WO2018003145A1

WO2018003145A1 - Paper money processing device

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Publication number: WO2018003145A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/088442
Authority: WO
Inventors: 功一郎上田; 瑞樹改井; 辰明大崎; 竜一小野本; 澄昭安達; 博憲安藤
Original assignee: 日立オムロンターミナルソリューションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2016-07-01
Filing date: 2016-12-22
Publication date: 2018-01-04
Also published as: CN108604398A; JPWO2018003145A1; CN108604398B; JP6732018B2

Abstract

A paper money processing device installed at the counter of a financial facility is provided with: a deposit money opening unit which is installed at the front of the device and into which paper money to be deposited is input; a feeding unit which is provided in the deposit money opening unit and which separates the input paper money into individual sheets; a temporary holding unit which stores paper money determined to be normal by a deposit money discrimination unit for discriminating the paper money separated by the send-out unit; a return opening in which paper money determined to be abnormal by the deposit money discrimination unit is accumulated; and a deposit money conveyance unit connecting the deposit money opening unit, the temporary holding unit, and the return opening. The paper money processing device is provided with a paper money collection unit provided at the rear of the device for taking out the paper money that is in the device, and a collection movement unit which moves the paper money stored in the temporary holding unit to the paper money collection unit.

Description

Banknote handling equipment

The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Conventionally, deposit transactions have been conducted with customers at financial institutions such as banks. In particular, large numbers of banknotes are deposited at bank counters in countries with low monetary values. Banknotes in countries with low monetary value are generally subject to many stains such as dirt, and the presence of counterfeit tickets cannot be ignored.

For this reason, bank counters require a lot of man-hours to manually check a large number of banknotes one by one, sort them into denominations, and count the number of banknotes. It is an obstacle.

対応 As a response to such problems, mechanization of the deposit business at the counter has come to be performed efficiently. For example, in Patent Document 1, a teller that is usually installed in a counter, counts and sorts banknotes deposited from customers, sorts them into denominations and stores them in the apparatus, In order to pay out a bill to a customer, the required number is counted for each denomination and released to the teller.

JP 2016-29518 A

The apparatus described in Patent Document 1 has the following problems. In the above apparatus, when a large amount of deposit transactions is continued, the storage section in the apparatus is frequently filled and the bills must be collected. When collecting banknotes, it is necessary to remove the banknote storage part or to release banknotes using the withdrawal function, and in any case, the business is interrupted and payment from customers cannot be accepted. there were.

Depending on the country, there are many customs in the depositing business where a teller receives a banknote from a customer who wants to deposit and when the banknote disappears from the customer's field of view, there are many customs that consider the transaction to the customer himself. It is used in such a way that it is installed outside the window so that it can be operated. Even in such a country, when the storage section in the apparatus becomes full, the same problem as described above occurs.

This invention is made in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at providing the banknote processing apparatus which can collect | recover banknotes by a teller even if a customer is performing money_receiving | payment operation. It is another object of the present invention to provide a banknote handling apparatus that allows a customer to deposit banknotes even during a collection operation by a teller.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention is a banknote handling apparatus installed at a counter of a financial institution, which is installed in front of the apparatus and into which a deposited banknote is inserted. And a banknote determined to be normal by a depositing unit that is provided in the depositing port unit and separates the inserted banknotes one by one, and a deposit identifying unit that identifies the banknotes separated by the feeding unit. A temporary holding unit, a return port for accumulating banknotes determined to be abnormal by the deposit identification unit, and a deposit conveyance path that connects the deposit port unit, the temporary storage unit, and the return port; A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a banknote collection unit that is installed and takes out banknotes in the apparatus; and a collection movement unit that moves the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit to the banknote collection unit. Is done.

According to the present invention, banknotes can be collected by a teller even when a customer is performing a deposit operation. Moreover, even if the teller is in the collection operation, the banknote can be deposited by the customer.

It is an installation state figure of a bill processing device. It is a banknote processing apparatus side view of Example 1. FIG. It is a banknote processing apparatus side view of Example 2. FIG. It is a banknote processing apparatus side view of Example 3. It is a banknote processing apparatus side view of Example 4. It is a figure which shows the conveyance direction of the money classification stacker of Example 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows the delivery direction of the money type stacker of Example 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows the data table structure of the control part of Example 2. FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Below, although the case where the banknote processing apparatus concerning this invention is applied to the banknote processing apparatus which deposits and processes a banknote is demonstrated, it can apply to the various apparatuses which a teller receives and processes a medium from a customer. . In the following, it is possible to provide a deposit port for the customer to insert deposited banknotes in the front of the device and a return port to return banknotes that are not suitable for depositing, and the bills in the device that are deposited can be collected at the back of the device even during depositing operations. By providing the banknote collection part which can be performed, a large amount of banknote transactions can be continuously performed without a large amount of banknotes staying in the apparatus. In addition, the deposit route and the collection route are separated so that the bills already deposited during the deposit process can be transported to the bill collection unit and taken out. Therefore, the collection process to the teller becomes possible during the customer deposit process without stopping the apparatus, and the work efficiency in the bank can be improved.

In FIG. 1, the state which installed the banknote processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the banknote processing apparatus concerning this invention in the window of a financial institution is shown.
The banknote processing apparatus 1 is installed with the customer 8 making a deposit transaction as the front of the apparatus, and the side operated by the teller 7 as a bank clerk as the apparatus rear.

The banknote handling apparatus 1 is connected to a terminal 6 and a power supply 9 and operates in response to an instruction from the terminal 6 by operation of the teller 7.

When the customer 8 inserts the deposited banknote 5 into the banknote processing unit 3 of the banknote processing apparatus 1, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 to count the deposited banknote. When the counting is completed, the amount and number of sheets are displayed on the display unit 2, and when the customer 8 confirms that the amount of money is coincident with the counting result by pressing a confirmation key (not shown), the teller 7 performs a deposit process (slip / passbook printing, (Reflect to account balance, etc.) to complete the deposit transaction.

Next, the configuration of the banknote processing unit 3 common to the first to fourth embodiments will be described.
The banknote processing unit 3 has a control unit 4 including a CPU, a memory, and the like. Based on the information collected by the banknote processing unit 3 (for example, information acquired by the deposit identification unit 11 and the collection identification unit 20) or an instruction from the banknote processing apparatus 1, the control unit 4 performs a deposit operation, a collection operation, which will be described later, The banknote processing unit 3 is controlled so as to perform the organizing and counting operation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later, the memory serving as the storage unit includes each temporary storage unit (13 to 16), each collection unit (100 to 103, 23 to 26), and each money type stacker unit (41). 47), and information on the type of banknotes stored in the return opening 12 are stored. In addition, the storage unit stores each temporary storage unit (13 to 16) described later, each collection unit (100 to 103, 23 to 26), each money type stacker unit (41 to 47), and the return port unit 12. You may memorize | store the predetermined amount (For example, a full number or near full (the number which shows that a near full)) which is the number of the banknotes to accommodate. The types of banknotes stored in the respective temporary storage units (13 to 16), the respective collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26), the respective money type stacker units (41 to 47), and the return port unit 12. This information and the predetermined amount may be changeable by external input.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the memory. Although FIG. 7 shows the case where data is stored in a table format, any format may be used as long as each item is associated. As shown in FIG. 7, the data table stores a physical address on the memory, a data table for each part, and the number or information in the data table in association with each other. In the data table, each part (slippery temporary storage unit 13, denomination mixed temporary storage units 14-16, banknote recovery cassette 23, reject banknote recovery cassette 24, banknote band recovery unit 25-26, denomination stacker 41- 47), each piece of information such as the number of denominations, the number of genuine bills, the number of damaged bills, the number of bundles, status information, and accumulation setting information is stored.

The banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes received by the customer 8 from the depositing port 10 and the depositing port unit 10 and feeds them to the depositing conveyance path 17 one by one, and the feeding unit 10A and the feeding unit 10A. , The deposit conveyance path 17 that conveys the separated banknotes to the temporary holding section, the deposit identification section 11 that determines the type of bills conveyed to the deposit conveyance path 17, and the deposit conveyance path 17 based on the determination of the deposit identification section. Move the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary holding units 13 to 16 and the return port unit 12 and the temporary holding unit to the collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) after confirming the deposit transaction. Recovery units (120 to 123, 27) and recovery units (100 to 103, 23 to 27) configured to be able to take out the banknotes collected by the recovery unit (120 to 123, 27) to the outside of the banknote processing unit 3. 2 ) Consist of.

The deposit identification unit 11 determines the type of banknote (for example, harm, true / false, denomination, direction, or age). The banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of each type of banknote based on the determination of the deposit identification unit 11.

The deposit port 10 and the return port 12 are arranged on the front side of the apparatus where the customer 8 makes a deposit transaction, and the collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) are arranged on the rear side of the apparatus. The deposit port portion 10 is located above the return port portion 12. The deposit conveyance path 17 of the banknote processing unit 3 includes a conveyance unit (for example, a conveyance roller or a conveyance belt that conveys banknotes one by one), and the banknotes are conveyed one by one by the conveyance unit.

The temporary storage units 13 to 16 are, for example, denomination mixing, denomination, loss mixing, loss determination, true / false mixing, true / false determination, direction mixing, direction determination, conveyance state mixing, conveyance state determination, age mixing, etc. A temporary storage unit for storing banknotes by age group or a combination thereof may be included. The banknote processing unit 3 may include a plurality of temporary storage units 13 to 16. Moreover, the banknote process part 3 may have a sensor (for example, optical sensor) which detects the predetermined amount (for example, full or near full) of each temporary storage part. Moreover, the temporary storage part may be the structure which arrange | positions the opening | mouth which accommodates a banknote, and the opening | mouth which discharge | releases a banknote in the direction opposite to a temporary storage part, and pays out the banknote previously accommodated first.

Each of the collection units 13 to 16 includes, for example, denomination mixing, denomination, damage mixing, damage classification, true / false mixing, true / false classification, direction mixing, direction classification, conveyance condition mixing, conveyance condition classification, age mixing, You may include the collection | recovery part which accommodates a banknote according to the generation or these combinations. The banknote processing unit 3 may include a plurality of collection units 13 to 16. The banknote processing unit 3 has a drawer (for example, a rail that slides the collection cassette or a moving roller that moves the collection cassette) that pulls out the collection cassette (100 to 103, 23 to 24) of the collection unit. The collection cassettes (100 to 103, 23 to 24) of the collection unit are detachable from the banknote processing unit 3. Moreover, the banknote process part 3 may have a sensor (for example, optical sensor) which detects the predetermined amount (for example, full or near full) of each collection | recovery part.

The deposit conveyance path 17 is fed from the deposit port 10 and passes through the deposit identification unit 11 that determines the type of the bills conveyed to the temporary holding unit (13 to 16), and the banknotes identified by the deposit identification unit 11 are detected. Based on the type, the banknote is conveyed to a temporary storage unit (13 to 16) that stores the type of the banknote. Further, the deposit conveyance path 17 may be a common conveyance path that is shared when the deposit identifying section 11 is transported before and after the deposit identifying section 11 to a plurality of temporary holding sections (13 to 16). Here, the banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of each type of banknote based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit recognition unit 11.

In the banknote processing unit 3, the deposit path through which the banknote moves during the depositing operation and the collection path through which the banknote moves during the collection operation may be independent. In other words, the banknote processing unit 3 is common in the deposit transport path 17 that transports banknotes from the deposit port to the temporary storage unit or the return port, and the recovery transport path 27 that recovers the banknotes from the temporary storage unit to the recovery unit. Thus, the configuration may be such that there is no conveyance path to be used.

Next, the configuration of the banknote processing unit 3 common to the second to fourth embodiments will be described.
The banknote processing unit 3 collects the banknotes in the collection and conveyance path 27 for connecting the plurality of temporary storage units (13 to 16) and the plurality of collection units (23 to 24) and the banknotes of the temporary storage units (13 to 16). Each of which has a collecting and moving unit including a feeding unit (113 to 116) of a temporary holding unit that feeds one by one. The payout unit is arranged behind each temporary storage unit 13-16. The collection conveyance path 27 has a conveyance unit (for example, a conveyance roller or a conveyance belt), and conveys banknotes one by one by the conveyance unit.

The collection identifying unit 20 determines the type of banknote (for example, damage, true / false, denomination, direction, conveyance state, or age). The banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of each type of banknote based on the determination of the collection identifying unit 20.

The collection conveyance path 27 is discriminated by the collection identification unit via the collection identification unit 20 that discriminates the type of bills fed out from the temporary holding unit (13 to 16) and conveyed to the collection unit (23 to 26). Based on the type of banknote, the banknote is conveyed to a collection unit (23 to 26) that stores the type of banknote. The collection conveyance path 27 is a common conveyance path that is shared when the banknotes fed from the plurality of temporary storage units are conveyed to the plurality of collection units (23 to 26) before and after the collection identification unit 20. Good. Here, the banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of each type of banknote based on the type of banknote determined by the collection identifying unit 11.

The temporary holding units (13 to 16) include a non-payment temporary holding unit (13) for storing banknotes determined to be non-paid by the deposit recognition unit and a genuine note temporary holding unit (14) for storing banknotes determined to be correct. To 16). The collection unit (23 to 26) is configured to collect a debris collection cassette 23 that collects and stores a non-conformity ticket transported from the non-payment temporary storage unit (13) through a collection conveyance path 27, and a temporary storage unit (14 to 16), which are conveyed from the reject banknote collection unit 24 for accumulating and storing the banknotes determined to be abnormal by the collection identifying unit 20, and the temporary storage unit (14 to 16) for storing the correct bills. Banknote

bundling collection units

25 and 26 for collecting and bundling banknotes that are banknotes and are determined to be normal by the collection identifying unit 20 are included. In addition, you may have multiple loss ticket temporary storage parts 13. FIG.

Further, the top / bottom reversing unit 21 for aligning the top and bottom of banknotes conveyed based on the direction that is the type of banknote determined by the collecting / identifying unit 20, and the front / back reversing unit 22 for aligning the front and back, the collecting / identifying unit 20 and the collecting unit ( 23 to 26) on the collecting conveyance path. The collection conveyance path 27 includes a path for conveying banknotes directly from the downstream of the collection identification section 20 and the upstream of the top / bottom reversing section 21 / front / reverse section 22, and a path via the top / bottom reversing section 21 / front / back reversing section 22. And merges upstream of the recovery unit (23 to 26) and downstream of the top / bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22.

The banknote

band collecting unit

25, 26 holds the banknotes that are stacked until the banknotes transported by the recovery transport path 27 reach a predetermined number of banded sheets, and the bandings for banding the banknotes having the predetermined number of banded sheets. It has

storage units

25E and 26E that store the bundles of banknotes banded by the

bands

25B and 26B and band-wrapping

sections

25B and 26B.

