CN104063946B - Paper money processing device and paper money processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a paper money processing device, aiming to provide a paper money processing device which can perform specified processing on paper money according to a serial number registered in advance. A banknote processing device (100) is provided with: the bill dispenser comprises a taking-in port (24), conveying sections (7, 8), a recognition section (3), a serial number recognition section for recognizing the serial number of a bill, a stacking section (5) for stacking the bills judged to be normal, and a reject section (6) for stacking the bills judged to be rejected. The banknote processing device (100) further comprises: a registration unit (17) for registering the serial number in advance, a check unit for checking the registered serial number and the recognition result of the serial number, and a control unit (120) for performing predetermined processing on the specific paper money whose check result is consistent with the registered serial number.

Description

Paper money processing device and paper money processing method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method.

Background

Patent document 1 describes a banknote sorting machine that sorts banknotes that have been input according to predetermined sorting conditions and collects the sorted banknotes in a plurality of stacker trays. The paper money arranging mechanism comprises: the serial number of the banknotes accumulated in a specific stacker is registered in a database. The database is an external database connected to the banknote sorting machine. According to this configuration, by referring to the database, it is possible to search for the banknotes sorted by the banknote sorting machine based on the serial number. The structure can realize the treatment of false paper money.

Patent document 2 describes the following: in the same banknote sorting machine as described above, banknotes that cannot be stacked in the stacker are sent to the reject portion, and the serial number of the banknotes sent to the reject portion is output to an external device provided separately from the banknote sorting machine. In the external device, information on serial numbers of counterfeit banknotes, suspect banknotes (that is, banknotes that are suspected of being counterfeit but not authentic or counterfeit banknotes) and stolen banknotes are registered in advance. The external device checks the serial number of the bill sent to the reject unit against the registered serial number. The external device is configured to: when the serial numbers are found to match each other, the serial numbers are displayed on a display unit of the paper money collating machine. Thus, the operator can draw out the counterfeit bill, the suspect bill, and the stolen bill from the bills sent to the reject unit.

Patent document 1: international publication No. 2010/32336

Patent document 2: international publication No. 2011/24305

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention

When the information "counterfeit banknotes with a specific serial number appear on the market" is obtained, a request to draw out the banknotes with the specific serial number from the banknotes taken to the window of the financial institution or the like is generated.

With the banknote sorting machine described in patent document 1, after all banknotes taken to a window of a financial institution or the like are sorted and accumulated in a plurality of stacker boxes, it is possible to search whether or not a specific serial number is included in serial numbers registered in an external database. When the searched result is that the paper currency with the specific serial number is included, the paper currency with the specific serial number is drawn out from the paper currency which is accumulated in the stacking box. However, such a process is time consuming and troublesome, and may cause window business stagnation in a financial institution or the like.

The banknote sorting machine described in patent document 2 performs serial number matching only on banknotes recognized by the recognition unit as being not capable of being stacked in the stacker and being sent to the reject unit. Therefore, even with the banknote sorting machine described in patent document 2, banknotes cannot be drawn out in accordance with serial numbers.

Further, both the banknote sorting machine described in patent document 1 and the banknote sorting machine described in patent document 2 require an external device for serial number registration separately from the banknote sorting machine, and thus have a drawback of leading to a large system.

The technology disclosed in the present invention has been developed in view of the above problems, and an object of the technology is to: a banknote processing device capable of performing predetermined processing on banknotes based on serial numbers registered in advance is provided.

Technical solution for solving technical problem

The disclosed banknote processing device includes: an inlet for taking in paper money one by one, a conveying part for conveying the paper money taken in from the inlet along a conveying path, a recognition part arranged in the middle of the conveying path and used for recognizing the conveyed paper money, a serial number recognition part for recognizing the serial number of the conveyed paper money in the middle of the conveying path, a gathering part for gathering the paper money judged to be normal according to the recognition result of the recognition part, and a rejecting part for gathering the paper money judged to be rejected according to the recognition result of the recognition part.

Further, the banknote handling apparatus includes: the banknote processing apparatus includes a registration unit that registers the serial number in advance, a verification unit that verifies the registered serial number and a recognition result of the serial number, and a control unit that performs predetermined processing on a specific banknote whose verification result is identical to the registered serial number.

According to the above configuration, the serial number is registered in advance in the registration unit of the banknote handling apparatus. The registration unit may be configured to: information of serial numbers manually input by an operator through an input device such as a keyboard (which may be a hardware keyboard or a software keyboard displayed on a display unit) is stored.

The identification unit identifies the banknotes taken in from the inlet one by one, and the serial number recognition unit recognizes the serial number of the banknotes. The paper money processing device collects paper money judged to be normal by the identification part in the collecting part, and sends the paper money judged to be rejected by the identification part to the rejection part. Here, the "banknote determined to be rejected" refers to a banknote that is not determined to be normal. Specifically, the banknote is judged to be a counterfeit banknote, a defective banknote, and a banknote other than a denomination and a currency stacked in the stacking unit. The check unit checks the registered serial number and the recognition result of the serial number, and the control unit performs predetermined processing on the specific banknote matching the registered serial number.

Therefore, the apparatus for a banknote handling apparatus can identify a banknote matching the registered serial number. Unlike the various banknote sorting machines described in the above patent documents, the banknote handling apparatus does not require an external device. This simplifies the device structure.

In addition, the banknote handling apparatus identifies banknotes that match the registered serial number during the process of stacking the banknotes taken in from the inlet in the stacking unit. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a secondary process of sorting and collecting banknotes and then searching them, as in the banknote sorting machine described in patent document 1, and banknotes matching the registered serial number can be identified through a primary process. This saves labor and processing time of the operator, and enables window business of financial institutions and the like to be smoothly developed.

It may also be such that: the banknote handling apparatus further includes: a display unit configured to display information; as the predetermined processing, the control unit displays the serial number of the specific banknote on the display unit.

In this way, the operator who operates the banknote handling apparatus can draw out banknotes having the serial number that matches the serial number from among the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit or the banknotes transported to the reject unit, based on the serial number displayed on the display unit.

It may also be such that: the control unit conveys the specific banknote to the reject unit as the predetermined processing.

In this way, in addition to the banknotes judged to be rejected, the banknotes matching the registered serial number are also sent to the reject unit. The operator can easily draw out the banknotes with the serial number registered from the banknotes sent to the reject part.

It may also be such that: the control unit may be configured to collect the specific banknotes in the collecting unit as the predetermined processing.

The operator can draw out the banknotes with the serial number registered from the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating part according to the serial number displayed on the display part. The operator observes the drawn banknotes and determines whether or not the banknotes are counterfeit banknotes. As a result, when the bill is not a counterfeit bill, the operator returns the bill to the stacking unit and terminates the process. Since the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are judged to be normal, the process can be terminated by simply returning the banknotes to the stacking unit. In addition, when the bill is a counterfeit bill or a suspect bill, the operator performs other processing on the bill without returning the bill to the stacking unit.

It may also be such that: the control unit may be configured to display, in the display unit, information that the specific banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit and the specific banknotes are stacked in the position of the second order in the stacking unit as the predetermined processing.

Thus, the operator can know the position of the specific banknote in the stacking unit based on the information displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the operator can easily pull out the specific banknotes from the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit.

It may also be such that: the registration unit can register a part of the serial number, and the verification unit verifies the serial number of the registered part of the digital number and the recognition result of the serial number.

By reducing the number of digits of the serial number to be registered, the processing load can be reduced and the processing time can be shortened when checking the registered serial number and the recognized serial number. The number of digits of the serial number to be recognized by the serial number recognition unit may be reduced as the number of digits of the registered serial number is reduced. This reduces the burden of serial number identification processing and shortens the processing time.

Further, with this configuration, it is possible to change whether all or only a part of the serial numbers are registered, and therefore, the application can be more flexible, and the usability of the banknote handling apparatus can be improved.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may further register a denomination, the collation unit collates the registered denomination, the recognition result of the recognition unit, and the identification result of the serial number and the serial number, respectively, and the control unit performs predetermined processing on a specific banknote having a result of collation that matches the registered denomination and serial number.

Thus, it is possible to extract the specific banknotes having the same denomination and serial number.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may further register a version of a registered currency, the checking unit may check the registered currency, the registered version, the recognition result of the recognition unit, and the identification result of the serial number, and the control unit may perform predetermined processing on a specific banknote whose check result is a match with the registered currency, version, and serial number.

Here, the "denomination version" refers to a "denomination" such as a new banknote and an old banknote having different banknote patterns. The new banknote is a banknote currently issued, the old banknote is a banknote issued before, and the old banknote includes not only a previous banknote issued before the new banknote but also a banknote issued before.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to extract specific banknotes having a currency, a version, and a serial number that are all identical.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may further register a currency, the collation unit collates the registered currency and the recognition result of the recognition unit and the registered serial number and the recognition result of the serial number, respectively, and the control unit performs predetermined processing on a specific banknote which matches the registered currency and serial number as a result of the collation.

In this way, the specific banknotes having the same serial number as the currency can be extracted.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may register a denomination, and the collation unit may collate the serial number registered with respect to the bill belonging to the registered denomination and the recognition result of the serial number.

In this way, after the banknotes are sorted according to the denomination, only the serial number of the banknotes of the denomination is checked. Therefore, the load of serial number checking processing can be reduced, and the time of checking processing can be shortened.

