper 112 toward the bill reading unit 160. The scanner unit 161 of the bill reading unit 160 captures an image of a bill both when the bill is passing and when it is not passing. The photographed image information is output to the banknote image extraction unit 164, and after the banknote passes the scanner unit 161, the banknote image extraction unit 164 extracts the banknote image from the leading end to the rear end as banknote image information.

  The image information obtained by reading the banknote 511 is shown on the left side of FIG. 7, and the banknote data 521 stored is shown on the right side of FIG. For example, in the case of the skew banknote 512 that is conveyed with the banknote being largely inclined, the length from the front end to the rear end in the banknote transport direction is read as the banknote data 522 that is longer than the banknote data 521 described above.

  Furthermore, in the case of the overlap conveyance banknote 513 conveyed by overlapping two or more banknotes, the data from the leading edge of the leading banknote to the trailing edge of the last banknote is handled as one data 523.

  In the banknote processing apparatus provided in the automatic teller machine 100, the banknote may be handled as a damaged banknote 514 that is divided into small pieces due to tearing or the like. This damaged banknote 514 occurs when one side of a torn banknote is stagnant because it cannot be transported in the middle of the transport path, or when a torn banknote is originally deposited. Then, these images are referred to in cash management such as a cash scrutiny mismatch within the apparatus, and are read as stored data 524 of banknote images.

On the other hand, small paper scraps 515 that cannot be handled may be conveyed. About this, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, a fixed reference (for example, the area of the detected banknote is 200 m ² or more) is provided for the size of the banknote as the detection medium (step S401). If there is, it is stored as banknote image information (step S402), and if it is a banknote having an area smaller than the reference, it is determined that it is not a banknote and the banknote image is not stored (step S403). This standard may be smaller than the size allowed for the bill conveyance path as the medium conveyance, and can be utilized when a defect in the bill conveyance path is detected from the bill image information. These pieces of image information are output to the identification storage unit 167 when the conditions are met according to the banknote transport conditions and banknote determination results described above.

  In particular, at the time of data management, in order to configure the storage data relating to banknotes to the minimum necessary, the control unit 200 sets the banknotes to be processed as identification targets, and uses the identification information of the banknotes to be identified as identification information acquisition means. Is acquired by the bill reading unit 160. Based on the identification status at the time of identifying the banknote acquired by the banknote reading unit 160, the information type stored by the banknote determination unit 163 as the stored information type determination unit is determined. Furthermore, the data management function which the control part 200 as a memory | storage control means controls is provided so that the information regarding the banknote of the information type which this banknote determination part 163 determined may be memorize | stored in the high-order memory | storage part 206 as identification object memory | storage information.

  When storing banknote image information based on this data management function, banknote image storage conditions are followed. For example, in the case of a withdrawal transaction operation, when the banknote conveyance and identification information are normally read, the banknote is a normal banknote with no unclear points, but the customer may make a claim on the banknote received. is there. In order to be able to collate and confirm the relationship between the withdrawal banknote and the customer later, the control unit 200 stores the image information of the serial number portion of the banknote that requires a small storage capacity as the serial number image information 161b in the upper storage unit 206. In this way, data is managed. In addition, the image information of a serial number part means the image information of the surrounding partial area | region containing a serial number.

  On the other hand, when an abnormality occurs in the banknote and the identification information cannot be read, the controller 200 stores the entire image of the banknote in the upper storage unit 206 and manages the data. For example, in the banknote recognition result of the banknote reading unit 160, when the serial number portion of the banknote is defective, when it is clearly determined to be a fake bill, or when a deliberate graffiti or hologram defect is detected, Is detected, it is very effective for the control unit 200 to store the entire banknote image in the upper storage unit 206 in order to deal with customer complaints such as money troubles. Further, when the banknote reading unit 160 reads the banknote and the identification information cannot be read, it means that at least one of the denomination, the number of sheets, and the authenticity of the banknote is unknown.

  Thus, the banknote image storage condition is set so that only the serial number portion is stored when normal and the entire surface is stored when abnormal. As a result, when associating banknotes with customers for dealing with customer complaints after transactions, if the banknote is determined to be a normal banknote, it is necessary to deal with the minimum amount of data required to store the serial number portion. When it determines with a banknote, it is set as the structure which memorize | stores the image information of the whole banknote. This eliminates the need for full-area data for all banknotes, and when normal banknotes are stored as small data, the storage capacity is small, and the amount of data storage can be reduced accordingly. The burden is reduced, and high speed and low cost can be realized.