FIG. 2 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 1. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the common structure mentioned above.
The banknote processing unit 3 of Example 1 collects and moves the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage units 13 to 16 to the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 (for example, presses the accumulated banknotes in a lump. Or an end face belt for moving the bills in contact with the end plate of the bills or the bills.
Further, as described above, the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 are configured to be detachable from the banknote processing unit 3. More specifically, each of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 is configured to be detachable from the corresponding temporary storage units 13 to 16. Each of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 is configured to be detachable individually.

Subsequently, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, the depositing operation will be described. In the deposit operation, the banknote processing unit 3 carries the banknotes in the deposit port 10 to the temporary storage units 13 to 16 and confirms the number of deposited banknotes.

More specifically, the customer 8 sets the banknote 5 to be deposited in the deposit slot 10. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set bills 5 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed to the deposit conveyance path 17. With respect to the fed banknote 5, the deposit recognition unit 11 determines the type of banknote (denomination / authenticity / dirt / conveyance state, etc.), and the transport destination is determined based on the banknote type.

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknote 5 determined to be normal based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11 to a temporary storage unit (13 to 16) that stores the banknote of the type. The temporary holding sections (13 to 16) at the transport destination accumulate the transported banknotes. Further, the deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknote 5 determined to be abnormal based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11 to the return port 12 that is a transport destination for storing the banknote of the type. The customer 8 extracts the banknotes that have been conveyed to the return port 12. The banknotes that have been extracted can be recounted by the customer 8 resetting it in the deposit port 10.

When all the bills 5 in the deposit slot 10 have been counted, the process is terminated, the counting result is reported to the terminal 6 and the counting result is displayed on the display unit 2 described above. When the deposit amount matches the counting result, the customer 8 confirms the counting result by pressing a confirmation key (not shown). If they do not match, the banknotes in the temporary storage units 13 to 16 are returned to the customer 8. The counting result may include the number of each type of banknote stored in the temporary storage unit (13 to 16) or the return port unit 12, and the total amount of banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit.

Here, the conveyance of the banknote determined to be normal to the temporary storage unit (13 to 16) will be described in detail.
When the plurality of temporary storage units 13 to 16 of the banknote processing unit 3 have a plurality of temporary storage units (13 to 16) for storing the same type of banknotes, the banknote processing unit 3 determines whether there is an empty temporary storage unit. And when there is an empty temporary storage part, a bill is conveyed to the temporary storage part concerned. If there is no empty temporary holding section (13 to 16), the deposit operation is stopped until the collection operation is completed.

In one deposit transaction, the banknote processing unit 3 transports banknotes to other temporary storage units (13 to 16) when storing a predetermined number or more of the temporary storage units (13 to 16). You can do it. In this case, every time a predetermined amount of sheets are stored in one temporary holding unit, the next temporary holding unit is executed in parallel with the collection operation from one temporary holding unit by accepting the confirmation of the counting result. It becomes possible to carry out the deposit operation of banknotes. That is, it is possible to perform parallel processing of the collecting operation and the depositing operation with a small number of temporary holding units. In addition, even if it is waiting for acceptance of the determination of a count result, the payment operation | movement of the banknote to the next temporary storage part may be continued.

Further, in one deposit transaction, the banknote processing unit 3 stores a predetermined number of sheets in one temporary storage unit when storing a predetermined number or more of one temporary storage unit (13 to 16). Then, control is performed to store the banknotes in the next temporary storage unit, and after all the banknotes accepted in the deposit transaction are stored in a plurality of temporary storage units, or all the temporary storage units (13 to 16) have a predetermined amount. When the number exceeds the number, the count result may be accepted. During the deposit transaction, the number of times the count result can be accepted can be reduced, so that the burden on the customer can be reduced.

Next, the collection operation for moving the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit to the collection unit will be described. When the banknote processing unit 3 accepts the confirmation of the counting result, the collection moving unit (120 to 123) moves the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage units 13 to 16 to the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103, respectively. The collection operation may be performed when the above-described counting result is accepted. Note that the banknote processing unit 3 may determine the presence or absence of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 during the collection operation, and may notify a warning to the outside (for example, the terminal 6) if there is no banknote collection cassette.

Then, the operation | movement which takes out the collect | recovered banknote from the banknote process part 3 is demonstrated.
The teller 7 takes out the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 by the drawer of the banknote processing unit 3 and delivers it to a person who collects the banknotes together with a slip printed with the denomination, number of sheets, and amount stored by a slip issuing unit (not shown). . The slip may include an individual banknote processing apparatus identification number for each banknote processing apparatus or an individual collection cassette identification number for each collection cassette. The information on the slip may be transmitted to the outside connected to the banknote processing apparatus 1 (for example, a host server connected to the banknote processing apparatus or an apparatus that counts the contents of the collection cassette).

Also, when any of the bill collection cassettes 100 to 103 is full or nearly full during the depositing operation, the teller 7 removes the bill collection cassettes 100 to 103 from the rear of the apparatus and replaces them with empty cassettes. Even in this case, the deposit path and the bill collection cassettes 100 to 103 are independent, so that the deposit operation is not affected and can be exchanged.

In the first embodiment, the pressing plate and the end face belt are described as the collection moving unit. However, the collection conveyance path for conveying the banknotes corresponds to the temporary holding units 13 to 15 and the temporary holding units 13 to 15, respectively. The collection units 100 to 103 may be connected to each other on a one-to-one basis. In this case, the banknotes are fed from the temporary storage units 13 to 15 to the collection transport path, and may have the same configuration as the feeding units 113 to 116 of the second embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus of the second embodiment. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different structure from Example 1 and the common structure mentioned above.
A depositing operation according to the second embodiment will be described. In the depositing operation, the banknote processing unit 3 carries the banknote in the deposit slot 10 to the temporary storage unit 13 to 16 until the number of deposited banknotes is determined.

More specifically, the customer 8 sets the banknote 5 to be deposited in the deposit slot 10. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set bills 5 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed to the deposit conveyance path 17. With respect to the fed banknote 5, the type of banknote (denomination, authenticity, defacement, conveyance state, etc.) is determined by the deposit recognition unit 11, and the transport destination is determined based on the determined banknote type. .

Based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11, the deposit transport path 17 is transported to the temporary storage unit 13 by the transport unit that constitutes the deposit transport path 17. . The temporary holding unit 13 at the transport destination accumulates the transported banknotes. The deposit conveyance path 17 is normal based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11, and a correct ticket determined not to be a fouling ticket is conveyed to the temporary holding units 14 to 16 by the deposit conveyance path 17. The temporary holding units 14 to 16 at the transport destination accumulate the transported banknotes. Moreover, the deposit | transfer conveyance path | route 17 is based on the kind of banknote which the deposit | payment identification part 11 determined to the return port part 12 which is the conveyance destination which accommodates the banknote 5 of which the abnormality determination was carried out by the deposit | payment identification part 11. Transport. The customer 8 extracts the banknotes that have been conveyed to the return port 12. The banknotes that have been extracted can be recounted by the customer 8 resetting it in the deposit port 10. When all the banknotes 5 in the deposit slot 10 are counted, the process is terminated, the count result is reported to the terminal 6, and the count result is displayed on the display unit 2 described above.

Customer 8 confirms by pressing a confirmation key (not shown) when the deposit amount matches the counting result. If they do not match, the banknotes in the temporary storage units 13 to 16 are returned to the customer 8. The counting result may include the number of each type of banknote stored in the temporary storage units 13 to 16 or the return port unit 12, and the total amount of banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit.

Here, the conveyance of the correctly judged banknotes to the temporary storage units 14 to 16 will be described in detail.