Note that, instead of identifying serial numbers of banknotes that do not belong to the registered denomination, serial numbers may be identified only for banknotes of the registered denomination. This can further reduce the processing load and can further shorten the processing time.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may register a version of a registered denomination, and the collation unit may collate the registered serial number and the recognition result of the serial number for each banknote belonging to the registered denomination and the registered version.

In this way, the serial number is checked for the banknotes of which the denomination and version are both identical, so that the burden of serial number checking processing can be reduced, and the time for checking processing can be shortened.

Note that, instead of identifying serial numbers of banknotes that do not belong to the registered denomination or version, serial numbers may be identified only for banknotes of the registered denomination or version. This can further reduce the processing load and can further shorten the processing time.

It may also be such that: the registration unit may register a currency, and the collation unit may collate a serial number registered with a bill belonging to the registered currency and a recognition result of the serial number.

In this way, after the banknotes are sorted based on the registered currency, only the serial number of the banknotes in the currency is checked, and therefore, the time for the checking process can be shortened, and the processing load can be reduced.

In addition, as described above, if the serial number is recognized only for the banknotes of the registered currency, and the serial number is not recognized for the banknotes not belonging to the registered currency, the processing load can be further reduced, and the processing time can be further shortened.

It may also be such that: the banknote handling apparatus further includes: and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information from outside the apparatus, wherein the registration unit registers the serial number acquired by the acquisition unit.

Here, the "acquiring unit" may read serial number information stored in a storage medium (for example, a storage medium using a flash memory such as a USB memory or various memory cards) or may receive serial number information transmitted via a wireless or wired communication line. The use of a storage medium and communication makes it easy and convenient to register a plurality of serial numbers at once.

The banknote processing method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps: the method includes the steps of taking in banknotes one by one from a take-in port, recognizing the taken-in banknotes, recognizing serial numbers of the taken-in banknotes, stacking the banknotes judged to be normal according to the recognition result in a stacking unit, and conveying the banknotes judged to be rejected according to the recognition result to a reject unit.

Further, the banknote processing method includes: the method includes a step of registering the serial number of the bill in advance, a step of checking the registered serial number and the recognition result of the serial number, and a step of performing predetermined processing on a specific bill whose check result is the same as the registered serial number. According to this banknote processing method, banknotes that match the registered serial number can be specified.

It may also be such that: the predetermined process is a process of displaying the serial number of the specific banknote on a display unit.

Also, it may be such that: the predetermined process is a process of conveying the specific banknote to the reject unit.

It may also be such that: the predetermined process is a process of stacking the specific banknotes in the stacking unit and displaying information that the specific banknotes are stacked at a position of several banknotes in the stacking unit on the display unit.

It may also be such that: the banknote processing method further includes: and a step of registering the denomination of the bill in advance, and checking the serial number and the recognition result of the serial number for the bill belonging to the registered denomination.

Effects of the invention

According to the banknote handling apparatus and the banknote handling method, banknotes that match a serial number that has been registered in advance can be specified.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an external view of a banknote handling apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the bill handling device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bundling and stacking box, and a part of the bundling and stacking box is not shown in the drawing.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a table showing combinations of banknotes stacked in the stacker.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of processing on a serial number.

Fig. 7 shows an example of a screen for registering serial numbers.

Fig. 8 shows an example of a screen for setting the processing contents of the specific banknotes that match the registered serial number.

Fig. 9 shows an example of a screen for displaying the serial number when a specific banknote matching the registered serial number is found.

-description of symbols-

100-banknote handling devices; 120-a control unit (checkup unit, registration unit); 122-interface section (acquisition section); 17-touch screen (display, registration); 24-a taking inlet; 3-identification unit (serial number recognition unit); 5-non-bundled stacking boxes (aggregation sections); 6-reject stacking box (reject part); 7-a front-stage conveying section (conveying section); 71-a main conveying path; 72 a-a first branch; 72 b-a second branch; 72 c-third branch; 72 d-fourth branch; 8-rear stage conveying section (conveying section).

Detailed Description

The embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

< brief Structure of banknote handling apparatus >

Fig. 1 is an external view of the banknote processing apparatus 100, and fig. 2 is a schematic view of the banknote processing apparatus 100.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is provided, for example, at a cashier's counter of a bank for use by an operator. The banknote handling apparatus 100 takes in banknotes that are not bundled, collects predetermined types of banknotes, bundles the banknotes by a predetermined number of bundles, and then delivers the bundled banknotes.

The banknote processing device 100 includes: a hopper (hopper) section 2 for receiving banknotes and taking in the banknotes, a recognition section 3 for recognizing the banknotes, a bundling and stacking cassette 4 for stacking the banknotes to be bundled, a non-bundling and stacking cassette 5 for stacking the banknotes to be non-bundled, a reject and stacking cassette 6 for stacking the reject banknotes, a front-stage transport section 7 for transporting the banknotes taken in from the hopper section 2 to the recognition section 3, the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5, and the reject and stacking cassette 6, a rear-stage transport section 8 for transporting the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 to a predetermined position, a bundling section 9 for bundling the banknotes transported by the rear-stage transport section 8, a delivery section 10 for delivering the bundled banknotes (hereinafter referred to as "bundled banknotes"), and a storage and recognition section 3, the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5, the reject and stacking cassette 6, A box-shaped body 11 of the front-stage conveying part 7, the rear-stage conveying part 8 and the binding part 9.

The body 11 has an upper surface 111, a lower surface 112, and four side surfaces. The body 11 is a table. That is, the bottom surface 112 of the body 11 is not provided with casters and the like, and the body is set on a table.

The input unit 2 and the delivery unit 10 are provided on a first side surface 113 which is one of the four side surfaces of the machine body 11. On the second side 114, which is one of the four sides, a first removal opening 46 of the bundled stacked cassettes 4 and a second removal opening 53 of the non-bundled stacked cassettes 5, which will be described in detail below, are provided. The first side 113 and the second side 114 are adjacent.

The inside of the machine body 11 is divided into a first processing unit 115 and a second processing unit 116, the first processing unit 115 performs processing related to recognition and classification of bills, and the second processing unit 116 performs processing related to bundling of bills of the type to be bundled. The second processing portion 116 is disposed above the first processing portion 115. The first processing unit 115 includes a loading unit 2, a recognition unit 3, a non-bundled stack box 5, and a reject stack box 6. The second processing unit 116 includes the bundling and stacking box 4, the second-stage conveying unit 8, and the bundling unit 9. Most of the preceding stage conveying unit 7 is included in the first processing unit 115.

The bundling stack 4 includes two stacks of a first bundling stack 4A and a second bundling stack 4B. The first bundling and stacking box 4A and the second bundling and stacking box 4B each accumulate banknotes to be bundled. The banknote to be bundled and stacked can be set appropriately, and this will be described in detail below. The banknotes to be bundled are banknotes of a predetermined type. The predetermined type can be classified into denomination, full banknote, defective banknote, front and back of banknote, orientation of banknote, new banknote, old banknote, and the like. Here, the banknote to be bundled is a banknote of a predetermined denomination (for example, 100 dollars) and is a full banknote. Here, those banknotes recognized as normal banknotes by the recognition section 3 are referred to as "normal banknotes", those banknotes not recognized as normal banknotes by the recognition section 3 are referred to as "abnormal banknotes", and banknotes whose conveyance state is abnormal due to being placed obliquely or being conveyed in overlapping manner or the like are referred to as "conveyance abnormal banknotes". For example, one of the conditions that can be listed as the condition for determining whether or not the bill is a normal bill is whether or not the serial number can be recognized. However, the determination as to whether or not the bill is normal may be made based on other conditions different from the above conditions, or the determination as to whether or not the bill is normal may be made by combining the above conditions with other conditions. Note that those banknotes that are normal banknotes but have no designated transport destination (bundled stacker, non-bundled stacker, etc.) are referred to as "out-of-designation banknotes". The "designated foreign banknote", "abnormal banknote", and "conveyance abnormal banknote" are collectively referred to as "reject banknote". Note that a banknote with a small amount of dirt, damage, or the like in a normal banknote is referred to as a "full banknote", and a banknote with a large amount of dirt, damage, or the like in a normal banknote is referred to as a "defective banknote".

The first bundle stacking box 4A and the second bundle stacking box 4B are arranged in the vertical direction in the second processing unit 116. The first bundling stack box 4A is located above the second bundling stack box 4B. The first bundling stack 4A and the second bundling stack 4B have the same structure. When the two stacker trays are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as "bundled stacker tray 4". The detailed structure of the bundling stacking box 4 is explained below.

The non-bundled stacked box 5 includes two stacked boxes of a first non-bundled stacked box 5A and a second non-bundled stacked box 5B. The first unbounded stacker 5A and the second unbounded stacker 5B are arranged substantially horizontally in the first processing unit 115. The second unbounded stacker 5B is disposed at a position closer to the input portion 2 than the first unbounded stacker 5A. The two stacker boxes are simply referred to as "unbundled stacker box 5" when they are not distinguished. The detailed structure of the non-binding stacker 5 is described below, and the banknotes stacked in the non-binding stacker 5 can be set appropriately. Here, the first non-binding stacker 5A collects banknotes of the predetermined denomination and defective banknotes. The second non-bundling stacking box 5B collects banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination. The non-binding stacker 5 is an example of the accumulating portion.