  Furthermore, the types of serial number image information 161b and overall image information 161a are included as information types determined by the banknote determination unit 163 when the scanner unit 161 acquires an image. Thereby, when acquiring the image determined by the banknote determination part 163, the type of the image of one part or all is selected, and the efficient data management structure which memorize | stores only required data is aimed at.

An example of these banknote image storage conditions is shown in FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a chart showing the relationship between the banknote transport status and the storage flag in the banknote transport mode. According to this chart, it is not necessary to store the banknote when the banknote is normally conveyed, so image information on the entire banknote is not stored. On the other hand, when it is recognized that the conveyance is other than the normal conveyance, it is defined that the image information of the entire surface is stored by taking a correspondence relationship for each conveyance unit. Here, the transport unit refers to a lump of banknotes being transported. One banknote is normal, and a plurality of overlapping banknotes is overlapped at the time of transport.

  More specifically, when the transport mode is deposit counting, if the transport destination is a return port (that is, returned banknote), the entire banknote image is stored, and if the transport destination is a temporary storage (that is, normal transaction), the entire banknote is stored. Do not memorize images.

  When the transport mode is deposit storage, if the transport destination is a collection box, whether or not to store the entire banknote image is determined according to the recognition result (see FIG. 10), and the transport destination is a storage box (that is, normal transaction). If so, the entire banknote image is not stored.

  When the transport mode is forgetting to return the deposit return, the transport destination is a forget-to-collect collection box, and the entire banknote image is stored.

  When the transport mode is deposit release, if the transport destination is a collection box, it is determined whether to store the entire banknote image according to the recognition result (see FIG. 10), and if the transport destination is a return port, the recognition result ( Whether or not to store the entire banknote image is determined according to FIG.

  When the transport mode is forgetting withdrawal of withdrawal, the transport destination is a forgotten collection warehouse, and the entire banknote image is stored.

  Thereby, the memory | storage of the image information of a banknote is abbreviate | omitted at the time of a normal conveyance state, and the image information of a banknote is memorize | stored only at times other than normal conveyance. At this time, since the ratio of normal conveyance is large and the frequency of abnormal conveyance is extremely low, the number of times of acquiring image information of banknotes is small, so that the storage capacity is small, and efficient data management can be achieved during transaction operation. .

  FIG. 10 is a chart showing the relationship between the recognition result obtained by reading the image of the banknote and the storage flag. According to this chart, when it is recognized that there are no unclear points at the time of reading the banknote, or when the transaction conditions recognized as appropriate by matching the transaction information of the transaction, there is no room for skepticism. The image information is not stored. On the other hand, when there is an unknown part in the banknote, it is defined to store the image information of the entire surface by taking a correspondence relationship for each identification information.

  In more detail, the recognition result is unknown denomination, number of sheets, counterfeit bill detection, serial number condition match, stipulated ticket condition match such as graffiti / hologram abnormality, serial number partial missing, or read medium area size is a predetermined area The image is acquired as described above, and the image of the entire banknote is stored so as to ignore the image of a predetermined area or less. If the recognition result is normal or the transaction condition is matched, the image of the entire banknote is stored. Not performed.

  Thereby, in the case of a normal banknote, only the small image information of a serial number part is acquired, and only when an abnormal banknote is detected, image information of the entire banknote is acquired. At this time, since the distribution ratio of normal banknotes is large and the frequency of occurrence of abnormal banknotes is extremely low, the number of times of acquiring image information on the entire banknotes is small, so the storage capacity is small and efficient data management is possible for transaction operations. I can plan.

  It is desirable that the definition for each piece of identification information be configured to be displayed / changed on the staff panel. In this way, it becomes possible to respond flexibly to bank operations.

  Further, when managing data at the time of transaction, the control unit 200 stores, in the higher-level storage unit 206, at least one of transaction information related to the transaction and customer information that identifies a customer who has performed the transaction as identification target storage information. have. Thereby, the collation correspondence with a banknote and a customer can be taken now, and a banknote and a customer can be specified and managed so that tracking is possible.

  The storage information of the banknote as the identification target storage information stored in the control unit 200 includes the customer operation information when the customer delivers the banknote, the image information of the banknote when the banknote is identified, and the banknote when the banknote is conveyed. It consists of at least one of the bill conveyance information.

