CN108475452B - Paper sheet checking system, paper sheet handling apparatus, paper sheet sorting apparatus, and paper sheet checking method - Google Patents

Abstract

A paper sheet checking system includes a paper sheet handling device and a paper sheet sorting device for sorting paper sheets handled by the paper sheet handling device, wherein the paper sheet handling device includes: a 1 st unique information acquiring unit that acquires 1 st unique information including shape information of the sheet, at least one of the component information and the coupon information, and a crown number of the sheet; 1 st information intermediating means for intermediating the acquired 1 st unique information output to the verification processing means; the paper sheet sorting device includes: a 2 nd unique information acquiring means for acquiring 2 nd unique information including a crown number of the paper sheet to be processed and at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of the paper sheet to be processed; a 2 nd information intermediating means for intermediating the output of the acquired 2 nd unique information to the verification processing means; the checking means executes a checking process based on the 1 st unique information and the 2 nd unique information, and outputs the result of the checking process to the paper sheet discriminating device.

Description

Paper sheet checking system, paper sheet handling apparatus, paper sheet sorting apparatus, and paper sheet checking method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a method and a system for checking paper sheets, and more particularly, to a technique for checking paper sheets based not only on a crown-like number of a banknote but also on an inherent characteristic amount of the banknote when the banknote collected from an automatic teller machine installed in or outside a bank center is checked (checked) at a destination of transfer such as a cash center.

Background

In recent years, in a bank outlet, a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine is provided as a device for supporting a deposit and withdrawal transaction performed by a bank clerk. Outside the bank outlets, there are automatic cash deposit and withdrawal machines that perform deposit and withdrawal transactions instead of banking staff. In distribution points such as department stores and retail stores, sales deposit machines for depositing sales are widely installed. If these devices are referred to as automatic cash transaction devices, banknotes that have been conventionally stored in these automatic cash transaction devices are collected by security companies and the like, transferred to cash centers and the like, and then subjected to a reconciliation transaction.

The reconciliation transaction means that, in addition to confirmation of the amount and number of banknotes collected, authenticity judgment, a transaction separation process for separating a genuine banknote from a damaged banknote, a banding process, and the like are performed by using a banknote sorting device. Note that the "genuine bill" means a perfect clean bill that has no problem even if the bill is distributed to the market again after the audit process, and the "damaged bill" means a damaged bill that is contaminated, damaged, or scribbled.

Here, when banknotes are collected from the automatic teller machine, the actual banknotes of the bundle are generally collected in accordance with cash information such as the amount and number of banknotes stored in the machine. When the collected banknote bundle is checked out by using the banknote sorting device in the cash center, although it is confirmed that the cash information in the automatic cash transaction device is consistent with the amount and the number of banknotes in the checked out state, the currency information may be inconsistent if the currency information is lost during collection and transportation or the person in charge of transportation acts improperly. In view of the above problem, for example, patent document 1 describes a method of transmitting crown-code data of bills extracted by an automatic bill handling apparatus to all of bill handling apparatuses of transfer destinations and confirming whether or not the bills match at the bill handling apparatus side in order to collect bills stored in the automatic bill handling apparatus and manage the bills until the transfer of the bills is completed.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent No. 4586135

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

Recently, as the number of installed cash automatic transaction apparatuses increases, not only the load of the banknote collection transaction increases, but also the risk that the collection and transfer transaction of a large number of banknotes become targets of crimes or misbehaving increases, and it is important not to increase such risk. In the method described in the above-mentioned prior art document, since it is checked whether or not the collected bundle of banknotes matches the bundle of banknotes at the time of the reconciliation by using only the serial number of the banknote, the comparison cannot be performed when the serial number cannot be read. For example, if consideration is given to handling banknotes in an unspecified large number in response to a situation where a crown-character number portion of a banknote is creased or stained, or a crown-character number portion is broken, damage to the banknote during the course of circulation cannot be avoided. Even if there is no damage to the crown number part, the crown number recognition rate of the device is not necessarily 100%, and erroneous recognition or recognition failure may occur, and in this case, confirmation by using only the crown number is insufficient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet checking system, a paper sheet handling apparatus, a paper sheet sorting apparatus, and a paper sheet checking method, which can check whether a collected banknote matches a banknote bundle at the time of reconciliation using not only a crown-word number of the banknote but also an inherent feature amount possessed by the banknote.

Means for solving the problems

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a paper sheet checking system including a paper sheet handling device and a paper sheet sorting device for sorting paper sheets handled by the paper sheet handling device, the paper sheet handling device including: a 1 st unique information acquiring unit that acquires 1 st unique information including a crown number of a sheet and at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of the sheet; and 1 st information intermediating means for intermediating the acquired 1 st unique information output to the verification processing means; the paper sheet sorting device includes: a 2 nd unique information acquiring unit configured to acquire 2 nd unique information including a crown number of the processed paper sheet and at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of the processed paper sheet; and 2 nd information intermediating means for intermediating the output of the acquired 2 nd unique information to the checking means; the checking means executes a checking process based on the 1 st unique information and the 2 nd unique information, and outputs a result of the checking process to the paper sheet sorting device.

The present invention can also be grasped as a paper sheet handling apparatus, a paper sheet sorting apparatus, and a paper sheet checking method performed by the paper sheet checking system, which are included in the paper sheet checking system.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, at the time of reconciliation, it is possible to confirm the agreement between the collected banknotes and the bundle of banknotes at the time of reconciliation using not only the crown-word number of the banknotes but also the unique feature quantity possessed by the banknotes.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill checking system (1).

Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of the cash automatic transaction apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the automatic teller machine.

Fig. 4 is a control block diagram of the bill discriminating apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of the bill sorting device.

Fig. 6 is a control block diagram of the host computer.

Fig. 7 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of the banknote unique feature amount.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of embodiment 1.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of embodiment 1.

Fig. 10 shows an example of the data format of the banknote ID information.

Fig. 11 shows an example of a data format of the banknote unique feature information.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart of embodiment 1.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart of embodiment 1.

Fig. 14 is an example of a screen for checking the processing result.

Fig. 15 is a schematic configuration diagram of the bill checking system (2 thereof).

Fig. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram of the bill sorting device.

Fig. 17 is a flowchart of embodiment 2.

Fig. 18 is a flowchart of embodiment 2.

Detailed Description

Example 1

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing an overall image of a bill checking system (1) 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The bill verification system 150 of the present embodiment corresponding to the paper sheet verification system includes: an automatic cash transaction apparatus 100 which is installed in a branch bank of a bank and automatically processes a deposit transaction; a bill discriminating device 200 which is provided in the cash center and bills the bills S collected by the banking business; the host computer 300 is installed in the home bank, branch bank, or cash center of the bank, functions as a server that collectively manages the bill sorting device 200, and is connected to the respective servers via the communication line 400. Here, the communication line 400 may be wired or wireless.