The reject stacker 6 accumulates rejected banknotes. The reject stacker 6 is closer to the input unit 2 than the first non-bundled stacker 5A and the second non-bundled stacker 5B. The reject stacking box 6 is located slightly above the first non-bundled stacking box 5A and the second non-bundled stacking box 5B. The detailed structure of the reject stacking box 6 is explained below. The reject stacker 6 is an example of a reject portion.

The input unit 2 is provided at a portion of the first side surface 113 corresponding to the first processing unit 115, and the output unit 10 is provided at a portion of the first side surface 113 corresponding to the second processing unit 116. Specifically, a groove is formed in both the upper and lower portions of the first side surface 113, the feeding portion 10 is provided in the upper groove, and the input portion 2 is provided in the lower groove. A step is formed between the feeding portion 10 and the input portion 2.

The input unit 2 includes: a mounting table 21 for mounting bills, two guide portions 22 and 22 for guiding bills placed on the mounting table 21, a take-in roller 23, a take-in port 24 for taking in bills, and a bill sensor 25 for detecting bills on the mounting table 21. In the present embodiment, the banknotes are placed in the insertion section 2 in a state in which the banknotes can be inserted in the short-side direction.

As shown in fig. 1, the inlet 24 is formed at an included angle portion where the mounting table 21 and the first side surface 113 intersect. The mounting table 21 is inclined downward as it approaches the inlet 24. This causes the banknotes on the mounting table 21 to naturally face the inlet 24. The banknotes placed on the mounting table 21 are taken into the machine body 11 through the inlet 24.

Note that the bill sensor 25 is provided near the intake port 24. The bill sensor 25 has an emitting portion that emits light and a receiving portion that receives light, and detects a bill by blocking light that has been emitted from the emitting portion and then reaches the receiving portion. Note that the banknote sensor 45, the accumulation sensor 52, the accumulation sensor 62, the passage sensor 74, and the passage sensor 103, which will be described later, have the same configuration. The bill sensor 25 is provided: light is blocked by the bill placed on the placing table 21. That is, the bill sensor 25 can detect that the bill is placed on the placing table 21 by blocking the light.

The guide portions 22 and 22 are configured to be able to adjust the interval between the two guide portions. That is, the interval between the guide portions 22 and 22 is adjusted according to the banknotes placed on the placing table 21.

The take-in roller 23 includes a separation roller (kiscker roller)23a, a supply roller 23b, and a gate roller (gate roller)23 c. A part of the separation roller 23a is exposed from the mounting table 21, and the separation roller 23a contacts the banknote positioned at the lowermost position among the banknotes on the mounting table 21. The separation roller 23a feeds the banknote positioned at the lowermost position among the banknotes placed on the table 21 into the inlet 24. Thus, the banknotes are taken in one by one from the inlet 24. The banknotes fed from the inlet 24 are separated one by the feed roller 23b and the shutter roller 23c, and then taken into the machine body 11. The taken-in banknotes are sent to the front-stage transport unit 7.

The delivery unit 10 includes: an outlet port 101 through which a bundle of banknotes is fed out, a carriage 102 on which the bundle of banknotes fed out from the outlet port 101 is carried, and a passage sensor 103 that detects when the bundle of banknotes passes through the outlet port 101. The bundle of banknotes is fed out from the feed-out port 101 along the short side direction of the banknotes.

The susceptor 102 is inclined to be located above the delivery port 101 as it is farther from the delivery port. The stage 102 is configured to be movable up and down and is pushed upward by an urging spring (not shown). The carriage 102 is located directly below the delivery port 101 in a state where the bundle of banknotes is not carried. When a bundle of banknotes is placed on the carrier 102, the carrier 102 moves downward by the weight of the bundle of banknotes. The carrier table 102 is moved at least to a position where the uppermost bill on the carrier table 102 is positioned below the feed-out port 101. That is, there is no bundle of banknotes at the same height as the feed-out port 101. For this reason, the bundle of banknotes fed out from the feed-out port 101 is sequentially placed on the bundle of banknotes that has been previously placed on the bearing table 102. The passage sensor 103 has the same structure as the bill sensor 25. The sensor 103 is provided in the outlet 101, and detects the banknotes passing through the outlet 101.

The front-stage conveying section 7 is constituted by a conveyor belt or the like. The front-stage conveying section 7 includes: a main transport path 71, four branch paths 72, … … branching from the main transport path 71, a distribution mechanism 73 provided at the branching portion of the main transport path 71, and a plurality of passage sensors 74 for detecting the passage of banknotes. The front-stage transport unit 7 transports the banknotes in the short-side direction of the banknotes. The preceding stage conveying portion 7 is an example of a conveying portion.

The main conveyance path 71 extends from the intake roller 23 to the first bundling and stacking box 4A. When the four branches 72, … … are divided, the four branches are referred to as a first branch 72a, a second branch 72b, a third branch 72c, and a fourth branch 72d in this order from the upstream side. The first branch 72a extends until the reject stack 6. The second branch 72B extends as far as the second unbundled stacked box 5B. The third branch path 72c extends to the first unbundled stacker 5A. The fourth branch 72d extends as far as the second bundling stack 4B.

The dispensing mechanism 73 is driven by a solenoid (not shown). The dispensing mechanism 73 performs dispensing of whether or not the banknotes conveyed from the main conveyance path 71 are guided to the branch path 72. A passage sensor 74 is provided on the upstream side of each of the distribution mechanisms 73. The passage sensor 74 has the same structure as the banknote sensor 25. That is, the passage of the bill can be detected by the fact that the reception of the light by the receiving portion of the passage sensor 74 is interrupted and the light reception is started again. The dispensing mechanism 73 operates in response to the passage sensor 74 immediately upstream of the branch path 72 detecting the passage of the bill when the bill is guided to the branch path.

The recognition unit 3 is provided on the upstream side of the first branch 72a in the main conveyance path 71. The recognition unit 3 is configured to: the currency, the authenticity and the completeness of the conveyed paper money are identified. Specifically, the recognition unit 3 has a linear sensor 31 and a magnetic sensor 32 to acquire the characteristics of the bill. The recognition unit 3 recognizes the denomination, authenticity, and completeness by determining whether or not the characteristics of the bill match those of the stored various bills.

The recognition unit 3 may be provided with a sensor such as an infrared sensor or an ultraviolet sensor, and is not limited to a linear sensor or a magnetic sensor as long as the sensor is a sensor for acquiring the characteristics of the bill. The linear sensor 31 also has a function of optically reading the serial number printed on the bill. In the present embodiment, the recognition unit 3 has a function of recognizing serial numbers read by the linear sensor 31, and the recognition unit 3 also constitutes a serial number recognition unit. Besides the identification unit 3, a serial number recognition unit may be provided separately. Functions other than the sensor in the recognition unit 3 may be realized by the control unit 120 described below.

The rear-stage transport unit 8 catches the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 and transports the banknotes to a predetermined position for bundling. The rear stage conveying section 8 includes: a conveying unit 82 for gripping the banknotes, a horizontal moving mechanism 83 for moving the conveying unit 82 in the horizontal direction, an up-down moving mechanism 84 for moving the conveying unit 82 in the up-down direction, a carrying table 85 for carrying the conveyed banknotes, and a pushing mechanism 86 for pushing the bundle of banknotes on the carrying table 85 toward the delivery outlet 101. The rear stage conveying section 8 is an example of a conveying section.

The conveyance unit 82 has: a hand unit 81 including an upper hand unit 81a and a lower hand unit 81b, and a moving mechanism 87 for moving the upper hand unit 81a in the vertical direction. The moving mechanism 87 supports the upper hand 81a so as to move the upper hand 81a in the vertical direction, and moves the upper hand 81a in the vertical direction by a drive motor and a drive belt. Further, the lower robot hand 81b is fixed so as not to move. The transport unit 82 can grip the banknotes by the upper robot hand 81a and the lower robot hand 81b by moving the upper robot hand 81a in the vertical direction by the moving mechanism 87.

The horizontal movement mechanism 83 supports the conveying unit 82 so that the conveying unit 82 can move in the horizontal direction and in a direction toward the bundling stack 4 or away from the bundling stack 4. Also, the horizontal movement mechanism 83 moves the conveyance unit 82 in the horizontal direction by a drive motor and a drive belt.

The vertical movement mechanism 84 includes: a guide shaft 84a supporting the horizontal movement mechanism 83 to move the horizontal movement mechanism 83 in the vertical direction, and a drive belt 84b driving the horizontal movement mechanism 83 along the guide shaft 84 a. The horizontal movement mechanism 83 moves up and down, and the conveyance unit 82 moves up and down accordingly.

The stage 85 is disposed approximately horizontally, and one end of the stage 85 is connected to the delivery port 101. When the bundling unit 9 bundles the banknotes, the banknotes are placed on the support table 85.

The pushing mechanism 86 is configured to: the bundle of banknotes on the carrier table 85 is pushed out toward the delivery port 101.