  First, as customer operation information when the customer delivers the banknote, the banknote insertion hopper 112 is subjected to an illegal banknote handling operation using a CCD camera or the like. A local image is acquired and stored in the upper storage unit 206. Thereby, the customer who handles a banknote from a customer's face image etc. can be pinpointed correctly, and can be managed.

  Further, in the case of the image information of the banknote when the banknote is identified, the characteristics of the image information of the banknote itself can be accurately captured and stored in the upper storage unit 206 and managed as described above. Thereby, not only the banknote damage of the serial number part, but also the characteristics of various non-conforming notes and fake banknotes can be accurately stored and managed, and the banknotes can be tracked.

  Furthermore, in the case of banknote transport information when a banknote is transported, the characteristics of the image information in the banknote transport state can be accurately captured and stored in the upper storage unit 206 and managed as described above. Thereby, storage places, such as taking out of a banknote, an overlapping state, or a collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber, become clear, the presence of a banknote can be memorize | stored correctly and the tracking performance of a banknote can be improved.

Next, the storage content of the banknote accompanying data when the data accompanying the banknote is stored in the identification storage unit 167 will be described with reference to FIG.
The banknote data portion is printed on the banknote ID updated every time the banknote passes through the banknote reading section 160, the denomination of the identified banknote, the posture direction of the identified banknote, the authenticity determination result of the banknote, and the banknote. Banknote number obtained by reading the serial number by character recognition, a transporter ID to be described later when the banknote is transported, a transporter ID to be described later, the ID of the automated teller machine 100 such as ATM traded in the banknote data part, transaction Date and time, transaction type such as deposit and withdrawal, customer information such as customer account number, customer name or transaction number, and data selection information indicating the type of data for storing banknote images . These are used as specific information for retrieving stored information of banknotes.

  In the image information section, the bill data size to be stored, the image information of the serial number portion, and the entire bill image information are added depending on the above-described storage conditions.

  In the case of the storage 173, the above-mentioned transport source ID is either an ID number unique to the storage stored in the memory of the storage 173, or the bill insertion hopper 112 or the primary stacker 116.

  Further, the transport destination ID is any one of the banknote payout stacker 114, the temporary storage 116, the deposit / withdrawal hopper, the stored storage 173, the collection 172, and the forgotten collection 176.

  Furthermore, an example of the format of stored data stored in the identification storage unit 167 is shown on the lower side of FIG. The format of the stored data is provided with a storage unit for the banknote accompanying data unit and a storage unit for the image information unit one by one corresponding to all banknotes, and the identification result data for each banknote is stored in these. Is done.

  These stored data are stored in association with the data of the incidental data portion and the image information portion of the banknote shown in FIG. 11, and can be verified later for banknote tracking and customer tracking.

Next, the relationship between the banknote image information obtained by reading the banknote with the scanner unit 161 and the banknote transport unit 150 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the banknote transport unit 150, the transport interval of banknotes transported continuously in the transport direction is the length that the banknotes are transported for the time required for switching the switching gate 156, that is, banknotes at the time of gate switching. It is set longer than the movement distance LENG.

  In the case of the banknote 516 in the transport state with a small skew amount shown in the upper left part of FIG. It has become. In this case, since the time for operating the switching gate 156 cannot be secured, the banknote transport unit 150 fixes the switching gate 156 and handles these two banknotes as one lump. The extracted data extracted at this time is read as banknote image information 526.

  When the conveyance direction interval LEN2 with the banknote to be subsequently conveyed is larger than LENG, the banknote data is separated. Even in the case of a banknote 517 in a transport state with a large skew amount, two banknotes are handled as one lump. Since the banknote image at that time does not overlap, it may be divided for each banknote image information 527A, 527B. Since the banknote image is not related to the switching gate 156 when the banknote image is separated into two, the identification banknote interval does not need to be measured perpendicular to the transport direction as in LEN3, and the banknotes do not have to overlap.

  When separating banknote images in this way, banknote data under transport conditions such as a banknote 517 in a transport state with a large skew amount is included in one banknote-attached data as shown in banknote 2 in FIG. Two banknote image information 527A and 527B are stored. At this time, as long as the banknote reading unit 160 can determine the denomination of each banknote, the banknote attached data section may store the denomination of each banknote.