The following sequentially describes the components of the banknote checking system 150, including the automatic teller machine 100 corresponding to the paper sheet handling device, the banknote sorting device 200 corresponding to the paper sheet sorting device, and the host computer 300.

First, the automatic teller machine 100 will be described with reference to fig. 2, which is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration. As shown in fig. 2, the automatic teller machine 100 includes a display operation unit 120, a card receiving unit 130, a banknote processing unit 110, a communication unit 23, a storage unit 24, a clock 27, and a main control unit 20 to which a ROM21 and a RAM22 are connected. The display operation unit 120, the card reception unit 130, and the banknote processing unit 110 are provided in the apparatus casing, and participate in input operation by a user for performing a deposit transaction process of banknotes, display to the user, and delivery of banknotes and cards.

The bill handling section 110 (1 st unique information acquiring means) that executes transaction processing is a processing section that performs receiving of bill deposit and discharging of returned bills through opening and closing of a shutter 111 provided on the front surface of the apparatus, which will be described later. The display operation unit 120 is configured by a liquid crystal display functioning as a touch panel, displays various character information and image information on the liquid crystal display, and receives an input operation with a deposit transaction process by a user. The card reception unit 130 includes a card transport device and a card reading device, receives a magnetic stripe card or an IC embedded card inserted by a user during a deposit transaction process, and returns the card to the user after the deposit transaction process. The card reception unit 130 is provided with a receipt issuing device that records the deposit receipt details in the receipt and issues the receipt.

The banknote processing unit 110, the display operation unit 120, and the card receiving unit 130 are connected to a main control unit 20 described later, and open/close of a shutter of the banknote processing unit 110, display on the display operation unit 120, and card reception/return in the card receiving unit 130 are executed based on a control signal from the main control unit 20.

The storage unit 24 for storing information records the banknote unique feature amount information 25, the banknote image information 26, the deposit transaction person information read by the card reader receiving unit 130, the transaction date and time information obtained from the clock 27, and the like obtained from the banknote processing unit 110. The banknote-specific feature information 25 and the banknote image information 26 are included in banknote ID information described later.

The communication unit 23 (1 st information mediating means) mediating information outputs the banknote unique feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 stored in the storage unit 24, and transmits the information as information at the time of transaction processing via the communication line 400. An external storage medium connection port 502 configured to exchange data with an external storage medium is connected to the main control unit 20.

The main control unit 20 is configured using a computer, and is responsible for overall control of various devices, and is connected to a ROM21 in which an operation program and the like of the main control unit 20 are recorded, and a RAM22 in which control data for controlling each unit of the main control unit 20 is recorded so as to be readable and writable.

The main control section 20 performs control such as depositing of banknotes, acceptance/discharge of a card or a passbook associated with depositing of banknotes, and authentication of banknotes to be described later, while performing data communication with these devices, and transmits information at the time of transaction processing to the host computer 300 via the communication line 400.

Next, the components will be described and the mechanism of banknote transport will be described with reference to fig. 3, which is a structural diagram showing the mechanism of the banknote handling unit 110.

As shown in fig. 3, the banknote handling unit 110 includes a recognition unit 10, a deposit port 112, a withdrawal port 113, a temporary storage unit 115, and a storage unit 118, which are provided below a shutter 111, and banknotes S corresponding to the sheets of paper are transported between the deposit port 112 and the withdrawal port 113, and between the temporary storage unit 115 and the storage unit 118.

The identification portion 10 incorporates: an authenticity discriminating sensor 3 for discriminating authenticity of the bill S; a crown-word number reading sensor 1 for reading a crown-word number printed on the bill S as a component of the bill intrinsic characteristic amount information 25; an intrinsic characteristic amount detection sensor 2 for reading intrinsic characteristic amount information such as the size of the bill S, the position of the safety line, the detection of the thickness, the fold area, and the degree of contamination; and a scanner 4 (1 st image information acquiring means) for scanning the entire front and back surface images of the banknotes S.

In fig. 3, the authentication determination sensor 3, the crown number reading sensor 1, the unique information amount detection sensor 2, and the scanner 4 are separately configured, but may be configured as 1 module having the functions of the respective sensors at the same time.

The input port 112 is a receiving port for receiving input banknotes inserted by a user at the time of input. The dispensing return port 113 is fed with a return bill to the user.

The temporary storage unit 115 is a storage unit that temporarily stores the banknotes S that have been read by the recognition unit 10 and that have been discriminated as genuine banknotes as described later.

The collection box 116 is a collection box for collecting and storing the banknotes S discriminated as the damaged banknotes by the discriminating unit 10 at the time of the deposit transaction processing or the withdrawal transaction processing.

The storage unit 118 includes a collection library 116 and storage libraries 117A to 117C.

The storage banks 117A to 117C are provided for each denomination (denomination) of banknotes handled by the automatic teller machine 100, and store and hold the deposited banknotes for each denomination (denomination). In the present embodiment, three storage bins 117A to 117C are provided, since handling of banknotes of three denominations (currencies) is assumed. The banknotes stored in the respective storage compartments are sorted and stored in a ledger unit (for example, a banknote bundle unit). For example, at the timing (timing) when the banknotes are collected for the purpose of executing the billing process, the banknote processing unit 110 receives an instruction from the main control unit 20, and controls the bundling machine to execute the process of arranging the banknotes at the billing position. In the above-described sorting process, the banknote processing unit 110 controls a printing mechanism (not shown) to add, to a seal tape or the like binding the sorted banknotes, in units of collated sheets (for example, 100 units), the collation station identification information (for example, a banknote bundle number) for identifying the banknotes sorted in units.

Next, the banknote sorting device 200, which is a component of the banknote verification system 150, will be described. The bill sorting device 200 is a device that performs billing services such as counting, authenticity determination, and proper/defective separation processing of collected bills S.

Fig. 4, which is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the banknote sorting apparatus 200, will be described. As shown in fig. 4, the bill sorting device 200 includes a main control unit 250 that controls each unit of the bill sorting device 200, a ROM251 in which an operation program and the like of the main control unit 250 are recorded, a RAM252 in which control data for controlling each unit by the main control unit 250 is recorded so as to be readable and writable, a display operation unit 253 used when information is displayed to an operator or when an input operation by the operator is accepted, a communication unit 254 (2 nd information mediating means) that transmits and receives information, and a storage unit 255 that stores various kinds of information. The storage unit 255 stores therein banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 and banknote image information 258 relating to the banknotes S, which are transmitted to the host computer 300 described below. The banknote unique feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 are included in banknote ID information, which will be described later, as in the automatic teller machine 100.