When the plurality of temporary storage units 14 to 16 of the banknote processing unit 3 have a plurality of temporary storage units 14 to 16 that store the same type of banknotes, the banknote processing unit 3 determines the presence or absence of an empty temporary storage unit, When there is an empty temporary storage unit, the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit. If there are no empty temporary holding units 14 to 16, the deposit operation is stopped until the collection operation is completed.

Also, in one deposit transaction, the banknote processing unit 3 may transport the banknotes to the other temporary storage units 14 to 16 when storing a predetermined number or more of the temporary storage units 14 to 16. In this case, every time a predetermined amount of sheets are stored in one temporary holding unit, the next temporary holding unit is executed in parallel with the collection operation from one temporary holding unit by accepting the confirmation of the counting result. It becomes possible to carry out the deposit operation of banknotes. That is, it is possible to perform parallel processing of the collecting operation and the depositing operation with a small number of temporary holding units. In addition, even if it is waiting for acceptance of the determination of a count result, the payment operation | movement of the banknote to the next temporary storage part may be continued. A plurality of temporary holding units 13 for storing damaged tickets may be provided and the same control may be performed.

Moreover, in one deposit transaction, the banknote processing unit 3 stores a predetermined number of sheets in one temporary storage unit when storing a predetermined number of sheets or more in one temporary storage unit 14-16. Control is performed to store banknotes in the next temporary storage unit, and after all banknotes accepted by deposit transaction are stored in a plurality of temporary storage units, or all of the temporary storage units 14 to 16 exceed a predetermined number of sheets. At that time, the confirmation of the counting result may be accepted. During the deposit transaction, the number of times the count result can be accepted can be reduced, so that the burden on the customer can be reduced.

Next, the collection operation will be described. When the banknote processing unit 3 detects pressing of the confirmation key, the banknotes 5 in the temporary loss holding unit 13 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 113 and fed to the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 determines the denomination and the number of the bills that have been fed out by the collection identification unit 20 and conveys the banknotes to the damaged bill collection cassette 23 through a path that bypasses the top and bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22. . The banknote collection cassette 23 accumulates and stores banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27.

Subsequently, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 stored in the temporary storage unit 14 one by one by the feeding unit 114 and feeds them to the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys banknotes to the collection identification unit 20. The collection identifying unit 20 determines the type of banknote conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27. Based on the type of banknote determined (for example, denomination, number, direction, transport state), the recovery transport path 27 is connected to the reject banknote recovery unit 24 or the banknote bundling

recovery unit

25, 26 that stores the banknote of that type. Transport bills. The reject banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote

band collection units

25 and 26 stores the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27. Note that the collection transport path 27 determines the direction of the banknotes by the top / bottom reversing unit 21 / front / reverse reversing unit 22 via the top / bottom reversing unit 21 / front / reverse reversing unit 22 after the collection identifying unit 20 determines the type of banknote. Aligned and conveyed to the reject banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote

band collection unit

25,26. At this time, when the banknote processing unit 3 determines that it is not necessary to change the direction of the banknote based on the type of banknote determined by the collection identification unit 20, a route that bypasses the top and bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22 May be stored in the reject banknote recovery unit 24 or the banknote band recovery unit 25/26.

The banknote processing unit 3 may be able to accept the next transaction when detecting that the non-payment temporary storage unit 13 and the temporary storage unit 14 are empty.

Subsequently, a specific example of banknotes that are determined to be abnormal by the recovery identifying unit 20 and stored in the reject banknote recovery unit 24 will be shown. Conveyance abnormalities such as double feeding (a state where a plurality of sheets are overlapped and conveyed), skew feeding (a state where the banknotes are significantly inclined and transported), an interval error (a state where the gap between the banknotes and the banknotes is extremely short), etc. The banknotes determined to be and the banknotes of denominations that are not to be sealed are accumulated and stored in the reject banknote collection unit 24. Next, the specific example of the banknote judged by the collection | recovery identification part 20 as normal and accommodated in banknote band-seal collection unit 25 * 26 is shown. Money collected by the banknote processing unit 3 is collected and stored in the banknote-band-seal recovery unit 25 by the banknote processing unit 3 and the banknote processing unit 3 is denomination A which is the maximum circulation amount and is not abnormal. Control may be performed so that banknotes that are the denomination B, which is the second largest distribution amount of seeds, and that are not abnormal are accumulated and stored in the banknote-band-seal collection unit 26.

The banknote processing unit 3 may change the type of banknotes collected by the collection unit based on the input from the outside or the type of banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit. For example, when banknotes are stored in a temporary holding unit with a mixture of two denominations, the banknote wrapping

recovery units

25 and 26 are set so as to store different denomination banknotes. When the banknotes of the seed are stored, the banknote wrapping

recovery units

25 and 26 may be set so as to store the denomination. Moreover, when it has three or more banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26, it may be set so that one denomination is stored in one and another one denomination is stored in two. By storing the same type of banknotes in a plurality of banknote-seal recovery units, it becomes possible to effectively use a vacant recovery unit and improve the efficiency of the recovery operation.

Next, the banknote banding operation in the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26 will be described.
In the banknote processing unit 3, the banknotes 5 that have been conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 are accumulated in the holding units 25 </ b> A and 26 </ b> A of the banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26. When the number of stacked sheets reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), the banknote processing unit 3 temporarily stops the collection operation by the feeding units 113 to 116 and the collection conveyance path 27, and the holding unit of the banknote

band collection units

25 and 26. The

bills

25A and 26A are moved to the banding

portions

25B and 26B, respectively, by a method not shown. When the banknote processing unit 3 detects that the banknote bundle has been moved to the

band sealing units

25B and 26B, the banknote processing unit 3 resumes the collection operation by the feeding units 113 to 116 and the collection conveyance path 27. Moreover, the banknote process part 3 moves and accommodates in each accommodating part 25E * 26E, after performing the banding process of the banknote of the moved banding

part

25B and 26B.

Note that when 100 sheets are collected in the holding unit 25A of the banknote band collecting unit 25, the transport destination of the banknote A is switched to the bank band band collecting unit 26, and the banknote band band is collected while 100 banknotes are accumulated in the bank band band collecting unit 26. By moving the banknote in the holding unit 25A of the recovery unit 25 to the banding part 25B, the banknote banding recovery unit 25 can accumulate the next banknote. This operation is the same even if the bill wrap collection unit 25 and the bill wrap collection unit 26 are reversed. By operating in this way, it becomes possible to continuously carry out the conveyance of banknotes in the collecting operation without temporarily stopping.

Subsequently, the banknotes of the

temporary storage units

15 and 16 are processed in the same manner as the temporary storage unit 14.
The depositor repeats such depositing process, but when the teller 7 becomes full or nearly full during depositing, the teller 7 pulls out the slip recovery cassette 23 from the rear of the device and replaces it with an empty cassette. When the reject banknote collection unit 24 is full or nearly full, the reject banknote is extracted, and when the

storage sections

25E and 26E of the banknote

band recovery unit

25 and 26 are full or nearly full, the band banknote is extracted and stored. To do. When the banknote processing unit 3 detects a predetermined amount (full or nearly full) of the

storage units

25E and 26E of the above-described damaged banknote collection cassette 23, reject banknote collection unit 24, and banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26 by a sensor. The terminal 6 may be notified of information indicating that the predetermined amount has been reached. At this time, the information may be notified so that it can be understood which collection unit has reached a predetermined amount.