Next, the relationship between the identification memory | storage part 167 and banknote conveyance conditions is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The identification storage unit 167 is expensive because high-speed responsiveness is important, and is mounted on the banknote reading unit 160 separately from the upper storage unit 206.

  The identification storage unit 167 is a means for temporarily storing banknote image information. The stored banknote data is compressed and encrypted by the compression / encryption unit 168 after the banknote conveyance is completed, and the upper storage unit 206. Is output.

  In normal transactions, there are almost no abnormal banknotes, and reading of banknotes ends normally. For this reason, the probability that the banknote image information of the whole banknote is required is low. As a result, it is sufficient for the capacity of the identification storage unit 167 to be able to store image information for 20 sheets smaller than the number allowed by the bill insertion hopper 112, for example, 200 sheets.

  However, under bad conditions, banknote images may be acquired for all 200 sheets. Setting the capacity of the identification storage unit 167 to 200 sheets due to this bad condition is inefficient in product cost. Therefore, as a result of banknote transport, banknote data is stored in the identification storage unit 167, and when the remaining capacity of the identification storage unit 167 decreases (step S501), the banknote transport unit 150 temporarily feeds banknotes in the banknote insertion hopper 112. (Step S502). Even after the interruption, some sheets pass through the banknote reading unit 160, so it is necessary to secure a storage capacity for the predetermined number.

  In this embodiment, three sheets are used as a reference example for the predetermined number of sheets. After all the banknotes have passed and read the banknote data, the banknote reading unit 160 compresses and encrypts the banknote data in the identification storage unit 167 by the compression / encryption unit 168, and transmits it to the upper storage unit 206 for identification. The storage unit 167 is cleared (step S503). Thereafter, the feeding of the bill insertion hopper 112 is resumed and the bill feeding operation is continued (step S504).

  By such an image information acquisition method, it becomes possible to deal with the smallest banknote storage unit 167, and a cost-effective product can be realized. This is particularly effective when banknotes are conveyed in large quantities such as in-machine banknote scrutiny.

These data are acquired by the banknote reading unit 160 and the banknote transport unit 150 every time a banknote transaction is performed, and are output to and stored in the upper storage unit 206 of the control unit 200.
In this control unit 200, a search function for searching for banknote storage information related to the specific information from at least one limited specific information related to the banknote storage information stored in the higher-level storage unit 206, and search using the search function A display function for displaying stored information of the banknotes on the display operation unit 120 as display means is provided.

  Thereby, it is possible to search and specify banknotes and customers from one limited specific information, for example, one including at least one of a serial number printed on banknotes and a storage number storing the banknotes. it can. The storage warehouses are a collection warehouse 172, a storage warehouse 173, and a forgotten collection warehouse 176.

  Further, the control unit 200 stores an image of the camera 115 that captures a transaction operation of the customer to be traded, for example, a face image and a hand image in association with the stored information of the banknote, and the banknote searched by the search function. And a display function for displaying on the display operation unit 120 an image showing the customer's transaction operation photographed by the camera 115.

  As a result, an image showing the transaction operation of the transaction, such as a face image and a hand image, is displayed, so it is confirmed whether or not the customer is the banknote transaction person, and at the same time, there is no suspicious operation. be able to. Furthermore, if the whole banknote image is stored, more satisfactory information can be provided to the customer.

Next, the case of responding to a complaint request from a customer during or immediately after the transaction of the automatic teller machine 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
15 shows a transaction log search screen 121 for searching a transaction log, FIG. 16 shows a transaction search result display screen 122 for displaying a transaction search result, and FIG. 17 shows a transaction log for detailed display of individual transaction logs. A detailed display screen 123 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the transaction log search screen 121 is provided with a transaction number input unit 121a, a date and time input unit 121b, a search button 121c, and a return button 121d, and can be searched by transaction number or date and time. It is configured as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the transaction search result display screen 122 is provided with a list display part 122a, a cursor down movement button 122b, a cursor up movement button 122c, a determination button 122d, and a return button 122e. The list display unit 122a displays date and time, processing, camera, and banknote.

  As a result, the search results are displayed in a list on the list display section 122a, the cursor is moved down or up with the cursor down movement button 122b and the cursor up movement button 122c, and information to be viewed in detail can be decided with the decision button 122d.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the transaction log detail display screen 123 includes a customer image display unit 123a, a hand image display unit 123c, an external camera 1 image display unit 123b, an external camera 2 image display unit 123d, a bill log button 123e, and a return. A button 123f is provided.