In addition to the above, the banknote sorting apparatus further includes a crown-number reading sensor 201, an intrinsic characteristic amount detection sensor 205 for reading intrinsic characteristic amount information such as the size, the position of a security thread, the thickness, the area of a fold, and the degree of soiling of the banknote S, a number detection sensor 203, a scanner 204 (2 nd image information acquisition means) for acquiring an image of the entire front and back surfaces of the banknote, a distribution gate 230 for distributing the banknote paid out by the banknote recognition unit 210, and an external storage medium connection port 504 for exchanging data with an external storage medium.

Next, fig. 5, which is a structural view showing the mechanism of the banknote sorting device 200, will be described. The banknote sorting device 200 includes a banknote discriminating unit 210, a hopper 220, a distribution gate 230, a reject stacker 240, and stackers 245A to 245B. The bill discriminating unit 210 (2 nd unique information acquiring means) is mounted with a crown-code reading sensor 201, a number-of-sheets detecting sensor 203, a scanner 204, and a unique feature amount detecting sensor 205, and performs billing such as counting, authenticity determination, and normal/damaged separation processing for the bills S fed from the hopper 220. The hopper 220 is a hopper for receiving banknotes S and feeds out the received banknotes S one by one. The distribution gate 230 distributes the banknotes S tallied by the banknote classification section 210. The reject stacker 240 and the stackers 245A to 245B store banknotes, and have an opening portion through which banknotes can be taken out on the front surface (the side surface on which the hopper 220 is provided) of the apparatus.

Next, a specific operation of the banknote sorting device 200 will be described with reference to fig. 5. First, a normal damage separation process, which is a normal usage method of the banknote sorting device 200, will be described as an example. The normal/damaged separation process performed by the banknote classification device 200 is a process of physically classifying a genuine banknote from a damaged banknote among banknotes classified into a genuine banknote and a counterfeit banknote by authenticity judgment, by judging whether the genuine banknote is a genuine banknote or a damaged banknote based on a normal/damaged separation criterion.

When the banknotes S collected from the automatic teller machine 100 or the bank window are loaded in the hopper 220, the banknotes S are separated one by one and transported from the hopper 220 to the recognition unit 210.

The banknote classification section 210 detects the number of banknotes by the number-of-banknotes detection sensor 203, and reads the banknote unique feature information 257 of the transported banknotes by the crown-code reading sensor 201 and the unique feature detection sensor 205. Further, if the banknote S is a damaged banknote, the banknote S is transported to the reject stacker 240 by driving of the distribution gate 230, and if the banknote S is a valid banknote, the banknote S is distributed to a specific stacker (e.g., 245A) by driving of the distribution gate 230.

Finally, the host computer 300, which is a component of the banknote sorting system 150, will be described with reference to fig. 6, which shows a block diagram of the host computer 300.

The host computer 300 includes: a main control section 350; a data storage unit 310 that stores banknote-specific feature information; a communication unit 351 for exchanging data; a ROM352 in which an operation program and the like of the main control unit 350 are recorded; a RAM353 for recording control data for controlling the respective units by the main control unit 350 in a readable and writable manner; a display unit 354 for displaying the analysis result of the banknote specific feature information 25 or the banknote image information 26; an administrator input unit 355 allowing an instruction operation of an administrator to be input; a data processing unit 356 (checking means) for comparing the crown-word number data of the bill with the unique feature amount information; and an external storage medium connection port 503 for exchanging data with an external storage medium. In addition, although the above-described checking means is provided in the host computer 300 in the present example, the checking means may be provided in the banknote sorting device 200 as in the case of embodiment 2, may be provided in the automatic teller machine 100, or the like, and may be provided in each device according to the mode of actual implementation.

The main control unit 350 is connected to the data storage unit 310, the communication unit 351, the ROM352, the RAM353, the display unit 354, the administrator input unit 355, and the data processing unit 356, respectively, and controls them according to an operation program stored in the ROM 352.

The main control unit 350 receives the banknote specific feature information 25 including the crown-number data from the automatic teller machine 100 in each branch via the communication unit 351, receives the banknote specific feature information 257 including the crown-number data from the banknote sorting device 200 in the cash center, and stores the information in the data storage unit 310. Then, the data processing unit 356 performs a check process of the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 25 and the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257. The administrator input unit 355 is, for example, an input unit that allows an input operation of instruction information by an administrator when managing a data set.

Next, a main example of the banknote unique feature amount will be described with reference to fig. 7. Among the intrinsic characteristics of the bill S, there are a crown number 50 printed on the bill surface as shown in fig. 7(a), a long side length 51 and a short side length 52 of the bill S as shown in fig. 7(b), a thickness 53 of the bill S as shown in fig. 7(c), a position 54 of a security thread as shown in fig. 7(d), a break angle 55 of the bill S as shown in fig. 7(e), and dirt (stain) 56 on the bill surface as shown in fig. 7 (f). Here, the banknote-specific feature amount may be any one of the features specific to 1 banknote. Specifically, the material of the banknote, the angle of the outer shape of the banknote, and the degree of deformation may be used in addition to the long side length 51, the short side length 52, and the thickness 53, which are shape information possessed by the banknote, and the position of the watermark or the density of the ink may be used in addition to the position 54 of the security thread as the component information. Note that, as the coupon information, in addition to the break angle 55 and the stain (dirt) 56, a hole or a breakage, a position and a size of a tape to be attached for repair, and the like may be used.

The above is a brief description of the components of the banknote checking system (1) 150. Next, embodiment 1 of the present invention of the bill checking system will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure in the deposit transaction process using the automatic teller machine 100. When the deposit transaction process is started by a card insertion operation of the card accepting unit 130 by the user or an input operation of the display operation unit 120 by the user, the banknote processing unit 110 separates the banknotes S inserted into the deposit slot 112 one by one and conveys them to the recognition unit 10 (S501).

The banknotes S to be deposited that are transported to the recognition unit 10 are recognized by the authenticity discrimination sensor 3 of the recognition unit 10 as to whether the banknotes S are normal or abnormal based on a plurality of determination items such as authenticity determination and denomination (denomination) determination (S502).

Next, in the recognition unit 10, the crown-number reading sensor 1 and the unique feature amount detection sensor 2 detect the bill unique feature amount information 25 of the bill S (S503), and the scanner 4 acquires the bill image information 26 including the image of the entire front and back surfaces of the bill S (S504). The banknote processing unit 110 then stores the authentication result acquired in steps S502 to S504, the detection result of the banknote unique feature amount information 25, and the banknote image information 26 of the banknote S in the storage unit 24 (S505).