Even when a predetermined amount is detected by the collection unit, since the deposit path and the collection path are separated, the banknote processing unit 3 interrupts the collection operation, but it is possible to continue the deposit operation.

Next, the counting operation will be described. The organizing and counting operation is an operation of counting and bundling again the banknotes determined to be abnormal in conveyance and banknotes of denominations not to be banded, which are stored in the reject banknote collection unit 24 in the above-described collection operation. The banknote processing unit 3 may accept selection of the deposit / collection mode in which the above deposit and collection are performed or the organizing counting mode in which the organizing counting is performed from the terminal 6. The banknote handling apparatus 3 performs an arrangement counting operation when the terminal 6 receives the arrangement counting mode.

For example, the denominations that are not to be encapsulated are 5 denominations, and each of these denominations is specifically described as denominations C to G (total of 7 denominations together with the denominations A and B in the deposit transaction).
The teller 7 sets the banknote determined to be abnormal in transport and stored in the reject banknote unit taken out from the apparatus and the banknote of a denomination that is not to be banded in the deposit port 10. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set banknotes are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed to the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the fed banknote 5 to the deposit identification unit 11. The deposit identification unit 11 determines the type (for example, denomination / conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the temporary storage units 13 to 16 that store the banknotes based on the type of the banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11.

The banknote processing unit 3, for example, accumulates the denominations A and B determined to be normal by the deposit identification unit 11 in the non-payment temporary storage unit 13 (not a non-slip ticket), and denominations C and C determined to be normal. D is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 14, denominations E and F determined to be normal are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 15 and denominations G determined to be normal are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 16 and determined to be abnormal. The bills 5 are accumulated in the return opening 12. The bills accumulated in the return opening 12 are extracted by the teller 7. The banknotes extracted by the teller 7 can be re-counted by resetting the banknotes in the deposit slot 10.

Next, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 of denominations A and B in the non-payment temporary storage unit 13 one by one by the feeding unit 113 and feeds them to the collection conveyance path. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes fed by the feeding unit 113 to the collection identification unit 20. The collection identifying unit 20 determines the type (for example, denomination, direction, conveyance state, etc.) of the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 is a reject banknote collection unit 24 that stores the banknote type by aligning the direction of the banknotes by the top / bottom reversing section 21 and the front / back reversing section 22 based on the banknote type determined by the collection identifying section 20. A banknote is conveyed to the banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26. The reject banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote

band collection units

25 and 26 stores the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27.

An example of banknotes stored in the reject banknote recovery unit 24 or the banknote

wrap recovery units

25 and 26 in the organizing and counting operation is shown. For example, the reject banknote collection unit 24 is configured such that the collection identifying unit 20 double feeds (a state in which a plurality of sheets are stacked and conveyed), skew (a state in which banknotes are significantly inclined and conveyed), and an abnormal interval (a gap between the banknotes and the banknotes). Banknotes that are determined to be abnormal in conveyance, such as a state of being extremely short, are stacked and stored. The banknote band seal collection unit 25 accumulates and stores banknotes that are denomination A and that are not abnormally conveyed. The banknote-band collecting unit 26 accumulates and stores banknotes that are of the denomination B and that are not abnormally conveyed in the banknote-band-sealing unit 26.

The banknotes of denominations A and B conveyed to the banknote band-

seal recovery unit

25 and 26 are moved and stored in the

storage units

25E and 26E after the banknote banding process is performed in the same manner as in the recovery operation.

Subsequently, the bills C and D accumulated in the temporary holding unit 14 are similarly processed. The banknote processing unit 3 is not abnormal in transporting the banknotes determined by the recovery identifying unit 20 to be rejected to the reject banknote recovery unit 24, and the banknotes determined not to be abnormal in transport and denomination C to the banknote band recovery unit 25 The banknote determined as the denomination D is transported to the banknote band collecting unit 26, and is accumulated, banded and stored. Moreover, the banknotes E and F accumulated in the temporary storage unit 15 are similarly processed. The banknote processing unit 3 is not abnormally transported to the banknote band seal recovery unit 25 for banknotes determined by the collection identifying unit 20 to be rejected to the reject banknote recovery unit 24, and banknotes determined not to be abnormal for transport and denomination E. The banknote determined to be denomination F is transported to the banknote bundling recovery unit 26, where it is stacked, banded and stored. The banknotes G accumulated in the temporary storage unit 16 are similarly processed. The banknote processing unit 3 transports banknotes determined by the collection identifying unit 20 to be abnormal in transport to the reject banknote recovery unit 24, and banknotes determined not to be abnormal in transport to the banknote band recovery unit 25 for accumulation, banding, and storage. By operating as described above, many types of banknotes (for example, seven types) can be banded.

FIG. 4 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus of the third embodiment. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the above-mentioned description.

The banknote processing unit 3 of the third embodiment branches to the configuration of the second embodiment (FIG. 4) downstream from the deposit identification unit 11 of the deposit transport path 17 and upstream from the temporary holding unit, and is collected downstream of the collection identification unit 20. A bypass conveyance path 18 is provided which is directly connected to the conveyance path 27 (not via the temporary storage unit). The operation of the third embodiment will be described below.

Since the depositing operation and the collecting operation of the third embodiment are the same as those of the second embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted, and only the counting and counting operation having a part different from the second embodiment will be described. The organizing and counting operation is an operation for counting and bundling again the banknotes determined to be abnormal in transport and stored in the reject banknote collection unit 24 in the collecting operation as in the second embodiment and banknotes of denominations that are not to be banded.

As in Example 2, the denominations that are not subject to banding are five denominations, and each of these is specifically described as denominations C to G (all seven denominations together with banding denominations A and B in the deposit transaction). To do.

The teller 7 takes out the banknote determined to be abnormal in conveyance stored in the reject banknote collection unit 24 and the banknote of a denomination that is not to be banded from the apparatus, and sets it in the deposit port 10. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set banknotes are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed to the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the fed banknote 5 to the deposit identification unit 11. The deposit identifying unit 11 determines the type (for example, denomination and transport state) of the banknotes transported by the deposit transport path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the temporary storage units 13 to 16 or the collection unit that stores the banknotes based on the type of the banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11.

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys, for example, the denomination A determined to be normal by the deposit identification unit 11 to the bypass conveyance path 18. The bypass transport path 18 transports the banknotes transported by the deposit transport path 17 directly to the collection transport path 27 (without going through the temporary storage units 13 to 16). The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the direction of the banknotes via the top / bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22 and conveys them to the banknote band-

seal collection units

25 and 26. The banknote

band collection units

25 and 26 accumulate, band seal, and store the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the same manner as the banding operation of the second embodiment. On the other hand, the banknote processing unit 3 accumulates the denomination B determined to be normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 in the temporary storage unit 13 and accumulates the denomination C determined to be normal in the temporary storage unit 14 as normal. The determined denominations D and E are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 15, and the denominations F and G determined to be normal are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 16. Further, the banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknote 5 determined to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the return port unit 12. The bill 7 conveyed to the return opening 12 is extracted by the teller 7. The banknotes extracted by the teller 7 can be re-counted when the teller 7 resets the deposit port 10.

Subsequently, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 of denomination B accumulated in the non-payment temporary storage unit 13 one by one by the feeding unit 113 and feeds them to the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the fed banknotes to the collection identification unit 20. The collection identifying unit 20 determines the type (denomination, direction, conveyance state, etc.) of the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknote determined as the abnormal conveyance ticket by the collection identification unit 20 to the reject banknote recovery unit 24, and the banknote determined as the normal banknote denomination B to the banknote seal collection unit 25/26. Transport. The banknote collection unit 24 stores the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the same manner as the denomination A. Moreover, the banknote banding collection |

recovery units

25 and 26 accommodate the banknote conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 similarly to the money type A, and perform banding operation | movement. Subsequently, the denomination C in the temporary holding unit 14 performs the same process as the denomination B.