  The customer image display unit 123a displays an image of a customer who operates the automatic teller machine 100 as a moving image, and the hand image display unit 123c displays a hand image of a customer who operates the automatic teller machine 100 as a moving image. . The external camera 1 image display unit 123b and the external camera 2 image display unit 123d display images captured by the external cameras 1 and 2 as moving images, respectively. These moving images can be stopped using the playback button and the stop button. The banknote log button 123e is a button for shifting to a serial number display screen for displaying a serial number of a banknote withdrawn in the transaction. The conveyance mode display unit 123g displays a conveyance mode at the time of capturing an external camera image. For example, counting of deposits, withdrawals of withdrawals and collection of forgotten payments.

  FIG. 18 shows a forgotten list screen 124 that displays a list of banknotes that are forgotten. The forgotten list screen 124 includes a list display section 124a, a cursor down button 124b, a cursor up button 124c, a print button 123d, a save button 124e, a selection button 124f, and a return button 122g. Yes. In the list display portion 124a, “O” is displayed when the date and time, banknotes to be removed, and the denomination and number of sheets can be confirmed, and “X” is displayed when they cannot be confirmed.

  As a result, the search results are displayed in a list on the list display unit 124a, the cursor is moved down or up with the cursor down button 124b and the cursor up button 124c, and detailed information of the selected information is displayed with the print button 124d. Detailed information of the selected information to be printed is saved with the save button 124e, and the selected information is seen with the selection button 124f in detail with the serial number and the banknote image The search result list screen 126 described later with reference to FIG. Can be performed.

FIG. 19 shows a bill tracking screen 125 for tracking bills by search.
The bill tracking screen 125 includes a period input unit 125a, a denomination input unit 125b, a serial number input unit 125c, a discovery input unit 125d, an ATM input unit 125e, a transaction number input unit 125f, a bill reading button 125g, a return button 125h, and a search. A button 125j is provided.

  The period input unit 125a receives an input of a period, the denomination input unit 125b receives an input of a denomination, and the serial number input unit 125c receives an input of a serial number. The discovery input unit 125d accepts input of the recovered collection ID and storage ID, and the ATM input unit 125e accepts input of specific information (such as a machine number) of the cash automatic transaction apparatus 100 to be searched, and inputs a transaction number. The part 125f receives an input of a transaction number.

  The bill reading button 125g executes bill reading, and the search button 125j executes a search.

  FIG. 20 shows a search result list screen 126 that displays a list of search results. The search result list screen 126 includes a list display section 126a, a serial number display section 126b, a banknote image display section 126c, an entire button 126d, a front / back button 126e, an enlarge button 126f, a cursor down button 126g, a cursor An up button 126h, a page down button 126i, a page up button 126j, and a return button 126k are provided.

  The list display unit 126a displays the number, date / time, transport source, and transport destination. The serial number display unit 126b displays an image of the serial number part, and the banknote image display unit 126c displays an image of the entire banknote. The whole button 126d displays the entire banknote image display unit 126c, the front / back button 126e reverses the image displayed on the banknote image display unit 126c, and the enlargement button 126f enlarges the image displayed on the banknote image display unit 126c. To do. The cursor down button 126g and the cursor up button 126h move the cursor of the list display unit 126a down or up, and the page down button 126i and the page up button 126j display the list display unit 126a on a page basis. Move down or up. The camera button 126m is a button for shifting to the customer image display unit 123.

Each screen shown in FIGS. 15 to 20 is displayed on the display / operation unit 120 or the display of the data analyzer PC, and is used as follows.
For example, when the banknote trader receives a complaint that the banknote withdrawn from the automatic teller machine 100 is a fake, the banknote is actually stored using the banknote information stored in the automatic teller machine 100. It is confirmed whether the withdrawal was made from the automatic teller machine 100 or whether the customer brought in from the outside with a false claim.

  Note that if it is a previous operation, it is confirmed whether or not the counterfeit bill brought in is accepted by the automatic teller machine 100. The automatic teller machine 100 checks the banknotes with the banknote reading unit 160 even at the time of withdrawal, and withdraws after confirming that the banknote is a genuine note, the counter 173 is temporarily loaded with fake bills. In this case, the counterfeit bill is not collected and withdrawn in the collection box 172. Therefore, when a banknote brought in is excluded by the automatic teller machine 100 at the time of a customer complaint, it is understood that it is not withdrawn from the automatic teller machine 100. However, there are situations where the customer is not convinced and it is necessary to indicate that the bills are identical.