The bundling unit 9 bundles the banknotes on the carriage 85 with a bundling tape. Specifically, the binding unit 9 includes: a binding tape reel 91 for storing a binding tape, a binding tape fixing portion 92 for grasping one end of the binding tape drawn out from the binding tape reel 91, a rotating arm 93 for rotating the binding tape fixing portion 92 around the banknote to wind the binding tape around the banknote, a cutter 94 for cutting the other end of the binding tape wound around the banknote, and a heater 95 for thermally bonding the cut other end of the binding tape.

A touch panel 17 is provided on the second side surface 114 of the body 11, and the touch panel 17 is an operation unit for inputting information to the banknote handling apparatus 100 and a display unit for displaying information of the banknote handling apparatus 100. Specifically, the touch panel 17 is provided above the second take-out port 53B of the second non-bundled stacked box 5B and on the side of the first take-out port 46 of the second bundled stacked box 4B. The touch panel 17 is a man-machine interface portion for an operator who operates the banknote handling apparatus 100. The touch panel 17 is an example of a display unit and a registration unit.

< detailed construction of bundling and stacking case 4 >

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bundled stacked cassettes 4, and a partial illustration of the bundled stacked cassettes 4 is omitted in the drawing.

The bundling and stacking box 4 bundles and stacks the bills. The bundling and stacking box 4 includes: a container 40 for stacking banknotes, a carriage 41 provided in the container 40 and carrying banknotes, an impeller 42 (shown only in fig. 2) for feeding the transported banknotes into the container 40, a door 43 (shown in fig. 1 and 3) for opening and closing a first ejection port 46 described below, an alignment mechanism 44 (shown only in fig. 3) for aligning the ends of the stacked banknotes, and a banknote sensor 45 (shown only in fig. 2) for detecting the banknotes in the container 40.

The container 40 is constituted: the front wall portion 40a on the front side in the banknote conveyance direction is movable forward and backward along the conveyance direction. The position of the front wall portion 40a is adjusted according to the banknotes set as the bundling object. That is, the dimension in the transport direction of the container 40 is adjusted according to the dimension in the short side direction of the banknotes. Specifically, the front wall 40a is located at a position where the banknotes fed into the container 40 are dropped toward the bottom of the container 40 after hitting the front wall 40a, and the banknotes are finally stacked in a state where they hit the front wall 40 a. The front wall 40a is configured to be opened and closed vertically. The front wall portion 40a is opened when the stacked bills are conveyed by the rear-stage conveying portion 8.

Also, the container 40 is open on the second side 114 of the body 11. That is, the second side surface 114 is provided with a first take-out port 46 for taking out the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 to the outside of the machine body 11.

A door 43 is provided for each bundling and stacking box 4. The door 43 is constituted by: the lid is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis between an open state in which the first ejection port 46 is opened and a closed state in which the first ejection port 46 is closed. The door 43 is made of a material that can see the inside from the outside. For example, the door 43 is made of a transparent or translucent material (e.g., glass, resin).

The door 43 is opened and closed manually. Further, a lock mechanism 47 (shown only in fig. 3) is provided on the door 43. The lock mechanism 47 is constituted by: the door 43 can be switched between a restrained state in which the door 43 is restrained in a closed state and a released state in which the door 43 is freely opened and closed. Specifically, the lock mechanism 47 includes: a bolt 47a provided on the side of the body 11, a driving mechanism 47b including a solenoid or the like that drives the bolt 47a, and an engaged portion 47c provided on the door 43 to engage with the bolt 47 a. The lock mechanism 47 of each bundling and stacking box 4 is controlled by a control unit 120 described below.

A stopper 43a (not shown in fig. 1) against which the short side of the bill abuts is provided inside the door 43. The stopper 43a is made of a material that can see the inside from the outside. For example, the stopper 43a is made of a transparent or translucent material (e.g., glass, resin).

The impeller 42 includes a plurality of flexible blades, and functions to beat the end portion of the bill falling in the container 40 on the rear side in the conveying direction to promote the falling of the bill. Even when the bills are continuously fed into the container 40, the bills on the rear side are prevented from being inserted into the rear end portion of the bills on the front side, and the bills can be stacked one by one upward in sequence.

The alignment means 44 is arranged in the container 40 on the side opposite the first removal opening 46. The aligning mechanism 44 aligns the end portions of the banknotes in a direction (hereinafter, referred to as a width direction) orthogonal to both the conveying direction of the banknotes and the stacking direction of the banknotes. In the present embodiment, since the bill is transported in the short side direction, the width direction corresponds to the long side direction of the bill. That is, the alignment mechanism 44 aligns the short sides of the banknotes. The alignment mechanism 44 includes: an arm 44a which is provided at an end portion of the container 40 opposite to the first ejection port 46 so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft extending in the stacking direction of the banknotes, and a stepping motor 44b which rotates the arm 44 a. The aligning mechanism 44 presses one end portion (i.e., one short side) in the width direction of the banknotes that have been accumulated in the container 40 toward the door 43 side in the width direction with the arm 44a so that the other end portion (i.e., the other short side) in the width direction of the banknotes abuts against the stopper portion 43 a. This makes it possible to align the banknotes in the container 40 in a state of abutting against the stopper 43 a.

Each bundling and stacking box 4 is provided with a plurality of paper money sensors 45. In the present embodiment, two banknote sensors 45 are provided at different positions in the banknote transport direction in the container 40. Each banknote sensor 45 is provided: the light is emitted in the direction of stacking the banknotes in the container 40. That is, the bill sensor 45 can detect the presence of bills in the container 40 by blocking light. Further, by providing the two banknote sensors 45 at different positions in the transport direction, even if the positions of the banknotes in the transport direction in the container 40 are uneven, the presence of a banknote can be detected by one of the banknote sensors 45. Note that a plurality of banknote sensors 45 may be provided at different positions in a direction (depth direction of the paper surface in fig. 2) orthogonal to both the banknote conveyance direction and the banknote thickness direction.

< detailed construction of non-binding stacker 5 >

Since the first non-bundled stacked box 5A and the second non-bundled stacked box 5B have the same structure, the two are not distinguished hereinafter and will be described as the non-bundled stacked box 5. Note that, when each of the non-bundled stacker boxes 5 is distinguished, a symbol indicating the configuration of the first non-bundled stacker box 5A is denoted by "a" at the end, and a symbol indicating the configuration of the second non-bundled stacker box 5B is denoted by "B" at the end.

The non-binding stacker 5 stacks and collects banknotes. The non-binding stacker 5 includes: a container 50 for accumulating banknotes, an impeller 51 for feeding the banknotes into the container 50, and an accumulation sensor 52 for detecting the presence or absence of the banknotes.

The bottom of the container 50 of the unbound stacked cassettes 5 is inclined. Thus, the bills fed into the container 50 are collected toward the end portion on the lower side of the bottom.

The accumulation sensor 52 is provided at the lower end of the bottom of the container 50. The accumulation sensor 52 has the same configuration as the bill sensor 25, and detects bills in the container 50 when light is blocked. Accumulation sensor 52 is configured to: the light is blocked by the banknotes in the container 50.

The impeller 51 has a plurality of blades, and the banknotes are fed into the container 50 while being held between the blades. The bills are separated from the blades of the impeller 51 near the bottom of the container 50 and then accumulated in the container 50.

The container 50 is open on the second side 114 of the body 11. That is, the second side surface 114 is provided with a second outlet 53 for taking out the banknotes stacked in the unbound stacker 5 to the outside of the machine body 11. The second outlet 53 is not provided with a door, and the second outlet 53 is open. The second take-out port 53a of the first non-bundled stacked box 5A and the second take-out port 53B of the second non-bundled stacked box 5B are horizontally aligned and opened on the second side surface 114.

The non-binding stacker 5 is provided with a push-out mechanism 54 for pushing out the stacked banknotes toward the second ejection port 53. The push-out mechanism 54 is provided on the far side of the container 50 (the side opposite to the second ejection port 53), and is configured to push out the banknotes from the far side toward the near side (the side of the second ejection port 53).

< detailed construction of reject Stacking Box 6 >

The reject stacker 6 stacks and accumulates bills. The reject stacking box 6 includes: a container 60 for accumulating banknotes, an impeller 61 for feeding the transported banknotes into the container 60, an accumulation sensor 62 for detecting the presence or absence of the banknotes, and stoppers 64 and 64 for preventing the banknotes in the container 60 from being discharged to the outside.

Specifically, the container 60 of the reject stacking box 6 is opened on the first side 113 and the second side 114 of the machine body 11. That is, the first side surface 113 and the second side surface 114 are provided with a reject outlet 63 for taking out the banknotes stacked in the reject stacking box 6 to the outside of the machine body 11. The reject outlet 63 is open above the inlet 24 and below the outlet 101 on the first side surface 113. Specifically, the reject outlet 63 is open directly below the step between the input unit 2 and the output unit 10. The reject outlet 63 is not provided with a door, and the reject outlet 63 is open.

The bottom of the container 60 is inclined more downward as it is farther from the first side 113. Therefore, the banknotes in the container 60 are accumulated at a position recessed inward from the first side surface 113. This prevents the banknotes fed into the container 60 from being directly discharged to the outside through the reject outlet 63 on the first side surface 113.