In addition, the denominations D and E in the temporary holding unit 15 and the banknotes of the denominations F and G in the temporary holding unit 16 are similarly processed and banded. The transport destinations of the normal bills for the banknotes of denominations F and G in the temporary storage unit 16 are the banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26, respectively. In this case, since the banknote

banding collection units

25 and 26 are dedicated to each denomination, the banknote processing unit 3 collects the banknotes stored in the holding

units

25A and 26A while moving the banknotes to the banding

units

25B and 26B. The operation is temporarily stopped.

By the above operation, it becomes possible to enclose all denominations of banknotes in the embodiment, but compared to the embodiment 2, since the denomination A does not go through the temporary holding section, the processing time can be shortened. In addition, for the denominations B and C, it is not necessary to temporarily stop conveyance at the time of banding, and the processing time can be further reduced.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a side view of the banknote handling apparatus of the fourth embodiment. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the above-mentioned description.
The banknote processing unit 3 according to the fourth embodiment has added to the banknote processing unit 3 according to the third embodiment (FIG. 4) a collection connection conveyance path 28 and denomination stackers 41 to 47 for storing banknotes in denominations. The collection connection conveyance path 28 is a bidirectional conveyance path that connects the collection conveyance path 27 and the denomination stackers 41 to 47, and includes a collection identification unit 20 of the collection conveyance path 27 and a branching section B1 downstream of the collection unit. Are connected to the collection identifying unit 20 of the collection conveyance path 27 and the branching unit B2 upstream of the temporary holding unit. As shown in FIG. 6A, the collection connection conveyance path 28 is based on the type of banknotes that the collection identification unit 20 has determined on the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 via the downstream branching section B1 described above. The banknotes are conveyed to denomination stacker units 41 to 47 that store the banknotes of that type.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the collection connection conveyance path 28 conveys the banknotes fed out from the denomination stackers 41 to 47 to the collection conveyance path 27 via the upstream branch section B2. The denomination stackers 41 to 47 can temporarily store banknotes conveyed by the collection connection conveyance path 28 and feed them to the collection connection conveyance path 28. The money-type stackers 41 to 47 have a capacity for storing banknotes equal to or greater than the number of banded sheets.

Subsequently, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described. Since the depositing operation is the same as that of the second embodiment, the description thereof is omitted, and a collecting operation having a portion different from that of the second embodiment will be described.
When the banknote processing unit 3 detects pressing of the confirmation key, the banknotes 5 in the temporary loss holding unit 13 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 113 and fed to the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 determines the denomination and the number of the bills that have been fed out by the collection identification unit 20 and conveys the banknotes to the damaged bill collection cassette 23 through a path that bypasses the top and bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22. . The banknote collection cassette 23 accumulates and stores banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27.

Subsequently, the banknotes 5 in the temporary storage unit 14 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 114 and fed to the collection conveyance path 27. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the branch portion B1 of the collection connection conveyance path 28 to the conveyance direction to the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6A. The fed banknotes pass through the collection identification unit 20 to determine the denomination, number, direction, and conveyance state, align the direction of the banknotes via the top / bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22, The bill is collected and stored in the bill collection cassette 23, and the normal bill is collected and stored in the denomination stackers 41 to 47 corresponding to the denomination of the bill 5 via the collection connection conveyance path 28.

Subsequently, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 stored in the temporary storage unit 14 one by one by the feeding unit 114 and feeds them to the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys banknotes to the collection identification unit 20. The collection identifying unit 20 determines the type of banknote conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27. The collection conveyance path 27 or the collection connection conveyance path 28 is a reject banknote collection unit 24 or a gold that stores the type of banknote based on the determined type of banknote (for example, denomination, number of sheets, direction, conveyance state, etc.). The banknotes are conveyed to the type stackers 41 to 47. The reject banknote collection unit 24 or the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 stores the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 or the collection connection conveyance path 28. Here, the banknote processing part 3 conveys the banknote which the collection | recognition identification part 20 discriminate | determined as a conveyance abnormal ticket to the rejection banknote collection unit 24 by the collection | recovery conveyance path 27, and the banknote which the collection | recognition identification part 20 discriminate | determined as a normal ticket, By the collection conveyance path 27 and the collection connection conveyance path 28, it is conveyed to the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 for storing the type of banknote. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the branch portion B1 of the recovery connection transport path 28 to the banknote recovery unit 24 when transporting banknotes to the reject banknote recovery unit 24, and recovers connection connection transport path when transporting to the denomination stacker units 41 to 47. 28 branch portions B1 are switched to the transport direction to the denomination stackers 41 to 47.

The banknote processing unit 3 has a detection unit (for example, an optical sensor) for detecting a predetermined number of sheets (for example, full or near full) of any of the denomination stackers 41 to 47 in each of the denomination stackers 41 to 47. When a predetermined number of sheets or more are detected, the denomination transport destination is switched from the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 to any one of the banknote

wrap collection units

25 and 26. The banknote processing unit 3 moves to the other side when either one of the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26 is processing other denominations or when banknotes are moving from the holding

units

25A and 26A to the

band sealing units

25B and 26B. You may convey a banknote. The banknote processing unit 3 is configured such that when both the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26 are processing other denominations or are moving banknotes from the holding

units

25A and 26A to the banding

units

25B and 26B, You may temporarily stop conveyance of the banknote to the band-

wrap collection unit

25,26.

The banknote banding operation of the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26 is substantially the same as that of the second embodiment. However, when the banknotes are transported from the temporary storage unit 14 to the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26, the bank band

seal recovery units

25 and 26 hold units. In some cases, the number of

bills

25A and 26A is less than 100. In this case, the banknote processing unit 3 switches the branching portion B2 of the collection connection transport path 28 to the feeding direction from the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6B, and denomination stacker storing the banknote of that type. From any of the sections 41 to 47, the number of sheets that are insufficient for bundling is fed out, and the band

bundling collection units

25 and 26 are replenished via the collection connection conveyance path 28, the collection conveyance path 27, and the collection identification section 20 to complete the bundling. You may let them.

Further, the banknote processing unit 3 determines that the branching part B1 of the collection connection transport path 28 when the number of stored money type stackers 41 to 47 exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 100) of the number of bandages. Is switched in the direction of the banknote band

seal collection units

25 and 26, and the branching section B2 of the collection connection transport path 28 is switched in the feeding direction from the denomination stacker sections 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6B. Then, the banknote processing unit 3 similarly feeds out the number of banding from the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 for storing the types of banknotes processed by the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26, and collects and connects the recovery connection transport path 28 and the recovery transport. The banknote

bundling collection units

25 and 26 are replenished via the path 27 and the collection identifying unit 20 to complete the bundling. In this way, when the holding

units

25A and 26A of the banknote

band collecting units

25 and 26 are emptied and the number of sheets stored in the denomination stackers 41 to 47 is less than the number of band bands, the banknote processing unit 3 Then, the banknote 5 in the temporary holding unit 14 is transported again by the collection transport path 27, and the collecting operation is performed until the temporary holding unit 14 becomes empty. Subsequently, the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 15 and the temporary storage unit 16 are processed in the same manner as the temporary storage unit 14.