The main control unit 20 determines whether the banknote S is recognized as a deposit-enabled banknote by the recognition unit 10, that is, whether the banknote S is recognized as a genuine banknote or a counterfeit banknote, and if the banknote S is recognized as a deposit-enabled banknote (yes at S506), the banknote processing unit 110 transports the banknote S from the recognition unit 10 to the temporary storage unit 115 (step S507).

On the other hand, in step S506, if the banknote S is recognized as a counterfeit banknote for which the receipt of the deposit is not possible by the recognition unit 10 (no in S506), the banknote processing unit 110 conveys the banknote S from the recognition unit 10 to the output/return port 113 and returns the banknote S (S508).

After the conveyance of the banknotes, the main control unit 20 determines whether or not all the banknotes S in the input port 112 are missing (S509), and if there are any banknotes S remaining in the input port 112, the process proceeds to step S501, the banknotes S are sent out from the input port 112 and conveyed to the recognition unit 10, and the banknotes S are recognized by the recognition unit 10 as described above.

Note that the banknotes S identified as the counterfeit banknote for which the receipt of the deposit is not possible by the identification unit 10 are banknotes that do not satisfy at least 1 of the plurality of items for determination, and include, for example, paper sheets that cannot be determined as genuine banknotes by the identification unit 10 because they are media other than banknotes such as banknotes of denomination (denomination) or receipts that cannot be processed by the banknote processing unit 110.

If the main control unit 20 determines that the banknote S is not present at all in the deposit port 112 (yes at S509), the dispensing from the deposit port 112 is terminated, and the denomination (denomination), number, and total amount of the banknote S are displayed on the display operation unit 120.

Then, if the deposit confirmation processing operation is performed by the user who confirms the denomination (denomination), number, and total amount of the banknotes S displayed on the display operation unit 120 (yes at S510), the banknote processing unit 110 stores the banknotes S recognized as the genuine banknotes by the recognition unit 10 from the escrow unit 115 to the corresponding storage 117 of the storages 117A to 117C, in accordance with the denomination (denomination) information.

On the other hand, the banknotes S judged as the damaged banknotes by the normal damage judgment reference, such as the banknotes S having the stains, the scribbles, and the damages, are transported from the temporary storage section 115 to the collection box 116 by the banknote processing section 110 and stored therein (step S511). The deposit transaction process is then complete. The banknotes are stored in the storage unit 24 in association with the banknote-specific feature information 25 and the banknote image information 26 where the banknotes are stored in the collection container 116 and the storage containers 117A to 117C.

On the other hand, if the user who confirms the denomination (denomination), number, and total amount of the banknotes S displayed on the display operation unit 120 inputs a cancel operation for the deposit transaction process (no in S510), the banknote processing unit 110 conveys the banknotes S stacked in the escrow unit 115 to the withdrawal/return port 113, returns the banknotes S to the user (step S512), and ends the deposit transaction process. The bill intrinsic characteristic amount information 25 and the bill image information 26 of the returned bill are deleted from the storage unit 24.

Note that the banknotes stored in the automated teller machine 100 are collected according to the operation of the bank. Here, an example in the case where the security company collects banknotes will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in fig. 9. When banknotes stored in the automatic teller machine 100 are collected, the tube operator operating unit provided on the back surface of the automatic teller machine 100 receives an operation to suspend a transaction operation from a security guard of a security company (step S601), and the banknote processing unit 110 detects that the collection container 116 and the collection container 117 are removed from the machine (step S602). Next, based on the operation from the machine operator operation unit, the banknote processing unit 110 generates banknote ID information in which the banknote unique feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 of each banknote stored in the data storage unit 24 are collected in the billing space, and transmits the generated banknote ID information to the host computer (step S603). Note that, when the banknote processing unit 110 executes a process of arranging the stored banknotes in a billing space in advance, the banknote ID information is generated in the unit. Specific examples of the banknote ID information will be described later. In this example, the case where the banknote ID information is generated in step S603 is described. However, for example, the banknote ID information may be generated at least until the banknote ID information is transmitted to the host computer, and the time may be set arbitrarily, such as after step S511 shown in fig. 8. Note that the banknote ID information may be automatically transmitted to the host computer when the banknote processing unit 110 detects that the collection container 116 and the storage container 117 have been removed from the apparatus. Then, if the banknote processing unit 110 detects that the empty collection container 116 and the storage container 117 are loaded in the automatic teller machine 100 (step S604), the banknote processing unit deletes the banknote-specific feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 stored in the data storage unit 24 (step S605).

Next, fig. 10 shows an example of the format of the banknote ID information stored in the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300. The banknote ID information transmitted from the automatic teller machine 100 includes a banknote bundle number 30 assigned to each banked bill space, which is a unit of collected banknotes, when the security company transfers cash, and a device number 31 of the automatic teller machine 100. Note ID information is information given to a billing place, and a note bundle number will be described below as an example. However, the banknote bundle number 30 may be a unique number assigned to the collection box 116 or the storage boxes 117A to 117C of the automated transaction apparatus 100, or may be common to the apparatus number 31 in consideration of a single set of all banknotes in the storage boxes. Here, if the banding is performed by taking out all the banknote bundles for each collection box or each collection box at the time of banknote collection, the number may be a number recorded on the banding. In this case, the ledger unit is a recycle bin or a collection bin unit. In addition, when the banknote processing unit 110 is provided with a two-dimensional barcode including number information such as a banknote bundle number or a device number instead of the bundle number, the barcode may be written. In these cases, the number or two-dimensional bar code can be printed on the seal tape by a mechanism after the banknote bundle is sealed by a bundling machine built in or provided outside. By assigning the number information such as the banknote bundle number 30 and the device number 31, the number of objects to be checked can be reduced during the checking process, which reduces the load.

Note that the banknote ID information includes the amount information 32 and the number 33 required for the collected audit, the banknote unique feature information 25 (banknote unique feature information at the time of transaction processing) indicating the unique feature of each acquired 1 banknote, and the banknote image information 26 indicating the entire front and back images of the banknote extracted by the scanner. The banknote image information 26 includes a crown-number image and a front-back full image of each banknote included in the banknote bundle number 30 for each 1 banknote. Fig. 10 shows, for example, that 100 banknotes are included in the banknote bundle identified by the banknote bundle number 101, and the total amount of the banknotes is 1,000,000 yen. Note that this banknote bundle is collected by the automatic teller machine 100 identified by the machine number 1. The ID101 as the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 25 of the banknote bundle includes banknote-specific characteristic amount information of each banknote constituting the banknote bundle, and the IMG101 as the banknote image information 26 includes banknote image information of each banknote constituting the banknote bundle.