  According to this embodiment, as a result of the customer's transaction, the time printed on the statement issued from the automatic teller machine 100 or the transaction number is displayed according to the input screen shown in FIG. When input, transaction information corresponding to the transaction search result can be specified and displayed on the display operation unit 120 as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. In this search result, the face camera image of the trader, the hand camera image of the trader, and the data presence / absence of banknote information are displayed.

  When the relevant transaction condition is selected and the determination button is pressed, the camera image display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 17, and the camera image of the transaction can be reproduced. Here, the clerk can check whether the customer is the banknote trader and at the same time can confirm that there is no suspicious action.

  Furthermore, when the banknote log button is pressed, the serial number of the banknote withdrawn to the customer in the banknote transaction is displayed, collation with the banknote brought in is performed, and the customer may be shown to be the same banknote. it can. Furthermore, if the whole banknote image is stored, more satisfactory information can be provided to the customer.

  Next, the handling processing operation | movement of the banknote which is forgotten to be taken is demonstrated. When the banknote returned by the banknote depositing count or the withdrawal banknote is not received after a certain period of time, the forgetting to collect process is performed. These banknotes are not processed for account deposits and withdrawals and are returned to the trader at a later date because the trader is the owner.

  In the forgotten collection, the banknotes are stored in the forgotten collection collection box regardless of the authenticity determination result of the banknote reading unit. In principle, the banknote needs to be returned to the trader, and it is desirable to acquire the entire banknote image as a detailed record of the banknote information. When the ID of the forgotten collection container is entered on the search screen of FIG. 19, a list of forgotten collection transactions is displayed as shown in FIG. Further, when a specific transaction is selected, the search screen of FIG. 20 is displayed, and each bill transaction information is displayed. The serial number of the banknote at the time of each transaction is confirmed, and the banknote in a cassette is isolate | separated according to a trader.

  Furthermore, including the case where the serial number cannot be read for some reason, the denomination and the number of sheets are confirmed using the entire banknote image. By these, the banknote of the forgetting collection | recovery collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 176 can be reliably returned to the operator. In addition, if the denomination and the amount of money are determined, it is also possible to operate that it is sufficient that the amount of money returned is not the actual return. In that case, the confirmation information of FIG. 18 is effective.

  In China, there are many forgetting to collect, and when the forgotten collection box 176 becomes full, the collection of the banknotes 172 is collected in the collection box 172 without stopping the device, and the operation of the device is continued. There is a case. Therefore, this operation is also applied when searching for a forgotten collection banknote from the collection box 172.

Next, an example of a method of searching for these image acquisition data and tracking a banknote based on the search result will be shown.
For example, when the collection box 172 is brought into the banknote sorting unit of the center 1 and a counterfeit bill NC is found from the collection box 172 (FIG. 1), when tracking the banknote from the time of finding the counterfeit bill, FIG. 19) identifies the depositor of the banknote. The staff member who identifies the depositor uses the data analyzer PC connected to the host computer HC of the center 1 to search the period and denomination of the search target, the serial number of the found counterfeit, Enter your ID. If the serial number portion of the counterfeit bill NC is damaged or cannot be read due to dirt, it can be read from a scanner or the like and searched from the similarity of banknote images.

When the search is started, bill transaction information is sent to the host computer HC from the automatic teller machine 100 in which the ID of the collection box 172 is mounted. The bill transaction information may be sent to the collection computer 172 or sent to the host computer HC after one day of work. If the banknote transaction information has been sent to the host computer HC in advance, transmission of banknote transaction information before the search can be completed before the search. When the search is executed, banknote transaction information is displayed in descending order of coincidence.
For example, if all the serial numbers printed on the banknotes match, the banknote transaction information associated with the serial numbers that are different by one digit is displayed sequentially. Thereby, even when the serial number is erroneously recognized during serial number character recognition, the corresponding information can be displayed in the search result.

  The collection box 172 may store banknotes stored outside the deposit transaction. For example, it is a case where the money is drawn out from the storage in preparation for withdrawal, but the bill identification is incomplete and stored in the collection box. In order to clarify the origin of these banknotes, the source / destination information when the banknotes are transported is also displayed.