Next, the arrangement counting operation will be described. In the present embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the denominations of the deposited banknotes are described as seven denominations A to G.
The teller 7 sets the banknotes of the above seven denominations in the deposit port 10. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set bills 5 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed to the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the fed banknote 5 to the deposit identification unit 11. The deposit identification unit 11 determines the type (for example, denomination / conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the temporary storage units 13 to 16 that store the banknotes based on the type of the banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11.

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys, for example, banknotes of denominations A to G determined to be normal by the deposit identification unit 11 to the collection conveyance path 27. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the branch portion B1 of the collection connection conveyance path 28 to the conveyance direction to the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6A. The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the direction of the banknotes via the top and bottom reversing part 21 and the front / back reversing part 22, and corresponds to the denomination of the banknote 5 via the collection connection conveyance path 28 whose conveyance direction is switched. Collected and stored in the type stacker units 41 to 47.

The teller 7 sets the banknote determined to be abnormal in conveyance and the banknote of a denomination not to be banded in the deposit slot 10 stored in the reject banknote collection unit 24 taken out from the apparatus. Thereafter, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6, the set banknotes 5 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10, and the banknotes 5 fed out by the depositing conveyance path 17 are conveyed to the depositing identification unit 11. The deposit identification unit 11 determines the type (for example, denomination / conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the temporary storage units 13 to 16 or the collection unit that stores the banknotes based on the type of the banknote determined by the deposit identification unit 11.

Similarly to the third embodiment, the deposit transport path 17 transports, for example, banknotes of denominations A to G determined to be normal by the deposit recognition section 11 to the collection transport path 27 via the temporary storage sections 13 to 16. . The banknote processing unit 3 switches the branching part B1 of the recovery connection transport path 28 to the transport direction to the banknote band

seal recovery units

25 and 26. The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the direction of the banknotes via the top / bottom reversing unit 21 and the front / back reversing unit 22 and conveys them to the banknote band-

seal collection units

25 and 26. The banknote

band collection units

25 and 26 accumulate, band seal, and store the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the same manner as the banding operation of the second embodiment. Similarly to the third embodiment, the banknote processing unit 3 transports the banknote 5 determined to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the return port 12 and the teller 7 extracts the banknote. The banknotes extracted by the teller 7 can be re-counted when the teller 7 resets the depositing port 10.

The banknote processing unit 3 has a detection unit (for example, an optical sensor) for detecting a predetermined number of sheets (for example, full or near full) of any of the denomination stackers 41 to 47 in each of the denomination stackers 41 to 47. When the number of sheets less than the predetermined number is detected, the branch part B2 of the collection connection transport path 28 is switched to the feeding direction from the money type stacker parts 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6B. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the denomination transport destination from the banknote

band collecting unit

25 or 26 to the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 and accumulates them in the denomination stacker units 41 to 47 until a predetermined number of sheets are satisfied. The bills are fed one by one to complete the banding operation. The banknote processing unit 3 moves to the other side when either one of the banknote

band recovery units

units

25A and 26A to the

band sealing units

band recovery units

units

25A and 26A to the banding

units

25B and 26B, You may temporarily stop conveyance of the banknote to the band-

wrap collection unit

25,26. The banknote banding operation of the banknote

band recovery units

25 and 26 is the same as the case of the recovery operation. Further, when the number of sheets stored in the denomination stackers 41 to 47 exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 100) of the number of banded sheets, it can be processed in the same manner as the collecting operation.

By operating in this way, it becomes possible to bind the number of denominations of the number of denomination stackers 41 to 47 in the collecting operation, which is limited to the number of banknote band-seal collecting units as in the second and third embodiments. As a result, it is possible to eliminate storing of banknotes that are not to be encapsulated in the recovery operation in the reject banknote recovery unit 24 and performing the subsequent counting operation, thereby shortening the processing time.

Further, in this embodiment, the number of denominations to be handled is 7 denominations and the number of denomination stacker parts is the same as 7 denominations, so it is possible to band all denominations in one storing operation. If the number of denominations is 7 and the number of denomination stackers is 4, only 4 denominations can be directly encased in the organizing counting operation. In such a case, banknotes of denominations that are not to be banded (that is, denominations that are not set in the denomination stacker unit) are distributed to the temporary storage units 13 to 16, and the same operation as the method described in the second and third embodiments is performed. Even in this case, the total processing time can be shortened by increasing the number of denominations that can be encased in the collecting operation.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may have the following configuration.
The types and number of temporary storage units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and recovery units (13 to 16) are not limited to those in the above embodiment. For example, a device that does not have a non-payment temporary hold unit, a non-payment ticket collection unit, a reject collection unit, a non-payment ticket temporary hold unit, a non-payment ticket collection unit, a plurality of reject collection units, or a place different from the above embodiment It may be installed. Alternatively, the number of banknote wrap collection units (25, 26) may be different from the above-described embodiment. Moreover, it may have a collection cassette which collects a genuine note instead of or in addition to the banknote band seal collection unit (25, 26).

In the case of an apparatus that does not have a non-payment temporary holding unit, a non-payment ticket collection unit, and a rejection collection unit, for example, even if a banknote determined to be a non-payment is returned to the return port 12 based on the determination result of the deposit identification unit 11 Good. Moreover, when there is no temporary holding part which accommodates a certain kind of banknote (it is not set), you may return a banknote to the return port part 12. FIG.

Further, the temporary storage units 13 to 16 may mix and store a plurality of types of banknotes. In the case of the second to fourth embodiments, the banknote processing unit 3 may determine a transport destination recovery unit based on the type of banknote determined by the recovery identification unit 20 and transport the banknote to the transport destination.

The types of banknotes may include integrity, authenticity, denomination, banknote direction, banknote state, banknote generation. Depending on the number of types of banknotes handled by the banknote processing unit 3, the number and types of temporary storage units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and collection units (13 to 16) of the banknote processing unit 3 may be determined. . The banknote processing unit 3 may determine the types of banknotes stored in the temporary storage units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and the collection units (13 to 16) based on information received from the outside.

For example, a plurality of types of banknotes are mixed and stored, the same denomination is stored, banknotes with the same banknote direction are stored, banknotes with the same generation are stored, or banknotes are stored. It may be possible.

The banknote processing unit 3 may be configured not to include a front / back reversing unit or a top-and-bottom aligning unit. Moreover, if a bill bandage collection unit is the structure which a teller can contact a banknote directly, you may just accumulate | stack a banknote, without carrying a bandage. Costs can be suppressed.

Moreover, since the collection | recovery part is a horizontal type which collects a banknote in a horizontal direction or a banknote in the standing state, the banknote process part 3 can take out a banknote from a collection | recovery part separately from the back of the banknote process part 3, respectively. It is said.

Further, the banknote processing unit 3 detects the number of stored banknotes (stored amount) accumulated in the recovery unit by a sensor, and the recovery unit that is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount (for example, full or nearly full) The terminal 6 is notified. As a result, the teller 7 can easily determine the collection unit from which the banknote should be taken out. Moreover, the terminal 6 of the banknote processing unit 3 may accept input of information indicating a collection unit from which the teller 7 tries to take out banknotes. The banknote processing unit 3 may prohibit the collection operation of the collection unit that has received an input from the terminal 6.

In addition, the banknote handling unit 3 has a lock mechanism that restricts (prohibits) taking out of each of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103, and the banknote collection cassette is in a predetermined amount or more (for example, full or nearly full). The lock mechanism may be released only for 100 to 103, or only for the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 that have received input from the terminal 6.
As shown in the above embodiment, the present invention has at least one of the following characteristics.