The two stoppers 64 and 64 are provided at the bottom of the container 60 and at the end edge on the first side surface 113 side. The stopper 64 is supported to be rotatable about a shaft extending parallel to the end edge on the first side surface 113 side of the bottom, and is pressed by an urging spring (not shown) to be in a state of standing up with respect to the bottom of the container 60. The stoppers 64 and 64 also prevent the banknotes in the container 60 from being discharged to the outside through the reject outlet 63 on the first side surface 113. When the banknotes stacked in the reject stacking box 6 are to be drawn out from the reject take-out port 63, the stoppers 64 and 64 can be pushed down by suppressing the elastic force of the urging spring, and the banknotes can be drawn out.

The impeller 61 includes a plurality of flexible blades, and functions to beat the end portion of the bill falling in the container 60 on the rear side in the conveying direction to promote the falling of the bill. Even when the bills are continuously fed into the container 60, the bills on the rear side are prevented from being inserted into the rear end portion of the bills on the front side, and the bills can be stacked one by one upward in sequence.

The accumulation sensor 62 has the same configuration as the bill sensor 25, and detects bills in the container 60 when light is blocked. Cluster sensor 62 is configured to: the light is blocked by the banknotes in the container 60.

< System Structure of banknote handling apparatus >

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The banknote processing device 100 includes: a control unit 120 based on a well-known microcomputer, for example. The input unit 2, the recognition unit 3, the bundling and stacking box 4, the non-bundling and stacking box 5, the reject stacking box 6, the front-stage conveying unit 7, the rear-stage conveying unit 8, the bundling unit 9, the delivery unit 10, and the touch panel 17, which are capable of transmitting and receiving signals to and from the control unit 120, are connected to the control unit 120. Note that the banknote sensor 25, the banknote sensor 45, the accumulation sensor 52, the accumulation sensor 62, the passage sensor 74, and the passage sensor 103 are connected to the control unit 120, and detection signals of the sensors are input to the control unit 120. The control unit 120 generates a control signal based on an input signal from the touch panel 17, detection signals from various sensors, and the like, and outputs the control signal to the input unit 2 and the like. The input unit 2 and the like operate in response to the control signal. For example, taking the case of bundling the stacked cassettes 4, the front wall 40a of the container 40, the platform 41, the impeller 42, the lock mechanism 47 of the door 43, and the stepping motor 44b of the alignment mechanism 44 are all controlled by the control unit 120.

The banknote processing device 100 is further configured to: can be connected to an external device 124 via the interface unit 122. The external device 124 is configured to: various information, programs, and the like can be supplied to the control unit 120 via the interface unit 122. The interface unit 122 is configured to: a storage medium 123 such as a USB memory or a memory card may be mounted. The banknote processing device 100 is configured to: it is possible to switch between a case where information and a program supplied from the external device 124 are stored in the storage medium 123 attached to the interface unit 122 and then transferred to the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 100, and a case where information and a program supplied from the external device 124 are directly transferred to the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 100 without being stored in the storage medium 123 on the interface unit 122. The switching may be performed on a screen displayed on the touch panel 17. Further, the switching may be automatically performed according to whether or not the storage medium 123 is attached to the interface unit 122. That is, it is also possible that: when the storage medium 123 is attached to the interface unit 122, information and programs provided from the external device 124 are stored in the storage medium 123 on the interface unit 122 and then transferred to the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 100; on the other hand, when the storage medium 123 is not attached to the interface unit 122, the information and program supplied from the external device 124 are directly transmitted to the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 100. When data is directly transferred to the control unit 120 without being stored in the storage medium 123, the processing time can be shortened. On the other hand, in the case of being stored in the storage medium 123, although the processing time may increase, for example, when an error or the like occurs in the process of transferring data from the storage medium 123 to the control section 120, even if the external device 124 does not supply data again, it is possible to restart transmission of data from the storage medium 123 to the control section 120.

The control unit 120 is configured to: various information, programs, and the like provided from the external device 124 and the like are stored in the storage area 121 and used for various controls and the like.

< description of operation of banknote handling machine >

Next, the deposit process of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described. In the deposit process, the banknotes in an unbundled state are sorted and stacked in a predetermined stack box, and predetermined banknotes are bundled. Hereinafter, the same bundling process will be described in which after a predetermined number of banknotes of a predetermined type to be bundled are alternately stacked in the first bundling and stacking unit 4A and the second bundling and stacking unit 4B, the predetermined number of banknotes are sequentially stacked by the bundling unit 9.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is provided on a cashier's counter and is located slightly to the left of the operator (the right of the customer) when the operator faces the customer across the cashier's counter. At this time, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is disposed such that the first side surface 113 of the machine body 11 faces the customer. In this state, the second side 114 of the body 11 faces the operator. However, since the banknote handling apparatus 100 is located on the slightly left side of the operator, the customer can also see the second side surface 114.

Hereinafter, a continuous bundling process will be described in which after a predetermined number of banknotes to be bundled are alternately stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A and the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B, the predetermined number of banknotes are sequentially bundled by the bundling unit 9.

First, the operator receives banknotes to be deposited from the customer in an unbundled state, and inserts the banknotes into the input unit 2. In this case, even if plural kinds of banknotes are mixed in the unbundled banknotes, the plural kinds of banknotes are not sorted and are directly fed into the input unit 2. The operator adjusts the guide 22 according to the size of the bill. Next, the operator operates the touch panel 17 to start taking in the banknotes. Furthermore, it is also possible that: when the bill sensor 25 detects that a bill is placed in the input unit 2, the bill handling apparatus 100 automatically starts to take in the bill.

By operating the intake roller 23, the banknotes placed in the input unit 2 are taken into the machine body 11 from the intake port 24 one by one. The banknotes taken in are transported by the preceding transport unit 7 and pass through the recognition unit 3. The recognition unit 3 acquires the banknote type of the passing banknote, and notifies the control unit 120 of the banknote type. The recognition unit 3 also recognizes the serial number of the bill.

The control unit 120 determines a transport destination corresponding to the banknote according to the banknote type. Specifically, when the banknote is a banknote of a predetermined denomination as a bundling target and is a complete banknote, the control unit 120 sets the transport destination to the bundling and stacking box 4 (any one of 4A and 4B). When the banknote is a banknote of a predetermined denomination to be bundled and is a defective banknote, the control unit 120 sets the transport destination to the first non-bundled stacker 5A. When the banknote is a banknote of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination, the control unit 120 sets the transport destination to the second non-binding stacker 5B. When the banknote is a reject banknote, the control unit 120 sets the transport destination as the reject stacker 6.

The control unit 120 controls the preceding stage transport unit 7 so that the banknotes are transported to the stacker serving as the transport destination. Specifically, the control unit 120 controls the distribution mechanism 73 corresponding to the branch path 72 connected to the stacker cassette serving as the conveyance destination so that the banknotes are guided from the main conveyance path 71 to the branch path 72. The control unit 120 switches the dispensing mechanism 73 when the passage sensor 74 in front of the branch path 72 detects a bill. Further, the control unit 120 controls the impeller 42, the impeller 51, or the impeller 61 of the stacker to be a transport destination, and feeds the banknotes into the stacker.

The banknotes to be fed into the bundling and stacking box 4 are fed toward one bundling and stacking box 4 of the two bundling and stacking boxes 4. When the number of banknotes stacked in one bundling and stacking cassette 4 reaches a predetermined number of bundling sheets (for example, 100), the following banknotes are fed to the other bundling and stacking cassette 4. Here, it is assumed that the banknotes are first sent to the first bundling and stacking box 4A.

In the first bundling and stacking box 4A, when bills are fed, the bills are stacked one by one upward by the rotation of the impeller 42. The banknotes fed into the container 40 are in contact with the front wall portion 40a, and the long sides of the respective banknotes are aligned.

When the number of banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A reaches the number of bundled banknotes, the control unit 120 operates the aligning mechanism 44 to align the short edges of the banknotes. Furthermore, it is also possible that: the control section 120 operates the aligning mechanism 44 every time a bill is fed into the container 40, so that the short sides of the bill are aligned. Next, the controller 120 controls the rear-stage transport unit 8 to grasp the banknotes in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A by the robot hand 81 and send the banknotes to the stacker 85. Thereafter, the control unit 120 controls the bundling unit 9 to bundle the banknotes on the carriage 85 with the bundling tape.

When the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking box 4A reach the number of bundling sheets, the following banknotes are stacked in the second bundling and stacking box 4B. Thereafter, when the banknotes stacked in the second bundling and stacking box 4B reach the number of bundling sheets, the following banknotes are stacked in the first bundling and stacking box 4A again. Since the bundling process of the banknotes in the first bundling stack box 4A is completed, the first bundling stack box 4A is in an empty state in which no banknotes are present. By providing two bundling and stacking boxes 4 in this way, it is possible to perform bundling while continuously stacking banknotes.

Subsequently, the control unit 120 pushes out the bundle of banknotes on the carriage 85 by the push-out mechanism 86, and sends the bundle of banknotes from the output port 101 to the carriage 102. When the bundle of banknotes is fed onto the carrier 102, the carrier 102 is lowered by the weight of the bundle of banknotes to a position where the bundle of banknotes is not positioned outside the feed-out port 101 in the horizontal direction. Thus, the carrier 102 is ready for the next delivery of the bundle of banknotes.