  Furthermore, if it is input from the depositor, information indicating the banknote insertion hopper 112 is displayed at the transport source. If the banknote transporting source is the storage 173, it can be determined that counterfeit bills were mixed with banknotes loaded by the staff.

  If the serial number of the displayed transaction information matches as a result of searching for the serial number of the found banknote, it can be confirmed that it is the transaction information of the discovered banknote.

  When one of the search results is selected and a banknote image is stored, the banknote image of the banknote data can be displayed. The clerk can collate information other than the serial number from the banknote image, for example, banknotes and dirt. When the “whole” key of the display operation unit is pressed, the entire bill is displayed, and when the “enlarge” key is pressed, the specific part is enlarged. Further, when the “front and back” key is pressed, the front and back display of the banknote image can be switched. Further, it is possible to check the state of the customer at the time of the transaction by displaying an image showing the transaction operation of the customer taken by the camera.

  By confirming such a search and the display of the search result, the clerk can know in which transaction of the automatic teller machine the counterfeit bill was taken. Further, the criminal can be identified by comparing with the information of the host computer from the date information.

As explained above, when the banknote is accepted normally, the entire image information of the banknote is not necessary, so it is not acquired. The entire image information of the banknote is acquired when the conveyance change occurs, for example. Accordingly, the entire image information 161a of the banknote is stored only when the banknote is abnormal or abnormally conveyed. In particular, the frequency of occurrence of abnormal banknotes or change in conveyance during banknote deposit and withdrawal transactions is low, and normal banknotes and normal conveyance are almost all.

  Thereby, since the frequency | count of acquiring the whole image information 161a of a banknote is few, storage capacity is small, operation | work cost can be suppressed at the time of transaction operation, and efficient operation can be aimed at. Moreover, since the high-speed responsiveness at the time of the collation confirmation of a customer and a banknote can be promoted with the reduction | decrease of memory | storage data amount, the time to wait for a customer is shortened and the serviceability to a customer improves. In addition, the cost can be reduced at the same time as the amount of stored data is reduced.

  Furthermore, when managing data at the time of transaction, the control unit 200 has transaction information regarding the transaction as identification target storage information and a control function for specifying and storing a customer who has performed the transaction. It is possible to manage the bills and customers in a traceable manner.

  In addition, when dealing with banknotes, even if a customer complaint occurs when a customer is suspicious and requests a complaint from a staff member, the image information of the handled banknotes and images showing the customer's transaction operations, such as face images and hand images, etc. Since it can be displayed and confirmed clearly, clear image information becomes evidence data when making complaints or malicious inquiries such as financial troubles due to misunderstandings of the customer, etc., so the customer can confirm the display accurately and convince the customer Can immediately solve the financial trouble. In particular, in the case of fraud, it is effective because the acquired image information becomes valuable evidence data for identifying the person.

  Moreover, an identifiable image can be left for all banknotes. That is, by leaving the image of the entire banknote or leaving the image of the serial number part, it is possible to identify and explain the processed banknote with the image. Furthermore, when any conveyed medium is smaller than a predetermined size, the medium is determined as an inappropriate medium such as a foreign object and is not handled as the above-described identification target banknote. Therefore, unnecessary data such as dust is included in the search target. There is no mixing.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to above-described embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, it is possible to implement in various aspects.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which an image indicating a customer's transaction operation, for example, a face image and a hand image is acquired to acquire the stored information of the customer is not limited thereto. It can also be configured to acquire and store information such as iris.

  The present invention can be applied to all automatic transaction apparatuses such as ATMs that handle banknotes, money changers, and ticket machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Banknote transaction system 100 ... Automatic cash transaction apparatus 115 ... Camera 120 ... Display operation part 160 ... Bill reading part 161 ... Scanner part 163 ... Banknote determination part 166 ... Serial number recognition part 200 ... Control part 206 ... High-order memory | storage part 208 ... Deposit / withdrawal transaction identification part HC ... Host computer HCM ... Data storage part

Claims (13)