Fig. 11 shows an example of the contents of the banknote specific feature information 25 of the banknote bundle number 101. As shown in fig. 11, the banknote unique feature amount information 25 includes: the banknote number 40 assigned for each 1 banknote included in the banknote bundle number 30 corresponds to the banknote number information 40, and the crown number 50 indicating the result of crown number recognition of the banknote is the banknote-specific characteristic information shown in fig. 7, the size (X1 direction) 51, the size (Y1 direction) 52, and the thickness (T1)53 indicating the banknote size as the banknote shape information, the security line position (X2)54 indicating the position of the security line of the banknote as the banknote constituent element information, the fold area 55 and the stain level 56 as the banknote-damage information. These pieces of banknote-specific feature amount information 25 are stored in association with the banknote image information of each banknote. In fig. 11, for example, the banknote unique feature amount information 25 indicating the banknote identified by the banknote number 1 is associated with the IMG 101-1 as the banknote image information of 1 sheet in the IMG101 as the banknote image information 26 shown in fig. 10. The association may be established, for example, by the main control unit 350 of the host computer 300 searching for the banknote image information 26 having the same serial number as the serial number included in the banknote unique feature information 25 and associating the banknote image information with the serial number.

By storing the banknote ID information in the data storage unit 310 in such a data format, it is possible to manage the plurality of banknote bundles collected from the automatic teller machine 100 in association with the banknote unique feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 corresponding to the respective banknote bundles.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of collecting banknotes from the automatic teller machine 100 to the cash center and checking the banknote-specific feature information when the collected banknotes are checked by the banknote classification device 200.

First, if the banknote bundle number 30 assigned to the banknote bundle to be sorted among the banknotes collected from the automatic teller machine 100 is input from the display operation unit 253, the main control unit 250 transmits the banknote bundle number 30 to the host computer 300 via the communication unit 254 (step S101). The input method may be such that the banknote bundle number 30 is directly input from the display operation unit 253, or a camera or a barcode reader (reading means) is connected to the banknote sorting apparatus 200 via the external storage medium connection port 504, and the unique number assigned to the collection container 116 or the storage containers 117A to 117C is read as the banknote bundle number 30. In this case, the input operation of the banknote bundle number 30 can be reduced.

Next, in the host computer 300, the main control section 350 checks whether or not there is data having the corresponding banknote bundle number 30 among the banknote ID information stored in the data storage section 310 (step S102). In the banknote sorting device 200, if the confirmation result of the banknote bundle number 30 is received from the host computer 300 (yes in step S102), the sorting process is performed. On the other hand, if a confirmation result that there is no corresponding banknote bundle number 30 is received from the host computer 300 (no at step S102), confirmation is performed again.

The sorting process in the banknote sorting device 200 will be described below. If the bills are loaded into the hopper 220, the bills are separated one by one from the hopper 220 and transported to the bill discriminating portion 210 (S103). The bill discriminating unit 210 discriminates whether the bill is normal or abnormal based on a plurality of determination items such as authenticity determination and denomination (denomination) determination with respect to the bill conveyed (step S104).

Next, in the bill discriminating section 210, the serial number reading sensor 201 and the unique feature amount detecting sensor 205 detect the bill unique feature amount information 257 of the bill (step S105), and the bill discriminating section 210 acquires the bill image information 258 including the image of the entire front and back surfaces of the bill by the scanner 204 (step S106). Then, the banknote specific feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 acquired in steps S105 to S106 are stored in the storage unit 255 (step S107). The transported banknotes are dispensed to the respective stackers by the dispensing gate 230 driven according to the dispensing control method of the main control section 250 (step S108). The main control section 250 repeats this operation until there are no more banknotes in the hopper (step S109). If there is a rejected banknote, the banknote is taken out from the reject stacker 240 and the hopper 220 is loaded again with banknotes (step S110). If all the banknotes are dispensed to the respective stackers (yes at step S110), the banknote classification section 210 generates banknote ID information in which the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 of the respective banknotes are collected at the billing place, and transmits the generated banknote ID information to the host computer 300, as in the case of step S603 of fig. 9 performed by the automatic teller machine 100 (step S111). Further, the main control unit 250 deletes the banknote specific feature information 257 and the banknote image information 258 stored in the storage unit 255 (step S112). By performing such processing, after the banknote sorting process is performed by the banknote sorting device 200, the banknote ID information including the banknote unique feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 can be transmitted to the host computer 300.

Next, the process of checking the banknote-specific feature information in the host computer 300 will be described based on the flowchart shown in fig. 13. The data processing unit 356 checks the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 25 at the time of transaction processing stored in the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300 and the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 at the time of confirmation at the cash center transmitted from the banknote classification device 200, based on the banknote ID information of the banknote bundle number identical to the banknote bundle number 30 transmitted from the banknote classification device 200 (step S201). The data processing unit 356 determines whether or not there is data matching all items based on the banknote unique feature amount information shown in fig. 11, and checks the checking result (step S202). If there is no data corresponding to the serial number 50, the information (X1 direction) 51, the size information (Y1 direction) 52, the thickness information (T1)53, the security thread position information (X2)54 indicating the position of the security thread of the banknote, the fold area information 55 as the damaged banknote information, and the contamination level information 56 are all compared, and it is possible to check the data at the time of transaction by the automatic teller machine 100 and at the time of sorting by the banknote sorting device and to extract only banknotes having different characteristics with respect to banknotes having contamination or damage at the serial number portion. Note that, when the crown-type numbers 50 match, the checking process of the other unique feature amount information can detect that the banknote has been altered or forged while being transported from the bank branch to the cash center. When the data processing unit 356 determines that the two are identical as a result of the checking process (yes in step S202), the host computer 300 notifies the banknote sorting apparatus 200 of the coincidence (step S203), and if the main control unit 250 of the banknote sorting apparatus 200 receives the notification, the main control unit 250 deletes the banknote image information 258 of the banknote bundle number from the storage unit 255 (step S204), and further, the main control unit 350 of the host computer 300 deletes the banknote ID information of the banknote bundle number stored in the data storage unit 310 (step S205).

On the other hand, when the result of the checking process is judged to be inconsistent (no in step S202), the data processing unit 356 transmits the banknote specific feature amount information 25 (transaction-time banknote specific feature amount information) and the banknote specific feature amount information 257 (confirmation-time banknote specific feature amount information) of the inconsistent banknote number 40 and the banknote image information 26 of the inconsistent banknote number 40 to the banknote sorting device 200 (step S206). In the banknote sorting apparatus 200, since the banknotes with the banknote numbers that are not matched are collected and can be visually confirmed by the hands of the clerk, in the present example, only the banknote image information 26 obtained by the automatic teller machine 100 is transmitted to the banknote sorting apparatus 200, but of course, the banknote image information 258 may be transmitted together.