(1) A deposit port that accepts banknotes from the outside in front of the banknote processing unit, a deposit transport unit that transports the banknotes received by the deposit port one by one, and the type of banknote transported by the deposit transport unit (denomination Discriminating unit for discriminating the direction, generation, damage, state of conveyance, authenticity, etc.) and a plurality of temporary holding units for temporarily storing the same type of banknotes based on the result of discrimination by the discriminating unit, Move the banknotes stored in the plurality of collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and the plurality of temporary holding units to the plurality of collection units. And a recovery moving unit.

With this configuration, it is possible to continue the deposit operation, the collection operation, and the movement of the banknote from the collection unit. More specifically, during the movement of banknotes from the collection unit of the first transaction, the collection operation of the second transaction can be performed in parallel, and during the collection operation of the second transaction, The depositing operation can be performed in parallel. That is, the operating efficiency of the apparatus can be improved.

In addition, when the collection moving unit is a transport unit that connects a plurality of collection units and a plurality of temporary holding units, the number of the collecting units or the temporary holding units can be arbitrarily adjusted.

Further, by setting a part of the collection unit as a collection cassette that stacks banknotes in the horizontal direction in a standing position, each collection cassette may be individually taken out from the back of the banknote processing unit. In this case, it is possible to improve the operating efficiency of the banknote processing unit even when a plurality of banknote processing apparatuses are installed in the horizontal direction or there are restrictions (obstacles) in the horizontal direction, compared to the case of a vertical storage. .

(2) The banknote processing unit moves from the deposit port to the second temporary storage unit one by one during the recovery operation of moving the banknote of the first transaction stored in the first temporary storage unit to the recovery unit. A depositing operation for transporting the banknote of the second transaction is performed. As a result, the deposit operation for the second transaction and the collection operation for the first transaction can be performed in parallel. That is, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the collection operation and the deposit operation.

In this case, the driving unit that causes the banknote processing unit to perform a depositing operation and the driving unit that performs the collecting operation may be separated.

(3) The banknote processing unit includes a collection identification unit in the collection conveyance unit that connects the temporary holding unit and the plurality of collection units. As a result, various operations are possible as compared with the case where there is no collection identifying unit. Even when a plurality of temporary holding units for storing the same type of banknotes are set, even when a plurality of temporary holding units for storing banknotes of different denominations are set, it can be operated.

(4) The banknote processing unit has a collection identification unit in the collection conveyance unit that connects the temporary holding unit and the collection unit, and has a front / back reversing unit or a top-and-bottom alignment unit between the collection identification unit and the collection unit. You can do it. Thereby, even if the direction of the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage part is scattered, in the collection | recovery part, it becomes possible to unify the direction of a banknote.

In this case, even if the number of temporary holding units is reduced, it is possible to collect banknotes in a state where the front and back sides of the collection unit are aligned.

(5) The banknote processing unit moves the banknotes to the plurality of temporary storage units and the plurality of recovery cassettes included in the corresponding recovery units and the respective recovery cassettes corresponding to the banknotes accumulated in the respective temporary storage units. And the temporary storage unit and the recovery cassette are both configured to stack banknotes in the horizontal direction (or in the horizontal direction) (stack banknotes in a standing position). ), The collection cassette is detachable from the temporary storage unit by sliding. Thereby, even if it does not have a conveyance path which conveys a bill one by one, it becomes possible to perform recovery operation during money_receiving | payment operation | movement.

(6) The banknote processing unit has a temporary banknote storage unit that temporarily stores a plurality of types of banknotes that are less handled (banknotes that are not stored in other temporary storage units and that are not returned to the return port). Thereby, a banknote processing part can reduce the temporary storage part utilized separately for several types of banknotes with few handling.

(7) The banknote processing unit has a reject banknote collection unit that stores banknotes that have been determined as reject banknotes (abnormal conveyance state) by the collection identification unit upstream of the collection unit that collects the correct bills. Thereby, it becomes possible to suppress the rejection at the time of collection | recovery.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 2 Display part 3 Banknote processing part 4 Control part (CPU / memory)
5 Banknote 6 Terminal 7 Teller 8 Customer 9 Supply Power Supply Unit 10 Deposit Port Portion 10A Payout Portion 11 Receipt Identification Portion 12 Return Port Portion 13 Defect Ticket Temporary Retention Unit 14 Denomination Mixed Temporary Retention Unit 15 Denomination Mixed Temporary Retention Unit 16 Denomination Temporary mixing section 17 Deposit transport path 18 Bypass transport path 20 Collection identification section 21 Top and bottom alignment section 22 Front / back reversing section 23 Slip sheet collection cassette 24 Rejected banknote collection cassette 25 Banknote band seal recovery unit 25A Holding section 25B Band seal section 25E Storage section 26 Banknote Bundling collection unit

26A Reserving part

26B Bundling part

26E Storage part 27 Collection conveyance path 28 Collection connection conveyance path 41 Money type stacker part 42 Money type stacker part 43 Money type stacker part 44 Money type stacker part 45 Money type stacker part 46 Money type stacker part 46 Part 47 Money type stacker part 100 ~ 103 Bill count cassette 113 ~ 116 (Temporary holding part) Feeding part 120 ~ 123 Recovery moving part B1 Downstream branching part B2 Upstream branching part

Claims

A banknote handling apparatus installed at a financial institution,
A deposit port portion that is installed in front of the apparatus and into which a deposited banknote is inserted, a feeding portion that is provided in the deposit port portion and separates the inserted banknotes one by one, and a banknote separated by the feeding portion are identified. A temporary holding unit for storing banknotes determined to be normal by the depositing identification unit, a return port for collecting banknotes determined to be abnormal by the depositing identification unit, the depositing port unit, the temporary holding unit, and the return port; And a deposit transfer path that connects the
A banknote collection unit installed behind the apparatus for taking out banknotes in the apparatus, a collection moving unit for moving the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit to the banknote collection unit,
A bill processing apparatus comprising:
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1,
A temporary holding and feeding unit that separates and feeds the banknotes moved by the collecting and moving unit one by one, a collection and identification unit that identifies the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit, information on the transport source, and a collection and identification unit A control unit that distributes the banknotes to be collected to a plurality of banknote collection units according to at least one of the information, a stacking unit that stacks the sorted banknotes in any of the banknote collection units, and the temporary holding and feeding unit And a banknote handling apparatus, characterized in that the banknote processing apparatus has a recovery transport path that connects the recovery identification section and the stacking section.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
Located between the collection identification unit and the banknote collection unit, based on the direction of the banknote being conveyed, has a top / bottom aligning unit for aligning the top and bottom of the banknotes and / or a front / back reversing unit for aligning the front and back of the banknotes The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
The banknote handling apparatus is characterized in that the banknote collection unit has a cassette structure capable of taking out banknotes that have been conveyed in a lump.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
The banknote processing apparatus, wherein the banknote collection unit has a bundling mechanism for bundling a banknote that has been transported every specified number.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
The banknote handling apparatus, wherein the deposit conveyance path and the collection conveyance path are independent from each other.
In the bill processing device according to claim 6,
A banknote processing apparatus comprising a plurality of temporary storage units and performing a deposit transaction when at least one temporary storage unit is empty.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
A banknote processing apparatus having a bypass conveyance path that branches from the downstream side of the deposit recognition section and conveys the banknote directly to the collection conveyance path.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
Connected to the collection conveyance path, branched from the downstream of the collection identification unit, temporarily stores the conveyed banknotes by denomination, and conveys the banknotes stored by denomination to the upstream side of the collection identification unit A banknote handling apparatus including a denomination stacker unit.