A banknote processing device for processing banknotes,
And identification target identification information, and information obtaining means you get the transport information during transportation as an identification target bill to be the transaction processing,
A storage information type determining means for determining the information type to be stored for the identification target based on carrying schedule for identifying situations during identification by Kijo report obtaining means or during transport,
Storage control means for storing information relating to the identification target of the information type determined by the storage information type determination means in the storage means as identification target storage information ,
The stored information type determining means includes
The banknote processing device that determines, as the identification type, information on the specific part of the identification target, or information on the specific part of the identification target and information on the entire identification target . Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information of a banknote when identifying a banknote,
The image information acquisition means
Serial number image information acquisition processing for acquiring the image information of the serial number portion printed on the banknote as serial number image information, which is information related to the specific part to be identified ;
It is information related to the entire identification target , and is configured to execute an overall image information acquisition process for acquiring an image of at least one side of the banknote as overall image information,
The information type is
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein types of serial number image information and overall image information are included. The storage control means
When the identification status is identification information normal reading, the serial number image information is stored in the storage means,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the serial number image information and the entire image information are stored in the storage unit when the identification status is unreadable identification information. If the identification information cannot be read,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least one of denomination, number of sheets, and authenticity is unknown. The storage control means
The bill processing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least one of transaction information relating to a transaction and customer information that identifies a customer who has performed the transaction is stored in the storage unit as the identification target storage information. apparatus. The identification target storage information is
Operation information of the customer when the customer delivers the banknote,
Image information of the banknote when the banknote is identified,
The conveyance information of the bill when the bill is conveyed,
The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is configured with at least one of the above. Search means for searching for the identification target storage information related to the specific information from at least one limited specific information related to the identification target storage information stored in the storage means;
The bill processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising display means for displaying the identification target storage information searched by the search means. The specific information is
The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 7 containing at least one of the serial number currently printed on the said banknote, and the number of the storage which stored this banknote. It has a photographing means for photographing an image showing a transaction operation of a customer to trade,
Storing an image indicating the transaction operation in association with the identification target storage information;
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein an image showing a transaction operation of a customer photographed by the photographing unit is displayed on the display unit in association with the identification target storage information retrieved by the retrieval unit. A banknote processing system including a banknote processing apparatus that processes banknotes and a server that communicates with the banknote processing apparatus via a communication line,
The banknote handling apparatus
And identification target identification information, and information obtaining means you get the transport information during transportation as an identification target bill to be the transaction processing,
A storage information type determining means for determining the information type to be stored for the identification target based on carrying schedule for identifying situations during identification by Kijo report obtaining means or during transport,
Storage control means for storing information relating to the identification target of the information type determined by the storage information type determination means in the storage means as identification target storage information ,
The stored information type determining means includes
The bill processing system , wherein information relating to the specific part of the identification target, or information relating to the specific part of the identification target and information relating to the entire identification target are defined as the identification type . Based on the identification information of the identification target and the conveyance information at the time of conveyance, and the identification status at the time of identification by the information acquisition means, or the conveyance status at the time of conveyance, using the bill to be processed as an identification target Storage information type determination means for determining information relating to the specific part of the identification target, or information relating to the specific part of the identification target and information relating to the entire identification target, as information types to be stored regarding the identification target, and the storage information type determination Storage information acquisition means for acquiring storage information from a banknote processing device comprising storage control means for storing information relating to the identification target of the information type determined by the means in the storage means as identification target storage information ;
An output means for outputting the acquired stored information;
A bill information management server comprising input means for receiving at least one input of denomination or number of sheets based on the stored information. A banknote processing device for transaction processing of banknotes,
And identification target identification information, and information obtaining means you get the transport information during transportation as an identification target bill to be the transaction processing,
Identification situation at the time of identification by the prior Kijo paper acquiring unit or based on the conveyance status during transportation, the information about a particular part of the identification target, or the information about the entire information and the identification object related to a particular part of the identification target, A storage information type determination unit that is defined as an information type to be stored with respect to the identification target;
A bill information management program for functioning as storage control means for storing information relating to the identification target of the information type determined by the storage information type determination means in the storage means as identification target storage information. An identification information acquisition step for acquiring identification information of the identification object and a conveyance information at the time of conveyance, with the banknote being processed as an identification object;
Based on the identification status at the time of identification by the identification information acquisition step , or the conveyance status at the time of conveyance , information on the specific part of the identification target, or information on the specific part of the identification target and information on the entire identification target, A storage information type determination step determined as an information type to be stored for the identification target;
A banknote processing method comprising: a storage control step of storing information relating to the identification target of the information type determined in the storage information type determination step in the storage means as identification target storage information.