The banknotes of the predetermined denomination and defective banknotes are fed into the first non-binding stacker 5A. In the first non-binding stacker 5A, when banknotes are fed, the banknotes are stacked in the container 50a by the rotation of the impeller 51 a. In this way, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and defective banknotes are stacked in the first non-binding stacker 5A. Similarly, banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are fed into the second non-binding stacker 5B, and are stacked in the second non-binding stacker 5B. The rejected banknotes are sent to the reject stacker 6 and stacked in the reject stacker 6.

The above process is continued until all the banknotes placed in the input section 2 are processed. The presence or absence of a bill in the insertion section 2 can be detected by the bill sensor 25.

When the processing of the banknotes placed in the input section 2 is finished, the rejected banknotes are taken in and recognized again. That is, the operator takes out the rejected banknotes from the reject stacking cassette 6, puts them in the input unit 2, and takes them in again. The reject banknote is a banknote that is not recognized as a normal banknote for some reason, and therefore, the taking in and recognition of the banknote is attempted again. Even the banknotes that are recognized as reject banknotes are again accumulated in the reject stacker 6. The operator returns the re-accumulated bills to the customer.

Further, the banknotes already accumulated in the first non-binding stacker 5A and the second non-binding stacker 5B are not taken in again.

When the processing of the banknotes placed in the input unit 2 and the reprocessing of the rejected banknotes are completed in this way, the same bundling process is completed, and the counting and sorting of the banknotes to be deposited delivered by the customer are completed. The amount of money counted is displayed on the touch screen 17. When the operator receives the customer's approval of the amount or confirms that the amount matches the amount on the receipt written by the customer, the operator performs a determination operation for determining the deposit amount using the touch panel 17. When the determination operation is performed, the determined deposit amount is notified to a host apparatus (not shown), and the deposit process is completed.

After the deposit process is completed, the operator takes out the bundle of banknotes stacked in the delivery unit 10, the banknotes stacked in the bundling stacker 4, and the banknotes stacked in the non-bundling stacker 5 and places them in a predetermined storage position.

After the above-described processing, the banknotes in which the plural kinds of banknotes are mixed and are not bundled are divided into the full banknotes of the predetermined denomination, the defective banknotes of the predetermined denomination, the banknotes of the denominations other than the predetermined denomination, and the reject banknotes, and the full banknotes of the predetermined denomination are bundled up every time the number of bundled banknotes reaches the number of banknotes.

< settings for respective Stacking Box >

In the above description, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and full banknotes are stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and defective banknotes are stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A, and banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are stacked in the second non-bundling stack box 5B.

However, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can appropriately set the banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B and the first non-bundling stack box 5A and the second non-bundling stack box 5B. An example of a combination of banknotes stacked in a stacker is shown in fig. 5. In fig. 5, the banknotes stacked in the stacker where the contents of the banknotes are not indicated can be set as arbitrary banknotes. Note that the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A and the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B may be exchanged. Similarly, the banknotes stacked in the first non-binding stacker 5A and the second non-binding stacker 5B may be exchanged. Fig. 5 is merely an example, and other combinations may be used.

Mode 1 is a combination for the above-described continuous bundling process.

In mode 2, banknotes of a predetermined denomination are stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A and the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B, and banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are stacked in the second non-bundling and stacking cassette 5B. Here, the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B may be configured to stack banknotes of a predetermined denomination, and other conditions may be applied to the banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, or other conditions may not be applied. For example, banknotes of a predetermined denomination, which are not classified into the full or defective grades, the orientation of the banknotes, new/old banknotes, and the like, may be stacked in the first bundling and stacking unit 4A and the second bundling and stacking unit 4B. Note that banknotes of a predetermined denomination, to which at least one of the conditions of the full and defective grades, the orientation of the banknotes, new/old banknotes, and the like is added, may be stacked in the first bundling and stacking unit 4A and the second bundling and stacking unit 4B. Further, after the banknotes of a predetermined denomination are divided into two types, i.e., the full and defective grades, the orientation of the banknotes, and the new/old banknotes, the banknotes having different attributes may be respectively stacked in the first bundling and stacking box 4A and the second bundling and stacking box 4B. Note that the banknotes stacked in the first non-binding stacker 5A can be set as appropriate. Further, mode 1 is an example of mode 2.

In mode 3, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and full banknotes are stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, and banknotes of a predetermined denomination and defective banknotes are stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A. Here, the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B may be configured to stack banknotes of a predetermined denomination, and other conditions may be applied to the banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, or other conditions may not be applied. Note that the first bundling and stacking box 4A and the second bundling and stacking box 4B may be used to stack banknotes having the same attribute, or the first bundling and stacking box 4A and the second bundling and stacking box 4B may be used to stack banknotes having different attributes. Further, mode 1 is an example of mode 3.

Mode 3-a is an example of mode 3. In the mode 3-a, in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, the whole banknotes of the prescribed denomination are further sorted by other attributes. The banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A are the banknotes with the front side facing upward among the whole banknotes of the prescribed denomination, and the banknotes stacked in the second bundling stack box 4B are the banknotes with the back side facing upward among the whole banknotes of the prescribed denomination.

Mode 3-B is an example of mode 3. In the mode 3-B, in the first bundling stack 4A and the second bundling stack 4B, the whole banknotes are further subdivided in the grade of the whole and the defective. Specifically, the full banknote is classified into two grades, a full banknote grade 1(ATM) and a full banknote grade 2 (TELLER). The full banknote class 1 is a class of the full banknote that can be applied to the ATM, and the full banknote class 2 is a class of the full banknote that is not among the classes that can be applied to the ATM. That is, if the grades of full and defective are classified into three grades, the grades can be classified into full banknote grade 1, full banknote grade 2, and defective banknote. In this case, the full banknote grade 1 corresponds to the first grade, the full banknote grade 2 corresponds to the second grade, and the defective banknote corresponds to the third grade. Further, if the classification of intact and defective is divided into two stages, it can be divided into intact banknotes (FIT) and defective banknotes (UNFIT). In this case, the full banknote corresponds to the first grade, and the defective banknote corresponds to the second grade. In mode 3-B, the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking box 4A are banknotes of the full banknote class 1 among the full banknotes of the prescribed denomination, and the banknotes stacked in the second bundling and stacking box 4B are banknotes of the full banknote class 2 among the full banknotes of the prescribed denomination.

Mode 3-C is an example of mode 3. In contrast to the mode 3-B, in the mode 3-C, other attributes are added to the banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A. That is, the common attribute of the banknotes stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A is the prescribed denomination and is one of the new-version banknotes and the old-version banknotes. The banknote stack can be set appropriately for either a new banknote or an old banknote.

In mode 4, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and with one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and with the other of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A, and banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are stacked in the second non-bundling stack box 5B. It is possible to appropriately set which of the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A the banknotes with the front surface facing upward are stacked and which of the first bundling stack box and the second non-bundling stack box the banknotes with the back surface facing upward are stacked.

Mode 4-a is an example of mode 4. In the mode 4-a, in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes that are of a prescribed denomination and have one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are further sorted by other attributes. Specifically, the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking box 4A are banknotes of a predetermined denomination with the printing direction of the banknotes (i.e., the vertical direction of the characters or characters printed on the banknotes) and the transport direction being the same (i.e., the upper and lower directions of the patterns and numerals of the banknotes are the same as the front of the transport direction) among the banknotes of which the front and back surfaces face upward (i.e., the upper and lower directions of the characters or characters printed on the banknotes) (indicated as "front" in fig. 5), and the banknotes stacked in the second bundling and stacking box 4B are the banknotes of the predetermined denomination with the printing direction of the banknotes being the opposite of the transport direction (i.e., the upper directions of the patterns and numerals of the banknotes and the rear of the transport direction) among the banknotes of which the front and back surfaces face upward (indicated as "rear" in fig. 5).

In mode 5, in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked with the printing direction being one of the forward and backward, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A with the printing direction being the other of the forward and backward, and banknotes of a predetermined denomination and the other of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked in the second non-bundling stack box 5B. The setting can be appropriately made as to which of the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, the first non-bundling stack box 5A, and the second non-bundling stack box 5B the banknotes with the front surface facing upward are stacked and which of the first bundling stack box and the second non-bundling stack box the banknotes with the back surface facing upward are stacked. Note that, it is possible to appropriately set which of the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A the banknotes that have been stacked forward and which of the first bundling stack box the banknotes that have been stacked backward are stacked.

In mode 6, the attributes of the banknotes stacked in the second non-binding stacker 5B are different from mode 5. In mode 6, in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and having one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked, banknotes of one of the front and back surfaces facing forward and backward are printed, banknotes of the predetermined denomination and having one of the front and back surfaces facing upward are stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A, banknotes of the other of the front and back surfaces facing forward and backward are printed, and banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are stacked in the second non-bundling stack box 5B.

In the mode 7, the attributes for sorting the banknotes of the predetermined denomination and accumulating the banknotes in the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A are different from those in the mode 4. In mode 7, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and one of new-type banknotes and old-type banknotes are stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A and the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B, banknotes of a predetermined denomination and the other of new-type banknotes and old-type banknotes are stacked in the first non-bundling and stacking cassette 5A, and banknotes of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination are stacked in the second non-bundling and stacking cassette 5B. It is possible to appropriately set which of the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, and the first non-bundling stack box 5A in which the banknotes of the new banknote edition are stacked and which of the first bundling stack box 4A in which the banknotes of the old banknote edition are stacked.