In the banknote sorting apparatus 200, the main control unit 250 searches the banknote image information of the banknotes including the respective features of the banknote unique feature amount information 257 received from the host computer 300 from among the banknote image information 258. The main control unit 250 displays the retrieved banknote image information on the display operation unit 253, and displays the banknote-specific feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 extracted by the automatic teller machine 100, and the banknote-specific feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 extracted by the banknote sorting device 200 in parallel, thereby making it possible to clarify the banknotes having the difference (step S207). If there is no data in the automatic teller machine 100 or the banknote sorting device 200, this may indicate that there is no data.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the check processing result screen displayed on the display operation unit 253 in step S207. As shown in fig. 14, the display operation unit 253 displays the bill number that does not match the bill number and the bill intrinsic characteristic amount information and the bill image information obtained by the automatic teller machine 100 and the bill sorting device 200, respectively, with respect to the bill of the bill number in parallel as a check process result screen. In fig. 14, for the banknote whose banknote number is 1, the position X2 of the security line in the banknote unique feature information obtained from each device is highlighted in a square shape on the upper stage of the screen, shifted by 2 mm. By displaying such information, it is possible to easily grasp which unique feature information does not match the unique feature information. Note that, in the lower part of the screen, a banknote image of the banknote image information IMG 101-1 obtained by each device is displayed. Since the banknote images are displayed in parallel so as to be compared, the difference between the two images can be grasped at a glance, and it is possible to clearly display where the two images do not coincide with each other. In this example, since the position X2 of the security thread does not coincide, the position of the security thread included in the banknote image obtained by the automatic teller machine 100 is superimposed and displayed in different lines (dotted lines) on the banknote image obtained by the banknote sorting device 200. By displaying in this way, the difference between the two can be grasped more easily.

When the check process result screen is displayed, the main control unit 250 of the banknote sorting device 200 deletes the banknote image information 258 of the banknote bundle number from the storage unit 255 of the banknote sorting device 200 with respect to the banknote image information 258 associated with the matched banknote number 40 (step S208).

As described above, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is a difference in the banknote bundle processed by the automatic teller machine 100 and the banknote sorting device 200 by using the unique feature amount of the banknote in addition to the serial number. The checking method may be configured to consider the matching only when all the items of the banknote-specific feature amount information match, or may have a certain range for each item of the banknote-specific feature amount information, and consider the matching if the matching is included in the range. Note that the banknote image information and the banknote unique information may be displayed not on the display operation unit 253 of the banknote sorting apparatus 200 but on a management terminal connected to the banknote sorting apparatus 200, or may be displayed on the display unit 354 of the host computer 300.

Note that, regarding the banknotes with the inconsistency, not only the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 but also the actual object of the banknotes are determined, after all the banknotes S are loaded into the hopper 220 again, separated one by one, and conveyed to the recognition unit 210, if the read banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 is the corresponding banknote-specific characteristic amount information, only the banknotes S may be dispensed to a specific stacker (for example, the stacker 245A).

The host computer 300 described in the present embodiment may be used by using a host computer of a billing system currently operating in a bank, for example, or may be configured as a dedicated terminal that performs data analysis necessary for the banknote sorting device 200.

Further, although the automatic teller machine 100 has been described as a device for performing a deposit process, the device is not limited to a deposit process and may be a device for performing a deposit and withdrawal process. In this case, the banknotes after the dispensing may be deleted from the banknote ID information.

Example 2

Next, an example will be described in which an external storage medium such as a USB memory is used as an offline system between the automatic teller machine 100 and the banknote sorting device 200, instead of performing the checking process via the host computer 300.

In embodiment 2, the exchange of data between the automatic teller machine 100 and the differentiating device 200 is different, and a different device configuration and processing procedure will be described, compared to embodiment 1.

Fig. 15 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing an overall image of the banknote checking system (2) 500 according to the present embodiment. The banknote checking system 500 is configured to output and move banknote ID information from the automatic teller machine 100 to the banknote sorting device 200 via the external storage medium 501, and to perform a checking process after checking by the automatic teller machine 100.

The external storage medium 501 includes any type of medium or device suitable for storing data, such as a flexible disk, a mini disk, an optical disk, a DVD, a CDROM, a micro hard disk (Microdrive), a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a RAM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a DRAM, a VRAM, a flash memory device, a magnetic or optical card, and an external hard disk, in addition to the USB memory, and is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 2, a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the automatic cash transaction apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment uses an external storage medium connection port 504 for data exchange with an external storage medium 501. The external storage medium connection port 504 is the same as the external storage medium connection port 502, and is, for example, a USB port or the like.

Fig. 16 shows a block diagram of the banknote sorting apparatus 200. In addition to the same components as those in fig. 4, a data processing unit 505 for performing a verification process is provided.

Next, embodiment 2 of the present invention according to the bill checking system 500 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in fig. 17 and 18.

When the security company collects banknotes with respect to the banknotes stored in the automatic teller machine 100, as shown in fig. 17, the manager operating unit provided on the back surface of the automatic teller machine 100 receives an operation to suspend a transaction operation from the security company security worker (step S701), and the banknote processing unit 110 detects that the collection container 116 and the collection container 117 are removed from the machine (step S702). Next, the main control unit 20 detects that the external storage medium 501 such as a USB memory is connected to the external storage medium connection port 502, and based on the operation from the tube operator operation unit, the banknote processing unit 110 generates banknote ID information in which the banknote unique feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 of each banknote stored in the data storage unit 24 are collected in the billing place, and moves the generated banknote ID information to the external storage medium 501, as in the case of embodiment 1 (step S703). Then, if the banknote processing unit 110 detects that the empty collection container 116 and the empty collection container 117 are loaded in the automatic teller machine 100 (step S704), the banknote processing unit deletes the banknote-specific feature amount information 25 and the banknote image information 26 stored in the data storage unit 24 (step S705).

Next, fig. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of checking the banknote-specific feature amount information when banknotes are collected from the automatic teller machine 100 to the cash center and banknotes collected by the banknote classification device 200 are checked.

First, when the banknote bundle number 30 attached to the banknote bundle to be sorted among the banknotes collected from the automatic teller machine 100 is input from the display operation unit 253 after the external storage medium 501 taken back from the automatic teller machine 100 is connected to the external storage medium connection port 504 (step S801), the main control unit 250 confirms whether or not the data of the corresponding banknote bundle number 30 is present in the external storage medium 501 (step S802). If the presence of the banknote bundle number 30 is confirmed (yes at step S802), the discriminating process is performed. If it is confirmed that there is no corresponding banknote bundle number 30 (no at step S802), confirmation is performed again.

The sorting process in the banknote sorting device 200 will be described below. If the banknotes are loaded in the hopper 220, the banknotes are separated one by one from the hopper 220 and transported to the banknote classification section 210 (S803). The bill discriminating unit 210 discriminates whether the bill is normal or abnormal based on a plurality of determination items such as authenticity determination and denomination (denomination) determination with respect to the bill conveyed (step S804).

Next, in the bill discriminating unit 210, the serial number reading sensor 201 and the unique feature amount detecting sensor 205 detect the bill unique feature amount information 257 of the bill (step S805), and the bill discriminating unit 210 acquires the bill image information 258 including the image of the entire front and back surfaces of the bill by the scanner 204 (step S806). Then, the banknote specific feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 acquired in steps S105 to S106 are stored in the storage unit 255 (step S807). The banknotes to be transported are dispensed to the respective stackers by the dispensing shutter 230 driven according to the dispensing control method of the main control section 250 (step S808). The main control section 250 repeats this operation until the bill in the hopper is missing (step S809). If there is a rejected banknote, the banknote is taken out from the reject stacker 240 and the hopper 220 is loaded again with banknotes (step S810). If all the banknotes are dispensed to the respective stackers (yes at step S810), the main control unit 250 generates the banknote ID information in which the banknote unique feature amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 of the respective banknotes are collected in the billing space, as in the case of step S703 of fig. 17 performed by the automatic teller machine 100. Further, as in the case of embodiment 1, the check process is performed on the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 and the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 25 at the time of the transaction process stored in the external storage medium 501 based on the banknote ID information of the banknote bundle number identical to the banknote bundle number 30 included in the generated banknote ID information. The data processing unit 505 determines whether or not there is data matching all items based on the banknote unique feature amount information shown in fig. 11, and checks the checking result (step S811). When it is determined as a result of the checking process that the two are identical (yes in step S811), the data processing unit 505 displays the identical result on the display operation unit 253, and deletes the banknote ID information of the banknote bundle number from the storage unit 255 of the banknote sorting device 200 (step S812).

On the other hand, when the result of the checking process is that the banknotes are determined to be inconsistent (no at step S811), the data processing unit 505 can display the banknote-specific feature amount information 25 (transaction-time banknote-specific feature amount information) and the banknote-specific feature amount information 257 (confirmation-time banknote-specific feature amount information) of the inconsistent banknote number 40, and the banknote image information 26 and the banknote image information 258 of the inconsistent banknote number 40 in parallel to the display operation unit 253, and can clarify the banknotes in which the difference has occurred, as in the case of embodiment 1 shown in fig. 14 (step S813). The main control unit 250 deletes the banknote-specific characteristic amount information 257 and the banknote image information 258 associated with the matched banknote number 40 (step S814).

As described above, the check process of the collected banknotes can be performed without using a network or a host computer. Since the process is performed offline, the verification process can be performed without building an infrastructure.

By performing the checking in the manner described in embodiments 1 and 2, the checking process of the bundle of banknotes collected from the automatic teller machine and the bundle of banknotes at the time of the billing of the banknote sorting device can be performed even when the serial number cannot be read by using the unique feature amount information possessed by each banknote, such as the serial number of the banknote, the size of the banknote, the position of the security thread, the thickness, the fold area, or the degree of contamination.

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An S … banknote; 1 … crown number reading sensor; 2 … intrinsic information amount detection sensor; 3 … true and false distinguishing sensor; 4 … scanner; 10 … identification part; 20 … a main control part; 21 … ROM; 22 … RAM; 23 … a communication part; a 24 … storage unit; 25 … banknote inherent feature amount information; 26 … banknote image information; 27 … clocks; 30 … bundle number; 31 … device number; an amount of 32 …; 33 … sheets; 50 … crown number; 51 … length of long side; 52 … short side length; 53 … thickness; 54 position of safety line 54 …; 55 … smudging (staining); 40 … banknote number; 100 … cash automatic transaction device; 110 … banknote handling section; 111 … shutter; 112 … deposit port; 113 … a cash withdrawal port; 114 … distribution gate; 115 … temporary storage; 116 … recovery library; 117A to 117C …; 118 … storage unit; 119 … memory; 120 … display operation part; 130 … card receiving unit; 140 … passbook receiving unit; 150 … banknote verification system (1 thereof); 151 … banknote differentiating system (2 thereof); 200 … banknote differentiating device; 201 … crown number reading sensor; 203 … number detecting sensor; 204 … scanner; 205 … intrinsic characteristic amount detection sensor; 210 … identification; 220 … hopper; 230 … distribution gate; 240 … reject the stacker; 245a …, 1 st stacker; 245B … No. 2 stacker; 250 … a main control part; 251 … ROM; 252 … RAM; 253 … display operation part; 254 … communication section; 255 … storage unit; 257 … banknote inherent feature amount information; 258 … banknote image information; 300 … host computer; 310 … data storage unit; 350 … a main control part; 351 … a communication section; 352 … ROM; 353 … RAM; 354 … display part; 355 … manager input; 356 … a data processing section; 400 … communication lines; 500 … banknote verification system (2 thereof); 501 … external storage media; 502 to 504 ….

Claims (6)

1. A paper sheet checking system comprising a paper sheet handling device and a paper sheet sorting device for sorting paper sheets handled by the paper sheet handling device, the paper sheet checking system being characterized in that,

the paper sheet handling device includes:

a 1 st unique information acquiring unit that acquires 1 st unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of the sheet, and a crown number of the sheet; and

a 1 st information intermediating means for intermediating the acquired 1 st unique information output to the verification processing means;

the paper sheet sorting device includes:

a 2 nd unique information acquiring unit configured to acquire 2 nd unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon information of the processed paper sheet, and a crown number of the processed paper sheet; and

a 2 nd information intermediating means for intermediating the output of the acquired 2 nd unique information to the verification processing means;

the checking means executes a checking process based on the 1 st unique information and the 2 nd unique information, outputs a result of the checking process to the paper sheet sorting device,

the 1 st specific information acquisition means generates 1 st paper ID information in which the 1 st specific information is arranged in a billing space;

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means generates 2 nd paper ID information in which the 2 nd unique information is collated in the billing space;

the checking means executes the checking process based on the 1 st paper sheet ID information and the 2 nd paper sheet ID information;

the 1 st unique information acquiring means acquires the 1 st unique information including device identification information for identifying the paper sheet processing device or billing place identification information for identifying the billing place;

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means acquires the 2 nd unique information including the device identification information or the billing place identification information input from the operation unit of the paper sheet sorting device;

the checking means executes the checking process according to each of the device identification information or each of the billing place identification information;

the 1 st inherent information acquiring means controls a printing means to mark the billing place identification information or the device identification information on a seal tape for sorting the paper sheets in the billing unit;

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means acquires the billing bit identification information or the device identification information marked on the seal tape read by the reading means;

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with the verification processing for each piece of the ginning bill bit identification information or each piece of the device identification information marked on the seal tape.