Mode 7-A is an example of mode 7. In the mode 7-a, in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B, banknotes that are of the specified denomination and that are one of the new-version banknotes and the old-version banknotes are further sorted by other attributes. Specifically, the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A are banknotes of a predetermined denomination and are intact banknotes among the banknotes of one of the new-edition banknotes and the old-edition banknotes, and the banknotes stacked in the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B are banknotes of a predetermined denomination and are defective banknotes among the banknotes of one of the new-edition banknotes and the old-edition banknotes.

Mode 7-B is an example of mode 7. In the mode 7-B, in the first bundling and stacking box 4A and the second bundling and stacking box 4B, banknotes that are of the predetermined denomination and are one of the new-version banknotes and the old-version banknotes are sorted by the attribute different from the mode 7-a. Specifically, the banknotes stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A are banknotes of a predetermined denomination and are one of the new-edition banknotes and the old-edition banknotes, with the front surface facing upward, and the banknotes stacked in the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B are banknotes of a predetermined denomination and are one of the new-edition banknotes and the old-edition banknotes, with the back surface facing upward.

In mode 8, banknotes of the first denomination are stacked in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A, and banknotes of the second denomination are stacked in the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B.

As described above, the banknotes to be stacked in the first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B and the first non-bundling stack box 5A and the second non-bundling stack box 5B can be set to the banknotes having various attributes.

< specific processing for banknotes matching the registered serial number >

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is further configured to: the serial number can be registered in advance, and the banknotes corresponding to the serial number can be identified during the deposit process. According to the above configuration, when information such as "counterfeit banknotes with a predetermined serial number appear on the market" is obtained, the banknotes with the predetermined serial number are extracted from the banknotes taken to the window of the financial institution or the like, and thus the counterfeit banknotes and the like can be easily found.

Specifically, fig. 6 shows a flow related to the deposit process from the registration of the serial number. The water number is registered in step S1 after the start. Registration of the serial number is performed in the registration screen SC1 shown in fig. 7. The registration screen SC1 is displayed on the touch panel 17. The software keyboard 201 is displayed on the registration screen SC 1. The operator can input and register serial numbers one by operating the software keyboard 201.

A column 202 for inputting a name of a shipment is provided on the registration screen SC 1. The operator enters the name of the currency in this column 202 in three words. An option for a currency name to choose from may also be shown in place of entering the currency name. In this case, the operator selects the desired currency from the available options.

The registration screen SC1 is also provided with a field 203 for inputting a denomination. The operator enters the currency in this column 203 with the right end aligned. It may also be such that: when the operator inputs a currency which does not correspond to the inputted currency, an error is displayed, thereby urging the operator to input again. Further, a currency option to be selected may be displayed on the registration screen SC1 in accordance with the inputted currency. In so doing, the operator can select a desired currency from the options displayed in the screen. Note that, although not shown, when the denomination is input, a version of the bill belonging to the selected denomination may be further input. The term "banknote version" as used herein refers to a "version" of a new banknote version being issued and an old banknote version that has been issued. Also, the old-edition bill is not limited to one, and includes a plurality of editions divided by the year of issuance of the bill.

The registration screen SC1 is configured to: the input for currency and currency may be omitted, respectively. When currency and/or currency are not input, all currency and/or all currency may become specific objects.

The registration screen SC1 is provided with a column 204 for inputting serial numbers. The serial number input field 204 is set to the maximum digit according to the currency and denomination that can be processed by the banknote processing device 100. As described above, when the currency and/or the currency are specified, the number of digits in the input field 204 may be changed so that the number of digits in the input field 204 matches the number of digits of the serial number corresponding to the currency and/or the currency.

Further comprising: in the serial number input field 204, only a part of the digits of the serial number can be input in addition to all the digits of the serial number. When a part of the serial numbers are input, for example, when the serial numbers are input in the input field 204 with the right end aligned, the serial numbers may be checked according to a check criterion that determines that the serial numbers match when the subsequent digits match. For example, when an input is made in the input field 204 with the left end aligned, the collation may be performed according to a collation criterion in which the digits in the top are matched and the digits are judged to be matched. Further, for example, when a serial number is input only in the middle portion of the input field 204, the matching may be performed according to a matching criterion in which the digits of the part match and the matching is determined to be matched (that is, if the arrangement of a plurality of digits matches, the digits are determined to be matched regardless of the position of the digit).

In the registration screen SC1, a button 205 for moving to input the next serial number is also provided in the upper left part of the screen shown in the drawing. By operating the key 205, a plurality of serial numbers can be sequentially registered. Further, the registration screen SC1 is provided with a button 206 for inputting a next sequential number. By operating the key 206, the previously registered serial number can be modified or cancelled. Further, in the registration screen SC1, an "ok" key 207 and a "cancel" key 208 are provided in the lower right portion of the screen shown in the drawing. By operating these two keys, registration of serial numbers can be confirmed and canceled. The serial number that has been input or the like in step S1 is stored in the storage area 121 of the control section 120. The control unit 120 is an example of a registration unit.

Here, in step S1, as described above, serial numbers can be registered even by a method other than the method of registering serial numbers one by operating the touch panel 17 of the banknote handling apparatus 100. That is, the following method may be utilized, namely: the serial number information is stored in advance in a storage medium 123 such as a USB memory or a memory card, and the stored serial number information is acquired by attaching the storage medium 123 to the interface unit 122 and registered in the storage area 121 of the control unit 120. Further, the information on the serial number may be received from the external device 124 connected to the banknote handling apparatus 100 and then registered. It may also be such that: the serial number information transmitted from the external device 124 is stored in the storage medium 123 attached to the interface unit 122, and then registered in the storage area 121 of the control unit 120. Also, it may be such that: it is not stored in the storage medium 123 mounted on the interface section 122, but is directly registered in the storage area 121 of the control section 120. According to the above configuration, the registration workability is improved when a plurality of serial numbers are registered at a time. The interface unit 122 is an example of an acquisition unit that acquires information.

When the serial number is registered in step S1 of the flow shown in fig. 6, the flow proceeds to the next step S2. In step S2, the content of "prescribed processing" performed when a banknote (hereinafter, this banknote is referred to as a specific banknote) matching the serial number is found is set. In the example shown in the drawing, a setting screen SC2 shown in fig. 8 is displayed on the touch panel 17. The setting screen SC2 is configured to: the choice is made alternatively whether to transport a particular banknote to the reject stacker 6 (i.e., the "reject box") or to the unbundling stacker 5 (i.e., the "stacker"). The operator selects the reject stacker 6 or the unbundled stacker 5 to set the contents of the predetermined processing.

Returning to the flow shown in fig. 6, the deposit process is permitted in step S3, and in the next step S4, it is determined whether or not the banknote is inserted into the insertion section 2 and the touch panel 17 is operated. When the banknotes are put in and the operation starts the deposit process (when yes), the process proceeds to step S5. Otherwise (when no), step S4 is repeated.

In step S5, after the banknotes are taken in one by one from the inlet 24 as described above, the serial number of the banknote is recognized by the recognition unit 3. Here, it is also possible that: when at least one of the currency and the denomination is set at the time of registration in step S1, the serial number is recognized only for the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination (including the version) set. Thus, limiting the number of banknotes for serial number recognition is advantageous in reducing the processing load and shortening the processing time.

Further, in step S5, the control unit 120 checks the recognized serial number against the serial numbers registered in the storage area 121. The check is such that: when at least one of the currency and the denomination (including the version) is set, only the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination are checked. This is advantageous in reducing the processing load and shortening the processing time. Furthermore, it is also possible that: in step S5, the control unit 120 checks the banknotes with a plurality of conditions including the currency and/or denomination (including the version) and serial number as conditions that must be satisfied simultaneously. The control unit 120 checks the collation criterion determined to be matched in accordance with the registered serial number in accordance with the latter digit (that is, when a part of the serial number is input in the input field 204 of the serial number in right-end alignment on the registration screen SC1 in fig. 7), or the collation criterion determined to be matched in accordance with the former digit (that is, when a part of the serial number is input in the input field 204 of the serial number in left-end alignment), or the collation criterion determined to be matched in accordance with the middle digit (that is, when only a part of the serial number is input in the input field 204 of the serial number in middle). The control unit 120 is an example of a checkup unit.

When the result of this check is agreement with the registered serial number, the flow proceeds from step S5 to step S6. On the other hand, if the serial number does not match the registered serial number, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S8.

In step S6, it is determined whether or not the conveyance destination of the specific banknote is set as the reject stacker 6 in step S2. When the transport destination of the specific banknote is set to the reject stacker 6 (when "yes"), the process proceeds to step S7, where the specific banknote is sent to the reject stacker 6.

On the other hand, if the reject stack box 6 is not set (if no), the process does not proceed to step S7. That is, the specific banknotes are sent to the non-binding stacker 5 and are accumulated in the first non-binding stacker 5A or the second non-binding stacker 5B according to the denomination of the specific banknotes. That is, when the specific banknote is of the predetermined denomination, the specific banknote is conveyed to the first non-binding stacker 5A. When the specific banknote is not the predetermined denomination, the specific banknote is conveyed to the second non-binding stacker 5B. When the denomination (or currency) of the specific banknote is neither the banknote stacked in the first non-bundling stack box 5A nor the banknote stacked in the second non-bundling stack box 5B, the specific banknote is sent to the reject stack box 6 without moving to step S7.