2. The paper sheet checking system according to claim 1,

the paper sheet sorting device includes the checking means.

3. The paper sheet checking system according to claim 1,

the paper sheet processing apparatus includes a 1 st image information acquiring unit that acquires image information of paper sheets;

the paper sheet sorting device includes a 2 nd image information acquiring means for acquiring image information of the processed paper sheets;

the checking means displays, when there is a non-matching sheet as a result of the checking, the unique information and the image information of the non-matching sheet on the operation unit of the sheet sorting device.

4. A paper sheet handling apparatus used in a paper sheet checking system including the paper sheet handling apparatus and a paper sheet sorting apparatus for sorting paper sheets handled by the paper sheet handling apparatus, the paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:

a unique information acquisition unit that acquires unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of the paper sheet, and a crown number of the paper sheet; and

1 st information intermediating means for intermediating the acquired unique information output to the verification processing means,

the unique information acquisition means generates paper ID information in which the unique information is collated with a billing place,

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means of the paper sheet discriminating device acquires the 2 nd unique information including at least one of the shape information, the component information, and the damaged coupon information of the processed paper sheet, and the crown number of the processed paper sheet,

a 2 nd information intermediating means provided in the paper sheet discriminating device intermediates the output of the acquired 2 nd unique information to the checking means,

the checking means executes a checking process based on the unique information and the 2 nd unique information, outputs a result of the checking process to the paper sheet sorting device,

the verification processing means performs the verification processing based on the sheet ID information and the 2 nd sheet ID information generated by the 2 nd unique information acquiring means sorting the 2 nd unique information in the billing space,

the unique information acquisition means acquires the unique information including device identification information for identifying the paper sheet processing device or billing place identification information for identifying the billing place,

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means acquires the 2 nd unique information including the device identification information or the billing place identification information input from the operation unit of the paper sheet sorting device,

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with each of the device identification information or each of the ginning bill site identification information,

the unique information acquiring means controls the printing means to mark the billing place identification information or the device identification information on the seal tape for collating the paper sheets in the billing unit,

the 2 nd unique information acquiring means acquires the billing bit identification information or the device identification information marked on the seal tape read by the reading means,

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with the verification processing for each piece of the ginning bill bit identification information or each piece of the device identification information marked on the seal tape.

5. A paper sheet discriminating device used in a paper sheet checking system including a paper sheet processing device and the paper sheet discriminating device for discriminating a paper sheet processed by the paper sheet processing device, the paper sheet discriminating device comprising:

a unique information acquiring unit configured to acquire unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon information of the processed paper sheet, and a crown number of the processed paper sheet; and

a 2 nd information intermediating means for intermediating the acquired unique information to the verification processing means,

the unique information acquisition means generates paper ID information in which the unique information is collated with a billing place,

the 1 st unique information acquisition means of the paper sheet processing apparatus acquires 1 st unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon information of a paper sheet, and a crown number of the paper sheet,

a 1 st information intermediating means provided in the paper sheet processing apparatus intermediates the acquired 1 st unique information to be output to a checking means,

the checking means executes a checking process based on the unique information and the 1 st unique information, outputs a result of the checking process to the paper sheet sorting device,

the checking means performs the checking process based on the sheet ID information and the 1 st sheet ID information generated by the 1 st unique information acquiring means sorting the 1 st unique information in the billing space,

the unique information acquisition means acquires the unique information including the device identification information or the billing place identification information input from the operation unit of the paper sheet sorting device,

the 1 st unique information acquiring means acquires the 1 st unique information including device identification information for identifying the paper sheet processing device or billing place identification information for identifying the billing place,

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with each of the device identification information or each of the ginning bill site identification information,

the 1 st unique information acquiring means controls the printing means to mark the billing place identification information or the device identification information on the seal tape for collating the sheets in the billing unit,

the unique information acquiring means acquires the billing place identification information or the device identification information marked on the seal tape for collating the sheets in the billing unit read by the reading means,

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with the verification processing for each piece of the ginning bill bit identification information or each piece of the device identification information marked on the seal tape.

6. A paper sheet checking and processing method performed by a paper sheet checking and processing system including a paper sheet processing apparatus and a paper sheet discriminating apparatus for discriminating a paper sheet processed by the paper sheet processing apparatus,

the paper sheet processing apparatus acquires 1 st unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon loss information of a paper sheet, and a crown number of the paper sheet;

the paper sheet processing apparatus outputs the acquired 1 st unique information to a verification processing means for intermediation;

the paper sheet discriminating device acquires 2 nd unique information including at least one of shape information, component information, and coupon information of the processed paper sheet, and a crown number of the processed paper sheet;

the paper sheet discriminating device outputs the acquired 2 nd unique information to a checking means for intermediation;

the checking means executes a checking process based on the 1 st unique information and the 2 nd unique information, outputs a result of the checking process to the paper sheet sorting device,

the sheet processing apparatus generates 1 st sheet ID information in which the 1 st unique information is arranged in a billing place;

the paper sheet discriminating device generates 2 nd paper sheet ID information in which the 2 nd unique information is arranged in the billing place;

the checking means executes the checking process based on the 1 st paper sheet ID information and the 2 nd paper sheet ID information;

the sheet processing apparatus acquires the 1 st unique information including apparatus identification information for identifying the sheet processing apparatus or billing place identification information for identifying the billing place;

the paper sheet sorting device acquires the 2 nd unique information including the device identification information or the billing place identification information input from an operation unit of the paper sheet sorting device;

the checking means executes the checking process according to each of the device identification information or each of the billing place identification information;

the paper sheet handling apparatus controls a printing mechanism to mark the billing location identification information or the apparatus identification information on a seal tape with which the paper sheets are sorted in the billing unit;

the paper sheet discriminating device acquires the embossed bill bit identification information or the device identification information marked on the seal tape read by the reading means;

the verification processing means executes the verification processing in accordance with the verification processing for each piece of the ginning bill bit identification information or each piece of the device identification information marked on the seal tape.

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