In step S8, it is determined whether the deposit process for all the banknotes placed in the deposit unit 2 has ended. When the deposit process is not completed (when no), the process returns to step S5, and then steps S5 to S8 are repeated. On the other hand, when the deposit process is completed (when yes), the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, it is determined whether or not a specific banknote matching the registered serial number is found. When found (when "yes"), the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, when not found (when no), the flow is ended.

In step S10, the serial number of the found specific banknote is displayed in the touch panel 17. Fig. 9 shows an example of a display screen SC3 for displaying serial numbers. The display screen SC3 includes a column 212 for displaying the name of the found specific banknote, a column 213 for displaying the denomination, and a column 214 for displaying the recognized serial number. Based on this information, the operator extracts a specific banknote from among banknotes stacked in the reject stacking box 6 or the non-bundled stacking box 5.

Here, the display screen SC3 for the serial number may display the location where the specific banknotes are stacked (whether the reject stacker 6 is, the first non-bundled stacker 5A or the second non-bundled stacker 5B) and the stacking position (the position where the banknotes are stacked on the top several or bottom several). Based on this information, the operator can easily draw out a specific bill.

The display screen SC3 is further provided with a button 215 for displaying information on the next specific banknote and a button 216 for displaying information on the previous specific banknote at the upper left portion. When a plurality of specific banknotes are found, the operator appropriately operates the above-described buttons 215, 216 to sequentially draw the specific banknotes from the reject stacker 6 or the non-binding stacker 5.

The operator visually checks the specific banknotes that have been drawn out and determines whether or not the banknotes are counterfeit banknotes. As a result, if the bill is a counterfeit bill or a suspect bill, the specific bills are managed separately. On the other hand, when the bill is not a counterfeit bill or the like, the process is performed in the following order thereafter.

That is, when the specific banknotes that have been drawn out are previously stacked in the non-bundled stacker 5, the specific banknotes are included in the counting result, and therefore the deposit process is terminated immediately after the specific banknotes are returned to the original non-bundled stacker 5. In contrast, when the specific banknote has been previously stacked in the reject stacking box 6, the specific banknote is not included in the counting result, and since the specific banknote is not a counterfeit banknote or the like, the specific banknote must be included in the counting result. For this reason, the specific banknotes are again put into the input section 2 and then taken in again. At this time, the processing of checking serial numbers and the like is not performed for the banknotes. Thus, when the container is taken in again, the counting and the collection can be performed smoothly.

As described above, in the banknote handling apparatus 100, serial numbers are registered in advance, and banknotes matching the registered serial numbers can be specified during the deposit process. That is, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can identify a banknote matching a registered serial number by the apparatus itself in one deposit process. As a result, the structure of the apparatus is simplified, and labor and processing time of an operator who operates the banknote processing apparatus 100 are saved. Thus, window business of financial institutions and the like can be smoothly developed.

When a specific banknote matching the registered serial number is found, the banknote handling apparatus 100 collects the specific banknote in the reject stacking box 6 or the non-bundled stacking box 5, and therefore the operator can easily pull out the specific banknote from the banknotes collected in the reject stacking box 6 or the non-bundled stacking box 5. Further, since the transport destination of the specific banknote can be selected to be either the reject stacker 6 or the non-bundled stacker 5, the optimum transport destination can be selected according to the usage state of the banknote processing apparatus 100 operated by the operator, and the usability of the banknote processing apparatus 100 is improved.

When a specific banknote matching the registered serial number is found, the banknote processing apparatus 100 displays the serial number information of the specific banknote on the touch panel 17 (see fig. 9), so that the operator can easily pull out the specific banknote from the banknotes stacked in the reject stacking box 6 or the non-bundled stacking box 5 by viewing the screen of the touch panel 17. At this time, if information such as the position where the specific banknote is stacked in the several-th stacking box is also displayed, the operator can more easily and accurately draw out the specific banknote.

In addition, when the serial number is registered, only a part of the digits can be registered in addition to all the digits of the serial number, so that the burden of serial number identification processing is reduced, and it is advantageous to increase the speed of processing. When all the digits of the serial number are registered, it is necessary to recognize all the digits of the serial number of each of the banknotes that have been taken in, and therefore, rejected banknotes, which are banknotes in which all the digits of the serial number cannot be recognized, are increasing. In contrast, allowing a partial number of serial numbers to be recognized reduces rejected banknotes. This results in an increased probability of finding a banknote that matches the serial number that has been registered.

Further, since the number of serial numbers to be registered can be changed, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can be flexibly applied, and the usability of the banknote handling apparatus 100 can be improved.

In addition to serial numbers, currency, version, and currency can be registered, thereby improving the accuracy of banknote determination. Further, if the serial number is not recognized and checked when the currency and the currency are not matched, the time for the deposit process can be shortened.

The serial number can be registered by operating the touch panel, and also by using the storage medium 123 such as a USB memory or a memory card, or by downloading it from the external device 124. This also improves the usability of the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The technique disclosed in the present invention can be applied to a banknote handling apparatus 100 having the above-described configuration, and can also be applied to other banknote handling apparatuses having various configurations. That is, this technique can be applied to a banknote sorting machine that sorts and counts banknotes, a banknote deposit device that stores banknotes in a storage unit, and a banknote deposit and withdrawal device.

Claims (9)

1. A banknote handling device, comprising:

a receiving port for receiving the paper money one by one,

a transport unit that transports the banknotes taken in from the inlet along a transport path,

a recognition unit provided in the transport path, recognizing the banknotes taken in from the inlet, and recognizing the serial number of the banknotes as a first serial number,

a collecting part for collecting the paper money identified as normal by the identification part,

a reject unit for stacking the banknotes recognized as the banknotes to be rejected by the recognition unit,

a registration unit which registers the serial number as a second serial number and registers at least one of the currency and the currency,

a control unit that checks the second serial number and the first serial number registered in the registration unit and performs a predetermined process of collecting the specific banknotes having the first serial number matching the second serial number in the reject unit,

the registration section is capable of registering all or a part of digits of a serial number as the second serial number,

the identification unit performs the identification of serial numbers only for the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit, and omits the identification of serial numbers for banknotes that do not match the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit,

the control unit performs matching between the first running water number recognized by the recognition unit and the second running water number composed of all or a part of the digits registered in the registration unit in advance by front matching, rear matching, or partial matching.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the banknote handling apparatus further includes: a display part configured to display information, wherein,

the display unit displays the first serial number of the specific banknote accumulated in the reject unit on the display unit.

3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the identification unit performs the identification of serial numbers only for the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit, and omits the identification of serial numbers for banknotes that do not match the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit,

the control unit performs the collation of the second serial number and the first serial number registered in the registration unit only for the currency and/or the denomination of banknotes registered in the registration unit.

4. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

the registration section can omit registration of currency and/or currency,

in the case where registration of currency and/or currency with the registration section is omitted,

the identification unit identifies serial numbers of banknotes of all currency and/or all currencies,

the control unit performs the collation of the second serial number and the first serial number registered in the registration unit for all currency and/or all currency bills.

5. A banknote processing method includes a registration step of registering a serial number as a second serial number in a registration unit and registering at least one of currency and currency in the registration unit,

the registering step registers all digits or a part of digits of a serial number as the second serial number,

after the registering step, performing the steps of:

a step of taking in the banknotes one by one from the taking-in port,

recognizing the taken-in bill by a recognition unit and recognizing the serial number of the taken-in bill as a first serial number by the recognition unit,

a step of collecting the paper money recognized as normal by the recognition part in a collecting part,

a step of collecting the paper money identified as the paper money to be rejected by the identification part to a rejection part,

a step of checking, by a control unit, the second serial number registered in the registration unit and the first serial number recognized by the recognition unit,

a step of collecting, in the reject section, the specific banknotes having the first serial number matching the registered second serial number as a result of the check by the control section,

a step of performing the identification of serial numbers by the identification unit only for the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit, and omitting the identification of serial numbers by the identification unit for banknotes that do not match the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit,

and a step of checking, by the control unit, the first running water number recognized by the recognition unit and the second running water number composed of all or a part of the digits registered in the registration unit in advance by front matching, rear matching, or partial matching.

6. The banknote processing method according to claim 5, wherein:

further comprising a step of displaying the first serial number of the specific banknotes stacked in the reject unit by a display unit.

7. The banknote processing method according to claim 5, wherein:

and a step of not performing the collation by the control section when the specific banknotes having the first serial number matching the second serial number are collected again from the inlet.

8. The banknote processing method according to claim 5, wherein:

the identification unit performs the identification of serial numbers only for the banknotes of the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit, and omits the identification of serial numbers for banknotes that do not match the currency and/or the denomination registered in the registration unit,

the control unit performs the collation of the second serial number and the first serial number registered in the registration unit only for the currency and/or the denomination of banknotes registered in the registration unit.

9. The banknote processing method according to claim 8, wherein:

the registration section can omit registration of currency and/or currency,

in the case where registration of currency and/or currency with the registration section is omitted,

the identification unit identifies serial numbers of banknotes of all currency and/or all currencies,

the control unit performs the collation of the second serial number and the first serial number registered in the registration unit for all currency and/or all currency bills.

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